20200321 Although Cursing Lord Viśvambhara, A Brāhmaṇa Receives Love in Return

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

Telugu, Hindi, Tamil – do you have anyone speak in Tamil today? We have somebody speak in Tamil? He is preparing himself? How long does it take to prepare himself? Anyway, we have posted.

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

Chapter entitled as Although Cursing Lord Viśvambhara, A Brāhmaṇa Receives Love in Return

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 17.60

āra eka durbbuddhi viprera prabhuke śāpa-pradāna-kārya: —

āra eka vipra āila kīrtana dekhite
dvāre kapāṭa, — nā pāila bhitare yāite

Translation: Another brāhmaṇa came to see the kīrtana performance, but the door was closed, and he could not enter the hall.

Jayapatākā Swami: One another brāhmaṇa came to see the kīrtana but the door was closed and he was not able to get entrance.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.13.18

ekadā brāhmaṇaḥ kaścin
nṛtyantaṁ puruṣottamam
draṣṭuṁ gatvā na dṛṣṭvā ca
bahir-dvāḥ-sthena vāritaḥ

Translation: Once a certain brāhmaṇa came to see the dancing of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but he was forbidden entry by the doorman.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.45

tabe āra-ekadina prabhu nṛtya kare
āchila ta ekajana brāhmaṇa duẏāre

Translation: On another day, as Lord Gaura enjoyed pastimes of dancing, a brāhmaṇa came to His door.

Jayapatākā Swami: So many books give this pastime. Another day, Lord Caitanya was enjoying His pastimes in Śrīvāsa Aṅgana. Everybody was chanting and dancing. A brāhmaṇa came to his door.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.46

henai samaye āila āra eka brāhmaṇa
gauracandra nṛtya kare-dekhibāre mana

Translation: At the same time, another brāhmaṇa who came then yearned to see Lord Gauracandra dance.

Jayapatākā Swami: At the same time, another brāhmaṇa came and he wanted to see Lord Caitanya dancing.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 8.11

ekadā nṛtya-samaye draṣṭuṁ gaurāṅga-sundaram
calito dvāra-pālena vārito dharaṇī-suraḥ

Translation: One time while they were dancing, a brāhmaṇa came to see beautiful Gaurāṅga, but was stopped by the door keeper and went away.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.47

dvārete ye chila tāre nā dila yāite
duḥkhita haila vipra nā pāṣā dekhite

Translation: Those at the door did not permit him to go inside. Unable to see the Lord, he became unhappy.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, who was at the door, he did not allow him to enter. He was very sad. That brāhmaṇa was very sad, being unable to see the Lord.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.48

duḥkhita haiyā vipra nija ghare gela
ānande nācila prabhu-kichu nā jānila

Translation: Unhappy, the brāhmaṇa returned to his home. Meanwhile Lord Gaura joyfully danced. He did not know what had happened.

Jayapatākā Swami: So being sad, being unable to see the Lord, he returned to his house and the Lord He was dancing inside and He didn’t know anything about this, what had happened.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 17.61

phiri’ gela vipra ghare mane duḥkha pāṣā
āra dina prabhuke kahe gaṅgāya lāga pāṣā

Translation: He returned home with an unhappy mind, but on the next day he met Lord Caitanya on the bank of the Ganges and spoke to Him.

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.13.19

ruṣṭaḥ para-dine dṛṣṭvā
gaṅgā-tīre jagad-gurum
sudurmukho ruṣitvā taṁ
śāpaṁ dāsyann uvāca ha

Translation: Thus, being unable to see the Lord, the man became angered. On the following day seeing the guru of the three worlds upon the bank of the Gaṅgā, his face became consumed with fury and he cursed the Lord, seeking to injure Him.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 8.12

kruddho’para-dine so’yaṁ
gaṅgāyās taṭa-sannidhau
dṛṣṭvā jagat-prabhuṁ tatra
durmukho roṣa-lohitaḥ

Translation: Another day, full of anger, he saw the Lord of the universe on the bank of the Gaṅgā. His face was twisted and his eyes were red with anger.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.49

tāra-para-dine prabhu-gaṅgāsnāna-kāle
ācambite sei dvija dekhila prabhure

Translation: The next day that brāhmaṇa unexpectedly meat Lord Gaura as the Lord was bathing in the Gaṅga.

Jayapatākā Swami: The next day when the Lord went to take His bath in the Ganges, suddenly, unexpectedly, He met that brāhmaṇa, as He was bathing in the Ganges.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.50

dekhileka gaṅgāsnāne prabhu viśvambhara
krodhadṛṣṭe cāhe vipra-kāmpe kalevara

Translation: As Lord Gaura was bathing in the Gaṅga, the brāhmaṇa, his body trembling, with angry eyes stared at the Lord.

Jayapatākā Swami: Seeing Lord Viśvambhara bathing in the Ganges, with an angry look on his face, shaking with anger, the brāhmaṇa stared at the Lord.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.51

prabhuke dekhiyā bole sakrodha vacana
tora ghare gelum tore dekhibāre mana

Translation: Staring at the Lord, he angrily said: I went to Your house. I wanted to see You.

Jayapatākā Swami: Staring at the Lord, he angrily said, “I went to Your house to see You. I wanted to see You.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.52

tora nṛtya dekhibāre bara chila sādha
pāpiṣṭha brāhmaṇa eka tāte dila bādha

Translation: I wanted to see You dance, but a most sinful brāhmaṇa forbade me.

Jayapatākā Swami: “I wanted to see You dancing. I had great desire. But one sinful brāhmaṇa, he forbade me.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.53

nā dila yāite more bāhira-duyāre
temani bāhira tumi haibe saṁsāre

Translation: As I, not allowed to enter, had to stay outside the door, so will You also have to stay outside the world of household life."

Jayapatākā Swami: “He didn’t allow me to go and I was kept outside the doorway. In the same way, I curse You that You will also be out of the household life and be in the world.” So, we know that later Lord Caitanya took sannyāsa, maybe the brāhmaṇa was cursing him.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 17.62

‘‘śāpiba tomāre muṣi, pāṣāchi manoduḥkha”
paitā chiṇḍiyā śāpe pracaṇḍa durnmukha

Translation: That brāhmaṇa was expert in talking harshly and cursing others. Thus, he broke his sacred thread and declared, “I shall now curse You, for Your behavior has greatly aggrieved me.”

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 17.63

‘‘saṁsāra sukha tomāra hauka vināśa’’
śāpa śuni’ mahāprabhura haila ullāsa

Translation: The brāhmaṇa cursed the Lord, “You shall be bereft of all material happiness!” When the Lord heard this, He felt great jubilation within Himself.

Jayapatākā Swami: The Lord, He did not want material happiness. He wanted the spiritual happiness. But the materialists, they think everything is based on material sense gratification. But Lord Caitanya, He was teaching a higher taste – a taste of pure devotional service, pure love of Kṛṣṇa!

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.13.20-21

yajṣopavītaṁ vakṣaḥ-sthaṁ
chittvā śāpaṁ dadau krudhā
yasmāt tvan-nṛtya-samaye
tatra gacchan nivāritaḥ

dvāḥ-sthena te tato’dya tvaṁ
saṁsārād bahir āvraja
tac chrutvā brāhmaṇa-vaco
mumoda bhagavān paraḥ

Translation: Breaking the sacred thread draped over his chest, the brāhmaṇa wrathfully delivered this curse: "Because I was forbidden entry by the door-keeper when I came at the time You were dancing; therefore, You must now leave all the happiness of Your family life." When the Supreme Lord heard these words uttered by the brāhmaṇa, He felt very happy and thought:

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 8.13

upavītaṁ dvidhā cchittvā
śāpaṁ dāsyann idaṁ jagau
tvāṁ nṛtya-samaye draṣṭuṁ
gatavān aham ekadā

Translation: The brāhmaṇa broke his upavīta, and, cursing the Lord, said, “I came to see you once while you were dancing.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 8.14

tavaiva dvāra-pālena
vāritas tena duḥkhitaḥ

śāpaṁ dadāmi tat tubhyaṁ
saṁsārāc chittir astu te

Translation: “I was prevented from entering by the guard and became sad. I now curse you that your material life will be destroyed.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.54

ihā bali’ upavīta chiṇḍileka krodhe
krodhe acetana vipra-nāhi parabodhe

Translation: Speaking these words, that brāhmaṇa angrily broke his sacred thread. He was wild with anger. He was not peaceful.

Jayapatākā Swami: Saying these words that brāhmaṇa broke, tore his brāhmaṇa thread into pieces in anger. And in great anger, he was practically unconscious. The brāhmaṇa was completely agītāted.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.55

dvārera bāhira kaila -āmi nāhi sahi
śāpa dila-hao tumi saṁsārera bahi

Translation: I cannot bear to be left outside the door. I give You this curse: You will stay outside the door of household life."

Jayapatākā Swami: “I could not tolerate being kept outside the door. I curse You that You be outside the door of material household life.”

