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April 30, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 82-83

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 82

tomara carana mora vraja-pura-ghare
udaya karaye yadi, tabe vancha pure

TRANSLATION
The gopis thought, "Dear Lord, if Your lotus feet again come to our home in Vrndavana, our desires will be fulfilled."

Text 83

bhagavatera sloka-gudhartha visada karina
rupa-gosani sloka kaila loka bujhaina

TRANSLATION
In one verse, Srila Rupa Gosvami has explained the confidential meaning of the verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam for the understanding of the general populace.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 1:26 PM |

April 26, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 79-81

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 79

raja-vesa, hati, ghoda, manusya gahana
kahan gopa-vesa, kahan nirjana vrndavana

TRANSLATION
She thought of Him in the calm and quiet atmosphere of Vrndavana, dressed as a cowherd boy. But at Kuruksetra He was in a royal dress and was accompanied by elephants, horses and crowds of men. Thus the atmosphere was not congenial for Their meeting.

Text 80

sei bhava, sei krsna, sei vrndavana
yabe pai, tabe haya vanchita purana

TRANSLATION
Thus meeting with Krsna and thinking of the Vrndavana atmosphere, Radharani longed for Krsna to take Her to Vrndavana again to fulfill Her desire in that calm atmosphere.

Text 81

ahus ca te nalina-nabha padaravindam
yogesvarair hrdi vicintyam agadha-bodhaih
samsara-kupa-patitottaranavalambam
geham jusam api manasy udiyat sada nah

TRANSLATION
The gopis spoke thus: "Dear Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower, Your lotus feet are the only shelter for those who have fallen into the deep well of material existence. Your feet are worshiped and meditated upon by great mystic yogis and highly learned philosophers. We wish that these lotus feet may also be awakened within our hearts, although we are only ordinary persons engaged in household affairs."



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:41 PM |

April 23, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 72-78

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 72

svarupa kahe, -- yate janila tomara mana
tate jani, -- haya tomara krpara bhajana

TRANSLATION
Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami replied to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "If Rupa Gosvami can understand Your mind and intentions, he must have Your Lordship's special benediction."

Text 73

prabhu kahe, -- tare ami santusta hana
alingana kailu sarva-sakti sancariya

TRANSLATION
The Lord said, "I was so pleased with Rupa Gosvami that I embraced him and bestowed upon him all necessary potencies for preaching the bhakti cult.

Text 74

yogya patra haya gudha-rasa-vivecane
tumio kahio tare gudha-rasakhyane

TRANSLATION
"I accept Srila Rupa Gosvami as quite fit to understand the confidential mellows of devotional service, and I recommend that you explain devotional service to him further."

Text 75

e-saba kahiba age vistara karina
sanksepe uddesa kaila prastava paina

TRANSLATION
I shall describe all these incidents elaborately later on. Now I have given only a brief reference.

Text 76

priyah so 'yam krsnah saha-cari kuru-ksetra-militas
tathaham sa radha tad idam ubhayoh sangama-sukham
tathapy antah-khelan-madhura-murali-pancama-juse
mano me kalindi-pulina-vipinaya sprhayati

TRANSLATION
[This is a verse spoken by Srimati Radharani.] "My dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend Krsna on this field of Kuruksetra. I am the same Radharani, and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but still I would like to go to the bank of the Yamuna beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vrndavana."

Text 77

ei slokera sanksepartha suna, bhakta-gana
jagannatha dekhi' yaiche prabhura bhavana

TRANSLATION
Now, O devotees, please hear a brief explanation of this verse. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was thinking in this way after having seen the Jagannatha Deity.

