Day 6, Dhameshwar Mahaprabhu

Visit to Sri Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Samadhi Mandir

We sang the beautiful song by Bhaktivinod Thakur. Gurudev Kripa Bindu Diya. This song is taken from the book Saranagati (Section: Bhajana Lalasa Song 11). Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung the glories of spiritual master who is very dear to Hari Govinda. It is because of the mercy of Sri Krishna Caitanya we can get the mercy of spiritual master who can lead and guide us in correct spiritual path.

(1)
gurudev!
kripa-bindu diya, koro’ ei dase,
trinapekha ati hina
sakala sahane, bala diya koro’,
nija-mane spriha-hina

(2)
sakale sammana korite sakati,
deho’ natha! jathajatha
tabe to’ gaibo, hari-nama-sukhe,
aparadha ha ’be hata

(3)
kabe heno kripa, labhiya e jana,
kritartha hoibe, natha!
sakti-buddhi-hina, ami ati dina,
koro’ more atma-satha

(4)
jogyata-vicare, kichu nahi pai,
tomara karuna—sara
karuna na hoile, kandiya kandiya,
prana na rakhibo ara

1) Gurudeva, give to this servant just one drop of mercy. I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all he1p. Give me strength. Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

2) I offer you all respects, for thus I may have the energy to know you correctly. Then, by chanting the holy name in great ecstasy, all my offenses will cease.

3) O Lord and Master! When will such mercy fall to this one who is weak and devoid of intelligence? Allow me to be with you.

4) If you examine me, you will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not merciful unto me, I can only weep, and I will not be able to maintain my life.

Yudhistir maharaj one day spoke to Vidura. He said you purify the pilgrimage, the holy place. The pure vaishnava purifies the holy place. He is a walking pilgrimage. He's the most coveted of all. Mahaprabhu spoke extensively about sadhu sanga. Everybody is wandering in the 3 worlds and loitering here. We are here for no good and we don't have an agenda. When one meets a Vaishnav, then by coming in contact there is a deposit made in the heart. Every person has a bank account in his heart and there is a deposit made by association of devotees and when enough association is made then shraddha is born. Duty of Vaishnav is - give up the assocation of the asat or not vaishnavas. Only by the association of devotees do we come to KC. How to approach the vaishnav - 3 ways to approach/moods:

1. We should be non-envious. If we see someone doing well, then in our heart we want them to go away even though outside we want to show we are happy to see them. 
2. Never be disrespectful to the Vaishnava, serve the acharya.
3. Never think it's an ordinary person. The acharya is the representative of all the Demigods. 
4. Inquire from the Acharya. 

Krishna gives us the idea that keep you heart open to the Vaishnavas and the Vaishnava acharyas. If we commit offense to the devotees then we can't get any mercy for spiritual progress. The other way is to serve the Vaishnava and see the mercy. Krishna says if anyone gives me a leaf, flower, water, fruit I remember them. Same way when we approach a Vaishnava, don't consider him an ordinary person. If someone is in trouble it's very hard for them to ask a superior on how to ask. One should inquire from the Vaishnava on what should I do? This is what Arjuna did in the BG. He just asked the question, I'm in trouble and what should I do? That's the secret of life. We honor the acharya system and we do service and we render service. We always ask questions, because questions are like a hook and they help us get to Krishna better. That's the powerful system of acharya. In the material world there is a cheating propensity. We should follow in the footsteps of the great acharyas and just by following the saints, how do they perform we can get out of this material world also. 

If we have implicit faith in Guru and Krishna, then all the imports of the vedic knowledge are immediately revealed to you. Who is in a submissive mood and the principle of Guru and to the person, if we are submissive then the import of the meanings of the vedas come alive. If you are a follower of acharya, then you are on the right path, even if you are an illiterate. We come in a line of great souls, then who we are and where we are starting from, we will become successful in our practice of devotional practice. Here we are praying so his mercy can be revealed through the Guru parampara. 

When we surrender, then miracles happen. 6 symptoms of surrender. We have nothing to fear other than our lack of surrender. SP prayed everyday to not fall victim of maya. BVT said - if I consider that I'm a Vaishnav then I won't be modest and I will go to hell, I will consider to be the servant of you and will only accept the remnants of other Vaishnavs and will always be your disciple and serve them with all my heart. We take their dust of feet, water from their feet, remnants of their food and instructions from them are the main thing. 

