Text 119] Ramananda Raya Instructs Pradyumna Misra 175
TEXT 118
Adtaa-feaat Sitate-atT |
Ses CHL SH-AA-ONTS-FA t Se ti
purndnanda-cit-svarupa jagannatha-raya
tarire kaili jada-nasvara-prakrta-kaya!!
SYNONYMS
purna-dnanda—complete transcendental bliss; cit-svarépa—the spiritual iden-
tity; jaganndtha-raya—Lord Jagannatha; tarre—Him; kaili—you have made;
jada—inert; nasvara—perishable; prakrta—material; kiya—possessing a body.
TRANSLATION
“Lord Jagannatha is completely spiritual and full of transcendental bliss,
but you have compared Him to a dull, destructible body composed of the in-
ert, external energy of the Lord.
PURPORT
If one thinks that the form of Lord Jagannatha is an idol made of wood, he im-
mediately brings ill fortune into his life. According to the direction of the Padma
Purana: arcye visnau sila-dhih. ..yasya va naraki sah. Thus one who thinks that the
body of Lord Jagannatha is made of matter and who distinguishes between Lord
Jagannatha’s body and soul is condemned, for he is an offender. A pure devotee
who knows the science of Krsna consciousness makes no distinction between
Lord Jagannatha and His body. He knows that they are identical, just as Lord Krsna
and His soul are one and the same. When one’s eyes are purified by devotional
service performed on the spiritual platform, one can actually envision Lord Jagan-
natha and His body as being completely spiritual. The advanced devotee,
therefore, does not see the worshipable Deity to have a soul within a body like an
ordinary human being. There is no distinction between the hody and soul of Lord
Jagannatha, for Lord Jagannatha is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, just as the body of
Krsna is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. There is actually no difference between Lord
Jagannatha and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but the ignorant poet from Bengal ap-
plied a material distinction to the body of Lord Sri Jagannatha.
TEXT 119
Af-eoud Cosa Stata |
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puirna-sad-aisvarya caitanya—svayam bhagavan
tare kaili ksudra jiva sphuliriga-samdna!!
