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30 March 2024 The Golden Incarnation of the Lord Speaker: HG Parthsarthi Prabhu Hare Krsna. By Guru Maharaj's blessings may I be able to speak something. We can't understand Chaitanya Mahaprabhu without the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu and without the mercy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu we can't understand Radha Krsna. nitai-pada-kamala, koti-chandra-sushitala je chayay jagata juray heno nitai bine bhai, radha-krishna paite nai dridha kori dharo nitair pay (Nitai Pada Kamala 1) Translation: The lotus feet of Lord Nityananda are a shelter where one will get the soothing moonlight not only of one, but of millions of moons. If the world wants to have real peace, it should take shelter of Lord Nityananda. Unless one takes shelter under the shade of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, it will be very difficult for him to approach Radha-Krishna. If one actually wants to enter into the dancing party of Radha-Krishna, he must firmly catch hold of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. When Srila Prabhupada explains the meaning of Hare Krsna mahamantra, in the purport Srila Prabhupada speaks, that Rama in Hare Krsna Mahamantra can be Lord Rama, Balaram or Parshuram and in the same mantra we have 8 times Hare which is Radharani or Lord's internal potency. We have 10 incarnations of the Lord listed and in that list we don't have Nityananda Prabhu or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu mentioned. sri-jayedeva-kaver idam uditam udaram srinu sukha-dam subha-dam bhava-saram kesava dhrita-dasa-vidha-rupa jaya jagadisa hare (Sri Dasavatara-stotra 11) Translation: O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed these ten different forms of incarnation! All glories to You! O readers, please hear this hymn of the poet Jayadeva, which is most excellent, an awarder of happiness, a bestower of auspiciousness, and is the best thing in this dark world. kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati (Bg. 9.31) Translation: He quickly becomes righteous and attains lasting peace. O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes. paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge (BG 4.8) 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. kali-kālera dharma — kṛṣṇa-nāma-saṅkīrtana kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana (CC Antya 7.11) 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. In Kaliyuga the Lord has appeared in the form of his holy name. namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ (CC Madhya 19.53) Translation: O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You. But we see that in every millennium, every Yuga, the Lord appears. So in Kaliyuga to establish the Yuga Dharma Harinam Sankirtan, the Lord appeared as Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityanand prabhu. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna himself. Even in the Mahaprakash lila, he showed to all the followers that he is the Supreme Lord. He is full in all six opulences. aisvaryasya samagrasya viryasya yasasah sriyah jnana-vairagyayos caiva sannam bhaga itingana (Visnu Purana 6.5.47) Translation: Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is thus defined by Parasara Muni as one who is full in six opulences—who has full strength, fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty, and renunciation. Prior to this appearance itself, he let everyone chant his holyname. golokera prema-dhana, hari-nama-sankirtana, rati na janmilo kene tay samsara-bishanale, diba-nisi hiya jwale, juraite na koinu upay (Hari Hari Bifale 2) 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. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is rich, and he made us rich by distributing this wealth of Hare Krsna Mahamantra to all of us. kṛṣṇa yei bhajei sei hayata catur māyā jei bhaje sei hayata phatur (Krsna Yei Bhajei Sei Hayata Catur 1) Translation: Those who worship Krsna are indeed the wise. Those who worship māyā are indeed poverty-stricken. To Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya who was the renowned scholar, Brahaspati gave knowledge to him. He taught that Jagannath Puri's Mahaprabhu is non different from the Lord himself. He was very beautiful, he attracted everyone in Nabadwip Dham through his beauty. When we would go out chanting Hare Krsna Mahamantra, everybody would look at him and then begin to follow him attracted by his golden complexion. Thinking that in Kaliyuga everybody is running after Gold so let me appear with Golden complexion only. gaurangera duti pada, jar dhana sampada, se jane bhakati-rasa-sar gaurangera madhura-lila, jar karne pravesila, hridoya nirmala bhelo tar (Savarana-sri-gaura-mahima 1) Translation: Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya as their only asset knows the true essence of devotional service. If anyone gives submissive aural reception to the pleasing and sweet pastimes of Lord Caitanya, then immediately his heart becomes cleansed of all material contamination. suvarṇa-varṇo hemāṅgo varāṅgaś candanāṅgadī sannyāsa-kṛc chamaḥ śānto niṣṭhā-śānti-parāyaṇaḥ (CC Adi 3.49) 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. He was full in renunciation. He renounced his home at the young age of 24 when he had a young, beautiful wife at his home and an old mother. In this way he was full in all six opulences. Sometimes when people question Srila Prabhupada, who is Bhagavan?Srila Prabhupada would reply, They should be mentioned in the scriptures, full in these 6 opulence's and he should be accepted as God by thebonafiderepresentatives. Once all the associates were performing congregational chanting of the holyname. Then he expressed a desire to eat mango and asked Srivas Acharya for a mango. It was not the season of mango, everybody got disturbed how can we bring mango in this off season. But Then the Lord himself, saw a mango seed and in no time a tree grew out of it. And very soon there were seedless mangoes on it and everybody honored them, the most delicious mangoes that did not have skin or seed but only pulp. It's very difficult to understand Krsna. There are many questions being asked about his pastimes. Basically Krsna is the source of everything and then he manifests himself in Radha and Krsna. ete cāṁśa-kalāḥ puṁsaḥ kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam indrāri-vyākulaṁ lokaṁ (ŚB 1.3.28) Translation: All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists. śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya, rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya: “Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is a combination of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.” And then once again he combines himself as Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in order to explain his Pastimes. If you want to attain Radha Krsna then you need to go through Nitai Gauranga. Nityananda Prabhu and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu went door to door to give the donation of this holyname though they were completely unqualified. āpani ācari prabhu jīvere śikhāya āpna vañcaka yei sei jirjane bhajāya (Apani Acari Prabhu Jivere Sikhay 1) Translation: The Lord sets example Himself to teach the spirit souls. The one who performs nirjana bhajana simply cheats himself. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would always appear at these four places - Sachi Mata's house, Srivas Angan, Nityananda Prabhu's Kirtan and Raghav Pandita's house. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taught how to worship Radha Krsna. We have heard the reasons of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance from different Acharya's - He wanted to witness the mood of Srimati Radharani, He wanted to taste the sweetness of the Love of Godhead and He wanted to prove the greatness of Krsna consciousness. nava gaura-varaḿ nava-puṣpa-śaraḿ nava-bhāva-dharaḿ nava-lāsya-param nava-hāsya-karaḿ nava-hema-varaḿ praṇamāmi śacī-suta-gaura-varam (Sacisutastakam 1) Translation: His complexion is the hue of fresh cream tinged with kunkum. He is the ever-fresh Cupid who shoots arrows of newly blossoming flowers. He bears newer and newer moods of emotional ecstasies. He is fond of performing novel dances. He makes ever-new jokes that cause much laughter. His brilliant luster is like freshly cast gold. I bow down to Gaura, the beautiful son of Mother Saci. He appeared to taste and let others taste the nectar of Krsna consciousness. Only an intelligent person can chant Hare Krsna Mahamantra, but the fools can't. Krsna himself has appeared but he has appeared in Golden complexion and he will preach the glories of Krsna to the people of Kaliyuga. He is not mentioned in the list of ten main incarnations of the Lord because he has appeared in the hidden form. He is known as Channa Avatar. Srimad Bhagavatam mentions, kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ (ŚB 11.5.32) 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. But in many different scriptures we can read about him and his characteristics. kalina dahyamanam uddhararaya tanu-bhrtam janma prathama sandhyayam bhavisyati dvijalaye (Kurma puran) Translation: The Supreme Person will appear in the first part of the age of Kali [janma prathama