CC Madhya 17 – The Devotee Sees Everyone as a Friend of Krishna

Giriraj Swami: Reading from Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā, Chapter Seventeen—“The Lord Travels to Vṛndāvana.”

TEXT 1

gacchan vṛndāvanaṁ gauro
vyāghrebhaiṇa-khagān vane
premonmattān sahonnṛtyān
vidadhe kṛṣṇa-jalpinaḥ

TRANSLATION

On His way to Vṛndāvana, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa and made all the tigers, elephants, deer, and birds chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and dance. Thus all these animals were overwhelmed by ecstatic love.

TEXT 2

jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityānanda
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

TRANSLATION

All glories to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityānanda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the devotees of the Lord!

TEXT 3

śarat-kāla haila, prabhura calite haila mati
rāmānanda-svarūpa-saṅge nibhṛte yukata

TRANSLATION

When autumn arrived, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu decided to go to Vṛndāvana. In a solitary place, He consulted with Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.

TEXT 4

“mora sahāya kara yadi, tumi-dui jana
tabe āmi yāñā dekhi śrī-vṛndāvana

TRANSLATION

The Lord requested Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī to help Him go to Vṛndāvana.

TEXT 5

rātrye uṭhi’ vana-pathe palāñā yāba
ekākī yāiba, kāhoṅ saṅge nā la-iba

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I shall leave early in the morning and go incognito, taking the road through the forest. I shall go alone — I shall not take anyone with Me.

TEXT 6

keha yadi saṅga la-ite pāche uṭhi’ dhāya
sabāre rākhibā, yena keha nāhi yāya

TRANSLATION

“If someone wants to follow Me, please stop him. I don’t want anyone to go with Me.

TEXT 7

prasanna hañā ājñā dibā, nā mānibā ‘duḥkha’
tomā-sabāra ‘sukhe’ pathe habe mora ‘sukha’ ”

TRANSLATION

“Please give Me your permission with great pleasure and do not be unhappy. If you are happy, I shall be happy on My way to Vṛndāvana.”

TEXT 8

dui-jana kahe, — ‘tumi īśvara ‘svatantra’
yei icchā, sei karibā, naha ‘paratantra’

TRANSLATION

Upon hearing this, Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī replied, “Dear Lord, You are completely independent. Since You are not dependent on anyone, You will do whatever You desire.

TEXT 9

kintu āmā-duṅhāra śuna eka nivedane
‘tomāra sukhe āmāra sukha’ — kahilā āpane

TRANSLATION

“Dear Lord, kindly hear our one petition. You have already said that You will derive happiness from our happiness. This is Your own statement.

TEXT 10

āmā-duṅhāra mane tabe baḍa ‘sukha’ haya
eka nivedana yadi dhara, dayāmaya

TRANSLATION

“If You will please accept just one request, we shall be very, very happy.

TEXT 11

‘uttama brāhmaṇa’ eka saṅge avaśya cāhi
bhikṣā kari’ bhikṣā dibe, yābe pātra vahi’

TRANSLATION

“Our Lord, please take one very nice brāhmaṇa with You. He will collect alms for You, cook for You, give You prasādam and carry Your waterpot while traveling.

TEXT 12

vana-pathe yāite nāhi ‘bhojyānna’-brāhmaṇa
ājñā kara, — saṅge caluka vipra eka-jana’

TRANSLATION

“When You go through the jungle, there will be no brāhmaṇa available from whom You can accept lunch. Therefore please give permission for at least one pure brāhmaṇa to accompany You.”

TEXT 13

prabhu kahe, — nija-saṅgī kāṅho nā la-iba
eka-jane nile, ānera mane duḥkha ha-iba

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I shall not take any of My associates with Me, because if I choose someone, all the others will be unhappy.

TEXT 14

nūtana saṅgī ha-ibeka, — snigdha yāṅra mana
aiche yabe pāi, tabe la-i ‘eka’ jana

TRANSLATION

“Such a person must be a new man, and he must have a peaceful mind. If I can obtain such a man, I shall agree to take him with Me.”

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

Formerly, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to South India, a brāhmaṇa named Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa went with Him. Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa fell victim to a woman, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had to take the trouble to free him from the clutches of the gypsies. Therefore the Lord here says that He wants a new man who is peaceful in mind. One whose mind is not peaceful is agitated by certain drives, especially sex desire, even though he be in the company of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Such a man will become a victim of women and will fall down even in the company of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Māyā is so strong that unless one is determined not to fall victim, even the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot give protection. The Supreme Lord and His representative always want to give protection, but a person must take advantage of their personal contact. If one thinks that the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative is an ordinary man, he will certainly fall down. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not want a person like Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa to accompany Him. He wanted someone who was determined, who had a peaceful mind, and who was not agitated by ulterior motives.

TEXT 15

svarūpa kahe, — ei balabhadra-bhaṭṭācārya
tomāte su-snigdha baḍa, paṇḍita, sādhu, ārya

TRANSLATION

Svarūpa Dāmodara then said, “Here is Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya, who has great love for You. He is an honest, learned scholar, and he is advanced in spiritual consciousness.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted a new man, not a person like Kālā Kṛṣṇadāsa who would fall for women. Svarūpa Dāmodara therefore immediately pointed out a new brāhmaṇa named Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī had studied this person very thoroughly and had seen that he had great love for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Not only did he love the Lord, but he was also learned and honest. He was not duplicitous, and he was advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. According to a Bengali proverb, ati bhakti corera lakṣaṇa: “Too much devotion is a symptom of a thief.”

