20210820 Love of Kṛṣna Floods Everyone Except the Māyāvādīs of Kāśī Part 1

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on August 20th, 2021 in Sri Dhama Mayapur, 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!

Today is the chapter is entitled:
Love of Kṛṣna Floods Everyone Except the Māyāvādīs of Kāśī Part 1
Under the Section: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.4

pañca-tattva avatīrṇa caitanyera saṅge 
pañca-tattva lañā karena saṅkīrtana raṅge

Translation: These five tattvas incarnate with Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and thus the Lord executes His saṅkīrtana movement with great pleasure.

Purport: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.32) there is the following statement regarding Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu:

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ 
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam 
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair 
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

“In the Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performance of the saṅkīrtana-yajña.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, His incarnation Śrī Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu and His marginal potency Śrīvāsa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are complete when we say

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

As preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by chanting this Pañca-tattva mantra; then we say

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa,
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare 
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma,
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

There are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, but these are not considered in the chanting of the Pañca-tattva mantra, namely,

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is known as mahā-vadānyāvatāra, the most magnanimous incarnation, for He does not consider the offenses of the fallen souls. Thus to derive the full benefit of the chanting of the mahā-mantra

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare 
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare 

we must first take shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, learn the Pañca-tattva mahā-mantra, and then chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. That will be very effective.

Taking advantage of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, many unscrupulous devotees manufacture a mahā-mantra of their own. Sometimes they sing bhaja nitāi gaura rādhe śyāma hare kṛṣṇa hare rāma or śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda hare kṛṣṇa hare rāma śrī-rādhe govinda. Actually, however, one should chant the names of the full Pañca-tattva

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

and then the sixteen words

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare 
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

But these unscrupulous, less intelligent men confuse the entire process. Of course, since they are also devotees they can express their feelings in that way, but the method prescribed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pure devotees is to first chant the full Pañca-tattva mantra and then chant the mahā-mantra

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare 
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, I met one person, he was saying that he was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, for probably ten or twenty years but He didn’t feel any bliss. I asked him, if he was chanting the Pañca-tattva mantra, if he followed Lord Caitanya, but He said no, He was from another sampradayā. I gave him the Pañca-tattva - śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. So, he began chanting that, I came back to this same place 3 or 6 months later, when he saw me, he immediately paid his obeisnaces, and he said, “what mantra you gave me, I feel so much ecstasy now!” So we have practically seen that chanting the Pañca-tattva mantra is so effective, and we know Lord Caitanya is so merciful, He doesn’t accept any offenses.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.5

pañca-tattva — eka-vastu, nāhi kichu bheda 
rasa āsvādite tabu vividha vibheda

Translation: Spiritually there are no differences between these five tattvas, for on the transcendental platform everything is absolute. Yet there are also varieties in the spiritual world, and in order to taste these spiritual varieties one should distinguish between them.

Purport: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda In his Anubhāṣya commentary Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura describes the Pañca-tattva as follows: The supreme energetic, the Personality of Godhead, manifesting in order to enjoy five kinds of pastimes, appears as the members of the Pañca-tattva. Actually there is no difference between them because they are situated on the absolute platform, but they manifest different spiritual varieties as a challenge to the impersonalists to taste different kinds of spiritual humors (rasas). In the Vedas it is said, parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate: “The varieties of energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are differently known.” From this statement of the Vedas one can understand that there are eternal varieties of humors, or tastes, in the spiritual world. Śrī Gaurāṅga, Śrī Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Śrī Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura are all on the same platform, but in spiritually distinguishing between them one should understand that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the form of a devotee, Nityānanda Prabhu appears in the form of a devotee’s spiritual master, Advaita Prabhu is the form of a bhakta (devotee) incarnation, Gadādhara Prabhu is the energy of a bhakta, and Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura is a pure devotee. Thus, there are spiritual distinctions between them. The bhakta-rūpa (Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu), the bhakta-svarūpa (Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu) and the bhakta-avatāra (Śrī Advaita Prabhu) are described as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, His immediate manifestation and His plenary expansion, and They all belong to the Viṣṇu category. Although the spiritual and marginal energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, they are predominated subjects, whereas Lord Viṣṇu is the predominator. As such, although they are on the same platform, they have appeared differently in order to facilitate tasting of transcendental mellows. Actually, however, there is no possibility of one being different from the other, for the worshiper and the worshipable cannot be separated at any stage. On the absolute platform, one cannot be understood without the other.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, there is no significance to the Supreme Lord without being individual entities, that He predominates over. So devotees of the Lord, they are very happy to be with the Lord and that is the special mellow, rasa, that they taste. So in order to enjoy these distinct mellows the Lord appears as the Pañca tattva.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.6

