20200327 Mukunda Datta Repents for His Offense (Part 2)

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat

My voice is still weak but a little better. I will just speak softly and he will repeat. I will give a short class and then HH Bhakti Puruṣottama Svāmī will speak. I offer my obeisances to Srīla Prabhupāda, to the Pañca-Tattva, Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, haraye namaḥ, kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ yādavāya mādhavāya keśavāya namaḥ gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdana. I offer my obeisances -

Most of my cough has been settled but my voice is still weak. They are saying that I should rest my voice. But I wanted to speak to you all for a short time. And I am missing the Caitanya līlā.

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Chapter entitled as Mukunda Datta Repents for His Offense – continued…

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.227

apūrva nṛsiṁha-rūpa kahe tribhuvane
tāhā dekhi' mare bhakti-śūnyera kāraṇe

Translation:  This wonderful form is renowned in the three worlds as Nṛsiṁhadeva. Yet even after seeing that form, Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed because he was devoid of devotional service.

After Hiraṇyākṣa was killed, when his brother, Hiraṇyakaśipu, began to envy his devotee son, Prahlāda, Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared and destroyed him. (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Seventh Canto, Chapters One to Eight)

Jayapatākā Swami: The wonderful form of Nṛsiṁhadeva, renowned in the three worlds and even seeing this beautiful form, Hiraṇyakaśipu was killed because he was devoid of devotional service. So, after Hiraṇyākṣa was liberated by Lord Varāhadeva, Hiraṇyakaśipu began to envy his son, Prahlāda. And he started to abuse him in different ways. Finally, to save him Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared and destroyed Hiraṇyakaśipu. But in spite of seeing this wonderful form, Hiraṇyakaśipu had no devotion. So, he could not appreciate that form. So Mukunda is presuming himself as a bhakti-hīna person, as a person without devotional service.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.228

hena bhakti mora chāra mukhe nā manila
e baḍa adbhuta,—mukha khasi' nā paḍila

Translation: “I did not care for such devotional service, yet my head did not fall off. This is indeed astonishing.

Jayapatākā Swami: Mukunda continues, “I neglected such devotional service. Yet it is wonderful that my head did not fall off. It is indeed astonishing!”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.229

kubjā, yajñapatnī, puranārī, mālākāra
kothāya dekhila tārā prakāśa tomāra?

Translation: “How were Kubjā, the wives of the sacrificial brāhmaṇas, the women of Mathurā, and the florist all able to see Your form?

Jayapatākā Swami: “Kubjā, the wives of the yajña-brāhmaṇas, the city women of Mathurā, the florist, they were all able to see Your divine form.”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.230

bhakti-yoge tomāre pāila tārā saba
seikhāne mare kaṁsa dekhi' anubhava

Translation: “They were able to see You simply due to their devotional service. Yet Kaṁsa was destroyed at the same place, in spite of seeing Your opulence.

The Mathurā women's darśana of Kṛṣṇa is described as follows: After Lord Kṛṣṇa was brought to Mathurā by Akrūra, He walked through the streets of Mathurā in the company of the cowherd boys enjoying the wonderful beauty of the city. At that time the women of the city immediately left their respective duties and went either to the roofs or to the gates of their houses in order to see Kṛṣṇa. They already knew about Kṛṣṇa. Now, after seeing Him, their hearts became pacified. The women on the roofs happily showered flowers on Kṛṣṇa and praised the gopīs for their good fortune of constantly seeing Kṛṣṇa.

The florist's darśana of Kṛṣṇa is described as follows: With a desire to dress attractively and be adorned with sandalwood pulp before entering Kaṁsa's assembly, Lord Kṛṣṇa went to the house of Sudāmā, the florist. When Sudāmā worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa with pādya, arghya, and sandalwood pulp and then offered prayers to Him, Lord Kṛṣṇa was pleased and awarded him his desired benediction. (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter Forty-one)

Kubjā's darśana of Kṛṣṇa is described as follows: After He left the house of Sudāmā, when Lord Kṛṣṇa saw Sairindhrī, who was a hunchback, coming towards Him on the road with a bowl of sandalwood pulp, He requested her for the sandalwood pulp. Kubjā became overwhelmed on seeing the beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and after she offered Him the thick sandalwood pulp, Lord Kṛṣṇa pressed the toes of the deformed Sairindhrī's feet with His feet and, catching hold of her chin, He straightened her backbone.

Jayapatākā Swami: They were able to see You because they had devotional service. At the same place of Mathurā, Kaṁsa, because he had no bhakti, he could not see You. He could not understand You, even though he saw Your opulence. When Kṛṣṇa walked through Mathurā, all the ladies of Mathurā, looked at the beautiful form of Kṛṣṇa, from their rooftops. They were all admiring Kṛṣṇa. They already knew about Kṛṣṇa and heard about His glories. They threw flowers on Lord Kṛṣṇa and prayed to the gopīs for their good fortune they could see Kṛṣṇa. The florist gave a beautiful garland to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Kubjā gave sandalwood paste to Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Kubjā was a hunchback. She was carrying sandalwood pulp for Kaṁsa. But Lord Kṛṣṇa said He wanted that. Being completely overwhelmed by Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, she offered the sandalwood pulp to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa put His foot on her toes and lifted her chin and straightened her out.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.231

hena bhakti mora chāra mukhe nā manila
ei baḍa kṛpā tora,—tathāpi rahila

Translation: “I disrespected such glorious devotional service with my mouth. It is Your mercy that I am still alive.

Jayapatākā Swami: “Such is the glory of devotional service. But I am so despicable, I did not accept it. I disrespected it. And it is Your mercy that I am still alive.”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Madhya-khaṇḍa 10.232

ye bhakti-prabhāve śrī-ananta mahābalī
ananta brahmāṇḍa dhare hai' kutuhalī

Translation: “The most powerful Śrī Ananta effortlessly holds innumerable universes by the influence of this devotional service.

Jayapatākā Swami: “The most powerful Śrī Anantadeva, holds the unlimited, millions of universes, by the influence of His devotional service, very joyfully holds!”

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So, I will end here. How many more verses? I will end here. Thank you all! I am very grateful that His Holiness Bhakti Puruṣottama Swami is going to address you. Some devotees have sponsored books. I am very grateful. I have a debt to repay Śrīla Prabhupāda – ten thousand big books and hundred thousand small books every month. So, during the lockdown, I have to still pay that debt.