Madhmangal in Gaura Lila is Kolavecha Sridhara

[Paramananda das]

So 11 years ago when I was last in ISKCON Dubai one disciple of Jayapataka Maharaja asked me about Madhumangal so I wrote him :

My dear Bimal Prasada Prabhu
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
You have asked me again and again to explain more about Madhumangala.I have promised you that after we took darshan of Sri Gopala (Sri Nathaji) in Dubai,
so I have to keep my promise and this is a very dear subject so writting this will also be for self purification and go deeper into meditating on the glories pastimes
of Madhumangal .
In Vraja Vilasa Stava by Srila Raghunath das Goswami he has glorified Madhumangal:(here is an online copy :http://www.vrindavan-dham.com/texts/vraja_vilasa_stava.php)
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The personified mellows of comedy, pure-hearted, eternally hungry, jubilant, and splendid Madhumangala daily induces the laughter of his two friends (Sri Sri Radha-Krsna) with a host of comic speeches and gestures. With great devotion let us at once bow down to offer our respect to Madhumangala, the joking friend of Lord Krsna, the moon of Vrndavana.

Madhu means sweet and mangal is auspicious ,Madhumangal is such a sweet and auspicious associate of Radha Krsna, he belongs to the category of what is known as Vidusakha
and Priyanarma sakha.I have a web block about the priyanarma sakhas and I will explain more a bit later.
http://nimaipandit.ning.com/profiles/blogs/please-join-the-priya-narma

I have looked carefully through the Gaura Ganodessa Dipika more than one time and have never found Madhumangal mentiond in Gaura Lila
you can look for yourself http://www.dharmakshetra.com/sages/Saints/ganodesa%20dipika.html
Also in the Caitanya Caritamrta Adi lila chapter 11(http://vedabase.net/cc/adi/11/en) where many of the the associates of Lord Nityananda Prabhu is mentioned I did not find
Madhumangal mentioned

But likely he appeared in Gaura lila also as one of Lord Caitanyas associates:

http://kunjeshwari.com/sweetblog/devotee-contribution/why-we-celebr...
CC Ādi 11.21: All the associates of Lord Nityānanda were formerly cowherd boys in Vrajabhūmi. Their symbolic representations were the horns and sticks they carried, their cowherd dress and the peacock plumes on their heads.

Their mood is explained by the great vaisnava acarya, Govinda dasa Kaviraja who was in this mood:

Song Name: Bajata Ghana Ghana Benu
Official Name: Song 82
Author: Govinda Dasa Kaviraja
Book Name: Padavali
Language: Bengali

LYRICS
(Refrain)
bājata ghana ghana beṇu
hai hai rāba hāmbā raba garajana
ānande magana carata saba dhenu

(1)
go-dhana sańge rańge yadu-nandana
bihara-i yamunā-tīra
dāma śrīdāma sudāma mahā-bala
gopa goyāla sańge bala-bīra

(2)
sama-baya-beśa keśa parimaṇḍita
cūḍe śikhaṇḍaka kusuma ujora
maṇimaya hāra guñjā naba mañjula
hera-ite jaga-jana-mana karu bhora

(3)
balaya nisāna kanaka kaṭi kińkiṇī
nūpura ruṇu jhunu bāja
gobinda-dāsa pahu niti niti aichana
bihara-i naba ghana bipina samāja

TRANSLATION
(Refrain) Again and again He plays the flute. Hai! Hai!", the boys call. "Hamba", the cows moo. Plunged in bliss, the cows walk and graze.

1) Surrounded by His cows, Lord Krsna enjoys pastimes on the Yamuna's banks. The powerful boy-hero Krsna is surrounded by Dama, Sridama, Sudama, and the boys and cows.

2) His friends are like Him in age and garments. His hair is decorated with flowers and a peacock-feather. He wears a jewel necklace and a graceful string of gunja. Gazing at Him, the people of the world feel their hearts overcome with bliss.

3) His bracelets, anklets, and golden belt jangle. Again and again Govinda dasa's master enjoys pastimes in this way with His friends in the newly-blossoming forest.

Srila Prabhupada also had strong desire for the mood of the cowhered boys ,Srila Prabhupadas godbrotherSrila Sidhara Swami that lived with him for many years
in Allahabad stated that in his Nitya svarupa he is a priyanarma sakha,I have written something confidential about this, I will share it with you:
http://nimaipandit.ning.com/profiles/blogs/srila-prabhupadas-internal

my humble pranams
all glories to Srila Prabhupada
I have no doubts in my mind Srila Prabhupada is in sakya rasa and I also firmly believe he is a priya narma sakha .Srila Sridhara Swami gave such hint that Srila Prabhupada was in the line of Subal sakha.
In the Vraja Vilasa Stava by Srila Raghunath das Goswami hei s glorified in this way”: TEXT 22
Filled with deep love for him, and anxious that they may be separated, Subala never, even in dream, lets go of the hand of Sri Krsna, the moon of Gokula. Subala’s heart is sprinkled with the waters of the swiftly moving mountain stream of devotion to Srimati Radhika. I offer my respectful obeisances to Subala whose body trembles with love for Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.”
Where was Srila Prabhupadas main temple in Vrindavan, Krna Balarama? You can read the 10 Canto and see how Srila Prabhupada was fully absorbed in those lilas, killing of Aghasura and Brahma Vimohana Lila.Nothing is an accident. or takes place by change.
Would Radha and Krsna not have Srila Prabhupada finished the translation of the Rasa lila , and such lilas of Krsna and the Gopis if that was his Sthaiya Bhava?When Srila Prabhupada was on Jaladuta and he had heart attacks how did he meditate on Vrindavan:

O dear friend, in Your company I will experience great joy once again. In the early morning I will wander about the cowherd pastures and fields. Running and frolicking in the many forests of Vraja, I will roll on the ground in spiritual ecstasy. O when will that day be mine?

Today that remembrance of You came to me in a very nice way. Because I have a great longing I called to You. I am Your eternal servant and therefore I desire Your association so much. O Lord Krsna, except for You there is no other means of success.

yes given Srila Prabhupada also wrote:
I emphatically say to you, O brothers, you will obtain your good fortune from the Supreme Lord Krsna only when Srimati Radharani becomes pleased with you.
He is adressing Krsna as Sakha-dear Cowherd boy and Bhai :brother
the whole mood is sakha and priya narma Sakha.
The argument that Srila Prabhuapadas Guru is Nayana Manjari, so as such he should also be a manjari is false.Gauri das Pandit had a disciple Hridaya Caitanya whowas both in Sakhya bhava (Gauri das Pandit being Subal himself), but Hrday Caitanya disciple was Dukhi Krsna das that later became Shyamananda Pandit, and on who Radharani Herself placed Her Tilaka mark .The question of ones sthiya bhava is revealed by bhakti and confirmed by the advanced sadhus or Guru .We should not rupper stamp that everyone is a manjari and beyond manjari bhava there is no other Rasa, Goloka is not only full of manjaris.Yes some many become Manjaris , but it is not for all.Some devotees will never desire it, but will desire very much to follow the sakhas, as ordinary sakhas or priyanarma sakhas.All the main associates of Lord Nityananda Prabhu was priya narmas sakhas, that a sena pati devotee predicted by Lord Nitayanada Prabhu was a follower of the mood given by Lord Nityananda prabhu ,Sakhya Bhava is not strange at all but makes perfect sense.That those aspiring for manjari bhava may want to see Srila Prabhupada in manjari bhava is another story, this can happen as mentioned in Jaiva dharma,where the 2 disciples sees their Guru according to their specific rasa…but it does not change the fact that Srila Prabhupada is a priya narma sakha.I have no doubt about it for a second.
your servant
Paramananda das