Ādi 18 ślokera śeṣa śloka vyākhya:

Śrī Svarūpa Gosvāmī-kaḍcā.

pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ 
bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam 
bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ 
namāmi bhakta-śaktikam

Translation: Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devotee and devotional energy.

Purport: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is the immediate expansion of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as His brother. He is the personified spiritual bliss of sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. His body is transcendental and full of ecstasy in devotional service. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is therefore called bhakta-rūpa (the form of a devotee), and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu is called bhakta-svarūpa (the expansion of a devotee). Śrī Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of a devotee, is viṣṇu-tattva and belongs to the same category. There are also different types of bhaktas, or devotees, on the platforms of neutrality, servitude, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love. Devotees like Śrī Dāmodara, Śrī Gadādhara and Śrī Rāmānanda are different energies. This confirms the Vedic sūtra parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate. All these bhakta subjects taken together constitute Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Kṛṣṇa manifests the spiritual and material universes but the impersonalists, the Māyāvādīs they don’t know about the spiritual universe and in the spiritual universe, people exchange spiritual love, in this way the basis of their relationship is love.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.7

Jīva o pradhāna sakalei kṛṣṇa-sevaka

svayaṁ bhagavān kṛṣṇa ekale īśvara 
advitīya, nandātmaja, rasika-śekhara

Translation: Kṛṣṇa, the reservoir of all pleasure, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, the supreme controller. No one is greater than or equal to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, yet He appears as the son of Mahārāja Nanda.

Purport: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda In this verse Kavirāja Gosvāmī gives an accurate description of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by stating that although no one is equal to or greater than Him and He is the reservoir of all spiritual pleasure, He nevertheless appears as the son of Mahārāja Nanda and Yaśodāmayī.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Kṛṣṇa appears in His relationship with different devotees, as His relationship with Rādhārānī is supreme and Rādhārānī is revered and worshipped as Vṛndāvaneśvarī. But She has complete devotion for Kṛṣṇa, for Kṛṣṇa is one without a second. But He accepts some devotees in the equal or higher basis than Him, in order to exchange loving sentiments and pastimes.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.8

rāsādi-vilāsī, vrajalalanā-nāgara 
āra yata saba dekha, — tāṅra parikara

Translation: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme enjoyer in the rāsa dance. He is the leader of the damsels of Vraja, and all others are simply His associates.

Purport: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda The word rāsādi-vilāsī (“the enjoyer of the rāsa dance”) is very important. The rāsa dance can be enjoyed only by Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the supreme leader and chief of the damsels of Vṛndāvana. All others are His devotees and associates. Although no one can compare with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there are many unscrupulous rascals who imitate the rāsa dance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. They are Māyāvādīs, and people should be wary of them. The rāsa dance can be performed only by Śrī Kṛṣṇa and no one else.

