20200226 Making Navadvīpa to Mathurā

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: Last night I vomited three times, having diarrhea, so I took some medicine, and I rested all day today, I couldn’t go to the Antardvīpa parikramā-adhivāsa. I hope that tomorrow I will be able to speak to all the parikramās, from here. Tonight, three people took initiation, one first and two second, artists in the circus.

I will read four or five verses and get some purport.

Making Navadvīpa to Mathurā

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.15

sāyaṁ kadācid atha taiḥ sva-padābja-bhaktaiḥ
śrī-gauracandra udito nija-kīrtanābdhau
ākasmikair gagana-maṇḍalam ambuvāhair
vyāptaṁ nirīkṣya karuṇo’jani vighna-bhītyā

Translation: One time in the evening Gauracandra appeared in the ocean of kīrtana with his lotus devotees. Seeing the sky suddenly become completely covered with clouds, fearing an obstacle, he showed mercy.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.16

ādāya pāṇi-kamaleṣv atha mandirāgryaṁ
rāgān svarāṁś ca sakalān sa kṛtārthayitvā
uccair jagau svaguṇa-saṣcayam eva hṛṣṭaḥ
śrīmān anaṅga iva vigrahavān pṛthivyām

Translation: Like Cupid personified on earth, he took in his lotus hands excellent cymbals and in joy loudly sang the Lord’s glories with rāga and correct notes.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.17

sadyas tadā jalamuco marutā prakīrṇā
bhejur diśaṁ diśam amī saha citta-khedaiḥ
vyomātinirmalam abhūd udiyāya candraḥ
sārdhaṁ samasta-bha-gaṇena tamo’pahatyai

Translation: Immediately, the clouds losing power, were scattered in all directions by the wind. The sky became clear and the moon rose with the stars to extinguish the darkness.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.18

rajyan prasārita-karaḥ parirabhya gāḍhaṁ
ramyāṁ kṣapā-nava-vadhūṁ vitamo’ntarīyām
ānanda-sindhu-laharī-cayam ucchalantaṁ
jyotsnām iṣād iva ramaty ayam oṣadhīśaḥ

Translation: The shining moon, spreading its hands, firmly embraced its attractive new bride, the night, with a cloth composed of absence of darkness. The moon took pleasure in the light, which agitated the waves in the ocean of bliss.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.19

gīrvāṇa-vartmani tadā vimale sadṛkṣaiḥ
pīyūṣam udgirati tatra sudhā-mayūkhe
śrī-gaura-śīta-kiraṇo’py avanau sva-loke
saṅkīrtanāmṛta-rase ramati sma bhūyaḥ

Translation:  As the moon with the stars poured out nectar in the clear sky, Gauraṅga with his shining rays, enjoyed the rasa of sweet kīrtana with his devotees on earth.

Jayapatākā Swami: So in the parikramā, there is a place called Meghacāra, it is in Sīmantadvīpa. As you are going from the Belpukur to the Mandir, you see the place Meghacāra. Now it says that Lord Caitanya pulled out His kartālas and started to play it, and thus all the clouds scattered. So, this is one of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, and, you can see the place where He performed the pastime.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.20

śrīmat-padābja-padavī-vara-haṁsakādyaiḥ
pāṇi-pravāla-yugalaṁ valayair layaiś ca
lātsyodgame sapadi manmatha-manmathasya
śrī-gaura-śīta-kiraṇasya rarāja bhūyaḥ

Translation: As the bewilderer of Cupid, with golden rays began dancing, the place shone with the anklets on his lotus feet, with the bracelets on his pink arms and with the rhythm.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.21

viprāṅganā-gaṇa-mukhendu-vinirgatais tair
uccair ulūlu-ninadair jaya-nāda-miśraiḥ
khe’vasthitasya diviṣan nicayasya harṣa-
svānair atīva-tumulaḥ sumahotsavo’bhūt

Translation:There was a tumultuous festivity with joyful voices of the devatās situated in the sky, mixed with the loud shouts of “Jaya” and ulu-dvani emanating from the mouths of the wives of brāhmaṇas.

Jayapatākā Swami: Now Lord Caitanya danced and the angels from heaven, and the wives of the brāhmaṇas on earth, did ulū-dvāni, and all the males were singing jai! Jai! in this way, they were performing the kīrtana.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.22

kundāravinda-karavīra-navīna-malli-
jātyādi-puṣpa-nivahai rava-kḷpta-mālyaḥ
śrīkhaṇḍa-kuṅkuma-lasan-mṛga-nābhi-paṅkair
ālipya sarva-tanum eva rarāja nṛtyan

Translation: As He danced with garlands made of jasmine, karavīra, fresh malli and jāti flowers, His whole body shone with ointments of musk, sandalwood and kuṁkuma.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.4.1

tatra śuklāmbaro nāma dvijo roditi nityaśāḥ
patitvā daṇḍavad bhūmau vadann eva muhur muhuḥ

Translation: Therein, the brāhmaṇa named Śuklāmbara would weep constantly, falling repeatedly to the earth like a rod, he proclaimed again and again:

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.23

śuklāmbaraḥ sa tu nipatya dharātalāntaḥ
śrī-gauracandram avadat sabhayaṁ mahatma
he nātha samprati kṛtā bhavatā navīna-
dvīpaṁ navaiva mathurā vividhair vihāraiḥ

Translation: Mahātmā Śuklāmbara fell on the ground and said to the Lord with apprehension, “O Lord!  With your many pastimes you have made Navadvīpa into a new Mathurā.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.4.2

navadvīpas tu madhurā kṛtā tāta tvayādhunā
iti saṁvilapan bhūmau roditi prema-vihvalaḥ

