The Mercy of ®r… Gaura and Nity€nanda

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The Mercy of ®r… Gaura and Nity€nanda

(from Dh€m€li)

by Locana d€sa µh€kura

(1)

parama koruŠa, pah™ dui jana

nit€i gauracandra

saba avat€ra-s€ra iromaŠi

kevala €nanda-kanda

(2)

bhajo bhajo bh€i, caitanya nit€i

sudha biw€sa kori

viaya ch€iy€, se rase majiy€,

mukhe bolo hari hari

(3)

dekho ore bh€i, tri-bhuvane n€i,

emona doy€la d€t€

pau p€kh… jhure, p€€Ša vidare,

uni' j€‰ra guŠa-g€th€

(4)

saˆs€re majiy€, rohili poriy€,

se pade nahilo €a

€pana karama, bhuñj€ye amana,

kahoye locana-d€sa

 

Purport to Parama KoruŠa

by A.C. Bhaktivedeanta Swami Prabhupada

Los Angeles, January 16, 1969

Prabhup€da: Parama koruŠa, pah™ dui jana, nit€i gauracandra. This is a song

sung by Locana d€sa µh€kura, a great devotee of Lord Caitanya, almost

contemporary. He wrote one book, Caitanya-ma‰gala, depicting the activities

of Lord Caitanya. That is a very famous book, Caitanya-ma‰gala. And he has

composed many songs. Practically all VaiŠavas, they are transcendentally

poetic. That is one of the 26 qualifications of the VaiŠava. So he says

that "These two Lords," nit€i gauracandra, "Lord Nity€nanda and Lord

Gaur€‰ga, or Lord Caitanya, They are very merciful incarnations.'' Saba

avat€ra-s€ra iromaŠi. "They are essence of all incarnations.'' The

incarnation is stated in the Bhagavad-g…t€ that whenever there is

discrepancies in the prosecution of religiosities and there is prominence of

impious activities, at that time the Lord incarnates, or He descends on this

material world, for protecting the pious and annihilating the impious. That

is the mission of incarnation. Every incarnation you'll find two things.

Lord KŠa, He's so beautiful, so kind, but He is very dangerous to the

demons. The demons were seeing Him as thunderbolt and the gop…s were seeing

Him as the most beautiful cupid. So in the Bhagavad-g…t€ also it is stated,

ye yath€ m€ˆ prapadyante [bg. 4.11]. The God is realized in proportion to

one's freedom from the demoniac propensities.

So in this age... Of course, the last incarnation, Kalki, will simply kill.

Long, long after, He will come. But here Lord Caitanya, His mission is no

killing, simply favoring. That is the specific characteristic of Lord

Caitanya. Because in this age, of course, there is very much prominence of

irreligiosity. But if Lord Caitanya wanted to kill them, then there was no

question of their salvation. They would be... Of course, anyone who is

killed by incarnation he also gets salvation. But not to the spiritual

planets, but they merge into the Brahman effulgence as the impersonalists

desire. In other words, the impersonalist's goal of salvation is as good as

the goal of salvation of the enemies of God. That is not a very difficult

job. So Lord Caitanya is very merciful because He is embracing everyone by

bestowing love of KŠa. R™pa Gosv€m… has described Lord Caitanya as the

most munificent of all the incarnations because He is giving KŠa to

everyone, without any qualification. So Locana d€sa µh€kura says that parama

koruŠa, pah™ dui jana, nit€i gauracandra, that They are essence of all

incarnation. Kevala €nanda-kanda. And Their preaching process is very

pleasing. Caitanya Mah€prabhu recommends "You chant Hare KŠa, dance

nicely, and when you feel tired, just take rest and eat KŠa pras€dam." So

His formula is very pleasing. Kevala €nanda-kanda. While He was present in

Jagann€tha Pur…, every day in the evening, dancing was, chanting and dancing

continued. And after dancing is finished, He used to distribute sumptuously

pras€dam of Jagann€tha. So many thousands of people used to assemble every

night. So simply transcendentally pleasing, this movement. Kevala

€nanda-kanda.

Then he recommends, bhajo bhajo bh€i, caitanya nit€i. "My dear brother, just

try to worship these two Lords, Caitanya and Nity€nanda," sudha viv€sa

kori', "with faith and conviction." One should have faith in the words of

Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya says that "Go on chanting. Simply by chanting,

one will get all perfection of life." So this is a fact. Unless we take to

chanting, we cannot realize it, but those who are chanting, they are

realizing that they're getting all desired perfection of life very quickly.