COMMENT

Actually, once Srila Prabhupada went up on his terrace in Mayapur during the midday, maybe for his massage or some other purpose. So, he saw one man working in the fields. Now, no one in India works in the fields in the midday sun. So, when Srila Prabhupada saw the man working in the fields in the heat of the sun, he said that we should get rid of the person because he was a thief, and then he quoted the same proverb, “ati bhakti corera lakṣaṇa,” too much devotion is the sign of a thief.

PURPORT (continued)

A person who assumes himself to be a great devotee but mentally is thinking of something else is duplicitous. One who is not duplicitous is called sādhu. Svarūpa Dāmodara immediately pointed out that Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was quite fit to accompany the Lord because he was a learned scholar and was simple and had great love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was also advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; therefore he was considered appropriate for accompanying the Lord as a personal servant.

The words snigdha (“very peaceful”) and su-snigdha (“affectionate”) are used in verses fourteen and fifteen respectively, and they are also found in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.8): brūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasya guravo guhyam apy uta. “A disciple who has actual love for his spiritual master is endowed, by the blessings of the spiritual master, with all confidential knowledge.” Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī has commented that the word snigdhasya means prema-vataḥ. The word prema-vataḥ indicates that one has great love for his spiritual master.

TEXT 16

prathamei tomā-saṅge āilā gauḍa haite
iṅhāra icchā āche ‘sarva-tīrtha’ karite

TRANSLATION

“In the beginning, he came with You from Bengal. It is his desire to visit and see all the holy places of pilgrimage.

TEXT 17

iṅhāra saṅge āche vipra eka ‘bhṛtya’
iṅho pathe karibena sevā-bhikṣā-kṛtya

TRANSLATION

“In addition, You may take another brāhmaṇa who will act as a servant en route and make arrangements for Your food.

TEXT 18

iṅhāre saṅge laha yadi, sabāra haya ‘sukha’
vana-pathe yāite tomāra nahibe kona ‘duḥkha’

TRANSLATION

“If You can also take him with You, we will be very happy. If two people go with You through the jungle, there will certainly be no difficulty or inconvenience.

TEXT 19

sei vipra vahi’ nibe vastrāmbu-bhājana
bhaṭṭācārya bhikṣā dibe kari’ bhikṣāṭana

TRANSLATION

“The other brāhmaṇa can carry Your cloth and waterpot, and Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya will collect alms and cook for You.”

TEXT 20

tāṅhāra vacana prabhu aṅgīkāra kaila
balabhadra-bhaṭṭācārye saṅge kari’ nila

TRANSLATION

Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the request of Svarūpa Dāmodara Paṇḍita and agreed to take Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya with Him.

TEXT 21

pūrva-rātrye jagannātha dekhi’ ‘ājñā’ lañā
śeṣa-rātre uṭhi’ prabhu calilā lukāñā

TRANSLATION

On the previous night, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had visited Lord Jagannātha and taken His permission. Now, near the end of the night, the Lord got up and started immediately. He was not seen by others.

TEXT 22

prātaḥ-kāle bhakta-gaṇa prabhu nā dekhiyā
anveṣaṇa kari’ phire vyākula hañā

TRANSLATION

Because the Lord had departed, the devotees, unable to see Him early in the morning, began to search for Him with great anxiety.

TEXT 23

svarūpa-gosāñi sabāya kaila nivāraṇa
nivṛtta hañā rahe sabe jāni’ prabhura mana

TRANSLATION

While all the devotees were searching for the Lord, Svarūpa Dāmodara restrained them. Then everyone fell silent, knowing the mind of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

TEXT 24

prasiddha patha chāḍi’ prabhu upapathe calilā
‘kaṭaka’ ḍāhine kari’ vane praveśilā

TRANSLATION

The Lord abandoned walking on the well-known public road and went instead along a bypass. He thus kept the city of Kaṭaka on His right as He entered the forest.

TEXT 25

nirjana-vane cale prabhu kṛṣṇa-nāma lañā
hasti-vyāghra patha chāḍe prabhure dekhiyā

TRANSLATION

When the Lord passed through the solitary forest chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, the tigers and elephants, seeing Him, gave way.

COMMENT

There is a similar description of Srila Prabhupada, when he entered the Bowery there were so many drunkards lying on the path but when Srila Prabhupada wanted to enter his apartment, they all gave way. The same thing happened when Srila Prabhupada entered the Avalon Ballroom for the Mantra Rock Concert. The place was packed with young people, singing and gyrating, but as soon as Srila Prabhupada entered, they all gave way.

TEXT 26

pāle-pāle vyāghra, hastī, gaṇḍāra, śūkara-gaṇa
tāra madhye āveśe prabhu karilā gamana

TRANSLATION

When the Lord passed through the jungle in great ecstasy, packs of tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, and boars came, and the Lord passed right through them.

TEXT 27

dekhi’ bhaṭṭācāryera mane haya mahā-bhaya
prabhura pratāpe tārā eka pāśa haya

TRANSLATION

Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was very much afraid to see them, but by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s influence, all the animals stood to one side.

COMMENT

Because the Lord is within the heart of every living entity, He can dictate to the living entity to move aside or move away. There is a similar incident in relation to Srila Haridasa Thakura, who was living in a cave, and a snake was living with him in the same cave. He was not afraid, but his devotees were afraid for him. So, there was some talk that Haridasa Thakura should leave the cave and go somewhere else, and just as the talk was going on, the snake left the cave and never came back because the Lord within the heart dictated to him.

