English
Japa Talk Shlokas
Speaker: H.G Sunder Chaitanaya Maharaj
Date: 25-03-2024
Theme : Advent of Chaitanya mahaprabu
First I would like to wish you all a blissful Gaur Purnima festival. Most auspicious and blissful day today , appearance of Shri Gauranga mahaprabhu. At moonrise, the golden moon is rising today. Mahaprabhu is like the moon.
bahu-koti candra jini’ vadana ujjvala
gala-dese bana-mala kore jhalamala-
Translation
The brilliance of Lord Caitanya's face conquers millions upon millions of moons, and the garland of forest flowers around His neck shines. [Text 6, Jaya Jaya Goracander Arotik]
Like millions of moon rising at the same time , so this is Gauranga mahaprabhu. And He appears during the lunar eclipse as the moon is also beautiful and shines. The moon is covering his face because the golden moon has appeared. Lord Krsna appears once in a day of Brahma. And He appears on the 28 th Chatur yuga in Dwapar yug. He appears in His original form. Krsna is original. He is not an incarnation. In Geet Govinda
tave kara-kamala-vare nakham
adbhuta-shringam
dalita-hiranyakashipu-tanu-bhrigam
keshava-dhrita-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisha
Translation
O Keshava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one’s fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp-like demon, Hiranyakashipu, has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands.
[Sri Dasavatara-stotra by Jayadeva Gosvami]
Krsna is original Keshav , He takes various forms. In Srimad Bhagwatam 22 incarnations are mentioned. And it is mentioned that there are countless incarnation of Krsna. Krsna appears once in a day of brahma. Normally the yuga goes like satyug, treta yug , dwapar yug and then kaliyug. Dwapar yug should come on second number but it is in third number and treta is on second. What is the reason behind this ? Because Krsna appears as a devotee. In kaliyug Krsna comes as a devotee as Shri Chaitanya mahaprabhu just after Krsna’s appearance. There are many references from Srimad Bhagwatam.
kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
Translation
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. [SB 11.5.32]
He is not Ghanashyam but He is Gaura - complexion of Radharani. And ahe comes with Hus associates and weapons. Special weapons - not the sword , not chakra , no bows, no arrows , special weapon and what is that ? Love !
Hari nam !
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Ram Hare Ram
Ram Ram Hare Hare
This is the weapon - love for Krsna. He comes with that love to destroy the demons in this age only by love. In kaliyug only by love. So there are two demons who always come, we know that. Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha, Ravana and Kumbhkaran , shishupal and danta vakra. In kaliyug they come as jagai madhai. So in other yug Krsna is killing the demons but Jagai Madhai were given Krsna prem. Krsna does sankirtan yagya in kaliyug. Those who are intelligent will be worshiping that Lord. So Prabhupada said to become intelligent do not remain a fool. So we can say that we are intelligent because we are following the verse. Sankirtan yagnya is for kaliyug.
kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁ
tretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥ
dvāpare paricaryāyāṁ
kalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt
Translation
Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. [SB 12.3.52]
And He has also mentioned
pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma
sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma
Translation
In every town and village throughout the world," said Lord Caitanya, - the chanting of My holy name will be heard [CB Antya-khaṇḍa 4.126]
He said My name will be sung in every town and every village. Mahaprabhu has mentioned town and village. Padyatris are walking in between town and village. So they are doing more because mahaprabhu mentioned every town and village but padyatris are walking and spreading the holy name. Hari Bol ! So you can see ,
(yadi) gaura nā hoito, tabe ki hoito,
kemane dharita de?
Translation
If Lord Gaura had not appeared as the yuga-avatara in this age of Kali, then what would have become of us? How could we have tolerated living? Who in this universe would have ever learned about the topmost limits of loving mellows that comprise the glory of Sri Radha? [by Vasudeva Ghosa]
If Gauranga mahaprabhu was not there what would have happened to us ? He appears like a lion. He is roaring like a lion. He had power like a lion. Just when lion is roaring in a forest then different animals just disappear. Similarly when mahaprabhu is roaring in sankirtan movement all the effects of kaliyug disappear. So there is prayer that the lion may be seated in my heart or in the core of every living entity. So with His roaring voice all demonic qualities will disappear the same as small animals who ran away after hearing the lion” s roar. So this is a very very powerful weapon that He brought to this world. Kaliyug dharma.