So we should chant this mantra with faith and conviction. But the only

qualification required in this connection, he says, viaya ch€iy€, se rase

majiy€, mukhe bolo hari hari. We have to chant with faith and conviction at

the same time we should take care, we should be guarding against sense

enjoyment. Viaya ch€iy€, viaya means sense enjoyment. And ch€iy€ means

give up. One should give up sense enjoyment. Of course, in this

materialistic life we have got our senses and we are practiced to use them.

We cannot stop it. But there is no question of stopping, but regulating it.

Just like we want to eat. Viaya means eating, sleeping, mating, and

defending. So these things are not forbidden altogether. But they're

adjusted just to make it favorable for executing my KŠa consciousness. So

we should not take... Just like eating. We should not eat just to satisfy

the taste. We should eat only just to keep ourself fit for executing KŠa

consciousness. So eating is not stopped, but it is regulated favorably.

Similarly, mating. Mating is also not stopped. But the regulative principle

is that you should marry and you should have sex life only for begetting

children KŠa conscious. Otherwise don't do it. So everything is regulated.

There is no question of stopping defense also. Arjuna was fighting,

defending, under the order of KŠa. So everything is there. Nothing stop.

Simply it is adjusted for executing our KŠa consciousness. Viaya ch€iy€.

We should not accept these viaya, these four principles of bodily demands,

namely eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, for sense gratification. No.

The politicians, they fight for sense gratification. They do not see to the

good of the people. For their political aggrandizement they fight. That

fight is forbidden. But when fight is necessity for defending people, that

fighting should be taken. So we have to give up this principle of sense

gratification, or sense gratificatory process.

Dekho dekho bh€i tri-bhuvane n€i. Then he says, "Just see that there is

nobody else so merciful.'' Pau p€kh… jhure, p€€Ša vidare. By His mercy

even the birds and beasts, they are also maintained. Actually, when Caitanya

Mah€prabhu passed through the forest known as Jh€rikhaŠa in central India,

He was only accompanied by his personal attendant, and He was alone, and

when He was passing through the forest He touched one tiger. He was

sleeping, and the tiger answered roaring. The company, Caitanya Mah€prabhu's

attendant, he thought, "Now we are gone.'' But actually, Caitanya Mah€prabhu

asked the tiger, "Why you are sleeping? Just stand up. Chant Hare KŠa.''

And the tiger began to dance. So actually, this happened. When Caitanya

Mah€prabhu preached this Hare KŠa movement, the tigers, the deers, the

Everyone joined. So, of course, we are not so powerful. But it is possible

that At least, we have seen, the dogs are dancing in sa‰k…rtana. So it is

possible also to take But we may not attempt such great risk. But Caitanya

Mah€prabhu could induce tigers to dance, we can at least induce every human

being to dance. This is such a nice movement.

So pau p€kh… jhure, p€€Ša vidare. P€€Ša means stone. So even the

stone-hearted man we also melts by chanting Hare KŠa. That we have

experienced, seen. P€€Ša vidare, uni' j€ra guŠa-g€th€. Simply by hearing

the transcendental pastimes and characteristics of Lord Caitanya, even

hard-hearted men, they also melted. There were many instances, Jag€i M€dh€i.

Many fallen souls, they became elevated to the highest spiritual platform.

Then Locana d€sa µh€kura says that viaya majiy€, rohili poriy€.

"Unfortunately I am so much entrapped in these demands of the body or the

senses that I have forgotten the lotus feet of Caitanya Mah€prabhu.'' Viaya

majiy€, rohili poriy€, se pade nahilo €a. "I could not desire to be

attached to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.'' So why it is so? So he's

lamenting that €pana karama, bhuñj€ye amana, that "I am suffering the

sequence of my past misdeeds, that I could not be attracted by the KŠa

consciousness movement. It is a punishment on me by the Yamaraja, the

superintendent of death.'' Actually, this KŠa consciousness movement,

sa‰k…rtana movement, is so nice and attractive, every simple, I mean to say,

unsophisticated person shall be attracted. But if one is not attracted it is

to be understood that he is being punished by the laws of the superintendent

of death. Anyway, if we stick to this principle of chanting, then even

Yamar€ja, the superintendent of death, he'll also fail to punish. That is

the verdict of Brahma-saˆhit€. Brahma-saˆhit€ says, one who takes to this

devotional life, his reaction of past deeds are adjusted immediately. so

every one of us should take part in this movement of KŠa consciousness by

chanting Hare KŠa Hare KŠa KŠa KŠa Hare Hare, Hare R€ma Hare R€ma

R€ma R€ma Hare Hare. (end)

Purport to J…v J€go

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Columbus, May 20, 1969

690520PU.COL