Anjali Dasi 4 February 2012 ·
One day the Lord heard the pastimes of Krishna in His incarnation as a boar, Lord Varaha. Roaring He rushed to Murari Gupta's house. Lord Chaitanya had a special love for Murari Gupta, just like Lord RamaChandra had a special love for Hanuman. When Lord GauraChandra arrived at Murari Gupta's house, Murari Gupta received the Lord with great respect, offering obeisances to the Lord's lotus feet. The Lord hurried past him shouting, "Boar, boar." Murari Gupta was left dumb founded, looking all around him. The Lord entered the temple room of Lord Visnu and saw a beautiful water pot standing in the corner. Just at that moment the Lord took the form of Lord Varaha. Absorbed in this mood, He lifted the water pot with His tusks, and roaring loudly like a boar He stood there with His four hoofs. The Lord ordered Murari Gupta, "Offer prayers to Me Murari!" Murari remained dumbfounded. Amazed by this extraordinary sight, no words came to his mouth. The Lord then said, "Speak up Murari, speak up, you do not have to fear. Don't you know My supreme identity?" Trembling with fear, Murari pleaded with the Lord saying, "Oh Lord! You Yourself know how to glorify Yourself and offer prayers. Lord Ananta Sesha, who holds the entire creation on just one of His hoods, has manifested a thousand mouths to glorify You, yet He laments that He cannot find the limits to Your glories. Who is more capable than Ananta Sesha to glorify You? The entire material universe follows the instructions of the Vedas, yet these very Vedas are unable to fully reveal Your transcendental, absolute nature. I have heard that there are an unlimited number of universes in this material creation and that they all emanate from the pores of Your transcendental body. You are the fully independent Supreme Autocrat, and You are always blissful. How is it possible for the limited Vedic literature to describe the pastimes which You perform according to Your own sweet will. Therefore, Oh Lord, only You know Yourself fully, and others can know You only if You reveal Yourself to them through Your causeless mercy. What ability do I possess to offer You prayers and glorify You?" Saying this, Murari Gupta fell flat on the floor offering obeisances to the Lord. Lord Varaha was pleased with Murari Gupta's words. Then expressing anger at the Vedic literatures, He spoke out loud, "The Vedas have the audacity to say that I have no hands, no legs, no mouth, and no eyes! There is a mischievous sannyasi living in Kasi who teaches his students. That rascal tries to mutilate My transcendental form. He studies the Vedas and teaches others, but he does not accept My transcendental form. As a result of such blasphemy he was attacked by the dreaded disease leprosy, but he could not understand the import of it. "I am the Lord of all sacrifices, the Supreme Lord Visnu. There are no imperfections in My transcendental form. Lord Brahma and Lord Siva are always engaged in glorifying My supreme transcendental position and nature. A mere touch of My body can spiritualize and purify everything; yet that rascal is so insolent that he proclaims that My transcendental form is non- existent. Carefully hear My opinion Murari Gupta. I will to you that which is not manifest even in the Vedas. I accepted the incarnation of a boar to lift the material world out of the waters of nescience, know Me to be the ultimate goal of the Vedas. The purpose of My present incarnation is to propagate the congregational chanting of the holy name of Krishna. In this incarnation, as in other incarnations, I will annihilate the miscreants for the protection and pleasure of My devotees. I cannot tolerate My devotees being threatened and tortured. I will even kill My own son to protect My beloved devotees. This is not a lie Murari! "Listen attentively. In My boar incarnation, when I lifted the earth, Mother Earth became impregnated by My touch. She gave birth to My son, named Naraka, who was very strong and powerful. I gave My son all religious instructions. He became a very powerful king and dutifully protected the demigods, brahmanas, spiritual master and the devotees. However, the hand of destiny changed everything. Due to the influence and bad association of King Venu, he became a criminal and was cruel to the devotees. Any aggression or violence towards My devotees is totally intolerable to Me, so I killed My son to protect My devotees. I am revealing all these confidential matters to you because you have been serving Me for many births." Murari Gupta was overwhelmed by the Lord's presence and narration, and he wept with joy. All glories to Sri GauraChandra and Sri Murari Gupta! All glories to Lord Varahadeva, the protector of His devotees! In this way Lord Chaitanya went to the homes of all His devotees, and by His causeless mercy revealed His real supreme identity to them. The devotees and servants recognized their Supreme Lord and their hearts were filled with ecstatic bliss. They now became fearless and did not care for the atheists. They went everywhere, in all public places, and chanted Krishna's name loudly. Day and night the devotees spent their time with the Lord chanting and singing Lord Krishna's holy name. Only Lord Nityananda Prabhu was missing, and this saddened Lord GauraChandra. Lord Visvambhara was constantly thinking about Lord Nityananda. His separation became unbearable to the Lord. Lord Visvambhara knew Lord Nityananda to be the Supreme Lord, Ananta Vasudeva. I shall take this time to describe some transcendental facts about Lord Nityananda's birth, activities and so on. The Supreme Lord Nityananda Prabhu was born in the village of Ekacakra. Lord Nityananda, who is Lord Haladhara, Balarama, worshiped Lord Mooresvara, Lord Siva, in the form of His linga. This temple is situated close to the Lord's birthplace. Lord Nityananda's parents were extremely pious. His father, Hrdaya Pandita, was a very learned brahmana, very compassionate and detached from material life. His mother, Srimati Padmavati, was a very pious and chaste lady. She was a great devotee, and the Universal Mother. Lord Nityananda Raya was the eldest son of the family. Everyone was captivated by His good looks. I have already described in detail His childhood pastimes in the earlier portion of this book, so for now, I will give only indications, otherwise the book will become voluminous. http://bvml.org/SCM/SCB/mad-03.html Sri Caitanya Bhagavat ~ Madhya lila ~ Chapter 3 Image may contain: Keshav Roy
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"I have heard that there are an unlimited number of universes in this material creation and that they all emanate from the pores of Your transcendental body. You are the fully independent Supreme Autocrat, and You are always blissful. How is it possible for the limited Vedic literature to describe the pastimes which You perform according to Your own sweet will. Therefore, Oh Lord, only You know Yourself fully, and others can know You only if You reveal Yourself to them through Your causeless mercy. What ability do I possess to offer You prayers and glorify You?" - Saying this, Murari Gupta fell flat on the floor offering obeisances to the Lord.