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Today is the disappearance day of Sri Madhavendra Puri, who appears in the line of disciplic succession as the grand spiritual master of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Madhavendra Puri\u2019s disciple Isvara Puri was accepted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as His spiritual master. Sri Madhavendra Puri is very important for us, and today we shall read about his disappearance from Srila Prabhupada\u2019s translation of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta<\/em>, Antya-lila<\/em>, Chapter Eight: \u201cRamacandra Puri Criticizes the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n INTRODUCTION by Srila Prabhupada<\/p>\n The following summary of the Eighth Chapter is given by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya<\/em>. This chapter describes the history of the Lord\u2019s dealings with Ramacandra Puri. Although Ramacandra Puri was one of the disciples of Madhavendra Puri, he was influenced by dry Mayavadis, and therefore he criticized Madhavendra Puri. Therefore Madhavendra Puri accused him of being an offender and rejected him. Because Ramacandra Puri had been rejected by his spiritual master, he became concerned only with finding faults in others and advising them according to dry Mayavada philosophy. For this reason he was not very respectful to the Vaisnavas, and later he became so fallen that he began criticizing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for His eating. Hearing his criticisms, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu reduced His eating, but after Ramacandra Puri left Jagannatha Puri, the Lord resumed His usual behavior.<\/p>\n TEXT 1\u20136<\/p>\n tam vande krsna-caitanyam Let me offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who reduced His eating due to fear of the criticism of Ramacandra Puri.<\/p>\n jaya jaya sri-caitanya karuna-sindhu-avatara All glories to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the incarnation of the ocean of mercy! His lotus feet are worshiped by demigods like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva.<\/p>\n <\/em>jaya jaya avadhuta-candra nityananda All glories to Nityananda Prabhu, the greatest of mendicants, who bound the entire world with a knot of ecstatic love for God!<\/p>\n jaya jaya advaita isvara avatara All glories to Advaita Prabhu, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead! He induced Krsna to descend and thus delivered the entire world.<\/p>\n jaya jaya srivasadi yata bhakta-gana All glories to all the devotees, headed by Srivasa Thakura! Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is their life and soul.<\/p>\n ei-mata gauracandra nija-bhakta-sange Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, at Jagannatha Puri, performed His various pastimes with His own devotees in the waves of love for Krsna.<\/p>\n COMMENT by Giriraj Swami<\/p>\n The sannyasi Ramacandra Puri came to Nilacala to meet Paramananda Puri and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. When Lord Chaitanya saw Ramacandra Puri, He offered His obeisances at his feet because Ramacandra Puri was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri and a godbrother of Lord Chaitanya\u2019s spiritual master, Isvara Puri. So, according to etiquette, He offered the same respect to Ramacandra Puri as to His spiritual master, Isvara Puri. In one line, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami summarizes Ramacandra Puri\u2019s behavior:<\/p>\n <\/span>TEXT 17\u201321<\/p>\n ei ta\u2019 svabhava tanra agraha kariya The characteristic of Ramacandra Puri was that first he would induce someone to eat more than necessary and then he would criticize him.<\/p>\n purve yabe madhavendra karena antardhana Formerly, when Madhavendra Puri was at the last stage of his life, Ramacandra Puri came to where he was staying.<\/p>\n puri-gosani kare krsna-nama-sankirtana <\/em>Madhavendra Puri was chanting the holy name of Krsna, and sometimes he would cry, \u201cO my Lord, I did not get shelter at Mathura.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/em>ramacandra-puri tabe upadese tanre <\/em>Then Ramacandra Puri was so foolish that he fearlessly dared to instruct his spiritual master.<\/p>\n \u201ctumi\u2014purna-brahmananda, karaha smarana <\/em>\u201cIf you are in full transcendental bliss,\u201d he said, \u201cyou should now remember only Brahman. Why are you crying?\u201d<\/p>\n PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada<\/p>\n As stated in Bhagavad-gita<\/em>, brahma-bhutah prasannatma<\/em>: a Brahman realized person is always happy. Na socati na kanksati<\/em>: he neither laments nor aspires for anything. Not knowing why Madhavendra Puri was crying, Ramacandra Puri tried to become his advisor. Thus he committed a great offense, for a disciple should never try to instruct his spiritual master.