TEXT 28

eka-dina pathe vyāghra kariyāche śayana
āveśe tāra gāye prabhura lāgila caraṇa

TRANSLATION

One day a tiger was lying on the path, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, walking along the path in ecstatic love, touched the tiger with His feet.

TEXT 29

prabhu kahe, — kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’, vyāghra uṭhila
‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahi’ vyāghra nācite lāgila

TRANSLATION

The Lord said, “Chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa!” The tiger immediately got up and began to dance and to chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!”

TEXT 30

āra dine mahāprabhu kare nadī snāna
matta-hasti-yūtha āila karite jala-pāna

TRANSLATION

Another day, while Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was bathing in a river, a herd of maddened elephants came there to drink water.

TEXT 30

prabhu jala-kṛtya kare, āge hastī āilā
‘kṛṣṇa kaha’ bali’ prabhu jala pheli’ mārilā

TRANSLATION

While the Lord was bathing and murmuring the Gāyatrī mantra, the elephants came before Him. The Lord immediately splashed some water on the elephants and asked them to chant the name of Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing the part of a very great, advanced devotee. On the mahā-bhāgavata platform, the devotee makes no distinction between friends and enemies. On that platform he sees everyone as a servant of Kṛṣṇa. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (5.18):

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ

“The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater [outcaste].”

A mahā-bhāgavata, being learned and advanced in spiritual consciousness, sees no difference between a tiger, an elephant, or a learned scholar. The test of advanced spiritual consciousness is that one becomes fearless. He envies no one, and he is always engaged in the Lord’s service. He sees every living entity as an eternal part and parcel of the Lord, rendering service according to his capacity by the will of the Supreme Lord. As Kṛṣṇa confirms in the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15):

sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo
mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca

“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness.”

The mahā-bhāgavata knows that Kṛṣṇa is in everyone’s heart. Kṛṣṇa is dictating, and the living entity is following His dictations. Kṛṣṇa is within the heart of the tiger, elephant, and boar. Therefore Kṛṣṇa tells them, “Here is a mahā-bhāgavata. Please do not disturb him.”

COMMENT

Actually once, when Srila Prabhupada was in Caracas, Venezuela, there were so many mosquitoes, and they were biting everyone except Srila Prabhupada. So, one disciple said to Srila Prabhupada, “Srila Prabhupada, there are so many mosquitoes, and they are biting everyone here except you.” And Srila Prabhupada replied, “Yes, the mosquitoes here are better than in Calcutta. In Calcutta, they make no distinction.”

PURPORT (continued)

Why, then, should the animals be envious of such a great personality? Those who are neophytes or even a little progressed in devotional service should not try to imitate the mahā-bhāgavata. Rather, they should only follow in his footsteps. The word anukara means “imitating,” and anusara means “trying to follow in the footsteps.” We should not try to imitate the activities of a mahā-bhāgavata or Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Our best efforts should be exerted in trying to follow them according to our ability.

COMMENT

In singing one song about the mercy of Lord Chaitanya, Srila Prabhupada comments that when Lord Chaitanya passed through the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest, He induced the wild animals like lions and tigers to chant and dance. So, Srila Prabhupada said, “We cannot do what Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did, in inducing the wild animals to chant and dance. But at least we should try to induce human beings to dance and chant.” So, if we were to enter a Krueger National Park and try to induce the wild animals, go and kick them with our feet and tell them to chant Hare Krishna, that would be imitation. That could be disastrous. But if we go into Soweto, or anywhere, Lodiya or Hillbrow, and ask the human beings to chant Hare Krishna, that is trying to follow in the footsteps. That is not imitating.

PURPORT (continued)

The mahā-bhāgavata’s heart is completely freed from material contamination, and he can become very dear even to fierce animals like tigers and elephants. Indeed, the mahā-bhāgavata treats them as his very intimate friends. On this platform there is no question of envy. When the Lord was passing through the forest, He was in ecstasy, thinking the forest to be Vṛndāvana. He was simply searching for Kṛṣṇa.

TEXT 32

sei jala-bindu-kaṇā lāge yāra gāya
sei ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘kṛṣṇa’ kahe, preme nāce, gāya

TRANSLATION

The elephants whose bodies were touched by the water splashed by the Lord began to chant “Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” and dance and sing in ecstasy.

TEXT 33

keha bhūme paḍe, keha karaye citkāra
dekhi’ bhaṭṭācāryera mane haya camatkāra

TRANSLATION

Some of the elephants fell to the ground, and some screamed in ecstasy. Seeing this, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was completely astonished.

TEXT 34

pathe yāite kare prabhu ucca saṅkīrtana
madhura kaṇṭha-dhvani śuni’ āise mṛgī-gaṇa

TRANSLATION

Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted very loudly while passing through the jungle. Hearing His sweet voice, all the does came near Him.

TEXT 35

ḍāhine-vāme dhvani śuni’ yāya prabhu-saṅge
prabhu tāra aṅga muche, śloka paḍe raṅge

TRANSLATION

Hearing the Lord’s great vibration, all the does followed Him left and right. While reciting a verse with great curiosity, the Lord patted them.

TEXT 36

dhanyāḥ sma mūḍha-matayo ‘pi hariṇya etā
yā nanda-nandanam upātta-vicitra-veśam
ākarṇya veṇu-raṇitaṁ saha-kṛṣṇa-sārāḥ
pūjāṁ dadhur viracitāṁ praṇayāvalokaiḥ

TRANSLATION

“ ‘Blessed are all these foolish deer because they have approached Mahārāja Nanda’s son, who is gorgeously dressed and is playing on His flute. Indeed, both the does and the bucks worship the Lord with looks of love and affection.’ ”

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.21.11) spoken by the gopīs of Vṛndāvana.