KC is so easy to please Krishna and so easy to please the devotees. When you ask a Vaishnava, you should be ready to carry out their instruction. More powerful for the devotee is not carrying Krishna in their heart but carrying love for Krishna in your heart. 

Responsibility means having the ability to respond = Guru. Guru Parampara. 

From Dhaam seva we get => Naam seva => Personal seva of Krishna. 

Katha at Sri Dhameshwar Mahaprabhu Mandir

We sang this beautiful song - Ujjvala Varana by Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya

(1)

ujjvala-varaṇa-gaura-vara-dehaḿ

vilasita-niravadhi-bhāva-videham

tri-bhuvana-pāvana-kṛpāyāḥ leśaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(2)

gadgadāntara-bhāva-vikāraḿ

durjana-tarjana-nāda-viśālam

bhava-bhaya-bhañjana-kāraṇa-karuṇaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(3)

aruṇāmbara-dhara cāru-kapolaḿ

indu-vinindita-nakha-caya-ruciram

jalpita-nija-guṇa-nāma-vinodaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(4)

vigalita-nayana-kamala-jala-dhāraḿ

bhūṣaṇa-nava-rasa-bhāva-vikāram

gati-atimanthara-nṛtya-vilāsaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(5)

cañcala-cāru-caraṇa-gati-ruciraḿ

mañjīra-rañjita-pada-yuga-madhuram

candra-vinindita-śītala-vadanaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(6)

dhṛta-kaṭi-ḍora-kamaṇḍalu-daṇḍa

divya-kalevara-muṇḍita-muṇḍam

durjana-kalmaṣa-khaṇḍana-daṇḍaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(7)

bhūṣaṇa-bhū-raja-alakā-valitaḿ

kampita-bimbādhara-vara-ruciram

malayaja-viracita-ujjvala-tilakaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


(8)

nindita-aruṇa-kamala-dala-nayanaḿ

ājānu-lambita-śrī-bhuja-yugalam

kalevara-kaiśora-nartaka-veśaḿ

taḿ praṇamāmi ca śrī-śacī-tanayam


TRANSLATION

1) I prostrate myself before the Son of Mother Saci, Whose radiant lotus face and body shine with the splendor of molten gold. This transcendental   body  is  the  playground  for  the   continuous expression of variegated moods and ecstatic symptoms, that  carry His  consciousness to the realm where He is no  longer  aware  of that transcendental body. By only a particle of His mercy he has delivered the three worlds.

 2) I salute the Son of Mother Saci, Whose heart is in a state of rapture, transformed by feelings of intense love. In His pastime of loud roaring, before the mischievous and malicious rascals, He removes all fear of the vast ocean of material existence, by the effect of His unlimited compassion.

3) He is wearing garments the color of the eastern sky during the dawn, and His lovely cheeks shine with the same radiance.  The nails of His hands and feet have the same pleasing effect of the moon, shining in the sky. His pleasure diversion consists in discussions and glorification of His own wonderful qualities and names. I offer my obeisances to the Son of Mother Saci.

 4) His lotus eyes are always wet with tears. His ornaments are the new and ever fresh transformations of ecstatic love that decorate His transcendental form. His gait is slow and majestic, yet His dancing is a wonderful pastime of enjoyment. I bow down before the Son of Mother Saci.

 5) The movement of His lovely, yet restless, lotus feet captivates the mind, and His ankle bracelets sweeten that charming scene all the more. His face, which defeats the beauty of the moon, is very cooling and pleasant. I offer my salutations to the Son of Mother Saci.

6) He wears a cord around His waist and carries in His hands a water pot and staff. His divine appearance is complemented by His shaved head. The sins of the wicked are annulled by the rod of chastisement that he carries. I salute the Son of Mother Saci.

7) His ornaments are the dust on His body and His radiant tilak, prepared with sandalwood. The beautiful sight of His trembling reddish lips brings delight to the mind and heart.  I offer my obeisances to the Son of Mother Saci.

