20210301 Lord Caitanya Asks Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa To Leave His Association

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 01 March 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!

Compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya book, today’s chapter entitled:

Lord Caitanya Asks Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa To Leave His Association
Under the Section of “Lord’s Return to Jagannātha Purī”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.62

bhaṭṭācārya saba loke vidāya karāila
tabe prabhu kālā-kṛṣṇadāse bolāila

Translation: Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya then asked all the people to leave. Afterward, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called for Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa, who had accompanied the Lord during His South Indian tour.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.63

kṛṣṇadāsera pūrva-ācaraṇa-kathana:
prabhu kahe,—bhaṭṭācārya, śunaha iṅhāra carita
dakṣiṇa giyāchila iṅha āmāra sahita

Translation: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, just consider the character of this man who went with Me to South India.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.64

bhaṭṭathāri-kāche gelā āmāre chāḍiyā
bhaṭṭathāri haite iṅhāre āniluṅ uddhāriyā

Translation: “He left My company to associate with the Bhaṭṭathāris, but I rescued him from their company and brought him here.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.65

kṛṣṇadāsake prabhura parityāga:—
ebe āmi ihāṅ āni’ karilāṅa vidāya
yāhāṅ icchā, yāha, āmā-sane nāhi āra dāya

Translation: “Now that I have brought him here, I am asking him to leave. Now he can go wherever he likes, for I am no longer responsible for him.”

Purport: Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa was influenced and allured by nomads or gypsies, who enticed him with women. Māyā is so strong that Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa left Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s company to join gypsy women. Even though a person may associate with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he can be allured by māyā and leave the Lord’s company due to his slight independence. Only one who is overwhelmed by māyā can be so unfortunate as to leave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s company, yet unless one is very conscientious, the influence of māyā can drag one away, even though he be the personal assistant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And what to speak of others? The Bhaṭṭathāris used to increase their numbers by using women to allure outsiders. This is factual evidence showing that it is possible at any time to fall down from the Lord’s association. One need only misuse his little independence. Once fallen and separated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s association, one becomes a candidate for suffering in the material world. Although rejected by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa was given another chance, as the following verses relate.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.66

kṛṣṇadāsera krandana:—
eta śuni’ kṛṣṇadāsa kāndite lāgila
madhyāhna karite mahāprabhu cali’ gela

Translation: Hearing the Lord reject him, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa began to cry. However, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, not caring for him, immediately left to take His noon lunch.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.67

kṛṣṇadāsake nityānandādira navadvīpe preraṇera parāmarśa:—
nityānanda, jagadānanda, mukunda, dāmodara
cāri-jane yukti tabe karilā antara

Translation: After this, the other devotees — headed by Nityānanda Prabhu, Jagadānanda, Mukunda and Dāmodara — began to consider a certain plan.

Purport: Even though a person is rejected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotees of the Lord do not reject him; therefore the Lord’s devotees are more merciful than the Lord Himself. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura thus sings, chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra peyeche kebā: one cannot be relieved from the material clutches without engaging in the service of pure devotees. The Lord Himself may sometimes be very hard, but the devotees are always kind. Thus, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa received the mercy of the four devotees mentioned above.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, although Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa had fallen under the spell of the gypsies and thus was rejected from the further association Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and they considered how to engage him in Kṛṣṇa’s service.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.68

gauḍa-deśe pāṭhāite cāhi eka-jana
’āi’ke kahibe yāi, prabhura āgamana

Translation: The Lord’s four devotees considered, “We want a person to go to Bengal just to inform Śacīmātā about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s arrival at Jagannātha Purī.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.69

advaita-śrīvāsādi yata bhakta-gaṇa
sabei āsibe śuni’ prabhura āgamana

Translation: “After hearing news of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s arrival, devotees like Advaita and Śrīvāsa will certainly come to see Him.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.70

kṛṣṇadāsake sāntvanā:—
ei kṛṣṇadāse diba gauḍe pāṭhāñā
eta kahi’ tāre rākhilena āśvāsiyā

Translation: “Let us therefore send Kṛṣṇadāsa to Bengal.” Saying this, they kept Kṛṣṇadāsa engaged in the service of the Lord and gave him assurance.

