CC daily 172 – 6.256 – The glorifier of the supremely glorious also becomes glorious

Sanjata Amrit Madhya Leela Chapter 6, text 256 These two verses have become the ornaments on the throats of devotees and not just ordinary ornaments ornaments made of jewels so essentially it's a metaphorical way of saying that these verses have become very much loved by devotees so loved that this has a jewel necklace is cherished and being so valuable it is cherished and when it is put on the neck it is also prominently visible similarly devotees cherish this verse because it enables them so so succinctly capture succinctly contemplate Lord Chaitanya's mission and position and compassion and also beseech his mercy and in this way the verse is very special now significantly the second part is it is stated that this has Sarvabhaumir Kirti Goshe Dhakavadyakar that they have expanded the glory of Sarvabhaumavattacharya now this might seem curious because after all is it Sarvabhaumavattacharya's glories or should it be Lord Chaitanya's glories the two prayers are describing the glories of Lord Chaitanya and naturally one might say that Adhyatma so it is said over here that Kirti Goshe Dhakavadyakar it is like blowing a drum that conveys and broadcasts the glories normally in the past when some information was to be conveyed to people in a in a mass and forceful way so say from the king's side the announcer would go in the middle of the village and he would start playing drum over there sound of the drum is so great that it catches people's attention and then people would especially when they would hear the drum being played in a particular way which would indicate an upcoming announcement then the people would come there villagers and then in one go the announcer would make the announcement that would be heard by the full village so essentially when it is said that something is spoken like loudly like a drum beat essentially it means that it was broadcast far and wide it spread far and wide so these verses how do they broadcast the glories of Sarvambhattacharya when the verses are talking about the glories of Lord Chaitanya the supreme lord is so glorious that glorifying him also glorifies the glorifier normally if somebody conveys a message most people just take the message and that's it they neglect the messenger a few people may care for both the message and the messenger but with respect to Krishna he does not need us to glorify him he is himself all-glorious eternally all-glorious and his glory is celebrated and manifested and relished by so many devotees in the spiritual world now when he manifests himself in this world his glory may not be immediately understandable to most people at such times it is helpful extremely helpful to have someone introduce him and rephrase the description of his divinity with the description of his position in a more accessible, intelligible and sober way and when he follows Lord Chaitanya by the many generations, by writing many books about Lord Chaitanya, about the philosophy of bhakti, yoga, the philosophy of body-avationism about Lord Chaitanya they have revealed a deeper understanding of bhakti now because Krishna is all-glorious so any glory that is offered to him by reciting his glory, that actually benefits the glorifier more than the glorified because the glorified is already eternally glorified but the glorifier becomes increasingly purified by glorifying the Lord and pleasing the Lord and his devotees so this verse demonstrated the extraordinary devotion of Sarvabhama that not only were the verses themselves glorious but the person who wrote them that made them even more special and glorious a person who was a a former impersonalist now becoming such a such a profound Vaishnava that person is carefully so intensely and sweetly glorifying the Lord this indicates therefore his transformation to such exalted devotional scholarship demonstrates his glory now his glory is not just as a scholar but as a devotee, as a person who so dramatically, wholeheartedly and movingly has embraced the path of devotion and thus that dramatic transformation is conveyed through these verses is the primary primary reason for these verses requiring special, outstanding glorification anything glorifying the Lord is glorious but something glorifying the Lord by a person who did not have an understanding of the personal sweet nature of the Lord, that is even more glorious so the glorifying the supremely glorious glorifies the glorified too.