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TEXT 52

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam

sangopangastra-parsadam

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair

yajanti hi su-medhasah

 

SYNONYMS

krsna-varnam -- repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa -- with a luster;

akrsnam -- not black (golden); sa-anga -- along with associates; upanga --

servitors; astra -- weapons; parsadam -- confidential companions; yajnaih --

by sacrifice; sankirtana-prayaih -- consisting chiefly of congregational

chanting; yajanti -- they worship; hi -- certainly; su-medhasah --

intelligent persons.

 

TRANSLATION

"In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to

worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krsna.

Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna Himself. He is

accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential

companions."

 

PURPORT

This text is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32). Srila Jiva Gosvami has

explained this verse in his commentary on the Bhagavatam, known as the

Krama-sandarbha, wherein he says that Lord Krsna also appears with a golden

complexion. That golden Lord Krsna is Lord Caitanya, who is worshiped by

intelligent men in this age. That is confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam by Garga

Muni, who said that although the child Krsna was blackish, He also appears

in three other colors -- red, white and yellow. He exhibited His white and

red complexions in the Satya and Treta ages respectively. He did not exhibit

the remaining color, yellow-gold, until He appeared as Lord Caitanya, who is

known as Gaura Hari.

 

Srila Jiva Gosvami explains that krsna-varnam means Sri Krsna Caitanya.

Krsna-varna and Krsna Caitanya are equivalent. The name Krsna appears with

both Lord Krsna and Lord Caitanya Krsna. Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, but He always engages in describing Krsna

and thus enjoys transcendental bliss by chanting and remembering His name

and form. Lord Krsna Himself appears as Lord Caitanya to preach the highest

gospel.

 

Lord Caitanya always chants the holy name of Krsna and describes it also,

and because He is Krsna Himself, whoever meets Him will automatically chant

the holy name of Krsna and later describe it to others. He injects one with

transcendental Krsna consciousness, which merges the chanter in

transcendental bliss. In all respects, therefore, He appears before everyone

as Krsna, either by personality or by sound. Simply by seeing Lord Caitanya

one at once remembers Lord Krsna. One may therefore accept Him as

visnu-tattva. In other words, Lord Caitanya is Lord Krsna Himself.

 

Sangopangastra-parsadam further indicates that Lord Caitanya is Lord Krsna.

His body is always decorated with ornaments of sandalwood and with

sandalwood paste. By His superexcellent beauty He subdues all the people of

the age. In other descents the Lord sometimes used weapons to defeat the

demoniac, but in this age the Lord subdues them with His all-attractive

figure as Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Jiva Gosvami explains that His beauty

is His astra, or weapon, to subdue the demons. Because He is all-attractive,

it is to be understood that all the demigods lived with Him as His

companions. His acts were uncommon and His associates wonderful. When He

propagated the sankirtana movement, He attracted many great scholars and

acaryas, especially in Bengal and Orissa. Lord Caitanya is always

accompanied by His best associates like Lord Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara

and Srivasa.

 

Srila Jiva Gosvami cites a verse from the Vedic literature which says that

there is no necessity of performing sacrificial demonstrations or ceremonial

functions. He comments that instead of engaging in such external, pompous

exhibitions, all people, regardless of caste, color or creed, can assemble

together and chant Hare Krsna to worship Lord Caitanya. Krsna-varnam

tvisakrsnam [sB 11.5.32] indicates that prominence should be given to the

name of Krsna. Lord Caitanya taught Krsna consciousness and chanted the name

of Krsna. Therefore, to worship Lord Caitanya, everyone should together

chant the maha-mantra -- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. To propagate worship in

churches, temples or mosques is not possible, because people have lost

interest in that. But anywhere and everywhere, people can chant Hare Krsna.

Thus worshiping Lord Caitanya, they can perform the highest activity and

fulfill the highest religious purpose of satisfying the Supreme Lord.

Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, a famous disciple of Lord Caitanya, said,

"The principle of transcendental devotional service having been lost, Sri

Krsna Caitanya has appeared in order to deliver again the process of

devotion. He is so kind that He is distributing love of Krsna. Everyone

should be attracted more and more to His lotus feet, as humming bees are

attracted to a lotus flower."

Adi 3.53

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 3.53