Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 255 – July 18, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 255


prabhu bale &emdash;āmi ye achiye pṛthivīte
jāniha kevala purī gosāñira prīte

 
TRANSLATION
The Lord said, “Know for certain that I live in this world simply because of Purī Gosvāmī’s affection.”

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 221 – July 14, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 221


eteke ye śrī-caitanya prabhura upamā
tāṅhā’-bai āra dite nāhi kabhu sīmā

 
TRANSLATION
Therefore one can never compare Lord Caitanya with anyone other than the Lord Himself.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 212 – July 11, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 212


tāṇḍava-paṇḍita prabhu nija-prema-rase
karena taṇḍava bhakta-gaṇa sukhe bhāse

 
TRANSLATION
The Lord, who was expert in dancing wildly, danced wildly in the mellows of His own ecstatic love, and the devotees floated in an ocean of happiness.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 198 – July 7, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 198


ei avadhūtera manuṣya-śakti nahe
balarāma-sparśe ki anyera deha rahed

 
TRANSLATION
“This avadhūta’s strength is not that of a human being, for how else could one survive after touching great personality Balarāma.”

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 6 Text 186 – July 4, 2021

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā
Chapter 6 Text 186


bhakṣaṇa apekṣā nāhi, samasta divasa gamana
kṣudhā nāhi bādhe, caitanya-caraṇa-prāptye mana

 

TRANSLATION
Not caring about eating, he traveled all day. Hunger was not an impediment, for his mind was concentrated upon obtaining shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Dhanurdhara Maharaja also reads an excerpt from Giriraj Swami’s latest book, I’ll Build You a Temple: The Juhu Story.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 188 – July 4, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 188


bhagavān ācārya āilā mahāśaya
śravaṇe o yāre nāhi paraśe viṣaya

 
TRANSLATION
The great personality Bhagavān Ācārya, who would never hear of material enjoyment, also came there.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 180 – June 30, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 180


dāmodara-svarūpa saṅgīta-rasa-maya
yāra dhvani śunile prabhura nṛtya haya

 
TRANSLATION
Svarūpa Dāmodara was expert in the art of music. On hearing his voice, the Lord would begin dancing.

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā Chapter 6 Text 161 – June 27, 2021

Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya-līlā
Chapter 6 Text 161


vāsudeva-dattera teṅha haya ‘anugṛhīta’
raghunāthera ‘guru’ teṅho haya ‘purohita’

 

TRANSLATION
Yadunandana Ācārya was the priest and spiritual master of Raghunātha dāsa. Although born in a brāhmaṇa family, he had accepted the mercy of Vāsudeva Datta.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 166 – June 27, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 166


pathe caliteo īśvarera bāhya nāi
bhakti-rase viharena caitanya-gosāñi

 
TRANSLATION
Lord Caitanya had no external consciousness even when He was walking on the road, because He merged in the mellows of devotional service.

Caitanya-bhāgavata Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 154 – June 23, 2021

Caitanya-bhāgavata
Antya-khaṇḍa Chapter 3 Text 154


ye śunaye e saba caitanya-guṇa-grāma
se yāya saṁsāra tari’ śrī-caitanya-dhāma

 
TRANSLATION
One who hears these characteristics of Lord Caitanya will cross the ocean of material existence and attain Lord Caitanya’s abode.