Friday, April 17, 2009
Re: Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata Verses about Nitaai Gaura Naama
Dear devotees,
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!
Madhya Chapter 4
(Indirect)
Text 67 He voluntarily serves the Lord in many ways. If He makes one qualified, a person becomes able to serve the Lord.
Text 68 Even Lord Siva, who is very powerful, a great yogi, a great Vaishnava, and the first of the demigods, does not know the end of Lord Nityananda's glories.
Text 69 Persons who, not understanding His very profound pastimes, criticize Lord Nityananda, find that their devotional service to Lord Vishnu becomes stopped.
Madhya Chapter 5
(Indirect)
Text 1 Glory to Lord Chaitanya, who is Lord Krishna Himself, He is the lamp of Navadvipa and the lion who attacks the offenders. On a knotted string He chants a fixed number of His own holy names.
Text 111-113
Even though He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, even though He is supremely independent, even though He is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material universes, even though He is all-pervading within the material universes, even though He continues to exist after all the material universes disappear, and even though the Vedas affirm that he is limitless and eternal, Lord Ananta Sesha is always delighted to serve Lord Krishna with great love.
Text 119 Please know without doubt that Lord Nityananda is Lord Ananta Sesha Himself.
Text 120 Anyone who sees that Lord Nityananda and Lord Balarama are different persons is bewildered in his heart.
Text 130 Lord Nitaai thinks : "Anyone who offers prayers to Lord Chaitanya and to Me, and who glorifies Me as a servant of Lord Chaitanya, will certainly attain Me."
Text 148 The scriptures affirm that a devotee who has no love and devotion for Lord Balarama is the lowest of devotees.
Madhya Chapter 6
Text 151 In one form He describes His Lord. In another form He meditates on Him. In another form He becomes His bed and parasol. In another form He sings songs glorifying Him.
Text 165 "In home after home I will preach the sankirtana movement. The whole world will sing My glories and dance.
Madhya Chapter 8
Text 190-191 How wonderful it is that the Supreme Lord, the dancing of whose servants destroys all obstacles and purifies all the worlds, now personally dances and sings His own holy name. What result will come from the Lord dancing and singing His own holy name? Can the Puranas describe that result?
Text 193 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the bliss of whose holy name makes Lord Siva forget his clothing, whose glories make Lord Siva dance, now personally dances.
Text 194-195
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose holy name made Valmiki Muni wealthy with renunciation, whose holy name made Ajamila attain liberation, and whose holy name, when heard, cuts the bonds of birth and death, has personally descended in this world. Now He dances in the Kali-yuga..
Text 196-197
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose holy name Sukadeva and Narada sing as they wander in this world, whose glories Ananta Sesha sings with a thousand mouths, and whose holy name is the great atonement for all sins, now personally dances. Anyone who sees Him dance became very fortunate.
Text 285 By Lord Chaitanya's order the kirtana stopped. Roaring, the Lord revealed the truth about Himself.
Text 286 He said, "In Kali-yuga I am Krishna. I am Narayana. I am He, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Devaki.
Text 287 "I am the master of countless millions of universes. I am the person whose names you sing. You are all My servants.
Text 288 "Taking all of you with Me, I have descended to this world. The offerings that You make to the Deity form of the Supreme Lord are actually offered to Me.
Text 289 "Now you should give all those offerings to Me." Then Shrivasa said, "Lord, everything is Yours."
Madhya Chapter 13
Text 175 Bewildered with wine, they said, "What's Your name?" Nityananda replied, "My name is Avadhuta.
Text 204 "Please be merciful to me. I will chant Your name. Only You, and no one else, can deliver me."
Text 251 "Glory, glory to the Lord, the great teacher who enjoys pastimes of chanting His own holy names! Glory to Lord Nityananda, who fulfills Lord Chaitanya's order!
(Indirect)
Text 264 "Ajamila chanted Your holy name. Therefore it is not surprising that he attained liberation.
Text 354 "Who are Your father, mother, and guru? No one knows. You only eat. And everyone calls You `Avadhuta'."
Madhya Chapter 14
Text 55 Filled with love for Lord Krishna, the great-devotee demigods returned to their cities. Only Lord Chaitanya's glories, and nothing else, was on their tongues.
Madhya Chapter 15
Text 8 When they remembered their previous violent activities, they wept and fell unconscious to the ground.
Text 9 They called out, "Father Chaitanya, O savior of the fallen!" Remembering Lord Chaitanya, they wept again and again.
Text 68 "Anyone who worships Lord Chaitanya is My very life. Yuga after yuga, I rescue him.
Madhya Chapter 19
(Indirect)
Text 116-117 A person who is not delighted by Lord Chaitanya's glories, glories always described by the mouths of Brahma, Siva, and Goddess Lakshmi, the mother of all, has uselessly accepted sannyasa. He uselessly studies Vedanta.
