Madhya-līlā

Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Verse 46 of 255
Cc Madhya 14.46

ঽহরিবোলঽ বলিঽ কাংগাল প্রেমে ভাসিঽ যায ঐছন অদ্ভুত লীলা করে গৌররায

ऽहरिबोलऽ बलिऽ कांगाल प्रेमे भासिऽ याय ऐछन अद्भुत लीला करे गौरराय

'hari-bola' bali' kāṅgāla preme bhāsi' yāya aichana adbhuta līlā kare gaurarāya

Synonyms

hari-bola bali'by chanting "Hari bol"; kāṅgālathe poor section of people; premein ecstatic love; bhāsi' yāyabegan to float; aichanasuch; adbhutawonderful; līlāpastimes; kareperforms; gaurarāyaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu..

Translation

As soon as the beggars chanted the holy name, "Hari bol," they were immediately absorbed in ecstatic love of Godhead. In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed wonderful pastimes.

Purport

To feel the emotion of ecstatic love of God is to be on the transcendental platform. If one can keep himself in that transcendental position, he will surely return home, back to Godhead. In the spiritual world there are no higher, middle or lower classes. This is confirmed by Īśopaniṣad, Mantra Seven:

yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāny
ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ
tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka
ekatvam anupaśyataḥ

"One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things. What, then, can be illusion or anxiety for him?"

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