Savitri Devi Dasi, CC Ādi 8.40 - 56
16 May 06:00 AM
Until 16 May, 07:30 AM 1h 30m

Savitri Devi Dasi, CC Ādi 8.40 - 56

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta

Ādi-līlā

Text 40: I offer millions of obeisances unto the lotus feet of Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura. No one else could write such a wonderful book for the deliverance of all fallen souls.

Text 41: Nārāyaṇī eternally eats the remnants of the food of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura was born of her womb.

Text 42: What a wonderful description he has given of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya! Anyone in the three worlds who hears it is purified.

Text 43: I fervently appeal to everyone to adopt the method of devotional service given by Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda and thus be freed from the miseries of material existence and ultimately achieve the loving service of the Lord.

Text 44: Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura has written Śrī Caitanya-maṅgala and therein described in all respects the pastimes of Lord Caitanya.

Text 45: He first summarized all the pastimes of the Lord and later described them vividly in detail.

Text 46: The pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited and unfathomable. Therefore, in describing all those pastimes, the book became voluminous.

Text 47: He saw them to be so extensive that he later felt that some had not been properly described.

Text 48: He ecstatically described the pastimes of Lord Nityānanda, but the later pastimes of Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained untold.

Text 49: The devotees of Vṛndāvana were all very anxious to hear those pastimes.

Text 50: In Vṛndāvana, in a great place of pilgrimage underneath the desire trees, is a golden throne bedecked with jewels.

Text 51: On that throne sits the son of Nanda Mahārāja, Śrī Govindadeva, the transcendental Cupid.

Text 52: Varieties of majestic service are rendered to Govinda there. His garments, ornaments and paraphernalia are all transcendental.

Text 53: In that temple of Govindajī, thousands of servitors always render service to the Lord in devotion. Even with thousands of mouths, one could not describe this service.

Text 54: In that temple the chief servitor was Śrī Haridāsa Paṇḍita. His qualities and fame are known all over the world.

Text 55: He was gentle, tolerant, peaceful, magnanimous, grave, sweet in his words and very sober in his endeavors.

Text 56: He was respectful to everyone and worked for the benefit of all. Diplomacy, envy and jealousy were unknown to his heart.