Text 272 "Dvija", "vipra", and "brahmana" are three names for the same thing. In the same way Nityananda and Balarama are different names of the same person.
Madhya Chapter 22
Text 135 By Lord Nityananda's mercy I know Lord Chaitanya. By Lord Nityananda's mercy I know the Vaishnavas.
Text 136 By Lord Nityananda's mercy offenses are destroyed. By Lord Nityananda's mercy one attains devotion to Lord Vishnu.
Text 139 A person who has only a little good fortune will not become Lord Nityananda's servant, for Lord Nityananda's servant is able to see Lord Chaitanya.
Text 140 Anyone who hears this story of Lord Visvarupa becomes a servant of the limitless Supreme Personality of Godhead. He feels that Lord Nityananda is his very life.
Text 141 Lord Nityananda and Lord Visvarupa do not have different bodies. This Mother Saci knew. Some other great souls also knew.
Text 142 Glory to Lord Nityananda, who takes shelter of Lord Chaitanya! Glory, glory to Lord Nityananda, who is thousand-faced Ananta Sesha!
Text 143 O Lord Nityananda, O king of Gauda-desa, glory to You! Who can attain Lord Chaitanya without first attaining Your mercy?
Text 144 Anyone who loses Lord Nityananda will not be happy in this life.
Madhya Chapter 23
(Indirect)
Text 43 "If an outcaste takes shelter of Me, then he is Mine, and I am his. Know that without doubt.
Text 44 "If a sannyasi does not take shelter of Me, then he is not Mine. I speak the truth.
Text 201 Overcome with bliss, Lord Chaitanya danced in a kirtana of His own holy names. All auspiciousness came there.
Text 329 "The power of the Supreme Lord's holy name made Varanasi into the king of holy places. The liberated residents of Svetadvipa always chant the Lord's holy name.
Text 330 "It is the power of the Supreme Lord's holy name that made the demigod Siva worshiped by all. Now the whole world has heard chanted the Lord's name.
Text 331 "Renounce all sins and chant the Lord's holy name. Worship Lord Chaitanya. Then I will not kill you."
Madhya Chapter 24
(Indirect)
Text 69 Anyone who will not say, "Lord Chaitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all", is a sinner, and is never fit to be seen by Vaishnavas.
Madhya Chapter 26
Text 73 How handsome was Lord Chaitanya in the mood of Balarama! Gazing and gazing at Him, the devotees no longer felt any of the troubles of this world.
Text 74 Everyone gazed at His indescribable moonlike face. Very loudly He called, "Nityananda! Nityananda!" (Lord Gaura Himself calls Nityananda)
Madhya Chapter 28
Text 192 Anyone who with his own mouth says, "I am a servant of Nityananda" will some day see Lord Chaitanya. That is inevitable.
Text 193 Nityananda is most dear to Lord Chaitanya. I will never leave the company of the Lord's servants.
Text 194 I worship Lord Chaitanya. Lord Nityananda gives to the whole world the gift of ecstatic love for Lord Krishna.
Text 195 Beyond this world of birth and death lies the ocean of pure devotional service. Anyone who wishes to dive in that ocean should worship Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda.
Antya Chapter 2
Text 179 Everyone said, "He is our master. Perhaps you have heard His name: Shri Krishna Chaitanya.
Text 180 "We are all His servants." When these words were spoken, tears flowed from the devotees' eyes.
Text 305 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose mantra makes His Deity forms come alive, now bore the name Shri Krishna Chaitanya.
Antya Chapter 3
(Indirect)
Text 123
He said:
kalan nashtam bhakti-yogam nijam yah
pradushkartum krishna-chaitanya-nama
avirbhutas tasya padaravinde
gadham gadham liyatam citta-bhringah
"Let my consciousness, which like a honeybee, take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has just now appeared as Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to teach the ancient system of devotional service to Himself. This system had almost been lost due to the influence of time."*
Text 124-125
This verse means: May my heart stay at the lotus feet of the Lord who bears the name Shri Krishna Chaitanya and who, to again reveal the truth of devotional service to Him, a truth that by the power time had become hidden after some days, descended to this world.
Text 126
Then Sarvabhauma said:
vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga-
sikshartham ekah purushah puranah
shri-krishna-chaitanya-sarira-dhari
kripambudhir yas tam aham prapadye
"Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Shri Krishna, who has descended in the form of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service, and detachment from whatever does not foster Krishna consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender at His lotus feet."*
Text 127 This verse means: To teach His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Krishna consciousness, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has mercifully descended to this earth.
Text 154 Anyone who hears Lord Chaitanya's glories crosses beyond the world of birth and death and goes to Lord Chaitanya's spiritual abode.
