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Chaitanya Bhagavata Madhya-khanda – Ch 16<\/p>\nChaitanya Bhagavata Madhya-khanda – Ch 16<\/p>\n
Chapter Sixteen – Suklambara-tandula-bhojana<\/p>\n
Text 24
\nAnother day Lord Chaitanya danced and danced, but did not feel ecstasy. He looked in the four directions.<\/p>\n
Text 25
\nLord Chaitanya said, “Why am I not happy today? Did I commit an offense? To whom?”<\/p>\n
Text 26
\nAdvaita Acarya was naturally devoted to Lord Chaitanya. He thought Himself a servant of Lord Chaitanya. He never thought Himself anything else.<\/p>\n
Text 27
\nWhen Lord Chaitanya sat on the Deity-throne, Advaita placed the Lord’s feet on His head.<\/p>\n
Text 28
\nWhen Lord Chaitanya displayed His divine powers and opulence, Advaita floated in an ocean of bliss.<\/p>\n
Text 29
\nThen Lord Chaitanya would declare, “Nara, You are My servant. At those times Advaita felt limitless joy.<\/p>\n
Text 30
\nNo one has the power to understand the inconceivable nature of Lord Chaitanya. One moment He grasps the Vaishnavas’ feet.<\/p>\n
Text 31
\nThen He places a blade of grass between His teeth. Then He weeps. Then He calls out, “O father Krishna! You are My very life!”<\/p>\n
Text 32
\nWhen He wept, even the stones broke into pieces. Always thinking Himself a servant of Lord Krishna, Lord Chaitanya enjoyed pastimes.<\/p>\n
Text 33
\nBefore everyone, Lord Chaitanya would break apart the idea that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As if He did not already know everything, He asked,<\/p>\n
Text 34
\n“I must have acted badly. Tell me what I did. If I acted badly, I will die in a moment.<\/p>\n
Text 35
\n“Krishna is My life and My treasure. He is My duty. O My brothers, You are My friends birth after birth.<\/p>\n
Text 36
\n“My goal is to serve Lord Krishna. I have no other goal. All of you please teach Me how to serve Him. If you don’t, then My heart will go astray.”<\/p>\n
Text 37
\nFrightened, the devotees drew back. No one breathed. No one spoke.<\/p>\n
Text 38
\nAt other times, the Lord would give orders to the devotees. At those times the devotees were able to touch the Lord’s feet.<\/p>\n
Text 39
\nSeeing the Vaishnavas, Lord Chaitanya would think Himself their servant. Standing up, He would respectfully touch the dust of their feet.<\/p>\n
Text 40
\nAt this the Vaishnava would feel unhappy at heart. That is why the Lord would then embrace them.<\/p>\n
Text 41
\nLord Chaitanya always thought Advaita Acarya His spiritual master. At this Advaita would feel very unhappy.<\/p>\n
Text 42
\nAdvaita was not able to serve Lord Chaitanya directly. While Lord Chaitanya slept, Advaita would grasp the Lord’s feet.<\/p>\n
Text 43
\nIn His heart He meditated on Lord Chaitanya’s feet. Advaita always desired to serve Lord Chaitanya directly. That was His constant desire.<\/p>\n
Text 44
\nAlthough He did not have the power to serve Him directly, Advaita yearned to serve Lord Chaitanya. Therefore Advaita resorted to stealing the dust from Lord Chaitanya’s feet.<\/p>\n
Text 45
\nWhen Lord Chaitanya fainted in ecstatic love, Advaita approached the Lord’s feet.<\/p>\n
Text 46
\nOffering dandavat obeisances, Advaita fell before the soles of the Lord’s feet. With the tears from His eyes, Advaita washed Lord Chaitanya’s feet.<\/p>\n
Text 47
\nWhen Lord Chaitanya fainted in ecstasy, on His own head Advaita wiped the Lord’s feet. Offering dandavat obeisances, He worshiped the Lord.<\/p>\n
Text 48
\nOnly because he had attained Lord Chaitanya’s great, great mercy could Advaita act in these ways.<\/p>\n
Text 49
\nTherefore Advaita was the first of the Vaishnavas. All the Vaishnavas affirmed, “Advaita is very fortunate.”<\/p>\n
Text 50
\nWicked persons do not understand the secret of Lord Advaita’s transcendental glories.<\/p>\n
Text 51
\nOne day Lord Chaitanya danced, and Advaita happily followed Him.<\/p>\n
Text 52
\nThen Lord Chaitanya fell unconscious. Seeing this, Advaita anointed His limbs with the dust of the Lord’s feet. Then He hid.<\/p>\n
Text 53
\nLord Chaitanya was perfectly aware of all these wonderful activities. Then Lord Chaitanya began dancing again. Dancing and dancing, He did not feel happy.<\/p>\n
Text 54
\nLord Chaitanya said, “Why is it not revealed to My heart? Whom have I offended, that now I do not feel joyful?<\/p>\n
Text 55
\n“What was stolen from Me. Who stole it? Because of this offense, I have no power to dance in ecstasy.<\/p>\n
Text 56
\n“Did someone touch the dust of My feet? Tell the truth. Don’t worry. This I tell to you.”<\/p>\n
Text 57
\nHearing the words of He who is the Supersoul present in everyone’s heart, the devotees became afraid. Silent, no one spoke.<\/p>\n
Text 58
\nIf they spoke, they were afraid of Advaita’s response. If they did not speak they would die. Understanding their dilemma, Advaita folded His hands and said,<\/p>\n
Text 59
\n“If a thief cannot take directly, he will take when no one is looking.<\/p>\n
Text 60
\n“I am the thief. Please forgive My transgression. If it displeases You, I will not do it.”<\/p>\n
Text 61
\nAdvaita’s words made Lord Chaitanya angry. On the pretext of angry words Lord Chaitanya described the glories of Advaita.<\/p>\n
Text 62
\nHe said, “You destroy everything, and even then You feel no remorse in Your heart.<\/p>\n
Text 63
\n“Then, when everything is destroyed, You won’t be happy unless You destroy Me also.<\/p>\n
Text 64
\n“You kill the ascetics, sannyasis, yogis, and philosophers. Whom do You not kill with Your trident?<\/p>\n
Text 65
\n“When people grasp Your feet to attain the goal of life, You respond by killing them.<\/p>\n
Text 66
\n“A certain sincere Vaishnava who lives in Mathura has come to see the glory of Your feet.<\/p>\n
Text 67
\n“After seeing You, how can anyone attain devotion to Lord Vishnu? Whatever devotion he attains, Your eternal potency will take away.<\/p>\n
Text 68
\n“When You touch the dust of a person’s feet, You destroy him. Without mercy You destroy him.<\/p>\n
Text 69
\n“Lord Krishna has given to You all the devotion that exists in the countless universes.<\/p>\n
Text 70
\n“Still You rob from a small person who has little. There is no mercy in Your heart. You rob from the poor.<\/p>\n
Text 71
\n“You are a hoodlum. You are the greatest of robbers. You have robbed My happiness of love for Lord Krishna.”<\/p>\n
Text 72
\nIn this way, on the pretext of criticizing Him, Lord Chaitanya praised Advaita Acarya. Hearing the Lord’s words, all the devotees floated in bliss.<\/p>\n
Text 73
\nThen Lord Chaitanya said, “You have robbed Me. Can I not rob You? Look! Look! I will rob from the robber.”<\/p>\n
Text 74
\nAfter speaking these words, Lord Chaitanya grasped Advaita’s feet and, laughing and laughing, took the dust that was there.<\/p>\n
Text 75
\nAdvaita had no power to defeat the fair lion of Lord Chaitanya. On His own head Lord Chaitanya rubbed Advaita’s feet.<\/p>\n
Text 76
\nHolding to His own chest Advaita’s feet, Lord Chaitanya said, “Look! Look! I have tied up the thief. I have imprisoned Him in My heart.<\/p>\n
Text 77
\n“A hundred times You robbed Me. I am the master of the house. Now, in one time, I reclaim all that was robbed from My house.”<\/p>\n
Text 78
\nThen Advaita said, “What You say is true. You are the master of the house. I did not understand anything.<\/p>\n
Text 79
\n“My life, intelligence, mind, and body are all Your property. Lord, if You kill someone, who can protect him?<\/p>\n
Text 80
\n“You give happiness, and You also give suffering. If You punish someone, who can protect him?<\/p>\n
Text 81
\n“Narada and the sages went to Dvaraka City to see the life’s treasure that is Your feet.<\/p>\n
Text 82
\n“Then You would take the dust from their feet. What could they do then? That I ask You.<\/p>\n
Text 83
\n“When You take the dust of his feet, what can Your servant do?<\/p>\n
Text 84
\n“How can Your servant give the dust of his feet to You? Who can disobey Your command?<\/p>\n
Text 85
\n“It is not right for the Supreme Lord to act in this way. You will destroy me, and You think it is funny.<\/p>\n
Text 86
\n“You may either protect Me or destroy Me. Lord, You will do whatever You wish.”<\/p>\n
Text 87
\nThen Lord Chaitanya said, “You are the keeper of the storehouse of devotional service. That is why I serve Your feet.<\/p>\n
Text 88
\n“Anyone who anoints his body with the dust of Your feet will float in the nectar of pure love for Lord Krishna.<\/p>\n
Text 89
\n“If You do not give it, no one can attain devotional service. Please know perfectly well that, “I am Your property.”<\/p>\n
Text 90
\n“You can sell Me as You like. Lord, I tell You the truth.”<\/p>\n
Text 91
\nIn their hearts all the devotees meditated on Lord Chaitanya’s great mercy to Advaita.<\/p>\n
Text 92
\nThey said, “The Lord has truly served Him. Therefore, Advaita is a very exalted person. Ten million liberations are not equal to a small fragment of the mercy Advaita has attained.<\/p>\n
Text 93
\n“Even the demigod Siva never attained mercy like the mercy Advaita attained from Lord Chaitanya.”<\/p>\n
Text 94
\n“We are fortunate to associate with such an exalted devotee. The dust of this devotee’s feet we place on all our limbs.”<\/p>\n
Text 95
\nThe devotees were very happy to praise Advaita. Because of their past misdeeds, the sinners feel unhappy to hear Advaita’s glories.<\/p>\n
Text 96
\nEverything I have now said is true. They who have no faith in the Vaishnavas’ words will perish.<\/p>\n
Text 97
\nLord Chaitanya stood up and said, “Haribol!” Then the devotees around Him in the four directions began to sing.<\/p>\n
Text 98
\nOvercome with bliss, forgetting all else, and now become like a wild man, Advaita Acarya danced.<\/p>\n
Text 99
\nPlacing His hand on His beard and knitting His eyebrows, Advaita Acarya, the master of Santipura, loudly roared. Then He began to dance.<\/p>\n
Text 100
\nDay and night everyone happily sang, “Jaya Krishna! Gopala! Govinda! Vanamali!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"