20210731 Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers Part 2

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 31st July 2021 in Śrīdhāma 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 Kṛṣṇa! Dear Devotees! Today we will continue with the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book, Todays chapter entitled:

Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers Part 2

Under the Section: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 195

tomāra nāma lañā tomāra karila nindana
sei nāma ha-ila tāra muktira kāraṇa

Translation: Jagāi and Mādhāi uttered Your holy name by way of blaspheming You. Fortunately, that holy name became the cause of their deliverance.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this shows that even chanting the holy name of the Lord offensively contains blessings. The holy name is all good, however it is chanted, whether offense chanting, clearing chanting or pure chanting.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 196

jagāi-mādhāi haiteo āpanādigake adhama baliyā ukti:—

jagāi-mādhāi haite koṭī koṭī guṇa
adhama patita pāpī āmi dui jana

Translation: We two are millions and millions of times inferior to Jagāi and Mādhāi. We are more degraded, fallen and sinful than they.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, they are presenting themselves very humbly before Lord Caitanya although they were very highly cultured, but they are taking very inferior position.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 197

mleccha-jāti, mleccha-sevī, kari mleccha-karma
go-brāhmaṇa-drohi-saṅge āmāra saṅgama

Translation: Actually we belong to the caste of meat-eaters because we are servants of meat-eaters. Indeed, our activities are exactly like those of the meat-eaters. Because we always associate with such people, we are inimical toward the cows and brāhmaṇas.”

Purport: There are two kinds of meat-eaters — one who is born in a family of meat-eaters and one who has learned to associate with meat-eaters. From Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmīs (formerly Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika) we can learn how one attains the character of a meat-eater simply by associating with meat-eaters. At the present moment in India the presidential offices are occupied by many so-called brāhmaṇas, but the state maintains slaughterhouses for killing cows and makes propaganda against Vedic civilization. The first principle of Vedic civilization is the avoidance of meat-eating and intoxication. Presently in India, intoxication and meat-eating are encouraged, and the so-called learned brāhmaṇas presiding over this state of affairs have certainly become degraded according to the standard given herein by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī. These so-called brāhmaṇas give sanction to slaughterhouses for the sake of a fat salary, and they do not protest these abominable activities. By deprecating the principles of Vedic civilization and supporting cow-killing, they are immediately degraded to the platform of mlecchas and yavanas. A mleccha is a meat-eater, and a yavana is one who has deviated from Vedic culture. Unfortunately, such mlecchas and yavanas are in executive power. How, then, can there be peace and prosperity in the state? The king or the president must be the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira accepted the rule of Bhārata-varṣa (formerly this entire planet, including all the seas and land), he took sanction from authorities like Bhīṣmadeva and Lord Kṛṣṇa. He thus ruled the entire world according to religious principles. At the present moment, however, heads of state do not care for religious principles. If irreligious people vote on an issue, even though it be against the principles of the śāstras, the bills will be passed. The president and heads of state become sinful by agreeing to such abominable activities. Sanātana and Rūpa Gosvāmīs pleaded guilty to such activities; they therefore classified themselves among the mlecchas, although they had been born in a brāhmaṇa family.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this shows that birth is not as important as the association and work that one does.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 198

mora karma, mora hāte-galāya bāndhiyā
ku-viṣaya-viṣṭhā-garte diyāche phelāiyā

Translation: The two brothers, Sākara Mallika and Dabira Khāsa, very humbly submitted that due to their abominable activities they were now bound by the neck and hands and had been thrown into a ditch filled with abominable, stool like objects of material sense enjoyment.

Purport: Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura has explained ku-viṣaya garta as follows: “Because of the activities of the senses, we become subjected to many sense gratificatory processes and are thus entangled by the laws of material nature. This entanglement is called viṣaya. When the sense gratificatory processes are executed by pious activity, they are called su-viṣaya. The word su means ‘good,’ and viṣaya means ‘sense objects.’ When the sense gratificatory activities are performed under sinful conditions, they are called ku-viṣaya, bad sense enjoyment. In either case, either ku-viṣaya or su-viṣaya, these are material activities. As such, they are compared to stool. In other words, such things are to be avoided. To become free from su-viṣaya and ku-viṣaya, one must engage himself in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The activities of devotional service are free from the contamination of material qualities. Therefore, to be free from the reactions of su-viṣaya and ku-viṣaya, one must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In that way, one will save himself from contamination.” In this connection, Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung:

karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa, kevala viṣera bhāṇḍa
amṛta baliyā yeba khāya
nānā yoni sadā phire, kadarya bhakṣaṇa kare
tāra janma adhaḥ-pāte yāya

