19900904 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.17 Caitanya-caritamrita Antya-līlā

The following is a class given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami on September 4^th 1990 in Bombay India and begins with a reading from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4^th canto, chapter 29, verse 17 and continues with Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11^th chapter.

oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya!
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya!
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya!

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (4.29.17)

yathā yathā vikriyate guṇākto vikaroti vā
tathā tathopadraṣṭātmā tad-vṛttīr anukāryate

yathā yathā — just as; vikriyate — is agitated; guṇa-aktaḥ — associated with the modes of nature; vikaroti — as it does; vā— or; tathā tathā — similarly; upadraṣṭā — observer; ātmā — the soul; tat — of the intelligence; vṛttīḥ — occupations; anukāryate — imitates.

Translation: Formerly it was explained that the Queen is one’s intelligence. While one is awake or asleep, that intelligence creates different situations. Being influenced by contaminated intelligence, the living entity envisions something and simply imitates the actions and reactions of his intelligence.

Purport (by Śrīla Prabhupāda):  The queen of Purañjana is described herein as intelligence itself. Intelligence acts both in the dream state and in the waking state, but it is contaminated by the three modes of material nature. Since the intelligence is contaminated, the living entity is also contaminated. In the conditioned state, the living entity acts according to his contaminated intelligence. Although he simply remains an observer, he nonetheless acts, being forced by a contaminated intelligence, which in reality is a passive agent.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta Swami translation and purport to Text 17, Chapter 29, Canto 4.

Today is the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. I’ll describe in Antya-līlā, chapter eleven of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta. We’ll read from there something also

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.1

namāmi haridāsaṁ taṁ
caitanyaṁ taṁ ca tat-prabhum
saṁsthitām api yan-mūrtiṁ
svāṅke kṛtvā nanarta yaḥ

Translation: Let me offer my respectful obeisance’s unto Haridāsa Ṭhākura and his master, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who danced with the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura on His lap.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.2-5

jaya jaya śrī-caitanya jaya dayāmaya
jayādvaita-priya nityānanda-priya jaya
jaya śrīnivāseśvara haridāsa-nātha
jaya gadādhara-priya svarūpa-prāṇa-nātha
jaya kāśī-priya jagadānanda-prāṇeśvara
jaya rūpa-sanātana-raghunātheśvara
jaya gaura-deha kṛṣṇa svayaṁ Bhagavān
kṛpā kari’ deha’ prabhu, nija-pada-dāna

Translation: (These are all the names of Caitanya Mahāprabhu) All glories to the transcendental form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead! My dear Lord, kindly give me shelter at Your lotus feet by Your causeless mercy.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.6

jaya nityānanda-candra jaya caitanyera prāṇa
tomāra caraṇāravinde bhakti deha’ dāna

Translation: All glories to Lord Nityānanda, who is the life and soul of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! My dear Lord, kindly give me engagement in devotional service at Your lotus feet.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.7

jaya jayādvaita-candra caitanyera ārya
sva-caraṇe bhakti deha’ jayādvaitācārya

Translation: All glories to Advaita-Ācārya, who is treated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as superior due to His age and respectability! Please give me engagement in devotional service at Your lotus feet.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.8

jaya gaura-bhakta-gaṇa,—gaura yāṅra prāṇa
saba bhakta mili’ more bhakti deha’ dāna

Translation: All glories to all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for the Lord is their life and soul! All of you, kindly bestow devotional service upon me.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.9

jaya rūpa, sanātana, jīva, raghunātha
raghunātha, gopāla,—chaya mora nātha

Translation: All glories to Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmīs, Raghunātha Bhātta Gosvāmīs, and Gopāla Bhatta Gosvāmīs, the Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana! They are all my masters.