COMMENT

The gopīs of Vrindavan were also mahā-bhāgavata, and they, especially in the mood of separation, thought that all of the other residents of Vrindavan were more fortunate than them, that the other residents of Vrindavan could approach Krishna, but they could not. So, here they are appreciating the does and the bucks, or the does who are fortunate enough to be able to approach the Lord with the bucks who are like their husbands, because the gopīs were not so fortunate to be able to approach the Lord with their husbands.

TEXT 37

hena-kāle vyāghra tathā āila pāṅca-sāta
vyāghra-mṛgī mili’ cale mahāprabhura sātha

TRANSLATION

While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was passing through the jungle, five or seven tigers came. Joining the deer, the tigers began to follow the Lord.

COMMENT

In English poetry or literature, there is one figure called the Pied Piper of Hamelin, and he got all the rats to follow him. But Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was so great that while chanting Hare Krishna, He got deer and tigers to follow Him.

TEXT 38

dekhi’ mahāprabhura ‘vṛndāvana’-smṛti haila
vṛndāvana-guṇa-varṇana śloka paḍila

TRANSLATION

Seeing the tigers and deer following Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately remembered the land of Vṛndāvana. He then began to recite a verse describing the transcendental quality of Vṛndāvana.

TEXT 39

yatra naisarga-durvairāḥ
sahāsan nṛ-mṛgādayaḥ
mitrāṇīvājitāvāsa-
druta-ruṭ-tarṣaṇādikam

TRANSLATION

“ ‘Vṛndāvana is the transcendental abode of the Lord. There is no hunger, anger, or thirst there. Though naturally inimical, human beings and fierce animals live together there in transcendental friendship.’ ”

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

This is a statement from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.13.60). After stealing the cowherd boys and calves of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Lord Brahmā kept them asleep and hid them. After a moment, Brahmā returned to see Kṛṣṇa’s condition. When he saw that Kṛṣṇa was still busy with His cowherd boyfriends and animals and was not disturbed, Lord Brahmā appreciated the transcendental opulence of Vṛndāvana.

COMMENT

Srila Prabhupada explains that in Vrindavana, there is no envy. So whatever one person has, he shares with all the others. Whatever the person gets by the grace of the Lord as prasāda, he shares with all the others, and therefore, the mood in Vrindavan is very friendly.

TEXT 40

‘kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kaha’ kari’ prabhu yabe balila
‘kṛṣṇa’ kahi’ vyāghra-mṛga nācite lāgila

TRANSLATION

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said “Chant ‘Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!’ ” the tigers and deer began to chant “Kṛṣṇa!” and dance.

TEXT 41

nāce, kunde vyāghra-gaṇa mṛgī-gaṇa-saṅge
balabhadra-bhaṭṭācārya dekhe apūrva-raṅge

Translation

When all the tigers and does danced and jumped, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya saw them and was struck with wonder.

TEXT 42

vyāghra-mṛga anyonye kare āliṅgana
mukhe mukha diyā kare anyonye cumbana

TRANSLATION

Indeed, the tigers and deer began to embrace one another, and touching mouths, they began to kiss.

COMMENT

This is real ecstasy.

TEXT 43

kautuka dekhiyā prabhu hāsite lāgilā
tā-sabāke tāhāṅ chāḍi’ āge cali’ gelā

TRANSLATION

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw all this fun, He began to smile. Finally He left the animals and continued on His way.

TEXT 44

mayūrādi pakṣi-gaṇa prabhure dekhiyā
saṅge cale, ‘kṛṣṇa’ bali’ nāce matta hañā

TRANSLATION

Various birds, including the peacock, saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and began to follow Him, chanting and dancing. They were all maddened by the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

TEXT 45

‘hari-bola’ bali’ prabhu kare ucca-dhvani
vṛkṣa-latā — praphullita, sei dhvani śuni,

TRANSLATION

When the Lord loudly chanted “Haribol!” the trees and creepers became jubilant to hear Him.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

The loud chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is so powerful that it can even penetrate the ears of trees and creepers, what to speak of those of animals and human beings. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once asked Haridāsa Ṭhākura how trees and plants could be delivered, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that the loud chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra would benefit not only trees and plants but insects and all other living beings. One should therefore not be disturbed by the loud chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, for it is beneficial not only to the chanter but to everyone who gets an opportunity to hear.

COMMENT

In Bombay, people objected to the loud chanting of Hare Krishna, and for a long time the police refused to give permission for the temple because they said that the bhajans, which had been a nuisance in the past, could be even greater nuisances in the future if we built a big temple. So, Srila Prabhupada was very angry. So here he is saying directly, “One should not be disturbed by the loud chanting of Hare Krishna, for it is beneficial not only to the chanter but to everyone who gets an opportunity to hear.” Sometimes in the beginning, when the devotees used to go into the streets in America, Europe, and Australia, the authorities used to try to stop them. So, Srila Prabhupada wrote one very beautiful letter to the authorities explaining the mission of Krishna consciousness and the philosophy of Krishna consciousness and the importance of hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana. So, he said that the transcendental vibration of the holy name of Krishna will knock on the doors of the hearts of the conditioned souls who hear it.

