CC daily 77 – M 5.136-138 – Devotees relish the sight of the two forms of the one Lord

Thank you After having heard The pastime of Sakshi Gopal Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Is going in front of the Gopal deity To behold the deity And the devotees are standing behind And they are beholding both Gopal and Gauranga And the previous verse stated that They realized that the two are one They are one So what makes them feel that they are one Their one form manifested The Gopal deity was golden complexion And so was Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was tall Majestic So the Gopal deity was not small It was also majestic deity And it happened that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu being a sanyasi He was wearing reddish cloth And it happened that that day The deity also wore reddish cloth And both of them were very brave Chaitanya Mahaprabhu He Especially when he lived as a sanyasi And when he was Comporting himself in public He would be very sober and Brave as is appropriate and expected For a sanyasi And of course in this particular case He was relishing very deeply The ecstatic mellow Of devotion Contemplating the glory of Gopal And that had also made him go somewhat Into internal consciousness and he was sober And the Gopal deity also was Although it was beautiful Now sometimes we think that gravity and beauty don't go together But The two can also go together And Gopal deity was extraordinarily beautiful and at the same time It was grave also Both of them had grave natures And So Both of them were effulgent Not just effulgent, Maha Tejomai Very effulgent Now when The lord comes in this world When he chooses he can make himself seem ordinary And when he chooses He can dazzle people with extraordinary visions As Krishna say for example chose to do when He revealed the universal form To Duryodhana and others in the Kuru assembly So Maha Tejomai Subsequently artists when they want to represent the extraordinary Nature of the darshan of the lord They often put a aura around the lord A halo around the lord Which symbolizes Which represents his divinity So Maha Tejomai Both of them had So they were both very effulgent The lord was effulgent As Gauranga and the lord of the deity Gopal was also effulgent Both of them had beautiful Lotus eyes Now the eyes are often compared to Lotuses It's a very standard metaphor In the bhakti tradition And it conveys the special beauty Of the eyes The face is like a lake and within that lake like face The eyes are like lotuses Which stand out and just as Lotuses move about because of the waves or because of the breeze Similarly the eyes move And when the eyes move they are captivating And when the eyes are fixed on one thing they are also captivating Just like lotuses are captivating in both situations And then Duhar, Bhavaveshe and both were Overwhelmed by devotion The associates of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Were also very advanced devotees And as they were so advanced They could perceive Not just the emotions In Chaitanya Mahaprabhu but they could perceive the emotions Of the deity also Krishna Prabhupada often would go to a place And if the devotees were serving nicely The deities over there he would say the deities are happy here So If the devotees serve the lord nicely The lord is happy over them that happiness is manifest And especially it can actually That happiness can be seen even by devotees with a little bhakti What to speak of those who have a lot of bhakti Whose heart is filled with bhakti So the associates of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu were like that And they saw that the deity was also Bhavaveshe Was overwhelmed by bhava, by bhakti On seeing the Not only the lord must have been pleased On hearing about his own pastime being narrated so sweetly And expertly and devotionally by Nityanand Prabhu But along with that the lord must have also been pleased that He is able to behold a darshan of His own devotee in such a beautiful form So Bhavaveshe and they were They were both having a Moon like face The sun is often when it is hot it is It is scorching Although it gives light it is not pleasant to look at Especially at noon or other times when it is Giving out its light fully But the moon it gives light and it is also Very pleasant to look at Generally the lord's face is compared to a moon Except when say when he is angry Then as in the form of Narasimhadev Or when he is manifesting the Kalarupa in the Vishwarupa Then his face will be compared to a Sun but usually it is compared to a moon So what all are the attributes that they saw similar Similar complexion, similar Form, similar dress Similar disposition, similar Effulgence, similar eyes, similar Emotion and Similar face So they In this we saw 8 similarities and Actually what happened And then now Among all the devotees who accompanied Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Nityanand Prabhu had the most intimate Relationship with him and he had often What was almost fraternal relationship So Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would sometimes give an instruction Nityanand Prabhu would not do it And Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would see that also as expression of Insubordination also as the expression of love Because Nityanand was older to him And was also Motivated by transcendental love which was not very easily comprehensible And that would be revealed in the past time coming up soon But here All of the devotees were amazed to see this Extraordinary vision but none of them had the courage to speak anything Chaitanya Mahaprabhu He looked at them sometimes When we see something special We look at somebody else and we raise our eyes And that other person also raises his eyes Now that's true So we want to convey something through our facial expression Through our gestures, some whispered words So like that So Chaitanya Mahaprabhu became very delighted On seeing this sight of the two lords Looking so similar And Thara Thari Thara Tharis are indicating to the other devotees And then they all got their point They all thought we are all sharing the same thought and same realization we have got Haase bhakta gana sange And what was a strange emotion initially Eventually they started expressing it Haase bhakta gana sange they started laughing joyfully And thrilled with ecstasy To see their lord And Gopal Both having darshan of each other, both reciprocating love And both just by their presence and by the opportunity to behold them They themselves were being blessed So it was just a sweet special Transcendental vision That they were all smiles Jidantra started smiling and all other devotees The other associates also started smiling And then we will continue How things move forward in our next talk Thank you.