Jayapatākā Swami: Some of the Māyāvādīs in Vṛndāvana appreciate the glory of Rādhārānī but don’t appreciate Kṛṣṇa, this is very offensive. The reason Rādhārānī is so special because of Her unalloyed devotion for Lord Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme enjoyer and Rādhārānī is His pleasure potency. They cannot separate the two.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.9

sei kṛsṇei gaura sei kṛṣṇa avatīrṇa śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya 
sei parikara-gaṇa saṅge saba dhanya

Translation: The selfsame Lord Kṛṣṇa advented Himself as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with all His eternal associates, who are also equally glorious.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya comes sometimes after the appearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa, that mean at best He comes in once in a day of Brahmā, which is a thousand catur-yugas and so He comes to distribute the pure love of Kṛṣṇa freely. So we should take His mercy, this is a rare opportunity.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.10

Śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya sarveśvara haiyāo vaśyabhāvamaya:-
ekale īśvara-tattva caitanya-īśvara
bhakta-bhāvamaya tāṅra śuddha kalevara

Translation: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is the supreme controller, the one Personality of Godhead, has ecstatically become a devotee, yet His body is transcendental and not materially tinged.

Purport:His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda There are different tattvas, or truths, including īśa-tattva, jīva-tattva and śakti-tattva. Īśa-tattva refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Viṣṇu, who is the supreme living force. In the Kaṭha Upaniṣad it is said, nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām: the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme eternal and the supreme living force. The living entities are also eternal and are also living forces, but they are very minute in quantity, whereas the Supreme Lord is the supreme living force and the supreme eternal. The supreme eternal never accepts a body of a temporary material nature, whereas the living entities, who are part and parcel of the supreme eternal, are prone to do so. Thus according to the Vedic mantras the Supreme Lord is the supreme master of innumerable living entities.

The Māyāvādī philosophers, however, try to equate the minute living entities with the supreme living entity. Because they recognize no distinctions between them, their philosophy is called Advaita-vāda, or monism. Factually, however, there is a distinction. This verse is especially meant to impart to the Māyāvādī philosopher the understanding that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme controller. The supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but as a transcendental pastime He has accepted the form of a devotee, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa comes to this planet exactly like a human being, some rascals consider Him to be one of the ordinary humans. One who thinks in that mistaken way is described as mūḍha, or foolish. Therefore one should not foolishly consider Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be an ordinary human being. He has accepted the ecstasy of a devotee, but He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since the time of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, there have been many imitation incarnations of Kṛṣṇa who cannot understand that Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself and not an ordinary human being. Less intelligent men create their own “Gods” by advertising a human being as God. This is their mistake. Therefore here the words tāṅra śuddha kalevara warn that Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body is not material but purely spiritual. One should not, therefore, accept Caitanya Mahāprabhu as an ordinary devotee, although He has assumed the form of a devotee. Yet one must certainly know that although Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because He accepted the ecstasy of a devotee one should not misunderstand His pastimes and place Him in exactly the same position as Kṛṣṇa. It is for this reason only that when Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu was addressed as Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu He blocked His ears, not wanting to hear Himself addressed as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is a class of devotees called Gaurāṅga-nāgarī, who stage plays of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes using a vigraha, or form, of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This is a mistake that is technically called rasābhāsa. While Caitanya Mahāprabhu is trying to enjoy as a devotee, one should not disturb Him by addressing Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but He was enjoying the ecstasy of being a devotee. So in this ecstasy He wanted to make everyone else a devotee and that is Lord Caitanya’s special pastime. So, although Lord Caitanya visited Benares, but the philosophy of Lord Caitanya is given in the Ādī līlā of Caitanya-caritāmṛta because it is very important and the author, he didn’t know long he would live so he put it first. But actually, Lord Caitanya was giving out the love for Kṛṣṇa, but then He went first to Vṛndāvana and on His way back He delivered the Māyāvādīs.

Thus ends the chapter titled "Love of Kṛṣna Floods Everyone Except the Māyāvādīs of Kāśī Part 1" under the Section: The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana

We hope that everybody takes this mercy of Lord Caitanya and tastes the unlimited ecstasy of being a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa. This is the special love of Vṛndāvana, that Lord Caitanya gave to everyone.