Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's

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It seems to me that Srila Prabhupada, more than anyone else, took these

orders to heart, and was thereby empowered.

 

 

acaryere ajna dila kariya sammana

‘a-candala adi krsna-bhakti dio dana'

SYNONYMS

acaryere -- unto Advaita Acarya; ajna dila -- ordered; kariya sammana --

with great respect; a-candala -- even to the lowest of men, known as the

candala; adi -- beginning with; krsna-bhakti -- Krsna consciousness, or

devotional service to Lord Krsna; dio -- deliver; dana -- in charity.

TRANSLATION

With great respect, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested Advaita Acarya, "Give

Krsna consciousness, devotion to Krsna, even to the lowest of men

[candalas]."

PURPORT

This is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's order to all His devotees.

Krsna-bhakti, devotion to Krsna, is open to everyone, even low-class men

like candalas.

One should follow this order in the disciplic succession stemming from Sri

Advaita and Nityananda Prabhu and distribute Krsna consciousness without

discrimination throughout the world.

There are different kinds of men, beginning with the brahmana and going down

to the lowest platform, known as candala. Whatever one's position, everyone

in this Age of Kali needs to be enlightened in Krsna consciousness. That is

the greatest need of the day. Everyone is acutely feeling the pangs of

material existence. Even in the ranks and files of the American Senate, the

pinpricks of material existence are felt, so much so that April 30, 1974,

was actually set aside as Prayer Day. Thus everyone is feeling the resultant

pinpricks of Kali-yuga brought about by human society's indulging in illicit

sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication.

Now is the time for the members of the International Society for

Krishna Consciousness to distribute krsna-bhakti all over the world

and thus follow the orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

 

The Lord has ordered everyone to become a guru (Cc. Madhya 7.128):

amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa.

Everyone in every town and village should be enlightened by the instructions

of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Krsna consciousness should be distributed to

everyone indiscriminately. In this way, the entire world will be peaceful

and happy, and everyone will glorify Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as He desires.

The word candala actually refers to a dog-eater, who is considered the

lowest of men. Even candalas can be enlightened in Krsna consciousness due

to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's benedictions. Krsna-bhakti is not the monopoly

of a certain caste. Everyone is eligible to receive this great benediction

given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Everyone should be given a chance to

receive it and be happy.

The word dana, meaning "charity," is also significant in this verse. Whoever

engages in the distribution of Krsna consciousness is a charitable person.

Professional men recite Srimad-Bhagavatam and discuss krsna-bhakti for an

exchange of money. They cannot distribute such exalted transcendental

property to everyone and anyone. Only pure devotees, who have no motive

other than serving Krsna, can give such transcendentally valuable

benedictions out of charity.

Madhya 15.42

 

nityanande ajna dila, -- -- ‘yaha gauda-dese

anargala prema-bhakti kariha prakase

SYNONYMS

nityanande -- unto Nityananda Prabhu; ajna dila -- Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu ordered; yaha gauda-dese -- go to Gauda-desa (Bengal); anargala

-- without restriction; prema-bhakti -- devotional service in love of

Godhead; kariha prakase -- manifest.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Nityananda Prabhu, "Go to Bengal and,

without restriction, manifest devotional service to the Lord, Krsna

consciousness."

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thus ordered Nityananda Prabhu to deliver all the

Bengalis to devotional service. In the Bhagavad-gita (9.32) the Lord says:

mam hi partha vyapasritya ye 'pi syuh papa-yonayah

striyo vaisyas tatha sudras te 'pi yanti param gatim

"O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth

-- women, vaisyas [merchants], and sudras [workers] -- can attain the

supreme destination." Whoever takes to Krsna consciousness and follows the

regulative principles can return home, back to Godhead.

In his Anubhasya, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes, "There is

a class of so-called devotees called prakrta-sahajiyas who think that

Nityananda Prabhu is an ordinary human being. They have spread the news that

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Nityananda Prabhu to return to Bengal from

Orissa just to marry and beget children. This is certainly a great offense

against Nityananda Prabhu."

Such an offense is called pasanda-buddhi, or an atheistic remark. Offenders

consider Nityananda Prabhu to be like one of them, an ordinary human being.

They do not know of Nityananda Prabhu's identity with the visnu-tattva.

Thinking Nityananda Prabhu to be an ordinary human being is the business of

mental speculators known as kunapatma-vadis. These people accept the

material body, which is a bag of three material elements (kunape

tri-dhatuke), as themselves. They think that Nityananda Prabhu's body was

similarly material and that it was meant for sense gratification. Whoever

thinks in this way is a candidate for the darkest regions of hell. Those who

hanker after women and money, who are self-interested and have the mentality

of merchants, can certainly discover many things with their fertile brains

and speak against the authorized revealed scriptures. They also engage in

some moneymaking businesses to cheat innocent people, and they try to

support their business programs by making such offensive statements.

Actually Nityananda Prabhu, being the expansion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,

is the most munificent incarnation. No one should consider Him an ordinary

human being or an entity like the prajapatis, who were ordered by Brahma to

increase generations. Nityananda Prabhu should not be considered

instrumental for sense gratification. Although professional so-called

preachers support this idea, such statements are not found in any authorized

revealed scriptures. Actually there is no support for these statements made

by sahajiyas or other professional distributors of krsna-bhakti.

Madhya 15.43

 

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