kali-yuge yuga-dharma — nāmera pracāra
tathi lāgi’ pīta-varṇa caitanyāvatāra
Translation
The religious practice for the Age of Kali is to broadcast the glories of the holy name. Only for this purpose has the Lord, in a yellow color, descended as Lord Caitanya. [CC Ādi 3.40]
Theme : Yug Dharma Harinam sankirtan
Kaliyug is coming. What is yug dharma ? To spread the Holy name of the Lord. Why has he descended as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in yellow color ? He has given the message which is the essence of the truth of Krsna and the truth of Bhakti, truth of Prema , bhav and also the Leela tatva. It means that we have to understand the meaning of all these tatva. He has come like molten gold. His body is beautifully covered with Chandan. And He is accustomed also to accept sannyasa orders. He is very peaceful and self controlled. He is always bringing peace to the world by chanting holy names.
suvarṇa-varṇo hemāṅgo
varāṅgaś candanāṅgadī
sannyāsa-kṛc chamaḥ śānto
niṣṭhā-śānti-parāyaṇaḥ
Translation
“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 sannyāsa order, and He is equipoised and peaceful. He is the highest abode of peace and devotion, for He silences the impersonalist nondevotees.”[CC Ādi 3.49]
He has adverted to distribute the holy name all over the world.
harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā
Translation
‘For spiritual progress in this Age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative to the holy name, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord.’[CC Ādi 7.76]
This verse was quoted by His spiritual master. When mahaprabhu asked His spiritual master “ what kind of mantra have you given to Me gurudev ? And every time I am chanting I am becoming mad. What type of force it has that as I chant I am becoming mad. So when Mayawati sanyasis asked Him why are you chanting ? Then mahaprabhu told them that this my spiritual master has told me and it is also purana and upnishad , chanting of the holy name. And the Mayavadi sanyasis they know that verse they can not deny it. They can not say they don’t know. They can not say because this is from there philosophy. Then His spiritual master told Him that yes that is the nature of this mahamantra that after chanting this one becomes mad , starts dancing , cry. So one can feel all spiritual emotions after chanting this holy name.
One day Murari Gupta - a very exalted devotee - is the incarnation of hanuman and he is always chanting Ram Ram Ram. Then mahaprabhu told him that he must stop chanting Ram and start chanting Krsna’s name because in kaliyug harinam is Krsna name. So please chant Hare Krishna. Next time Mahaprabhu met him He asked are you chanting Krsna’s name ? Murari Gupta said “ my dear lord , I will commit suicide because I can not follow your instructions. Every time I chant Krsna Ram comes from my mouth. Because he is Hanuman he can not stop chanting Ram name. So I cannot stop chanting Ram and I cannot follow your instruction so it is better for me to vomit suicide. But mahaprabhu told him No I tried to test you. Please continue to chant. A good servant is a servant who never lives with his master. And a good master is one who never live his servant. You are a good servant, you don’t want to leave your master. So please continue to chant. From this we can learn here that a servant should never leave his master.
sei bhakta dhanya, ye nā chāḍe prabhura caraṇa
sei prabhu dhanya, ye nā chāḍe nija-jana
Translation
“Glorious is that devotee who does not give up the shelter of his Lord, and glorious is that Lord who does not abandon His servant. [ CC Antya 4.46]
Gurumaharaj says that we don’t want to be anath - which means without a master. Maharaj told
One has not given up anger and other sins but why has chanting given up ? Another devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Sarang Thakure.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told him to give initiation and accept disciples. But he was so humble he said no I will not initiate. Mahaprabhu insisted again and again so he said ok tomorrow morning I will give initiation to the first person I will meet. Next morning he woke up and went to take a bath in Ganges. And there was a dead body floating in the water. He had not said a very first person but he had not said alive or dead. So he had to initiate and he chanted the harinam and that person came back to life. So this is the point that exalted devotees give life to dead bodies. Same way gurudev is also doing , because we are all dead because one who is not engaged in the service of Vishnu is considered to be dead.
neha yat karma dharmāya
na virāgāya kalpate
na tīrtha-pada-sevāyai
jīvann api mṛto hi saḥ
Translation
Anyone whose work is not meant to elevate him to religious life, anyone whose religious ritualistic performances do not raise him to renunciation, and anyone situated in renunciation that does not lead him to devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, must be considered dead, although he is breathing.”[ ŚB 3.23.56]
So we were all dead before initiation and gurudev came and gave this initiation and we came back to life. So this Holyname bring back to life to the people to the whole world. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has come to distribute the Holyname. To kill the demonic mentality with love of godhead.
golokera prema-dhana, hari-nama-sankirtana,
rati na janmilo kene tay
samsara-bishanale, diba-nisi hiya jwale,
juraite na koinu upay
Translation
The treasure of divine love in Goloka Vrindavana has descended as the congregational chanting of Lord Hari’s holy names. Why did my attraction for that chanting never come about? Day and night my heart burns from the fire of the poison of worldliness, and I have not taken the means to relieve it. [ Hari Hari Bifale 2]
Gaur pornima maha mahotsav ki jai !
