“Caitanya-caritamrita – Antya Lila” by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Summary: Caitanya-caritamrita is the biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, written by Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami in the 16th century, now published with elaborate translations and commentaries in English by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. The multi-volume Caitanya-caritamrita is divided into three sections, Adi Lila, Madhya Lila, and Antya Lila, representing the beginning, middle, and concluding pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This file comprises the text of the several volumes that make up the Antya Lila section. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is an evaluation copy of the printed version of this book, and is NOT FOR RESALE. This evaluation copy is intended for personal non-commercial use only, under the “fair use” guidelines established by international copyright laws. 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Chapter One Srila Rupa Gosvami's Second Meeting With the Lord A summary of the First Chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to Jagannatha Puri from Vrndavana, all His devotees from other parts of India, upon receiving the auspicious news, came to purusottama-ksetra, or Jagannatha Puri. Sivananda Sena took a dog with him and even paid fees for it to cross the river. One night, however, the dog could not get any food and therefore went directly to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri. The next day, when Sivananda and his party reached Jagannatha Puri, Sivananda saw the dog eating some coconut pulp offered to it by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. After this incident, the dog was liberated and went back home, back to Godhead. Meanwhile, S rila Rupa Gosvami reached Bengal, after retu rning from Vrndavana. Although he could not follow the Bengali devotees, after some time he then came to Jagannatha Puri, where he stayed with Haridasa Thakura. Srila Rupa Gosvami composed an important verse, beginning with the words priyah so 'yam, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu relished it very much. One day when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Ramananda Raya and Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya went to see Haridasa Thakura, the Lord saw the verse Rupa Gosvami had composed as an introduction to his books Lalita- madhava and Vidagdha-madhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Ramananda Raya approved and appreciated them very much. After the period of Caturmasya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Srila Rupa Gosvami, however, remained at Jagannatha Puri for some time. TEXT 1 pangum langhayate sailam mukam avartayec chrutim yat-krpa tam aham vande krsna-caitanyam isvaram TRANSLATION I offer my respectful obeisaces to Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, by whose mercy even a lame man ca cross over a mountain ad a dumb man recite Vedic literature. TEXT 2 durgame pathi me'ndhasya skhalat-pada-gater muhuh sva-krpa- yasti-danena santah santv avalambanam TRANSLATION My path is very difficult. I am blind, and my feet are slipping again and again. Therefore, may the saints help me by granting me the stick of their mercy as my support. TEXT 3-4 sri-rupa, sanatana bhatta-raghunatha sri-jiva, gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha ei chaya gurura karon carana vandana yaha haite vighna-nasa, abhista-purana TRANSLATION I pray to the lotus feet of the six Gosvamis--Sri Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha, Srt Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Dasa Raghunatha--so that all impediments to my writing this literature will be anihilated ad my real desire will be fulfilled. PURPORT If one wants to benefit the entire world, he will certainly find persons like hogs and pigs who will put forward many impediments. That is natural. But if a devotee seeks shelter at the lotus feet of the six Gosvamis, the merciful Gosvamis will certainly give the Lord's servitor all protection. It is not astonishing that impediments are placed before those who are spreading the Krsna consciousness movement all over the world. Nevertheless, if we adhere to the lotus feet of the six Gosvamis and pray for their mercy, all impediments will be annihilated, and the transcendental devotional desire to serve the Supreme Lord will be fulfilled. TEXT 5 jayatam suratau pangor mama manda-mater gati mat-sarvas va-padambhojau radha-madana-moha nau TRANSLATION Glory to the all-merciful Radha ad Madaa-mohana! I am lame and illadvised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me. TEXT 6 divyad- vrndaranya-kalpa-drumadhah- srimad-ratnagara-simhasana-sthau srimad-radha-srila-govinda-de vau presthalibhih sevyamanau smarami TRANSLATION In a temple of jewels in Vrndavana, underneath a desire tree, Sri Sri RadhaGovinda, served by Their most confidential associates, sit upon an effulgent throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them. TEXT 7 sriman-rasa-rasarambh i vamsiva ta- tata-sthitah karsan venu-svanair gopir gopi-nathah sriye'stu nah TRANSLATION Sri Srila Gopinatha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rasa dance, stands on the shore at Vamsivata and attracts the attention of the cowherd damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us their benediction. TEXT 8 jaya jaya sri-caitanya jaya nityananda jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda TRANSLATION All glories to Lord Sri Caltanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityananda! All glories to Advalta Acarya! All glories to the devotees of Lord Sri Caltanya Mahaprabhu! TEXT 9 madhya-lila sanksepete karilun varnana antya-lila-varnana kichu suna, bhakta-gana TRANSLATION I have briefly described the pastimes of Sri Caltanya Mahaprabhu in the Madhya-lila. Now I shall attempt to describe something about His last pastimes, which are known as the Antya-lila. TEXT 10 madhya-lila-madhye antya-lila-sutra-gana purva-granthe sanksepete kariyachi varnana TRANSLATION I have briefly described the Antya-lila in codes within the Madhya- lila. TEXT 11 ami jara-grasta, nikate janiya marana antya kono kono lila kariyachi varnana TRANSLATION I am now aImost an invalid because of old age, and I know that at any moment I may die. Therefore I have already described some portions of the Antya-lila. PURPORT Following in the footsteps of Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, I am trying to translate the Bhagavata literatures as quickly as possible. However, knowing myself to be an old man and almost an invalid because of rheumatism, I have already translated the essence of all literatures, the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, as a summary study in English. I started the Krsna consciousness movement at the age of seventy. Now I am seventy-eight, and so my death is imminent. I am trying to finish the translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam as soon as possible, but before finishing it, I have given my readers the book Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so that if I die before finishing the whole task, they may enjoy this book, which is the essence of Srimad- Bhagavatam. TEXT 12 purva-likhita grantha-sutra-anusare yei nahi likhi, taha likhiye vistare TRANSLATION In accordance with the codes previously written, I shall describe in detall whatever I have not mentioned. TEXT 13 vrndavana haite prabhu nilacale aila svarupa-gosani gaude varta pathaila TRANSLATION When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to Jagannatha Puri from Vrndavana, Svarupa Damodara Gosani immediately sent news of the Lord's arrival to the devotees in Bengal. TEXT 14 suni' saci anandita, saba bhakta-gana sabe mili` nilacale karila gamana TRANSLATION Upon hearing this news, mother Saci and all the other devotees of Navadvipa were very joyful, and they all departed together for Nilacala [Jagannatha Puri]. TEXT 15 kulina-grami bhakta ara yata khanda-vasi acarya sivananda sane milila sabe asi' TRANSLATION Thus all the devotees of Kulina-grama and Sri Khanda, as well as Advaita Acarya, came together to meet Sivananda Sena. TEXT 16 sivananda kare sabara ghati samadhana sabare palana kare, deya vasa-sthana TRANSLATION Sivananda Sena arranged for the journey. He maintained everyone and provided residential quarters. TEXT 17 eka kukkura cale sivananda-sane bhaksya diya lanacale kariya palane TRANSLATION While going to Jagannatha Puri, Sivananda Sena allowed a dog to go with him. He supplied it food to eat and maintained it. TEXT 18 eka-dina eka-sthane nadi para haite udiya navika kukkura na cadaya naukate TRANSLATION One day, when they needed to cross a river, an Orissan boatman would not allow the dog to get in the boat. TEXT 19 kukkura rahila,--sivananda duhkhi haila dasa pana kadi diya kukkure para kaila TRANSLATION Sivananda Sena, unhappy that the dog had to stay behind, paid the boatman ten pana of conchshells to take the dog across the river. PURPORT One pana is eighty kadis, or small conchshells. Formerly, even fifty or sixty years ago, there was no paper currency in India. Coins were generally made not of base metal but of gold, silver and copper. In other words, the medium of exchange was really something valuable. Four pieces of kadi made one ganda-, and twenty such gandas equaled one pana. This kadi was also used as a medium of exchange; therefore Sivananda Sena paid for the dog with dasa pana, or eighty times ten pieces of kadi. In those days one paisa was also subdivided into small conchshells, but at the present moment the prices for commodities have gone so high that there is nothing one can get in exchange for only one paisa. With one paisa in those days, however, one could purchase sufficient vegetables to provide for a whole family. Even thirty years ago, vegetables were occasionally so inexpensive that one paisa's worth could provide for a whole family for a day. TEXT 20 eka-dina sivanande ghatiyale rakhila kukkurake bhata dite sevaka pasarila TRANSLATION One day while Sivananda was detained by a tollman, his servant forgot to give the dog its cooked rice. TEXT 21 ratre asi sivananda bholanera kale `kukkura panache bhata?'--sevake puchile TRANSLATION At night, when Sivananda Sena returned and was taking his meal, he inquired from the servant whether the dog had gotten its meals. TEXT 22 kukkura nahi paya bhata suni' duhkhi haila kukkura cahite dasa-manusya pathaila TRANSLATION When he learned that the dog had not been supplied food in his absence, he was very unhappy. He then immediately sent ten men to find the dog. TEXT 23 cahiya na paila kukkura, loka saba aila duhkhi hana sivananda upavasa kaila TRANSLATION When the men returned without success, Sivananda Sena became very unhappy and fasted for the night. TEXT 24 prabhate kukkura cahi' kanha na paila sakala vaisnavera mane camatkara haila TRANSLATION In the morning they looked for the dog, but it could not be found anywhere. All the Vaisnavas were astonished. PURPORT Sivananda Sena's attachment to the dog was a great boon for that animal. The dog appears to have been a street dog. Since it naturally began to follow Sivananda Sena while he was going to Jagannatha Puri with his party, he accepted it into his party and maintained it the same way he was maintaining the other devotees. It appears that although on one occasion the dog was not allowed aboard a boat, Sivananda did not leave the dog behind but paid more money just to induce the boatman to take the dog across the river. Then when the servant forgot to feed the dog and the dog disappeared, Sivananda, being very anxious, sent ten men to find it. When they could not find it, Sivananda observed a fast. Thus it appears that somehow or other Sivananda had become attached to the dog. As will be evident from the following verses, the dog got the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and was immediately promoted to Vaikuntha to become an eternal devotee. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has therefore sung, tumi ta' thakura, tomara kukkura, baliya janaha more (Saranagati 19). He thus offers to become the dog of a Vaisnava. There are many other instances in which the pet animal of a Vaisnava was delivered back home to Vaikunthaloka, back to Godhead. Such is the benefit of somehow or other becoming the favorite of a Vaisnava. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also sung, kita-janma ha-u yatha tuya dasa (Saranagati 11). There is no harm in taking birth again and again. Our only desire should be to take birth under the care of a Vaisnava. Fortunately we had the opportunity to be born of a Vaisnava father who took care of us very nicely. He prayed to Srimati Radharani that in the future we would become a servant of the eternal consort of Sri Krsna. Thus somehow or other we are now engaged in that service. We may conclude that even as dogs we must take shelter of a Vaisnava. The benefit will be the same as that which accrues to an advanced devotee under a Vaisnava's care. TEXT 25 utkanthaya cali' sabe aila nilacale purvavat mahaprabhu milila sakale TRANSLATION Thus in great anxiety they all walked to Jagannatha Purt, where Srt Caitanya Mahaprabhu met them as usual. TEXT 26 saba lana kaila jagannatha darasana saba lana mahaprabhu karena bhojana TRANSLATION Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went with them to see the Lord in the temple, and on that day He also took lunch in the company of all those devotees. TEXT 27 purvavat sabare prabhu pathaila vasa-sthane prabhu-thani pratah-kale aila ara dine TRANSLATION As previously, the Lord provided them all with residential quarters. And the next morning all the devotees came to see the Lord. TEXT 28 asiya dekhila sabe sei ta kukkure prabhu-pase vasiyache kichu alpa-dure TRANSLATION When all the devotees came to the place of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they saw that the same dog was sitting a little apart from the Lord. TEXT 29 prasada narikela-sasya dena phelana `rama' `krsna' `hari' kaha'--balena hasiya TRANSLATION Furthermore, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was throwing remnants of green coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He was saying to the dog, "Chant the holy names Rama, Krsna, and Hari." TEXT 30 sasya khaya kukkura, `krsna' kahe bara bara dekhiya lokera mane haila camatkara TRANSLATION Seeing the dog eating the green coconut pulp and chanting "Krsna, Krsna" again and again, all the devotees present were very much surprised. TEXT 31 sivananda kukkura dekhi' dandavat kaila dainya kari' nija aparadha ksamaila TRANSLATION When he saw the dog sitting in that way and chanting the name of Krsna, Sivananda, because of his natural humility, immediately offered his obeisances to the dog just to counteract his offenses to it. TEXT 32 ara dina keha tara dekha na paila siddha-deha pana kukkura vaikunthete gela TRANSLATION The next day, no one saw that dog, for it had obtained its spiritual body and departed for Vaikuntha, the spiritual kingdom. PURPORT This is the result of sadhu-sanga, consequent association with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and promotion back home, back to Godhead. This result is possible even for a dog, by the mercy of the Vaisnava. Therefore, everyone in the human form of life should be induced to associate with devotees. By rendering a little service, even by eating prasada, not to speak of chanting and dancing, everyone could be promoted to Vaikunthaloka. It is therefore requested that all our devotees in the ISKCON community become pure Vaisnavas, so that by their mercy all the people of the world will be transferred to Vaikunthaloka, even without their knowledge. Everyone should be given a chance to take prasada and thus be induced to chant the holy names Hare Krsna and also dance in ecstasy. By these three processes, although performed without knowledge or education, even an animal went back to Godhead. TEXT 33 aiche divya-lila kare sacira nandana kukkurake krsna kahana karila mocana TRANSLATION Such are the transcendental pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the son of mother Saci. He even delivered a dog simply by inducing it to chant the maha-mantra, Hare Krsna.