Jayapatākā Swami: Then Kṛṣṇa Das Kavirāja explains how Lord Caitanya was spending His time in Jagannātha Purī Dancing and chanting the saṅkīrtana movement with his followers.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.12

dine nṛtya-kīrtana, īśvara-daraśana
rātrye rāya-svarūpa-sane rasa-āsvādana

Translation: In the daytime Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged in dancing and chanting and in seeing the temple of Lord Jagannātha. At night, in the company of His most confidential devotees, such as Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, He tasted the nectar of the transcendental mellows of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

Jayapatākā Swami: So this way Lord Caitanya happily passed His days but he was feeling great separation from Kṛṣṇa, and He exhibited many transcendental ecstasies that increased day by day. Anxiety, transcendental anxiety, agitation, talking like a mad man, they were all present in the transcendental body of lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Svarūpa Dāmodara and Rāmānanda Rāya, they remain with the Lord day and night. So one day, Govinda Dāsa, he went to deliver the remnants of Lord Caitanya’s prasādam to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. There he saw that Haridāsa Ṭhākura was lying on his back chanting his rounds

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

very slowly. Govinda told him

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.18

govinda kahe, — ‘uṭha āsi’ karaha bhojana’
haridāsa kahe, — āji karimu laṅghana

“Please rise and take your mahā-prasādam,” Govinda said. Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “Today I shall observe fasting

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.19

saṅkhyā-kīrtana pūre nāhi, ke-mate khāiba?
mahā-prasāda āniyācha, ke-mate upekṣiba?

Translation: I have not finished chanting my regular number of rounds. How, then, can I eat? But you have brought mahā-prasādam, and how can I neglect it?”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.20

eta bali’ mahā-prasāda karilā vandana
eka rañca lañā tāra karilā bhakṣaṇa

Translation: Saying this, he offered prayers to the mahā-prasādam, took a little portion, and ate it.

Saying this, he offered prayers to the mahā-prasādam, took a little portion, and ate it.

Purport: Mahā-prasādam is non-different from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, instead of eating mahā-prasādam, one should honour it. It is said here, karilā vandana, “he offered prayers.” When taking mahā-prasādam, one should not consider the food ordinary preparations. Prasādam means favour. One should consider mahā-prasādam a favour of Kṛṣṇa. As stated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, kṛṣṇa baḍa dayāmaya karibāre jihvā jaya svaprasāda-anna dilā bhāi. Kṛṣṇa is very kind. In this material world we are all very much attached to tasting various types of food. Therefore, Kṛṣṇa eats many nice varieties of food and offers the food back to the devotees, so that not only are one’s demands for various tastes satisfied, but by eating prasādam one makes advancement in spiritual life. Therefore, we should never consider ordinary food on an equal level with mahā-prasādam. 

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.21

The next day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Haridāsa’s place and inquired from him, “Haridāsa, are you well?”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.22

Haridāsa offered his obeisances to the Lord and replied, “My body is all right, but my mind and intelligence are not well.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.23

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu further inquired from Haridāsa, “Can you ascertain what your disease is?”

Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “My disease is that I cannot complete my rounds.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Prabhupāda here explains that if not is not able to complete the assigned rounds, he is to be considered in a diseased condition. And for westerners he reduced the number to 16 rounds a day, chanting loudly.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.24

prabhu kahe,--"vṛddha ha-ilā 'saṅkhyā' alpa kara
 siddha-deha tumi, sādhane āgraha kene kara?

Translation: "Now that you have become old," the Lord said, "you may reduce the number of rounds you chant daily. You are already liberated, and therefore you need not follow the regulative principles very strictly.

Jayapatākā Swami: Prabhupāda explains how unless one comes to the spontaneous love of God he must follow regulative principles very strictly. Because regulative principle is to chant fixed number Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly, so that he can hear himself.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.25

loka nistārite ei tomāra ‘avatāra’
nāmera mahimā loke karilā pracāra

Translation: “Your role in this incarnation is to deliver the people in general. You have sufficiently preached the glories of the holy name in this world.”

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya’s already called Haridāsa Ṭhākura as nāmācārya because He preached the glories of chanting the holy name. He’s also called the avatāra because advanced devotees came down into the world to help the Supreme Personality of Godhead to fulfil his mission.

So in this way Haridāsa Ṭhākura is actually the incarnation of Lord Brahmā. Other devotees are also likewise incarnations to help the Lord in the prosecution of His mission.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.26

ebe alpa saṅkhyā kari’ kara saṅkīrtana”
haridāsa kahe, — “śuna mora satya nivedana

