20250407 Vyāsa-pūjā Adhivāsa Address

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: So, nice to see so many devotees here! How many of you have surrendered to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya and Rādhā Mādhava? That means that your body belongs to Lord Caitanya and Rādhā Mādhava! Sanātana Gosvāmī, he went from Vṛndāvana to Jagannātha Purī by jungle. His body had different wounds. They were oozing sores! But Lord Caitanya, He embraced him! Sanātana Gosvāmī said, “No, no! I am unclean!” So he thought, I came to Jagannātha Purī for my spiritual benefit. But, after coming here I see that I am committing an offence. So, I think when the Ratha-yātrā comes I will offer myself under the wheels! And like that Sanātana Gosvāmī was thinking. Lord Caitanya said to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, “What do you think? This person wants to kill another’s property!” Lord Caitanya said to Sanātana Gosvāmī, “Through your body, I will write books, and I will discover hidden, holy places! So you are all servants of Kṛṣṇa! And that means your body belongs to Kṛṣṇa! You cannot kill it! It is not your property!”

There was one devotee in the hospital, he shot himself! What is his name? Gaura Gopāla dāsa. So please pray for his final destination. This material world has happiness and distress. But in the spiritual world there is bliss! Gaura Gopāla dāsa, we heard that he left his body. This human body is very rare to get! And to be born of devotee parents, it is even more rare! Anyway, I hope all of you use your body to serve Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga! Gaurāṅga!

I am told that I should speak short today and tomorrow I can speak for long! I don’t know if that is true! They showed me the prasāda, but I could not take any!  When I left Madurai, they showed me on Zoom, they showed me 3000 devotees in different showrooms. And in each showroom the system is to chant one round. And 3000 devotees of the congregation, they chant 16 rounds. Like this, it is very good preaching, 6000 devotees all sitting down and chanting! Haribol!

So I will see you tomorrow!