TEXT 46

‘jhārikhaṇḍe’ sthāvara-jaṅgama āche yata
kṛṣṇa-nāma diyā kaila premete unmatta

TRANSLATION

Thus all living entities in the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa — some moving and some standing still — became maddened by hearing the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa vibrated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

PURPORT

The great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa is a great tract of land including Āṭagaḍa, Ḍheṅkānala, Āṅgula, Lāhārā, Kiyañjhaḍa, Bāmaḍā, Bonāi, Gāṅgapura, Choṭa Nāgapura, Yaśapura and Saragujā. All these places, which are covered with mountains and jungles, are known as Jhārikhaṇḍa.

TEXT 47

yei grāma diyā yāna, yāhāṅ karena sthiti
se-saba grāmera lokera haya ‘prema-bhakti’

TRANSLATION

In all the villages through which the Lord passed and in all the places He rested on His journey, everyone was purified and awakened to ecstatic love of God.

TEXT 48–49

keha yadi tāṅra mukhe śune kṛṣṇa-nāma
tāṅra mukhe āna śune tāṅra mukhe āna

sabe ‘kṛṣṇa’ ‘hari’ bali’ nāce, kānde, hāse
paramparāya ‘vaiṣṇava’ ha-ila sarva deśe

TRANSLATION

When someone heard the chanting of the holy name from the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and someone else heard this chanting from that second person, and someone again heard this chanting from the third person, everyone in all countries became a Vaiṣṇava through such disciplic succession. Thus everyone chanted the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and Hari, and they danced, cried, and smiled.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

The transcendental potency of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is herein explained. First, the holy name is vibrated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. When someone hears from Him directly, he is purified. When another person hears from that person, he also is purified. In this way the purification process is advanced among pure devotees. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and no one can claim His potency. Nonetheless, if one is a pure devotee, hundreds and thousands of men can be purified by his vibration. This potency is within every living being, provided he chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra offenselessly and without material motives. When a pure devotee chants offenselessly, another person will become a Vaiṣṇava, and from him another Vaiṣṇava will emerge. This is the paramparā system.

COMMENT

So many years ago, one lady who was not even initiated wrote to Srila Prabhupada that she had heard that we are supposed to hear the Hare Krishna mantra from a pure devotee. But she had not heard the mantra directly from Srila Prabhupada, although she had heard it from his disciples. And she was concerned that people who heard the mantra from her might not get any benefit. She wrote back that “Because my disciples have heard the mantra from me, when you hear the mantra from my disciples, it is as good as hearing the mantra from me. And similarly, because you have heard the mantra from my disciples, anyone who hears the mantra from you will also benefit as if they had heard the mantra directly from me.”

So, this is the process of paramparā. Paramparā means one after the other. So, by the transcendental potency of the holy name vibrated from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s lotus mouth, one person would become purified, then he would also vibrate the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and the next person would become purified, and the next person would vibrate the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and the next person would be purified. So, His Grace Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu wrote a very nice offering to Sheila in which he says that Srila Prabhupada was able to do magic. He was able to purify so many souls, he was able to transform so many souls. But his real magic was not just that he transformed persons into devotees, but his real magic was that he empowered them also to do magical feats. And thus, the paramparā is continued.

TEXT 50

yadyapi prabhu loka-saṅghaṭṭera trāse
prema ‘gupta’ karena, bāhire nā prakāśe

TRANSLATION

The Lord did not always manifest His ecstasy. Being afraid of a great assembly of people, the Lord kept His ecstasy concealed.

TEXT 51

tathāpi tāṅra darśana-śravaṇa-prabhāve
sakala deśera loka ha-ila ‘vaiṣṇave’

TRANSLATION

Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not manifest His natural ecstatic love, everyone became a pure devotee simply by seeing and hearing Him.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as mahā-vadānya-avatāra, the most munificent incarnation. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is not physically present now, simply by chanting His holy name (śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda) people throughout the world are becoming devotees. This is due to the ecstatic chanting of the holy name of the Lord. It is said that a pure devotee can see the Lord at every moment, and because of this he is empowered by the Lord. This is confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.38): premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared five hundred years ago, but it cannot be said that now the potency of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is less than it was in His presence. By hearing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu through the paramparā system, one can be purified. Therefore in this verse it is said, tathāpi tāṅra darśana-śravaṇa-prabhāve. It is not that everyone is able to see Kṛṣṇa or Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu physically, but if one hears about Him through books like Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta and through the paramparā system of pure Vaiṣṇavas, there is no difficulty in becoming a pure Vaiṣṇava, free from mundane desires and personal motivations.

COMMENT

So, the paramparā is eternal, and although apparently the situation may seem different, but when the holy name is conveyed through the disciplic succession of pure devotees, it acts with the same potency as if uttered directly by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Sri Krishna Chaitanya.

TEXT 52

gauḍa, baṅga, utkala, dakṣiṇa-deśe giyā
lokera nistāra kaila āpane bhramiyā

TRANSLATION

In this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally toured Bengal, East Bengal, Orissa, and the southern countries, and He delivered all kinds of people by spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

TEXT 53

mathurā yāibāra chale āsena jhārikhaṇḍa
bhilla-prāya loka tāhāṅ parama-pāṣaṇḍa

TRANSLATION

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to Jhārikhaṇḍa on His way to Mathurā, He found that the people there were almost uncivilized and were devoid of God consciousness.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

The word bhilla refers to a class of men belonging to the Bheels. The Bheels are like Black Africans, and they are lower than śūdras. Such people generally live in the jungle, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had to meet them.

