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CC Madhya 14 Summary

CC Madhya 14.1: Accompanied by His personal devotees, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the festival known as Lakshmi-vijayotsava. There He discussed the superexcellent love of the gopis. Just by hearing about them, He became very pleased and danced in great ecstatic love for the Lord.

CC Madhya 14.2: All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, known as Gauracandra! All glories to Lord Nityananda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Acarya, who is so exalted!

CC Madhya 14.3: All glories to all the devotees, headed by Srivasa Thakura! All glories to the readers who have taken Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as their life and soul!

CC Madhya 14.4: While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was resting in ecstatic love, Maharaja Prataparudra entered the garden.

CC Madhya 14.5: Following Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya's instructions, the King had given up his royal dress. He now entered the garden in the dress of a Vaishnava.

CC Madhya 14.6: Maharaja Prataparudra was so humble that with folded hands he first took permission from all the devotees. Then, with great courage, he fell down and touched the lotus feet of the Lord.

CC Madhya 14.7: As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu lay on the raised platform with His eyes closed in ecstatic love and emotion, the King very expertly began to massage His legs.

CC Madhya 14.8: The King began to recite verses about the rasa-lila from Srimad-Bhagavatam. He recited the chapter beginning with the words "jayati te 'dhikam."

CC Madhya 14.9: When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard these verses, He was pleased beyond limits, and He said again and again, "Go on reciting, go on reciting."

CC Madhya 14.10: As soon as the King recited the verse beginning with the words "tava kathamritam," the Lord arose in ecstatic love and embraced him.

CC Madhya 14.11: Upon hearing the verse recited by the King, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "You have given Me invaluable gems, but I have nothing to give you in return. Therefore I am simply embracing you."

CC Madhya 14.12: After saying this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to recite the same verse again and again. Both the King and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were trembling, and tears were flowing from their eyes.

CC Madhya 14.13: "'My Lord, the nectar of Your words and the descriptions of Your activities are the life and soul of those who are always aggrieved in this material world. These narrations are transmitted by exalted personalities, and they eradicate all sinful reactions. Whoever hears these narrations attains all good fortune. These narrations are broadcast all over the world and are filled with spiritual power. Those who spread the message of Godhead are certainly the most munificent welfare workers.'"

CC Madhya 14.14: After reciting this verse, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu immediately embraced the King and cried, "You are the most munificent! You are the most munificent!" At this point Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not know who the King was.

CC Madhya 14.15: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy was aroused because of the King's previous service. Therefore, without even asking who he was, the Lord immediately bestowed His mercy upon him.

CC Madhya 14.16: How powerful is the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! Without even inquiring about the King, the Lord made everything successful.

CC Madhya 14.17: Finally Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Who are you? You have done so much for Me. All of a sudden you have come here and made Me drink the nectar of the pastimes of Lord Krishna."

CC Madhya 14.18: The King replied, "My Lord, I am the most obedient servant of Your servants. It is my ambition that You will accept me as the servant of Your servants."

CC Madhya 14.19: At that time, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu displayed some of His divine opulences to the King, and He forbade him to disclose this to anyone.

CC Madhya 14.20: Although within His heart Caitanya Mahaprabhu knew everything that was happening, externally He did not disclose it. Nor did He disclose that He knew He was talking with King Prataparudra.

CC Madhya 14.21: Seeing the Lord's special mercy upon King Prataparudra, the devotees praised the King's good fortune, and their minds became open and blissful.

CC Madhya 14.22: Submissively offering prayers to the devotees with folded hands and offering obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the King went outside.

CC Madhya 14.23: After this, Vaninatha Raya brought all kinds of prasadam, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted lunch with the devotees.

CC Madhya 14.24: The King also sent a large quantity of prasadam through Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Ramananda Raya and Vaninatha Raya.

CC Madhya 14.25: The prasadam sent by the King had been offered at the Balagandi festival and included uncooked milk products and fruits. It was all of the finest quality, and there was no end to the variety.

CC Madhya 14.26: There were curd, fruit juice, coconut, mango, dried coconut, jackfruit, various kinds of bananas and palm-fruit seeds.

CC Madhya 14.27: There were also oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, almonds, dried fruit, raisins and dates.

CC Madhya 14.28: There were hundreds of different types of sweetmeats like manohara-ladu, sweets like amrita-gutika and various types of condensed milk.

CC Madhya 14.29: There were also papayas and saravati, a type of orange, and also crushed squash. There were also regular cream, fried cream and a type of puri made with cream.

CC Madhya 14.30: There were also the sweets known as hari-vallabha and sweets made of senoti flowers, karpura flowers and malati flowers. There were pomegranates, sweets made with black pepper, sweets made with fused sugar, and amriti-jilipi.

CC Madhya 14.31: There were lotus-flower sugar, a kind of bread made from urad dhal, crispy sweetmeats, sugar candy, fried-rice sweets, sesame-seed sweets and cookies made from sesame seeds.

CC Madhya 14.32: There were sugar-candy sweetmeats formed into the shape of orange, lemon and mango trees and arranged with fruits, flowers and leaves.

CC Madhya 14.33: There were yogurt, milk, butter, buttermilk, fruit juice, a preparation made of fried yogurt and sugar candy, and salty mung-dhal sprouts with shredded ginger.

CC Madhya 14.34: There were also various types of pickles -- lemon pickle, berry pickle and so on. Indeed, I am not able to describe the variety of food offered to Lord Jagannatha.

CC Madhya 14.35: When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw half the garden filled with a variety of prasadam, He was very satisfied.

CC Madhya 14.36: Indeed, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was fully satisfied just to see how Lord Jagannatha accepted all the food.

CC Madhya 14.37: There then arrived five or seven loads of plates made of the leaves of the ketaki tree. Each man was supplied ten of these plates, and in this way the leaf dishes were distributed.

CC Madhya 14.38: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu understood the labor of all the kirtana chanters; therefore He was very eager to feed them sumptuously.

CC Madhya 14.39: All the devotees sat down in lines, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally began to distribute the prasadam.

CC Madhya 14.40: But the devotees would not accept the prasadam until Caitanya Mahaprabhu took it. Svarupa Gosvami informed the Lord of this.

CC Madhya 14.41: Svarupa Damodara said, "My Lord, please sit down. No one will eat until You do."

CC Madhya 14.42: At that time, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sat down with His personal associates and had every one of them fed very sumptuously until they were filled to the necks.

CC Madhya 14.43: After finishing, the Lord washed His mouth and sat down. There was so much extra prasadam that it was distributed to thousands.

CC Madhya 14.44: Following the orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Govinda, His personal servant, called for all the poor beggars, who were unhappy due to their poverty, and fed them sumptuously.

CC Madhya 14.45: Observing the beggars eating prasadam, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu chanted, "Haribol!" and instructed them to chant the holy name.

CC Madhya 14.46: As soon as the beggars chanted the holy name, "Haribol," they were immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead. In this way Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed wonderful pastimes.

CC Madhya 14.47: Outside the garden, when it was time to pull Jagannatha's car, all the workers called gaudas tried to pull it, but it would not move forward.

CC Madhya 14.48: When the gaudas saw that they could not budge the car, they abandoned the attempt. Then the King arrived in great anxiety, and he was accompanied by his officers and friends.

CC Madhya 14.49: The King then arranged for big wrestlers to try to pull the car, and even the King himself joined in, but the car could not be moved.

CC Madhya 14.50: Becoming even more anxious to move the car, the King had very strong elephants brought forth and harnessed to it.

CC Madhya 14.51: The strong elephants pulled with all their strength, but still the car remained at a standstill, not budging an inch.

CC Madhya 14.52: As soon as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard this news, He went there with all His personal associates. They then stood there and watched the elephants try to pull the car.

CC Madhya 14.53: The elephants, being beaten by the elephant-goad, were crying, but still the car would not move. The assembled people cried out, "Alas!"

CC Madhya 14.54: At that time, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu let all the elephants go free and placed the car's ropes in the hands of His own men.

CC Madhya 14.55: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went to the back of the car and began to push with His head. It was then that the car began to move and roll along, making a rattling sound.

CC Madhya 14.56: Indeed, the car began to move automatically, and the devotees simply carried the ropes in their hands. Since it was moving effortlessly, they did not need to pull it.

CC Madhya 14.57: When the car moved forward, everyone began to chant with great pleasure, "All glories! All glories!" and "All glories to Lord Jagannatha!" No one could hear anything else.

CC Madhya 14.58: In a moment the car reached the door of the Gundica temple. Upon seeing the uncommon strength of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all the people were struck with wonder.

CC Madhya 14.59: The crowd made a tumultuous vibration, chanting "Jaya Gauracandra! Jaya Sri Krishna Caitanya!" Then the people began to chant, "Wonderful! Wonderful!"

CC Madhya 14.60: Seeing the greatness of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Prataparudra Maharaja and his ministers and friends were so moved by ecstatic love that the hair on their bodies stood on end.

CC Madhya 14.61: All the servants of Lord Jagannatha then took Him down from the car, and the Lord went to sit on His throne.

CC Madhya 14.62: Subhadra and Balarama also sat on their respective thrones. There followed the bathing of Lord Jagannatha and finally the offering of food.

CC Madhya 14.63: While Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Subhadra sat on their respective thrones, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees began to perform sankirtana with great pleasure, chanting and dancing in the yard of the temple.

CC Madhya 14.64: While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was chanting and dancing, He was overwhelmed with ecstatic love, and all the people who saw Him were also flooded in the ocean of love of Godhead.

CC Madhya 14.65: In the evening, after finishing His dancing in the yard of the Gundica temple, the Lord observed the arati ceremony. Thereafter He went to a place called Aitota and took rest for the night.

CC Madhya 14.66: For nine days, nine chief devotees, headed by Advaita Acarya, got an opportunity to invite the Lord to their homes.

CC Madhya 14.67: During the four months of the rainy season, the remaining devotees extended invitations to the Lord for one day each. In this way they shared invitations.

CC Madhya 14.68: For the four-month period, all the daily invitations were shared among the important devotees. The rest of the devotees did not get an opportunity to extend an invitation to the Lord.

CC Madhya 14.69: Since they could not get one day each, two or three devotees combined to extend an invitation. These are the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's acceptance of invitations.

CC Madhya 14.70: After taking His bath early in the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would go see Lord Jagannatha in the temple. Then He would perform sankirtana with His devotees.

CC Madhya 14.71: By chanting and dancing, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu induced Advaita Acarya to dance. Sometimes He induced Nityananda Prabhu, Haridasa Thakura and Acyutananda to dance.

CC Madhya 14.72: Sometimes Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged Vakresvara and other devotees in chanting and dancing. Three times daily -- morning, noon and evening -- He would perform sankirtana in the yard of the Gundica temple.

CC Madhya 14.73: At this time Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt that Lord Krishna had returned to Vrindavana. Thinking this, His feelings of separation from Krishna subsided.

CC Madhya 14.74: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was always thinking of the pastimes of Radha and Krishna, and He remained personally merged in this consciousness.

CC Madhya 14.75: There were many gardens near the Gundica temple, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees used to perform the pastimes of Vrindavana in each of them. In the lake named Indradyumna, He sported in the water.

CC Madhya 14.76: The Lord personally splashed all the devotees with water, and the devotees, surrounding Him on all sides, also splashed the Lord.

CC Madhya 14.77: While in the water they sometimes formed one circle and sometimes many circles, and while in the water they used to play cymbals and imitate the croaking of frogs.

CC Madhya 14.78: Sometimes two would pair off to fight in the water. One would emerge victorious and the other defeated, and the Lord would watch all this fun.

CC Madhya 14.79: The first sporting took place between Advaita Acarya and Nityananda Prabhu, who threw water upon each other. Advaita Acarya was defeated, and He later began to rebuke Nityananda Prabhu, calling Him ill names.

CC Madhya 14.80: Svarupa Damodara and Vidyanidhi also threw water upon each other, and Murari Gupta and Vasudeva Datta also sported in that way.

CC Madhya 14.81: Another duel took place between Srivasa Thakura and Gadadhara Pandita, and yet another between Raghava Pandita and Vakresvara Pandita. Thus they all engaged in throwing water.

CC Madhya 14.82: Indeed, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya engaged in water sports with Sri Ramananda Raya, and they both lost their gravity and became like children.

CC Madhya 14.83: When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw the exuberance of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya and Ramananda Raya, He smiled and spoke to Gopinatha Acarya.

CC Madhya 14.84: "Tell the Bhattacarya and Ramananda Raya to stop their childish play because they are both learned scholars and very grave and great personalities."

CC Madhya 14.85: Gopinatha Acarya replied, "I believe that one drop of the ocean of Your great mercy has swelled up upon them.

CC Madhya 14.86: "A drop from the ocean of Your mercy can drown great mountains like Sumeru and Mandara. Since these two gentlemen are little hills by comparison, it is no wonder that they are being drowned in the ocean of Your mercy.

CC Madhya 14.87: "Logic is like a dry oil cake from which all the oil has been extracted. The Bhattacarya passed his life in eating such dry cakes, but now You have made him drink the nectar of transcendental pastimes. It is certainly Your great mercy upon him."

CC Madhya 14.88: After Gopinatha Acarya finished talking, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu smiled and, calling for Advaita Acarya, made Him act like the Sesha Naga bed.

CC Madhya 14.89: Lying down on Advaita Prabhu, who was floating on the water, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu demonstrated the pastime of Seshasayi Vishnu.

CC Madhya 14.90: Manifesting His personal potency, Advaita Acarya floated about on the water, carrying Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 14.91: After sporting in the water for some time, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His place at Aitota, accompanied by His devotees.

CC Madhya 14.92: Paramananda Puri, Brahmananda Bharati and all the other chief devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took lunch at the invitation of Advaita Acarya.

CC Madhya 14.93: Whatever extra prasadam was brought by Vaninatha Raya was taken by the other associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC Madhya 14.94: In the afternoon, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the Gundica temple to visit the Lord and dance. At night He went to the garden to take rest.

CC Madhya 14.95: The next day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also went to the temple of Gundica and saw the Lord. He then chanted and danced in the yard for some time.

CC Madhya 14.96: Accompanied by His devotees, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then went into the garden and enjoyed the pastimes of Vrindavana.

CC Madhya 14.97: There were multifarious trees and creepers in the garden, and they were all jubilant to see Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Indeed, the birds were chirping, the bees were buzzing, and a cool breeze was blowing.

CC Madhya 14.98: As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced beneath each and every tree, Vasudeva Datta sang alone.

CC Madhya 14.99: As Vasudeva Datta sang a different song beneath each and every tree, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu danced there alone in great ecstasy.

CC Madhya 14.100: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then ordered Vakresvara Pandita to dance, and as he began to dance, the Lord began to sing.

CC Madhya 14.101: Then devotees like Svarupa Damodara and other kirtana performers began to sing along with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Being inundated with ecstatic love, they lost all consideration of time and circumstance.

CC Madhya 14.102: After thus performing pastimes in the garden for some time, they all went to a lake called Narendra-sarovara and there enjoyed sporting in the water.

CC Madhya 14.103: After sporting in the water, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to the garden and accepted prasadam with the devotees.

CC Madhya 14.104: For nine continuous days His Lordship Sri Jagannatha-deva stayed at the Gundica temple. During this time Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also stayed there and performed the pastimes with His devotees that have already been described.

CC Madhya 14.105: The garden of His pastimes was very large and was named Jagannatha-vallabha. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His rest there for nine days.

CC Madhya 14.106: Knowing that the Hera-pancami festival was drawing near, King Prataparudra attentively talked with Kasi Misra.

CC Madhya 14.107: "Tomorrow will be the function of Hera-pancami or Lakshmi-vijaya. Hold this festival in a way that it has never been held before."

CC Madhya 14.108: King Prataparudra said, "Hold this festival in such a gorgeous way that upon seeing it Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be completely pleased and astonished.

CC Madhya 14.109: "Take as many printed cloths, small bells, umbrellas and camaras as there are in my storehouse and in the Deity's storehouse.

CC Madhya 14.110: "Collect all kinds of small and large flags and ringing bells. Then decorate the carrier and have various musical and dancing parties accompany it. In this way decorate the carrier attractively.

CC Madhya 14.111: "You should also double the quantity of prasadam. Make so much that it will even surpass the Ratha-yatra festival.

CC Madhya 14.112: "Arrange the festival in such a way that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu may freely go with His devotees to visit the Deity without difficulty."

CC Madhya 14.113: In the morning, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His personal associates with Him to see Lord Jagannatha at Sundaracala.

CC Madhya 14.114: Then Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His personal devotees returned to Nilacala with great eagerness to see the Hera-pancami festival.

CC Madhya 14.115: Kasi Misra received Caitanya Mahaprabhu with great respect, and taking the Lord and His associates to a very nice place, he had them seated.

CC Madhya 14.116: After taking His seat, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to hear about a particular mellow of devotional service; therefore, mildly smiling, He began to question Svarupa Damodara.

CC Madhya 14.118: "Although Lord Jagannatha enjoys His pastimes at Dvaraka-dhama and naturally manifests sublime liberality there, still, once a year He becomes unlimitedly eager to see Vrindavana."

CC Madhya 14.119: Pointing out the neighboring gardens, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "All these gardens exactly resemble Vrindavana; therefore Lord Jagannatha is very eager to see them again.

CC Madhya 14.120: "Externally He gives the excuse that He wants to participate in the Ratha-yatra festival, but actually He wants to leave Jagannatha Puri to go to Sundaracala, the Gundica temple, a replica of Vrindavana.

CC Madhya 14.121: "The Lord enjoys His pastimes day and night in various flower gardens there. But why does He not take Lakshmidevi, the goddess of fortune, with Him?"

CC Madhya 14.122: Svarupa Damodara replied, "My dear Lord, please hear the reason for this. Lakshmidevi, the goddess of fortune, cannot be admitted to the pastimes of Vrindavana.

CC Madhya 14.123: "In the pastimes of Vrindavana, the only assistants are the gopis. But for the gopis, no one can attract the mind of Krishna."

CC Madhya 14.124: The Lord said, "Using the car festival as an excuse, Krishna goes there with Subhadra and Baladeva.

CC Madhya 14.125: "All the pastimes with the gopis that take place in those gardens are very confidential ecstasies of Lord Krishna. No one knows them.

CC Madhya 14.126: "Since there is no fault at all in Krishna's pastimes, why does the goddess of fortune become angry?"

CC Madhya 14.127: Svarupa Damodara replied, "It is the nature of a girl afflicted by love to become immediately angry upon finding any neglect on the part of her lover."

CC Madhya 14.128: While Svarupa Damodara and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were talking, the procession of the goddess of fortune came by. She was riding upon a golden palanquin carried by four men and bedecked with a variety of jewels.

CC Madhya 14.129: The palanquin was also surrounded by people carrying umbrellas, camara whisks and flags, and it was preceded by musicians and dancing girls.

CC Madhya 14.130: The maidservants were carrying water pitchers, camara whisks and boxes for betel nuts. There were hundreds of maidservants, all attractively dressed and wearing valuable necklaces.

CC Madhya 14.131: In an angry mood, the goddess of fortune arrived at the main gate of the temple accompanied by many members of her family, all of whom exhibited uncommon opulence.

CC Madhya 14.132: When the procession arrived, the maidservants of the goddess of fortune began to arrest all the principal servants of Lord Jagannatha.

CC Madhya 14.133: The maidservants bound the servants of Jagannatha, handcuffed them and made them fall down at the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune. Indeed, they were arrested just like thieves who have all their riches taken away.

CC Madhya 14.134: When the servants fell down before the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune, they almost fell unconscious. They were chastised and made the butt of jokes and loose language.

CC Madhya 14.135: When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's associates saw such impudence exhibited by the maidservants of the goddess of fortune, they covered their faces with their hands and began to smile.

CC Madhya 14.136: Svarupa Damodara said, "There is no egoistic pride like this within the three worlds. At least I have never seen it or heard of it.

CC Madhya 14.137: "When a woman is neglected and disappointed, out of egoistic pride she gives up her ornaments and morosely sits down on the ground, marking lines on it with her nails.

CC Madhya 14.138: "I have heard of this kind of pride in Satyabhama, Krishna's proudest queen, and I have also heard of it in the gopis of Vrindavana, who are the reservoirs of all transcendental mellows.

CC Madhya 14.139: "But in the case of the goddess of fortune, I see a different kind of pride. She manifests her own opulences and even goes with her soldiers to attack her husband."

CC Madhya 14.140: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Please tell me of the varieties of egoistic pride manifested in Vrindavana."Svarupa Damodara replied, "The pride of the gopis is like a river flowing with hundreds of tributaries.

CC Madhya 14.141: "The characteristics and modes of love are different in different women. Their jealous anger also takes on different varieties and qualities.

CC Madhya 14.142: "It is not possible to give a complete statement about the different types of jealous anger manifest by the gopis, but a few principles may serve as an indication.

CC Madhya 14.143: "There are three types of women experiencing jealous anger: sober women, restless women and women both restless and sober.

CC Madhya 14.144: "When a sober heroine sees her hero approaching from a distance, she immediately stands up to receive him. When he comes near, she immediately offers him a place to sit.

CC Madhya 14.145: "The sober heroine conceals her anger within her heart and externally speaks sweet words. When her lover embraces her, she returns his embrace.

CC Madhya 14.146: "The sober heroine is very simple in her behavior. She keeps her jealous anger within her heart, but with mild words and smiles she rejects the advances of her lover.

CC Madhya 14.147: "The restless heroine, however, sometimes chastises her lover with cruel words, sometimes pulls his ear and sometimes binds him with a flower garland.

CC Madhya 14.148: "The heroine who is a combination of sobriety and restlessness always jokes with equivocal words. She sometimes praises her lover, sometimes blasphemes him and sometimes remains indifferent.

CC Madhya 14.149: "Heroines may also be classified as captivated, intermediate and impudent. The captivated heroine does not know very much about the cunning intricacies of jealous anger.

CC Madhya 14.150: "The captivated heroine simply covers her face and goes on crying. When she hears sweet words from her lover, she is very satisfied.

CC Madhya 14.151: "Both the intermediate and impudent heroines can be classified as sober, restless and both sober and restless. All their characteristics can be further classified in three divisions.

CC Madhya 14.152: "Some of these heroines are very talkative, some are mild, and some are equipoised. Each heroine, according to her own character, increases Sri Krishna's loving ecstasy.

CC Madhya 14.153: "Although some of the gopis are talkative, some mild and some equipoised, all of them are transcendental and faultless. They please Krishna by their unique characteristics."

CC Madhya 14.154: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu felt unlimited happiness upon hearing these descriptions, and He again and again requested Svarupa Damodara to continue speaking.

CC Madhya 14.155: Damodara Gosvami said, "Krishna is the master of all transcendental mellows and the taster of all transcendental mellows, and His body is composed of transcendental bliss.

CC Madhya 14.156: "Krishna is full of ecstatic love and always subordinate to the love of His devotees. The gopis are very much experienced in pure love and in the dealings of transcendental mellows.

CC Madhya 14.157: "There is no flaw or adulteration in the love of the gopis; therefore they give Krishna the highest pleasure.

CC Madhya 14.158: "'Lord Sri Krishna, who is the Absolute Truth, enjoyed His rasa dance every night during the autumn season. He performed this dance in the moonlight and with full transcendental mellows. He used poetic words and surrounded Himself with women who were very much attracted to Him.'

CC Madhya 14.159: "The gopis can be divided into a left wing and a right wing. Both wings induce Krishna to taste transcendental mellows by various manifestations of ecstatic love.

CC Madhya 14.160: "Of all the gopis, Srimati Radharani is the chief. She is a jewel mine of ecstatic love and the source of all purified transcendental conjugal mellows.

CC Madhya 14.161: "Radharani is grown up, and Her character is equipoised. She is always deeply absorbed in ecstatic love and always feeling in the mood of a left-wing gopi.

CC Madhya 14.162: "Because She is a left-wing gopi, Her womanly anger is always awakening, but Krishna derives transcendental bliss from Her activities.

CC Madhya 14.163: "'The progress of loving affairs between a young boy and a young girl is by nature crooked, like the movement of a snake. Because of this, two types of anger arise between a young boy and girl -- anger with a cause and anger without a cause.'"

CC Madhya 14.164: As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard these talks, His ocean of transcendental bliss increased. He therefore told Svarupa Damodara, "Go on speaking, go on speaking." And thus Svarupa Damodara continued.

CC Madhya 14.165: "Srimati Radharani's love is a highly advanced ecstasy. All Her dealings are completely pure and devoid of material tinge. Indeed, Her dealings are ten times purer than gold.

CC Madhya 14.166: "As soon as Radharani gets a chance to see Krishna, Her body is suddenly decorated with various ecstatic ornaments.

CC Madhya 14.167: "The transcendental ornaments of Srimati Radharani's body include the eight sattvikas, or transcendental symptoms, the thirty-three vyabhicari-bhavas, beginning with harsha, or jubilation in natural love, and the twenty bhavas, or ecstatic emotional ornaments.

CC Madhya 14.168: "Some of the symptoms critically explained in the following verses are kila-kincita, kuttamita, vilasa, lalita, vivvoka, mottayita, maugdhya and cakita.

CC Madhya 14.169: "When Srimati Radharani's body manifests the ornaments of many ecstatic symptoms, the ocean of Krishna's happiness immediately displays transcendental waves.

CC Madhya 14.170: "Now hear a description of different ecstasies, beginning with kila-kincita. With these ecstatic ornaments, Srimati Radharani enchants the mind of Krishna.

CC Madhya 14.171: "When Sri Krishna sees Srimati Radharani and wants to touch Her body, He prohibits Her from going to the spot where one can cross the river Yamuna.

CC Madhya 14.172: "Approaching Her, Krishna prohibits Srimati Radharani from picking flowers. He may also touch Her in front of Her friends.

CC Madhya 14.173: "At such times, the ecstatic symptoms of kila-kincita are awakened. First there is jubilation in ecstatic love, which is the root cause of these symptoms.

CC Madhya 14.174: "'Pride, ambition, weeping, smiling, envy, fear and anger are the seven ecstatic loving symptoms manifested by a jubilant shrinking away, and these symptoms are called kila-kincita-bhava.'

CC Madhya 14.175: "There are seven other transcendental ecstatic symptoms, and when they combine on the platform of jubilation, the combination is called maha-bhava.

CC Madhya 14.176: "The seven combined ingredients of maha-bhava are pride, ambition, fear, dry artificial crying, anger, envy and mild smiling.

CC Madhya 14.177: "There are eight symptoms of ecstatic love on the platform of transcendental jubilation, and when they are combined and tasted by Krishna, the Lord's mind is completely satisfied.

CC Madhya 14.178: "Indeed, they are compared to a combination of yogurt, candy, ghee, honey, black pepper, camphor and cardamom, which, when mixed together, are very tasty and sweet.

CC Madhya 14.179: "Lord Sri Krishna is thousands upon thousands of times more satisfied when He sees Srimati Radharani's face light up from this combination of ecstatic love than He is by direct union with Her.

CC Madhya 14.180: "'May the sight of Srimati Radharani's kila-kincita ecstasy, which is like a bouquet, bring good fortune to all. When Sri Krishna blocked Radharani's way to the dana-ghati, there was laughter within Her heart. Her eyes grew bright, and fresh tears flowed from Her eyes, reddening them. Due to Her sweet relationship with Krishna, Her eyes were enthusiastic, and when Her crying subsided, She appeared even more beautiful.'

CC Madhya 14.181: "'Agitated by tears, Srimati Radharani's eyes were tinged with red, just like the eastern horizon at sunrise. Her lips began to move with jubilation and lusty desire. Her eyebrows curved, and Her lotuslike face smiled mildly. Seeing Radharani's face exhibit such emotion, Lord Sri Krishna felt a million times happier than when He embraced Her. Indeed, Lord Sri Krishna's happiness is not at all mundane.'"

CC Madhya 14.182: Upon hearing this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy, and being absorbed in this happiness, He embraced Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.

CC Madhya 14.183: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then asked Svarupa Damodara, "Please speak of the ecstatic ornaments decorating the body of Srimati Radharani, by which She enchants the mind of Sri Govinda."

CC Madhya 14.184: Being thus requested, Svarupa Damodara began to speak. All the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were very happy to hear him.

CC Madhya 14.185: "Sometimes when Srimati Radharani is sitting or when She is going to Vrindavana, She sees Krishna.

CC Madhya 14.186: "The symptoms of various ecstasies that become manifest at that time are called vilasa.

CC Madhya 14.187: "'The various symptoms manifested in a woman's face, eyes and the other parts of her body and the way she moves, stands or sits when she meets her beloved are called vilasa.'"

CC Madhya 14.188: Svarupa Damodara said, "Timidity, jubilation, ambition, respect, fear and the characteristics of the left-wing gopis are all ecstatic symptoms that combine to agitate Srimati Radharani.

CC Madhya 14.189: "'When Srimati Radharani saw Lord Krishna just before Her, Her progress stopped and She assumed an attitude of opposition. Although Her face was slightly covered by a blue garment, Her two starry eyes were agitated, being wide and curved. Thus She was decorated with the ornaments of vilasa, and Her beauty increased to give pleasure to Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.'

CC Madhya 14.190: "When Srimati Radharani stands before Krishna, She stands bent in three places -- Her neck, waist and legs -- and Her eyebrows dance.

CC Madhya 14.191: "When there is an awakening of the various ecstatic features on Srimati Radharani's face and in Her eyes that are appropriate to a charming feminine attitude, the lalita ornament is manifest.

CC Madhya 14.192: "'When the bodily features are delicate and expertly curved, and when the eyebrows are very beautifully agitated, the ornament of feminine charm, called lalita alankara, is manifest.'

CC Madhya 14.193: "When Lord Sri Krishna happens to see Srimati Radharani decorated with these lalita ornaments, They both eagerly want to meet each other.

CC Madhya 14.194: "'When Srimati Radharani was decorated with the ornament of lalita alankara, just to increase Sri Krishna's love, an attractive curve was manifested by Her neck, knees and waist. This was brought about by Her timidity and apparent desire to avoid Krishna. The flickering movements of Her eyebrows could conquer the powerful bow of Cupid. To increase the joy of Her beloved, Her body was decorated with the ornaments of lalita alankara.'

CC Madhya 14.195: "When Krishna comes forward and greedily snatches at the border of Her sari, Srimati Radharani is actually very pleased within, but still She tries to stop Him.

