When he walked through the forests of Vrindavana...

topic posted Wed, January 3, 2007 - 7:02 PM by  cintamani
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When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said,"Chant Krsna! Krsna!" the tigers and deer
began to dance and chant, "Krsna!"

nace, kunde vyaghra-gana mrgi-gana-sange
balabhadra-bhattacarya dekhe apurva-range

nace--dance; kunde--jump; vyaghra-gana--the tigers; mrgi-gana-sange--with the
does; balabhadra-bhattacarya--Balabhadra Bhattacarya; dekhe--sees; apurva-range-
-with great wonder.

When all the tigers and does danced and jumped, Balabhadra Bhattacarya saw
them and was struck with wonder.

vyaghra-mrga anyonye kare alingana
mukhe mukha diya kare anyonye cumbana

vyaghra-mrga--the tigers and deer; anyonye--one another; kare--do; alingana--
embracing; mukhe mukha diya--touching one anothers' mouths; kare--do; anyonye
cumbana--kissing one another.

Indeed, the tigers and deer began to embrace one another, and, touching
mouths, they began to kiss.

kautuka dekhiya prabhu hasite lagila
ta-sabake tahan chadi' age cali' gela

kautuka dekhiya--seeing this fun; prabhu--Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; hasite
lagila--began to smile; ta-sabake--all of them; tahan chadi'--leaving there;
age--forward; cali' gela--advanced.

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw all this fun, He began to smile. Finally He
left the animals and continued on His way.

mayuradi paksi-gana prabhure dekhiya
sange cale, 'krsna' bali' nace matta hana

mayura-adi--beginning with peacocks; paksi-gana--different types of birds;
prabhure--Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dekhiya--seeing; sange cale--go with Him;
krsna bali'--chanting the holy name of Krsna; nace--dance; matta hana--becoming
mad.

Various birds, including the peacock, saw Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and began
to follow Him, chanting and dancing. They were all maddened by the holy name of
Krsna.

'hari-bola' bali' prabhu kare ucca-dhvani
vrksa-lata----praphullita, sei dhvani suni'

hari-bola--the vibration of Hari-bol; bali'--chanting; prabhu--Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; kare--makes; ucca-dhvani--a loud sound; vrksa-lata--the trees and
creepers; praphullita--very jubilant; sei--that; dhvani--sound; suni'--hearing.

When the Lord loudly chanted "Hari bol!" the trees and creepers became
jubilant to hear Him.

The loud chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra is so powerful that it can even
penetrate the ears of trees and creepers-what to speak of animals and human
beings. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu once asked Haridasa Thakura how trees and plants
could be delivered, and Haridasa Thakura replied that the loud chanting of the
Hare Krsna maha-mantra would benefit not only trees and plants but insects and
all other living beings. One should therefore not be disturbed by the loud
chanting of Hare Krsna, for it is beneficial not only to the chanter but to
everyone who gets an opportunity to hear.

'jharikhande' sthavara-jangama ache yata
krsna-nama diya kaila premete unmatta

jharikhande--in the place known as Jharikhanda; sthavara-jangama--moving and
not moving; ache--there are; yata--all; krsna-nama diya--giving them the holy
name of Lord Krsna; kaila--made; premete--in ecstasy; unmatta--mad.

Thus all living entities-some moving and some standing still in the forest of
Jharikhanda-became maddened by hearing the holy name of Lord Krsna vibrated by
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
posted by:
cintamani
Los Angeles
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