THE PRINCIPLE REASON FOR THE DESCENT OF SRI CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU, de Krishna Devi
External reasons for the appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Excerpted from Caintanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Ch 3 .
I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By the potency of the shelter of His lotus feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth from the mines of the revealed scriptures. All glories to Lord Caitanya! All glories to Lord Nityananda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya! May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci- devi be transcendentally situated in the innermost core of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has descended in the
Lord Krishna, the son of the King of Vraja, is the Supreme Lord. He eternally enjoys transcendental pastimes in His eternal abode, Goloka, which includes Vrajadhama. Once in a day of Brahma, He descends to this world to manifest His transcendental pastimes.
We know that there are four ages [yugas], namely Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. These four together constitute one divya- yuga. Seventy- one divya- yugas constitute one manv- antara. There are fourteen manv- antaras in one day of Brahma. The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvan]. Twenty- seven divya- yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed.
At the end of the Dvapara- yuga of the twenty- eighth divya- yuga, Lord Krishna appears on earth with the full paraphernalia of His eternal Vraja- dhama. Servitude [dasya], friendship [sakhya], parental affection [vatsalya] and conjugal love [srngara] are the four transcendental mellows [rasas]. By the devotees who cherish these four mellows, Lord Krishna is subdued. Absorbed in such transcendental love, Lord Sri Krishna enjoys in Vraja with His devoted servants, friends, parents and conjugal lovers.
Lord Krishna enjoys His transcendental pastimes as long as He wishes, and then He disappears. After disappearing, however, He thinks thus:
"For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service to Me upon the inhabitants of the world. Without such loving attachment, the existence of the
Hence, I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age-nama- sankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I shall make the world dance in ecstasy, realizing the four mellows of loving devotional service. I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach devotional service by practicing it Myself. Unless one practices devotional service himself, he cannot teach it to others. This conclusion is indeed confirmed throughout the Gita and Bhagavatam."
"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion-at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. If I did not show the proper principles of religion, all these worlds would fall into ruin. I would be the cause of unwanted population and would spoil all these living beings. Whatever actions a great man performs, common people follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues."
"My plenary portions can establish the principles of religion for each age. No one but Me, however, can bestow the kind of loving service performed by the residents of Vraja."
There may be many all- auspicious incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, but who other than Lord Sri
In His early pastimes He appears as a householder with a golden complexion. His limbs are beautiful, and His body, smeared with the pulp of sandalwood, seems like molten gold. In His later pastimes He accepts the sannyasa order, and He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist nondevotees.
In Srimad- Bhagavatam it is repeatedly and clearly said that the essence of religion in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Krishna. In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.
The two syllables "krs-na" are always in His mouth; or, He constantly describes Krishna with great pleasure. These are two meanings of the word "krishna- varna." Indeed, nothing else but Krishna issues from His mouth.
By performing the sacrifice of congregational chanting of the holy name, learned scholars in the Age of Kali worship Lord Krishna, who is now nonblackish because of the great upsurge of the feelings of Srimati Radharani. He is the only worshipable Deity for the paramahamsas, who have attained the highest stage of the fourth order [sannyasa]. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Caitanya, show us His great causeless mercy.
The sinful life of the
Raising His arms, chanting the holy name and looking upon all with deep love, He drives away all sins and floods everyone with love of Godhead.
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the form of Lord Sri Caitanya bestow His causeless mercy upon us. His smiling glance at once drives away all the bereavements of the world, and His very words enliven the auspicious creepers of devotion by expanding their leaves. Taking shelter of His lotus feet invokes transcendental love of God at once.
Anyone who looks upon His beautiful body or beautiful face becomes freed from all sins and obtains the wealth of love of Godhead.
In other incarnations the Lord descended with armies and weapons, but in this incarnation His soldiers are His plenary parts and associates.
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always the most worshipable Deity of the demigods, including Lord
Whenever Sri Krishna desires to manifest His incarnation on earth, first He creates the incarnations of His respectable predecessors. Thus respectable personalities such as His father, mother and spiritual master all take birth on earth first. Madhavendra Puri, Esvara Puri, Srimati Sacimata and Srila Jagannatha Misra all appeared with Sri
Advaita Acarya having appeared, He found the world devoid of devotional service to Sri Krishna because people were engrossed in material affairs. Everyone was engaged in material enjoyment, whether sinfully or virtuously. No one was interested in the transcendental service of the Lord, which can give total relief from the repetition of birth and death. Seeing the activities of the world, the Acarya felt compassion and began to ponder how He could act for the people's benefit.
Advaita Acarya thought: "If Sri Krishna were to appear as an incarnation, He Himself could preach devotion by His personal example. In this
While He was thinking about how to propitiate Krishna by worship, the following verse came to His mind. "Sri Krishna, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers Him merely a tulasi leaf and a palmful of water."
Advaita Acarya considered the meaning of the verse in this way: "Not finding any way to repay the debt He owes to one who offers Him a tulasi leaf and water, Lord Krishna thinks, 'There is no wealth in My possession that is equal to a tulasi leaf and water.' "Thus the Lord liquidates the debt by offering Himself to the devotee." Considering in this way, the Acarya began worshiping the Lord. Thinking of the lotus feet of Sri Krishna, He constantly offered tulasi buds in water from the Ganges. He appealed to Sri Krishna with loud calls and thus made it possible for Krishna to appear.
Therefore the principal reason for Sri Caitanya's descent is this appeal by Advaita Acarya. The Lord, the protector of religion, appears by the desire of His devotee.
"O my Lord, You always dwell in the vision and hearing of Your pure devotees. You also live in their lotus like hearts, which are purified by devotional service. O my Lord, who are glorified by exalted prayers, You show special favor to Your devotees by manifesting Yourself in the eternal forms in which they welcome You."
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Skanda Purän mentions that the result attained by residing in any other part of Bhäratavarsha (India) for hundreds and thousands of years is attained simply by remembering the city of Mathurä. Whoever chants and fasts in Mathurä becomes free from sin by taking darsana of Shri KRishna’s birthplace. A sinful person who has killed a brähmana, who is a drunkard, who kills cows, or who has violated celibacy, becomes free of these sins merely by circumambulating Mathurä. All those who come from other far-off places to perform Mathurä parikramä and to have darsana of the pastime places here become free from all kinds of sins. Not only that, if one simply takes a vow to reside in Mathurä, he becomes free from all kinds of material entanglements.
It is written in the Padma Puran that one who desires to have darsana of Mathurä, but leaves his body before getting this opportunity, will surely take birth in Mathurä in a future life. There is not the slightest doubt about this. Only those with firm, unshakeable devotion for Shri Krishna, and who are the objects of His abundant mercy, can have attachment to this Mathuräpuri, which is beyond the material world.
In Väyu Purän it is written that Mathurä is within the eighty-four kosas of Vraja-mandala, and that the Supreme Lord Shri Hari Himself eternally resides here. The Väyu Purän further states that “Mathurä-dhäma is blessed, being superior even to Vaikuntha, the holy abode of Shri Narayan. By residing in Mathurä for only one day a person attains devotion to Lord Hari, and by residing here three nights, one attains that most rare love of God, which is difficult to obtain even for great liberated souls.”
Shrila Rüpa Gosvämi has written in Shri Mathurä-mähätmya: “O Avanti, become ready with a spittoon in your hands. O Mäyäpuri (Haridvära), become ready to fan with a cämara. O Känci, take an umbrella in your hand. O Käsi, hold wooden sandals in your hands and be ready. O Ayodhyä, do not be afraid any more. O Dwärakä, do not chant any prayers today. This Mathurä-devi, who today has become the chief queen of Shri Krishna, the great King of kings, is pleased with all of you maidservants.
Shri Krishna Birthplace
Around 5,200 years ago, at the end of the last Dväpara-yuga, the Supreme Lord Shri Krishna chandra appeared as the son of Shri Vasudeva and Devaki in the prison house of the brutal King Kamsa. Seeing the child’s divine and wondrous four-armed form, the colour of a dark rain cloud, Vasudeva and Devaki began glorifying Him. In His four hands He held a conch shell, a disc, a club and a lotus lower; on His chest was the mark of Srivatsa; and the Kaustubha jewel hung round His neck. In response to Vasudeva and Devaki’s prayers, the Supreme Lord assumed the form of a newborn baby boy, and somehow urged Vasudeva to take Him in his arms and carry Him to Nanda-bhavana, the home of Nanda Mahäräja, in Gokula-Mahävana. So that Vasudeva could escape with the divine baby, his hand cuffs and foot-shackles fell open, the guards fell into a deep sleep, and the great iron doors of the prison swung open of their own accord. Although the night was stormy and the Yamunä was filled with roaring waves, the way cleared before Vasudeva and he safely reached Gokula.
That night, in Nanda-bhavana, Yasodä had given birth to two-armed Syämasundara, and a few moments later to a baby girl, Yogamäyä. Because of her heavy labour, Yasodä had fallen unconscious. When Vasudeva entered the house with his baby, that two-armed Syämasundara assimilated Vasudeva’s son within Himself, but Vasudeva could not understand what had happened. He picked up the baby girl in his arms and silently returned to Kamsa’s prison. The prison doors closed automatically behind him, and his and Devaki’s shackles slipped back in place. When Kamsa received word that a child had been born to Vasudeva and Devaki, he stormed into the prison, sword in hand, and snatched the baby girl from the arms of his sister, Devaié. Swinging the baby by the legs he tried to dash her against the surface of a stone, but she roseinto the sky and turned into the eight-armed goddess Durgä. Afterrebuking Kaàsa she disappeared.