<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n Although Ramacandra Puri had some knowledge of the scripture, he could not understand the behavior of Madhavendra Puri. He knew from the Bhagavad-gita<\/em> that brahma-bhutah prasannatma<\/em>: one who is on the Brahman platform becomes joyful. Most of us are on the material platform. We identify with the body, and because of such bodily identification we have to suffer. We suffer disease. The body is always subject to disease, and some diseases are extremely painful, and when we feel the pain sometimes we cry. We see how easily children cry, but even grown adults may cry like children when they identify with the body and feel pain. And sometimes the pain we experience within the mind is worse than the pain we suffer in the body. Srila Prabhupada gave the example that if our mother or father, or our husband or wife, or our child, dies, we feel so much pain; we may cry more for the death of some loved one than for our own body. But when we realize \u201cI am not the body; I am spirit soul, part and parcel of Krishna,\u201d we are relieved. We don\u2019t have to cry for the body or mind.<\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada gave the example that if someone is riding in his car and another car hits it, he will jump out of his car and shout, \u201cYou hit me!\u201d Why does he say to the other driver \u201cYou hit me?\u201d Actually, the other car hit his car; it didn\u2019t hit him. But he is saying \u201cYou hit me\u201d because he identifies with the car. In the same way, if someone hits us, he is actually not hitting us, he is hitting only the body, but because we falsely identify with the body, we think, \u201cOh, he hit me; he hurt me.\u201d Now, suppose an acquaintance was in the car that was hit. The acquaintance would not be so disturbed, because he doesn\u2019t identify with the car. Actually, neither person was hit\u2014only the automobile was hit\u2014but the person who identifies with the car is disturbed, whereas the person who doesn\u2019t remains undisturbed.<\/p>\n Ramacandra Puri thought that his spiritual master was crying because his master was not fixed on the spiritual platform. So he advised him not to cry. \u201cYou should think of Brahman,\u201d he said. He could not understand the difference between spiritual lamentation and material lamentation, or spiritual hankering and material hankering. In the material world we hanker for material things, and if we don\u2019t get them we cry. A girl wants a boy, and if she doesn\u2019t get him she cries, or vice-versa\u2014whatever it may be. Madhavendra Puri was crying, \u201cI could not achieve Mathura. I could not achieve the goal of my life. My life is useless. What is the value?\u201d He was hankering for Mathura and lamenting because he could not achieve it. So Ramacandra Puri thought, brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati<\/em>: \u201cHe should be fixed in Brahman; he should neither hanker nor lament. But he is doing both! He is hankering for Mathura and lamenting because he could not achieve it.\u201d Thus Ramacandra Puri foolishly dared to instruct his spiritual master.<\/p>\n How did his spiritual master respond? Actually, there are many important instructions to be derived from this incident, about how we should see and serve our<\/em> spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada.<\/p>\n TEXT 22<\/p>\n suni\u2019 madhavendra-mane krodha upajila Hearing this instruction, Madhavendra Puri, greatly angry, rebuked him by saying, \u201cGet out, you sinful rascal!\u201d<\/p>\n PURPORT<\/p>\n Ramacandra Puri could not understand that his spiritual master, Madhavendra Puri, was feeling transcendental separation. His lamentation was not material. Rather, it proceeded from the highest stage of ecstatic love of Krsna. When he was crying in separation, \u201cI could not achieve Krsna! I could not reach Mathura!\u201d this was not ordinary material lamentation. Ramacandra Puri was not sufficiently expert to understand the feelings of Madhavendra Puri, but nevertheless he thought himself very advanced. Therefore, regarding Madhavendra Puri\u2019s expressions as ordinary material lamentation, he advised him to remember Brahman because he was latently an impersonalist. Madhavendra Puri understood Ramacandra Puri\u2019s position as a great fool, and therefore he immediately rebuked him. Such a reprimand from the spiritual master is certainly for the betterment of the disciple<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n After I first met Srila Prabhupada in Boston, I perceived that everything about Krishna consciousness was perfect. The philosophy was perfect; the method, chanting Hare Krishna, was perfect; the prasada<\/em> was extraordinary; and the devotees were also very special, not of this world. Everything was perfect. Every day for about ten days I came to be with Srila Prabhupada and the devotees, and then, when Srila Prabhupada was to leave for Columbus, I went with the devotees to the airport to see him off. But at the airport I saw that almost all the devotees were crying. I knew that they were feeling separation for Srila Prabhupada and were crying for him, but still some doubt came in my mind: everything about Krishna consciousness was perfect, but maybe the one defect was that the spiritual master was not always present.