20210722 The Faithlessness of Devānanda Paṇḍita is Destroyed by the Mercy of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation
The following is a Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book Compilation By His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on 22nd July 2021 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!
Hare Kṛṣṇa! Dear Devotees! Today we will continue with the compilation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Book, the chapter entitled:
The Faithlessness of Devānanda Paṇḍita is Destroyed by the Mercy of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita
Under the Section: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.464
paṇḍita devānanda— viprere karite prabhu tattva-upadeśa/ kṣaṇeke paṇḍita devānandera praveśa
Translation: As Lord Caitanya was instructing the brāhmaṇa in spiritual knowledge, Devānanda Paṇḍita arrived there.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.465-466
gṛha-vāse yakhana āchilā gauracandra
takhane yateka karilena parānanda
prema-maya devānanda paṇḍitera mane
nahila viśvāsa, nā dekhila te kāraṇe
Translation: When Lord Gauracandra was enacting His ecstatic pastimes as a householder, Devānanda Paṇḍita did not have faith in Him. He was therefore unable to understand Lord Caitanya.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.467
dekhibāra yogyatā āchaye punaḥ tāna
tabe kene nā dekhilā, kṛṣṇa se pramāṇa
Translation: Although he had the qualification to see Lord Caitanya, only Kṛṣṇa knows why he was unable.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.468
sannyāsa kariyā yadi ṭhākura calilā
tāna bhāgye vakreśvara āsiyā mililā
Translation: When Lord Caitanya left home and took sannyāsa, Devānanda Paṇḍita had the good fortune of meeting Vakreśvara Paṇḍita.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.469
vakreśvara paṇḍitera guṇa—
vakreśvara paṇḍita-caitanya-priya-pātra
brahmāṇḍa pavitra yāṅra smaraṇei mātra
Translation: Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was a dear associate of Lord Caitanya. Simply by remembering him, the entire universe becomes sanctified.
Jayapatākā Swami: Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was such a special devotee, so dear to Lord Caitanya, simply by remembering him the universe becomes purified. Devānanda Paṇḍita met Vakreśvara Paṇḍita and thus he had a change of heart.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.470
niravadhi kṛṣṇa-prema-viraha vihvala
yāṅra nṛtye devāsura-mohita sakala
Translation: He was always overwhelmed with ecstatic feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. Even the demigods and demons were amazed by his dancing.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.471-472
vakreśvarera kṛṣṇa-premonmāda—
aśru, kampa, sveda, hāsya, pulaka, huṅkāra
vaivarṇya-ānanda-mūrcchā-ādi ye vikāra
caitanya-kṛpāya mātra nṛtye praveśile
sakale āsiyā vakreśvara-dehe mile
Translation: Whenever Vakreśvara Paṇḍita began to dance, by the mercy of Lord Caitanya all the ecstatic transformations of love like tears, shivering, perspiration, laughing, hairs standing on end, roaring, and becoming pale appeared in his body.
Jayapatākā Swami: Because Vakreśvara Paṇḍita’s dancing was filled with loving ecstasy so his dancing was totally transcendental. So, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita would dance non-stop for 72 hours. His dancing was something very special, it is said, whether the devas or the demons, everyone was amazed by his dancing.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.473
vakreśvara paṇḍitera uddāma vikāra
sakala kahite śakti āchaye kāhāra
Jayapatākā Swami: "Who has the power to describe Vakreśvara Paṇḍita's unlimited transformations and enthusiasm of ecstatic love?"
