(4) Mahaprabhu: Sweeping Mercy

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Nrisingha Palli, Sri Jagannath Misra Anandotsav
22 March 2019, noon class, part 4
Translated from Bengali

অম্বুলিঙ্গ ভুবনেশ কপোতেশ পতি ।
ক্ষীরচোর গোপাল দর্শনসুখী যতি ॥

ambu-linga bhuvanesa kapotesa pati
ksira-chora gopala darsana-sukhi yati

(62) He is the Lord of Ambu-linga, (63) Bhuvanesvar and (64) Kapotesvar, (65) He is an ascetic who rejoices to have the darshan of Ksir-Chor Gopinath and (66) Gopal.

নির্দ্দণ্ডি-সন্ন্যাসী সার্ব্বভৌম-কৃপাময় ।
স্বানন্দ-আস্বাদানন্দী সর্ব্বসুখাশ্রয় ॥

nirddandi-sannyasi sarvabhauma-krpamaya
svananda-asvadanandi sarva-sukhasraya

(67) He is a staff-less monk, (68) He is merciful to Sarvabhauma, (69) He rejoices as He tastes His own blissful joy, (70) He is the shelter of all happiness.

পুরটসুন্দর বাসুদেব-ত্রাণকর্ত্তা ।
রামানন্দ-সখা ভট্টকুল ক্লেশহর্ত্তা ॥

purata-sundara vasudeva-trana-karta
ramananda-sakha bhatta-kula klesa-harta

(71) He is the beautiful Golden Lord, (72) He gives relief to Vasudev Vipra, (73) He is the friend of Ramananda Ray, (74) He robs the family of Venkata Bhatta of all miseries.

Mahaprabhu took the darshan of the Lingaraj Bhuvaneswar temple. The Lord Himself came there. He is the Master of Lingaraj, the Master of the whole universe, but He came to that temple for darshan. Garbed as a sannyasi, He also went to see Lord Ksir-chor Gopal. When we went to Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's house in Vidyanagar, we spoke about his pastimes – when Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He bestowed His mercy on Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya. After that, He travelled to South India where He met Sri Ramananda Ray and a brahman called Vasudev Vipra. Vasudev Vipra had leprosy and he tolerated so much that when insects fell out of his sores, he thought, 'This body will go away, so what is it to me?' – he picked those insects up and put them back into his sores. This is how great his power of tolerance was. When Mahaprabhu met him, He embraced the brahman and rescued him.

বৌদ্ধ-জৈন-মায়াবাদি-কুতর্ক-খণ্ডন ।
দক্ষিণ-পাবন ভক্তিগ্রন্থ-উদ্ধারণ ॥

bauddha-jaina-mayavadi-kutarka-khandana
daksina-pavana bhakti-grantha-uddharana

(75) He breaks the arguments of Buddhists, (76) Jains and (77) mayavadis, (78) He is the saviour of South India, (79) He rescues devotional scriptures.

Buddhist sannyasis were envious of Mahaprabhu and even put some bad things into His vegetable dishes, but then a crow came, picked up the plate with that dish and threw it on the head of that Buddhist! Then, the sannyasi realised that it was not an ordinary matter, so he asked Mahaprabhu forgiveness and begged Him for mercy.

Srila Janardan Maharaj: When that plate fell on his head, there was a big sound, like, 'Don-n-n-ng!' And then all the Buddist disciples were very disturbed, thinking, 'Oh, he is our acharya, what has happened to him?!' Mahaprabhu said, 'Speak this mantra into your acharya's ear and he will come round.' When the disciples did that (when they spoke the mantra into that sannyasi's ear), they became gurus of their acharya!

Yes, they all became devotees of Mahaprabhu in the end. You can find this pastime described in the scriptures.

Mahaprabhu also went to Alarnath:

আলাল-দর্শনানন্দী রথাগ্র-নর্ত্তক ।
গজপতিত্রাণ দেবানন্দ-উদ্ধারক ॥

alala-darsananandi rathagra-nartaka
gajapati-trana devananda-uddharaka

(80) He rejoices to see Alalnath (Alarnath), (81) He dances in front of the chariots during Ratha-yatra, (82) He delivers Gajapati (King Prataparudra), (83) He rescues Devananda Pandit.

কুলিয়াপ্রকাশে দুষ্ট পড়ুয়ার ত্রাণ ।
রূপ-সনাতন-বন্ধু সর্ব্বজীবপ্রাণ ॥

kuliya-prakase dusta paduyara trana
rupa-sanatana-bandhu sarva-jiva-prana

(84) He appears in Kulia and delivers naughty students, (85) He is the friend of Rupa and (86) Sanatan, (87) He is the life and soul of all living entities.

Mahaprabhu rescued King Prataparudra and Devananda Pandit. Devananda Pandit was a very big preacher of Bhagavatam. Although he preached about Bhagavatam, a scripture about devotion, he did not prohibit his disciples to speak about knowledge and liberation. Everybody sat at his lectures like yogis, immersed in meditation (nobody was actually moved by the talks about Lord Krishna), but when Srivas Pandit became suddenly overwhelmed with divine feelings about Lord Krishna and Devananda Pandit's disciples kicked him out, he did not object. That was his offence at Srivas Pandit's holy feet. In the end, Mahaprabhu forgave him and gave him His mercy: five years after that story happened, when Mahaprabhu came back to Nabadwip, Devananda Pandit asked Mahaprabhu forgiveness.

Question: Maharaj! I would like to hear from [Tyagi] Maharaj about asta-sattvik vikar.

Oh my God! We do not talk about such things.

It is a festival today. We are observing Sri Jagannath Misra's ananda utsav in honour of Sri Chaitanyadev's appearance yesterday, so today we are celebrating this. If you have questions, you can ask them later. All right?

Asta-sattvik vikar? I recently was in Ganga-sagar, and there is one devotee who took initiation but he always goes to listen to sahajiya kirtans and does not follow properly all the rules and regulations, a hodgepodge devotee. So, that man asked me, 'Gurudev, who among gods stays inside Tulasi leaf?' I told him that instead of thinking about all those things, he should chant the Holy Name, it would be better for him. One time, a foreign devotee asked Gurudev tell about Radha-Krishna's pastimes, and Gurudev replied, 'If you hear those pastimes, you will become pregnant.' I remember that. Some people have so much audacity...

So, 'kuliya-prakase dusta paduyara trana': when Mahaprabhu came to Kulia, He forgave all the naughty people who harassed Him.

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