English
Date: 21 February 2024
Speaker: HG Sarvabhauma Prabhu Ji
Topic: Nityananda Katha Seminar
HG Sarvabhauma Prabhu Ji:
Today is the 2 day of Nityananda Katha seminar.
Yesterday we heard about Lord Nityananda who is non different first expansion of Lord Krishna. All incarnations emanate from him and he serves the lord in five forms. Today is Varah Dwadashi. In the third canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, there are two incarnations stated: one is Action based incarnation and another one is knowledge-based incarnation. Varah Dev is Action based incarnation. Kapil Muni is knowledge-based incarnation who gives the knowledge of Sankhya Yoga to his Mother Devhuti. Varah Dev incarnated two times: one at the time of Chakshusha Manu and another one is at the time of Swayambhu Manu. It is described in the purport of third canto of Srimad Bhagavatam that who has killed Hiranyakashapu and who has protected the Mother Earth. Today we will discuss about the one who has saved Mother Earth. Mother Earth is the wife of Vishnu. Varah Dev holds that Mother Earth.
So, in the beginning of creation, when Brahma form their sons and rishis, there was a problem regarding where the creation will stay? As there was no land. So, while brahma was contemplating on this, Varaha Deva appeared from his nose. He Came to take the earth out of the causal ocean. Meanwhile Hiranyaksha, the son of Kashyap and Diti, was roaming the world to find a suitable fighter. He went to the Varun Lok through Indra Lok to fight with Varun Dev. But Varun Dev refused to fight as he is becoming old. Varun Dev said to him that Lord Vishnu will certainly fight with you and defeat you.
Hiranyaksha reached to the Causal Ocean and asked Narad Muni about Vishnu. Narada Muni directed him to Varaha deva. Hiranyaksha challenged Varah Dev while Varaha deva was bringing the earth out holding it on his tusk. One thing we should learn from Varah Dev is that we should not leave our work which we are doing at present whether anyone is calling you or trying to disturb us.
Varah Deva situate Mother Earth in the orbit and answered Hiranyaksha that I am a wild boar and I will not be bewildered on the barking of dogs.
Hiranyaksha attacked from behind and there was a big fight. Hiranyaksha and Hirankashipu are none other than Jaya and Vijaya from Vaikuntha Loka.
Lord wanted to fight and take the taste of Heroic Rasa. So, the energy of the lord instigates four kumaras to give the curse to Jaya and Vijaya. Lord fought with Hiranyaksha for a full day of Brahma. One day of Brahma, which is also called as Kalpa, is so long as it contains fourteen
manvantaras which means it will contain 21 times cycle of four Yugas. Brahma prayed to the Lord to kill that demon as soon as possible, because it is about to evening and at that time, the power of demons becomes double. Lord was taking pleasure while fighting with him.
Hiranyaksha’s mace fell down. Lord instructs him to put his mace back, but he refused and call his Trident. And that also fell down with an attack of the Lord. Then Hiranyaksha climbed on the chest of the Lord and punch him. But Lord feels it like a flower hit an elephant. Varaha
Deva Slapped him with his left hand and his eyes came out and he died. All demigods praise Varaha Deva.
All incarnations come from Garbodakshyi Vishnu which is the expansion of Nityananda.
Vishnu’s work is to maintain the creation. Varaha Deva is the partial incarnation of Nityananda.
Varaha deva is also known as Yagya Varaha. The soil on which Varaha Deva sat is supposed to be pure for Yagya.
Varaha Deva and Mother Earth had a son named Bhaumasura, who is delivered by Krishna with Satyabhama. Krishna took Satyabhama with him as Earth is an expansion of Satyabhama.
The hunchbacked Kubja was also incarnation of Satyabhama, who is hunchbacked due to the heaviness on Earth because of demons. Krishna came and free her from the heaviness of demons.
All Glories to Varaha Deva!
As, Lord came to deliver the demons and to save the Sadhus.
BG, 4.8:
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge
Translation:
To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.
