20230523 The Causeless Mercy Upon the Boy that is Inconceivable Even for Brahmā

The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on May 23rd,2023 in Dallas, Texas, kUSA.

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hariḥ oṁ tat sat!

Welcome! Dear Devotees! Today's compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book, So today's chapter entitled is:

The Causeless Mercy Upon the Boy that is Inconceivable Even for Brahmā
Under the section: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.65

ratha-yātropalakṣe śivānandera paramānanda-purī-dāsa putrasaha purīgamana:—

se vatsara śivānanda patnī lañā āilā
‘purī-dāsa’-choṭa-putre saṅgete ānilā

Translation: That year, Śivānanda Sena brought with him his wife and youngest son, Purī dāsa.

Jayapatākā Swami: Every year, Śivānanda Sena would bring devotees from Bengal. This year, he also brought his wife and younger son.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.66

purī-dāsera prabhupade praṇāma:—

putra saṅge lañā teṅho āilā prabhu-sthāne
putrere karāilā prabhura caraṇa vandane

Translation: Taking his son, Śivānanda Sena went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at His residence. He made his son offer respectful obeisances at the lotus feet of the Lord.

Jayapatākā Swami: Śivānanda Sena brought his son and had his son offer his obeisances to Lord Caitanya. The parents, the devotees want to have their son or their children become devotees of the Lord.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.67

kṛṣṇanāmoccāraṇārtha tāhāke ādeśa, bālakera maunabhāva:—

‘kṛṣṇa kaha’ bali’ prabhu balena bāra bāra
tabu kṛṣṇa-nāma bālaka nā kare uccāra

Translation: Again and again Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the boy to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa, but the boy would not utter the holy name.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, this is a mystery why the boy would not chant the holy name when Lord Caitanya requested him to.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.68

tadarthe śivānandera vyartha yatna:—

śivānanda bālakere bahu yatna karilā
tabu sei bālaka kṛṣṇa-nāma nā kahilā

Translation: Although Śivānanda Sena tried with much endeavor to get his boy to speak Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, the boy would not utter it.

Jayapatākā Swami: Even Śivānanda Sena, the boy’s father, tried to get him to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa but he did not utter it.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.69

taddarśane svayaṁ prabhura vismayokti:—

prabhu kahe,—“āmi nāma jagate laoyāiluṅ
sthāvare paryanta kṛṣṇa-nāma kahāiluṅ

Translation: Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I have induced the whole world to take to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. I have induced even the trees and immovable plants to chant the holy name.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya He got the animals in the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest and even plants to chant holy name.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.70

ihāre nāriluṅ kṛṣṇa-nāma kahāite!”
śuniyā svarūpa-gosāñi lāgilā kahite

Translation: “But I could not induce this boy to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.” Hearing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī began to speak.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.71

svarūpakarttṛka purīdāsera maunābasthāna-tātparya vyākhyā

“tumi kṛṣṇa-nāma-mantra kailā upadeśe
mantra pāñā kā’ra āge nā kare prakāśe

Translation: “My Lord,” he said, “You have given him initiation into the name of Kṛṣṇa, but after receiving the mantra he will not express it in front of everyone.

Jayapatākā Swami: Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī seemed to understand the mystery why the boy would not chant.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.72

mane mane jape, mukhe nā kare ākhyāna
ei ihāra manaḥ-kathā—kari anumāna”

Translation: “This boy chants the mantra within his mind but does not say it aloud. That is his intention, as far as I can guess.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.73

anyadina prabhura ādeśe bālaka purīdāsera maunabhaṅga o śloka-paṭhana:—

āra dina kahena prabhu,—‘paḍa, purī-dāsa’
ei śloka kari’ teṅho karilā prakāśa

Translation: Another day, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to the boy, “Recite, My dear Purī dāsa,” the boy composed the following verse and expressed it before everyone.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, the boy, to please Lord Caitanya, had composed a verse.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.74

gopīhṛdaya-bhūṣaṇa kṛṣṇera jaya:—
kavi-karṇapūra-kṛta ācāryaśatake (1)—

Translation: “Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is just like a bluish lotus flower for the ears; He is ointment for the eyes, a necklace of indranīla gems for the chest, and universal ornaments for the gopī damsels of Vṛndāvana. Let that Lord Śrī Hari, Kṛṣṇa, be glorified.”

Jayapatākā Swami: The boy, he composed this beautiful verse glorifying the Lord, about Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.75

śiśura ślokaracanāya sakalera vismaya:—

sāta vatsarera śiśu, nāhi adhyayana
aiche śloka kare,—lokera camatkāra mana

Translation: Although the boy was only seven years old and still had no education, he composed such a nice verse. Everyone was struck with wonder.

Jayapatākā Swami: Children, ladies if they compose nice verses or preach the philosophy, people are naturally struck with wonder. Because usually children and ladies don’t say the philosophy, but when they do, people are very impressed.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, 16.76

prabhukṛpā-māhātmya varṇana:—

caitanya-prabhura ei kṛpāra mahimā
brahmādi deva yāra nāhi pāya sīmā

Translation: This is the glory of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy, which even the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, cannot estimate.

Jayapatākā Swami: If Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bestows His mercy on someone they can compose beautiful verses.

Haribol!

Thus ends the chapter entitled, The Causeless Mercy Upon the Boy that is Inconceivable Even for Brahmā
Under the section: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa