Jaya Jaya Jagannatha meaning – The Lord’s many forms manifest his manifold mercy

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Jai Jai Jagannath Shachiranandana.
The song we will discuss today. This is a song by Vasudev Ghosh, an intimate associate of Lord Chaitanya. This is a song which underscores the unity of the three Lords, Jagannath, Krishna and Chaitanya.
And also brings in Lord Ram also over here. So, that one Lord in many multifarious attractive manifestations gives us so many opportunities and so many avenues by which we can become attracted to Him. Jai Jai Jagannath Shachiranandana.
Triguvane kore jar charan vandana. Jai Jai Jagannath Shachiranandana. Nandan is a son.
Nandan, one who gives Ananda. So, the son gives joy to the parents. Jagannath Shachiranandana.
That means that he is the son of Jagannath and Shachimata. His parents were these two transcendental personages. And Jagannath is Jagannath can refer to Lord Jagannath also.
But here specifically, it refers to Jagannath Mishra, the father of Lord Chaitanya. So, when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Chaitanya Bhagwat, they depict how Jagannath Mishra and Shachimata saw various divine visions. Jagannath Mishra felt as if a great effulgent presence had come into his body and then from his body had gone into the body of Shachimata.
And they both at different times perceived as if great celestial personalities were there around Shachimata offering prayers to her in the womb, to the child in the womb, just like it was done for Krishna. And they also felt that, they also sensed, they also perceived that at various times that a great person is going to come. Tilambar Chakravarti, who is a great astrologer, also confirmed that this person who is going to descend is going to deliver the whole, all the worlds.
So, So at that time, Lord Chaitanya appeared, from all the three worlds, the greatest personages came there to offer their respects to Lord Chaitanya. They offered obeisances. So the beauty of poetry is usually that the last line is rhyming.
So Nandan and Vandan. And like that you will see various lines rhyming in this poem, in this song specifically, more specifically. So that Lord, who manifests in various forms, Vasudev Ghosh, is meditating on how that one Lord has many forms.
And he says, in the abode of Nilachal, he manifests as Jagannath and what does he do? So, he holds the four four Ayudha of Vishnu. The standard symbols of Vishnu are Shankha, Chakra, Gadha and Padma. So the Shankha and Padma are for the devotees and the Gadha and Chakra are for the non-devotees.
Of course, ultimately the Lord is independent and whatever the Lord does is to reciprocate loving pastimes with his devotees. So, even in his devotional pastimes, he sometimes exhibits the Gadha or Chakra and that also brings ecstasy to the devotees. But Chakra and Gadha are primarily to destroy and deliver the demons and the Shankha and Padma are to benedict the devotees.
This is the Lord Jagannath, although he doesn’t look exactly like Vishnu, he has the Ayudha, he is the paraphernalia of Vishnu. So, in that sense, Jagannath is a very extraordinary Lord. As per the origins that we know of how that form manifested in this world, it is Krishna in separation from Rajarani, so that is ecstatic Krishna.
But at the same time, this Jagannath, so that ecstatic Krishna and ecstatic feelings are seen from his face. His eyes are broad, his mouth is smiling and he is amazed to see the ecstasy which the gopis are exhibiting. At the same time, he is also transcendentally supremely attractive and he is also, when we know that Mahatma Indra Duryodhana wanted a temple made and he asked Vishwakarma to make the form and Vishwakarma asked him to wait for 21 days and he did not wait.
He came after 14 days because he found that the sound had gone silent. So, at that time, essentially the form was left incomplete. So, there he was manifesting a form of the Lord of the Universe and that form of the Lord of the Universe was with Ayodhya with Shankaracharya Gadapadma.
So, in that sense, Jagannath is both intimate and majestic forms combined together. Normally, we don’t, occasionally, we may see Krishna in the pose of Shankaracharya Gadapadma. Krishna’s most loud motifs, his most loud depictions are him playing a flute or him as a cowherd boy.
It is that vision of Krishna as an intimate God in his pastoral paradise of Vrindavan that has captured the heart of devotees on a huge scale. But, Jagannath is, he manifests both. He has an ecstasy of Krishna and is manifesting also the paraphernalia of Krishna.
So, that same Lord is Jagannath. Now, he manifests as Nadiyanagare Dandakamandalokar Now, when he manifests in his Nadiya pastimes, then he takes Dandakamandalokar. That means he takes Sanyasa, form of Sanyasa.
Now, it’s interesting that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu actually never stayed in Nadiya for long in his Sanyasa garb. Soon after he took Sanyasa, he immediately wanted to go to Vrindavan, but Nityanand Prabhu through a trick brought him to Advaita Acharya’s house and there he stayed for about 10 days. And immediately after that he went to Puri.
And the only time again he came to Navadvip, Nadiya was when he was on his way to Vrindavan and at that time he delivered the offenders. So, although Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was more in his form as the as the dancing lord with beautiful hair and with very attractive Navaveesha Karam. So, he was in that form in Nadiya.