Su-viṣaya and ku-viṣaya both fall under the category of karma-kāṇḍa. There is another kāṇḍa (platform of activity), called jñāna-kāṇḍa, or philosophical speculation about the effects of ku-viṣaya and su-viṣaya with the intention to find out the means of deliverance from material entanglement. On the platform of jñāna-kāṇḍa, one may give up the objects of ku-viṣaya and su-viṣaya. But that is not the perfection of life. Perfection is transcendental to both jñāna-kāṇḍa and karma-kāṇḍa; it is on the platform of devotional service. If we do not take to devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we have to remain within this material world and endure the repetition of birth and death due to the effects of jñāna-kāṇḍa and karma-kāṇḍa. Therefore Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says: nānā yoni sadā phire, kadarya bhakṣaṇa kare tāra janma adhaḥ-pāte yāya “One travels throughout various species of life and eats all kinds of nonsense. Thus he spoils his existence.” A man in material existence and attached to ku-viṣaya or su-viṣaya is in the same position as that of a worm in stool. After all, whether it be moist or dry, stool is stool. Similarly, material activities may be either pious or impious, but because they are all material, they are compared to stool. Worms cannot get out of stool by their own endeavor; similarly, those who are overly attached to material existence can not get out of materialism and suddenly become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Attachment is there. As explained by Prahlāda Mahārāja in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.30): “Those who have made up their minds to remain in this material world and enjoy sense gratification cannot become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Because of their attachment to material activity, they cannot attain liberation, either by the instructions of superior persons or by their own endeavor or by passing resolutions in big conferences. Because their senses are uncontrolled, they gradually descend to the darkest regions of material existence to repeat the same process of birth and death in desirable or undesirable species of life.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda has explained the purport to what Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī are saying that by engaging in material activities one gets entangled in the repetition of birth and death

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 199

āmā uddhārite balī nāhi tri-bhuvane
patita-pāvana tumi — sabe tomā vine

Translation: No one within the three worlds is sufficiently powerful to deliver us. You are the only savior of the fallen souls; therefore there is no one but You.

Jayapatākā Swami: This is the secret to get the mercy of Lord Caitanya, to present oneself before the Lord humbly and beg for His mercy.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 200

āmā uddhāriyā yadi dekhāo nija-bala
‘patita-pāvana’ nāma tabe se saphala

Translation: If You simply deliver us by Your transcendental strength, then certainly Your name will be known as Patita-pāvana, the savior of the fallen souls.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is known as “Patita-pāvana” the saviour of the fallen souls. So Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī’s are asking for His mercy. So, they presented themselves as the most fallen and the Lord as the deliverer of the fallen.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 201

satya eka bāta kahoṅ, śuna, dayā-maya
mo-vinu dayāra pātra jagate nā haya

Translation: Let us speak one word that is very true. Plainly hear us, O merciful one. There is no other object of mercy within the three worlds but us.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, since Lord Caitanya has come to deliver the most fallen, Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī are presenting themselves as the most fallen therefore they need the Lords mercy the most.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 202

more dayā kari’ kara sva-dayā saphala
akhila brahmāṇḍa dekhuka tomāra dayā-bala

Translation: We are the most fallen; therefore by showing us Your mercy, Your mercy is most successful. Let the power of Your mercy be exhibited throughout the entire universe!

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya’s mercy can deliver people all over the world, so we should take advantage of this opportunity that His appearance has given.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 203

śrī-yāmunācāryapāda-kṛta stotra-ratna-śloka (47)—

Translation: Let us submit one piece of information before You, dear Lord. It is not at all false but is full of meaning. It is this: If You are not merciful upon us, then it will be very, very difficult to find more suitable candidates for Your mercy.’

Purport: This verse is from the Stotra-ratna (47), by Śrī Yāmunācārya.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 204

āpane ayogya dekhi’ mane pāṅ kṣobha
tathāpi tomāra guṇe upajaya lobha

Translation: We are very depressed at being unfit candidates for Your mercy. Yet since we have heard of Your transcendental qualities, we are very much attracted to You.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī are repeatedly humbling themselves before Lord Caitanya.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 205

vāmana yaiche cāṅda dharite cāhe kare
taiche ei vāñchā mora uṭhaye antare

Translation: Indeed, we are like a dwarf who wants to capture the moon. Although we are completely unfit, a desire to receive Your mercy is awakening within our minds.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, we should have such desires as expressed by Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī to get Lord Caitanya’s mercy. People may think that they are very qualified and therefore they should be delivered. But here we can see that Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī are presenting themselves as the most fallen.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, 1. 206

śrī-yāmunācāryapāda-kṛta stotra-ratna-śloka (46)—

Translation: By serving You constantly, one is freed from all material desires and is completely pacified. When shall I engage as Your permanent eternal servant and always feel joyful to have such a fitting master?  

Purport: In His teachings to Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has declared every living entity to be an eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the constitutional position of all living entities. Just as a dog or servant is very much satisfied to get a competent, perfect master, or as a child is completely satisfied to possess a competent father, so the living entity is satisfied by completely engaging in the service of the Supreme Lord. He thereby knows that he has a competent master to save him from all kinds of danger. Unless the living entity comes to the guaranteed protection of the Supreme Lord, he is full of anxiety. This life of anxiety is called material existence. To be completely satisfied and devoid of anxiety, one must come to the position of eternally rendering service to the Supreme Lord. This verse is also from the Stotra-ratna (43), by Śrī Yāmunācārya.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, we are always forced to serve someone, but we don’t serve the Supreme Lord, we serve our body, our spouse, our children or our nation or our community, and if we have no one else we serve our cat and dog. So here all these fallible masses cannot actually help us. But if we can serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead then He can give us complete perfection, then we don’t have the anxiety of material existence.

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers part 2

Under the Section: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana