20220102 All Classes of Men — Ātmārāmas, Munis and Nirgranthas Must Engage in the Service of the Lord Part 2

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on January 2nd,2022 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

Hare Krishna! Dear Devotees! Introduction: Toady we are continuing reading for the compilation of Caitanya līlā book, the chapter entitled is:

— Ātmārāmas, Munis and Nirgranthas Must Engage in the Service of the Lord, Part 2

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.295

ca-śabdadvārā artha itaretara ‘ca’ diyā samāsa kariye
‘āṭānna’-bāra ātmārāma nāma la-iye

Translation: “In this way, as I add the word ‘ca’ to one word after another, I make a compound. Thus the different names of ātmārāmas can be taken fifty-eight times.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is explaining how the word ‘ca’ can multiply the meanings fifty-eight times.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.296

‘ātmārāmāś ca ātmārāmāś ca’ āṭānna-bāra 
śeṣe saba lopa kari’ rākhi eka-bāra

Translation: “In this way, one can repeat the word ‘ātmārāmāḥ’ with ‘ca’ for each of the fifty-eight meanings. By following the rule previously stated and rejecting all but the last, we retain that which represents all the meanings.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this is detailed Sanskrit grammar, Lord Caitanya is expert in the Sanskrit language.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.297

viśvaprakāśa, pāṇini o siddhānta-kaumudī—
sarūpāṇām eka-śeṣa eka-vibhaktau, 
uktārthānām aprayoga iti

Translation: “Of words having the same form and case termination, the last one is the only one retained.’

Purport: This is a quotation from Pāṇini’s sūtras (1.2.64).

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.298

āṭānna ca-kārera saba lopa haya 
eka ātmārāma-śabde āṭānna artha kaya

Translation: “When all the ca-kāras, or additions of the word ‘ca,’ are taken away, fifty-eight different meanings can still be understood by the one word ‘ātmārāma.’

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.299

aśvattha-vṛkṣāś ca baṭa-vṛkṣāś ca kapittha 
vṛkṣāś ca āmra-vṛkṣāś ca vṛkṣāḥ

Translation: “By the plural word ‘vṛkṣāḥ’ [‘trees’], all trees, such as banyan trees, fig trees, kapittha trees and mango trees, are indicated.’

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.300

“asmin vane vṛkṣāḥ phalanti” yaiche haya 
taiche saba ātmārāma kṛṣṇe bhakti karaya

Translation: “The ātmārāma verse is like the sentence ‘In this forest many different trees bear fruit.’ All ātmārāmas render devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya is indicating that all the Ātmārāmas render devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.301

‘munayaśca’-pada gaṇanā kariyā 59 prakāra arthaḥ 
‘ātmārāmāś ca’ samuccaye kahiye ca-kāra 
‘munayaś ca’ bhakti kare, — ei artha tāra

Translation: “After uttering the word ‘ātmārāmāḥ’ fifty-eight times and taking ‘ca’ in a sense of aggregation, one may add the word ‘munayaḥ.’ That will mean that great sages also render devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. In this way there are fifty-nine meanings.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, all the Munis and great sages, all offer devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa and we can take inspiration if we wish to be fully satisfied we can offer devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.302

‘nirgranthā eva’ hañā, ‘api’ — nirdhāraṇe 
ei ‘ūnaṣaṣṭi’ prakāra artha kariluṅ vyākhyāne

Translation: “Then taking the word ‘nirgranthāḥ’ and considering ‘api’ in the sense of sustenance, I have tried to explain a fifty-ninth meaning of the verse.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.303

āra ekaprakāra arthaḥ—
sarva-samuccaye āra eka artha haya 
‘ātmārāmāś ca munayaś ca nirgranthāś ca’ bhajaya

Translation: “Taking all the words together, there is another meaning. Whether one is an ātmārāma, a great sage or a nirgrantha, everyone must engage in the service of the Lord.”

Purport: The word sarva-samuccaye is significant here. It includes all classes of men — ātmārāmas, munis and nirgranthas. Everyone must engage in the service of the Lord. Taking the word api in the sense of ascertainment, there are, all together, sixty different meanings.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, previously Lord Caitanya had explained eighteen different meaning to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya of this Ātmārāma verse, but here He is explaining so many meanings for one verse. So, normally people are not able to ascertain so many meanings for one verse, but Lord Caitanya is not ordinary, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead come as His devotee and He is explaining this verse how everyone should render devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.304

‘api’-śabda — avadhāraṇe, seha cāri bāra 
cāri-śabda-saṅge evera karibe uccāra

Translation: “The word ‘api’ is then used in the sense of ascertainment, and then the word ‘eva’ can be uttered four times with four words.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.305

“urukrame eva bhaktim eva ahaitukīm eva kurvanty eva”

Translation: “The words ‘urukrama,’ ‘bhakti,’ ‘ahaitukī’ and ‘kurvanti’ are added to the word ‘eva’ again and again. Thus another meaning is explained.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 24.306

ei paryanta 60 prakāra arthaḥ—
ei ta’ kahiluṅ ślokera ‘ṣaṣṭi’ saṅkhyaka artha 
āra eka artha śuna pramāṇe samartha

Translation: “Now I have given sixty different meanings of the verse, and yet there is another meaning which is also very strongly evident.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya has descended from the spiritual world, from Goloka Vṛndāvana, in order to distribute pure love of Kṛṣṇa and deliver all the fallen soulṣ So, we can shelter of Lord Caitanya and help him in His sublime mission to deliver all the fallen souls.

Hare Krishna!

Thus ends the chapter entitled, All Classes of Men — Ātmārāmas, Munis and Nirgranthas Must Engage in the Service of the Lord, Part 1 Under the section: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse.