Adi-lila, Chapter 10 285
TRANSLATION
Every year he took a party of devotees from Bengal to Jagannatha Puri to visit
Lord Caitanya. He maintained the entire party as they journeyed on the road.
TEXT 56
SCH SA Bee AG G-fSA WHA |
‘Arwte’, ican sta enfasta-acrt ew tl
bhakte krpa karena prabhu e-tina svariupe
‘saksat,’ ‘avesa’ Gra ‘avirbhava’—ripe
SYNONYMS
bhakte—unto devotees; kjpd—mercy; Rarena—bestows; prabhu—Lord Caitanya;
e—these; tina—three; svarupe—features; sdksat—directly; Gvesa—empowered by the
Lord; dra—and; dvirbhava—appearance; rupe—in the features.
TRANSLATION
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bestows His causeless mercy upon His devotees in
three features: His own direct appearance [saksat], His prowess within someone He
empowers [aveSa] , and His manifestation [avirbhava] .
PURPORT
The saksat feature of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is His personal presence. Avesa
refers to invested power, like that invested in Nakula Brahmacart. Avirbhava isa
manifestation of the Lord that appears even though He is personally not present.
For example, Sri Sacimata offered foodstuffs at home to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
although He was far away in Jagannatha Puri, and when she opened her eyes after
offering the foodstuffs she saw that they had actually been eaten by Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. Similarly, Srivasa Thakura performed safkirtana, and everyone felt
the presence of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu even in His absence. This is another
example of dvirbhava.
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WITS NS SS Hee fafacetea |
ASM AMG a-cacw SIGA ‘HTT’ 11 9
‘saksate’ sakala bhakta dekhe nirvisesa
nakula brahmacari-dehe prabhura ‘avesa’