Translation: The Lord concluded, “Now, therefore, please reduce the fixed number of times you chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.” Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “Kindly hear my plea.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.27

hīna-jāti janma mora nindya-kalevara
hīna-karme rata muñi adhama pāmara

Translation: “I was born in an inferior family, and my body is most abominable. I always engage in low work. Therefore, I am the lowest, most condemned of men.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.28

adṛśya, aspṛśya more aṅgīkāra kailā
raurava ha-ite kāḍi’ more vaikuṇṭhe caḍāilā

Translation: “I am unseeable and untouchable, but You have accepted me as Your servant. This means that You have delivered me from a hellish condition and raised me to the Vaikuṇṭha platform.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.29

svatantra īśvara tumi hao icchāmaya
jagat nācāo, yāre yaiche icchā haya

Translation: “My dear Lord, You are the fully independent Personality of Godhead. You act by Your own free will. You cause the whole world to dance and act as You like.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.30

aneka nācāilā more prasāda kariyā
viprera śrāddha-pātra khāinu ‘mleccha’ hañā

Translation: ”My dear Lord, by Your mercy You have made me dance in many ways. For example, I was offered the śrāddha-pātra, which should have been offered to first-class brāhmaṇas. I ate from it even though I was born in a family of meat-eaters.

Jayapatākā Swami: So he is expressing one desire he had.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.31-32

eka vāñchā haya mora bahu dina haite
līlā samvaribe tumi — laya mora citte
sei līlā prabhu more kabhu nā dekhāibā
āpanāra āge mora śarīra pāḍibā

Translation: I have had one desire for a very long time. I think that quite soon, my Lord, You will bring to a close Your pastimes within this material world. “I wish that You not show me this closing chapter of Your pastimes. Before that time comes, kindly let my body fall down in Your presence.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.33

“I wish to catch Your lotuslike feet upon my heart and see Your moonlike face.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.34

jihvāya uccārimu tomāra ‘kṛṣṇa-caitanya’-nāma
ei-mata mora icchā, — chāḍimu parāṇa

Translation: “With my tongue I shall chant Your holy name, ‘Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya!’ That is my desire. Kindly let me give up my body in this way.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.31-35

mora ei icchā yadi tomāra prasāde haya
ei nivedana mora kara, dayāmaya

Translation: “O most merciful Lord, if by Your mercy it is possible, kindly grant my desire.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.36

ei nīca deha mora paḍuka tava āge
ei vāñchā-siddhi mora tomātei lāge”

Translation: “Let this lowborn body fall down before You. You can make possible this perfection of all my desires.” 

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord explains to Haridāsa  Ṭhākura how Kṛṣṇa’s so merciful, he must execute whatever he wants.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.37

“But whatever happiness I am getting is due to your association. It is not fitting for you to go away and leave Me aside.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.38

Catching the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, “My Lord, do not create an illusion! (with your māyā) Although I am so fallen, You must certainly show me this mercy!

“My Lord, there are many respectable personalities, millions of devotees, who are fit to sit on my head. They are all helpful in Your pastimes.

“My Lord, if an insignificant insect like me dies, what is the loss? If an ant dies, where is the loss to the material world?

“My Lord, You are always affectionate to Your devotees. I am just an imitation devotee, but nevertheless I wish that You fulfill my desire. That is my expectation.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So anyway, Lord Caitanya had to finish His midday duties. Daily Lord Caitanya would go to the sacred ocean and bathe, but he decided that next day after darśana of Jagannātha, he’ll return to visit Haridāsa Ṭhākura, So Haridāsa Ṭhākura embraced… Lord Caitanya embraced Haridāsa Ṭhākura and went to take his bath. Next morning after taking darśana of the Lord Jagannātha in the temple, Lord Caitanya with all of His associates went to see Haridāsa Ṭhākura, they came before Haridāsa Ṭhākura and immediately offered his obeisance’s to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and all the Vaiṣṇavas.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.37

prabhu kahe, — ‘haridāsa, kaha samācāra’
haridāsa kahe, — ‘prabhu, ye kṛpā tomāra’

Translation: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired, “My dear Haridāsa, what is the news?

Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “My Lord, whatever mercy You can bestow upon me.”