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.474
devānanda paṇḍitera āśrame vakreśvara paṇḍitera avasthāna—
daive devānanda paṇḍitera bhakti-vaśe
rahilena tāṅhāra āśrame prema-rase
Translation: By the arrangement of providence and being bound by Devānanda Paṇḍita's affection, Vakreśvara Paṇḍita stayed for some time in Devānanda Paṇḍita's āśrama and enjoyed the mellows of ecstatic love.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.475-476
vakreśvara paṇḍitera sevāprabhāve devānandera śrī-caitanya-pādapadme viśvāsa—
dekhiyā tāṅhāra tejaḥpuñja kalevara
tribhuvane atulita viṣṇu-bhakti-dhara
devānanda paṇḍita parama sukhī mane
akaitave prema-bhāve karena sevane
Translation: Seeing Vakreśvara Paṇḍita's effulgent body and his devotional service to Lord Viṣṇu, which was incomparable within the three worlds, Devānanda Paṇḍita became greatly pleased and sincerely served him with affectionate love.
Jayapatākā Swami: Serving the devotee of the Lord, is sometimes more effective than serving the Lord, by Serving Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, Devānanda Paṇḍita got purified.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.477
vakreśvara paṇḍita nācena yata-kṣaṇa
vetra-haste āpane bulena tata-kṣaṇa
Translation: As long as Vakreśvara Paṇḍita danced, Devānanda Paṇḍita walked around guarding him with a stick in hand.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.478
āpane karena saba loka eka bhite
paḍile āpane dhari' rākhena kolete
Translation: He would personally keep people away from Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, and when Vakreśvara was about to fall unconscious, Devānanda Paṇḍita would catch him in his arms.
Jayapatākā Swami: So Devānanda Paṇḍita was protecting Vakreśvara Paṇḍita and in this way Devānanda Paṇḍita could get forgiven for offenses to the Lord’s devotees.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.479
tāṅhāra aṅgera dhūlā baḍa bhakti-mane
āpanāra sarva aṅge karena lepane
Translation: Devānanda Paṇḍita would affectionately clean the dust from Vakreśvara Paṇḍita's body and smear that dust all over his own body.
Jayapatākā Swami: Devānanda Paṇḍita was thus getting the mercy from Vakreśvara Paṇḍita.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.480
tāṅra saṅge thāki', tāna dekhiyā prakāśa
takhane janmila prabhu caitanye viśvāsa
Translation: While Vakreśvara Paṇḍita stayed with Devānanda Paṇḍita, Devānanda Paṇḍita observed his glories and thus developed faith in Lord Caitanya.
Jayapatākā Swami: By having the association of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita and serving him, he naturally developed faith on Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.481
vaiṣṇava-sevāra phala kahe ye purāṇe
tāra sākṣī ei sabe dekha vidyāmāne
Translation: The fruits of serving Vaiṣṇavas described in the Purāṇas were directly seen in this incident.
Purport (by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura): As a result of serving a Vaiṣṇava, Devānanda Paṇḍita of Kuliyā developed faith in the lotus feet of Mahāprabhu. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita's stay in the house of Devānanda Paṇḍita became the cause of Devānanda's auspiciousness. Although this Devānanda Paṇḍita took to the path of smārta religious principles, he was greatly learned and self-controlled. He did not recite any literature other than Śrīmad Bhāgavatam. He was fixed in the Supreme Lord, and he was not controlled by his senses. But he had a lack of faith in Śrī Gaurasundara. By the mercy of Śrī Vakreśvara Pandita, his sinful mentality was removed, and he became faithful to the Supreme Lord.
Jayapatākā Swami: So, the service of the Vaiṣṇavas has such a great power that it will remove the anarthas, of faithlessness to Lord Caitanya.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.482
ājanma dhārmika udāsīna jñānavān
bhāgavata-adhyāpanā vinā nāhi āna
Translation: From his birth Devānanda Paṇḍita, was religious-minded, detached, and learned. He did not teach any literature other than Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.483
ājanma dhārmika, udāsīna, janavāna, śānta, dānta o jitendriya bhāgavata adhyāpakerao vaiṣṇava-sevā vyatīta śrī-bhagavat-pādapadme viśvāsa asambhava—
śanta, dānta, jitendriya, nirlobha viṣaya
prāya āra kateka vā guṇa tāne haya
Translation: Devānanda Paṇḍita was peaceful, self-controlled, sense-controlled, free from greed, and endowed with many other good qualities.