But Lord Nityananda is more merciful incarnation. Srila Prabhupada was called as His Divine Grace AC Bhakti Vedant Swami Prabhupada. So, whose Divine Grace is he? Lord Nityananda’s. He, who engaged us in the devotional services, can give mercy. Lord Nityananda engaged us
in the service of the Lord. Let us read the main purpose of the incarnation of Lord Nityananda.
CC Ādi 5.208:
preme matta nityānanda kṛpā-avatāra
uttama, adhama, kichu nā kare vicāra
Translation:
Because He is intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He does not disting uish between the good and the bad.
Lord Nityananda is mad in the love of Radha and Krishna so that he is incarnated in the form of mercy. All creatures are the part and parcel of Krishna, so, they all are very dear to Lord
Nityananda. That’s why, He incarnate in his merciful form to shower his compassion upon all
creatures. He does not distinguish between the good and the bad.
CC Ādi 5.209:
ye āge paḍaye, tāre karaye nistāra
ataeva nistārilā mo-hena durācāra
Translation:
He delivers all those who fall down before Him. Therefore He has delivered such a sinful and fallen person as me.
With great Humility, Krishnadas Kaviraj called himself as fallen and sinful.
CC Ādi 5.210:
mo-pāpiṣṭhe ānilena śrī-vṛndāvana
mo-hena adhame dilā śrī-rūpa-caraṇa
Translation:
Although I am sinful and I am the most fallen, He has conferred upon me the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī.
CC, Adi Lila, Verse 5.211:
śrī-madana-gopāla-śrī-govinda-daraśana
kahibāra yogya nahe e-saba kathana
Translation:
I am not fit to speak all these confidential words about my visiting Lord Madana Gopāla and Lord Govinda.
We have to see these in our context.
CC Ādi 5.208:
preme matta nityānanda kṛpā-avatāra
uttama, adhama, kichu nā kare vicāra
Translation:
Because He is intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He does not disting uish between the good and the bad.
Srila Prabhupada who is the expansion of Nityananda' s effulgence and he was the personification of his mercy.
Srila Prabhupada Pranam Mantra:
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
Translation:
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna on this earth, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Chaitanya deva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
Chaitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 7.11:
kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana
Translation:
“The fundamental religious system in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana movement. Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana movement. Srila Prabhupada is an empowered Acharya.
Like Nityananda Prabhu was asked to go door to door and gave them Krsna Prema. Nityananda Prabhu thought Chaitanya mahaprabhu is Mahavadanya Incarnation. So, we will first go the most fallen Jagai and Madhai, who are the sons of a Brahmin family but indulged in meat eating, intoxication, Illicit sex and gambaling. Nityananda Prabhu advised them to take Harinaam.
They critised in return. But lord Nityananda tolerated it teaching us that when we go to preach people will insult us, but we have to tolerate to give them love of Godhead.
Shikshashtakam, Verse 3:
trinad api sunicena
taror api sahishnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harihi
Translation:
One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.
Jagai and madhai struck Nityananda and lord Chaitanya upon hearing became very angry and called for his Sudarshan.
Srila Prabhupada raised a question that who himself gave us the teachings of Trinadapi sunichena, how he gets so much angry to call Sudarshana to kill Jagai and Madhai? Srila Prabhupada answered, here we learn that vaishnava tolerates all insult but they never tolerate insult to other vaishn avas.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu could not tolerate the insult towards Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda Prabhu begged Mahaprabhu to forgive them and to be merciful towards them as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu incarnate to do compassion on the fallen souls.
Jagai and Madhai fell on the feet of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and seek forgiveness. Later, both becomes great devotees. They lived on the bank of River Ganges and offer obeisances towards everyone. This is the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu.
When Srila Prabhupada was preaching in bowery, there were some people who were even worse than Jagai and Madhai. When he was there alone with a room mate who was crazy. Srila Prabhupada optimised that he will become a devotee. But he is in intoxication and one day he attacked Srila Prabhupada. So, he moved out and was even have to stay with a couples, Carl's place by putting a partition in the room. But his wife was not used to live in such an environment. So, soon he was moved by Michael ( Mukunda Goswami), to a rented storefront on 2 Avenue.
