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Ecstatic k\u012brtans<\/em> and nectarean discourses on \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam. All night long this was the typical sight observed in the house of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita. Why was \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa\u0100\u1e45gan chosen? What was its specialty? Dive below to know more. <\/p>\n With hands folded and head finely tilted to its left stands the tall deity of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita – the fifth member of the Pa\u00f1ca-tattva <\/em>\u2013 at the alter in \u015ar\u012bdh\u0101ma M\u0101y\u0101pur. Hailing from \u015ar\u012bha\u1e6d\u1e6da[modern day Sylhet], he was the second among the five sons of his father \u015ar\u012b Jaladhar Pa\u1e47\u1e0dita, a Vedic Br\u0101hma\u1e47a. The names of his other brothers were Nalina [the eldest], \u015ar\u012br\u0101ma, \u015ar\u012bpati and \u015ar\u012bnidhi. In due course of time, except Nalina, the others moved in to Navadvip. Over there they became close with Advaita \u0100c\u0101rya and studied Bh\u0101gavatam together. Advaita \u0100c\u0101rya, \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita and his brothers became close friends with Jagann\u0101tha Mi\u015bra too. \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa Pandit\u2019s wife was M\u0101lin\u012b Dev\u012b and together they had a son. M\u0101lin\u012b was also close friends with \u015aac\u012bm\u0101t\u0101, Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s mother. <\/p>\n During this time, staunch atheists, logicians, and proud Pa\u1e47\u1e0dit\u2019s were harassing N\u0101di\u0101, the situation was looking chaotic. Bhakti was followed by not many people. What is going to happen? What\u2019s next? Looking at this scenario Advaita \u0100c\u0101rya and \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita prayed for the advent of the incarnation of the Lord, so that Vaishnavism can be reignited. And not that late, their prayers were answered and Mah\u0101prabhu took his advent at Jagann\u0101tha Mi\u015bra\u2019s residence. <\/p>\n Jagann\u0101tha Mi\u015bra\u2019s residence was not that far away from \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dit\u2019s house. So, every night, Mah\u0101prabhu would enjoy ecstatic k\u012brtans<\/em> with his associates at \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa\u2019s residence. Once when Mah\u0101prabhu was in the house of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa Pandit, He said “To whom have you performed worship? On whom have you meditated? Now see Him! Look upon the object of your worship! \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa!\u201d. Saying this, Mah\u0101prabhu entered the deity room and sat upon the alter and manifested his four handed form. Seeing this \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita became shocked and prostrated himself and offered Him different prayers. Mah\u0101prabhu was so kind He gave his darshan to him and all the assembled devotees. <\/p>\n Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s pastimes in \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa\u0100\u1e45gan are beautifully described by \u015ar\u012bla Vi\u015bvan\u0101tha Cakravart\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura in his \u015ar\u012bm\u0101n-Mah\u0101prabhor-A\u1e63\u1e6da-K\u0101l\u012bya-L\u012bl\u0101-Smara\u1e47a-Ma\u1e45gala-stotram<\/em>, ‘Auspicious Prayers for Remembering the Eight-fold Daily Pastimes of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu’. Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s pastime covers two k\u0101l\u0101s <\/em>(time periods) in \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa\u0100\u1e45gan and they\u2019re as follows: <\/p>\n PERIOD 7 (8:24-10:48 P.M.) : EVENING PASTIMES:<\/strong> In the evening time, the Lord goes to the home of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita, accompanied by \u015ar\u012bla Advaita-candra and other dear associates. Meeting with the multitude of His devotees, He tastes and relishes the nectar of topics concerning Lord Hari, and His mind becomes most agitated with the ecstasies of pure love of Godhead. Then, becoming very lustful to relish the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord, He orchestrates the performance of intensely jubilant sa\u1e45k\u012brtana which attains the summit of passionate glorification of the holy names. I thus meditate on the daily pastimes of \u015ar\u012b Gaura-sundara.<\/p>\n PERIOD 8 (10:48 P.M. – 3:36 A.M.) : MIDNIGHT PASTIMES: <\/strong>Continuing well into the night, the Lord dances and dances in the courtyard of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa, surrounded by His most intimate devotees. His most ecstatic sing is accompanied by His devotees who are expert in playing rhythms loudly on the m\u1e5bda\u1e45gadrums. He wanders and dances with \u015ar\u012b Gad\u0101dhara Prabhu in the most astonishing way, throughout the night, until just before dawn. Then He returns to His own home, where retires to His bedchamber and falls asleep with His wife. I thus meditate on the daily pastimes of \u015ar\u012b Gaura-na\u1e6dar\u0101ja.<\/p>\n Thus, Mah\u0101prabhu would perform such nectarean pastimes in the house of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dit and as \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da says in his purport to the Pa\u00f1ca-tattva mantra <\/em>\u201cSri Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu is always accompanied by…His marginal potency \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa Prabhu<\/strong>.\u201d Thus, \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita played an important role in all of Lord\u2019s important pastimes. So on this day we pray to \u015ar\u012bv\u0101saPa\u1e47\u1e0dita to have mercy on us so that we can serve Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga Mah\u0101prabhu more and more in an unalloyed manner. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Continuing well into the night, the Lord dances and dances in the courtyard of Srivasa, surrounded by His most intimate devotees.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86401","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=86401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94422,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86401\/revisions\/94422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3gs51ih.jpg\")
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