so there is mainly 4 kinds of Sakhas (1) well-wishers, (2) friends, (3) confidential friends and (4) intimate friends ,I have posted the link above from my webblock
http://nimaipandit.ning.com/profiles/blogs/please-join-the-priya-narma if you have any questions about the 4 kinds of cowherd boys ,Suhrit sakhas,Sakhas, priya sakhas and priyanarma sakhas , the priyanarma sakhas also brings messages between Radha and Krsna.Madhumangal is also in that catagory, but he is also known as a vidusakha and makes Krsna Balarama, and the cowhered boys laugh ,all the different kinds of Gopis and Sri Radha and all devotees in Vrindavan, actually even all devotees in the material and
spiritual world when they laugh at the many jokes of Madhumangal:
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The personified mellows of comedy, pure-hearted, eternally hungry, jubilant, and splendid Madhumangala daily induces the laughter of his two friends (Sri Sri Radha-Krsna) with a host of comic speeches and gestures. With great devotion let us at once bow down to offer our respect to Madhumangala, the joking friend of Lord Krsna, the moon of Vrndavana
Srila Raghunath das Goswami.
This is a big mouthful already, and talking about big mouthfull, Madhumangal loves to take Krsna prasadam cooked by Mother Yasoda, Mother Rohini ,Srimati Radharani
and all the gopis, you are familiar with the beautiful artik song by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:

Song Name: Bhaja Bhakata Vatsala
Official Name: Sri Surabhi Kunjer Bhoga Arotik (Arati Kirtan Song 4)
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Gitavali
Language: Bengali

LYRICS:
(1)
bhaja bhakata-vatsala śrī-gaurahari
śrī-gaurahari sohi goṣṭha-bihārī
nanda-jaśomatī-citta-hari

(2)
belā ho'lo dāmodara āisa ekhano
bhoga-mandire bosi' koraho bhojana

(3)
nandera nideśe baise giri-bara-dhārī
baladeva-saha sakhā baise sāri sāri

(4)
śuktā-śākādi bhāji nālitā kuṣmāṇḍa
dāli dālnā dugdha-tumbī dadhi mocā-khaṇḍa

(5)
mudga-borā māṣa-borā roṭikā ghṛtānna
śaṣkulī piṣṭaka khīr puli pāyasānna

(6)
karpūra amṛta-keli rambhā khīra-sāra
amṛta rasālā, amla dwādaśa prakāra

(7)
luci cini sarpurī lāḍḍu rasābalī
bhojana korena kṛṣṇa ho'ye kutūhalī

(8)
rādhikāra pakka anna vividha byañjana
parama ānande kṛṣṇa korena bhojana

(9)
chale-bale lāḍḍu khāy śrī-madhumańgala
bagala bājāy āra deya hari-bolo

(10)
rādhikādi gaṇe heri' nayanera koṇe
tṛpta ho'ye khāy kṛṣṇa jaśodā-bhavane

(11)
bhojanānte piye kṛṣṇa subāsita bāri
sabe mukha prakhāloy ho'ye sāri sāri

(12)
hasta-mukha prakhāliyā jata sakhā-gaṇe
ānande biśrāma kore baladeva-sane

(13)
jambula rasāla āne tāmbūla-masālā
tāhā kheye kṛṣṇa-candra sukhe nidrā gelā

(14)
biśālākha śikhi-puccha-cāmara ḍhulāya
apūrba śayyāya kṛṣṇa sukhe nidrā jāya.

(15)
jaśomatī-ājñā pe'ye dhaniṣṭhā-ānīto
śrī-kṛṣṇa-prasāda rādhā bhuñje ho'ye prīto

(16)
lalitādi sakhī-gaṇa avaśeṣa pāya
mane mane sukhe rādhā-kṛṣṇa-guṇa gāya

(17)
hari-līlā ek-mātra jāhāra pramoda
bhogārati gāy ṭhākur bhakativinoda

TRANSLATION
1) Just worship Sri Gaurahari, who is always affectionate toward His devotees. He is the same Supreme Godhead, Krsna, who sported in the cowherd pastures of Vraja and stole the hearts of Nanda and Yasoda.

2) Mother Yasoda calls to Krsna, "My dear Damodara, it is very late. Please come right now, sit down in the dining hall, and take Your lunch."

3) On the direction of Nanda Maharaja, Krsna, the holder of Govardhana Hill, sits down, and then all the cowherd boys, along with Krsna's elder brother, SriBaladeva, sit down in rows to take their lunch.

4) They are then served a feast of sukta and various kinds of green leafy vegetables, then nice fried things, and a salad made of the green leaves of the jute plant. They are also served pumpkin, baskets of fruit, small square cakes made of lentils and cooked down milk, then thick yogurt, squash cooked in milk, and vegetable preparations made from the tower of the banana tree.

5) Then they receive fried squares of mung dahl patties, and urad dahl patties, capatis, and rice with ghee. Next, sweets made with milk, sugar and sesamum, rice flour cakes; thick cooked-down milk; cakes floating in milk; and sweet rice.

6) There is also sweet rice that tastes just like nectar due to its being mixed with camphor. There are bananas, and cheese which is nectarean and delicious. They are also served twelve kinds of sour preparations made with tamarinds, limes, lemons, oranges, and pomegranates.

7) There are puns made with white flour and sugar; puns filled with cream; laddus; and dahl patties boiled in sugared rice. Krsna eagerly eats all of the food.

8) In great ecstasy and joy Krsna eats the rice, curried vegetables, sweets, and pastries cooked by Srimati Radharani.

9) Krsna's funny brahmana friend Madhumangala, who is very fond of Laddus, gets them by hook or by crook. Eating the laddus he shouts, "Haribol!Haribol!~' and makes a funny sound by swapping his sides under his armpits with his hands.

10) Beholding Radharani and Her gopifriends out of the courters of His eyes, Krsna eats at the house of mother Yasoda with great satisfaction.

11) After lunch, Krsna drinks rose-scented water. Then all of the boys, standing in lines, wash their mouths.

12) After all the cowherd boys wash their hands and mouths, in great bliss they take rest with Lord Balarama.

13) The two cowherd boys Jambula and Rasala then bring Krsna pan made with betel nuts, fancy spices, and catechu. After eating that pin, Sri Krsnacandra then happily goes to sleep.

14) While Krsna happily takes His rest on an excellent bedstead, His servant Visalaksa cools Him with a fan of peacock feathers.

15) At mother Yasoda's request the gopi Dhanistha brings remnants of food left on Krsna's plate to Srimati Radharani, who eats them with great delight

16) Lalita-devi and the other gopis then receive the remnants, and within their hearts they sing the glories of Radharani and Krsna with great joy.

17) Thakura Bhaktivinoda, whose one and only Joy is the pastimes of Lord Hari, sings this Bhoga-arati song

please pay note to these 2 verses:

8) In great ecstasy and joy Krsna eats the rice, curried vegetables, sweets, and pastries cooked by Srimati Radharani.

9) Krsna's funny brahmana friend Madhumangala, who is very fond of Laddus, gets them by hook or by crook. Eating the laddus he shouts, "Haribol!Haribol!~' and makes a funny sound by swapping his sides under his armpits with his hands.

This pastime is a summary of Krsnas breakfast pastime in Nandagrama in the morning

In order to not make it to long I will divide it into 2 or 3 parts.
This is a very confidential subject and not for envious persons, they will not understand and simply find many faults .
,I believe you both will find it very nectarine

I hope this will inspire you in remembering Madhumangal

your servant
Paramananda das

Actually in Govinda Lilamrta Krsna many times addressed Madhumangal as Kusumasava

now look carefully ate the exalted commentary of Sri Ananda das Pandit from Radha Kunda on Vraja Vilasa Stava :

https://a108.net/blogs/entry/12470-vraja-vilasa-krishna%E2%80%99s-c...

It is very clear Madhumangal is Kolavecha Sridhara all Rasika Vaisnavas know that Madhumangal is also known as Kusumasava

We lovingly praise Madhumangal, Vrindavan Chandra’s comic companion, the embodiment of the mellow of laughter, who is always in good spirits yet always tormented by hunger. He sparkles with festivity, making his dearmost friends Sri Radha and Krishna laugh with his funny words and gestures. VERSE 24 mūrto hāsya-rasaḥ sadaiva sumanāḥ kāmaṁ bubhukṣāturaḥ prāṇa-preṣṭha-vayasyayor anudinaṁ vāg-deha-bhaṅgy-utkaraiḥ hāsyaṁ yo madhumaṅgalaḥ prakaṭayan saṁbhrājate kautukī taṁ vṛndāvana-candra-narma-sacivaṁ prītyāśu vandāmahe We lovingly praise Madhumangal, Vrindavan Chandra’s comic companion, the embodiment of the mellow of laughter, who is always in good spirits yet always tormented by hunger. He sparkles with festivity, making his dearmost friends Sri Radha and Krishna laugh with his funny words and gestures. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: In this verse Das Goswami praises Madhumangal, Sri Krishna’s dear friend and hāsya-rasika (connoisseur in joking). The following is written about him in Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā: īṣac-chyāmala-varṇo’pi śrī-madhumaṅgalo bhavet vasanaṁ gaura-varṇāḍhyaṁ vanamālā virājitaḥ pitā sāndīpanir devo mātā ca sumukhī satī nāndīmukhī ca bhaginī paurṇamāsī pitāmahī vidūṣakaḥ kṛṣṇa-sakhaḥ śrī madhumaṅgalaḥ sadā Sri Madhumangal, who always serves as Sri Krishna’s clownish friend, has a slightly blackish complexion. He wears a golden dress and around his neck has a garland of forest flowers. His father is the Brahmin Sandipani Muni, his mother is the chaste Sumukhi, his sister is named Nandimukhi and his grandmother is Paurnamasi. vikṛtāṅga-vaco-veśair hāsyakārī vidūṣakaḥ He is a real clown, making everyone laugh through distorted gestures, words and clothing. (RKGD 2.63-65) The definition of a clown or vidūṣaka is found in the books about literature as follows: kusuma-vasantādy-abhidhaḥ karma-vapur-veśa-bhāṣādyaiḥ hāsyakaraḥ kalaha-ratir vidūṣakaḥ syāt sva-karmajñaḥ A clown is usually named Kusuma or Vasanta. He can create the hāsya-rasa with his activities, body (gestures), clothes, ornaments and words and is always fond of quarrelling. A friend with such qualities is called a vidūṣaka or clown. ( Sāhitya-darpaṇa 3.42) He is usually very fond of eating also and his love of food is often the source of much of his humor and teasing. In Vraja the greatest shelter for hāsya rasa is Madhumangal. He is like the embodiment of laughter. In other words, even when Madhumangal is not present, merely thinking of him causes Sri Krishna to relish the sweet comic mood when he talks about him with his friends or with Sri Radha and the Vraja-sundaris. And when he is present, his natural way of dressing and ornamenting himself, the movements of his limbs, his choice of words or his way of making funny sounds are already great incitements for laughter, so you can just imagine when he actually tries to be funny with his gestures and joking words! We have said that all of Sri Krishna’s friends are naturally endowed with sweet natures and that they naturally delight him with their various feelings and activities. Hāsya is a secondary bhakti-rasa, and is relishable as one of the shelters of the five rasas, like śānta rasa, attaining the status of sañcāri-bhāva (transitory mood): śānta dāsya sakhya vātsalya madhura rasa nāma; kṛṣṇa bhakti