Advaita Prakash chapter 6

[Paramananda das]

Dandavats at the feet of all true followers of the Pancatattva

All glories to Srila Prabhupada



All glories to Sri Nama Prabhu:

Official Name: Krsna Namavali Stotram

Author: Anonymous

Book Name: None

Language: Sanskrit



LYRICS:

(1)

nāma-cintāmaṇe kṛṣṇa

caitanya-rasa-vigraha

pūrṇa śuddha nitya muktā-

bhinnātman karuṇāmaya



(2)

śrī-kṛṣṇa sac-cid-ānanda

pūrṇa-brahma sanātana

goloka-nātha gopeśa

sarveṣāḿ mańgalāspadam



(3)

śrī-govinda vrajānanda

gokulānanda-dāyaka

mukunda paramānanda

vrajendra nanda-nandana



(4)

śrī-śrī-vṛndāvanānanda

yaśodānanda-vardhana

rādhā-govinda rādheśa

rādhikā-prāṇa-vallabha



(5)

śrī-rādhā-hṛdayānanda

goṣṭhānanda priyaḿ-vada

nandātmaja cid-ānanda

śrī-nanda-kula-bhūṣaṇa



(6)

śrī-nanda-dulālāgrya

gopīnāḿ nayanotpala

śrīmatī-rādhikā-kānta

vrajendra vraja-mohana



(7)

śālagrāma ghana-śyāma

pūrṇānanda-pradāyaka

rāma kṛṣṇa jagad-iṣṭa

goṣṭha-līlā-vinodaka



(8)

śrī-gopi-mohana kṛṣṇa

śrī-rādhā-ramaṇa prabho

īśvaras tvaḿ paramaḥ kṛṣṇa

mano-'bhiṣṭa-pradāyaka

rādhā-nātha gopī-nātha

śrī-rādhā-mano-mohana



(9)

śrī-vaḿśī-vadanānanda

veṇu-vādya-viśārada

śrī-śrī-rāsa-vihāriḿś ca

ātmārāma jagan-maya



(10)

yaśodā-prāṇa-māṇikya

rādhikā-kaṇṭha-bhūṣaṇa

śrīmad-vṛndāvana-svāmin

kiśora rāsa-nāyaka



(11)

govardhana-dharānanda

śrī-gopāla-cūḍāmaṇe

he dīna-dayārdra nātha

pūtanā-gati-dāyaka



(12)

govinda bāla mukunda

navanītasya-taskara

brahmaṇya-deva brahmātman

brahma-darpa-vighātaka



(13)

devendra paramānanda

govinda nanda-bālaka

rādhā-vinodinī-svāmin

śrī-gopī-jana-vallabha



(14)

acyuta kamalā-kānta

devendra-pada-vandita

vāmana bali-darpa-ghna

śrī-nṛsiḿha dayāmbudhe



(15)

dāmodara dīna-bandho

śrīdhara parameśvara

devakī-nandana kṛṣṇa

cintāmaṇe jagat-pate



(16)

śrīman-nārāyaṇa brahman

śrī-pate puruṣottama

yādava mādhava deva

keśava rāma rāghava



(17)

mathureśa hṛṣīkeśa

dvārikeśa janārdana

vāsudeva hayagrīva

cakra-pāṇe gadādhara



(18)

sarvāntar-yāmin govinda

viśvādhāra jaganmaya

nārāyaṇa jagannātha

śrī-viṣṇo śrī-janārdana



(19)

śrī-kṛṣṇa puṇḍarīkākṣa

viśvambhara jagad-guro

vidagdha catura dakṣa

śrī-kṛṣṇa viśva-mohana



(20)

sarveśvara jagat-pāla

bhagavan hare īśvara

murāre kṛṣṇa kaḿsārin

hatāri-gati-dāyaka



(21)

karaṇaḿ karaṇaḿ deva

tvam eva śaraṇaḿ prabho

dīna-bandho kṛpā-sindho

gati-nātha gati-prada



(22)

patita-pāvana nātha

anādir ādir īśvara

yady ahaḿ nirguṇo hīnaḥ

pāpiṣṭho 'py adhamādhamaḥ

tathāpi jagatāḿ nātha

tvam eva śaraṇaḿ prabho



(23)

mādṛśaḥ pātaki-śreṣṭho

nāsti kṛṣṇa bhū-maṇḍale

ataḥ paraḿ prapanno 'haḿ

prasīda dīna-vatsala



(24)

hā kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho

dīna-bandho dayāmaya

trāhi māḿ sarvato nātha

tyaktuḿ nārhasi cāśritam



(25)

rādhayā sahitaḿ nāma

jihvāgre yasya vartate

satyaḿ satyaḿ punaḥ satyaḿ

sa yāti paramaḿ padam



TRANSLATION

1) O Lord whose holy name is a cintamani jewel! All-attractive Lord Krsna! Lord whose form is spiritual nectar! Perfect and pure Lord! Eternal Lord! Liberated Lord! Lord not different from Your holy name! Merciful Lord!



2) O Sri Krsna! Lord whose form is eternal asnd full of knowledge and bliss! Perfect and complete Brahman! Etyernal Lord! Master of Goloka! Master of the gopis! Abode of auspiciousness for all!



3) O Lord who please the cows, land, and senses! O bliss of Vraja! O Lord who delights Gokula! Giver of liberation! Supreme nliss! King of Vraja! Son of Nanda!



4) Bliss of Sri Vrndavana! Delight of Yasoda! Lord who delights Radha! Master of Radha! Lord dear as life to Radha!



5) Bliss of Radha's heart! Bliss of Vraja! Lord who speaks sweet words! Son of Nanda! Lord filled with spiritual bliss! Ornament of Nanda's family!



6) Glorious son of Nanda! Lotus-flower blooming in the gopis' eyes! Beloved of Srimati Radhika! King of Vraja! Lord who ecnhants Vraja!



7) Lord who is manifest as the Salagrama-sila! Lord dark like a monsoon cloud! giver of perfect bliss! Rama! Krsna! Lord worshiped by all the worlds! Lord who enjoys pastimes in Vraja!



8) Enchanter of the gopis! Krsna! Lord who enjoys pastimes with Radha! O master! O Krsna! You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. O Lord who fulfill the desires of every heart! Master of Radha! Master of the gopis! Lord who enchants Radha's heart!



9) Lord who plays delightful flute-music! Expert flute-player! Lord who enjoys the rasa-dance pastime! Self-satisfied Lord! Lord present everywhere in this world!



10) Ruby of Yasoda's heart! Lord who is Radha's necklace! Master of glorious Vrndavana! Youthful Lord! Hero of the rasa-dance!



11) Lifter of Govardhana Hill! Supreme bliss! Crest jewel of the cowherd boys! O Lord melting with compassion for hte poor fallen souls! O master! O Lord who gave a transcendental destination to Putana!



12) O Govinda! Child! Giver of liberation! Butter-thief! Lord whorshiped by the brahmanas! Lord who keep the brahmanas in Your heart! Lord who destroys Brahma's pride!



13) King of the devas! Supreme bliss! Govinda! Son of Nanda! Master of playful Radha! Beloved of the gopis!



14) Infallible Lord! Beloved of lotuslike Laksmi! Lord before whose feet the kings of the devas bow! Lord who was manifest as Vamana! Lord who destroyed Bali's pride! Sri Nrsimha! Ocean of mercy!



15) O Lord whose belly was bound by a rope! Friend of the poor! Lord embraced by Goddess Laksmi! Supreme controller! Delight of Devaki! Krsna! Cintamani-jewel! Master of the worlds!



16) Sriman Narayana! Supreme Brahman! Master of Goddess Laksmi! Supreme person! Descendent of Yadu! Husband of Goddess Laksmi! Lord! Master of Brahma and Siva! Rama! Descendent of Raghu!



17) Master of Mathura! Master of the senses! Master of Dvaraka! Lord who rescue the devotees from distress! Son of Vasudeva! Hayagriva! Lord who hold the cakra in Your hand! Lord who hold a club!



18) Lord present in every heart! Govinda! Resting-place of the worlds! Lord present everywhere in the universe! Narayana! Jagannatha! Sri Visnu! Lord who rescue the devotees from troubles!



19) Sri Krsna! Lotus-eyed Lord! Maintainer of the worlds! Guru of the worlds! Intelligent one! Wise one1 Expert one! Sri Krsna! Lord who charm all the worlds!



20) Master of all! Protector of the universes! Supreme Personality of Godhead full of all opulences! Lord who remove all that is auspicious! Supreme controller! Enemy of Mura! Krsna! Enemy of Kamsa! Lord who give liberation to the enemies You kill!



21) Cause of causes! Lord! O master! You are my shelter. O friend of the poor! Ocean of mercy! Master of liberation! Giver of liberation!



22) Purifier of the fallen! Master! Beginningless Lord! Origin of all! Supreme controller! Although I am worthless, lowly, sinful, the lowest of the low, still, O master of the worlds, You have become my shelter.



23) O Lord Krsna, in the circle of this earth no one is more sinful than I. Therefore I now surrender unto You. O Lord affectionate to the poor, please be merciful to me.



24) O Krsna! O ocean of mercy! Friewnd of the poor! Merciful one! Please rescue me! O master of all, You should not reject a soul that has taken shelter of You.



25) A person on whose tongue the names of Sri Radha and Sri Krsna stay will attain the spiritual world. That is the truth. It is the truth. It is the truth.



All glories to the Pancatattva, those who hears these glories of Advaita Acarya is certainly most fortunate, and I offer my pranams to their lotusfeet.

In this chapter Srila Advaita Acarya glorifies and explains the significance of Ganga, May Gangadevi purifie us all, the Puranas has declared simply by chanting Ganga, Ganga,Ganga

with faith one can obtain Visnuloka.

Kindly daily remember Gangadevi and obtain some Ganges water and sprinkle it on the head....

Lord Siva always holds Ganga on His head, actually Advaita Acarya is the combined form of MahaVisnu And Sadasiva.In South India people are very eager to worship HariHara

that appeared as Ayapa, but they do not know that HariHara has appeared in Kali yuga as Advaita Acarya,the form of Gopisvara Mahadeva also comes from Advaita Acarya.

Gaura Ganoddesa Dipika
by Śrila Kavi Karnapura
76.
Lord Sadāśiva, who formerly appeared as an avesa-incarnation in Vrajabhumi,
appeared in Lord Caitanya's pastimes as Lord Advaita Gosvami, who is nondifferent from Lord Caitanya Himself.



 





SHRILA LOKANATHA GOSVAMI TO HIS DISCPLE SHRILA NAROTTAMA ( From Prema-vilasa Chapter 11:)

(Note: Both Shrila Prabhupada and Shrila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada have accepted Prema-vilasa as a bonafide scripture in their commentaries to Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi-lila 13.60 purport.)

je vaishnava haibe laibe harinama;
sankhya kari nama laile, kripa karena gauradhama.

"Those who are Vaishavas must chant the Holy Names in a particular number everyday. Then Lord Gauranga, the supreme Abode of love will be merciful to them.

WHAT IS THAT NUMBER?

purva abhipraye sabe laha harinama;
keha laksha viseshatah mukhe gana.

"Everyone should specifically chant or sing the name loudly 100,000 times a day (64 rounds) with the mood I have described earlier.

EMPOWERMENT:

narottama laksha nama laya sankhya kari;
nama laile gaurangera sarva sakti dhari.

"O my disciple, Narottama! Please chant 100,000 names everyday while maintaining their count. If you chant in this way then you will become empowered by all the potencies of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu."








Chapter Six

All glories to Shri Chaitanya! All glories to Sitanatha! All glories to Nityananda, along with all the devotees!

Listen now as I give the wonderful description concerning how the Lord became known by the name Advaita. One brahmana, who was known as Digvijayi, had defeated in debate the leading scholars of many provinces before finally arriving in Shantipura. When the brahmana heard that Advaita Prabhu was known as Veda Pancanana, he joyfully approached Him.

Advaita Prabhu was sitting in yogasana near the tulasi platform and softly chanting the Shri Gopala mantra. At that time the Digvijayi arrived there before the Lord and recited a poem in glorification of tulasi.

“Pushkara, Prabhasa, Kurukshetra, and all other tirthas; Yamuna, Ganga, and all other holy rivers; Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, and all other demigods all reside on the leaf of tulasi.

darshita tulasidevi papa-sangha mardini

sparshita tulasirani sarva-deha pavani

vandita tulasidevi roga-vrinda-nashini

snapita tulasi-krishna shakti-kala-damshini

ropita tulasidevi krishna-sanga arpini

arpita tulasi krishne jivan-mukti-dayini

“By seeing tulasi, one's sins are subdued. By touching tulasi, one's body is purified. By glorifying tulasi, one's diseases are destroyed. By watering tulasi, one overcomes death. By sowing tulasi, one attains Krishna's association. By offering tulasi to Krishna, one achieves liberation in this life. I offer my obeisances at the feet of Tulasidevi, without whom Lord Vishnu does not eat.”

In this way the brahmana quoted various scriptures to describe the glories of tulasi. When the brahmana next began describing the glories of the Bhagirathi, Advaita Prabhu opened His lotus eyes. The Digvijayi said, “The glories of the Ganges are boundless. She emanates from the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu, therefore her name is Vishnupadi. She who sports in the matted locks of Lord Shiva, who is worshiped with many offerings by Lord Brahma, and who delivers the demigods headed by Indra—that Mandakini Ganga became the jeweled necklace of the earth. Knowing the essence of Ganga's glories by meditation, Jahnu Muni drank the Ganges on the pretext of performing acamana. Later, out of consideration for people's welfare, he let the Ganges pass out from his knee.

“Ganga is a devotee of Vishnu in the form of water. She is invested with the potency to deliver all living entities. Mother Jahnavi is the reservoir of mercy, for simply by taking bath in her waters one is relieved of the threefold miseries. One who drinks a palmful of Ganges water will certainly attain an exalted destination at the time of death. I offer hundreds of obeisances at the feet of Ganga. O Mahashaya, I have come here to debate with You.”

On hearing the brahmana, Kamalaksha, Veda Pancanana, slightly smiled and in sweet words said, “You are highly experienced and the crest jewel amongst poets. Your fame reaches up to the heavenly planets. My heart is enrapt with loving sentiments on hearing you speak the transcendental glories of tulasi and the Ganges.

“But you have some misunderstanding about the truth of Ganga. You said that Ganga is a devotee of Vishnu in liquid form. But actually the Supreme Lord Himself has taken the liquid form of Ganga in order to deliver the living entities. The Puranas describe how one day Lord Narayana melted into liquid on hearing the singing of the five-headed Lord Shiva. That divine water became the Ganges River, which is directly Transcendence in the form of water. Indeed, simply by remembering her name, one is freed from the cycle of birth and death. The Lord's spiritual potency takes the form of Ganga. By sustaining the Ganga on his head, Lord Shiva has conquered death.

“Without the mercy of Ganga, no work will be successful. Even Lord Brahma achieved his desired result by worshiping the Ganges. The shrutis instruct one to consider all water as Ganges water, and they declare that Ganges water is as good as Narayana. Ganges water becomes stagnant only after one year. If one dies in the Ganges, he attains Vaikuntha. Krishna is purchased by one who offers some Ganges water with a tulasi leaf.”

Hearing Advaita Prabhu's conclusions, Shyamadasa thought, “To hell with my name Digvijayi.” He then said, “Is it established in the scriptures that the Absolute Truth has form? O Veda Pancanana, please listen and consider. The Vedas state that the Absolute Truth is all-pervading and beyond sense perception, without qualities or form. That Supreme Brahman performs no activity and undergoes no change. So how can You assume that the Absolute Truth has form? Anything that has form can be perceived by the senses.”

Advaita Prabhu replied, “The Supreme Absolute Truth is never without form. The beginningless Absolute Truth has an eternal, blissful form of full of knowledge. He possesses all energies, so He is perfectly complete. He is the cause of all causes, beginning with creation. His body is transcendental, His mind is transcendental, His eyes are transcendental, and all His qualities are transcendental. He has no relationship with the material qualities, therefore the scriptures describe Him as nirguna, or free from qualities. There is no doubt that the Absolute Truth is beyond sense perception and can never be known through material senses. Although fruit has form, its juice is formless. Similarly, the Absolute Truth has form, but His effulgence is formless. The Absolute Truth is Krishna, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He eternally resides in Vrindavana. He is ever-youthful and the embodiment of all loving exchanges. He is controlled by the topmost ecstasy of the internal potency. The devotees of Krishna are completely spiritual, and they can perceive the Lord's form with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love. The devotees are the life and soul of the supremely merciful Lord Hari. He therefore bestows on them unalloyed devotional service. Krishna is rarely achieved by the path of dry speculation, but He is easily available by devotional service.”