Jayapatākā Swami: So then they started congregational chanting in the courtyard. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was dancing, was the chief dancer. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and all the devotees surrounded Haridāsa Ṭhākura began congregation chanting. Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma. Then in front of everyone Lord Caitanya started to glorify Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He explained all of the transcendental attributes of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Lord Caitanya became very enthusiastic. It seemed that he not had one mouth but had 5 mouths. The more He described, the more His great happiness increased. After hearing of the transcendental qualities of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, all the devotees present were struck with wonder. They all offered their respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

Haridāsa Ṭhākura had unlimited glories. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, one of the pastimes where he was offered the śrāddha-pātra of Advaita. Actually so many caste brāhmaṇas were there. But the most exalted brāhmaṇa present should be offered the remnants of the prasādam that’s offered to Viṣṇu, and then that mahā-prasādam is offered to the departed soul. So Advaita, bypassing all the brāhmaṇas, wanted to offer that plate to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So, some of the brāhmaṇas objected that, “He is not a brāhmaṇa. How are you offering to him?” So then Advaita said, “Whoever is brāhmaṇa, according to the śruti-mantra, he can ignite a fire yajña simply by mantra. So he brought wood before all of them, “Here you ignite this wood.” So they brought the wood front of each one, nothing happen. Agni phaṭ! *blow* Each one tried to ignite fire but there was no fire. He brought before Haridāsa Ṭhākura. “Hare Kṛṣṇa!” *blow* Fire came!

Devotee: Hari bol!

Haridāsa Ṭḥākura  ki

Devotees: Jaya!

Caitanya Mahāprabhu ki

Devotees: Jaya!

Caitanya Mahāprabhu bhakta-vṛnda ki

Devotees: Jaya!

Haridāsa Ṭhākura ki

Devotees: Jaya!

Jayapatākā Swami: So Haridāsa Ṭhākura, in many ways his greatness was established practically through his pastimes. When he was brought before the great Nawab and arrested, they said “Why you are chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa?

He’s saying, “Why many people are chanting the name of Allah? They were previously in this country chanting the name of… they were Hindus so… if one Mohammedan chants the name of Kṛṣṇa whats the problem? I happen to like the name Hare Kṛṣṇa. What is wrong? I’m not harming anyone.”

And then the Nawab is like, “Yeah what’s the big problem?”

But then his priest, the imam, the mullah said, “No no! This is harami! This is offensive! He should be punished.” So they arrested him, put him in the prison. Then he got everyone in the prison to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. He preached to them. He first of all started chanting. They said, “What are you doing? You are so happy chanting here. Don’t you know you are in a prison? You are supposed to be suffering.”

He preached to them, “You see, you think you are all in a prison. The whole world is in a prison.” We read today in the Bhāgavatam. How we are the prisoner of our contaminated intelligence, which is misleading us in waking and sleeping. So Haridāsa Ṭḥākura preached to them the difference is people outside think they are free, you think you are prisoners. But actually, the real position is we are all prisoners. We’re bound to birth, death, old age, disease. We’re bound to this material body. You are prisoners of your material desires. In so many ways you are prisoners. But if you chant

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

then you all all be delivered.” So he got everyone in the prison to chant

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

So then the news got to the Nawab that now everybody in the prison is very happy. So, he’s wondering why is everybody in the prison should be very happy. They are supposed to be suffering. They’re all chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and they’re very happy. This Haridāsa Ṭhākura is creating so much problems. So they brought him and again he said that, “You should give up this chanting.” He first enquired, “Why are you doing all this?” He gave a very nice reply and the Nawab, he accepted. But then again, his imam, ayatollah, he didn’t accept. He said, “No. If you keep one person like this, then it will spread and everyone will become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. You have to just finish him. He should be punished.”

So then the Nawab said, “He will be whipped him in 22 bazaar, 22 market places.” This is very heavy whipping, cane whipping, still today in Singapore they do the cane whipping! When Indians overstay their visa, they whip them (laughter) and the Indian government had to request, “Please don’t do that. We’ll take our people back!” But I heard from the Singaporeans that this whipping is such, just to give you an example, nowadays is a modern day so they have adopted it, that normally by 3 whips a person goes unconscious, it’s a long whip about 8-foot cane, shhhew! Whack! They hit so hard that it shocks, and in 3 hits you go unconscious today. They have the doctor they put water and everything but when you are unconscious then they stop. When you have maybe have 7-5 whips or 10 whips, then again you come back after few days later and again it continues. So, you met your quota. But here they are beating in each market place so many times. Enough time than any one market place you can kill the person. No doctor there just to monitor whether he’s unconscious or not. The idea was he should be dead after 1 or 2 or maximum or 3 market places. But alright 22 market places such whipping…. Actually, I heard that in Singapore if someone says give me 10 years in jail, but don’t whip me as punishment. So, here this whipping of Haridāsa Ṭḥākura , people are coming out, they’re crying. How you are whipping is same. They’re pulling and throwing back. Women and people they’re all crying. They can’t believe. When they were beating Haridāsa Ṭhākura, instead of blaming them he’s thinking that… that time the Lord he revealed later he came right from Vaikuṇṭha with his Sudarśana-cakra just to chop of the heads of those 2 executioners. But as he was just coming ready to do the needful. Then Haridāsa Ṭhākura was praying that, “Please forgive them. They know not what they do.” (laughter) Something in that effect. Don’t… just please forgive them. It’s all due to my karma. Although I’m such a sinful person, I’m so offensive, what they’re doing its simply not to be considered. They should be forgiven.” So then the Lord, he had to personally… what to do? He personally took all the hits on his own back, and later lord Caitanya revealed showed his back was all covered in hits, swells and scars. Haridāsa Ṭḥākura fainted. He couldn’t bear to see it. Actually, the Lord he absorbed all those beatings, so after going through all the 22 market places he still was alive. The two executioners were very frustrated. They’re just sitting with their heads on their hands. Haridāsa Ṭḥākura says, “What’s the matter?”

“What’s the matter you don’t know? You are alive! That’s what’s the matter.”

“By my being alive what’s the harm to you?”

“You being alive? We’re supposed to kill you, execute you by hitting you in so many market places. And you’re still alive. When the nawab finds out that after hitting you in 22 market places, you’re still alive, he’s going to kill us.”

“You mean if I die it will be better for you?”

“Oh, my dear sir, please die. We’ll be very happy if you die.”

He said, “Alright.”

So then Haridāsa Ṭhākura laid down and went into complete samādhi trance. Stopped all his external action, breathing, heartbeat, everything and went into complete total samādhi, meditating on the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And they saw no breathing. No heart. “He’s dead! He’s dead!” They were so happy. They just ran. “He’s dead! Yes. We’ve done our job.”

The Nawab said, “Really?” He came down with his priest. He saw Haridāsa Ṭḥākura, no symptoms of life. Said, “Alright. So now bury him.”

“No! no!”, the mullah said. “Don’t bury him. His soul will have peace. When you bury the body in the ground, the soul is very peaceful. But he is a sinner, he’s an offender, he’s a harāmi. You should throw him. You should not burn him, nor should you bury him. But rather throw him in the water so that the dogs and the vultures will tear his flesh, and his soul will wander the earth in suffering for his great sin.”

Then the nawab said, “Alright. Throw him in the river.”

So the two executioner tried to lift Haridāsa Ṭḥākura but they couldn’t lift. Because he was meditating in complete samādhi on Kṛṣṇa, who’s the total mass of the universe. Heavier than the heaviest. They couldn’t move him. They pushed, they pulled, he didn’t move even an inch. So they called more people to help push pull him. They couldn’t move. They finally brought elephants. They tied the ropes around Haridāsa, and the elephants were screaming. The mahout taking their ankuśa, goading in the side. Blood was coming from the elephants. *elephant noises* You know how they roar. It’s like they’re screaming and roaring. Haridāsa Ṭḥākura wasn’t moving. And the nawab said, “What is going on?” Then suddenly Haridāsa Ṭhākura became lighter than the lightest. Kṛṣṇa’s also floating… just like He is floating the planets, He can also be lighter than the lightest. So, then they get to lift him like a puff, with one hand, and they just lifted and threw him off to the Ganges, or the river, whatever river was there. And he is just floating on top of the river. The wind is blowing him into the other side. As the water touches Haridāsa Ṭḥākura, then he goes to the other side of the river. He gained conscious out of his samādhi and started to swim to the other side. Then he jumped up and started to chant

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

And he is chanting and dancing away. Then the nawab, “He is just dead. Now he’s alive again, chanting. He’s risen from the dead?” So then he just left his priest and went to the river. Said, “Get me a boat. I want to cross to the other side.” Immediately he crossed to the other side, he ran after Haridāsa Ṭḥākura, fell at his feet and said, “You are a great peer (Islamic monk), you’re a great guru, I have committed so many offences to you. Please forgive me.” Meanwhile his mullah was running after him. Came by his side. He also spoke, “Arey! Please forgive me for my offenses!”

Haridāsa Ṭhākura ki!

Devotees: Jaya!

Haridāsa Ṭhākura ki!

