20230125 Reaching Kamalapura, The Devotees See the Flag on Top of Lord Jagannātha’s Temple, Part 2

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on January 25th,2023 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 Kṛṣṇa! Dear Devotees! Today we will continue with the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book. Haribol! Today we will continuing with the part 2 of the chapter entitled:

Reaching Kamalapura, The Devotees See the Flag on Top of Lord Jagannātha’s Temple, Part 2
Under the section: Śrī Advaita Ācārya and other devotees’ arrival in Nīlācala

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.11

calilena hariṣe paṇḍita vakreśvara
ye nācite kīrtanīyāśrī-gaurasundara

Jayapatākā Swami: Paṇḍita Vakreśvara happily travelled along, he was the one who danced while Śrī Gaurasundara led the kīrtana.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.12

calila pradyumna brahmacārī mahāśaya
sākṣāt nṛsiṁha yāṅra saṅge kathā kaya

Jayapatākā Swami: Pradyumna Brahmācārī mahāśaya also came. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva would personally talk to him.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.13

calilena ullāse ṭhākura haridāsa
āra haridāsa yāṅra sindhu-kūle vāsa

Jayapatākā Swami: Joyfully Haridāsa Ṭhākura came along, and one another Haridāsa who lived by the side of the ocean he also came.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.14

calilena vāsudeva-datta mahāśaya
yāṅra sthāne kṛṣṇa haya āpane vikraya

Jayapatākā Swami: Vāsudeva Datta mahāśaya also came, to whom Lord Kṛṣṇa sold Himself.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.15

calilā mukunda-datta kṛṣṇera gāyana
śivānanda-sena-ādi laiyā āpta-gaṇa

Jayapatākā Swami: Mukunda Datta also came, he was Lord Kṛṣṇa’s singer. Śivānanda Sena and others brought their families along.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.16

calilā govindānanda premete vihvala
daśadik haya yāṅra smaraṇe nirmala

Jayapatākā Swami: Also came Govindānanda, who was absorbed in pure love of Kṛṣṇa. By remembering him, the ten directions become purified.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.17

calila govinda-datta mahāharṣa mane
mūla haiyā ye kīrtana kare prabhu-sane

Jayapatākā Swami: Also came Śrī Govinda Datta jubilantly, who was a steady devotee who did kīrtana with the Lord and who led kīrtana.

Note: Actually we need to give purport to each of these devotees, they are all like very special devotees.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.18

calilena āṅkhariyāśrī-vijaya-dāsa
‘ratnabāhu’ yāṅre prabhu karila prakāśa

Jayapatākā Swami: Śrī Vijaya dāsa, also came along, he was whom the Lord recognised as Ratnabāhu.

Caitanya Bhāgavata. Antya-khaṇḍa 8.19

sadāśiva-paṇḍita calila śuddha-mati
yāṅra ghare pūrve nityānandera vasati

Jayapatākā Swami: Also, Sadāśiva Paṇḍita who has a pure-heart, came along. In His house previously Lord Nityānanda resided.

Caitanya Bhāgavata. Antya-khaṇḍa 8.20

puruṣottama-sañjaya calilā harṣa-mane
ye prabhura mukhya śiṣya pūrva adhyayane

Jayapatākā Swami: Puruṣottama Sañjaya, who was the Lord’s principal student when the Lord previously taught, he came very jubilantly.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.21

‘hari’ bali’ calilena paṇḍita śrīmān
prabhu-nṛtye ye deuṭī dharena sāvadhāna

Jayapatākā Swami: Paṇḍita Śrīmān he came chanting, “Hari bol!” “Hari bol!” when Lord Caitanya danced, he would carry a torch to help the Lord to chant on the road.

Śrīmān paṇḍita is the brother of Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. All these personalities are mentioned in Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādī-līlā.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.22

nandana-ācārya calilena prīta-mane
nityānanda yāṅra gṛhe āilā prathame

Jayapatākā Swami: Nandana Ācārya, came in loving ecstasy, Lord Nityānanda stayed in his house when He first came back to Bengal.

All these devotees were very ecstatic thinking that soon they would be united with Lord Caitanya.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.23

hariṣe calilāśuklāmbara brahmacārī
yāṅra anna māgi’ khāilena gaurahari

Jayapatākā Swami: Śuklāmbara Brahmācārī joyfully came along. He would beg rice from gṛhastha, but Lord Gaurahari begged the rice from him. Whenever he wouldn’t give it, Lord Caitanya took by force.