CC Madhya 14.196: "This ecstatic attitude of Srimati Radharani's is called kuttamita. When this ecstatic ornament is manifested, Radharani externally tries to avoid Krishna, and She apparently becomes angry, although She is very happy within.

CC Madhya 14.197: "'When the border of Her sari and the cloth veiling Her face are caught, She externally appears offended and angry, but within Her heart She is very happy. Learned scholars call this attitude kuttamita.'

CC Madhya 14.198: "Although Srimati Radharani was checking Krishna with Her hand, internally She was thinking, 'Let Krishna satisfy His desires.' In this way She was very pleased within, although She externally displayed opposition and anger.

CC Madhya 14.199: "Srimati Radharani externally displays a kind of dry crying, as if She is offended. Then She mildly smiles and admonishes Lord Krishna.

CC Madhya 14.200: "'Actually She has no desire to stop Krishna's endeavor to touch Her body with His hands, yet Srimati Radharani, whose thighs are like the trunk of a baby elephant, protests His advances and, sweetly smiling, admonishes Him. At such times She cries without tears on Her charming face.'

CC Madhya 14.201: "In this way, Srimati Radharani is ornamented and decorated with various ecstatic symptoms, which attract the mind of Sri Krishna.

CC Madhya 14.202: "It is not at all possible to describe the unlimited pastimes of Sri Krishna, even though He Himself describes them in His incarnation of Sahasra-vadana, the thousand-mouthed Sesha Naga."

CC Madhya 14.203: At this time, Srivasa Thakura smiled and told Svarupa Damodara, "My dear sir, please hear! Just see how opulent my goddess of fortune is!

CC Madhya 14.204: "As far as Vrindavana's opulence is concerned, it consists of a few flowers and twigs, some minerals from the hills, a few peacock feathers and the plant known as gunja.

CC Madhya 14.205: "When Jagannatha decided to see Vrindavana, He went there, and upon hearing this, the goddess of fortune experienced restlessness and jealousy.

CC Madhya 14.206: "She wondered, 'Why did Lord Jagannatha give up so much opulence and go to Vrindavana?' To make Him a laughingstock, the goddess of fortune made arrangements for much decoration.

CC Madhya 14.207: "Then the maidservants of the goddess of fortune said to the servants of Lord Jagannatha, 'Why did your Lord Jagannatha abandon the great opulence of the goddess of fortune and, for the sake of a few leaves, fruits and flowers, go see the flower garden of Srimati Radharani?

CC Madhya 14.208: "'Your master is so expert at everything, but why does He do such things? Now bring your master before the goddess of fortune.'

CC Madhya 14.209: "In this way all the maidservants of the goddess of fortune arrested the servants of Jagannatha, bound them around the waist and brought them before the goddess of fortune.

CC Madhya 14.210: "When all the maidservants brought Lord Jagannatha's servants before the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune, the Lord's servants were fined and forced to submit.

CC Madhya 14.211: "All the maidservants began to beat the Ratha car with sticks, and they treated the servants of Lord Jagannatha almost like thieves.

CC Madhya 14.212: "Finally all of Lord Jagannatha's servants submitted to the goddess of fortune with folded hands, assuring her that they would bring Lord Jagannatha before her the very next day.

CC Madhya 14.213: "Being thus pacified, the goddess of fortune returned to her apartment. Just see! My goddess of fortune is opulent beyond all description."

CC Madhya 14.214: Srivasa Thakura continued to address Svarupa Damodara: "Your gopis are engaged in boiling milk and churning it into yogurt, but my mistress, the goddess of fortune, sits on a throne made of jewels and gems."

CC Madhya 14.215: Srivasa Thakura, who was enjoying the mood of Narada Muni, thus made jokes. Hearing him, all the personal servants of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to smile.

CC Madhya 14.216: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then told Srivasa Thakura, "My dear Srivasa, your nature is exactly like that of Narada Muni. The Supreme Personality of Godhead's opulence is having a direct influence upon you.

CC Madhya 14.217: "Svarupa Damodara is a pure devotee of Vrindavana. He does not even know what opulence is, for he is simply absorbed in pure devotional service."

CC Madhya 14.218: Svarupa Damodara then retorted, "My dear Srivasa, please hear me with attention. You have forgotten the transcendental opulence of Vrindavana.

CC Madhya 14.219: "The natural opulence of Vrindavana is just like an ocean. The opulence of Dvaraka and Vaikuntha is not even to be compared to a drop.

CC Madhya 14.220: "Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full of all opulences, and His complete opulences are exhibited only in Vrindavana-dhama.

CC Madhya 14.221: "Vrindavana-dhama is made of transcendental touchstone. Its entire surface is the source of all valuable jewels, and the cintamani stone is used to decorate the lotus feet of the maidservants of Vrindavana.

CC Madhya 14.222: "Vrindavana is a natural forest of desire trees and creepers, and the inhabitants do not want anything but the fruits and flowers of those desire trees.

CC Madhya 14.223: "In Vrindavana there are cows that fulfill all desires [kama-dhenus], and their number is unlimited. They graze from forest to forest and deliver only milk. The people want nothing else.

CC Madhya 14.224: "In Vrindavana, the natural speech of the people sounds like music, and their natural motion resembles a dance.

CC Madhya 14.225: "The water in Vrindavana is nectar, and the brahmajyoti effulgence, which is full of transcendental bliss, is directly perceived there in its form.