Devotees: Jaya!

The boat, everyone falling at the feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Who were so envious before, now are so respectful and humble. They requested, “Please forgive us.”

He said, “The only way I can forgive you is you give the order that no one will be obstructed from chanting the Harināma, Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-saṅkīrtana in the empire again. So the Nawab he gave the order. Haridāsa Ṭhākura then permitted him to be forgiven for all his offences. Like this, so many pastimes are there with Haridāsa Ṭḥākura.

The uncle and father of Raghunātha Dāsa, he also delivered from time when the Gopāla Cakravartī was committing offences, not tolerating the glories of the holy name when Haridāsa  Ṭḥākura  was staying at Bhagavān-Ācāryas house. And later that Gopal Cakravartī got leprosy for all his offences. Then the time when Haridāsa Ṭhākura was in kuliyā, where he was in a cave, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and a big python was there and the people were complaining. They were afraid for Haridāsa Ṭḥākura. He didn’t feel any fear, but then others are being disturbed. He said, “Ok, I’ll leave.” Then the Supersoul in the python just made the snake go out. There was a time when Haridāsa Ṭḥākura was chanting in ecstasy but some astrologer… when he heard the playing of a flute in the bhajana glorifying Kaliyā Kṛṣṇa by one sāpuriyā, one snake charmer, and one astrologer brāhmaṇa imitated him, but was later exposed as a sahajiyā and chased away by all the villagers. Although Haridāsa  Ṭḥākura  was so great, he was actually Brahmā taking his birth just to join in the saṅkīrtana movement of Lord Caitanya.  Haridāsa Ṭhākura was there. When Jagāi and Mādhāi were delivered with Nityānanda Prabhu. He was there in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda in Navadvīpa. He was there in Jagannātha Purī. Although he didn’t go to the Jagannātha temple, Lord Caitanya would come every day to see him. But Prabhupāda explained that although he didn’t go to Jagannātha, Jagannātha was coming to him. How much more important!  So, all these unlimited glories that you cannot find the end of Haridāsa Ṭḥākura’s glories. Lord Caitanya was glorifying. Many devotees maybe didn’t know. But when they heard, they all spontaneously offered the obeisance’s to Haridāsa  Ṭhākura

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.53

haridāsa nijāgrete prabhure vasāilā
nija-netra — dui bhṛṅga — mukha-padme dilā

Translation: Haridāsa Ṭhākura made Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sit down in front of him, and then he fixed his eyes, like two bumblebees, on the lotus face of the Lord.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.54

sva-hṛdaye āni’ dharila prabhura caraṇa
sarva-bhakta-pada-reṇu mastaka-bhūṣaṇa

Translation: He held the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on his heart and then took the dust of the feet of all the devotees present and put it on his head.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.55

‘śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya’ śabda balena bāra bāra
prabhu-mukha-mādhurī piye, netre jala-dhāra

Translation: He began to chant the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya again and again. As he drank the sweetness of the face of the Lord, tears constantly glided down from his eyes.

(Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.56

‘śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya’ śabda karite uccāraṇa
nāmera sahita prāṇa kaila utkrāmaṇa

Translation: While chanting the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, he gave up his air of life and left his body.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.57

mahā-yogeśvara-prāya dekhi’ svacchande maraṇa
bhīṣmera niryāṇa’ sabāra ha-ila smaraṇa

Translation: Seeing the wonderful death of Haridāsa Ṭhākura by his own will, which was just like a great mystic yogī’s, everyone remembered the passing away of Bhīṣma

(Hari Hari Haribol!)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.58

‘hari’ ‘kṛṣṇa’-śabde sabe kare kolāhala
premānande mahāprabhu ha-ilā vihvala

There was a tumultuous noise as they all chanted the holy names of “Hari” and “Kṛṣṇa.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.59

Lord Caitanya raised the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura over his head and placed it on His lap first. Then He began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.

Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic love created ecstatic love in all of the devotees and they also began to chant and dance in congregational Harināma saṅkīrtana.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.61

ei-mate nṛtya prabhu kailā kata-kṣaṇa
svarūpa-gosāñi prabhure karāila sāvadhāna

Translation: So, after dancing for some time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after dancing for some time, then Svarūpa Dāmodara informed Him of other rituals for the body of Ṭhākura Haridāsa.

