20210227 Fortunate Kāśī Miśra

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on February 27th,2021 in Śrī Dhāma 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!

Continuing with the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya book, chapter entitled:

Fortunate Kāśī Miśra 
Under the Section of The Lord’s return to Jagannātha Purī

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.2

purī-vāsīra prabhu-darśanotkaṇṭhā:— 
ei-mata puruṣottama-vāsī yata jana
prabhuke milite sabāra utkaṇṭhita mana

Translation: Thus all the residents of Jagannātha Purī, which is also known as Puruṣottama, became anxious to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 13.62

Translation: Arriving at Purī, the joyful golden mountain, with attractive body, gazed continually at Jagannātha and passed his time in joy.

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.5: gopīnāthācāryaḥ: Bhaṭṭācārya!

Gopīnāthācārya: Bhaṭṭācārya, has someone arranged a residence where the Lord will stay?

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.6: Bhaṭṭācārya: (aside) Ācārya, the king has arranged it.

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.7 : Gopīnāthācārya: (aside) What residence?

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.8: bhaṭṭācāryaḥ: Kāśī Miśra's house.

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.9: Gopīnāthācārya: Well done! Well done! It is near the Siṁha-dvāra gate. He may very easily see Lord Jagannātha.

(They leave the ocean shore and enter the town of Jagannatha Puri).

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.10: (Enter Kāśī Miśra, some servants of Lord Jagannātha, and the superintendent of the temple. The servants of Jagannātha carry in their hands prasāda garlands worn by Lord Jagannātha).

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.11: Sārvabhauma: There He is! There is Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Svāmī! (He eagerly approaches).

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.12: Sārvabhauma: My Lord, these are the servants of Lord Jagannātha. This person is named Kāśī Miśra. This is the superintendent of the temple.

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.13: (Kāśī Miśra and the superintendent approach and offer daṇḍavat obeisances. The servants of Lord Jagannātha place the garland around Lord Caitanya's neck and then they also offer obeisances).

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.14: Bhagavān: Ah! Why do Lord Jagannātha's servants worship Me? Why is this wrong action done?

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is playing the part of a devotee so naturally He is very humble and He offers His obeisances to the servants of Lord Jagannātha and he embraces them which is a system of considering someone equal.

(Lord Chaitanya offers obeisances to everyone and embraces them).

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.15: The Servants of Lord Jagannātha: Sārvabhauma, now is the time of Lord Jagannātha's midday nap. Will the svāmī go now to Lord Jagannātha, or first rest and bathe and then go to Him?

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.16: Sārvabhauma: First He will bathe and then go to see the Lord.

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.17:Kāśī Miśra: Please come this way. (He leads them to his house).

Caitanya Candrodaya Nāṭaka 8.18: Sārvabhauma: Lord, this is Kāśī Miśra's house. It was specially cleaned and prepared for You. The Lord may enter now.

(He enters. The servants of Lord Jagannātha offer obeisances and exit).

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.25

sevotkaṇṭhāi bhakta-bhagavānera milanasūtra; prabhura dakṣiṇa haite āgamana:— 
sarva-lokera utkaṇṭhā yabe atyanta bāḍila
mahāprabhu dakṣiṇa haite tabahi āila

Translation: When all the residents of Jagannātha Purī became extremely anxious to meet the Lord again, He returned from South India.

Jayapatākā Swami: Everyone, the people of Jagannātha Purī were feeling great separation from the Lord. When Lord Caitanya returned from South India, they all had a strong desire to meet the Lord.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.26

prabhu-darśanajanya sakalera bhaṭṭācārya-samīpe prārthanā:— 
śuni’ ānandita haila sabākāra mana
sabe āsi’ sārvabhaume kaila nivedana