Advaita Acarya thus spoke many conclusive statements, which the Digvijayi was astonished to hear. Previously, as a student in Kashi, this Shyamadasa had worshiped Shiva. He satisfied Lord Shiva by practicing austerities for many days. At the close of one night Shiva came before Shyamadasa and said, “O brahmana, you have performed great austerities. As a result of those austerities, Sarasvati will reside on your tongue. You will conquer all scholars other than myself, and your name will be celebrated throughout Bharata as Digvijayi.”

By the strength of Lord Shiva's benediction the brahmana had conquered all provinces until he finally arrived in Shantipura. Now he thought, “Advaita Prabhu has defeated me with these conclusive statements. It appears that Shiva's benediction has become ineffective.”

At that time there was voice from the sky saying, “O brahmana, give up this consideration and listen. This Kamalaksha is directly Harihara. That is why He was named Shri Advaita.”

On hearing this wonderful voice, the Digvijayi looked up in the sky but could not see anyone. He then thought, “He is indeed Harihara Himself. To argue with Him would be most sinful.”

Thinking in this way the brahmana devotedly said, “O Advaita Prabhu, please be merciful to me.”

Shri Advaitacandra then mercifully revealed His wonderful spiritual form to Shyamadasa the brahmana. On seeing that form, Shyamadasa exhibited various devotional symptoms like shivering, crying, laughing, and dancing. Then he began chanting the Hare Krishna mantra.

Shri Advaita Prabhu was jubilant to see the brahmana's detachment, and He said, “You are most fortunate. The holy name has unlimited potency. Go on chanting without stop. This morning has become most auspicious, and I feel refreshed after hearing the holy name.”

Overwhelmed with loving ecstasy, Advaita exclaimed, “Chant the names of Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Nityananda!” After some time He regained His external consciousness. Only Advaita Prabhu can understand Himself. He is completely transcendental, and His activities, knowledge, fame, and prowess are all spiritual.

On realizing Advaita Prabhu's position, that learned brahmana took initiation from the Lord. After he received the Krishna mantra from Advaita, the brahmana offered Him obeisances and prayers. He said, “O Lord, by the power of Your mercy I was easily freed from the bondage of my past fruitive activities.”

Advaita Prabhu then instructed the brahmana in the process of worshiping Lord Krishna. Thereafter, when the brahmana read Shrimad Bhagavatam, he merged in ecstatic love. The Lord told him, “Your name is Bhagavatacarya.”

Shyamadasa replied, “I take Your order on my head.”

After some days Advaita Prabhu instructed the brahmana to return home, and the brahmana offered obeisances and left.

One day Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of a devotee, thought, “How will the living entities be delivered? Since the original Supreme Lord has not yet advented, who will bestow devotional service on the living entities?”

Just as Advaita was thinking in this way, King Divyasimha arrived there from Lauda. Advaita Prabhu's previous activities had dispelled the king's illusion. By that association the king had became a Vaishnava, and now he came before Advaita. Advaita got up from His seat to receive the king, who fell at Advaita's feet saying, “O Lord, please consider me Your servant.” He then offered humble prayers that revealed the transcendental position of Shri Advaita Prabhu.

Advaita Prabhu said, “Get up, get up. You are Krishna's servant.” From that day on the king's name became Krishnadasa. For the next ten years Krishnadasa studied devotional literatures, and he became convinced that Krishna was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He gave up chanting the Durga mantra and chanted a Vishnu mantra.

Advaita Prabhu said, “Today your body has become spiritual like Vishnu's own body.”

Krishnadasa said, “You are an ocean of mercy. It is astonishing that You have delivered an atheist like me. Now order me so that I can retire to a lonely place and engage in constant chanting of Krishna's name and thus achieve peace.”

Saying this, he went to the bank of the Ganges and lived some days in a hut that he built. He decorated his residence with many beautiful flowers, and as a result the town there became known as Phullavati. By the strength of his devotional service, he received the Lord's mercy and wrote one Sanskrit book about the Lord's childhood pastimes. Towards the end of his life Krishnadasa went to Vraja-dhama and with eyes of love he had darshana of Lord Krishna and thus achieved perfection.

Praying at the the lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya and Shri Advaita, always desiring Their mercy, I, Ishana Nagara, narrate Shri Advaita Prakasha