TEXT 54

nāma-prema diyā kaila sabāra nistāra
caitanyera gūḍha-līlā bujhite śakti kāra

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave even the Bheels an opportunity to chant the holy name and come to the platform of ecstatic love. Thus He delivered all of them. Who has the power to understand the transcendental pastimes of the Lord?

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

As evidence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy, we are experiencing that the people of Africa are taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, chanting and dancing and taking prasādam like other Vaiṣṇavas. This is all due to the power of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Who can understand how His potency is working all over the world?

TEXT 55

vana dekhi’ bhrama haya — ei ‘vṛndāvana’
śaila dekhi’ mane haya — ei ‘govardhana’

TRANSLATION

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed through the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest, He took it for granted that it was Vṛndāvana. When He passed over the hills, He took it for granted that they were Govardhana.

TEXT 56

yāhāṅ nadī dekhe tāhāṅ mānaye — ‘kālindī’
mahā-premāveśe nāce prabhu paḍe kāndi’

TRANSLATION

Similarly, whenever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw a river, He immediately accepted it as the river Yamunā. Thus while in the forest He was filled with great ecstatic love, and He danced and fell down crying.

TEXT 57

pathe yāite bhaṭṭācārya śāka-mūla-phala
yāhāṅ yei pāyena tāhāṅ layena sakala

TRANSLATION

Along the way, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya collected all kinds of spinach, roots, and fruit whenever possible.

TEXT 58

ye-grāme rahena prabhu, tathāya brāhmaṇa
pāṅca-sāta jana āsi’ kare nimantraṇa

TRANSLATION

Whenever Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited a village, a few brāhmaṇas — five or seven — would come and extend invitations to the Lord.

TEXT 59

keha anna āni’ deya bhaṭṭācārya-sthāne
keha dugdha, dadhi, keha ghṛta, khaṇḍa āne

TRANSLATION

Some people would bring grain and deliver it to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. Others would bring milk and yogurt, and still others would bring ghee and sugar.

TEXT 60

yāhāṅ vipra nāhi tāhāṅ ‘śūdra-mahājana’
āsi’ sabe bhaṭṭācārye kare nimantraṇa

TRANSLATION

In some villages there were no brāhmaṇas; nonetheless, devotees born in non-brāhmaṇa families came and extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

Actually a sannyāsī or a brāhmaṇa will not accept an invitation extended by a person born in a lower family. However, there are many devotees who are raised to the platform of brāhmaṇa by their initiation. These people are called śūdra-mahājana. This indicates that one who is born in a non-brāhmaṇa family has accepted the brāhmaṇa status by initiation. Such devotees extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. A Māyāvādī sannyāsī will accept an invitation only from a brāhmaṇa family, but a Vaiṣṇava does not accept an invitation from a brāhmaṇa if he does not belong to the Vaiṣṇava sect. However, a Vaiṣṇava will accept an invitation from a brāhmaṇa or śūdra-mahājana if that person is an initiated Vaiṣṇava. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself accepted invitations from śūdra-mahājanas, and this confirms the fact that anyone initiated by a Vaiṣṇava mantra can be accepted as a brāhmaṇa. One can accept an invitation from such a person.

TEXT 61

bhaṭṭācārya pāka kare vanya-vyañjana
vanya-vyañjane prabhura ānandita mana

TRANSLATION

Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya used to cook all kinds of vegetables gathered from the forest, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased to accept these preparations.

TEXT 62–63

dui-cāri dinera anna rākhena saṁhati
yāhāṅ śūnya vana, lokera nāhika vasati

tāhāṅ sei anna bhaṭṭācārya kare pāka
phala-mūle vyañjana kare, vanya nānā śāka

TRANSLATION

Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya used to keep a stock of food grain that would last from two to four days. Where there were no people, he would cook the grain and prepare vegetables, spinach, roots, and fruits collected from the forest.

TEXT 64

parama santoṣa prabhura vanya-bhojane
mahā-sukha pāna, ye dina rahena nirjane

TRANSLATION

The Lord was always very happy to eat these forest vegetables, and He was even happier when He had an opportunity to stay in a solitary place.

TEXT 65

bhaṭṭācārya sevā kare, snehe yaiche ‘dāsa’
tāṅra vipra vahe jala-pātra-bahirvāsa

TRANSLATION

Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya was so affectionate to the Lord that he was rendering service just like a menial servant. His assistant brāhmaṇa carried the waterpot and garments.

TEXT 66

nirjharete uṣṇodake snāna tina-bāra
dui-sandhyā agni-tāpa kāṣṭhera apāra

TRANSLATION

The Lord used to bathe three times a day in the warm water of the waterfalls. He also used to heat Himself morning and evening with a fire made with the limitless wood.

TEXT 67

nirantara premāvese nirjane gamana
sukha anubhavi’ prabhu kahena vacana

TRANSLATION

While traveling in this secluded forest and feeling very happy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made the following statement.

TEXT 68

śuna, bhaṭṭācārya, — “āmi gelāṅa bahu-deśa
vana-pathe duḥkhera kāhāṅ nāhi pāi leśa

TRANSLATION

“My dear Bhaṭṭācārya, I have traveled very far through the forest, and I have not even slightly received any trouble.

TEXT 69

kṛṣṇa — kṛpālu, āmāya bahuta kṛpā kailā
vana-pathe āni’ āmāya baḍa sukha dilā

TRANSLATION

“Kṛṣṇa is very merciful, especially to Me. He has shown His mercy by bringing Me on this path through the forest. Thus He has given Me great pleasure.

