SB 10.12.11
ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya
dasyam gatanam para-daivatena
mayasritanam nara-darakena
sakam vijahruh krta-punya-puñjah
ittham—in this way; satam—of the transcendentalists; brahma-sukha-anubhutya—with Krsna, the source of brahma-sukha (Krsna is Parabrahman, and from Him originates His personal effulgence); dasyam—servitorship; gatanam—of the devotees who have accepted; para-daivatena—with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; maya-asritanam—for those in the clutches of material energy; nara-darakena—with Him who is like an ordinary child; sakam—along with; vijahruh—enjoyed; krta-punya-puñjah—all these boys, who had accumulated the results of life after life of pious activities.
"Those who are engaged in self-realization, appreciating the Brahman effulgence of the Lord, and those engaged in devotional service, accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead as master, as well as those who are under the clutches of maya, thinking the Lord an ordinary person, cannot understand that certain exalted personalities—after accumulating volumes of pious activities—are now playing with the Lord in friendship as cowherd boys."
Sukadeva Gosvami
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Sri Locana Dasa Thakura
Sri Locana Dasa Thakura was a disciple of Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura, a dearest associate of Lord Gaura Raya.
"My hope of hopes is to be near the lotus feet of Sri Narottama Dasa Thakura and serve him with my very life. The cherished desire of the fallen Locana Dasa is to be allowed, by Narahari's grace, to sing the glories of Lord Gauranga. My Lord is Sri Narahari Thakura, I am his servant. Bowing before him I beg for his service. This is my only aspiration." (Locana Dasa, Caitanya Mangala)
Locana Dasa Thakura wrote Caitanya Mangala which tells many
pastimes of Lord Caitanya not revealed by Vrindavana Dasa Thakura or Krishna Dasa Kaviraja. He mentions an especially touching conversation Sri Gaurasundara had with Vishnupriya Devi the night before
He took sannyasa. (See Vishnupriya's biography entry for the talk) Being a talented musician, Locana Dasa told Mahaprabhu's pastimes in beautiful poetry filled with fire and rhythm. Common people could easily understand the divine character of Sri Caitanya and awaken their religious feelings. As devotees regularly chant the Vedic epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, Gaudiya Vaisnava's still wander through Bengal reciting the Caitanya Mangala.
Locana Dasa Thakura also wrote many songs praising Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, and Gauridasa Pandit. Locana Dasa stresses that raganuga bhaktas must take shelter of Gadadhara Vrindavanisvari to attain Radha-Govinda prema bhakti. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to print and distribute Locana Dasa Thakura's Sri Caitanya Mangala. Srila Prabhupada was very fond of his bhajans. While singing Parama Karuna Srila Prabhupada would plunge into the ocean of Gauranga prema. Prabhupada wrote an extensive commentary on this bhajana: Bhajo bhajo bhai, Caitanya Nitai, sudrdha visvasa kori … "Locana Dasa asks everyone, 'My dear brother, just worship Lord Caitanya and Nityananda with firm faith and conviction.' Don't think that this chanting and dancing will not lead to the desired goal; it will. It is the assurance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu that one will get all perfection by this process. Therefore, one must chant with firm faith and conviction." His samadhi is in 64 Samadhis Area.
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Sri Jayadeva Goswami Disappearance
Three hundred years before the appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Jayadeva Goswami served as the court pandita of Sri Laksmana Sena, King of Bengal. Jayadeva and Padmavati (his wife and an expert dancer) used to worship Lord Sri Krishna with single-minded devotion. After some time, he left the opulent royal life to live peacefully in a grass hut in Champahatti, Navadvipa. Here Jayadeva wrote Gita Govinda.
One day while working on Gita Govinda Jayadeva felt inspired to write, "Krishna bows down to touch the lotus feet of Srimati Radharani." Jayadeva was hesitant to say something which might diminish Lord Krishna's position as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He went to refresh himself with a Ganges bath before honoring Radha-Madhava's maha-prasadam. In his absence, Krishna Himself, disguised as Jayadeva, wrote a line in the Gita Govinda:
dehi pada pallavam udaram. The Lord also accepted prasadam from Padmavati.Dpon returning, Jayadeva was astonished to see the line. Understanding the mystery, Jayadeva cried in spiritual joy and said,
"Padmavati, we are most fortunate. Sri Krishna Himself has written the line, dehi pada pallavam udaram, and taken prasadam from your hand."
Gita Govinda expresses the intense feelings of separation that Sri Radhika felt before the rasa dance. It also describes the most intimate pastimes of Radha-Syarnasundara. During Lord Caitanya's Gambhira lila in Jagannatha Puri, He would thoroughly relish hearing the Gita Govinda sung daily by Svarupa Damodara and Mukunda.
The author Jayadeva Goswami describes Gita Govinda:"Whatever is delightful in varieties of music, whatever is graceful in fine strains of poetry, and whatever is exquisite in the sweet art of Iove-Iet the happy and wise learn from the songs of Jayadeva."
After finishing Gita Govinda Jayadeva visited Vrindavana and then lived his last in Jagannatha Puri. He introduced daily reading of Gita Govinda in the temple for the pleasure of Lord Jagannatha. His samadhi is in the 64 Samadhis Area.
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