So, then they took the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, raised it onto a carrier that resembled a airship and they took it to the sea accompanied by the congregational chanting before Caitanya Mahāprabhu, before that Lord Caitanya was dancing and behind all the other devotees, Vakreśvara and other devotees they were dancing. So Lord Caitanya bathed the body of Haridāsa  Ṭḥākura  in the sea and then he declared “samudra ei ‘mahā-tīrtha’ ha-ilā”

From this day on, this sea has become a great pilgrimage site.” Everyone drank the water that had touched the lotus feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and then they smeared remnants of Lord Jagannātha’s sandalwood pulp over Haridāsa Ṭḥākura’s body. They dug a hole in the sand and body of Haridāsa, and the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura was placed into it. Remnants from Lord Jagannātha, such as His silken ropes, sandalwood pulp, food and cloth were placed on the body. All around the body, the devotees performed congregational chanting, and Vakreśvara Paṇḍita danced in jubilation. With His transcendental hands, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand, chanting “Haribol! Haribol!” Haribol!” Nitāi-Gaura premānande Hari Haribol! Chant Haribol Haribol! Haribol Haribol! Haribol Haribol! Haribol Haribol! Haribol Haribol! Haribol Haribol! Haribol Haribol! Haribol! *Devotees accompany Gurudeva in ecstatic chanting*

They covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand and then constructed a platform upon the site. The platform was protected all around by fencing. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and chanted all around the platform, and as the holy name of Hari roared tumultuously, the whole universe became filled with the vibration.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.62

tabe mahāprabhu saba bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge
samudre karilā snāna-jala-keli raṅge

Translation: After saṅkīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the sea with His devotees, swimming and playing in the water in great jubilation.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.72

haridāse pradakṣiṇa kari’ āila siṁha-dvāre
hari-kīrtana-kolāhala sakala nagare

After circumambulating the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the Siṁha-dvāra gate of the Jagannātha temple. The whole city of Purī was chanting in congregation, and the tumultuous sound covered the whole city, vibrated all over the city.

Jayapatākā Swami: So then Lord Caitanya personally spread His cloth and began to beg from all the shopkeepers some prasādam. He said “I am begging prasādam for a festival honoring the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura,” the Lord said. “Please give Me alms.” Hearing this, all the shopkeepers immediately came forward with big baskets of prasādam, which they gave to Lord Caitanya very jubilantly. Then Svarūpa Dāmodara stopped them, and the shopkeepers returned to their shops and sat down with their baskets. Svarūpa Dāmodara sent Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back to His residence and kept with him four Vaiṣṇavas and four servant carriers. Svarūpa Dāmodara said to all the shopkeepers, “Deliver to me four palmfuls of prasādam of each and every item.” In this way varieties of prasādam were collected, then packed up in different loads and carried on the heads of the four servants. In this way much prasādam was brought. Then Lord Caitanya made all the devotees sit in rows and personally began to distribute the prasādam assisted by four other men. You see Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was not accustomed to taking prasādam in small quantities. He therefore put on each plate what at least five men could eat. So, the Lord Caitanya was stopped by Svarūpa Dāmodara requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Please sit down and watch. With these men to help me, I shall distribute the prasādam.” So, then Svarūpa Dāmodara, Jagadānanda, Kāśīśvara and Śaṅkara distributed the prasādam continuously.

It is important to note here how senior devotees they were distributing prasādam, he had already invited the Lord to take prasādam in his house, Kāśī Miśra personally brought out all the prasādam put it in front of Lord Caitanya, solved the problem and made Lord Caitanya eat the prasādam. With Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down and accepted the prasādam. When He began to eat, then all the Vaiṣṇavas began to take prasādam.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.88

ākaṇṭha pūrāñā sabāya karāilā bhojana
deha’ deha’ bali’ prabhu balena vacana

Translation: Everyone was filled up to the neck because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu kept telling the distributors, “Give them more! Give them more!”