TEXT 70

pūrve vṛndāvana yāite karilāṅa vicāra
mātā, gaṅgā, bhakta-gaṇe dekhiba eka-bāra

TRANSLATION

“Before this, I decided to go to Vṛndāvana and on the way see My mother, the river Ganges, and other devotees once again.

TEXT 71

bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge avaśya kariba milana
bhakta-gaṇe saṅge lañā yāba ‘vṛndāvana’

TRANSLATION

“I thought that once again I would see and meet all the devotees and take them with Me to Vṛndāvana.

TEXT 72

eta bhāvi’ gauḍa-deśe kariluṅ gamana
mātā, gaṅgā bhakte dekhi’ sukhī haila mana

TRANSLATION

“Thus I went to Bengal, and I was very happy to see My mother, the river Ganges, and the devotees.

TEXT 73

bhakta-gaṇe lañā tabe calilāṅa raṅge
lakṣa-koṭi loka tāhāṅ haila āmā-saṅge

TRANSLATION

“However, when I started for Vṛndāvana, many thousands and millions of people gathered and began to go with Me.

TEXT 74

sanātana-mukhe kṛṣṇa āmā śikhāilā
tāhā vighna kari’ vana-pathe lañā āilā

TRANSLATION

“In this way I was going to Vṛndāvana with a big crowd, but through the mouth of Sanātana, Kṛṣṇa taught Me a lesson. Thus by making some impediment, He has brought Me to Vṛndāvana on the path through the forest.

TEXT 75

kṛpāra samudra, dīna-hīne dayāmaya
kṛṣṇa-kṛpā vinā kona ‘sukha’ nāhi haya”

TRANSLATION

“Kṛṣṇa is an ocean of mercy. He is especially merciful to the poor and fallen. Without His mercy, there is no possibility of happiness.”

TEXT 76

bhaṭṭācārye āliṅgiyā tāṅhāre kahila
‘tomāra prasāde āmi eta sukha pāila’

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then embraced Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya and told him, “It is only by your kindness that I am now so happy.”

TEXT 77

teṅho kahena, — “tumi ‘kṛṣṇa’, tumi ‘dayāmaya’
adhama jīva muñi, more ha-ilā sadaya

TRANSLATION

Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya replied, “My dear Lord, You are Kṛṣṇa Himself, and therefore You are merciful. I am a fallen living entity, but You have bestowed a great favor upon me.

TEXT 78

muñi chāra, more tumi saṅge lañā āilā
kṛpā kari’ mora hāte ‘prabhu’ bhikṣā kailā

TRANSLATION

“Sir, I am most fallen, yet You have brought me with You. Showing great mercy, You have accepted food prepared by me.

TEXT 79

adhama-kākere kailā garuḍa-samāna
‘svatantra īśvara’ tumi — svayaṁ bhagavān”

TRANSLATION

“You have made me Your carrier Garuḍa, although I am no better than a condemned crow. Thus You are the independent Personality of Godhead, the original Lord.

TEXT 80

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ
paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
paramānanda-mādhavam

TRANSLATION

“ ‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead has the form of sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha — transcendental bliss, knowledge, and eternity. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him, who turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. Such is the mercy of the Lord.’ ”

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

This is a quotation from the Bhāvārtha-dīpikā commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.1.1).

TEXT 81

ei-mata balabhadra karena stavana
prema-sevā kari’ tuṣṭa kaila prabhura mana

TRANSLATION

In this way Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya offered his prayers to the Lord. By rendering service unto Him in ecstatic love, he pacified the Lord’s mind.

TEXT 82

ei-mata nānā-sukhe prabhu āilā ‘kāśī’
madhyāhna-snāna kaila maṇikarṇikāya āsi’

TRANSLATION

Finally the Lord arrived with great happiness at the holy place called Kāśī. There He took His bath in the bathing ghat known as Maṇikarṇikā.

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

Kāśī is another name for Vārāṇasī (Benares). It has been a place of pilgrimage since time immemorial. Two rivers named Asiḥ and Varuṇā merge there. Maṇikarṇikā is famous because, according to the opinion of great personalities, a bejeweled earring fell there from the ear of Lord Viṣṇu. According to some, it fell from the ear of Lord Śiva. The word maṇi means “jewel,” and karṇikā means “from the ear.” According to some, Lord Viśvanātha is the great physician who cures the disease of material existence by delivering a person through the ear, which receives the vibration of the holy name of Lord Rāma.

COMMENT

So, ordinary physicians cure diseases by giving medicine in the mouth, but transcendental physicians cure the material disease by giving the medicine of the holy name through the ear.

PURPORT (continued)

Because of this, this holy place is called Maṇikarṇikā. It is said that there is no better place than where the river Ganges flows, and the bathing ghat known as Maṇikarṇikā is especially sanctified because it is very dear to Lord Viśvanātha. In the Kāśī-khaṇḍa it is said:

saṁsāri-cintāmaṇir atra yasmāt
tārakaṁ saj-jana-karṇikāyām
śivo ‘bhidhatte saha-sānta-kāle
tad gīyate ‘sau maṇi-karṇiketi

mukti-lakṣmī mahā-pīṭha- maṇis tac-caraṇābjayoḥ
karṇikeyaṁ tataḥ prāhur yāṁ janā maṇi-karṇikām

According to this passage from the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, one who gives up his body at Maṇikarṇikā is liberated simply by remembering Lord Śiva’s name.

COMMENT

So, we will end here because a new section is about to begin about Lord Chaitanya’s meeting with Tapan Mishra in Benares and the Lord’s pastimes there. Are there any questions or comments?

Devotee: Maharaja, does Lord Shiva give liberation?