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 8.15

tac chrutvā bhagavān nātho
nananda manasā muhuḥ
ruṣṭasya śāpo viprasya
varo’bhūd iti harṣitaḥ

Translation: Hearing this, the Lord was pleased in his mind.  In joy he thought, “The curse of the angry brāhmaṇa is a blessing to me.”

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.13.22

kruddha-brāhmaṇa-śāpo vai
vara evābhavan mama
uddharāmi janān sarvān
sannyāsāśramam āśritaḥ

Translation: "This angry brāhmaṇa's curse is actually his blessing on me. By this means I shall deliver all living people. Accepting the āśrama of sannyāsa I shall depart from my home!"

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.56

e bola śuniṣā prabhu hariṣa antara
brāhmaṇera śāpa more vara haila vara

Translation: Hearing these words, Lord Gaura became happy at heart. He said: This curse is a great boon for Me."

Jayapatākā Swami: Hearing these words of the brāhmaṇa, the Lord was very happy inside. “The brāhmaṇa's curse is actually a blessing in disguise. A great blessing for Me.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.57

śāpa svīkāra yabe kaila bhagavāna
śuniṣā brāhmaṇa bhaya pāila var̤a mana

Translation: In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead accepted the curse. Hearing this, the brāhmaṇa became afraid at heart.

Jayapatākā Swami: When the Lord accepted this curse, and when this was understood by the brāhmaṇa, he was fearful, great fear in his mind and heart.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.58

āmi ki kariba prabhu ye bolāile tumi
tumi-sarva-paripūrṇa sarva-antaryāmī

Translation: He said: What did I just do? O Lord, You made me speak those words. You are all-pervading. You are the Supersoul present in every heart.

Jayapatākā Swami: “What did I just do?! Oh Lord, You made me speak these things! You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead in full and You are everyone’s Supersoul.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.59

kutarkera gaṇa saba nistāra karibe
sannyāsa kariyā ta’ sabhāre prema dibe

Translation: You will deliver the false philosophers. Accepting sannyāsa, You will give them all the gift of ecstatic spiritual love.

Jayapatākā Swami: Those who are the false argumenters, will all be delivered by You. Your taking sannyāsa, You will give them all pure, spiritual love. So, Lord Kṛṣṇa, Lord Caitanya, followed the curse of the brāhmaṇa. He respected brāhmaṇas very much. So, this curse that He would be outside the family life, that means He would take sannyāsa. And so, as a sannyāsī, He travelled all over India, and He gave out pure love of Kṛṣṇa to everyone, to the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs in Benares, to the Buddhists in South India, to everyone. And so, this brāhmaṇa, we see why so many different scriptures have cited his case, because this case or this situation of the brāhmaṇa cursed Lord Caitanya, in effect, Lord Caitanya was carrying out the curse of the brāhmaṇa. But for Him it was a blessing in disguise. So, He was reciprocating. You see, in the navadvīpa-parikramā, there is a place in Modadruma-dvīpa, the Lord Rāma, He smiles and Sītā asks Him why are You smiling? He said, in Kali-yuga, I will appear here. In this pastime, You will be sent to the forest and I will worship a golden form of You. In Kali-yuga, I will go to the forest, and You will worship a golden form of Me. So Kṛṣṇa always reciprocates with His devotees. So, He banished Sītā to the forest. Because He was being a perfect king and someone of His citizens, His subjects, criticized why did He accept Her back? She was in the house of the demon Rāvaṇa, so She was impure. Although She had gone through the test of fire and all that. So, someone was critical. So therefore, Rāma sent Her into the forest. So, then He reciprocated, He went to the forest in His pastime as Gaurāṅga, by taking sannyāsa and Sītā devī was Viṣṇupriyā, and She worshipped the golden form of Lord Caitanya. In Navadvīpa, the form of Dhāmeśwara Caitanya is said to be the deity that Viṣṇupriyā worshipped. So, this brāhmaṇa after saying these things, he realized that it is very dangerous to curse Lord Gaurāṅga!

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.60

sannyāsī balilā ‘guru’ tomāre balibe
sei namrabhāve prema tā’ sabhāre dibe

Translation: People with call You `sannyāsī' and `guru'. They will humbly bow before You. Then You will give them the gift of ecstatic spiritual love.

Jayapatākā Swami: “Some people will call You as a sannyāsī or guru and they will offer, with great humility, their obeisances, and You will give them kṛṣṇa-prema, ecstatic spiritual love.”

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.61

parama caturaśiromaṇi gaurahari
bilāibe pūrva prema-bhāṇḍāra ughāri

Translation: O Lord Gaura-Hari, O crest-jewel of the philosophers, You will break open the treasure-house of ecstatic spiritual love and You will freely distribute its contents.