Text 78

sri-radhika kuruksetre krsnera darasana
yadyapi payena, tabu bhavena aichana

TRANSLATION
The subject of His thoughts was Srimati Radharani, who met Krsna on the field of Kuruksetra. Although She met Krsna there, She was nonetheless thinking of Him in the following way.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 1:11 PM |

April 19, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 68-72

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 68

uthi' mahaprabhu tanre capada mariya
kahite lagila kichu kolete kariya

TRANSLATION
When Rupa Gosvami fell down like a rod, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu got up and gave him a slap. Then, taking him on His lap, He began to speak to him.


Text 69

mora slokera abhipraya na jane kona jane
mora manera katha tumi janile kemane

TRANSLATION
"No one knows the purport of My verse," Caitanya Mahaprabhu said. "How could you understand My intention?"

Text 70

eta bali' tanre bahu prasada kariya
svarupa-gosanire sloka dekhaila lana

TRANSLATION
Saying this, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu bestowed various benedictions upon Rupa Gosvami, and taking the verse, He later showed it to Svarupa Gosvami.

Text 71

svarupe puchena prabhu ha-iya vismite
mora manera katha rupa janila kemate

TRANSLATION
Having shown the verse to Svarupa Damodara with great wonder, Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked him how Rupa Gosvami could understand the intentions of His mind.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:24 PM |

April 16, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 56

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 56

ei dhuya-gane nacena dvitiya prahara
krsna lana vraje yai -- e-bhava antara

TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to sing this song [seita parana-natha] especially during the latter part of the day, and He would think, "Let Me take Krsna and go back to Vrndavana." This ecstasy was always filling His heart.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 12:46 PM |

April 12, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 52-55

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 52

nirantara ratri-dina viraha unmade
hase, kande, nace, gaya parama visade

TRANSLATION
In the attitude of separation, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared mad both day and night. Sometimes He laughed, and sometimes He cried; sometimes He danced, and sometimes He chanted in great sorrow.

Text 53

ye kale karena jagannatha darasana
mane bhave, kuruksetre panachi milana

TRANSLATION
At those times, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would visit Lord Jagannatha. Then His feelings exactly corresponded to those of the gopis when they saw Krsna at Kuruksetra after long separation. Krsna had come to Kuruksetra with His brother and sister to visit.

Text 54

ratha-yatraya age yabe karena nartana
tahan ei pada matra karaye gayana

TRANSLATION
When Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to dance before the car during the festival, He always sang the following two lines.

Text 55

seita parana-natha painu
yaha lagi' madana-dahane jhuri genu

TRANSLATION
"I have gotten that Lord of My life, for whom I was burning in the fire of lusty desires."



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:40 PM |

April 9, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 49

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 49

prabhu-ajnaya bhakta-gana pratyabda asiya
gundica dekhiya ya'na prabhure miliya

TRANSLATION
Following the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the devotees used to visit Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu every year. They would see the Gundica festival at Jagannatha Puri and then return home after four months.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 12:37 PM |

April 5, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 46

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 46

prathama vatsare advaitadi bhakta-gana
prabhure dekhite kaila, niladri gamana

TRANSLATION
The first year after Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order of life, all the devotees, headed by Sri Advaita Prabhu, went to see the Lord at Jagannatha Puri.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:33 PM |

April 2, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 42

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 42

tanra bhratus-putra nama -- sri-jiva-gosani
yata bhakti-grantha kaila, tara anta nai

TRANSLATION
Sri Rupa Gosvami's nephew, Srila Jiva Gosvami, has compiled so many books on devotional service that there is no counting them.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 12:39 PM |

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April 30, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 82-83

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 82

tomara carana mora vraja-pura-ghare
udaya karaye yadi, tabe vancha pure

TRANSLATION
The gopis thought, "Dear Lord, if Your lotus feet again come to our home in Vrndavana, our desires will be fulfilled."

Text 83

bhagavatera sloka-gudhartha visada karina
rupa-gosani sloka kaila loka bujhaina

TRANSLATION
In one verse, Srila Rupa Gosvami has explained the confidential meaning of the verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam for the understanding of the general populace.



