CC daily 71 – CCM 5.97-102 – Bhakti makes the Lord follow his devotee

Thank you. Chaitanya Chaitanya, Madhya Lila text. 5.97 Hasya Gopala kahe shuna brahmana Tomara pache pache ame kari bhagaman Hasya Gopala kahe Gopala Deity laughed.

Amazing. shuna brahmana Tomara pache pache ame kari bhagaman Behind you. Tomara pache pache Behind you.

Kari bhagaman I'll walk behind you. So now, what is the amazing reaction? What made the Lord laugh? So, it was the sweet disarming faith of the young brahmana that made the Lord laugh. So, what is the sweet disarming faith? The brahmana told the Lord you please come in this very form with me and then you be a witness.

So, now the question may come that the Lord asked that No, I've never heard of the Deity walking. So, immediately the brahmana replied I've never heard of the Deity talking also. You have talked.

And more importantly So, he gives three things. First of all you've already done something which is not normally done. That is talking.

You have already talked. That's the first thing. Second is that actually somebody thinks that why can't I talk because the Deity is simply a representation.

No, no, no. You are actually Krishna Himself. And then thirdly he states that he said that also you can surely do what you have never done before for the sake of brahmana because you are brahmanadeva.

So, he has such disarming faith that he is in one sense he is in a sweet way sparring with the Lord. There are sweet retorts and counter retorts and repartees in affectionate conversation and that's what is happening over here. Shunah brahmana Please hear.

Behind you I will come. I will come behind you. I will come behind you.

So, then what happens? 98th text. Now, Krishna in his own playful way when brahmana stands he makes his own condition. He says Don't turn around.

I will be following behind you but never turn around. Not Don't turn around and look at me. If you turn around and look at me then I will stay at that very place.

So, in the sweet sparring that is happening between the Lord and the devotee and this devoted young brahmana the Lord continues that sparring and he says that Yes, I agree with you. You are so sweet. The Lord has laughed.

He says yes, I will come behind you but I have a condition and we will see that this is in one way the Lord is just playing with his devotee intensifying the sweetness of the reciprocation. So, he is saying that you are asking me to do something which is very special that I walk all the way with you, behind you then I will also ask you to do something special. What is that? When I am walking with you, you should not look behind.

I will be walking behind you, you should not look behind. So, the Lord is making his own company his own association, his own merciful presence which he is going to bestow on this brahmana he is making it more relishable by putting this condition. The younger brahmana in the journey doesn't see the Lord but he is constantly conscious of the Lord absorbed in the remembrance of the Lord and that how this particular thing happens we will see in the next talk in the next vertex, 99 So, now one may have a question, the younger brahmana may feel that Oh, but if I am not supposed to look behind I know that you are present, so the Lord anticipates this question and addresses it beforehand You will hear only the sound of my ankle bells, you will hear them I will be behind you and you will be able to hear the sound of my ankle bells If you hear this sound, by that sound you can know that I am actually there and I am following you and that way you can infer you can understand that I am there Ekasera annaranti kariha samarpan Taha khaya tomara sangh kari bhagaman Now the question may come Oh, the Lord is going to come with me Younger brahmana may get the question, but what should I feed you? In the temple, such opulent food is offered to the deity He says, do you expect that I offer you that kind of food? He says, no, but still you have to offer me substantial quantity of food because I am walking so much I am going to walk across It's a long distance and whole day we are going to walk So, ekasera annaranti So, ekasera So, one kilo of anna Anna refers in general to grains Although in the vernacular language, Anna refers to food generically But in Bengali usually, Anna refers to specifically non-grain food, sorry, it refers to grains food So, ekasera annaranti kariha samarpan So, offer one kilo of food to me Taha khaya tomara sangh kariha bhagaman So, eating that, I will move with you Tomara sangh kariha bhagaman Tomara sangh With you I will come, Taha khaya So, on eating that, I will come with you And then what happens after that? Ar dina agya magi chalila brahman Tar pache pache Gopala karila gaman Ar dina agya magi So, the next day Ar dina means the next day Agya magi, the young brahmana Asks for permission from the lord Now, what is the permission? Not just for his leaving But, shall we leave my lord? Shall we leave? The idea is that both of us are too old for that, so shall we leave? Ar dina agya magi chalila brahman Chalila brahman The brahmana started off Tar pache pache Gopala karila gaman Tar pache pache and behind him Gopala karila gaman, Gopal went along So, in this way He went, so the lord is keeping his promise And the lord is going along this momentous journey Nukurera dhani suni anandi taman Uttamana paka kari karaya bhojan Uttamana paka kari karaya bhojan So, nukurera dhani suni Now, although he could not have darshan of the lord He could hear dhani of the nukur of the lord And Gopal was in this way Spiritualizing his perception through all his senses Not just the eyes Which will definitely be spiritualized by beholding the beautiful form of the lord But also by the ears Because He was going to get his All his senses absorbed in him Although this young brahmana Was not seeing the lord with his eyes But he had already seen the lord and the beauty of the lord Had already absorbed his consciousness So, he was seeing the lord in her eye And whatever memory of the lord he had cherished That was further being hiked That was further being stirred and intensified By the Sweetness of The sound of the nukur that was coming along So, nukurera dhani suni ananditama Uttamanna pakkakari karaya bhojan Uttamanna pakkakari Uttamanna means He prepared high class food He was very delighted Ananditama, he was delighted that the lord himself has come And he is following me And he thought this is the opportunity to personally serve the lord So, let me make sure that I serve the best possible Uttamanna, he was giving the best possible food And in this way by giving the best possible food He was serving the lord, pakkakari, after cooking he would offer the food Karaya bhojan Younger brahmana in this way took care to ensure that The whole service went on well.