Jayapatākā Swami: Akaṇṭha pūrāñā, ākaṇṭha mean you know the Kānti mala the kanṭha means the neck, so ākaṇṭha means taking prasādam up to their neck, can’t take more because it will overflow, it is upto the neck.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.89

bhojana kariyā sabe kailā ācamana
sabāre parāilā prabhu mālya-candana

Then everyone washed their hands and mouths, Lord Caitanya then gave them garlands and sandalwood pulp.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.90

Overwhelmed with ecstatic love, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered a benediction to all the devotees, which all the devotees heard with great satisfaction.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.91-93

“haridāsera vijayotsava ye kaila darśana
ye ihāṅ nṛtya kaila, ye kaila kīrtana
ye tāṅre vālukā dite karila gamana
tāra madhye mahotsave ye kaila bhojana
acire ha-ibe tā-sabāra ‘kṛṣṇa-prāpti’
haridāsa-daraśane haya aiche ‘śakti’

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave this benediction: “Anyone who has seen the festival of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s passing away, anyone who has chanted and danced here, anyone who has offered sand on the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and anyone who has joined this festival to partake of the prasādam will achieve the favour of Kṛṣṇa very soon. There is such wonderful power in seeing Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

Jayapatākā Swami: But then Lord Caitanya explained that he felt that it was the mercy of Kṛṣṇa that he could get the association of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, but now Kṛṣṇa being independent has broken that association, Haridāsa Ṭhākura wanted to leave this material world, it was not within My power to detain him. By his own will, Haridāsa Ṭhākura could give up his life and go away, like Bhīṣma, who died simply by his own desire, as we have heard from śāstra. Like this He glorified Haridāsa Ṭḥākura in so many ways, all glories to Haridāsa.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.98

‘jaya jaya haridāsa’ bali’ kara hari-dhvani”
eta bali’ mahāprabhu nācena āpani

They were chanting Jaya Jaya Haridāsa, chanting in kīrtana and then Lord Caitanya again began to dance and everyone was chanting all glories to Haridāsa Ṭḥākura.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.99

jaya jaya jaya haridāsa
nāmera mahimā yeṅha karilā prakāśa”

Who revealed the importance of chanting the holy name of the Lord!” Then Lord Caitanya bade everyone farewell and he had mixed feeling of happiness and distress.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.100

ei ta’ kahiluṅ haridāsera vijaya
yāhāra śravaṇe kṛṣṇe dṛḍha-bhakti haya

Thus I have spoken about the victorious passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Anyone who hears this narration will certainly fix his mind firmly in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

(Nitāi Gaura Premanānde Hari Haribol!)

Jayapatākā Swami: Here in the purport it explains how Śrīnivāsa-Ācārya reached Jagannātha Purī, He ran to the seashore and he saw tomb of Haridāsa he immediately fell down offering prayers and almost fainted. The devotees present there pacified him with very sweet and affectionate words, and Śrīnivāsa again offered his obeisances to the tomb. Hearing of the separation that Śrīnivāsa expressed in his lamentation at the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura makes one’s heart melt. This is very important pastime because it reveals the very loving and intimate relationship between Lord Caitanya and His devotees and it also glorifies Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Glorifying Haridāsa Ṭhākura is glorifying the Holy name. Actually when Haridāsa Ṭhākura was told to stop chanting, the Nawab said, I order you to stop chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. He said, “You may cut my body into little little pieces, but so long there is one piece left, it’s going to chant

Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare!”

Haridāsa Ṭḥākura’s complete dedication and surrender to the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is unparalleled. Simply by hearing this certainly one can be fixed in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, this is blessing also of Lord Caitanya and Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Kavirāja.

So mixed feelings of happiness and distress are natural because on the one hand the Lord is feeling distressed. He’s feeling separation to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, missing His association. On the other hand, happiness that Haridāsa Ṭhākura has left fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is the goal of life, we all have to leave this body and if we can leave it Kṛṣṇa conscious, that is the perfection! So no one can conceive of leaving their material form in such a transcendental way as Haridāsa Ṭhākura did, holding the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya to his chest, gazing at his lotus face, chanting Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya! Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya! Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya! so then… Haridāsa Ṭhākura Ki!

Devotees: Jaya!

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ki!

Devotees: Jaya!

Haridāsa Ṭhākura tirobhāva mahotsava ki!

Devotees: Jaya!

Jayapatākā Swami: Any question?

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 11.107

bhava-sindhu taribāre āche yāra citta
śraddhā kari’ śuna sei caitanya-caritra

Anyone who desires to cross over the ocean of nescience, please hear with great faith the life and characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

So, in Bhāgavatam śloka we heard how intelligence is polluted if we fix our intelligence in the pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Haridāsa Ṭhākura, then even the intelligence which is fixed in māyā will become transcendental.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!