8) His lotus eyes defeat the color of pink lotuses. His two lotus hands are very long, reaching down almost to His knees.  He appears to be a mere adolescent, dressed as He is, ready to dance. I prostrate myself before the Son of Mother Saci.

Katha at Dhameshwar Mahaprabhu :

In the material world everyone has bad ideas of everything. In kali yuga everyone is like animals, Mahaprabhu came to chase after these people to take after KC. Take shelter of Mahaprabhu's feet. Mahaprabhu is so powerful and it's so meritorious to pray to him especially in this yuga. Param Vijayate Sri Krishna Sankirtana. When we feed the stomach, every sense is happy. When we glorify Krishna then we are also decorated. When we decorate ourselves, it wears out, too long too short. When we can please Krishna, then we are also pleased. Everyone is glorifying Mahaprabhu. He is the Maha purush. He's the head of this town and it's a sweet mood. This is the place, where you can put your meditation on His lotus feet. All ways we are harassed and embarrased by the material situation we are in, just by praying at the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu we can abolish the issues from material life. All the thirtas are all in the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu. If we bow down at the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu, that means we went to all the Holy Thirtas. Just bow down to their lotus feet everyday and we go to all pilgrimage sites everywhere. Lord Siva and Brahma surrendered to Mahaprabhu's feet and hence we should do it too. Brahma = Haridas Thakur, Siva = Advaita Acharya. If we are tired of serving bad masters, then we just say we are only here to serve Mahaprabhu.

Don't take shelter of this material world anywhere, there is danger at every step. We are going to trip and fall bad. Just take shelter of Mahaprabhu. He will take care of you. Worshiping Mahaprabhu in Navadwip, he was a hero there and he renounced it all. Mahaprabhu was cursed by a brahmana that you will never be happy in this material world. He just told everyone, I'm just leaving. People in this material world have bad ideas of everything. We are coming in here to report to Mahaprabhu what we are doing to expand and help Him. Dedicate yourself to the Sankirtan movement of Mahaprabhu and that will help us make our life successful.

This is Koladwip, pada sevanam. We also think about Vishnupriya here, who was His chaste wife. When Vishnupriya heard about Mahaprabhu's Sanyas, she just went into His room and started massaging His feet. She said what value does my life have, only for your pleasure and I just want your service. The relationship between husband and wife is temporary. Today or tomorrow we are going to separate. To sustain herself, she chanted Mahaprabhu's names, she only ate Mother Saci's remnants. This way she became very lean. Separation is not something easy in the material world, but Mahaprabhu came personally to show how separation helps us to go deeper in our spiritual practice.

Nadiya Nagara:

Song Name: Nadiya Nagare Nitai Nece Nece Gay Re

Official Name: Sriman Mahaprabhur Sata-Nama Song 1

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Gitavali

Language: Bengali

অ

LYRICS:

(refrain) nadīyā-nagare nitāi nece’ nece’ gāy re

(1)

jagannātha-suta mahāprabhu viśvambhara

māyāpur-śaśī navadvīpa-sudhākara

(2)

śacī-suta gaurahari nimāi-sundara

rādhā-bhāva-kānti-ācchādita naṭabara

(3)

nāmānanda capala bālaka mātṛ-bhakta

brahmāṇḍa-vadana tarkī kautukānurakta

(4)

vidyārthi-uḍupa caura-dvayera mohana

tairthika-sarvasva grāmya-bālikā-krīḍana

(5)

lakṣmī-prati bora-dātā uddhata bālaka

śrī-śacīra pati-putra-śoka-nibāraka

(6)

lakṣmī-pati pūrva-deśa-sarva-kleśa-hara

digvijayi-darpa-hārī viṣnu-priyeśwara

(7)

