Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu #2

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Sri Nimai Pandita, for so long a grave serious scholar and teacher, now

exhibited extreme restlessness, becoming stunned by the arrow of love of

Krsna. He rolled about upon the ground and cried out loudly, floating on the

waves of ecstasy caused by intense separation from Himself. Soon His

students returned and treating the Lord with great care, they brought Him

back to external consciousness. The Lord said, "All of you return to your

homes, I do not want to go back to My family anymore. I am going to Mathura

to find the beloved Lord of My heart, Sri Krsnacandra."

 

The students employed all their intelligence, and using various means, they

kept the Lord calm and still. Constantly absorbed in love of Krsna, the Lord

of Vaikuntha was now in the mood of an unalloyed devotee. His heart was

restless in separation from the Lord; He could not remain patient. In the

very early hours of one morning, the Lord slipped out of the house, without

anyone noticing, wanting to go to Mathura. He was in a state of ecstatic

trance and cried to Krsna as He walked on, "O Lord Krsna, My dear Lord,

where can I find You?"

 

After some distance, He heard a divine voice saying, "Do not proceed to

Mathura now. The time will come when You will go to Mathura, but for now

return to Navadvipa, to Your house. You are the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, the Lord of the Vaikuntha planets. You have come into this material

world with all Your eternal associates to liberate the entire world. You

will propagate the congregational chanting of the Holy Name of Krsna all

over the universe and distribute freely to everyone the most treasured

object, love of Krsna. You are omniscient, and thus You already know

everything.

 

"You have come to distribute the most desired object, of whose glories

Ananta Sesa continuously sings, whose nectarine taste bewitches the mind of

even Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Sanat-kumara and the other Kumaras. We are Your

eternal servants -- it is our duty to remind You of the purpose of Your

incarnation. We place this request at Your lotus feet. You are the

maintainer of all living entities, the Supreme Independent Truth. No one can

obstruct You from carrying out Your own pure desires; therefore, Our Lord,

please return to Your home and very shortly You shall go to Mathura."

Upon hearing the divine message, the Lord, Sri Gaurasundara, stopped His

journey to Mathura and returned to His room in Gaya feeling great happiness

and satisfaction. His pilgrimage over in Gaya, the Lord with all His

disciples left for Navadvipa, where He was to begin the propagation of the

Holy Name of Hari, and distribute love of Krsna to everyone. After His

return from Gaya, a wonderful definite change came over the Lord. He felt

the ecstatic symptoms of transcendental loving devotion increasing within

Himself, day by day.

 

Here the topics of the Adi-khanda are completed, please hear now the topics

of the Madhya-khanda.

 

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Caitanya Bhagavata Adi-khanda 17: Sri Visvambhara

Travels to Gaya