20200811 Surucī Insults Dhruva – Viśvambhara’s Narration to Śacī Devī

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation

By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 11^th August 2020 in Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, India

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram
hariḥ oṁ tat sat

Introduction: So, Lord Caitanya had decided that He would take sannyāsa, and mother Śacī heard the rumor. And being afflicted with love in the vātsalya-rasa, she pleaded with Lord Gaurāṅga not to leave. Lord Gaurāṅga or Viśvambhara, He saw that Śacī devī may not survive if He leaves. So He took her aside and talked to her some confidential things. That is what today’s narration is. The chapter:

Surucī Insults Dhruva – Viśvambhara’s Narration to Śacī Devī

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.35

cānda-mukhera vacana amiyā
rūpa gaḍhala kemana vidhi dhairaja dhariyā

Jayapatākā Swami: The nectarean words flow from the moonlike mouth of Lord Viśvambhara. How did Brahmā maintain his composure? When he made the glorious form of Gaurāṅga. Of course, we believe that Gaurāṅga’s form is sat-cid-ānanda, and that it is not created by Lord Brahmā. But maybe Brahmā had some, we think that had something to do with it. But actually, Lord Caitanya descended from the spiritual world. And His form is eternal, the form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. So, certainly when Brahmā creates the living entities, Lord Gaurāṅga’s form is something special for him.

dhruvere vaiṣṇara kaila dhruvera jananī
kahiye se rasa śuna apūrva kāhinī

Jayapatākā Swami: Dhruva’s mother made Dhruva into a great Vaiṣṇava, “I am telling you that mellow, please listen to this wonderful story.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.36: “Where was the hunter Dharma's piety, Dhruva's maturity, and Gajendra's knowledge? Where was Kubjā's beauty? Where was Sudāmā's wealth? Where was Vidura's noble birth? Where was Ugrasena's chivalrous strength? Lord Mādhava is pleased only by devotional service and not by material qualifications.

Jayapatākā Swami: Because of the devotees’ spontaneous devotion in devotional service for the Lord, therefore the Lord is pleased with them. It is not that Kubjā’s beauty or Sudama’s wealth, or the other qualities mentioned here, are not the reason why Kṛṣṇa is pleased with them. Dhruva as a young boy, went into the forest, but he seemed very mature, to find the Lord. It was his desire to serve the Lord, to find the Lord, that pleased the Lord, not his particular quality of maturity.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.37

ei guna mātā dhruva-kathā eka-mana-citte
ati ucca pada dhruva pāila yenamate

Jayapatākā Swami: With a single mind and heart, listen my dear mother, to the story of how Dhruva Maharāja achieved a very exalted position.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.38

brahmāra mānasaputra-svāyambhuva manu
mahāteja parākrama yena brahmātanu

Jayapatākā Swami: Svyāmbhuva Manu was the mental son of Lord Brahmā. He was powerful, and as effulgent as Lord Brahmā himself.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.39

tāra dui putra priyavrata uttānapāda
duhe mahārājā haila brahmāra prasāda

Jayapatākā Swami: He had two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda. By Brahmā’s mercy, they both became great kings.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.40

uttānapāda mahārājā dui vibhā kari
suruci sunīti nāme duita sundarī

Jayapatākā Swami: King Uttānapada, He married twice. Suruci and Sunīti were the names of his two beautiful wives.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.41

uttamādi sāta putra surucira haila
sunītira garbhe mātra dhruvera janma haila

Jayapatākā Swami: So Suruci had seven sons, headed by Uttama. From Sunīti was born only one son, named Dhruva.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.42

svāmīte saubhāgya haila uttamera mātā
dhruvera jananī haila svāmite durbhāgā

Jayapatākā Swami: Uttama’s mother, Suruci, was favored by her husband, Uttānapada. But Dhruva’s mother was not favored by her husband, Uttānapada.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.43

pāṭa mahārāṇī haila suruci sundarī
dhruvera janalī giyā-tāra sevā kari

Jayapatākā Swami: The beautiful Suruci became the chief queen, and sat with the king on his throne. Dhruva’s mother, Sunīti, became her maid servant.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.44

dhruvera māyera duḥkha kahane nā yāya

se duḥkhe pāthara bhāse samudra śukhāya

Jayapatākā Swami: It is not possible to explain the sorrow of Sunīti, Dhruva’s mother, that sorrow would make the stones float and dry the ocean.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.45

