Antya-līlā

Chapter 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 118 of 159
Cc Antya 5.118

পূর্ণানন্দচিত্স্বরূপ জগন্নাথরায তাঙ্রে কৈলি জডনশ্বরপ্রাকৃতকায!!

पूर्णानन्दचित्स्वरूप जगन्नाथराय ताङ्रे कैलि जडनश्वरप्राकृतकाय!!

pūrṇānanda-cit-svarūpa jagannātha-rāya tāṅre kaili jaḍa-naśvara-prākṛta-kāya!!

Synonyms

pūrṇa-ānandacomplete transcendental bliss; cit-svarūpathe spiritual identity; jagannātha-rāyaLord Jagannātha; tāṅreHim; kailiyou have made; jaḍainert; naśvaraperishable; prākṛtamaterial; kāyapossessing a body..

Translation

"Lord Jagannātha is completely spiritual and full of transcendental bliss, but you have compared Him to a dull, destructible body composed of the inert, external energy of the Lord.

Purport

If one thinks that the form of Lord Jagannātha is an idol made of wood, he immediately brings ill fortune into his life. According to the direction of the Padma Purāṇa: arcye viṣṇau śilā-dhīḥ. ..yasya vā nārakī saḥ. Thus one who thinks that the body of Lord Jagannātha is made of matter and who distinguishes between Lord Jagannātha's body and soul is condemned, for he is an offender. A pure devotee who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness makes no distinction between Lord Jagannātha and His body. He knows that they are identical, just as Lord Kṛṣṇa and His soul are one and the same. When one's eyes are purified by devotional service performed on the spiritual platform, one can actually envision Lord Jagannātha and His body as being completely spiritual. The advanced devotee, therefore, does not see the worshipable Deity to have a soul within a body like an ordinary human being. There is no distinction between the body and soul of Lord Jagannātha, for Lord Jagannātha is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha, just as the body of Kṛṣṇa is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha. There is actually no difference between Lord Jagannātha and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but the ignorant poet from Bengal applied a material distinction to the body of Lord Śrī Jagannātha.

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