CC Madhya 14.226: "The gopis there are also goddesses of fortune, and they surpass the goddess of fortune who abides in Vaikuntha. In Vrindavana, Lord Krishna is always playing His transcendental flute, which is His dear companion.

CC Madhya 14.227: "'The damsels of Vrindavana, the gopis, are super goddesses of fortune. The enjoyer in Vrindavana is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. The trees there are all wish-fulfilling trees, and the land is made of transcendental touchstone. The water is all nectar, the talking is singing, the walking is dancing, and the constant companion of Krishna is His flute. The effulgence of transcendental bliss is experienced everywhere. Therefore Vrindavana-dhama is the only relishable abode.'

CC Madhya 14.228: "'The anklets on the damsels of Vraja-bhumi are made of cintamani stone. The trees are wish-fulfilling trees, and they produce flowers with which the gopis decorate themselves. There are also wish-fulfilling cows [kama-dhenus], which deliver unlimited quantities of milk. These cows constitute the wealth of Vrindavana. Thus Vrindavana's opulence is blissfully exhibited.'"

CC Madhya 14.229: Srivasa Thakura then began to dance in ecstatic love. He vibrated sounds by slapping his armpits with the palms of his hands, and he laughed very loudly.

CC Madhya 14.230: Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard these discussions about the pure transcendental mellow of Srimati Radharani. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, the Lord began to dance.

CC Madhya 14.231: While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing in ecstatic love and Svarupa Damodara was singing, the Lord said, "Go on singing! Go on singing!" The Lord then extended His own ears.

CC Madhya 14.232: Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's ecstatic love was awakened by hearing the songs of Vrindavana. In this way He inundated Purushottama, Jagannatha Puri, with love of Godhead.

CC Madhya 14.233: Finally the goddess of fortune returned to her apartment. In due course of time, as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was dancing, afternoon arrived.

CC Madhya 14.234: After much singing, all four sankirtana parties grew fatigued, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's ecstatic love increased twofold.

CC Madhya 14.235: While dancing absorbed in Srimati Radharani's ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in Her very form. Seeing this from a distant place, Nityananda Prabhu offered prayers.

CC Madhya 14.236: Seeing the ecstatic love of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu did not approach but remained a little distance away.

CC Madhya 14.237: Only Nityananda Prabhu could catch Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but the ecstatic mood of the Lord would not stop. At the same time, kirtana could not be continued.

CC Madhya 14.238: Svarupa Damodara then informed the Lord that all the devotees were fatigued. Seeing this situation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to His external senses.

CC Madhya 14.239: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then entered the flower garden with all His devotees. After resting there for some time, He took His afternoon bath.

CC Madhya 14.240: Then there arrived in large quantities a variety of food that had been offered to Sri Jagannatha and a variety that had been offered to the goddess of fortune.

CC Madhya 14.241: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu finished His afternoon lunch, and after His evening bath He went to see Lord Jagannatha.

CC Madhya 14.242: As soon as He saw Lord Jagannatha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu began to chant and dance. Afterward, accompanied by His devotees, the Lord enjoyed sporting in the lake called Narendra-sarovara.

CC Madhya 14.243: Then, entering the flower garden, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took His meal. In this way He continuously performed all kinds of pastimes for eight days.

CC Madhya 14.244: The next day Lord Jagannatha came out from the temple and, riding on the car, returned to His own abode.

CC Madhya 14.245: As previously, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees chanted and danced with great pleasure.

CC Madhya 14.246: During the Pandu-vijaya, Lord Jagannatha was carried, and while He was being carried, a bunch of silken ropes broke.

CC Madhya 14.247: When the Jagannatha Deity is carried, at intervals He is placed on cotton pads. When the ropes broke, the cotton pads also broke due to the weight of Lord Jagannatha, and the cotton floated into the air.

CC Madhya 14.248: Ramananda Vasu and Satyaraja Khan were present from Kulina-grama, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, with great respect, gave them the following orders.

CC Madhya 14.249: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Ramananda Vasu and Satyaraja Khan to become the worshipers of these ropes and every year bring silken ropes from their village.

CC Madhya 14.250: After telling them this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed them the broken silken ropes, saying, "Just look at this sample. You must make ropes that are much stronger."

CC Madhya 14.251: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then informed Ramananda Vasu and Satyaraja Khan that this rope was the abode of Lord Sesha, who expands Himself into ten forms and serves the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

CC Madhya 14.252: After receiving orders from the Lord for the rendering of service, the fortunate Satyaraja and Ramananda Vasu were highly pleased.

CC Madhya 14.253: Every year thereafter, when the Gundica temple was being cleansed, Satyaraja and Ramananda Vasu would come with the other devotees and with great pleasure bring silken rope.

CC Madhya 14.254: Thus Lord Jagannatha returned to His temple and sat on His throne while Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned to His residence with His devotees.

CC Madhya 14.255: Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed the Ratha-yatra ceremony to His devotees and performed the Vrindavana pastimes with them.

CC Madhya 14.256: The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited and endless. Even Sahasra-vadana, Lord Sesha, cannot reach the limits of His pastimes.

CC Madhya 14.257: Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always desiring their mercy, I, Krishnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, following in their footsteps.

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