āṁkāḍi-cāulera anna āloṇā vyañjana
dhruvera māyere deya karite bhojana

Jayapatākā Swami: Unhusked rice, unsalted vegetables, were the meals given to Dhruva’s mother.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.46

pāñca vatsara yakhana dhruvera vayasa
duḥkhī hajñā dhruvera mātā pāya nānā kleśa

Jayapatākā Swami: When Dhruva Mahārāja’s age was five years old, his mother was suffering many troubles.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.47

ekadina suruci-sahita mahārāja
nānārase āche ucca siṁhāsana mājha

Jayapatākā Swami: One day, the king Uttānapada was enjoying in various ways with Suruci on a great throne.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.48

uttamādi sāta bhāi mā-bāpera saṅge
ratnamaya-siṁhāsane āche nānāraṅge

Jayapatākā Swami: The seven brothers headed by Uttama, also enjoyed in many ways, with the mother and father, on the jeweled throne.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.49

pāñca-vatsarera dhruva śiśugaṇa saṅge
dhūlāya dhūsara khelā khelāya nānāraṅge

Jayapatākā Swami: So, five-year-old Dhruva Mahārāja had been playing with the other boys, and he had become covered with dust, while playing with the other boys.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.50

bāpera kole dekhila bhāi sātajane
tā dekhiyā uṭhe dhruva ratna-siṁhāsane

Jayapatākā Swami: So when Dhruva saw the other seven brothers sitting on his father’s lap, seeing that, Dhruva started to climb the jewel throne.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.51

siṁhāsane uṭhiyā bāpera kole yāite
dhruvera satāi ṭheli pelilena bhūmite

Jayapatākā Swami: When he had climbed the throne, and he went to sit on the lap of his father, his step mother, pushed Dhruva down and threw him to the ground!

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.52

bhūmite paḍiyā dhruva kāndite lāgila
strīra vaśa hajñā rājā kichu nā balila

Jayapatākā Swami: So falling to the ground, Dhruva began to cry. But the king being controlled by his wife, said nothing.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.53

bhūmite paḍiyā dhruva kānde abhimāne
mā durbhāgā bāpera, ihā nāhi jāle

Jayapatākā Swami: Falling to the ground, Dhruva wept, His pride crushed, but he did not know that his mother was not favored by his father.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.54

dhruvera satāi bale kānda akāraṇe
dāsīra putra iñā uṭha-ratna-siṁhāsane

Jayapatākā Swami: Dhruva’s step mother said, you weep for no reason. You are the maid servant’s son, and you want to sit on the jewel throne.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.55

janme janme tomāra-mā kṛṣṇa nāhi bhaje
ratnamaya-siṁhāsane uṭha kon lāje

Jayapatākā Swami: “Birth after birth, your mother did not worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, have you no shame? that you want to sit on the jewel throne?”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.56

abhāgīra putra, tora mā avaiṣṇavī
ratnasiṁhāsane kothā basibāre pābi

Jayapatākā Swami: You are the son of an unfortunate woman. Your mother is not a Vaiṣṇava, not a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu. Why should you have the right to sit on the jewel throne?

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.57

eteka kahila yadi dhruvera satāi
kāndite kāndite dhruva gela māyera ṭhāñi

Jayapatākā Swami: In this way, Dhruva’s step mother spoke to Dhruva. Weeping and weeping, Dhruva went to his mother. So details of this pastime is also mentioned in the 4^th canto of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.58

māyere kahila-more satāi mārila
siṁhāsana haite more ṭheliyā pelila

Jayapatākā Swami: “My stepmother hit me!”, Dhruva told his mother that my stepmother pushed me or hit me. She threw me from the throne, pushing me to the ground.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.59

satāi bole - tora mā kṛṣṇa nāhi bhaje
ratnamaya-siṁhāsane baisa kon lāje

Jayapatākā Swami: My stepmother said, “Your mother never worshipped Lord Kṛṣṇa, are you not ashamed? to try to sit on the jewel throne!”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 11.60

āra eka adbhuta abhiprāya basi
etakāla nāhi jāni-tumi tāra dāsī

Jayapatākā Swami: “And one strange opinion has come. I didn’t know you were her maidservant.”

Lord Gaurāṅga, He is telling this to His mother, to prepare her for His leaving. So, for two days, we will continue, and Lord Caitanya is telling the pastime of Dhruva Mahārāja’s līlā.

So, in the Americas, it is Janmāṣṭamī today, Latin America and North America. Tomorrow we are having Janmāṣṭamī in Mayapur, Europe and Australasia. And I will be giving class tomorrow morning. May be that will be too early for the Europeans, but it will be a good time for the Eastern – Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, China. So, they have expanded by Zoom account to 1000 participants. So, one can either watch the class on Facebook or Zoom or Mayapur TV, or YouTube. We will continue the class.

It is a very special day to fast. Although we are having a virtual celebration in many parts, in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī quotes, if you watch the worship of Kṛṣṇa, you get the same result as the worshipper. That means that all those who watch on YouTube or virtually, they get the same benefit as the person doing the ārati. So, you don’t have to feel deprived. Also, somehow today being the Janmāṣṭamī in North America and South America, we are going to visit South America at 8.30 pm IST, and speak on Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī. If anyone knows Spanish, you are welcome to attend, You can write to Śyama Rasika, he will send you the link.

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