Purport: Because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected him, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa became very, very sorry and began to cry. Therefore the Lord’s devotees took compassion upon him, gave him assurance and encouraged him to continue to engage in the Lord’s service.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, in Gauḍa Maṇḍala Bhumi there is a samādhi temple of Kala Kṛṣṇa dāsa and his disciples' samādhi nearby him. That means that Lord Nityānanda engaged him as a spiritual master and he also had also disciples.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.71

prabhusthāne anumati-grahaṇa:—
āra dine prabhu-sthāne kaila nivedana
ājñā deha’ gauḍa-deśe pāṭhāi eka-jana

Translation: The next day, all the devotees asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Please give permission for a person to go to Bengal.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.72

tomāra dakṣiṇa-gamana śuni’ śacī ’āi’
advaitādi bhakta saba āche duḥkha pāi’

Translation: “Mother Śacī and all the devotees headed by Advaita Prabhu are all very unhappy due to not receiving news about Your return from Your South Indian tour.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.73

eka-jana yāi’ kahuk śubha samācāra
prabhu kahe,—sei kara, ye icchā tomāra

Translation: “One person should go to Bengal and inform them about the auspicious news of Your return to Jagannātha Purī. ” Upon hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “Do whatever you decide.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Nityānanda, He had said that He need to send someone to Bengal, but He did not mention who, Lord Caitanya said, “do whatever you want!”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.74

mahāprasāda-saha kṛṣṇadāsake gauḍe preraṇa:—
tabe sei kṛṣṇadāse gauḍe pāṭhāila
vaiṣṇava-sabāke dite mahā-prasāda dila

Translation: In this way Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa was sent to Bengal, and he was given sufficient quantities of Lord Jagannātha’s food remnants to distribute there.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.75

kṛṣṇadāsera gauḍa-yātrā o navadvīpe śacī-saha sākṣātkāra:—
tabe gauḍa-deśe āilā kālā-kṛṣṇadāsa
navadvīpe gela teṅha śacī-āi-pāśa

Translation: Thus, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa went to Bengal, and he first went to Navadvīpa to see mother Śacī.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.76

praṇāmānte sakalera nikaṭa prabhura saṁvāda-varṇana:—
mahā-prasāda diyā tāṅre kaila namaskāra
dakṣiṇa haite āilā prabhu,-kahe samācāra

Translation: Upon reaching mother Śacī, Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa first offered his obeisances and delivered the food remnants [mahā-prasādam]. He then informed her of the good news that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had returned from His South Indian tour.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.77

prabhu-saṁvāda-śravaṇe sakalerai ānanda:—
śuniyā ānandita haila śacīmātāra mana
śrīvāsādi āra yata yata bhakta-gaṇa

Translation: This good news gave much pleasure to mother Śacī, as well as to all the devotees of Navadvīpa, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, the devotees are the very life and soul of Lord Caitanya, and that Lord Caitanya had returned to Jagannātha Purī gave all of them unlimited spiritual bliss.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.78

śuniyā sabāra haila parama ullāsa
advaita-ācārya-gṛhe gelā kṛṣṇadāsa

Translation: Hearing of Lord Caitanya’s return to Purī, everyone became very glad. Kṛṣṇadāsa next went to the house of Advaita Ācārya.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.79

advaita-gṛhe gamana o prabhu-saṁvāda varṇana:—
ācāryere prasāda diyā kari’ namaskāra
samyak kahila mahāprabhura samācāra

Translation: After paying Him respectful obeisances, Kṛṣṇadāsa offered mahā-prasādam to Advaita Ācārya. He then informed Him of the news of Lord Caitanya in complete detail.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.80

advaitera ānanda o anyānya gauḍīya bhaktera saharṣe advaita-samīpe gamana:—
śuni’ ācārya-gosāñira ānanda ha-ila
premāveśe huṅkāra bahu nṛtya-gīta kaila

Translation: When Advaita Ācārya Gosvāmī heard of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s return, He became very pleased. In His great ecstasy of love, He made a rumbling sound and danced and chanted for a long time.

