Ādi-līlā

Chapter 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features

Verse 104 of 165
Cc Ādi 7.104

তোমার বচন শুনিঽ জুডায শ্রবণ তোমার মাধুরী দেখিঽ জুডায নযন

तोमार वचन शुनिऽ जुडाय श्रवण तोमार माधुरी देखिऽ जुडाय नयन

tomāra vacana śuni' juḍāya śravaṇa tomāra mādhurī dekhi' juḍāya nayana

Synonyms

tomāraYour; vacanaspeeches; śuni'hearing; juḍāyavery much satisfied; śravaṇaaural reception; tomāraYour; mādhurīnectar; dekhi'seeing; juḍāyasatisfies; nayanaour eyes..

Translation

"Dear Caitanya Mahāprabhu," they said, "to tell You the truth, we are greatly pleased to hear Your words, and furthermore Your bodily features are so pleasing that we feel extraordinary satisfaction in seeing You.

Purport

In the śāstras it is said:

ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ

"One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His name, form, qualities or paraphernalia, but if one renders service unto Him the Lord reveals Himself." (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234) Here one can see the effect of the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs' service toward Nārāyaṇa. Because they offered a little respect to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and because they were pious and actually followed the austere rules and regulations of sannyāsa, they had some understanding of Vedānta philosophy, and by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu they could appreciate that He was none other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is endowed with all six opulences. One of these opulences is His beauty. By His extraordinarily beautiful bodily features the Māyāvādī sannyāsīs recognized Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as Nārāyaṇa Himself. He was not a farcical Nārāyaṇa like the daridra-nārāyaṇas invented by so-called sannyāsīs.

Verse 104 of 165
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