Giriraj Swami: Generally, we say that Lord Shiva cannot give liberation; only Vishnu can give liberation. But apart from the Shiva in the material world, there is another Shiva called Sadāśiva, and the planet Sadāśiva of Sadāśiva is beyond the material world. In fact, it is said that Advaita Acharya is the incarnation of Maha-Vishnu, but also it is said that he is the incarnation of Sadāśiva. So, he can deliver.

Devotee: Is Sadāśiva viṣṇu-tattva? 

Giriraj Swami: No.

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:03:50]

Giriraj Swami: As I understand, Maha-Vishnu glances, and Sadāśiva is not exactly the same as Vishnu because Vishnu has four hands. He has the four symbols in the four hands and so on, but he is very close to viṣṇu-tattva in the sense that he is not directly involved in the material worlds. So, in one sense, the only difference between Vishnu and Shiva is that Vishnu has contact with the material world. Then we could say that Sadāśiva, because he does not have contact with the material world, is as good as Vishnu, but he is not exactly the same as Vishnu. And therefore, he is called Sadāśiva.

Devotee: The glance of Vishnu is [Unintelligible 01:05:12] Now what is the relationship of Shambhu and Sadāśiva?

Giriraj Swami: As I understand, Shambhu is an expansion of Sadāśiva.

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:05:26]

Giriraj Swami: Well, to say the bore incarnation, Varahadeva comes from the nostril of Lord Brahma, so the Varahadeva is not created by Lord Brahma, but he appears through the nostril of Lord Brahma. So similarly, Shambhu is not created by Lord Vishnu, but he enters the material creation through the glance of the Lord Vishnu.

Devotee: Lord Shiva’s body is eternal?

Giriraj Swami: The Sadāśiva, the eternal Lord Shiva’s body eternal.

Devotee: It is kind of in between.

Giriraj Swami: Yes, it is in between. Therefore, Brahma-saṁhitā says that higher than Devi-dhāma is Mahesh-dhāma, and higher than Mahesh-dhāma is Hari-dhāma.

Devotee: Mahesh-dhāma is the abode of Lord Shiva?

Giriraj Swami: Yes.

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:06:50]

Giriraj Swami: Yes, ultimately Durga is expansion of Srimati Radharani, but she is in the material world but Srimati Radharani and the other Lakshmis are in the spiritual world.

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:07:25]

Giriraj Swami: Some people are right, and some people are wrong. Maha-Lakshmi is spiritual. Rukmini devi in Dwarka is the incarnation of Maha-Lakshmi,

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:07:48]

Giriraj Swami: She may be Chandravali, but the original Chandravali remains in Vrindavan with Krishna. And in the Kṛṣṇa book, Srila Prabhupada explains that Rukmini devi is an incarnation of Maha-Lakshmi. Just like the original Krishna never leaves Vrindavan, so the original Radharani also never leaves Vrindavan. The original Chandravali never leaves Vrindavan. So, Vasudeva Krishna is an expansion of the original Krishna. Rukmini devi is an expansion of the original Chandravali, and Satyabhama is an incarnation of the original Radharani. But Rukmini devi is Maha-Lakshmi, according to the Kṛṣṇa book.

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:08:55]

Giriraj Swami: Why did the Lord allow the living entities to have sex desire when it is so destructive to the soul?

The living entity is originally imbued with pure love of Godhead. But when the living entity comes in contact with the material nature, the original sense of pure love of Godhead becomes perverted and turns into lust. Just as the original sense of pure love of Godhead is transformed into lust by the contact of material nature, similarly, the lust can be reconverted back into the original sense of pure love of Godhead by contact with Krishna consciousness. So, the Lord did not give us lust, but our original love for the Lord was transformed into lust by the contact with material nature. But He gives us the instructions in Bhagavad-gītā and other scriptures, and He sends the devotees to help us to become free from lust. What you said about lust is perfectly true; jñāna-vijñāna-nāśanam, that lust destroys one’s knowledge and the very desire for self-realization. Vairiṇā, lust is the worst enemy of the living entity. So, what you said is absolutely true about lust. But we cannot say that the Lord has made us lusty. As part and parcels of the Lord, we are originally pure and spiritual. But when we come in contact with the material nature and develop the desire to enjoy in place of the Lord, then we are fallen. But just as by misuse of our free will we become fallen, by the same free will we can be reinstated in our constitutional position as loving servants of Sri Krishna.

Devotee: [Unintelligible 01:12:26]

Giriraj Swami: He says that in order to be emotionally satisfied in the association of devotees, we need to have loving relationships among the devotees. So how to develop loving relationships among the devotees?

Well, first we should get up early in the morning, we should attend maṅgala-ārati, we should chant sixteen rounds, we should hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and actually become devotees. And when our attachment for Krishna and the spiritual master is strong enough, then naturally we will be able to have loving relationships with the other devotees, keeping Krishna and the spiritual master as the central point. But if we are too weak spiritually and we try to have loving relationships among ourselves, then Krishna won’t be the central point, and again the central point will become our sense gratification. And then instead of loving relationships, we have lusty relationships. So, the basis of loving relationships in Krishna consciousness is attachment for Krishna and the spiritual master. Without strong attachment for Krishna and the spiritual master, then we will just develop material attachments for each other and fall down.

Krishna has sent some lovely children to fulfill your emotional needs.

Are there any other questions or comments?

And now the complaints are coming. He says it is too hot. For a few moments, it is really blissful, but then the demands start coming.

Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!

Nitai-Gaura premānande Hari Haribol.