Caitanya Bhāgavata. Antya-khaṇḍa 8.24

akiñcana kṛṣṇadāsa calilāśrīdhara
yāṅra jala pāna kailā prabhu viśvambhara

Jayapatākā Swami: Kolaveca Śrīdhara was a very poor devotee he was known as a servant of Kṛṣṇa who had nothing. He had a broken iron pot from which Lord Caitanya drank from in Navadvīpa, When he was known as Lord Viśvambhara.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.25

calilena lekhaka—paṇḍita bhagavān
yāṅra dehe kṛṣṇa haiyāchila adhiṣṭhāna

Jayapatākā Swami: Along came the writer Bhagavān Paṇḍita, in whose body Lord Kṛṣṇa was present and had appeared.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.26

gopīnātha paṇḍita āra śrīgarbha-paṇḍita
calilena dui kṛṣṇa-vigraha niścita

Jayapatākā Swami: Along came Gopīnātha Paṇḍita and Śrīgarbha Paṇḍita, they were both certainly forms of Kṛṣṇa.

So, we can see how many devotees were travelling by foot to be in Nīlācala and meet Lord Caitanya and see Him dance during the Ratha-yātrā.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.27

calilena vanamālī paṇḍita maṅgala
ye dekhila suvarṇera śrī-hala-muṣala

Jayapatākā Swami: The auspicious Vanamālī Paṇḍita also came. He saw a golden plow and club in the Lord’s hands.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.28

jagadīśa-paṇḍita hiraṇya-bhāgavata
hariṣe calilā dui kṛṣṇa-rase matta

Jayapatākā Swami: Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita and Hiraṇya Bhāgavata, joyfully came. The two were absorbed in the mellows of Kṛṣṇa consciousness fully ecstatic.

Caitanya Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 8.29

pūrve śiśu-rūpe prabhu ye duira ghare
naivedya khāilā āni’ śrī-hari-vāsare

Jayapatākā Swami: Previously when the Lord was a child, he went to their houses and ate the grains prasāda on Ekādaśī which they brought and gave.

This pastime, the Lord was crying and crying and His father Jagannātha Miśra asked why are you crying, He said that Jagadīśa Paṇḍita and Hiraṇya Bhāgavata were having an Ekādaśī feast and how a little child would know about Ekādaśī and how he would know that they were his two friends of Him. And he took Him to their house and they were offering opulent grain bhoga to the deities. When He explained what happened they saw, the two of them, somehow Kṛṣṇa gave them a vision and therefore they gave Him all the bhoga on Ekādaśī.

Actually Kolaveca Śrīdhara was very poor but somehow Lord Caitanya would always buy his bananas and vegetable things. When he was nine years old, He would grab a bunch of bananas, and ask ‘how much is this?’ Kolaveca Śrīdhara would grab back the bananas and say, ‘I don’t charge more, you see I always charge less’. Lord Caitanya said, you are taking these banana from Me, who is a brāhmaṇa, is that proper? And He took the bananas back. So, like Kolaveca Śrīdhara, said the bananas were for 8 kauḍis, 8 small conchshell, Lord Caitanya would say, ‘oh, you are charging too much, I will take 5 kaudis. So, Kolaveca Sridhara would say, if you take such a thing from Him, I don't know whenever I see Him my heart melts. Later when Lord Caitanya was offered the 21 hours ārati by Lord Advaita, they brought Kolaveca Śrīdhara, then he could see Lord Caitanya was Kṛṣṇa himself and He said Kolaveca Śrīdhara, I will give whatever you want, but he said I don’t want anything’, He said, ‘I will make you a King’ he said that, ‘I don’t want to be a King’ then he said, ‘I will give all mystic powers, laghima, prāpti’ ‘ no, no I don’t want’. You have to take some gift from Me, what do you want? Well if I have to ask something, please bless me that whenever You appear, I can come and give Your vegetables and fruits needs. But if that is not possible, please let me be born in the family of Your devotees. Then Lord Caitanya said, ‘I am going to give you the most rare of gifts, I will give you Kṛṣṇa-prema. That Kolaveca Śrīdhara is also going to Jagannātha Purī.

In the eleventh canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it predicts that the Lord would come but he wont be in black colour and He will be coming with His expansions, energies and His devotees and associates so we heard about some of the associates.

Haribol!