Text 39] The Advent of Lord Caitanya 73

TRANSLATION

For six of the eighteen years He continuously stayed in Jagannatha Purt, He
regularly performed kirtana, inducing all the devotees to love Krsna simply by
chanting and dancing.

TEXT 39

Gime zena ory ghee Ae oTe |
Cobre Fal ereerl Mpa TA-FECH Ld I

dvadasa vatsara Sesa rahila nilacale
premavastha sikhaifa Gsvadana-cchale

SYNONYMS

dvadasa—twelve; vatsara—years; sesa—balance; rahifga—remained; nilacafe—at
Jagannatha Puri; prema-avastha—a state of ecstasy; sikhdi/a—instructed everyone;
dsvadana-cha/e—under the plea of tasting it Himself.

TRANSLATION

For the remaining twelve years He stayed in Jagannatha Puri, He taught everyone
how to taste the transcendental mellow ecstasy of love of Krsna by tasting it Him-
self.

PURPORT

A person who is advanced in Krsna consciousness always feels separation from
Krsna because such a feeling of separation excels the feeling of meeting Krsna. Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in His last twelve years of existence within this world at
Jagannatha Purl, taught the people of the world how, with a feeling of separation,
one can develop His dormant love of Krsna. Such feelings of separation or meeting
with Krsna are different stages of love of Godhead. These feelings develop in time
when a person seriously engages in devotional service. The highest stage is called
prema-bhakti, but this stage is attained by executing s@dhana-bhakti, One should
not try to elevate himself artificially to the stage of prerma-bhakti without seriously
following the regulative principles of s@dhana-bhakti. Prema-bhakti is the stage of
relishing, whereas sddhana-bhakti is the stage of improving in devotional service.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught this cult of devotional service in full detail by
practical application in His own fife. It is said, therefore, Gpani Gcari’ bhakti
Sikhdimu sabére. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself, and in the role of a
Rrsna-bhakta, a devotee of Krsna, He instructed the entire world how one can
execute devotiona! service and thus go back home, back to Godhead, in due course
of time.