<\/p>\n I used to ask questions of some of the senior devotees (to me, all were senior), and so I asked Arundhati why everyone was crying. She answered with a statement by Srila Prabhupada: \u201cIn the spiritual world meeting and separation are the same\u2014both are occasions of ecstasy.\u201d And I thought that answer was perfect. On the absolute platform there is no difference between meeting and separating, no difference between laughing and crying, because all are on the platform of transcendental ecstasy.<\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada said of the materialists, \u201cWhether they laugh or cry, it doesn\u2019t make any difference, because in both cases they are suffering. Just like if you go to the insane asylum and see the crazy people, some may be laughing hysterically and some may be crying hysterically, but it doesn\u2019t make any difference, because they are all suffering, whether laughing or crying.\u201d<\/p>\n The spiritual platform is just the opposite. On the spiritual platform sometimes the devotees laugh and sometimes they cry, but in both cases they are experiencing transcendental ecstasy. Once, Jadurani dasi saw a photo of Srila Prabhupada and said, \u201cSrila Prabhupada, you look so sad there.\u201d And Srila Prabhupada replied, \u201cThat was a moment of ecstasy.\u201d For a pure devotee such as Srila Prabhupada, all emotions arise from the transcendental platform, from the exalted platform of love for Krishna. All are ecstasy. Madhavendra Puri\u2019s lamentation and hankering for Mathura were transcendental ecstasy.<\/p>\n Coming back to Srila Prabhupada\u2019s departure from Boston, I thought that the answer was very good in theory, that on the absolute platform there is no difference between meeting and separation, but I wondered whether in practice it was actually so. I was waiting and watching, and perhaps on the third day after Srila Prabhupada left, when we were on hari-nama\u2013sankirtana<\/em> in Boston\u2014we had stopped outside a subway station and were chanting and playing mridanga and kartals\u2014suddenly I felt Srila Prabhupada\u2019s presence. I felt as if he was right there in our midst. My heart melted, and tears came to my eyes. I really felt that Srila Prabhupada was present\u2014I knew that Srila Prabhupada was present\u2014and then I thought, Yes, it is true. Everything about Krsna consciousness is perfect, not only in theory but in practice. It is true that there is no difference between meeting and separation<\/em>.<\/p>\n Here we see in the behavior of Madhavendra Puri not only hankering and lamentation\u2014which are considered no-no\u2019s for Mayavadis\u2014but also anger and harsh language, other no-no\u2019s for Mayavadis, because apart from material anger (which is warned against in the Bhagavad-gita<\/em>), there is also transcendental anger. Here Madhavendra Puri exhibited transcendental anger. In the material world we become angry when our lust is frustrated, but in the spiritual world pure devotees become angry when there are impediments in Krishna\u2019s service\u2014to remove such impediments. Madhavendra Puri saw that Ramacandra Puri was infected by some impersonal conception, and he wanted to remove that obstacle from Ramacandra Puri\u2019s heart. Therefore, to remove that obstacle, he expressed transcendental anger.<\/p>\n In 1971, Srila Prabhupada celebrated a huge Hare Krishna festival at Connaught Place in New Delhi. After the program, a very nice Western young man came to meet Srila Prabhupada. He was very enlivened and inspired, and he exclaimed to Srila Prabhupada, \u201cIf the Hare Krishna movement spreads all over the world, people will become peaceful, they will learn to love one another, and there will be no more hatred or anger.\u201d Srila Prabhupada asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with anger?\u201d He didn\u2019t just go along with the boy\u2019s mood; he questioned him. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with anger? Did someone tell you that anger is bad? What\u2019s wrong with anger?\u201d Srila Prabhupada proceeded to explain that in the beginning, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna did not want to fight; Krishna spoke the whole Bhagavad-gita<\/em> just to make him angry, so that he would fight, because without being angry, how can one fight and kill? \u201cKrishna spoke the whole Bhagavad-gita<\/em> just to make Arjuna angry,\u201d Srila Prabhupada said, \u201cso how can you say that anger is bad?\u201d He explained that anything can be dovetailed in the service of the Lord, including anger. Arjuna was not angry for his own sake; he became angry for Krishna\u2019s sake, and such anger is not bad\u2014it is transcendental. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta<\/em> says that in the material world conceptions of good and bad are all mental concoctions. There is no good or bad; everything in the material world\u2014everything outside Krishna consciousness\u2014is bad, and the same thing in Krishna consciousness is good. The Kauravas presented an obstacle to Krishna\u2019s service, and Krishna wanted Arjuna to become angry to remove that obstacle. Similarly, Madhavendra Puri exhibited transcendental anger to remove from Ramacandra Puri\u2019s heart the misconception that was coming in the way of his relationship with his spiritual master and obstructing his advancement in Krishna consciousness.<\/p>\n TEXT 23<\/p>\n \u2018krsna na painu, na painu \u2018mathura\u2019 <\/em>\u201cO my Lord Krsna, I could not reach You, nor could I reach Your abode, Mathura. I am dying in my unhappiness, and now this rascal has come to give me more pain.\u201d<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n In effect, Madhavendra Puri said, \u201cI am suffering so much pain because I could not attain Krishna and His abode, Mathura, and now my foolish disciple has come to give me more pain. So I am doubly unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n TEXT 24<\/p>\n more mukha na dekhabi tui, yao yathi-tathi \u201cDon\u2019t show your face to me! Go anywhere else you like. If I die seeing your face, I shall not achieve the destination of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n Very strong words. Actually, one might not expect a spiritual master to speak to a disciple like this. And fortunately for us, Srila Prabhupada was extremely merciful. Although we probably did things much worse than Ramacandra Puri, Srila Prabhupada never rejected us. Once, when we were in Bombay, a devotee phoned Srila Prabhupada from Calcutta. A disciple had come from America to India and somehow fallen into smoking ganja (marijuana) and charas (hashish). Srila Prabhupada responded, \u201cTell him that if he does not give up smoking these things, I will reject him.\u201d After the telephone conversation Tamal Krishna Goswami asked, \u201cSrila Prabhupada, is it true that you will reject him if he doesn\u2019t give up smoking?\u201d And Srila Prabhupada replied, \u201cNo, I can never reject anyone.\u201d Then Tamal Krishna Goswami said, \u201cBut Srila Prabhupada, there must be some limit. You must have to draw the line somewhere.\u201d And Srila Prabhupada replied, \u201cThere is no limit to Lord Nityananda\u2019s mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n Even in his chastisement, Srila Madhavendra Puri acted only for the ultimate benefit his disciple.<\/p>\n TEXT 25\u201326<\/p>\n krsna na painu muni maron apanara duhkhe \u201cI am dying without achieving the shelter of Krsna, and therefore I am greatly unhappy. Now this condemned foolish rascal has come to instruct me about Brahman.\u201d<\/p>\n ei ye sri-madhavendra sripada upeksa karila <\/em>Ramacandra Puri was thus denounced by Madhavendra Puri. Due to his offense, gradually material desire appeared within him.<\/p>\n PURPORT<\/p>\n The word vasana<\/em> (\u201cmaterial desires\u201d) refers to dry speculative knowledge. Such speculative knowledge is only material.<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n Anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam<\/em>: any desire other than the desire to serve and please Krishna is material. Thus, just as the desire for sense gratification is material, so too is the selfish desire for impersonal liberation. When we commit offenses, the result is that we become influenced and perhaps overwhelmed by material desires. Such material desires may be desires for gross sense gratification or subtle desires for liberation or other selfish aims.<\/p>\n PURPORT (concluded)<\/p>\n As confirmed in Srimad-Bhagavatam<\/em> (10.14.4), a person without devotional service who simply wants to know things (kevala-bodha-labdhaye<\/em>) gains only dry speculative knowledge but no spiritual profit. This is also confirmed in the Bhakti-sandarbha<\/em> (111), wherein it is said:<\/p>\n jivan-mukta api punar yanti samsara-vasanam \u201cEven though one is liberated in this life, if one offends the Supreme Personality of Godhead he falls down in the midst of material desires, of which dry speculation about spiritual realization is one.\u201d<\/p>\n In his Laghu-tosani<\/em> commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam<\/em> (10.2.32), Jiva Gosvami says:<\/p>\n jivan-mukta api punar bandhanam yanti karmabhih \u201cEven if one is liberated in this life, he becomes addicted to material desires because of offenses to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\u201d<\/p>\n A similar quotation from one of the Puranas<\/em> also appears in the Visnu-bhakti-candrodaya<\/em>:<\/p>\n jivan-muktah prapadyante kvacit samsara-vasanam \u201cEven liberated souls sometimes fall down to material desires, but those who fully engage in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead are not affected by such desires.\u201d<\/p>\n These are references from authoritative revealed scriptures. If one becomes an offender to his spiritual master or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he falls down to the material platform to merely speculate.<\/p>\n TEXT 27<\/p>\n suska-brahma-jnani, nahi krsnera \u2018sambandha\u2019 <\/em>One who is attached to dry speculative knowledge has no relationship with Krsna. His occupation is criticizing Vaisnavas. Thus he is situated in criticism.