Translation: Hearing of the Lord’s return, everyone became very happy, and they all went to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and spoke to him as follows.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.27

prabhura sahita āmā-sabāra karāha milana
tomāra prasāde pāi prabhura caraṇa

Translation: “Please arrange our meeting with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. It is only by your mercy that we can attain the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.28

kāśīmiśra-gṛhe prabhu-saha milana haibe baliyā āśvāsa:— 
bhaṭṭācārya kahe, — kāli kāśī-miśrera ghare
prabhu yāibena, tāhāṅ milāba sabāre

Translation: The Bhaṭṭācārya replied to the people, “Tomorrow the Lord will be at the house of Kāśī Miśra. I shall arrange for you all to meet Him.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.29

paradina prabhura jagannātha-darśana o pāṇḍāgaṇa-saha milana:— 
āra dina mahāprabhu bhaṭṭācāryera saṅge
jagannātha daraśana kaila mahā-raṅge

Translation: The next day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived and went with Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, with great enthusiasm, to see the temple of Lord Jagannātha.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.30

mahā-prasāda diyā tāhāṅ mililā sevaka-gaṇa
mahāprabhu sabākāre kaila āliṅgana

Translation: All the servants of Lord Jagannātha delivered remnants of the Lord’s food to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In return, Caitanya Mahāprabhu embraced them all.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, we can see the great mercy that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was giving to all the servants of Lord Jagannātha, He embraces all of them, by this they also get love for Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.31

bhaṭṭācāryera prabhuke kāśīmiśra-gṛhe ānayana:— 
darśana kari’ mahāprabhu calilā bāhire
bhaṭṭācārya ānila tāṅre kāśī-miśra-ghare

Translation: After seeing Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the temple. The Bhaṭṭācārya then took Him to the house of Kāśī Miśra.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.32

prabhupade kāśī-miśrera ātmā-samarpaṇa:— 
kāśī-miśra āsi’ paḍila prabhura caraṇe
gṛha-sahita ātmā tāṅre kaila nivedane

Translation: When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived at his house, Kāśī Miśra immediately fell down at His lotus feet and surrendered himself and all his possessions.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, not only was Kāśī Miśra giving his house but he also surrendered himself ātmā-nivedana

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.33

kāśī-miśrera caturbhuja-mūrti-darśana:— 
prabhu catur-bhuja-mūrti tāṅre dekhāila
ātmasāt kari’ tāre āliṅgana kaila

Translation: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then showed Kāśī Miśra His four-armed form. Then, accepting him for His service, the Lord embraced him.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya showed His four handed form as Nārāyaṇa and embraced Kāśī Miśra so in this way He gave causeless mercy to Kāśī Miśra.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 13.63

Translation: Hearing that Mahāprabhu had arrived, Kāśī Miśra, destroyer of all sin and darkness, saw him with four arms, as he desired. He offered respects and became blissful.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 13.64

Translation: Touched by the Lord’s mercy and the dust from his lotus feet, with hairs standing on end, overwhelmed by intense bliss, Kāśī Miśra shone.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 13.65

Translation: By Gaurāṅga’s great mercy, Kāśī Miśra brought the gṛha-lakṣmī of Jagannātha under his control. Who can measure his great glory?

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 13.66-67

Translation: Who can describe in words Kāśī Miśra, who carried out all the orders of Gaurāṅga’s lotus feet, understanding his desires?

Who can understand this person who, understanding the Lord’s mind, made various detailed arrangements as he saw fit, following the festival rules?

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Kāśī Miśra prabhu understood the mind of Lord Caitanya and spontaneously made the appropriate arrangements. So in this way He fully satisfied Lord Caitanya and Lord Caitanya satisfied Kāśī Miśra by showing His transcendental form, by embracing him and accepting his service.

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Fortunate Kāśī Miśra,
Under the Section, The Lord Returns to Jagannātha Purī

When we go to see Lord Caitanya’s pastime places in Jagannātha Purī, one of the places is Kāśī Miśra's house. And there is a room where Lord Caitanya had stayed which is known as Gaura Gambhīra and there Lord Caitanya stayed during His time in Jagannatha Purī. Hare Kṛṣṇa