Nityananda is madden in the love of Godhead and so he gives everyone's without discrimina tion. So, Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepts everyone referred by Nityananda. Only Chaitanya Mahaprabhu can give Krishna Prema. Nityananda Prabhu is so much mad in love of Radha and Krishna.
Nityananda Prabhu is like an intoxicated king who plundered his own treasure in everyone without any discrimination. Nityananda Prabhu is mad in Love of Radha and Krishna. So, he plundered the Holy Name in everyone without any discrimination.
Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepts everyone referred by Nityananda and Nityananda refers those who take all trouble to preach to the most fallen.
As Varaha Dev take the Earth from Causal Ocean, many Hiranyakshas tries to stop him. But
Mother Earth got established.
We see Srila Prabhupada did this and got the mercy of Lord Nityananda. Lord Nityananda saw lord Chaitanya is preaching to all great personalities, like six Goswamis, and others, so, I should preach to the fallen and start from the bottom up. If I will get them in the shelter of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, then he will be pleased.
This mood is taken by Srila Prabhupada and therfore he started with the lowest in the society without looking at any qualification.
CC Ādi 5.209:
ye āge paḍaye, tāre karaye nistāra
ataeva nistārilā mo-hena durācāra
Translation:
He delivers all those who fall down before Him. Therefore He has delivered such a sinful and fallen person as me. This is the quality of Krishna. When Putna came to kill Krishna by breast fed him. He doesn’t see the emotion to kill him. But he saw the emotion of Putna to feed him.
Krishna is Animishesha Nimishesha. He closes his eyes over mischiefs and look with an open eye whenever one recites the Holy Name withy serving mood. He never remembers anyone’s mistake and always remember the serving endeavours. So, as his devotees are. Srila Prabhupada accepts everyone who come in his shelter and ready to follow the instructions.
It is said that when Chitragupta was tired to write all the sins done by Jagai and Madhai But Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took their sins.
When Lord Chaitanya took all their sins, he turned black for a moment.
Srila Prabhupada preached to the lowest in the western society. They were not civilized at all. They intoxicate and wear ridiculous clothes. But Srila Prabhupada doesnot see their sins, but look upon their art and interest to keep them engage in the kirtan. Then coming to India after
1971, he preached in higher classes to propagate thye movement of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Srila Prabhupada Preached in both the classes of people.
HH Giriraj Maharaj quoted these shlokas in their lecture some days ago.
HH Giriraj Maharaj said Srila Prabhupada has delivered us.
Krishna Das Kaviraj calling himself as sinful and fallen. But we did not stand anywhere. We
should keep ourselves in the place of sinful and fallen in this verse and think about that where
we were and Srila Prabhupada has saved us.
CC Ādi 5.210:
mo-pāpiṣṭhe ānilena śrī-vṛndāvana
mo-hena adhame dilā śrī-rūpa-caraṇa
Translation:
Although I am sinful and I am the most fallen, He has conferred upon me the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī. We are so fallen yet we have the opportunity to come to Vrindavan. Do we have the quality to enter in the Vrindavan. The six Goswamis stayed only 3days under a tree. They drink the water of River Yamuna. They eat only on Dwadashi that was taking from the Chaturvedi Brahmins from Mathura. They eat that with water and wrote books And we are unable read these books, even when we have so much comfort.
Srila Prabhupada has open up the gate of Vrindavan for the fallen souls like us. Srila Prabhupada and Nityananda Prabhu tries to re-established our connection with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
CC Ādi 5.211:
śrī-madana-gopāla-śrī-govinda-daraśana
kahibāra yogya nahe e-saba kathana
Translation:
I am not fit to speak all these confidential words about my visiting Lord Madana Gopāla and Lord Govinda. We are the follower of Rupa Goswami. Krishna das Kaviraj has got the direct association of Rupa Goswami. Nityananda Prabhu’s representative Srila Prabhupada is so merciful that he provides us the teachings of Srila Rupa Goswami.
