20260309 Address to Spiritual Safari Devotees

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-gurun dina tāriṇam
paramānanda-mādhavam śrī caitanya īśvaram
Harihi oṁ tat sat

Jayapatākā Swami: Tomorrow is the day dedicated to Lord Nityānanda and Lord Caitanya ordered Lord Nityānanda to enter the gṛhastha-āśrama. He had taken sannyāsa and He wanted to give a kind of balanced presentation. So He told Lord Nityānanda to get married. So, Lord Nityānanda told His devotee, Hoḍa Kṛṣṇa dāsa to arrange for His marriage. So after researching, Hoḍa Kṛṣṇa dāsa went to Sūryadāsa Sarakhela and proposed Lord Nityānanda to His two daughters, Jāhnavā and Vasudhā. But Sūryadāsa Sarakhela, his initial response was, “No! My daughters cannot marry an avadhuta!” Then Hoḍa Kṛṣṇa dāsa said, “You don’t know who Lord Nityānanda is? And I will not stay in this place if you are offending Lord Nityānanda.” So then he left. That night, Sūryadāsa had a vision of Kṛṣṇa and  Balarāma. Balarāma was wedded to Revatī and Varuṇī. Somehow he realized that his daughters were Revatī and Varuṇī and Lord Nityānanda was actually Balarāma! So, he realized that he had made a great offence! I went to this place, Baḍagāchi. There are very beautiful Deities there. At the foot of the Deities, it is mentioned the year they were made, like 500 years ago or something. So, Sūryadāsa Sarakhela sent a message to Hoḍa Kṛṣṇa dāsa that he made a great offence and begged to be forgiven. So Kṛṣṇa dāsa said we will go ahead with the marriage. There was a village called Śāligrāma but there is no village there now! He saw that place and Hoḍa Kṛṣṇa dāsa arranged it in the village of Baḍagāchi. So obviously the day before they had various ceremonies. So you have to go and visit Baḍagāchi. They are going to place the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda there. Haribol! Of course, after the marriage, Lord Nityānanda took His brides back to Navadvīpa. And then They went to Rukumpur. Still there are some Deities of Jāhnavā Devī and Lord Nityānanda there. I don’t know whether that is on your program or not. From Navadvīpa Lord Nityānanda went to Kalna.

Just like in Ādi-saptagrāma we established the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda, we established in Hālisahara, in Śrīvāsa’s house, we established the lotus foot prints of Lord Caitanya. Through the Safari we are establishing many lotus foot prints. I participated in the abhiṣeka of four lotus foot prints yesterday.