<\/p>\n TEXT 28\u201332<\/p>\n isvara-puri gosani kare sri-pada-sevana <\/em>Isvara Puri, the spiritual master of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, performed service to Madhavendra Puri, cleaning up his stool and urine with his own hand.<\/p>\n Isvara Puri was always chanting the holy name and pastimes of Lord Krsna for Madhavendra Puri to hear. In this way he helped Madhavendra Puri remember the holy name and pastimes of Lord Krsna at the time of death.<\/p>\n Pleased with Isvara Puri, Madhavendra Puri embraced him and gave him the benediction that he would be a great devotee and lover of Krsna.<\/p>\n Thus Isvara Puri became like an ocean of ecstatic love for Krsna, whereas Ramacandra Puri became a dry speculator and a critic of everyone else.<\/p>\n Isvara Puri received the blessing of Madhavendra Puri, whereas Ramacandra Puri received a rebuke from him. Therefore these two persons, Isvara Puri and Ramacandra Puri, are examples of the objects of a great personality\u2019s benediction and punishment. Madhavendra Puri instructed the entire world by presenting these two examples.<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n If we please the spiritual master\u2014if we please Srila Prabhupada\u2014we get the greatest benediction: love for Krishna. And if we offend the spiritual master or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we become overwhelmed with material desires. So, we should be very, very careful in our relationship with Srila Prabhupada, that we serve him favorably and get his blessings. Otherwise, if we think that we know better than him, we may offend him, just as Ramacandra Puri offended Madhavendra Puri. And the result of such offenses will be that we will be overwhelmed with material desires.<\/p>\n TEXT 33<\/p>\n jagad-guru madhavendra kari\u2019 prema dana <\/em>His Divine Grace Madhavendra Puri, the spiritual master of the entire world, thus distributed ecstatic love for Krsna. While passing away from the material world, he chanted the following verse.<\/p>\n TEXT 34<\/p>\n ayi dina-dayardra natha he <\/em>\u201cO my Lord! O most merciful master! O master of Mathura! When shall I see You again? Because of my not seeing You, my agitated heart has become unsteady. O most beloved one, what shall I do now?\u201d<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n Earlier in the Caitanya-caritamrta<\/em>, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami remarked that the meaning of the verse uttered by Madhavendra Puri at the time of his passing from this world was understood by only three people: Madhavendra Puri himself, Srimati Radharani, and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Nobody except Srimati Radharani could understand Her feelings of separation from Krishna. Krishna wanted to understand Her feelings of separation, and to do so He took Her position, as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Thus, only Srimati Radharani and Lord Chaitanya could really understand how Srimati Radharani felt in separation from Krishna, and by the mercy of Srimati Radharani, Madhavendra Puri could also understand.<\/p>\n TEXT 35<\/p>\n ei sloke krsna-prema kare upadesa In this verse Madhavendra Puri teaches how to achieve ecstatic love for Krsna. By feeling separation from Krsna, one becomes spiritually situated.<\/p>\n TEXT 36\u201337<\/p>\n Madhavendra Puri sowed the seed of ecstatic love for Krsna within this material world and then departed. That seed later became a great tree in the form of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.<\/p>\n I have incidentally described the passing away of Madhavendra Puri. Anyone who hears this must be considered very fortunate.<\/p>\n COMMENT<\/p>\n Srila Madhavendra Puri Prabhu ki jaya! Are there any questions or comments?<\/p>\n Devotee: Why did Madhavendra Puri rebuke Ramacandra Puri? Why did he not instruct him more about Krishna consciousness after rebuking him?<\/p>\n Giriraj Swami: Srila Prabhupada has explained that different people learn by different methods. The most intelligent person learns by hearing; the next most intelligent learns by seeing; the next learns by experiencing; and the fourth never learns. Someone can learn about the pure devotee or about the spiritual master by hearing, but obviously, Ramacandra Puri did not understand Madhavendra Puri by hearing. Still, he could have understood by seeing the example of Isvara Puri\u2014how Isvara Puri loved his spiritual master, how he served his spiritual master, and how his spiritual master was pleased by his service. But he could not see, either. The next alternative is to experience.<\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada gives the example that someone may hear from authorities that one should not steal, but he may not understand. He may see that others who have stolen have been arrested and punished, but even by seeing this he may not understand. He may have to actually experience stealing, getting arrested, being punished, and suffering before he learns. And some don\u2019t learn even with experience. They commit the same mistake again and again and suffer again and again. Although Madhavendra Puri\u2019s rebuke appears to have caused harm to Ramacandra Puri (because he became filled with impersonal ideas), if one day Ramacandra Puri could understand, \u201cI am suffering because of impersonal conceptions; I am suffering because I have offended Vaishnavas; I am suffering in so many ways,\u201d he might realize, \u201cOh, I am suffering because I have offended my spiritual master.