sandhyayam]. He will appear in the home of a Brahmana [bhavisyati dvijalaye], to save the embodied conditioned souls [uddharaya tanu-bhrtam] burning in the troubles of Kali-Yuga. In Garuda Purana we can read, kalina dakyamananam paritranaya tanu-bhrtam janma prathama sandhyayam karisyami dvijatisu (Garud Puran) Translation: In the first part [prathama sandhya] of the age of Kali, I will come among the brahmanas [karisyami dvijatisu] to save the fallen souls, [paritranaya tanu-bhrtam] who are being burned by the troubles of the age of Kali [kalina dahyamananam]. In order to reclaim the fallen souls of Kaliyuga, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has appeared as the son of Jaganath Misra and Mother Sachi. There is a pastime, when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu threw his food on the ground.Mother Sachi said, he should not do this, but then Nimai replied, Everything ultimately is made of dust then what is the difference between this food and the dust. In this way Krsna or Nimai would teach different lessons to his parents. Why do we chant every morning because this is what Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had instructed us. In Markandeya Purana we can read, golokam ca parityajya lokanam trana-karanat kalau gauranga-rupena lila-lavanya-vigrahah (Markandeya-Purana) Translation: In the Kali-Yuga, I will leave Goloka and, to save the people of the world, I will become the handsome and playful Lord Gauranga. The Lord Left his abode to shower his mercy on us. The Padma Purana says that, in the first phase of Kali the Lord appeared in a Fair complexion to mother Sachi devi on the banks of Ganges river. kaleh prathama-sandhyayam gaurangotham mahi-tale bhagirathi-tate ramye bhavisyami sachi-sutah (Padma Puran) Translation: I shall appear on this earth [mahi-tale] in the first part of Kali-Yuga [kaleh prathama sandhyayam] in a beautiful place on the bank of the Bhagirathi [bhagirathi-tate ramye]. I shall have a golden form [gaurangah], and I shall take birth as the son of Sachi [bhavisyami sachi-sutah]. To shower his mercy upon all of us. There are 700 verses spoken by Krsna to explain everything. But that is very difficult for the people of Kaliyuga to understand. Thus Chaitanya Mahaprabhu summarised everything for us in just 8 verses in Shikshastakam. Once in Jagannath Puri, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu dived into the ocean. A fisherman caught him thinking him to be a huge Golden Fish. vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nityānandau sahoditau gauḍodaye puṣpavantau citrau śan-dau tamo-nudau (CC Ādi 1.2) Translation: I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all. Later on he got to know that it was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and he made that fishermen and his familyto chant his holyname. When Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appears, he comes with an entire team not alone. pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam (CC Ādi 1.14) Translation: I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, who is nondifferent from His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation, pure devotee and devotional energy. In Kaliyuga association has potency, it's not possible to chant alone. As a child I used to think , Lord Vitthal is the Lord of old people or villagers. But after coming to Iskcon, Guru Maharaj revealed that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna and that Lord is also Jagannath. vāsudeva ghoṣa bole kori joḍa hāt jei gaura sei kṛṣṇa sei jagannāth (Jaya Jaya Jagannatha Sacira 5) Translation: Vasudeva Ghosa says with folded hands, “He who is Gaura is He who is Krishna is He who is Jagannatha. It's not that we can accept anyone as God. There are 32 symptoms which should be present, only then we can understand that person to be the Lord. ajanu-lambita-bhujau kanakavadhatau sankirtanaika-pitarau kamalayataksau visvambharau dvija-varau yuga-dharma palau vande jagat-priyakaro karunavatarau(CB 1.1.1) I offer my respects unto Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu, whose arms extend down to Their knees, who have golden yellow complexions, and who inaugurated the congregational chanting of the Holy Names. Their eyes resemble the petals of a lotus; They are the maintainers of all living entities; They are the best of brahmanas, the protectors of religious principles for this age, the benefactors of the universe, and the most merciful of all incarnations. We can achieve perfection only when we could attend this zoom conference everyday and read Bhagavad Gita everyday. Hare Krsna.

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