ārya-dharma-pāla pitṛ-gayā piṇḍa-dātā

purī-śiṣya madhvācārya-sampradāya-pātā

(8)

kṛṣṇa-nāmonmatta kṛṣṇa-tattva-adhyāpaka

nāma-sańkīrtana-yuga-dharma-pravartaka

(9)

adwaita-bāndhava śrīnivāsa-gṛha-dhana

nityānanda-prāna gadādharera jīvana

(10)

antardwīpa-śaśadhara sīmanta-vijaya

godruma-bihārī madhyadwīpa-līlāśraya

(11)

koladwīpa-pati ṛtudwīpa-maheśwara

jahnu-modadruma-rudradwīpera īśwara

(12)

nava-khaṇḍa-rańganātha jāhnavī-jīvana

jagāi-mādhāi-ādi durvṛtta-tāraṇa

(13)

nagara-kīrtana-siḿha kājī-uddhāraṇa

śuddha-nāma-pracāraka bhaktārti-haraṇa

(14)

nārāyanī-kṛpā-sindhu jīvera niyantā

adhama-paḍuyā-daṇḍī bhakta-doṣa-hantā

(15)

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-candra bhāratī-tāraṇa

parivraja-śiromaṇi utkala-pāvana

(16)

ambu-lińga-bhuvaneśa-kapoteśa-pati

khīr-cora-gopāla-darśana-sukhī yati

(17)

nirdaṇḍi-sannyāsī sārvabhauma-kṛpāmoya

swānanda-āswādānandī sarva-sukhāśroya

(18)

puraṭa-sundara vāsudeva-trāna-kartā

rāmānanda-sakhā bhaṭṭa-kula-kleśa-hartā

(19)

bauddha-jain-māyāvādi-kutarka-khaṇḍana

dakṣina-pāvana bhakti-grantha-uddhāraṇa

(20)

ālāla-darśanānandī rathāgra-nartaka

gajapati-trāna devānanda-uddhāraka

(21)

kuliyā-prakāśe duṣṭa paḍuyāra trāna

rūpa-sanāntana-bandhu sarva-jīva-prāna

(22)

bṛndābanānanda-mūrti balabhadra-sańgī

yavana-uddhārī bhaṭṭa-ballabhera rańgī

(23)

kāśībāsi-sannyāsī-uddhārī prema-dātā

markaṭa-vairāgī-daṇḍī ā-caṇḍāla-trātā

(24)

bhaktera gaurava-kārī bhakta-prāna-dhana

haridāsa-raghunātha-swarūpa-jīvana

(25)

godruma-pati gora nitāi-jīvana
vṛndāvana-bhāva-vibhora advaitera dhana

(26)

gadādhara-prāṇa, srīvāsa-śaraṇa,
kṛṣṇa-bhakta-mānasa-cora kali-yuga-pāvana

(27)

nadīyā-nagare nitāi nece’ nece’ gāy re

bhakativinoda tā’r poḍe rańga-pāy re

TRANSLATION

(Refrain:) Oh! In the towns and villages of Nadiya, Lord Nityananda ecstatically dances and sings these names of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu:

1) Lord Caitanya is the beloved son of Jagannatha Misra. He is Mahaprabhu, the great master, and maintainer of the whole world. He is the shining moon of Mayapur, and the source of all nectar for the land of Navadvipa.

2) He is the beloved son of Saci Mata, and is Lord Hari with a fair golden complexion. As He was born under a nim tree He was called Nimai-sundara (beautiful Nimai). He is covered by the sentiment and luster of Srimati Radharani, and He is the best of all dancers.

3) He becomes restless upon hearing the holy names of Lord Hari. In His boyhood pastimes He is swift and agile, and is devoted to His mother. He displays the entire universe within His mouth, is a great logician, and is fond of joking and playing pranks.

4) He is the moon among scholarly students, and He bewildered two thieves who tried to steal His jewels when He was a small child. He is the cynosure of all philosophers, and He teased and joked with the village girls of Nadiya.

5) He is the giver of blessings to Laksmi-priya (His first wife). He is very mischievous as a child, and is the dispeller of the grief Saci-mata felt after losing her husband Jagannatha and first son Visvarupa.

6) He is the Lord and husband of Laksmi-priya. By His sankirtan movement He removed all the distress of East Bengal. He eradicated the pride of the conquering pandita named Kesava Kasmiri, and is the beloved Lord of Visnu-priya (His second wife).

7) He is the preserver of sanatana-dharma, and the giver of the pinda oblation at the holy town of Gaya after the disappearance of His father Jagannath Misra. He became the disciple of Isvara Puri, and is the protector of the Madhvacarya Sampradaya.

