20210509 Indradeva Showers Rain to Fulfills the Desire of Advaita Ācārya to Feed Lord Caitanya Alone

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on May 9th,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!

Hare Krishna! Today we will continue with the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book. Today's chapter is entitled as:

Indradeva Showers Rain to Fulfill the Desire of Advaita Ācārya to Feed Lord Caitanya Alone
Under The Section: The Lord Accepts Prasādam at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.19

lakṣmī-aṁśe janma—advaitera pati-vratā
lāgilā karite kārya hai’ haraṣitā

Jayapatākā Swami: Advaita Ācārya’s wife, who was partial expansion of Lakṣmī devī, she joyfully engaged herself in cooking for Lord Caitanya.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.20

advaitapatnī kartṛka gauḍadeśānīta prabhupriya-dravyādi-pradāna—

prabhura prītera dravya gauḍa-deśa haite
yata āniyāchena saba lāgilena dite

Jayapatākā Swami: The items that Lord Caitanya liked, Advaita Ācārya’s wife had brought from Bengal. She prepared to give all the items that she has brought.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.21

advaitera svahaste randhana—

randhane vasilāśrī-advaita mahāśaya
caitanya-candrere kari’ hṛdaye vijaya

Jayapatākā Swami: The great Śrī Advaita Mahāśaya, He personally sat down to do the cooking by which He conquered the heart of Caitanyacandra.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.22

pati-vratā vyañjanera paripāṭī kare
yateka prakāra kare yena citte sphure

Jayapatākā Swami: The chaste wife of Advaita Gosāi prepared the vegetables as she made different vegetables, according to how the inspiration manifested in her heart.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.23

vividha prabhupriya-śāka-randhana—

‘śāke īsvarera baḍa prīti’ ihā jāni’
nānāśāka dilena—prakāra daśa āni’

Jayapatākā Swami: She knew that Lord Caitanya liked green leafy vegetables, known as śāka, in Bengal. So, she brought different types of green leafy vegetables mainly ten in all.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.24

ācārya rāndhena, pati-vratā kārya kare
dui janā bhāse yena ānanda-sāgare

Jayapatākā Swami: Advaita Ācārya cooked, and His chaste wife assisted him in making all the preparations. In this way the two were floating in an ocean of spiritual bliss.

So how the consort of Advaita, she cut all the vegetables in such a way to please the Lord and then Advaita Gosāi cooked those vegetables.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.25

advaitera cintā-sannyāsī-goṣṭhī-saha prabhura āgamane prabhura bhikṣā-saṅkoca-sambhāvanā—

advaita balena,—“śuna kṛṣṇadāsera mātā!
tomāre kahi ye āmi eka manaḥ-kathā

Jayapatākā Swami: Advaita Gosvāmī said, “Listen, O mother of Kṛṣṇadāsa (Kṛṣṇa Miśra), listen. Let Me tell you what I am thinking to Myself.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.26

yata kichu ei morā kariluṅ sambhāra
kon-rūpe prabhu saba karena svīkāra

Jayapatākā Swami: “All that I have prepared, I don’t know how, in what way, but I want Lord Caitanya should accept everything that I have cooked.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.27

yadi āsibena sannyāsīra goṣṭhī laiyā
kichu nā khāiba tabe, jāni āmi ihā

Jayapatākā Swami: “If He comes along with all the assembled sannyāsīs, He won’t eat very much, this is My understanding.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.28

apekṣita yata yata mahānta sannyāsī
sabei prabhura saṅge bhikṣā karena āsi’

Jayapatākā Swami: “Generally all the mahānta-sannyāsīs they come along with Lord Caitanya every day to take their meals.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.29

sabei prabhure karena parama apekṣā
prabhu-saṅge saba āsi’ prīte karena bhikṣā”

Jayapatākā Swami: “They all have great respect for Lord Caitanya, out of affection they come along with Lord Caitanya to take their meals.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.30

antare prabhura ekākī bhikṣārtha āgamana-kāmanā—

advaita cintena mane “hena pāka haya
ekeśvara prabhu āsi’ karena vijaya

Jayapatākā Swami: Advaita Ācārya, He was thinking, “all these items that I cooked, if Lord Caitanya came alone to take all the preparations Himself! If Lord Caitanya is with other sannyāsī then He may eat very minimal, to respect the sannyāsī rules. But Advaita Gosāi wanted Him to take at His full satisfaction, therefore He thought if He could come alone then He could take all the preparations without any kind of inhibitions.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.31

tabe āmi ihā saba pāri khāoyāite
e kāmanā mora siddha haya kon mate

Jayapatākā Swami: “So in that case I could make Him eat all these preparations. But how can I fulfill my desire?”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.32

ei-mata mane cinte advaita-ācārya
randhana karena mane bhāvi’ sei kārya

Jayapatākā Swami: In this was Advaita Ācārya was thinking as He cooked his mind was filled with this thought.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.33

prabhu o sannyāsi-gaṇera madhyāhnādi kriyāra saṅkalpa kariyā bahirgamana

īśvara o kariyā saṅkhyā-nāmera grahaṇa
madyāhnādi kriyā karibāre haila mana

Jayapatākā Swami: Meanwhile, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu finished chanting His prescribed number of rounds and He decided to perform His mid-day duties.

Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): The phrase saṅkhyā-nāma refers to chanting the holy names of the Lord a certain number of times, as opposed to chanting the holy names without counting. The word grahaṇa refers to chanting.

Jayapatākā Swami: Everyone has a certain number of rounds of japa that they do, Haridāsa Ṭhākura would chant 300,000 names a day but Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura disciples who were doing deity worship would chant 100,000 names a day which is 64 rounds. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's preachers as well as Bhaktivedanta Swami's disciples would chant 25,000 names or 16 rounds a day. Like this some minimum is chanted based on what the spiritual master has ordered.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.34

ye-saba sannyāsī prabhu-saṅge bhikṣā kare
tāṅrā saba calilā madhyāhna karibāre

Jayapatākā Swami: All those sannyāsīs who generally take their luch with Lord Caitanya, they all also went to perform their mid-day duties.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.35

advaitera abhilāṣānukūla daiva duryoga—

hena-kāle mahā-jhaḍa-vṛṣṭi ācambite
ārambhilā devarāja advaitera hite

Jayapatākā Swami: At that time, Indra, the King of the heavens, or king of the demigods, suddenly sent an intense shower of rain and very strong storm and winds, suddenly for the satisfaction of Advaita Gosāi.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.36

śilāvṛṣṭi catur-dike bāje jhanjhanā
asambhava vātāsa, vṛṣṭira nāhi sīmā

Jayapatākā Swami: Hailstones began to fall everywhere, falling and making a sound and incredible wind with limitless rain.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.37

sarva-dik andhakāra haila dhūlāya
vāsāya yāite keha patha nāhi pāya

Jayapatākā Swami: In all directions there was darkness and dust filled the air, so that the sannyāsīs could not find the way to their residences.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.38

hena jhaḍa vahe, keha sthira haite nāre
keha nāhi jāne kothā laiyā yāya kāre

Jayapatākā Swami: The storm was so fierce that no one could stay still, no one knew which way they were going.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.39

advaitera randhana-kāryera sthāne jhaḍavarṣādira svalpa prakāśa—

sabe yathāśrī-advaita karena randhana
tathā mātra haya alpa jhaḍa variṣaṇa

Jayapatākā Swami: The place where Śrī Advaita was doing his cooking, that place had only a little wind and rain.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.40

duryoge prabhura bhikṣāra saṅgī sannyāsi-gaṇera paraspara saṅga-biccheda—

yata nyāsī bhikṣā kare prabhu saṁhati
nāhika uddeśa kāro kebā gelā kati

Jayapatākā Swami: All the sannyāsīs who will go with Lord Caitanya to take their lunch, they all got lost and no one knew where they had gone.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.41

advaitera bhogasajjā—

ethā śrī-advaita-siṁha kariyā randhana
upaskari’ thuilena śrī-anna-vyañjana

Jayapatākā Swami: Meanwhile, the lionlike Śrī Advaita finished His cooking. He cleaned the spot, where He placed the rice and vegetable preparations.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.42

ghṛta, dadhi, dugdha, sara, navanī, piṣṭaka
nānā-vidha śarkarā, sandeśa, kadalaka

Jayapatākā Swami: He also set out ghee, yogurt, milk, cream, butter, piṣṭaka (a sweet preparation made with rice), various types of sweets, sandeśa, and bananas.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.43

ekeśvara mahāprabhura āgamanera janya advaitara dhyāna—

sabāra upare diyā tulasī-mañjarī
dhyāne vasilena ānibāre gaurahari

Jayapatākā Swami: On every preparation He placed a tulasī-mañjarī, and in meditation He sat and brought Gaurahari.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.44

ekeśvara prabhu āisena yena-mate
ei-mata mane dhyāna karena advaite

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya would come alone, in this way Advaita meditated.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.45

ekeśvara mahāprabhura advaita-gṛhe āgamana—

satya gauracandra advaitera icchā-maya
ekeśvara mahāprabhu karilā vijaya

Jayapatākā Swami: In fact, Lord Śrī Gauracandra came according to the desire of Advaita, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Advaita’s alone.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.46

“hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa” bali’ prema-sukhe
pratyakṣa hailā āsi’ advaita-sammukhe

Jayapatākā Swami: Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa, the mahā-mantra was being chanted by Lord Caitanya in ecstatic love, as He came before Advaita.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.47

advaitera prabhuke namaskāra o āsana-pradāna—

sambhrame advaita pāda-padme namaskari’
āsana dilena, vasilena gaurahari

Jayapatākā Swami: Thereafter Lord Advaita, He paid His obeisances respectfully to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. He gave a seat and Lord Gaurahari sat down.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 9.48

sapatnīka advaitera manera sādhe sevā—

bhinna saṅga keha nāhi, īśvara kevala
dekhiyā advaita hailā ānande vihvala

Jayapatākā Swami: Seeing that Lord Caitanya has not come with anyone else and that He had come alone and when Advaita saw this he became overwhelmed with ecstasy.

So, Advaita’s desire was fulfilled by Lord Indra and he was able to get Lord Caitanya alone, in His house, and He and His good wife, His chaste wife were able to serve Lord Caitanya with full concentration, alone without any other guests, thus He was very ecstatic.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Indradeva Showers Rain to Fulfill the Desire of Advaita Ācārya To Feed Lord Caitanya Alone.