20210320 Navadvīpa Maṇḍala Parikramā Day 4 Koladvīpa Address

All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

All glories to Śiddha Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī!

You heard the glories, I just want to underscore, how he was worshipping in Vṛndāvana. He felt since in Vṛndāvana all the aparādhas are also multiplied by one thousand, and therefore he wanted to go to Māyāpur, because in Navadvīpa dhāma, there are thousand times benefit and no offenses. As it is explained, here he achieved his realization. The place where he realized his siddha-svarūpa is behind the temple. So, also you go for darśana and see his samādhi temple, and his Deity.

So, we are very fortunate he found the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. He gave us the Pañca-tattva mantra: 

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

There are different versions in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, but he us gave this version that we chant every day. So, all glories to Śrīla Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī. 

I just want to request the organizers of the parikramā, and all the devotees, that we should make a very nice presentation of our kīrtana, while we are in Navadvīpa city. Have the men in the front, and ladies in the back, and gṛhasthas if they want to walk with their wives, then they can be in the middle. Of course, in India, we are experiencing a surge in COVID -19. A few days ago, we had two hundred thousand active cases. Now we have almost three hundred thousand. As you see, many people wear the masks. We request all the devotees to also be careful and wear masks. So, anyway, do a very ecstatic kīrtana, while you are in Navadvīpa city. We want to show the people, that we are the Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement! So, we should chant Hare Kṛṣṇa! Haribol!

Your servant,
Jayapatākā Swami