Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

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On a certain day the boy began to eat clay instead of sweets. His mother snatched the clay away. Then the boy said to her, "Mother, why do you take away the clay from My hand? Are the so called sweets not the transformation of this clay? Once a Brahmin pilgrim arrived at the house of <strong>Sri</strong> Misra, and accepted his hospitality. After meditation when the Brahmin was pronouncing the hymns of offering to BalGopala, Nimai came there, took a morsel of food and ran away. The Brahmin was disappointed and felt it to be an offence done to God. Jagannath Misra requested him to be kind enough to commence his Archana again. He also assured him that he would keep Nimai under strict vigilance. Having satisfied with it, he again prayed to God and pronounced the hymns of offering when Nimai, under vigilance, stood before him and touched the food, the Brahmin was greatly perplexed. This time, Nimai's elder brother, Viswaroopa, prevailed upon the Brahmin to do his archana again. This time, Nimai was kept in a neighbour's room under lock and key. It became very late in the night by the time the Brahmin got ready to offer the food to Lord Gopala. With patience he uttered the Gopala Mantra. Lo, again the Boy stood before him. The Brahmin was very much bewildered to see the Boy. Then He smilingly said. "O, Brahmin! Why do you utter the Gopala Mantra and call Me if you do not like My partaking of this food?" Saying these words, the Boy showed to him His Bala Gopala Swarup (Form) with His eight arms. He also warned him not to reveal. this to any one. Hence forward the Brahmin stayed there only as Navadweepa Dham regularly visiting Nimai in Misra's house. Once on an Ekadasi Day two devotees, Hiranya and Jagadeesh were making their offerings to Lord Vishnu, in a far off place. Then this Boy began to cry vehemently for those offerings and He did not stop crying till they were brought to Him. It was a mystery how the baby could know about the offerings. The Pandits of that place constantly complained to Jagannath Misra against his son who was polluting them by sprinting water over them after their bath. So one day the father went to the ghat to find Him doing the mischief and to punish him. The Boy was not there. He found Him returning home from school with ink dots on His dress! Sachi Devi also got many complaints against Nimai from the girls that used to go to the ghat with Pooja Dravyams (articles for worshipping God.) They complained to her that her son was hindering them from praying to God by snatching away their Pooja articles. Sachi Devi was able to soften them with enduring words. As the girls too had a liking and affection for the Boy they got softened. Once while Nimai was playing, His hand struck Sachi Devi. She immediately fell into a swoon and Nimai began to weep. The ladies nearby asked Him to give her some cocoanut water. Nimai had many cocoanuts ready there in a wink of an eye, to the utter amazement of all. Such deeds 6
of His made Sachi Devi, Jagannath and their friends believe that He was no other than Bala Gopala. One day, Gauranga met His eternal consort, Lakshmi Priya, on the bank of the Ganga. At the first sight; she recognised Him to be the Lord of her heart and garlanded Him and offering the sweets worshipped His Lotus Feet with flowers brought for Vishnu Pooja. There, He with great pleasure granted her, desired boon. One night Misra in his dream saw a super human being who made it clear to him not to consider Nimai to be an ordinary boy not to chastise Him for His naughtiness. Then Misra replied to him, "Let him be a Sidha Purusha or the Supreme God Himself. As a father it is my duty to put Him in the right path, somehow or other." The Super Human being too was very much affected with his words. Moreover, he was pleased with him for his parental affection. Nimai wilfully gave no heed to His mother's repeated cojolings about His behaviour. He feared none but His elder brother Viswaroopa who spent all his time with devotees to hear the religious discourses at Advaita Acharya's Sanskrit School. The result was that he renounced the world on the very eve of his marriage contemplated by his parents and became a yati under the name of Sankararanya for which the hearts of Sachi Devi and Jagannath Misra were filled with sorrow. Since Viswaroopa's renouncement, Nimai kept Himself with His grieved parents and cheered them up with His sweet soothing books. He concentrated His attention on sacred books and thoroughly mastered them in a very short period. This gladdened the hearts of Sachi and others except Misra, who apprehending the danger of Nimai following suit of His elder brother, Viswaroopa, ordered Him to stop His studies. This made the child more obstinate and turbulent. He was sad at heart too. One day He was seen seated upon a pile of earthen pots thrown away after cooking. Sachi Devi implored Him to come down from that refuse But Nimai did not get up from His seat. He said, "Mother. How are these pots used for cooking Vishnu Naivedyam unholy? If you feel them to be unholy, with my touch, they have become holy. Idea of holiness or unholiness is a delusion of the mind but not of the pure soul "Sachi Devi was surprised at these words. One day Nimai was much delighted to hear a beggar singing the glories of His Lord Siva in his yard when He manifested Himself as Siva and mounted on the beggar’s shoulders. The beggar danced with great joy. Jagannath Misra, as duty bound performed the sacred Thread Ceremony of his son and got Him admitted in Gangadas Pandits's School. In a short time, He mastered all the intricacies of Grammar, Nyaya, Philosophy, Rhetoric etc. His wonderful acumen and clear understanding won for Him the highest academic distinction. 7
Page 1 and 2: All Glory to Sri Guru & Gauranga SR
Page 3 and 4: PREFACE To show the efficacy and su
Page 5: SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU Sri Krishn
Page 9 and 10: Once pandit Srivas, a great devotee
Page 11 and 12: Gauranga went to East Bengal as pro
Page 13 and 14: day. So the Nimai Pandit with His f
Page 15 and 16: own life. Thus the Lord played the
Page 17 and 18: The Lord then irksomely pointed out
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Page 21 and 22: people of the world that He prefers
Page 23 and 24: These, O Lord of unbounded ocean of
Page 25 and 26: One night an old ascetic, living en
Page 27 and 28: Sri Gauranga named Murari Gupta, a
Page 29 and 30: Nama Sankirtan in which almost all
Page 31 and 32: Gauranga, finding that the object o
Page 33 and 34: Sri Chaitanya arrived at Cuttack vi
Page 35 and 36: Him as formless and power less. The
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Page 41 and 42: Sri Chaitanya here teaches us that,
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in his own faith,, 15. Conqueror of
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attachment for Sri Krishna arises n
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Svarupa warned Bhagavan to give up
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scented oil. So it may be offered t
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Once due to heavy rush of pilgrims
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One midnight Sri Damodar laid Sri C
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