{"id":3097,"date":"2007-03-14T18:44:44","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2007-03-14T18:44:44","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T17:44:44","slug":"sri-caitanya-avatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3097","title":{"rendered":"Sri Caitanya Avatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samapriya dd (ACBSP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There was dance and song in Navadvipa<br \/>\nThe jewel of the Brahmins Nimai Pandit.<br \/>\nBrought the Lord\u2019s name to all who could hear<br \/>\nRenewing their faith  abandoning  fear.<\/p>\n<p>Like fire devouring the wood of a tree<br \/>\nThe holy name rose giving Vaishnavas  ecstacy.<br \/>\nAs astute scholars with dust in the hearts<br \/>\nSaw their dry tree of  knowledge break into parts.<\/p>\n<p>You came to deliver the most fallen souls<br \/>\nGiving Your mercy for free.<br \/>\nAll are entitled to pure KrsnaPrema<br \/>\nWith only desire the fee.<\/p>\n<p>The method was simple, as still it is<br \/>\nJust chant the Lord\u2019s name and he who gives,<br \/>\nThis treasure to others transcends all time,<br \/>\nFor he has thus rendered a service sublime.<\/p>\n<p>Advaita Acharya prayed for You to descend,<br \/>\nBecause His heart was full of grief.<br \/>\nThe ways of the world for You to amend.<br \/>\nThe people had given up their belief.<\/p>\n<p>The time had arrived,  when You heard His call<br \/>\nBut as You were ready to go,<br \/>\nThe love You saw glowing in someone else<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what You wanted to know.<\/p>\n<p>You were enchanted by a goddess supreme<br \/>\nA love like Her\u2019s You\u2019d never seen<br \/>\nAnd when its sweetness entered Your heart<br \/>\nWas the secret reason You had to depart.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing to know the glory of Her love<br \/>\nThe qualities in You She  savors<br \/>\nThe happiness She feels from Your love<br \/>\nYou desired these intimate flavors.<\/p>\n<p>You shared this sweet rasa with only a few<br \/>\nThough it couldn\u2019t stay tightly covered<br \/>\nBut just as the thorns a  camel  does chew<br \/>\nTasting his blood and relishing too<br \/>\nWith no adikar the fools never knew<br \/>\nHow this most precious love is discovered <\/p>\n<p>I am standing in back of a line of great saints<br \/>\nCalled the disciplic succession<br \/>\nThis has all been passed down and handed to me<br \/>\nAnd that\u2019s how I\u2019ve taken possession.<\/p>\n<p>My guru bestowed his mercy upon me<br \/>\nTo hear this most confidential truth<br \/>\nAnd Lord Sri Caitanya delivers the fallen<br \/>\nOf this I am living as proof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cainya.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Samapriya Devi Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> My guru bestowed his mercy upon me To hear this most confidential truth And Lord Sri Caitanya delivers the fallen Of this I am living as proof.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}