Antya Chapter 4
(Indirect)
Text 68 Even that Muslim king honored Lord Chaitanya. Therefore only a blind person will not honor Lord Chaitanya.
Text 69 Though they may shave their heads and wear sannyasi's garments, these blind people burn in their hearts when they hear Lord Chaitanya's glories.
Texts 70-72
Anyone who is not happy to hear Lord Chaitanya's glories, glories that fill the numberless universes, glories that crush ignorance into powder, glories that make Lakshmi, Siva, Brahma, and Ananta Sesha wild with happiness, glories that the four Vedas always sing, finds that all his virtues become faults.
Text 130 Staying for some days in that village, Lord Chaitanya fearlessly performed the sankirtana of chanting His own holy names.
Antya Chapter 5
Text 192 King Prataparudra prayed, "Sate me! Save me, O master of all living entities, O ocean of mercy! Please place Your glance of mercy on me, a sinner.
Text 193 "Save me! Save me, O independent Lord who enjoy whatever pastimes You wish, O ocean of mercy! Save me! Save me, O Shri Krishna Chaitanya, O friend of the poor!
Text 194 "Save me! Save me, O Lord before whom all the demigods bow, O beloved of Goddess Lakshmi! Save me! Save me, O only object of the devotees' love!
Text 195 "Save me! Save me, O Lord whose form is pure and spiritual! Save me! Save me, O Lord Krishna eager to enjoy pastimes of sankirtana!
Text 196 "Save me! Save me, O Lord whose nature, names, and virtues are beyond the understanding of mere human beings! Save me! Save me, O abode of gentleness and virtue!
Text 197 "Save me! Save me, O Lord before whose graceful feet Brahma and Siva bow! Save me! Save me, O ornament of sannyasa-dharma!
Text 198 "Save me! Save me, O Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! O Lord, please give Your mercy to me! Please never leave me!"
Text 220 It is because of Lord Nityananda's mercy that even today the whole world sings of the Supreme Lord's descent as Shri Chaitanya to this world.
Text 329 Accompanied by the devotees, Lord Nityananda sang kirtanas glorifying Lord Shri Krishna Chaitanya
Text 592 Whoever worships Lord Nityananda's feet and remembers them breaks all obstacles into pieces.
Text 623 "Who has the power to throw me into all these calamities? Lord Nityananda is my only shelter, I have no other shelter."
Text 626 The brahmana prayed, "Save me! Save me! O Nityananda, O cowherd boy Krishna, O master, O protector of all living entities, please save me!
Text 627 "A person who trips and falls to the ground takes shelter of the earth.
Text 628 "In the same way a person who commits offenses against You must meditate on You. On then can he be delivered from his sufferings.
Text 629 "You forgive all offenses. You are merciful to the fallen.
Text 630 "I have killed many brahmana and many cows. O Lord, no one is a greater offender than I am.
Text 631 "Still, even the greatest sinners may find shelter in You and break into pieces the bonds that tie them to this world of birth and death.
Text 632 "From the moment of birth You protect the lives of the living entities, O Lord, and at the end of their lives You protect them also.
Text 633 "O Lord, please protect me today from these dangers. If I remain alive, I will have learned my lesson.
Text 634 "Birth after birth I am Your servant, O Lord. Whether I live or die, I only wish to be Your servant."
Text 647 "Save me, Father Nityananda, purifier of the fallen!", the brahmana roared, his arms raised.
Text 692 He called out, "Lord Nityananda! Master! Purifier of the sinners! Please give the shelter of Your feet to me, a sinner!
Text 700 In no other incarnation did the Supreme Lord act in this way. Lord Nityananda always chanted, "Chaitanya!"
Text 704 O my brothers, please worship, please worship Lord Nityananda. By His mercy you will attain Lord Chaitanya
Antya Chapter 7
Text 12 Accompanied by His associates, overcome with bliss, and always singing of Lord Chaitanya's names and virtues, Lord Nityananda departed.
Text 16 Streams of tears always flowed form His eyes. "Shri Krishna Chaitanya!", He roared.
Text 124 Gadadhara had no desire to see the face of anyone who criticized Lord Nityananda.
Text 125 Gadadhara Pandita would not look at the face of anyone who did not love Lord Nityananda.
Text 126 After some time becoming peaceful again, the two Lords sat down together and talked about the auspicious glories of Lord Chaitanya.
Antya Chapter 9
Text 308-309
Lord Chaitanya has all power and all devotion. His power begins and ends everything. He knows everything. A person who knows this sincerely worships Lord Chaitanya.
And Finally, for the grand finale
Text 182
The two moons Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri Nityananda are my life and soul. I, Vrindavana dasa, sing the glories of Their feet.
Thus ends Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata
Daaso'smi,
Srinath
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