Caitanya-Bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa 3.484
bhakta-bhāgavata vakreśvarera kṛpāya paṇḍitera kubuddhi vināśa—
tathāpiha gauracandre nahila viśvāsa
vakreśvara prasāde se kubuddhi-vināśa
Translation: Yet Devananda Panndita had no faith in Lord Gauracandra. That sinful mentality was destroyed by the mercy of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita.
Jayapatākā Swami: So, without faith in Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his path of bhakti was not complete, and by his service and association with Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, his faith for Lord Caitanya arose. So, all these good qualities are not sufficient, one should have a sense of service to the devotees of the Lord
Thus ends the chapter entitled, The Faithlessness of Devānanda Paṇḍita Is Destroyed by the Mercy of Vakreśvara Paṇḍita.
Under the Section: The Lord’s Attempt to Go to Vṛndāvana
Lecture Suggetions
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20210801 Bhadra Pūrṇima Special Campaign Inaugural Speech
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20210801 Addressing Japanese Bhakti-śāstri Award Ceremony
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20210801 Initiation of Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika as Rūpa and Sanātana Who Advise Lord Caitanya to Travel to Vṛndāvana Without the Crowd
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20210731 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.4
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20210731 Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers Part 2
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20210730 Dabira Khāsa and Sākara Mallika Meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Offer Their Prayers Part 1
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20210729 Fearing the Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha, a Messenger is Sent to Lord Caitanya
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20210728 Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha Orders That Lord Caitanya Should Be Undistubed to Do as He Likes and the Saṅkīrtana Not be Stopped
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20210727 Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha is Wonderstruck Hearing About Lord Caitanya's Beauty, Ecstatsy, Activities and the Followers
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20210726 Nawab Hussain Shah Bādasāha Receives the Breaking News – A sannyāsī has come to the village of Rāmakeli
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20210725 Q&A Session
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20210725 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.47
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20210725 Further Glories of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Phalaśruti- The Result of Hearing About These Pastimes of Lord Caitanya
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20210724 Glories of Śrīmad-bhāgavatam by Lord Caitanya to Devānanda Paṇḍita
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20210723 Devānanda Paṇḍita Requests Lord Caitanya to Instruct Him About the Proper Way to Explain Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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20210721 Glorification of Devotees and Chanting the Holy Names Removes the Offense to the Devotees
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20210720 Phalaśruti - The Result of Hearing About the Pastime of Lord Caitanya in Kuliyā Part 2
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20210719 Phalaśruti - The Result of Hearing About the Pastime of Lord Caitanya in Kuliyā
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20210718 Being Requested by Vidyā-vācaspati, Lord Caitanya Comes Out and Induces Everyone to Chant the Blissful Names of Kṛṣṇa Part 2
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20210717 Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.41
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20210717 Being Requested by Vidyā-vācaspati, Lord Caitanya Comes Out and Induces Everyone to Chant the Blissful Names of Kṛṣṇa
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20210717 Interview with GBC SPT (Strategic Planning Team)
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20210716 Instructing Everyone to Go to Kuliyā, Vidyā-vācaspati Meets Lord Caitanya in Kuliyā
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20210715 Breaking News by a Certain Brāhmaṇa – Lord Caitanya Secretly Went to Kuliyā
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20210714 Breaking News by Vidyā-vācaspati – Lord Caitanya Secretly Leaves Vidyānagara to Avoid the Crowd
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20210713 Kṛṣne Matir Astu Blessing to Those Who Came to the House of Vidyā-vācaspati in Vidyānagara
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20210712 Ratha-yātrā Address
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20210712 Great Enthusiasm of the People Rushing to the House of Vidyā-vācaspati in Vidyānagara to See the Lotus Feet of Lord Caitanya
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20210711 People Eagerly Rush to the House of Vidyā-vācaspati in Vidyānagara to See Lord Caitanya
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20210711 Go to Goloka - Bhādra Pūrṇimā Campaign Address