20201012 Lord Caitanya Proclaims His Own Truth

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 12nd October 2020 in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

govardhanadharam vande
gopālam goparūpiṇam
gokulotsavam īśānam
govindam gopikāpriyam

Introduction: Today we are continuing with Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya compilation book. 

Lord Caitanya Proclaims His Own Truth.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.249

mahāprabhura viṣṇu-khaṭṭāya upaveśana— 
kathokṣaṇe mahāprabhu śrī-gaurāṅga-sundara
svānubhāve vaise viṣṇu khaṭṭāra upara

Jayapatākā Swami: After a while Śrī Gaurāṅgasundara Mahāprabhu sat on the Viṣṇu’s throne in His own ecstasy. Since Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa, sometime, He is in the mood of His devotee, Rādhārāṇī sometimes He is in His own mood as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.250

yoḍa-hāte sabe rahilena cāri-bhite
prabhu lāgilena nija-tattva prakāśite

Jayapatākā Swami: All the devotees stood around Him in all sides with folded hands, the Lord began to manifest the truth of His own glories.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.251

svamukhe nijatattva-prakāśa— 
“muñi kṛṣṇa, muñi rāma, mūñi nārāyaṇa
muñi matsya, muñi kūrma, varāha, vāmana

Jayapatākā Swami: “I am Lord Kṛṣṇa, I am Lord Rāma, and I am Nārāyaṇa. I am Lord Matsya, I am Lord Kūrma, Varāha and Vāmana.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.252

muñi buddha, kalki, haṁsa, muñi haladhara
muñi pṛśnigarbha, hayagrīva, maheśvara

Jayapatākā Swami: “I am Lord Buddha, Lord Kalki, Lord Haṁsa, and Lord Haladhara (Balarāma). I am Lord Pṛśnigarbha, I am Hayagrīva, and I am Maheśvara.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.253

muñi nīlācala-candra kapila, nṛsiṁha
dṛśyādṛśya saba mora caraṇera bhṛṅga

Jayapatākā Swami: “I am Nīlācala-candra (Lord Jagannātha), I am Lord Kapila, and I am Lord Narasiṁha. All living entities both visible and invisible are servants of My lotus feet.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): It is further said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.8.13):

“Your son Kṛṣṇa appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past, He assumed three different colors —white, red, and yellow —and now He has appeared in a blackish color. [In another Dvāpara-yuga, He appeared (as Lord Rāmacandra) in the color of śuka, a parrot. All such incarnations have now assembled in Kṛṣṇa.]”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.254

mora yaśa, guṇa-grāma bole sarva-vede
mohāre se ananta-brahmāṇḍa-koṭi seve

Jayapatākā Swami: “My fame, glories and qualities are narrated in all the Vedas. The unlimited millions of universes serve My lotus feet.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): In the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) it is stated: 

vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo—

“By all the Vedas, I am to be known.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.255

vipadvāraṇa madhusūdana— 
muñi sarva kāla-rūpī bhakta-gaṇa vine
sakala āpada khaṇḍe mohāra smaraṇe

Jayapatākā Swami: “Other than the devotees I am all-devouring time. Simply by remembering Me, one overcomes all dangers and difficulties.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.256

pāṇḍava-bāndhava parameśvara—
draupadīre lajjā haite muñi uddhāri
luṅjau-gṛhe muñi pañca-pāṇḍave rākhiluṅ

Jayapatākā Swami: “I delivered Draupadī from being dishonored, and I protected the five Pāṇḍavas from the house of fire.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): The phrase jau-gṛhe refers to the house of lac. One should refer to the Mahābhārata, Sabhā-parva, Chapter Sixty-six, for a description of how Draupadī was saved from embarrassment. The description of how Kṛṣṇa protected the five Pāṇḍavas from the house of lac is found in the Mahābhārata, Ādi-parva, Chapters 141-149.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.257

ārtabandhu—
vṛkāsura vadhi' muñi rākhiluṅśaṅkara
muñi uddhāriluṅ mora gajendra kiṅkara

Jayapatākā Swami: I saved Lord Saṅkara (Śiva) by killing Vṛkāsura. I delivered My servant Gajendra, the king of the elephants.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.258

bhakta-rakṣaka—
muñi se kariluṅ prahlādere vimocana
muñi se kariluṅ gopa-vṛndera rakṣaṇa

Jayapatākā Swami: “I delivered Bhakta Prahlāda. I protected the cowherd residents of Vraja. 

There is the prayer for Lord Kṛṣṇa by the residents of Vṛndāvana.”

