Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s victory Defeating the Buddhists at Ahobilam

Jaya jaya sri caitanya jaya nityananda

jayadvaita candra jaya gaura-bhakta vrnda

Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ki Jaya!

Karila Pracar, so Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taken Sannyasa and the pastimes of Nimai’s Sannyasa have just begun which means the Lord’s Madhya lila (pastimes during middle period) have started. Sri Krishna Mahaprabhu will now travel everywhere to preach.

In the bhagavatam it is said, bhutani bhavyani janardanasya. The devotee’s of the Lord travel to preach Krishna consciousness having mercy on the conditioned souls. Of course this is Sri Krishna himself but other devotees also do the same including Sannyasi’s and Brahamacari’s. There are also other preachers who bhutani bhavyani janardanasya (travel to preach).

They are bhagya (greatly fortunate) divya jana, (celestial beings), mahajana (great souls), parivrjakacharya (travelling preachers) Anugrahya caranti nunam SB 3.5.3). Grahastha’s (married devotees) also always travel everywhere to preach the glories of the Lord, caranti nunam. In the same way, to follow these great souls, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu preached all over South India.

Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu got ready to go on this Yatra which he started from Jagannath Puri and as he was travelling he reached Ahobilam. Nrsimha Bhagavan ki Jaya! This is where Lord Nrsimhadeva appeared from inside a pillar and now Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has reached this place.

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is preaching the devotional cult everywhere and is installing this principle in everyone everywhere. Another truth is Vasudevah sarvam iti, Vasudeva is everything, Vasudeva is all in all. Lord Chaitanya is so eager to spread this philosophy, prabhura siddhanta keha na pare khandite (nobody could defeat Lord Chaitanya in establishing the cult of devotion to the supreme lord).

Of course nobody would have been able to because he is the supreme Lord, krsnas tu bhagavan svayam. And the lord appears for the main reason of dharma samsthapanarthaya. The supreme Lord himself establishes the principles of religion and as he is appearing on the Earth at the same time.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is establishing the devotional principles by defeating all other devious philosophical conclusions in South India, and by doing this, he is making all the residents of South India into Vaishnavas. Haribol!

We are reading this from the Chaitanya Charitamrita in the Madhya Lila, and so the Lord met the Pasandi’s, the atheists and the pretenders on his way. They were behaving in an irreligious manner and showed hypocrisy and deceit in their dealings. One Bauddhacharya has reached with many of his disciples and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu wants to speak to them and discuss Sastra, the vedic texts.

This philosophy of Bauddhacharya is also atheistic and they have nine philosophies and Srila Prabhupada I spoke spoken about these in his translation to these verses. So Chaitanya Mahaprabhu spoke to him about their conclusions

Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu purified them all, the Bauddhacharya and his disciples, and liberated them from the false conclusions they held. In this way, the Lord also diminished their false pride. He smashed their philosophy to pieces and you can say he turned everything into a powder, by taking everything apart and smashing it. In this way, he smashed the atheistic philosophy as well as their pride.

In presence of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, they were not able to establish their cult. They could not defeat the Lord through the Sastras.

They all became fearful and shameful, and they started to fight amongst themselves. Just like when dogs fight, and then when they lose, what do they do? When they were fighting, their tails were high up in the air, but when the dog loses, what does it do? It keeps its tail between his legs.

Those poor Buddhists went back to their homes and then after a while they got together and had a discussion. Sakala bauddha mili’ tabe kumantrana kaila. All the Buddhists got together and they began to plot against the Lord. Kumantra, they plotted to do something.

The plot they made was putting untouchable food on a big plate. This means they put meat and fish on that plate also, and who knows what else was put on that plate? All of them bought that plate and they put it in front of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and they said, ‘we have bought Maha Prasad for you.’ They claimed that they had offered it to the deity, and therefore they were calling it Maha Prashad.

At that time a great bird came- (aside) please look here, there is nothing to see there. That great bird picked that big plate up with its beak and picked up that plate. As the bird was flying away with the plate, all the untouchable food that had been kept on that plate, was thrown down into the air and it landed on the heads of those who had prepared it.

There was a big Abhishek, a bathing ceremony for Bauddhacharya and company and there was a shower of all this inauspicious food. All this had taken place due to that great bird, and then the bird dropped the big plate on which all these untouchable foods had been placed. That plate fell straight onto the head of Bauddhacharya and he started to bleed.

As he was feeling dizzy, he said and they fell onto the ground losing consciousness. His students were all trying to bring him back to consciousness but they failed to do so. Then they all started to run towards Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and began to speak.

They all ran towards the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and they began to speak.

This group of students now came on the right path and what are they bow understanding? They understand the Lord Chaitanya MahaPrabhu is the supreme Lord himself. By making all these things happen with the huge bird, the Lord had already showed them his greatness and supreme position. So the group of students must have realised that the sudden appearance of the giant bird on the scene was arranged by the Lord.

The bird not only came upon the scene so suddenly, but it carried the plate and the all the untouchable food on them. So they realised who was behind all this and they spoke to the Lord, ‘It is you only, oh Lord, who has made these things happen.

Mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa caracaram, the Lord says that ‘this material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, and it is producing all moving and nonmoving beings.’ The Lord is saying that not one leaf moves without his permission. The Lord is the witness and the giver of sanction, this is what is said in the Bhagavad Gita. He is the witness and permitter, Haribol! Don’t sleep.

Maybe it’s the Lord who is making you sleep, because even a leaf cannot move without his sanction, and so he is the one who moves our eyes and eyelids to close and to sleep. We could blame the Lord, ‘oh you are the one who is putting me to sleep! You are the supreme controller. Iswara means controller.

So all these students are there and Bauddhacharya os not even in knowledge of what is happening, as he is lying down unconscious. But the rest of the party, the Buddhist disciples are seeing everything and they are beginning to understand that this is all the plan of the Lord. The bird has not just come there but rather it has been called there. There was no such bird when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu reached there initially but then..

Having seen all these occurrences, they are all understanding who the Lord is. ‘Tumi ta’ isvara saksat. Krishnadas Goswami had written that the Lord has performed this pastime for all of us as well to understand that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the supreme Lord. By listening to and by reading these pastimes we should come to the conclusion of who this is. And who is this? Saksat, directly, tumi ta’ isvara saksat, you are directly the supreme personality of God head.

Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ki Jaya! He is Chaitanya what? Mahaprabhu. Prabhu means a Lord or a master, a boss. We sometimes think, ‘oh I am also a Lord or master.’ We are small masters and Lords and then there is Nityananda Prabhu and Adwaita Acharya Prabhu, they are known as Prabhu.

They are also the supreme Lord but in the pastimes of Lord Chaitanya, only he is called Mahaprabhu, the Prabhu, or Lord of all Lords. Everyone else was known as Prabhu and Lord Chaitanya was Mahaprabhu. Others are the Iswara, the controllers, but Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was Parameshwar, the supreme controller.

So the Lord is forgiving them for their offences, ksama aparadha.

Jiyao amara guru, karaha prasada, ‘we were feeding you untouchable things disguised as Maha Prashad, and we told you it was Maha Prashad for you. But now please give us Prashad.’ Prashad is also known as mercy so they are asking for the Lord’s mercy. Tvat prasadan mayachyuta (BG 18.73). (Arjuna said) by Your grace my illusion has been dispelled.

So at least Arjuna has called the lords instructions mercy. What is Bhagavad Gita? Prashad, mercy. Nashto mohah smritir labdha tvat prasadan mayachyuta. Achyuta, means that the Lord never falls down from his position. ‘You appear in this material world, but when you appear, you do not fall down from your position.’ You are infallible, Achyuta.

Chyuta means to fall down, but this is nevet the case for the Supreme Lord and therefore he never falls down. The influence of Maya, the material energy can never cover lord Krishna, this is not possible. And therefore one of the Lords names is Achyuta, infallible. Arjuna was thinking, I fell down. Karpanya dosopahata svabhavah. What happened to my thinking? Karpanya, I became a miser and low minded.

That was why at the beginning I was not ready to fight the war, i had become miserly.’ Arjuna is admitting that he had become weak and miserly. Karpanya dosopahata svabhavah. Then, dharma sammudha cetah, Arjuna became bewildered by irreligion. That is why, ‘sisyas te ‘ham sadhi mam, I am becoming your disciple.’ Bruhi tan me, this knowledge is for my benefit, Arjuna is saying to the Lord.

Then the Lord said many things to Arjuna and at the end, Arjuna is saying to the Lord, ‘thank you, thank you. Whatever you have given me is your mercy.’ The Lord is giving his mercy to everyone but they don’t want it, they are not taking advantage. Then the party of Buddhist disciples said, ‘karaha prasada.’

They were asking for his mercy. ‘Who do we ask for your mercy for? For our spiritual master. Please make him conscious again because he is not dead. He is in this situation because of his offence to your lotus feet, but please save our spiritual master, help! Help!’ So we know that the Lord is all merciful, is that correct? If you hear with attention you will know this, and you must open your ears and your eyes also should be open.

If we listen with open ears, then our eyes will also open. Eye opener, do you understand this term? ‘Oh wow! That was an eye opener! That really opened my eyes, you know!’ When Krishna heard about the feelings of the residents of Vrindavan’s pain in separation of him, it was an eye opener for Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra. ‘Result, really? Wow!’ So the wow factor was also there and as they continued to listen, the Lord heard of the pain of the residents of Vrindavan due to separation from him.

The Lord’s eyes were opening and opening wide and they opened so much that now Jagannatha’s eyes never close. The Lord doesn’t ever experience blinking of the eyes and so that was a real eye opener for Krishna. Hari Hari. The Lord is now willing to bestow his mercy upon these students.

The Lord told the Buddhist disciples, ‘if you want that I give you mercy in the form of Prashad that i may feed your spiritual master, then what must you do? You all chant ‘Krsna Krsna Hari.’ Go to your spiritual master and chant this mantra in his ear. And how must it be chanted? Krsna nama ucca kari, the Lord’s names must be chanted loudly.

So they chanted the Lords names loudly, and they had no other alternative, so they did as they were told to do. The party of the Buddhist disciples then loudly chanted in their spiritual master’s ears

Krishna, Rama, Hari. The Buddhist disciples began to chant, Jai Jai Rama Krishna Hari, Jai Jai Rama Krishna Hari (Maharaja sings this). In Maharashtra, the devotees of Lord Vitthal, but not only his devotees but others also, s ing this Kirtan mostly. Anyway on the day of Ekadasi it is an Ekadasi Uttsava, a celebration of Ekadasi. All Ekadasi’s are celebrated as a festival in this way in Pandharpura and all over Maharashtra.

Ekadasi is celebrated as the greatest festival and there are four Eladasi’s which are very important, Ashadhi, Kartika, Magha and Chaitra Ekadasi’s, are the four Ekadasi’s in these four months. And out of these four Ekadashi’s, two are most important, Ashadhi Ekadashi and Kartika Ekadashi. And of these two Ekadashi’s, Ashadhi Ekadashi is most important, and it is also known as Shayani Ekadashi.

Kartika Ekadashi is also known as Utthana Ekadashi and so on Shayana Ekadashi the Lord starts sleeping for a long period of time and he sleeps for four months. You are thinking, hey it’s is good news! The lord sleeps for four months but unfortunately Maharaja is not letting us sleep for one moment. So there was chanting there of Jai Jai Rama Krishna Hari.

Thats another thing, but Tukaram Maharaja was initiated in his dream, and Tukaram Maharaja is writing in verses of his writings of poetry and song to the Lord. In these verses, there is some understanding of his own character in form of a biographical sketch. Tukaram Maharaja took rest in a Thursday night and so he writes about his dream.

A person appeared there and he gave his introduction and said do you know who i am? My name is Ragahava Chaitanya, or Keshava Chaitanya. Tukaram Maharaja further writes that ‘this personality gave me initiation in my dream and also he gave me a Mantra. What was this Mantra? Rama Krishna Hari.’ Therefore this is the main mantra in Maharashtra because Tukaram preached this Mantra everywhere.

Jai Jai Rama Krishna Hari, Jai Jai Rama Krishna Hari. So it seems that this Mantra was again authorised by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Prabhupada ki Jai! So it seems that this may be the Mantra that the Buddhist disciples chanted in the ears of their spiritual master. Cetana pana, their spiritual master gained consciousness as he had been unconscious for some time.

cetana pana acarya bale, what did the Acharya say? ‘Hari’ ‘Hari!’ He had been lying there as if he was dead like a tree and as soon as he heard this Mantra, he jumped up and what did he say? ‘Hari’ ‘Hari!’ He also did Kirtan of the Mantra Jai Jai Rama Krishna Hari or otherwise he chanted

By this time, many people had gathered there and they all became witnesses as the Acharya chanted the Lord’s holy name. They have all become astonished to see all this which has taken place. They must have seen as a large bird appeared and threw all the untouchable food upon the Buddhist disciples and party, and also what happened after that with the Acharia becoming unconscious.

They were shouting ‘help, help!’ And what is the help one offer? Chant Rama Krishna Hari, and they did this. The Acharya also heard this chanting, and he jumped up chanting in the same way. He saw that everybody was dancing and partaking in the Kirtan. Dekhiya sakala loka haila vismaya, so in this way everyone was astonished.

Ei rupe kautuka kari’ sacira nandana, seeing all this happening, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu suddenly left the scene, although there were many people who had gathered there. So we should do something for these people who have curiosity Krishna consciousness. So you app do please do something for them by preaching, because maybe you don’t have the admiration that they did, as they all had stood there to see what was happening.

Antardhana kaila, keha na paya darsana. Suddenly Chaitanya Mahaprabhu suddenly left. The Lord did not usually do this by leaving suddenly, but here he did so and the people took his Darshan of suddenly disappearing . He was in the midst of all the people when this was pastime was happening, and then in front of vision, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu disappeared.

After disappearing like this, although the Lord has nothing to prove to anyone, we can come to a conclusion as who he is, and who is Caitanya Mahaprabhu? He is the supreme Lord, and only the supreme Lord can disappear from everyone’s vision in this way. By his own will he can appear and by that very same will he can disappear. This it is only possible by the supreme Lord. In this way the Lord has given Darshan in this way by disappearing and you can take Darshan of this particular pastime of the Lord.

This is also the Lord’s Darshan, to see how he has disappeared from everyone’s vision, what is this? This is also Darshan.

The lord reached Tirupati! This is easy for the supreme Lord, there was no rail Yatra (travelling by rail), no Padayatra (walking for long), or air Yatra (travel by plane). He was in Ahobilam a few moments ago, and next he is – well he can become Lord Vamana, Trivrikram. If Lord Vanana can step over the whole universe in step, then that same Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu can do the same.

So one of the Lord’s legs is in Ahobilam and the other org is in Tirupati, and in this way the Lord reached! Govinda! Govinda! So we have our Govinda here and we are not sure if he wants to see us or not, but we certainly want to see him. So we end the pastimes of Lord Chaitanya here and we will get ready for Darshan now. Notai Gaura Prem Ananda Haribol!