Madhya-līlā

Chapter 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Verse 55 of 284
Cc Madhya 1.55

সেইত পরাণনাথ পাইনু যাহা লাগিঽ মদনদহনে ঝুরি গেনু

सेइत पराणनाथ पाइनु याहा लागिऽ मदनदहने झुरि गेनु

seita parāṇa-nātha pāinu yāhā lāgi' madana-dahane jhuri genu

Synonyms

seitathat; parāṇa-nāthaLord of My life; pāinuI have gotten; yāhāwhom; lāgi'for; madana-dahanein the fire of lusty desire; jhuriburning; genuI have become..

Translation

"I have gotten that Lord of My life for whom I was burning in the fire of lusty desires."

Purport

In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.29.15) it is stated:

kāmaṁ krodhaṁ bhayaṁ sneham
aikyaṁ sauhṛdam eva ca
nityaṁ harau vidadhato
yānti tanmayatām hi te

The word kāma means lusty desire, bhaya means fear, and krodha means anger. If one somehow or other approaches Kṛṣṇa, his life becomes successful. The gopīs approached Kṛṣṇa with lusty desire. Kṛṣṇa was a very beautiful boy, and they wanted to meet and enjoy His company. But this lusty desire is different from that of the material world. It appears like mundane lust, but in actuality it is the highest form of attraction to Kṛṣṇa. Caitanya Mahāprabhu was a sannyāsī; He left home and everything else. He could certainly not be induced by any mundane lusty desires. So when He uses the word madana-dahane ("in the fire of lusty desire"), He means that out of pure love for Kṛṣṇa He was burning in the fire of separation from Kṛṣṇa. Whenever He met Jagannātha, either in the temple or during the Ratha-yātrā, Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to think, "Now I have gotten the Lord of My life and soul."

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