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): “O greatest of personalities, You have repeatedly saved us from all kinds of danger —from poisoned water, from the terrible man-eater Agha, from the great rains, from the wind demon, from the fiery thunderbolt of Indra, from the bull demon, and from the son of Māyā Dānava.” 

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.259

muñi se kariluṅ pūrva amṛta-manthana
vañciyā asura, rakṣā kailuṅ deva-gaṇa

Jayapatākā Swami: “Previously I had churned the ocean to produce nectar. I then deceived the demons and protected the demigods.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.260

bhaktadrohī-vināśaka—
muñi se vadhiluṅ mora bhakta-drohī kaṁsa
muñi se kariluṅ duṣṭa rāvaṇa nirvaṁśa

Jayapatākā Swami: I killed Kaṁsā, who was inimical to My devotees. I annihilated the wicked Rāvaṇa, along with his dynasty.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.261

darpahārī bhagavān—
muñi se dhariluṅ vāma-hāte govardhana
muñi se kariluṅ kāli-nāgera damana

Jayapatākā Swami: “I lifted the Govardhana Hill, with My left hand, and I controlled the serpent Kāliya.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.262

sanātanadharmavarmā yugāvatārī—
muñi karoṅ satya-yuge tapasyā pracāra
tretā-yuge yajña lāgi' karoṅ avatāra

Jayapatākā Swami: “I taught the process, I preached the process of austerity in Satya-yuga. I incarnated in Tretā-yuga, to teach the process of fire sacrifice.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.263

ei muñi avatīrṇa haiyā dvāpare
pūjā-dharma bujhāiluṅ sakala lokere

Jayapatākā Swami: “I descended in Dvāpara-yuga to teach everyone the process of Deity worship.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.264

avatāra-tattva-vedaṇḍahya—
kata mora avatāra vede o nā jāne
samprati āiluṅ muñi kīrtana-kāraṇe

Jayapatākā Swami: Even the Vedas do not know how many avatāras I have taken. At present, I have advented for the purpose of establishing the process of chanting of the holy names. 

Lord Caitanya, He comes in Kali-yuga to establish the saṅkīrtana-yajña. And give out love for Kṛṣṇa, freely to everyone. He is assisted by His expansion, Lord Nityānanda, by His incarnation, Lord Advaita, by His internal energy, Gadādhara and others, and by His pure devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.265

kīrtana-ārambhe prema-bhaktira vilāsa
ataeva kali-yuge āmāra prakāśa

Jayapatākā Swami: I relish pure devotional service in ecstatic love, and I inaugurated, I started the process of kīrtana. I inaugurated the saṅkīrtana movement and therefore I manifested in Kali-yuga, in the Age of Kali.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.52) it is stated: “Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.”

“In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons, and confidential companions.”

This last translation we read was from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.32)  In the Viṣṇu-sahasra-nāma of the Atharva Veda, Third Kāṇḍa, it is stated:

“I will descend from Goloka-dhāma and appear on the earth planet during the first sandhyā of Kali-yuga —after four thousand and before five thousand years have passed —in Māyāpur, Navadvīpa, on the banks of the Ganges. I will appear in the form of a brāhmaṇa with a large, golden-complexioned body measuring four cubits in height and in breadth, endowed with the thirty-two signs of a mahā-puruṣa, and bearing the title Miśra. Then, decorated with all the auspicious qualities of a mahā-bhāgavata, endowed with renunciation, devoid of worldly desires, and learned in the science of pure devotional service, I will accept sannyāsa, as a devotee relishing the mellows of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.266

sarva vede purāṇe āśraya mora cāya
bhaktera āśrame muñi thākoṅ sarvadāya

Jayapatākā Swami: “All the Vedas and Purāṇas teach everyone to take shelter of Me. I always stay in the company of My devotees, in the āśrama of My devotees.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.267

bhāktaprāṇa bhagavān—
bhakta bai āmāra dvitīya āra nāi
bhakta mora pitā, mātā, bandhu, putra, bhāi

Jayapatākā Swami: “There is no one more dear to Me than My devotees. The devotees are my father, mother, friend, son and brother. 