Translation: "Dear Lord, now You have transformed Navadvīpa into Mathurā!" So saying, he wept and rolled about on the earth, immersed in loving sentiments.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, he realized how Lord Caitanya had transformed Navadvīpa into Mathurā. Actually, there is no difference from Māyāpur and Vṛndāvana, but to have that realization is something special, so Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī had that realization.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.24

ity uktavān bahala-gadgada-gadya-padya-
vākyena bhūmim abhito galad-aśru-pūraḥ
vaihvalya-dainya-hṛdayaḥ satataṁ vimukta-
kaṇṭhaṁ ruroda bahuśaḥ stavanena tasya

Translation: Saying this, with choked words, shedding tears on the earth, with confused, miserable heart, he loudly wept while praising the Lord profusely.

Jayapatākā Swami: So Śuklāmbara, he appreciated the pastimes of Lord Gaura, which was transforming the Navadvīpa dhāma into Mathura.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.25

nṛtyan vayasya-rucirāṁse’taṭe’tipīnaṁ
do-stambham arpayati sa kṣaṇam apy udāram
uddāma-vepathu-calat-sakalāṅga-yaṣṭir
bhūmau skhalaty anupadaṁ vivaśaḥ kṣaṇaṁ ca

Translation: In dancing the Lord rested His generous, full arms for a moment on the attractive shoulder of a friend. Like a pole with hairs standing on end, He then stumbled on the ground out of control for a moment.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.4.3

vayasyāṁse vinikṣipta-karo nṛtyati karhicit
kvacid romāṣcita-tanuḥ kalpate paramaḥ pumān

Translation: At times the Supreme Personality of Godhead would dance, placing His hand on the shoulder of an associate; at times the hairs of His body would thrill out of rapture.

Jayapatākā Swami: So the Lord was manifesting various ecstasies. Sometimes He danced in ecstasy, keeping His hand on the shoulder of an associate, and sometimes all His hairs would stand on end, and this way He would be filled, out of rapture.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.4.4

kvacid īśvara-bhāvena bhṛtyebhyaḥ pradadau varān
evaṁ nānā-vidhākārair nṛtyan lokān āśikṣayat

Translation: Sometimes in the mood of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He awarded boons to His servitors, and sometimes, while dancing, He taught the people the moods of bhāva by many kinds of expressive gestures.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, the ecstatic love of Krsna, of bhāva, He would show that by His expressive gestures, and people in general would be able to understand what bhāva was, by watching His transcendental gestures.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.26

tebhyo varān kṣaṇam apīśvara-bhāva-ramyo
bhūyo dadāti sadayaṁ sadayaika-sindhuḥ
nānā-vidhair atikṛpā-rasa-sindhu-candro
lokān aśikṣayad aśeṣa-vilāsa-bhāvaiḥ

Translation: Gaurāṅga, the ocean of mercy, for a moment accepting the mood of being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, mercifully gave gifts to the devotees.  Thus, the moon in the ocean of mercy taught people in various ways by His unlimited moods during His pastimes.

Jayapatākā Swami: While Lord Caitanya was manifesting different pastimes, He would sometimes give His mercy to the devotees, and sometimes He would be in an ecstatic mood, Gaurāṅga!

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 6.27

āruhya sa kṣaṇam api svapadābja-bhakta-
skandhaṁ mahāprabhur atīva-vikāra-ramyaḥ
ākrīḍati svajana-harṣa-samudra-pūram
ullāsayan niśi niśākara-koṭi-kāntaḥ

Translation: Mahāprabhu, attractive with extreme ecstatic symptoms, climbed the shoulders of his devotees who served his lotus feet.  The Lord, more beautiful than a million moons, performed his pastimes, increasing the full ocean of joy of his devotees.

Jayapatākā Swami: So different devotees were enjoying the pastimes of Gaurāṅga, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in this way they were tasting unlimited bliss! Sometimes He would climb on the shoulders, sometimes He did different things, so this was appreciated by the devotees.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.4.5

kadācit sva-jana-skandham āruhya harṣayan prabhuḥ
sva-janān krīḍati prītaḥ kṣaṇadāyāṁ kṛta-kṣaṇaḥ

Translation: Once, while the Lord was passing leisure moments at night, He enlivened the hearts of His associates by mounting upon their shoulders and sporting in a pleasurable mood.

Thus ends the Chapter, Making Navadvīpa to Mathurā

Jayapatākā Swami: So Lord Caitanya, He would have some of His pastimes in Māyāpur, and He may climb on the shoulder of some of His devotees, this was very pleasant experience for the devotees and in this way the Lord, He was relishing pastimes with His devotees. In this way, Lord Caitanya made Navadvīpa non-different from Mathurā! Haribol! Gaurāṅga!

What is that? Those are the different parikramās – which parikramā is that?

How are you feeling?

Jayapatākā Swami: Today I spent most of the day resting. I am hoping I will be alright tonight!

Navadvīpa is nīlā, Durgā is the protectress of the holy dhāma, she is known as Prauḍhā Māyā, and Lord Śiva is known as Vṛddha Śiva, in Navadvīpa. They protect the holy dhāma. If you want to enter into the esoteric part of the dhāma, you have to have Their mercy!

Question: Antardvīpa in the center, all other eight dvipas are touching the border. So which are all the dvīpas within our campus?

Jayapatākā Swami: Rudradvīpa and Antardvīpa.