rasa madhye e pañca pradhāna hāsyādbhuta bīra karuṇa raudra vibhatsa bhaya; pañca vidha bhakte gauṇa sapta rasa hoy pañca rasa sthāyī vyāpī rohe bhakta mane; sapta gauṇa āgantuka pāiye kāraṇe There are five basic flavours in Krishna-devotion: tranquility, servitude, friendship, parental love and sweet (amorous) love , and there are seven secondary flavours in each of the main five: laughter, wonder, chivalry, pity, anger, disgust and fear. (One of) These five main flavours dwell in the devotees’ mind, while the seven secondary flavours are coming as ‘visitors’. ( Caitanya-caritämåta Madhya, 19.195-198) ceto-vikāso hāsaḥ syād vāg-veṣehādi-vaikṛtāt sa dṛg-vikāsa-nāsauṣṭha-kapola-spandanādi-kṛt kṛṣṇa-sambandhi-ceṣṭotthaḥ svayaṁ saṅkucad-ātmanā ratyānugṛhyamāṇo’yaṁ hāso hāsa-ratir bhavet When the heart breaks open due to some surprising disfigurement of words, dress or activities, then this is called laughter. This causes a widening of the eyes and a tremor in the nose, lips and cheeks. Hāsa-rati is a kind of bliss that originates from activities related to Krishna and that is blessed (nourished) by love, that has itself a nature of contraction (hesitation). ( Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 2.5.52-53) Hāsya-rasika Baṭu Madhumangal is always happy, and is always very hungry to eat nice food. In books like Govinda-līlāmṛta and Kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāmṛta one can find descriptions of how bhojana-lampaṭa (“the greedy eater”) Madhumangal makes Sri Krishna Baladeva, Sri Radharani and her sakhīs, and mothers like Yashoda and Rohini relish a wonderful comic mood when they are having breakfast in Nanda’s abode in the morning. Sri Madhumangal immerses Sri Krishna-Baladeva in laughter during their morning goṣṭha pastimes, and Sri Radha and Krishna and their sakhīs during their midday pastimes in the water of Radha Kund, He adds mirth to their picnics, dice game, and worship of the Sun God. So Raghunath Das Goswami said: “We lovingly praise the funniest friend of Sri Vrindavan-candra, Sri Madhumangal.” mūrtimān hāsya rasa sadā hṛṣṭa mana; bubhukṣāra paravaśa yei jana vāg deha bhaṅgī dvārā yei prati dina; vṛndāvane prāṇādhika yugala navīna hāsya rase nimagana koriteche sadā; kautuka līlāra sahāya vrajete sarvadā kautuka priya yei vṛndāvana candra; tāṅhāra ānanda dātā koriyā prabandha madhura maṅgala nāma ‘śrī madhumaṅgala’; sabe ḍāke ‘baṭu baṭu’ atīva sarala śuddha sakhya bhāve yei govinda saṅgete; sarvadā vihare sadā vandiye tāṅhāke We always praise the happy fellow who embodies the mellow of laughter, who is completely overwhelmed by greed for nice food, who always immerses the Adolescent Pair of Vrindavan, that is dearer to him than life, in the mellow of laughter with his crazy words and gestures, who always assists Vrindavan Candra (Krishna), who is so fond of having fun, in all kinds of humorous games and thus always delights him, who bears the sweet and auspicious name Sri Madhumangal, but whom everyone always simply calls ‘Baṭu!’, and who always sports with Govinda in pure fraternal love.
Source: https://a108.net/blogs/entry/12470-vraja-vilasa-krishna%E2%80%99s-c...

Some years back I found this sloka in Gaura Ganodessa Dipika 113 :
khola-vecataya khyatah
panditah sridharo dvijah
asid vraje hasya-karo
yo namna kusumasavah
"The cowherd boy known as Kusumasava in Krishna-lila later became Kolavecha Sridhara during Caitanya Mahaprabhu's lila at Navadvipa."