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Topic: Appearance of Gauranga Mahaprabhu Date:  26th March 2024 Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj says: Get ready for the Japa Talk. Jaya Jaya Sri Krsna Caitanya Nityananda- by Narottama Dasa Thakur jaya jaya śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya nityānanda; jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura bhakta vrṇda (Text 1) Translation O Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all glories to You. O Prabhu Nityananda, all glories to You. O Lord Advaitacandra, all glories to You. O devotees of Lord Gauranga, all glories to you all. jayasri-krishna-chaitanya prabhu nityananda sri-adwaitagadadhara shrivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Hari Hari. So yesterday we celebrated Gaur Purnima. I celebrated but did you all celebrated? Gaur Purnima Mahotsava ki Jai! But 538 years ago, Gaur Purnima or Nimai’s appearance was not celebrated on this day. It was celebrated the next day which is today. In the evening Nimai appeared under a neem tree that’s why his name was also Nimai. Because he appeared late in night, so Jagannath Mishra and Saci Mata celebrated the festival today. So we also celebrate this festival as Jagannath Mishra festival who was his father. Jagannath Mishra festival ki Jai! This celebration is similar to Krsna’s appearance who appeared in late night but Nimai appeared in the evening. Next day when the sun rose, then everyone celebrated his appearance. So Nand Maharaj also celebrated the first Janamastami on Navnami and not on Ashtami. Nand kegharanandbhayo. Anand appeared in that home, that day and everyone was very happy with that. Anand is one if the names of Krsna and he is the source of happiness for everyone. Nand Maharaj is only Jagannath Mishra and Yashoda becomes Saci mata. So the Anand which was celebrated in Gokul, the same was celebrated in Jaganath Mishra’s and Savi mata’shouse. Hari Haribifale by Narottama Das Thakur Vrajendra-nandanajei, saci-sutahoilo sei, balaramahoilonitai dina-hinajatachilo, hari-name uddharilo, tara sakshijagaimadhai(Text 3) Translation Lord Krishna, who is the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Saci (Lord Caitanya),andBalarama became Nitai. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jagaiand Madhai are evidence of this. Nand Maharaj’s son has only appeared as Nimai or Jagannath Mishra nandan. Are you noting this down? In Gokul the celebrations were performed, so this Gokul is only Navadwip. Soit continues here also, Vrindavan Krsna becomesNavadwip’sChaitanya Mahaprabhu. Navadwip is eternal dham of the Lord. So Jagannath Misra festival is celebrated today, the next day of Gaur Purnima on Pratipada. Gaur premanande HariHari bol! Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna himself. Hari Hari.This truth is revealed in Chaitanya Charitamrita,Chaitanya Bhagavata,Chaitanya Mangal and Srila Prabhupada, translatedChaitanya Charitamrita in English. So, he was instructed to go in western world to preach the glories of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the English.He was instructed to preach Gaurvani or the glories of the holyname!So Srila Prabhupada translatedChaitanya Charitamrita into English and then into many other languages and it is still going on. This truth is now known to everyone. Who knew Chaitanya Mahaprabhu? People know Rama and Krishna but they do not know who is ChaitnayaMahaprabhu. So Srila Prabhupada made this his mission andintroduced  ChaitanyaMahaprabhu and his lilas to everyone. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’sDharma which is HarinaamSankirtan was also preached everywhere by him. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Sri Krsna ChaitnayaMahaprabhu’s prediction and which was his mission also was: Chaitanya-bhāgavata, Antya 4.126 pṛthivīteācheyatanagarādigrāma sarvatrapracārahaibe mora nāma “In every town and village, the chanting of My name will be heard.” (Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya 4.126) And he wanted to prove his prediction and he did so as well. I just want to say that who knew Mayapur or Navadwip where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. It was Srila Prabhupada was the one who popularized this dham and now it was become world famous. Now only few countries are left those who don’t know and accept it but slowly they do understand the importance of dhamand they also travel to Mayapur. Devotees from seventy countries came to Mayapur this year. And yesterday it is estimated that more people have must have visited. This era is the era of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.So all these people are celebrating Jagannath Mishra’s festival. We all want Ram Raja and this is ChaitnayaMahaprabhu’sraj. In this all raj’s come- Krsna, Ram etc. Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance was yesterday and today we are celebrating this festival today.ChaitnayaMahaprabhuis setting the stage for his appearance and the things which he needed for that to happen. If Jagannath Mishra and Saci mata were not there, then Chaitanya Mahaprabhu must have also not appeared. So ChaitnayaMahaprabhu gives birth to Guru vargafirst, like Madhavendra Puri, Nilambar Cakravarti appears then, his daughter Saci mataappears who marries Jagannath Mishra. So these personalities appears fifty years or so before the appearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Although parents are one only, but he experience the Vatsalya bhava with other personalities as well.So, he experiencesmother and father’s love with other devotees as well. Namacharya Haridas Thakur was also of Jagannath Mishra’s age. Advaita Acharya is also Guru-vrinda and he is a prime member of Pancha Tattva, who is of the same age as Jagannath Mishra and Nityanand Prabhu also appeared and he is Balarama himself. Srivas Thakur who is also a member of Panchatattva was of the age of Jagannatha Mishra and he had Vatsalya bhava towards him. Gadadhar pandit was Radharani hemself in the form of a man and he was of the same age as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Hari Hari! And many devotees appeared 50 years, 25 years etc. and 12 years before Nityanand Prabhu appeared. So they all have set the stage and they comprise of the Gaura Mandal. So, some associates appeared in Bengal as well. Srivas Thakur, Advaita Acharya, Nilambar Chakravarti Thakur appeared in Bangladesh. So as the day of appearance of ChaitanyaMahaprabhucame nearer, so all these Goloka associates appeared in their respective places. So not only Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared but also his dham has also appeared and his unlimited associates have also appeared. ŚB 11.5.32 kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁtviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥsaṅkīrtana-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. So all these associates of Krsna have also appeared, Radharani, gopis and manjirishave also appeared. Rupa majiri appeared. Jaya Jaya Jagannath by Vasudeva Ghosa keho bole purabeterāvaṇabadhilā golokervaibhavalilāprakāśakorilā (Text 3) Translation It is said that in olden times, as Lord Ramacandra, He killed the demon Ravana. Then later, as Lord Krsna, He revealed the splendrously opulent pastimes of Goloka. So the Golok Vaibhav lilaappeared here in Navadwip and they all were waiting for his appearance. And everyone reaches there and celebrate the Gaura Purnima festival.The demigods also appeared which is the protocol. So Krsna’s lila is repeated again and he is Krsna himself. And in Mathura also demigods had appeared and they had parked their vehicles in Mathura Mandal. They never touch the Earth. So that was there that whenever Lord appears we will see him first. Bg. 11.52 śrī-bhagavānuvāca su-durdarśamidaṁrūpaṁ dṛṣṭavānasi yan mama devāapyasyarūpasya nityaṁdarśana-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ Translation The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, this form of Mine you are now seeing is very difficult to behold. Even the demigods are ever seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is so dear. This is the form of Lord. These demigods are also desperate to have his darshans. This shloka Krsna spoke himself and Krsna said that the darshan which you are having is very rare for which even demigods wait. In Nawadwip, they took the darshans of Nimaion Gaura Purnima. There is a lot of similarities between Nimai and Krsna. So just like in Mathura and Vrindavan, Vasudev and Devaki’s six sons were killed so here eight daughters of Saci matacould not survive and died before Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. The number is only different. In Mathura the seventh son of Devaki becomes Balrama by Garbhaanatara which means that he travels from Devaki’s womb to Rohini’s womb. The ninthson here is Vishwaroop. He is the expansion of Balaram. He is the elder brother of Nimai and he is the expansion of Balrama.He appeared as Vishwarop he appeared in Anshic form. So, the tenththchild of Jagannath Mishra and Saci Mata was Nimai and Vasudev’s and Deviki’s eighth son was Krsna. So they feared that of this child could also not survive. They wanted to save him at any cost. Advaita acharya’s wife, Sita Thakuranigave him the name of Nimai as he was born under the neem tree which is very medicinal and is very beneficial. So they thought that this name will be also protect him as well. It kills demonic energies. So today a huge festival is celebrated in Yogapitha and he was given the name Nimai. I will narrate one story which signifies that he is only Krsna, so one day Nimai was asked to bring a book who was playing at that time in the home by Jagannath Mishra and similarly Nand Maharaj asked Krsna to bring his slippers one day and it was not an easy task for him as it was quite heavy for him. So, since he was very little, it was  heavyfor him and he could not take it in his hand or shoulder, so he put it on his head and see the Vatsalya and feeling of Krsna. These are Bal Sulabpastimes of Lord. So similarly, Jagannath Mishra asked Nimai to bring the pothi(book) and he then he  brings the pothi. When Nimai brought this book, his anklebells were ringing and he gave it to his father and Jagannath Mishra saw his footprints. But he noticed that  hewas not wearing anklebells, so where was that noise coming from? So when he went to his home, then he saw the footprints everywhere. So he had heard the anklebells and all the house had the footprints of Nimai. He tried to reach a conclusion and he thought that he is our son in Vatsalya rasa, he cannot be god. He is our little son. So he saw that the deity of the house may be he only walked in the house. So, just as Yasoda saw the whole universe in the mouth of Krsna but still she thought that he is my son only ,so similarly in Nimai lila they feel the same way. So they thought that the  deity was danced and walked in their home and they made nice items in order to celebrate this as his deity was happy. So when Nimai saw all this , he smiled in his mind that  thought that I have tricked my parents. The yogamaya makes them forgot about the greatness of the Lord who is very opulent. Nimai was also very naughty like Krsna. Nimai was no less. And people used to complainabout him. So to chastise Nimai he used to get very angry aand started chastising him. But everyone told him that he is not an ordinary child but he said, I don’t care and I can only correct him. Jagannath Mishra and Saci Mata and all old people gave vatsalaya rasa to Nimai. So everything started yesterday and today’s Jagannath Misra utsav every lila gets unfolded later on. Gaur premanandeHari haribol. So we celebrate this festival in ISKCON temples around the worldand you can also celebrate it and in Navadwip also many people have assembled.  Make your homes temples. So make more Gaur Nitai temples. And do kirtan as well. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Keep Chaitanya Charitamrita in your home, read it and also distributeit as well.When I was in Pandharpur, so Grihasta devotees purchased and kept them in their home, so Kaliyuga is the yuga of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: CC Ādi 17.21 harernāmaharernāma harernāmaivakevalam kalaunāstyevanāstyeva nāstyevagatiranyathā Translation ‘In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name of Lord Hari.’ So this gift of harinaamsankirtan was given by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and you should share his name, dham and pastimes with everyone. Come to Mayapur. You go to Ayodhya, Vrindavan etc but Mayapur you should definitely go because it is the Audarya dham. So come to his dham as well. CC Madhya 19.53 namomahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāyate kṛṣṇāyakṛṣṇa-caitanya- nāmnegaura-tviṣenamaḥ Translation “O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as ŚrīKṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of ŚrīmatīRādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You. Hari Hari! Gaur preamanadehariharibol. Srila Prabhupada ki Jai! Gauranga!!!    

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