8) He becomes madly intoxicated by tasting the holy name of Krsna, and is the professor of the science of Krsna consciousness. Thus He inaugurated the religion of the age, nama-sankirtan.

9) He is the friend of Advaita Acarya, the treasure of Srivasa Thakura's home, the life and soul of Nityananda Prabhu, and the very source of life for Gadadhara Pandita.

10) He is the moon of Antardvipa, and the triumph of Simantadvipa. He enjoys wandering and frolicking on the island of Godruma, and is the shelter of pastimes in Madhyadvipa.

11) He is the Lord of Koladvipa, the great controller of Ritudvipa, and the creator of Jahnudvipa, Modadrumadvipa, and Rudradvipa.

12) He is thus the Supreme Lord of the nine islands of Navadvipa, which serves as the stage for His wonderful pastimes. He is the life of the River Ganga, and the deliverer of all sorts of rogues and rascals beginning with Jagai and Madhai.

13) He is the lion of the village kirtanas, and the deliverer of Chand Kazi. He is the preacher of the pure holy name, and the remover of the distresses of His devotees.

14) He is the ocean of mercy for Narayani (the mother of Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura), and is the regulator of all souls. He is the chastiser of the fallen students who criticized His chanting of "gopi! gopi!", and is the destroyer of the sins of His devotees.

15) He was initiated into sannyasa with the name of Sri Krsna Caitanya, and He is beautiful like the moon. He delivered His sannyasa-guru Kesava Bharati, is Himself the crest-jewel of all wandering renunciates, and is the savior of the region of Orissa.

16) He is the master of Lord Siva, who is known in three different Saiva tirthas as Sambu-linga, Bhuvanesvara, and Kapotesvara (visited by Lord Caitanya on His way to Jagannatha Puri). As a sannyasi He rejoiced at the sight of the Orissan deities Ksira-cora Gopinatha and Saksi Gopala.

17) He became a sannyasi without a danda (due to Lord Nityananda's breaking it in three parts and throwing it in the Bhargi River), and is full of mercy for Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya. He is ecstatic by tasting the bliss of Himself in the form of Krsna, and He is the resting place of all universal happiness.

18) He is beautiful like molten gold, and He delivered the leper Vasudeva. He is the intimate friend of Ramananda Ray, and the remover of all miseries from the family of Vyenkata Bhatta.

19) He is the refuter of the atheistic arguments of the Buddhists, Jains, and Mayavadis. He is the savior of South India, and He has brought to light the two devotional literatures, Krsna-karnamrta and Brahma-samhita.

20) He became ecstatic at the sight of the deity Alalanatha, and He danced in front of the Jagannatha cart during the Ratha-yatra festival. He delivered Gajapati Pratapa-Rudra, and was the savior of Devananda Pandita.

21) By His appearance at Kuliya He delivered the ill-behaved student community there. He is the friend of Rupa and Sanatana Goswami, and the life of all souls.

22) He is the personification of bliss in the transcendental realm of Vrndavana, and He is the companion and friend of Balabhadra Bhattacarya. On His return from Vrndavana He delivered many Mohammedans, and He is very fond of intimate exchanges with Vallabha Bhatta.

23) He delivered the Mayavadi sannyasis of Kasi, and He is the bestower of love of God. He is the chastiser of the false renunciates (called markata-vairagis for being like monkeys), and He is the savior of everyone down to the lowest class of men.

24) He is the glorifier of His devotees, and is the treasured wealth of their lives. He is the very life of such devotees as Haridasa Thakura, Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, and Svarupa Damodara.

25) He is the Supreme Master of the island of Godruma. He possesses a golden complexion and is the very life of Srila Nityananda Prabhu. He constantly remains overwhelmed with the ecstatic moods of Vrndavana, and is the supreme treasure of Srila Advaita Acarya.

26) He is the life-breath of Srila Gadadhara Pandita, the shelter of Srila Srivasa Pandita, the thief of the hearts of all the devotees of Lord Krsna, and the supreme purifier of the degraded age of Kali.

27) Oh! In the towns and villages of Nadiya, Lord Nityananda dances and dances ecstatically while singing these divine names, and Bhaktivinoda falls down at His reddish lotus feet. Oh!

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