| All glories! All glories to the Supreme Lord Chaitanya, the maintainer of
all. You have appeared to
inaugurate the congregational chanting of the holy name.
All glories! All glories to Lord Chaitanya, the protector of Vedic
religion, saintly devotees and pious
brahmanas; You are the destroyer of non-devotees and death personified for
the atheists.
All glories! All glories to Lord Chaitanya. Your transcendental form is
absolute, eternal and full of
bliss; You are the Supreme Lord of lords whose desires cannot be
obstructed.
You are unmanifest in millions and millions of universes, Yet you manifest
Yourself in the womb of
Srimati Sacidevi.
Who can understand the activities of Your sweet will? Creation,
maintenance and annihilation of the
universes are just aspects of Your wonderful pastimes.
Your might - ignited only by Your desire - can destroy the entire cosmic
manifestation. Is it not
possible then for You to kill demons like Ravana and Kamsa with mere
words?
In spite of Your ability You appeared the in houses of King Dasaratha and
Sri Vasudeva to kill these
demons.
Who can unravel the mystery behind Your activities? Only you know Your own
sweet will.
Simply by Your desire any one of Your servitors can liberate all the
innumerable universes.
In spite of it, You descend Yourself to teach religious principles to the
people of the world and thus
benedict them.
In Satya Yuga You appeared with a whitish complexion to teach the path of
austerity and meditation by performing austerity Yourself. To establish
religious principles You took the role of a celibate brahmin with matted
hair, carrying an antelope skin, mendicants staff and water pot.
In Treta Yuga You appeared in a beautiful reddish complexion as the Lord
of Sacrifices to teach the
religious practice of sacrifice. With sruk and sruva in hand, You Yourself
conducted the sacrificial rituals.
In Dvapara Yuga You came with the transcendentally beautiful dark complexion of a monsoon cloud and established deity worship in every
house. Wearing a yellow cloth and decorated with the Srivatsa sign which
is exclusively Yours, You performed opulent deity-worship.
In Kali Yuga You appeared as a learned brahman with a golden Yellow
complexion to disseminate the most confidential religious practice of
congregational chanting of the Lord's holy name.
You accept unlimited incarnations. Who has the power to count them? In
Your incarnation as the transcendental fish, Matsya, You came with the
waters of annihilation; and as Kurma the tortoise You were the support of
all living beings (holding the Mandara mountain).
As Hayagriva You preserved the Vedas and killed the two demons Madhu and
Kaitatha.
As Varaha, the boar incarnation, You rescued the earth; and as Lord
Nrsimhadeva You pierced and
killed the demon Hiranyakasipu. As the dwarf incarnation Lord Varaha You
outwitted the demon King Bali; as Parasurama you rid the world of
ksatriyas - the fighting class. As Lord Rama Chandra You destroyed the
demon Ravana; and as Lord Balarama, who holds the plough, you expanded
unlimitedly. As Lord Buddha you preached the religion of compassion and
non- violence; and as Lord Kalki You destroyed the degraded mlecchas
(those who do not follow the Vedic injunctions).
As Lord Dhanvantari You distributed the nectar of immortality, Amrta; and
as Lord Hamsa, the swan incarnation, You spoke the knowledge of the
Absolute to Lord Brahma and others.
As Narada Muni You held the vina and sang sweetly; and as Srila Vyasadeva
You explained the Truth about Yourself.
Lord Krishna is above all the incarnations and their beautiful eternal
pastimes; He eternally resides in Gokula with many variegated
pleasure-pastimes. In this present incarnation you appeared as a pure
unalloyed devotee; You disseminated the knowledge of devotional service
and chanted the Holy Name.
The nectar of congregational chanting of the Holy Name drowned the entire
universe in waves of bliss and every house knew the process of love of
Godhead. How can we describe the universal ecstasy aroused when you danced
with all your devotees and servitors. Just by constant remembrance of Your
lotus feet Your pure devotees freed this world of all ills and
inauspiciousness.
The touch of their feet dispelled the dark omens of the world, and a mere
glance from them purified all directions.
O Lord Chaitanya, so glorious are Your servitors that when they dance
wonderfully with their arms
raised they remove all disturbances in the heavenly planets.
O King, when Lord Krishna's devotees dance (accompanying the chanting of
the Lord's name) the touch of their feet on the earth purifies the whole
world, their glance purifies all directions and their upraised arms purify
the higher planetary systems.
O Lord Chaitanya, You are that self same Supreme Personality, incarnated
in person to perform
congregational chanting and distribute love of Godhead with Your devotees.
O Lord, who possesses the words to describe your wonderful potency to
freely bestow the most
confidential and hidden knowledge of the Vedas?
O Lord, we ardently desire and pray for that sublime love of Godhead which
you keep as a great
mystery, offering liberation instead to spiritual aspirants. You are the
spiritual master of the entire creation and You distribute priceless
wealth because of Your magnanimity. The chanting of your holy name is the
fulfillment of all religious rituals and sacrifices, yet You have
personally appeared in Nabadwip.
O Lord, be kind upon us, so that we may be fortunate enough to see your
wonderful activities in
Nabadwip.
O Lord, You have fulfilled the innermost desire of Ganga devi by sporting
in her waters.
Your exquisite transcendental form, which mystics and yogis envision in
their meditations, has become manifest in Nabadwip.
I offer obeisances to the holy Nabadwip Dham and the house of Sri Jagannatha Misra and Srimati
Sacidevi where You made Your divine appearance. |