Jayapatākā Swami: Feeling unlimited happiness on Lord Caitany's return, Advaita Acarya started to roar, Hari Bol! and danced and chanted in ecstasy

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.8

haridāsa ṭhākurera haila parama ānanda
vāsudeva datta, gupta murāri, sena śivānanda

Translation: Also hearing this auspicious news, Haridāsa Ṭhākura became very pleased. So also did Vāsudeva Datta, Murāri Gupta and Śivānanda Sena.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.82

ācāryaratna, āra paṇḍita vakreśvara
ācāryanidhi, āra paṇḍita gadādhara

Translation: Ācāryaratna, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, Ācāryanidhi and Gadādhara Paṇḍita were all very pleased to hear this news.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.83

śrīrāma paṇḍita āra paṇḍita dāmodara
śrīmān paṇḍita, āra vijaya, śrīdhara

Translation: Śrīrāma Paṇḍita, Dāmodara Paṇḍita, Śrīmān Paṇḍita, Vijaya and Śrīdhara were also very pleased to hear it.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.84

rāghava-paṇḍita, āra ācārya nandana
kateka kahiba āra yata prabhura gaṇa

Translation: Rāghava Paṇḍita, Nandana Ācārya and all the devotees became very satisfied. How many can I describe?

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.85

śuniyā sabāra haila parama ullāsa
sabe meli’ gelā śrī-advaitera pāśa

Translation: Everyone was very pleased, and they all gathered together at the house of Advaita Ācārya.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.86

ācāryera sabe kaila caraṇa vandana
ācārya-gosāṅi sabāre kaila āliṅgana

Translation: All the devotees offered respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of Advaita Ācārya, and in return Advaita Ācārya embraced them all.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.87

ānandaūcaka mahotsavānuṣṭhāna:—
dina dui-tina ācārya mahotsava kaila
nīlācala yāite ācārya yukti dṛḍha kaila

Translation: Advaita Ācārya then held a festival that lasted two or three days. Thereafter, they all made a firm decision to go to Jagannātha Purī.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.88

śacīra ājñā laiyā sakalera purī-yātrā:—
sabe meli’ navadvīpe ekatra hañā
nīlādri calila śacīmātāra ājñā lañā

Translation: All the devotees met together at Navadvīpa and, with mother Śacī’s permission, departed for Nīlādri, Jagannātha Purī.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this was beginning of the annual trip of Navadvīpa devotees to meet with Caitanya Mahāprabhu . They will go before the Ratha yātrā and stay there for some more months.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.89

kulīna-grāma-vāsīra āgamana o milana:—
prabhura samācāra śuni’ kulīna-grāma-vāsī
satyarāja-rāmānanda mililā sabe āsi’

Translation: The inhabitants of Kulīna-grāma — Satyarāja, Rāmānanda and all the other devotees there — came and joined Advaita Ācārya.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 10.90

khaṇḍa-vāsīra āgamana o milana:—
mukunda, narahari, raghunandana khaṇḍa haite
ācāryera ṭhāñi āilā nīlācala yāite

Translation: Mukunda, Narahari, Raghunandana and all the others came from Khaṇḍa to Advaita Ācārya’s home to accompany Him to Jagannātha Purī.

Jayapatākā Swami: These villages Kulīna-grāma, Śrī-Khaṇḍa, they were many devotees of Lord Caitanya who lived there. So, as soon as they heard the news that Lord Caitanya was back in Jagannātha Purī, they all decided to go there to see Him.

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Lord Caitanya Asks Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa to Leave His association, Under the section of Lord Caitanya return to Jagannātha Purī.