20210307 Lord Nityānanda Embraces Baladeva

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja 7th 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, chapter entitled:

Lord Nityānanda Embraces Baladeva
Under the section transcendental Pastimes Lord Caitanya’s associates in Nilācala

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.192

śrī-caitanya-rasonmatta śrī-nityānandera jagannātha-āliṅganera ceṣṭā—
caitanyera rase nityānanda mahādhīra
parama uddāma—eka sthāne nahe sthira

Jayapatāka Swami: Lord Nityānanda, being most sober relished the mellows of Lord Caitanya's love. He was supremely enthusiastic and He could not remain steady in one place.

Purport: The word uddāma means “fully independent.”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.193

jagannātha dekhiyā yayena dharibāre
paḍihāri-gaṇe keha rākhite nā pāre

Jayapatāka Swami: Seeing Lord Jagannātha, Lord Nityānanda tried to grab hold of Him, the temple guards were unable to stop Him.

Purport: The phrase paḍihāri-gaṇe (derived from a corrupted form of the Sanskrit word pratihārī) means “doorkeepers” or “those who punish persons who commit sevā-aparādha to Lord Jagannātha.”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.194

suvarṇa-siṁhāsane ārohaṇa-pūrvaka balarāma-āliṅgana—
eka-dina uṭhiyā suvarṇa siṁhāsane
balarāma dhariyā karilā āliṅgane

Jayapatāka Swami: One day Lord Nityānada climbed up on the golden siṁhāsana and He grabbed Balarāma and embraced Him.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.195

uṭhitei paḍihārī dharile hate
dharite paḍilā giyā hāta pāṅca-sāte

Jayapatāka Swami: As Lord Nityānanda climbed up, a temple guard grabbed hold of His hand but as he held the hand, he fell down back seven to ten feet.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.196

balarāmera galāra mālā grahaṇa-pūrvaka nija galadeśe dhāraṇa—
nityānanda prabhu balarāmera galāra
mālā lai' parilena gale āpanāra

Jayapatāka Swami: Lord Nityānanda Prabhu took the garland that was being worn by Lord Balarāma. around His neck Lord Nityananda took the garland and wore it around His own neck.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.197

mālā pari' calilena gajendra-gamane
paḍihārī uṭhiyā cintaye mane mane

Jayapatāka Swami: After putting the garland on, Lord Nityānanda walked away like the King of elephants. The temple guards got up and were thinking as follows.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.198

“ei avadhūtera manuṣya-śakti nahe
balarāma-sparśe ki anyera deha rahe

Jayapatāka Swami: “This avadhūta's strength is not that of a human being, for how else could one survive after touching the transcendental body of Lord Balarāma?

The word avadhūta means “sannyāsī.”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.199

matta-hastī dhari' muñi pāroṅ rākhibāre
muñi dharile o ki manuṣya yāite pāre

Jayapatāka Swami: “I can control a mad elephant, so how could a human being escape my grip?

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.200

hena muñi hasta dṛḍha kariyā dhari
luṅtṛṇa-prāya hai' giyā kothā vā paḍiluṅ”

Jayapatāka Swami: “Although I thought, I caught His hand and very tightly held His hand, I was thrown back like a blade of grass!”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.201

e mata cinte paḍihārī mahāśaya
nityānanda dekhilei karena vinaya

Jayapatāka Swami: In this way, the temple guard was thinking. When He saw Lord Nityānanda later, he felt humbled.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.202

nityānanda-svarūpa svabhāva bālya-bhāve
āliṅgana karena parama anurāge

Jayapatāka Swami: Yet Nityānanda Svarūpa, whose nature was to be like a child, embraced the guard with great affection.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.203

tabe kata-dine gauracandra lakṣmīpati
samudra-kūlete āsi' karilā vasati

Jayapatāka Swami: However after some days Lord Gauracandra, the husband of Lakṣmī-devī, took up residence on the shore of the ocean.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.204

sindhu-tīre sthāna ati ramya manohara
dekhiyā santoṣa baḍa śrī-gaurasundara

Jayapatāka Swami: Lord Śrī Gaurasundara was very pleased to see that enchanting place on the shore of the ocean which was greatly pleasing and attractive.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.205

candravatī rātri, vahe dakṣiṇa-pavana
vaisena samudra-kūle śrī-śacīnandana

Jayapatāka Swami: On a moonlit night with the wind coming from the south, Lord Śrī Śacīnandana sat down on the shore of the ocean.

The word candravatī means “filled with the rays of the moon” or “illuminated by the rays of the moon.”

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.206

sarva aṅga śrī-mastaka śobhita candane
niravadhi `hare-kṛṣṇa' bole śrī-vadane

Jayapatāka Swami: All His body and His lotus head were smeared beautifully with sandalwood paste. He constantly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra from His lotus mouth.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.207

mālāya pūrṇita vakṣa—ati manohara
catur-dike veḍiyā āchaye anucara

Jayapatāka Swami: His chest was most attractively decorated with flower garlands, on all sides He was surrounded by His devotees.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.208

samudrera taraṅga niśāya śobhe ati
hāsi' dṛṣṭi kare prabhu taraṅgera prati

Jayapatāka Swami: The waves of the ocean looked most beautiful at night. The Lord Caitanya smiled to see the beautiful vision of these waves.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.209

gaṅgā-yamunāra yata bhāgyera udaya
ebe tāhā pāilena sindhu mahāśaya

Jayapatāka Swami: The Ganges and the Yamunā, the great good fortune they obtained, now the sea got that same good fortune from the Lord.

Purport: Gaṅgādevī became fortunate during the Lord's Navadvīpa pastimes. Yamunādevī attained the same good fortune during the Lord's Vṛndāvana pastimes. The personified ocean attained the same good fortune as that attained by these two goddesses when Śrī Gaurasundara resided on the shore of the ocean.

Jayapatāka Swami: So, by Lord Caitanya staying on the shore of the ocean, liking and being pleased by the moonlit in waves, so in this way the ocean also recived the blessings of the Lord. These blessings are very hard to come by, but somehow Lord Caitanya when He stayed in Jagannātha Purī, He gave these blessings to the ocean.

Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.210

hena mate sindhu-tīre vaikuṇṭha-īśvara
vasati karena lai' sarva anucara

Jayapatākā Swami: In this way the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha He stayed on the shore of the ocean and He resided along with His associates.

So, we know that Lord Nityānanda is actually non-different from Balarāma, so His embracing Balrāma was appropriate. and So, Lord Nityānanda, He had this pastime with Lord Balarāma and the temple guards thought to restrict Him, but He pushed them back like a blade of grass. So, they realised that He was so strong. So like this Lord Nityānanda was having transcendental pastimes, and in this way He and Lord Balarāma were having ecstatic exchanges.

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Lord Nityānanda Embraces Baladeva.Under the section transcendental Pastimes Lord Caitanya’s associates in Nilācala

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