20221210 Phalaśruti––Gains Sambandha, Abhidheya and Prayojana

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on December 10th,2022 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!

So today we are continuing from the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book. So today's chapter entitled is:

Phalaśruti––Gains Sambandha, Abhidheya and Prayojana
Under the section: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.135

mūrkha vā vidveṣīra kṛṣṇanindoktidvārāo kṛṣṇa-sevikā bhaktisiddhānta-vāṇī-rūpiṇī śuddha-sarasvatīra gaura-kṛṣṇa-sevāḥ—

tumi yaiche-taiche kaha, nā jāniyā rīti
sarasvatī sei-śabde kariyāche stuti

Translation: “You have written something irregular, not knowing the regulative principles, but the goddess of learning, Sarasvatī, has used your words to offer her prayers to the Supreme Lord.

Haribol! Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī informed the bengali poet, “Because of your ignorance and your leaning toward Māyāvāda philosophy, you cannot distinguish the difference between the Māyāvāda and Vaiṣṇava philosophies. Therefore the process you have adopted to praise Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Jagannātha does not follow the proper system; indeed, it is irregular and offensive. Fortunately, however, through your words, the goddess of learning, mother Sarasvatī, has tactfully offered her prayers to her master, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī wanted to show how Mother Sarasvatī has presented Kṛṣṇa's philosophy in a proper way but it has to be understood .

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.136

yaiche indra, daityādi kare kṛṣṇera bhartsana
sei-śabde sarasvatī karena stavana

Translation: “Sometimes demons, and even Lord Indra, the King of heaven, chastised Kṛṣṇa, but mother Sarasvatī, taking advantage of their words, offered prayers to the Lord.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, they may call that Lord Kṛṣṇa, He doesn’t belong to any caste is an insult, but actually He is beyond caste. In one sense, that is offered by Mother Sarasvatī and it maked perfect sense.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.137

akṣajajñānī indrera nindokti-dṛṣṭāntaḥ—śrīmad-bhāgavate (10.25.5)—

Translation: “[Lord Indra said:] ‘This Kṛṣṇa, who is an ordinary human being, is talkative, childish, impudent and ignorant, although He thinks Himself very learned. The cowherd men in Vṛndāvana have offended me by accepting Him. This has not been greatly appreciated by me.’

Purport: This verse is from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.25.5).

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.138

prākṛta ahaṅkāradṛpta indraḥ—

aiśvarya-made matta indra,—yena mātoyāla
buddhi-nāśa haila, kevala nāhika sāmbhāla

Translation: “Indra, the King of heaven, being too proud of his heavenly opulences, became like a madman. Thus bereft of his intelligence, he could not restrain himself from speaking nonsensically about Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.139

indrera mukhe nindoktidvārāi śuddhā-sarasvatīra kṛṣṇa-stutiḥ—

indra bale,—“muñi kṛṣṇera kariyāchi nindana”
tāra-i mukhe sarasvatī karena stavana

Translation: “Thus Indra thought, ‘I have properly chastised Kṛṣṇa and defamed Him.’ But Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, took this opportunity to offer prayers to Kṛṣṇa.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, we will see how Mother Sarasvatī by giving a different interpretation uses the critical words of Indra to actually praise Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.140

śuddhāsarasvatīkarttṛka śabdasamūhera vyākhyā— (1) ‘vācāla’, (2) ‘vāliśa’—

‘vācāla’ kahiye—‘veda-pravartaka’ dhanya
‘bāliśa’—tathāpi ‘śiśu-prāya’ garva-śūnya

Translation: “The word ‘vācāla’ is used to refer to a person who can speak according to Vedic authority, and the word ‘bāliśa’ means ‘innocent.’ Kṛṣṇa spoke the Vedic knowledge, yet He always presents Himself as a prideless, innocent boy.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Sarasvatī devī by using these higher meanings of the words is actually praising Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.141

(3) ‘stabdha’, (4) ‘ajña’—

vandyābhāve ‘anamra’—‘stabdha’-śabde kaya
yāhā haite anya ‘vijña’ nāhi—se ‘ajña’ haya

Translation: “When there is no one else to receive obeisances, one may be called ‘anamra,’ or one who offers obeisances to no one. This is the meaning of the word ‘stabdha.’ And because no one is found to be more learned than Kṛṣṇa, He may be called ‘ajña,’ indicating that nothing is unknown to Him.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, although Indra was criticizing Kṛṣṇa using the simple meaning. By using the higher meaning in Sanskrit actually Kṛṣṇa is praised.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.142

(5) ‘paṇḍitābhimānī’ o (6) ‘marttya’:—

‘paṇḍitera mānya-pātra—haya ‘paṇḍita-mānī’
tathāpi bhakta-vātsalye ‘manuṣya’ abhimānī

Translation: “The word ‘paṇḍita-mānī’ can be used to indicate that Kṛṣṇa is honored even by learned scholars. Nevertheless, because of affection for His devotees, Kṛṣṇa appears like an ordinary human being and may therefore be called ‘martya.’

Jayapatākā Swami: So, these words in the mouth of Sarasvatī are praising Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.143

vidveṣī jarāsandhera nindoktira dṛṣṭāntaḥ—

jarāsandha kahe,—“kṛṣṇa—puruṣa-adhama
tora saṅge nā yujhimu, “yāhi bandhu-han”

Translation: “The demon Jarāsandha chastised Kṛṣṇa, saying, ‘You are the lowest of human beings. I shall not fight with You, for You killed Your own relatives.’

Purport: In this verse also, mother Sarasvatī offers prayers to Kṛṣṇa. The word puruṣa-adhama refers to the Personality of Godhead, under whom all other persons remain, or, in other words, puruṣa-uttama, the best of all living beings. Similarly, the word bandhu-han means “the killer of māyā.” In the conditioned state of life, one is closely related with māyā as a friend, but when one comes in contact with Kṛṣṇa one is freed from that relationship.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, by the interpretation of Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, these insults by Jarāsandha were actually praises.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.144

śuddha-sarasvatīkarttṛka ai nindoktidvārā kṛṣṇa-stuti (1) ‘puruṣādhama’—

yāhā haite anya puruṣa-sakala—‘adhama’
sei haya ‘puruṣādhama’—sarasvatīra mana

Translation: “Mother Sarasvatī takes ‘puruṣādhama’ to mean ‘puruṣottama,’ ‘He to whom all men are subordinate.’

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.145

(2) bandhuhan—

‘bāndhe sabāre’—tāte avidyā ‘bandhu’ haya
‘avidyā-nāśaka’—‘bandhu-han’-śabde kaya

Translation: “Nescience, or māyā, may be called ‘bandhu’ because she entangles everyone in the material world. Therefore by using the word ‘bandhu-han,’ mother Sarasvatī says that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the vanquisher of māyā.

Purport: Everyone is entangled in the illusory energy, but as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14), mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: as soon as one surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, he is freed from māyā. Therefore Kṛṣṇa may be called bandhu-han, the killer of māyā.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.146

vidveṣī śiśupālera nindoktira dṛṣṭāntaḥ—

ei-mata śiśupāla karila nindana
sei-vākye sarasvatī karena stavana

Translation: “Śiśupāla also blasphemed Kṛṣṇa in this way, but the goddess of learning, Sarasvatī, offered her prayers to Kṛṣṇa even by his words.

Jayapatākā Swami: When Kṛṣṇa was offered the first plate in the Rājasūya sacrifice Śiśupāla started to blaspheme Lord Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa had promised that He wouldn’t kill Śiśupāla until he had done hundred offenses. In Śiśupāla’s mind he was criticizing Kṛṣṇa but in Sarasvatī’s mind he was praising Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.147

svarūpakarttṛka prākṛta kavira vyavahṛta śabdasamūha-dvārā kṛṣṇastuti-vyākhyā, jagannātharūpa dāru-brahma o gaurahari-rūpa jaṅgama-brahmera abheda-saṁsthāpanaḥ—

taiche ei śloke tomāra arthe ‘nindā’ āise
sarasvatīra artha śuna, yāte ‘stuti’ bhāse

Translation: “In that way, although your verse is blasphemous according to your meaning, mother Sarasvatī has taken advantage of it to offer prayers to the Lord.

Translation: “In that way, although your verse is blasphemous according to your meaning, mother Sarasvatī has taken advantage of it to offer prayers to the Lord.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.148

Jayapatākā Swami: So, in one sense the brāhmaṇa from Bengal, his meaning was offensive, but according to the definition of Sarasvatī devī it becomes a praise, so Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī is giving the Sarasvatī meaning.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.148

jagannātha hana kṛṣṇera ‘ātma-svarūpa’
kintu ihāṅ dāru-brahma—sthāvara-svarūpa

Translation: “There is no difference between Lord Jagannātha and Kṛṣṇa, but here Lord Jagannātha is fixed as the Absolute Person appearing in wood. Therefore, He does not move.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.149

ekai vigraha jagaduddhārārtha icchāśakti-prabhāve duirūpe prakaṭitaḥ—

tāṅhā-saha ātmatā eka-rūpa hañā
kṛṣṇa eka-tattva-rūpa—dui rūpa hañā

Translation: “Thus Lord Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, although appearing as two, are one because They are both Kṛṣṇa, who is one alone.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.150

saṁsāra-tāraṇa-hetu yei icchā-śakti
tāhāra milana kari’ ekatā yaiche prāpti

Translation: “The supreme desire to deliver the entire world meets in the two of Them, and for that reason also They are one and the same.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.151

sakala saṁsārī lokera karite uddhāra
gaura-jaṅgama-rūpe kailā avatāra

Translation: “To deliver all the materially contaminated people of the world, that same Kṛṣṇa has descended in the moving form of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.152

jagannāthera darśane o gaurera pracāre jīvoddhāraḥ—

jagannāthera darśane khaṇḍāya saṁsāra
saba-deśera saba-loka nāre āsibāra

Translation: “By visiting Lord Jagannātha one is freed from material existence, but not all men of all countries can come or be admitted here in Jagannātha Purī.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.153

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhu deśe deśe yāñā
saba-loke nistārilā jaṅgama-brahma hañā

Translation: “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, moves from one country to another, personally or by His representative. Thus He, as the moving Brahman, delivers all the people of the world.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Jagannātha, is Dāru-brahman, He is absoulte Truth in wood and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Jaṅgama-brahma, He is the moving Absolute Truth and by his darśana and preaching He delivers the people all over the world either personally or by His representatives.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.154

sarasvatīra artha ei kahiluṅ vivaraṇa
eho bhāgya tomāra aiche karile varṇana

Translation: “Thus I have explained the meaning intended by mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning. It is your great fortune that you have described Lord Jagannātha and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in that way.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, by the meaning of Mother Sarasvatī, the brāhmaṇa's poetry is describing properly Lord Caitanya and Lord Jagannātha.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.155

kṛṣṇa-nindāya ‘stobha’rūpa nāmābhāsoccāraṇei muktiḥ—

kṛṣṇe gāli dite kare nāma uccāraṇa
sei nāma haya tāra ‘muktira’ kāraṇa”

Translation: “Sometimes it so happens that one who wants to chastise Kṛṣṇa utters the holy name, and thus the holy name becomes the cause of his liberation.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Since nāmābhāsa is the unintentional or critical joking pronouncing of the holy name that is the cause for liberation, so by saying the name of Kṛṣṇa one may be liberated.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.156

kavira vaiṣṇava-caraṇe ātmasamarpaṇaḥ—

tabe sei kavi sabāra caraṇe paḍiyā
sabāra śaraṇa laila dante tṛṇa lañā

Translation: Upon hearing this proper explanation by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the bengali poet fell down at the feet of all the devotees and took shelter of them with a straw in his mouth.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this Bengali poet was completely grateful to hear the proper explanation and he humbly with a straw in his mouth, surrenders to all the devotees present.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.157

pūrve bhaktagaṇera kṛpā-hetu mahāprabhura kṛpālābhaḥ—

tabe saba bhakta tāre aṅgīkāra kailā
tāra guṇa kahi’ mahāprabhure milāilā

Translation: Thereupon all the devotees accepted his association. Explaining his humble behavior, they introduced him to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this humble Bengali poet he got the great mercy of the personal audience with Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.158

kavira sannyāsadharmagrahaṇa o purīte vāsaḥ—

sei kavi sarva tyaji’ rahilā nīlācale
gaura-bhakta-gaṇera kṛpā ke kahite pāre?

Translation: By the mercy of the devotees of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that poet from Bengal gave up all other activities and stayed with them at Jagannātha Purī. Who can explain the mercy of the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Jayapatākā Swami: The devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are unlimitedly merciful. By their association, the poet, his life was completely changed and he surrendered and stayed at Jagannātha Purī.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.159

miśrera kṛṣṇa-kathā śravaṇa-līlā o rāmānanda-māhātmya varṇitaḥ—

ei ta’ kahiluṅ pradyumna-miśra-vivaraṇa
prabhura ājñāya kaila kṛṣṇa-kathāra śravaṇa

Translation: I have thus described the narration concerning Pradyumna Miśra and how, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he listened to discourses about Kṛṣṇa spoken by Rāmānanda Rāya.

Jayapatākā Swami: Pradyumna Miśra was a very elevated caste brāhmaṇa but on the order of Lord Caitanya he listened to kṛṣṇa-kathā from Rāmānanda Rāya and he was purified by that. He appreciated Rāmānanda Rāya immensely. Lord Caitanya was indirectly glorifying His devotees by bhakti-yoga, they are actually on the highest platform of yogīs.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.160

tāra madhye kahiluṅ rāmānandera mahimā
āpane śrī-mukhe prabhu varṇe yāṅra sīmā

Translation: Within the narration I have explained the glorious characteristics of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, through whom Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally described the limits of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Caitanya used different devotees to describe the limits of Kṛṣṇa-prema.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.161

vaiṣṇave śraddhāhetu anabhijña kavirao prabhukṛpā-lābhaḥ—

prastāve kahiluṅ kavira nāṭaka-vivaraṇa
ajña hañā śraddhāya pāila prabhura caraṇa

Translation: In the course of the narration, I have also told about the drama by the poet from Bengal. Although he was ignorant, because of his faith and humility he nevertheless obtained shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Jayapatākā Swami: Hari bol!

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.162

śraddhāya caitanya-līlā-śravaṇa kīrtane sambandhābhidheya-prayojana-lābhaḥ—

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-līlā—amṛtera sāra
eka-līlā-pravāhe vahe śata-śata dhāra

Translation: The pastimes of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu are the essence of nectar. From the stream of one of His pastimes flow hundreds and thousands of branches.

Jayapatākā Swami: By being absorbed in hearing the pastimes of Lord Caitanya which has many rivulets different aspects which are included in the pastime, one can achieve all the benefits of devotional service, sambandha, abhidheya, prayojana.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 5.163

śraddhā kari’ ei līlā yei paḍe, śune
gaura-līlā, bhakti-bhakta-rasa-tattva jāne

Translation: Anyone who reads and hears these pastimes with faith and love can understand the truth about devotional service, devotees and the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this is the benefits derived by hearing or reading the pastimes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Thus ends the chapter entitled, Phalaśruti—Gains Sambandha, Abhidheya and Prayojana
Under the section: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Haribol!