Fotos de Mukesh K Agrawal - Shri Vraj Dham Darshan Part- 1
"श्री ब्रज धाम दर्शन"
भाग - १
"Blessed is the land of Vraja, where the creator of the universe, Lord Brahma, dwells in the form of a mountain range in Varsana, to have the dust of the Divine Couple Sri Radha-Krsna's lotus feet on the head: where the maintainer, Lord Visnu, has assumed the forms of Govardhana and Visnu-parvata: where the moon-crested Lord Siva has taken up residence as Nandisvara Hill in Nandagrama: and where Sri Uddhava, the best of Hari's servants, lives as a blade of grass, a small shrub or a creeper on the bank of Kusuma-sarovara."
For those sincere devotees who deeply desire to enter into the sweetness of Shri Vraja Dham, this album is cause for great joy. It takes the faithful reader on an extraordinary journey through Vraja, following the same general route taken annually on Shri Vraja Mandal Parikrama. It was inaugurated by Shri Caitanya Mahäprabhu Himself.
It is not meant as a only album, catalogue of information or data. Rather, it is meant to stir the heart of the faithful and inquisitive readers, inspiring them to understand more deeply the sweet Vraja pastimes of the Divine Couple, Shri Radha Krishna, having directly heard them spoken from the lips of a pure Vaishnava.
“Vrajati gacchati iti vrajaù – that which moves around is Vraja.” This is the original understanding of the word vraja. The places where Nanda Bäbä dwelt and moved around with his cows, calves, family and associates are called Vraja. “Vrajanti gävaù yasminnati vrajaù – the land where the cows, cowherd men, cowherd boys and cowherd girls wander is known as Vraja.” Vraja particularly denotes the land of the Supreme Person Vrajendra -Nandana (The Son of the King of the Vraja) Shri Krishna’s pastimes.
Shrrimad Bhagwatam (10.44.13) gives a deeply moving description of Vraja:
“O sakhi, the actual truth is that the land of Vraja is supremely pure and blessed, because here the Supreme Person is living, disguised as a human being. That same Lord, whose lotus feet are worshipped by the lord of all lords, Mahädeva Shankar, and by Shri Ramä-devi, wanders about here with His brother Balaräma and His cowherd boy friends. Adorned with a garland of multicoloured flowers, He grazes the cows and plays the flute
sweetly. Absorbed in many kinds of pastimes, He wanders here and there with delight. By the touch of His lotus feet, this land of Vraja has become virtuous and successful.”
"May Lord Krishna and Radharani Bless All of You"
Mukesh K. Agrawal
भाग - १
"Blessed is the land of Vraja, where the creator of the universe, Lord Brahma, dwells in the form of a mountain range in Varsana, to have the dust of the Divine Couple Sri Radha-Krsna's lotus feet on the head: where the maintainer, Lord Visnu, has assumed the forms of Govardhana and Visnu-parvata: where the moon-crested Lord Siva has taken up residence as Nandisvara Hill in Nandagrama: and where Sri Uddhava, the best of Hari's servants, lives as a blade of grass, a small shrub or a creeper on the bank of Kusuma-sarovara."
For those sincere devotees who deeply desire to enter into the sweetness of Shri Vraja Dham, this album is cause for great joy. It takes the faithful reader on an extraordinary journey through Vraja, following the same general route taken annually on Shri Vraja Mandal Parikrama. It was inaugurated by Shri Caitanya Mahäprabhu Himself.
It is not meant as a only album, catalogue of information or data. Rather, it is meant to stir the heart of the faithful and inquisitive readers, inspiring them to understand more deeply the sweet Vraja pastimes of the Divine Couple, Shri Radha Krishna, having directly heard them spoken from the lips of a pure Vaishnava.
“Vrajati gacchati iti vrajaù – that which moves around is Vraja.” This is the original understanding of the word vraja. The places where Nanda Bäbä dwelt and moved around with his cows, calves, family and associates are called Vraja. “Vrajanti gävaù yasminnati vrajaù – the land where the cows, cowherd men, cowherd boys and cowherd girls wander is known as Vraja.” Vraja particularly denotes the land of the Supreme Person Vrajendra -Nandana (The Son of the King of the Vraja) Shri Krishna’s pastimes.
Shrrimad Bhagwatam (10.44.13) gives a deeply moving description of Vraja:
“O sakhi, the actual truth is that the land of Vraja is supremely pure and blessed, because here the Supreme Person is living, disguised as a human being. That same Lord, whose lotus feet are worshipped by the lord of all lords, Mahädeva Shankar, and by Shri Ramä-devi, wanders about here with His brother Balaräma and His cowherd boy friends. Adorned with a garland of multicoloured flowers, He grazes the cows and plays the flute
sweetly. Absorbed in many kinds of pastimes, He wanders here and there with delight. By the touch of His lotus feet, this land of Vraja has become virtuous and successful.”