Jayapatākā Swami: “O My dear Gaurahari, You are the best, the crest jewel of the philosophers! You will distribute the love of Kṛṣṇa, breaking the treasure house open, and distributing this treasure house of kṛṣṇa-premā open, of pure love for Kṛṣṇa open, and distribute the contents.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.62

tomāra pratijṣā ei—brahmāṇḍa ḍubābe
durjana sujana sabhā-kāre nā rākhibe

Translation: You have vowed to plunge the whole universe in ecstatic spiritual love. What pious or sinful person will You not deliver?

Jayapatākā Swami: Your promise is to, flood the world, flood the universe and deliver both the rascals and the saintly people. What sinful or saintly person You will not deliver?

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.63

āmi se vaṣcita hailu tora prema-bāṇe
ki haibe mora gati patitapāvane

Translation: Only I will be cheated of that love. Only I will remain unwounded by that arrow of ecstatic spiritual love. O purifier of the fallen, what will become of me?"

Jayapatākā Swami: But I will be bereft, deprived of that arrow of pure love of Kṛṣṇa. What will be my destination? O great deliverer of the fallen!

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.64

śuni’ prabhu bole—śāpa nahe mora vara
mora vāṣchā pūrṇa kaile-nāhi tora ḍara

Translation: Hearing these words, Lord Gaura said: Your words were not a curse. They were a blessing for Me. You have fulfilled My desire. You need not fear."

Jayapatākā Swami: When the Lord heard these words, He said, Lord Gaurāṅga said, your words are not a curse to Me, they are a blessing for Me. You have fulfilled My desire. You don’t have anything to fear.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.65

śuniṣā parila vipra prabhura caraṇe
tuliyā ta mahāprabhu kaila āliṅgane

Translation: Hearing this, the brāhmaṇa fell down before the Lord's feet. Picking him up, Lord Gaura embraced him.

Jayapatākā Swami: Hearing these words, the brāhmaṇa fell at the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya, Lord Gaurāṅga. And the Lord picked him up and Mahāprabhu gave him an embrace! Haribol!

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.66

prabhū-āliṅgane vipra premāya ākula
garagara kṛṣṇapreme hailā tarala

Translation: Embraced by the Lord, the brāhmaṇa was overcome with ecstatic spiritual love. He melted with ecstatic love for Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Jayapatākā Swami: Getting the embrace of Lord Gaurāṅga, the brāhmaṇa, he experienced ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa unlimitedly! He became overwhelmed and he was overwhelmed with pure love of Kṛṣṇa and he melted, by the mercy of the Lord.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.67

viprera mānasapūrṇa ka’la bhagavān
brahmāra durlabha prema tāre dila dāna

Translation: Lord Gaura fulfilled the desire in that brāhmaṇa's heart. Lord Gaura gave him a gift of ecstatic spiritual love even the demigod Brahmā finds difficult to attain.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, Lord Gaura, fulfilled the desire of the brāhmaṇa. The brāhmaṇa received the rare gift of pure, ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa, which is very difficult to achieve.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.68

hena citra līlā kare gaurāṅgasundara
bujhite nā pāre duṣṭa-antara pāmara

Translation: Thus, the Lord performs His wonderful pastimes. The wicked-hearted have no power to understand.

Jayapatākā Swami: The Lord performed such wonderful pastimes, Lord Gaurasundara, performed such wonderful, colorful pastimes. But the people who are sinful and wicked hearted, they are not able to understand and they have no power to understand.

Caitanya Maṅgala, Madhya-khaṇḍa 8.69

ihā bali’ mahāprabhu antara ullāse
gaurāguṇa gāya sukhe e locanadāsa

Translation: When He spoke these words, Lord Mahaprabhu became very joyful at heart. Locana dāsa thus happily sings the glories of Lord Gaura.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, He spoke these words, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very joyful at heart. Locana dāsa thus happily sings the glories of Lord Gauuuurāṅga!

Murāri Gupta Kaḍaca 2.13.23

iti śrutvā hareḥ śāpaṁ
śraddhayā parayā saha
brahma-śāpād vimucyeta
navaṁ sukham avāpnuyāt

Translation: A person who hears with transcendental faith of this curse upon Śrī Gaura Hari faith becomes released from all curses made by brāhmaṇas, and he feels a new and ever-expanding bliss within his life.

Jayapatākā Swami: Wow! So, if you have any fear, any fear of cursing a brāhmaṇas, by hearing this pastime, you are freed. Now you have unlimited, spiritual bliss.