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April 26, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 79-81

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 79

raja-vesa, hati, ghoda, manusya gahana
kahan gopa-vesa, kahan nirjana vrndavana

TRANSLATION
She thought of Him in the calm and quiet atmosphere of Vrndavana, dressed as a cowherd boy. But at Kuruksetra He was in a royal dress and was accompanied by elephants, horses and crowds of men. Thus the atmosphere was not congenial for Their meeting.

Text 80

sei bhava, sei krsna, sei vrndavana
yabe pai, tabe haya vanchita purana

TRANSLATION
Thus meeting with Krsna and thinking of the Vrndavana atmosphere, Radharani longed for Krsna to take Her to Vrndavana again to fulfill Her desire in that calm atmosphere.

Continue reading "Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 79-81" »

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April 23, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 72-78

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 72

svarupa kahe, -- yate janila tomara mana
tate jani, -- haya tomara krpara bhajana

TRANSLATION
Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami replied to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "If Rupa Gosvami can understand Your mind and intentions, he must have Your Lordship's special benediction."

Text 73

prabhu kahe, -- tare ami santusta hana
alingana kailu sarva-sakti sancariya

TRANSLATION
The Lord said, "I was so pleased with Rupa Gosvami that I embraced him and bestowed upon him all necessary potencies for preaching the bhakti cult.

Text 74

yogya patra haya gudha-rasa-vivecane
tumio kahio tare gudha-rasakhyane

TRANSLATION
"I accept Srila Rupa Gosvami as quite fit to understand the confidential mellows of devotional service, and I recommend that you explain devotional service to him further."

Continue reading "Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 72-78" »

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April 19, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 68-72

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 68

uthi' mahaprabhu tanre capada mariya
kahite lagila kichu kolete kariya

TRANSLATION
When Rupa Gosvami fell down like a rod, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu got up and gave him a slap. Then, taking him on His lap, He began to speak to him.


Text 69

mora slokera abhipraya na jane kona jane
mora manera katha tumi janile kemane

TRANSLATION
"No one knows the purport of My verse," Caitanya Mahaprabhu said. "How could you understand My intention?"

Continue reading "Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Texts 68-72" »

Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:24 PM |
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April 16, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 56

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 56

ei dhuya-gane nacena dvitiya prahara
krsna lana vraje yai -- e-bhava antara

TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to sing this song [seita parana-natha] especially during the latter part of the day, and He would think, "Let Me take Krsna and go back to Vrndavana." This ecstasy was always filling His heart.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 12:46 PM |
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April 12, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 52-55

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 52

nirantara ratri-dina viraha unmade
hase, kande, nace, gaya parama visade

TRANSLATION
In the attitude of separation, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared mad both day and night. Sometimes He laughed, and sometimes He cried; sometimes He danced, and sometimes He chanted in great sorrow.

Text 53

ye kale karena jagannatha darasana
mane bhave, kuruksetre panachi milana

TRANSLATION
At those times, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would visit Lord Jagannatha. Then His feelings exactly corresponded to those of the gopis when they saw Krsna at Kuruksetra after long separation. Krsna had come to Kuruksetra with His brother and sister to visit.

Continue reading "Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 52-55" »

Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:40 PM |
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April 9, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 49

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 49

prabhu-ajnaya bhakta-gana pratyabda asiya
gundica dekhiya ya'na prabhure miliya

TRANSLATION
Following the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the devotees used to visit Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu every year. They would see the Gundica festival at Jagannatha Puri and then return home after four months.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 12:37 PM |
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April 5, 2006

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 1 Text 46

Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila
Chapter 1 Text 46

prathama vatsare advaitadi bhakta-gana
prabhure dekhite kaila, niladri gamana

TRANSLATION
The first year after Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order of life, all the devotees, headed by Sri Advaita Prabhu, went to see the Lord at Jagannatha Puri.



Posted by Rathi Krishna dasa at 10:33 PM |
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