\u201d He could consider, \u201cHow can I rectify my relationship with my spiritual master? How can I get his mercy?\u201d And so he would be redeemed.<\/p>\n Dinabandhu dasa: [inaudible]\n Giriraj Swami: Dinabandhu Prabhu just said that Mukunda Prabhu once went into Srila Prabhupada\u2019s room, and Srila Prabhupada chastised him very heavily, saying, \u201cYou are living just like a karmi.\u201d And with his left hand, Srila Prabhupada dismissed him: \u201cGet out!\u201d Mukunda Prabhu was very shaken. He consulted Shyamasundar Prabhu, and Shyamasundar instructed him, \u201cSrila Prabhupada is your father, so he has the right to chastise you and correct you. Prabhupada hasn\u2019t rejected you, but he has actually done his duty as your father to chastise and correct you. Prabhupada wants you to give up your job and surrender. You should give up your job, and don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d Then Dinabandhu Prabhu added, \u201cAnd what wonderful service Mukunda Maharaja has been doing for so many years!\u201d<\/p>\n Srila Prabhupada ki jaya! Today is the disappearance day of Sri Madhavendra Puri, who appears in the line of disciplic succession as the grand spiritual master of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Madhavendra Puri\u2019s disciple Isvara Puri was accepted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as His spiritual master. Sri Madhavendra Puri is very important for us, and today we shall read about his disappearance from Srila Prabhupada\u2019s translation of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Chapter Eight: \u201cRamacandra Puri Criticizes the Lord.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72868","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=72868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94167,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72868\/revisions\/94167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/em> ramacandra-puri-bhayat
<\/em>laukikaharatah svam yo
<\/em> bhiksannam samakocayat<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>brahma-sivadika bhaje carana yanhara<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>jagat bandhila yenha diya prema-phanda<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>krsna avatari\u2019 kaila jagat-nistara<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu\u2014yanra prana-dhana<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>nilacale krida kare krsna-prema-tarange<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>piche ninda kare, age bahuta khaoyana<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>ramacandra-puri tabe aila tanra sthana<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>\u2018mathura na painu\u2019 bali\u2019 karena krandana<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>sisya hana guruke kahe, bhaya nahi kare<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>brahmavit hana kene karaha rodana?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>\u2018dura, dura, papistha\u2019 bali\u2019 bhartsana karila<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>apana-duhkhe maron\u2014ei dite aila jvala<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>tore dekhi\u2019 maile mora habe asad-gati<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>more \u2018brahma\u2019 upadese ei chara murkhe\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>sei aparadhe inhara \u2018vasana\u2019 janmila<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>yady acintya-maha-saktau bhagavaty aparadhinah<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>yady acintya-maha-saktau bhagavaty aparadhinah<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>yogino na vilipyante karmabhir bhagavat-parah<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>sarva loka ninda kare, nindate nirbandha<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>svahaste karena mala-mutradi marjana<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>ei sloka padi\u2019 tenho kaila antardhana<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em> mathura-natha kadavalokyase
<\/em>hrdayam tvad-aloka-kataram
<\/em> dayita bhramyati kim karomy aham<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>krsnera virahe bhaktera bhava-visesa<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>Gaura-premanande hari-haribol!<\/em><\/p>\n[A talk by Giriraj Swami on Sri Madhavendra Puri\u2019s disappearance day, March 14, 1995, Vrindavan]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![](\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Um6VaDV.jpg)
By Giriraj Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n