130 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Adi-lila, Ch. 14

for liberation, which is sought after by many great scholars and philosophers. Simi-
larly, a devotee of Lord Caitanya considers residence in the heavenly planets a
will-o’-the-wisp. He surpasses the perfection of mystic yoga power because for him
the senses are like snakes with broken fangs. A snake is a very fearful and dangerous
animal because of his poison fangs, but if these fangs are broken the appearance of
a snake is no cause for fear. The yoga principles are meant to control the senses,
but there is no scope for the senses of one engaged in the service of the Lord to be
dangerous like snakes. These are the gifts of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.”

The Hari-bhakti-vildsa confirms that difficult things become easy to understand
if one remembers Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and easy things become very difficult
to understand if one forgets Him. We actually see that even those who are very great
scientists in the eyes of the genera} public cannot understand the very simple idea
that life comes from life because they do not have the mercy of Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. They defend the false understanding that life comes from matter,
although they cannot prove this is a fact. Modern civlization, therefore, progressing
on the basis of this false scientific theory, is simply creating problems to be solved
by the so-called scientists.

The author of Caftanya-caritamrta takes shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to
describe the pastimes of His appearance as a child because one cannot write such
transcendental literature by mental speculation. One who writes about the Supreme
Personality of Godhead must be especially favored by the Lord, Simply by academic
qualifications it is not possible to write such literature.

TEXT 2

wa oa toes, on frestora |
WRCTSHS, OH CUTSS TA | 2 |

jaya jaya sri-caitanya, jaya nity@nanda
jayddvaitacandra, jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
SYNONYMS
jaya jaya—all glories; sr7-caftanya—to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; jaya—all glories;
nity@nanda—to Nityananda Prabhu; jaya advaita-candra—ali glories to Advaita
Acarya; jaya—all glories; gaura-bhakta-vrnda—to all the devotees of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu
and all the devotees of Lord Caitanya!

TEXT 3
Ces Ser ck STMT |
ROTH CATE CHM STAT Ilo I