Madan Mohan are the deities of Sambandha Jnana, Govind Dev are the deities of Abhideya and Gopinath are the deities of Prayojana. Damodar are the deities of Sankirtan. We have to look upon how fortunate we are to get this mercy in this Kaliyuga without any qualification.
Srila Prabhupada Said to his God brother that I had to pick some of these people out of sewages to make them devotees.
Nityananda Prabhu has done mercy upon all creatures. Srila Prabbupada Has done mercy to make people devotees. And so on, the disciples of Srila Prabhupada are also doing the same. We are so much blessed that we are chanting the Holy Name.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare hare krishna - Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
This is the grace of Nityananda Prabhu and Srila Prabhuapada Is the representative of Nityananda Prabhu. Nobody had done what Srila Prabhupada has done.
Those who are not even civilized, cooking for them, feeding them, and then even cleaning after them. No guru has done this for his disciple.
Satswarupa Swami Maharaj told that in the early days we used to call Srila Prabhupada from our homes or offices to make the samosas ready, we will come in the evening to eat them up. Now they all are saying that we are so fallen that we call our spiritual master for our serving.
But Srila Prabhupada is so merciful that he serves his disciple, teach them to tie dhoti and Saree, to make prasadam.
One who takes shelter of Nityananda will get the mercy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Vrindavan Das Thakur has written Nityananda Ashtakam. Nityanand Prabhu is full of Krishna Prema and He has given it to everyone.
CC Madhya 23.1:
cirād adattaṁ nija-gupta-vittaṁ
sva-prema-nāmāmṛtam aty-udāraḥ
ā-pāmaraṁ yo vitatāra gauraḥ
kṛṣṇo janebhyas tam ahaṁ prapadye
Translation:
The most munificent Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Gaurakṛṣṇa, distributed to everyone — even the lowest of men — His own confidential treasury in the form of the nectar of love of Himself and the holy name. This was never given to the people at any time before.
I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto Him.
Krishna Das Kaviraj is saying that he has given us the lotus feet of Rupa Goswami means we have got the service of Rupa Manjiri. We have got all these mood by the mercy.
All Glories to Nityananda Rama!
Nityananda prabhu is free from anger.
We should take this opportunity and take shelter of Lord Nityananda.
We should learn from him humility and tolerance.
People go to temple and give some donation, but in return they want something. So, are they really doing it for Krishna? No! They always want something in return. They put hundred rupees note in the donation box and demand for the job of their son. It is good that they went to Lord. But, are they going to please Krishna.
By the grace of Nityananda and our Spiritual master tradition, we have learnt that our all endeavour should be for the pleasure of Krishna. This is the Mood of Gopis. What really pleases Krishna is when one brings a fallen soul to the lord. By the grace of Nityananda Prabhu, as much as souls, we will bring towards Krishna, for the pleasure of Gaur Hari, as much as mercy we will get. It will be our fortune to distribute the mercy of Nityananda prabhu in the fallen soul.
We should always remember the verse:
CC, Adi Lila, 5.209:
ye āge paḍaye, tāre karaye nistāra
ataeva nistārilā mo-hena durācāra
Translation:
He delivers all those who fall down before Him. Therefore He has delivered such a sinful and fallen person as me. Srila Prabhupada was praying that I have given the name of Bhaktivedanta, please bless me so that I can act like my name. Do we have this mood of being so fallen, and I am so blessed to get the Hare Krishna Mantra to Chant and We get the Vrindavan and Navdweep Dham.
We should always think this with humility that I was not qualify toget this mercy. Srila Prabhupada has made our destiny.
We can’t be indebted our spiritual master. But if we want to please me, Srila Prabhupada says, you should preach like I do.
CC Antya 7.11:
kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana
kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana
Translation:
“The fundamental religious system in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana movement. Nityananda Prabhu and Srila Prabhupada will empower us. We have to be qualified for that.
Nityananda Prabhu ji’s mercy is always here. We just have to do sincere prayer with humility.
Hare Krishna!
All Glories to Nityananda Prabhu!