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (9.4.63-64) the Supreme Lord declares: 

“I am completely under the control of My devotees. Indeed, I am not at all independent. Because My devotees are completely devoid of material desires, I sit only within the cores of their hearts. What to speak of My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotee are very dear to Me.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.268

sarvatantra-svatantra haiyāo bhaktavaśa bhagavān—
yadyapi svatantra āmi svatantra-vihāra
tathāpiha bhakta-vaśa-svabhāva āmāra

Jayapatākā Swami: “Although I am fully independent, My activities are also independent, still it is My nature to be controlled by My devotees.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (9.4.66) it is stated: 

“As chaste women bring their gentle husbands under control by service, the pure devotees, who are equal to everyone and completely attached to Me in the core of the heart, bring Me under their full control.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.269

parikara vaiśiṣṭyera nityatva-pratipādana—
tomarā se janma-janma saṁhati āmāra
tomā'-sabā' lāgi' mora sarva avatāra

Jayapatākā Swami: “You are all My associates birth after birth. I incarnate in this world for your sake.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.270

tilārdheko āmi tomā'-sabāre chāḍiyā
kothāo nā thāki sabe satya jāna ihā”

Jayapatākā Swami: “You should know for certain that I do not leave you, to stay anywhere for even a moment. The Lord is always with His devotees. And they are more dear to Him than anything else. So being a devotee of the Lord is a very special thing. Even the devotee of His devotee is dear to Him.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.271

bhaktagaṇera ānanda-krandana—
ei-mata prabhu tattva kahe karuṇāya
śuni' saba bhakta-gaṇa kānde ūrdhvarāya

Jayapatākā Swami: In this way, Lord Gaurāṅga mercifully narrated these confidential topics. Hearing this all the assembled devotees, began to cry very loudly.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.272

punaḥ punaḥ sabe daṇḍa-praṇāma kariyā
uṭhena paḍena kāku karena kāndiyā

Jayapatākā Swami: Repeatedly they offered their prostrate obeisances to Lord Gaurāṅga. They stood up, bent down and humbly recited prayers and cried in ecstasy.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.273

ki ānanda haila se advaitera ghare
ye rasa haila pūrve nadīyā nagare

Jayapatākā Swami: In Lord Advaita Gosvāmī’s house, the ecstasy that was previously existing in Navadvīpa town, that ecstasy became present. Lord Gaurāṅga was manifesting His intimate pastimes in Śāntipura. Previously, those pastimes were only visible in Navadvīpa. Now, they are being relished by the devotees in Śāntipura, in the house of Lord Advaita. So we are very fortunate to be able to go to their house, and we can remember these intimate pastimes of the Lord.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.274

pūrvaduḥkha vidūraṇa—
pūrṇa-manoratha hailena bhakta-gaṇa
yateka pūrvera duḥkha haila khaṇḍana

Jayapatākā Swami: The devotees were fully satisfied, and all the intense feelings of distress that existed were fully mitigated. The devotees were feeling such distress after the leaving of Lord Gaurāṅga, but now they felt fully satisfied.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.275

bhaktadūḥkhahārī bhagavānera bhajana jīvera avaśya kartavya— 
prabhu se jānena bhakta-duḥkha khaṇḍāite
hena prabhu duḥkhī jīva nā bhaje ke-mate

Jayapatākā Swami: The Lord Gaurāṅga, knows how to remove the distress of His devotees. How will a distressed living entity not worship such a merciful Lord?

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): Being afflicted by the distress of the living entities, the Supreme Lord bestows great mercy on them to remove their distress. But because of their ungratefulness, the living entities do not worship Him. Even if the living entities reciprocally worship the Supreme Lord simply as the remover of their distress, they can become free from aversion to the Lord. 

In the Padma Purāṇa (Uttara-khaṇḍa, 71.270) it is stated:

“My dear Nārada, actually I do not reside in My abode, Vaikuṇṭha, nor do I reside within the hearts of the yogīs, but I reside in that place where My pure devotees chant My holy name and discuss My forms, pastimes, and qualities.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.276

adoṣadarśī, dayāra sāgara gauracandra—
karuṇā-sāgara gauracandra mahāśaya
doṣa nāhi dekhe prabhu, guṇa-mātra laya 

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Gauracandra is an ocean of mercy, He does not see anyone’s faults. But the Lord sees, only their good qualities.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): Since the Lord only accepts the good qualities of the fault-filled living entities, He is known as guṇa-grāhī, He who sees only the good in others. He does not find any fault in others. Unless the fallen souls are inspired by Him, they can never deliver themselves. 

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 1.277

aiśvarya-samvaraṇa o vāhya-prakāśa—
kṣaṇeke aiśvarya samvariyā mahāvīra
bāhya prakāsiyā prabhu hailena sthira

Jayapatākā Swami: After a while, the almighty Supreme Personality of Godhead controlled His transcendental qualities. The Lord then regained His external consciousness and became peaceful. So, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, had revealed some of His confidential truths. Then coming to His external consciousness, He controlled Himself and then He became peaceful and no longer revealed His inner truths.

Thus Ends the Chapter Lord Caitanya Proclaims His Own Truth.