"May Lord Krishna and Radharani Bless All of You"
Mukesh K. Agrawal
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The Lotus Footprints of Vrajeshwar Nandan Shri Krishna
"I bow to the Lotus Feet of Shri Nand-Nandan Shri Krishna, whose lotus feet are endowed with the 19 great opulences of, on the left foot, the halfmoon, water-pot, triangle, bow, sky, cow's hoofprint, fish, conch, and on the right foot, the eight-pointed star, svastika, wheel, parasol, barleycorn, elephant-goad, flag, thunderbolt, jambu fruit, ūrdhva-rekhā, and lotus."
Skanda Purän mentions that the result attained by residing in any other part of Bhäratavarsha (India) for hundreds and thousands of years is attained simply by remembering the city of Mathurä. Whoever chants and fasts in Mathurä becomes free from sin by taking darsana of Shri KRishna’s birthplace. A sinful person who has killed a brähmana, who is a drunkard, who kills cows, or who has violated celibacy, becomes free of these sins merely by circumambulating Mathurä. All those who come from other far-off places to perform Mathurä parikramä and to have darsana of the pastime places here become free from all kinds of sins. Not only that, if one simply takes a vow to reside in Mathurä, he becomes free from all kinds of material entanglements.
It is written in the Padma Puran that one who desires to have darsana of Mathurä, but leaves his body before getting this opportunity, will surely take birth in Mathurä in a future life. There is not the slightest doubt about this. Only those with firm, unshakeable devotion for Shri Krishna, and who are the objects of His abundant mercy, can have attachment to this Mathuräpuri, which is beyond the material world.
In Väyu Purän it is written that Mathurä is within the eighty-four kosas of Vraja-mandala, and that the Supreme Lord Shri Hari Himself eternally resides here. The Väyu Purän further states that “Mathurä-dhäma is blessed, being superior even to Vaikuntha, the holy abode of Shri Narayan. By residing in Mathurä for only one day a person attains devotion to Lord Hari, and by residing here three nights, one attains that most rare love of God, which is difficult to obtain even for great liberated souls.”
Shrila Rüpa Gosvämi has written in Shri Mathurä-mähätmya: “O Avanti, become ready with a spittoon in your hands. O Mäyäpuri (Haridvära), become ready to fan with a cämara. O Känci, take an umbrella in your hand. O Käsi, hold wooden sandals in your hands and be ready. O Ayodhyä, do not be afraid any more. O Dwärakä, do not chant any prayers today. This Mathurä-devi, who today has become the chief queen of Shri Krishna, the great King of kings, is pleased with all of you maidservants.
Shri Krishna Birthplace
Around 5,200 years ago, at the end of the last Dväpara-yuga, the Supreme Lord Shri Krishna chandra appeared as the son of Shri Vasudeva and Devaki in the prison house of the brutal King Kamsa. Seeing the child’s divine and wondrous four-armed form, the colour of a dark rain cloud, Vasudeva and Devaki began glorifying Him. In His four hands He held a conch shell, a disc, a club and a lotus lower; on His chest was the mark of Srivatsa; and the Kaustubha jewel hung round His neck. In response to Vasudeva and Devaki’s prayers, the Supreme Lord assumed the form of a newborn baby boy, and somehow urged Vasudeva to take Him in his arms and carry Him to Nanda-bhavana, the home of Nanda Mahäräja, in Gokula-Mahävana. So that Vasudeva could escape with the divine baby, his hand cuffs and foot-shackles fell open, the guards fell into a deep sleep, and the great iron doors of the prison swung open of their own accord. Although the night was stormy and the Yamunä was filled with roaring waves, the way cleared before Vasudeva and he safely reached Gokula.
That night, in Nanda-bhavana, Yasodä had given birth to two-armed Syämasundara, and a few moments later to a baby girl, Yogamäyä. Because of her heavy labour, Yasodä had fallen unconscious. When Vasudeva entered the house with his baby, that two-armed Syämasundara assimilated Vasudeva’s son within Himself, but Vasudeva could not understand what had happened. He picked up the baby girl in his arms and silently returned to Kamsa’s prison. The prison doors closed automatically behind him, and his and Devaki’s shackles slipped back in place. When Kamsa received word that a child had been born to Vasudeva and Devaki, he stormed into the prison, sword in hand, and snatched the baby girl from the arms of his sister, Devaié. Swinging the baby by the legs he tried to dash her against the surface of a stone, but she roseinto the sky and turned into the eight-armed goddess Durgä. Afterrebuking Kaàsa she disappeared.
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