Caitanya Carita Mahā Kāvya 8.16

iti śrutvā harau śāpaṁ
brahma-śāpād vimucyate

tad idaṁ śraddhayā lokaiḥ
śrotavyaṁ śuddha-buddhibhiḥ

Translation: If one hears the story of the brāhmaṇa’s curse, one will be free from curses of brāhmaṇas.  Therefore, people should hear this story with faith and pure intelligence.

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi-līlā 17.64

prabhura śāpa-vārtā yei śune śraddhāvān
brahma-śāpa haite tāra haya paritrāṇa

Translation: Any faithful person who hears of this brāhmaṇa’s cursing Lord Caitanya is delivered from all brahminical curses.

PURPORT: One should know with firm conviction that the Lord, being transcendental, is never subject to any curse or benediction. Only ordinary living entities are subjected to curses and the punishments of Yamarāja. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is beyond such punishments and benedictions. When one understands this fact with faith and love, he personally becomes free from all curses uttered by brāhmaṇas or anyone else. This incident is not mentioned in the Caitanya-bhāgavata.

Jayapatākā Swami: So, one should understand how Lord Gaurāṅga is transcendental. He is never subject to any curse or benediction of a brāhmaṇa. Only ordinary living entities are subject to being cursed by brāhmaṇas, and punishment of Yamarāja. As the Supreme Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, is beyond such punishments and benedictions. When one understands this with faith and love, he personally becomes free from all curses uttered by brāhmaṇas or anyone else. This incident is not mentioned in the Caitanya-bhāgavata.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.5.34

tyaktvā sudustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ
 dharmiṣṭha ārya-vacasā yad agād araṇyam
māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad
 vande mahā-puruṣa te caraṇāravindam

Translation: “We offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of the Lord, upon whom one should always meditate. He left His householder life, leaving aside His eternal consort, whom even the denizens of heaven adore. He went into the forest to deliver the fallen souls, who are put into illusion by material energy.”

Thus ends the Chapter -
A Brāhmaṇa Curses Lord Viśvambhara, But in Return Receives Love

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Gauuuurāṅga!

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Any questions? We have a few minutes.

Question: How the brāhmaṇa cursed Lord Caitanya and he got love of Kṛṣṇa?

Jayapatākā Swami: That cursing was accepted as a blessing by Lord Caitanya. What is the question?

Question: Dear Guru Mahārāja, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! Śrīla Prabhupāda says in his purports of the Bhagavad-gītā that the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa are eternal and are going on from one universe to another, nonstop. Similarly, I presume that the pastimes of Lord Caitanya are also eternal and are going on from one universe to another, nonstop. Is that correct? What about Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pastimes? Are they also going on nonstop in different universes?—Your insignificant servant, Prema Gaurasundara dāsa.

Jayapatākā Swami: As far as Lord Caitanya’s pastimes are going on – why not? He is also not non-different from Kṛṣṇa. So, as far as Śrīla Prabhupāda’s pastimes from universe to universe, because I told Śrīla Prabhupāda that I want to serve you life after life. Then he said, why do you want to make me to come back? Then I thought what did I say wrong! I thought I should have said, I want to serve you even life after life. So, Śrīla Prabhupāda, he may go back to the spiritual world.

Any other question?

So, this class was very special.

Question: Please accept my respectful obeisances. Can I worship Lord Bālājī?—Your insignificant servant, Praṇata Subal dāsa.

Jayapatākā Swami: Lord Caitanya visited Tirumala and His lotus feet are there. So, in the pastime of Tirumala, of Bālājī, Veṅketaśvara, the devotee, Vedavatī, who took the curse when Sītā was taken by the fire god, in Her place, Vedavatī was taken by Rāvaṇa. But She wanted to marry Rāma. But Rāma said pardon me, I have taken a vow, I can have only wife in this pastime and She is Sītā. But he said, in Kali-yuga, I will accept Vedavatī as My wife. So, in the pastime of Bālājī, Vedavatī came as Padmāvatī and He married Her. So Lakṣmī came and She was angry, why You have married someone else? He said, this is Vedavatī. She said, oh it is alright! She took so much torturing from the demons on behalf of Her! But generally, you can worship Bālājī. But generally, you see Bālājī in His original form had two hands. But then apparently Rāmānujācārya asked Him to manifest four hands. So, He did that. So, I don’t know which form you want to worship Bālājī in? We generally like to worship Kṛṣṇa. Some people have great love for Lord Rāma, or someone likes some other pastimes or avatāras. You can worship Bālājī, but generally we worship Him as an expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Hare Kṛṣṇa!

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Tomorrow, just the translators only! Those who want to come during the day and take videos in different languages, you can arrange with Jānakī Rāmacandra.