But still, it is in that form that the lord is normally worshipped on the altar. But still, whatever form the lord manifests, he is from Nadiya. And that’s taking the vision of the infrequent event of the lord in his Sanyasa Roop manifesting in Nadiya.
Vasudev Ghosh is saying over here Nadiya Nagare Danda Kamandalukar That same lord who is the lord coming from Nadiya, he in his Nadiya form takes on the paraphernalia of a Sanyasi of Danda and Kamandalukar. And in this way, he manifests his pastimes in various ways. So, those who are attracted to a majestic form of the lord, they have a majestic form to get attracted to.
Those who want to be attracted to this renounced form, they have a renounced form to which they can get attracted to. And then further, Keho Bole Purabe Ravan Badhila Bolo Kera Vaibhava Leela Prakashya Kaurila Keho Bole It is said that Purabe in the past Ravan Badhila This same lord has in the past killed Ravana and Bolo Kera Vaibhava Leela Prakashya Kaurila And he illumined the pastimes of Goloka in this world. That is referring to the avatar of Krishna.
So, in this past, what all has he done? When he came as Ram, he did various activities. But, among his various activities, one of the most outstanding activities for which he is known is Ravana Badhila Ravana Antakara Ram Ramam Nishachara Vinashakaram Namami One of the famous prayers of Lord Ram is that Ramam Nishachara Nishachara is those who move around at night that refers to the Rakshasas who, being Tamasic, get more power with the atmosphere of Tamasic as it is at night and they move around at night So, Lord Ram defeated them, destroyed them and delivered them. Nishachara Vinashakaram Namami So, Lord Ram is remembered, his most defining accomplishments is to destroy that scourge of the of the worlds that disruptor and destroyer of the world order, Ravana and to restore Dharma in the world.
So, that same Lord in the past had come and he had killed Ravana and that same Lord in the past, he had come and also, what did he do now? Golokera Vaibhava Nila Prakashakarila Takashakarila He manifested, he revealed he brought forth an element for the world, what? Golokera Vaibhava Nila The glorious pastimes of Goloka Now, normally from the Vaibhava point of view opulence if you want to say or plenitude, then it is Dwarka or Vaikuntha which is filled with opulence So, what does it mean? The opulence of Goloka, he manifested in this Vaibhava Nila, the glorious pastimes of Goloka The opulence of Goloka is the opulence of pure love Pure love which is not at all restricted by Aishwarya By Aishwarya Gyan It is just spontaneous love for the Lord and that the Lord considers far far glorious than any other love that is found anywhere else and that’s why he says, I cannot repay you for that majesty of sweet selfless summit of love which is manifested in Goloka So, it’s intimacy It’s intimate love but it is the greatest love. In that sense, it is Vaibhava It is the opulence of Goloka that such love is manifested there Eternally, it is reciprocated there and that the Lord manifested when he descended as Krishchandra and he performed pastimes in Vrindavan Then he continues Shri Radhara Bhave Ebe Gauravatar Hare Krishna Nama Gaurakorila Prachar So, Shri Radhara Bhave in the mood of Shri Mati Radharani, Radhara Bhave Ebe Gauravatar where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has descended in the mood of Shri Mati Radharani Shri Radhara Bhave So, the speciality of Lord Lord Chaitanya is that the combined incarnation of Shri Mati Radharani and Shri Krishna of the divine couple Shri Krishna Chaitanya Radha Krishna Nahinanya The two have become one Shri Radhara Bhave Ebe Gauravatar Radha Bhava Diti Suvalitam Navami Krishna Swaroopam Krishna himself coming in his own form but he takes the emotion and complexion of Shri Mati Radharani Radha Bhava Diti Suvalitam Bhava is emotion Diti is complexion So, this is the androgynous incarnation of the Lord where Krishna manifested with the emotion complexion of his greatest devotee Krishna is Shama, Radharani is Gaura Radharani is Gaurangi So, when Krishna manifests in the mood of Radharani Radharani also gives a complexion That’s how he becomes Gauranga So, Shama Sundar becomes Gaura Sundar And what does he do? So, that is the internal mission of the Lord and the external mission of the Lord So, internally he is constantly relishing the love of Shri Mati Radharani for Krishna Krishna wanted to taste what is the speciality of Radharani’s love for me He wanted to understand the greatness of her love He wanted to understand what is it that is so attractive in him that evokes such love And then he wanted to see what is the happiness that Radharani experiences when she sees me reciprocating with her In order to experience this he manifested in this world And when he manifested thus he was internally relishing constantly in his manifesting in Gauranga the love of Shri Mati Radharani But it was not that the Lord was only internally relishing He was also externally benedicting the world And how was he doing that? Hare Krishna Naam Gaurakori La Prachar Hare Krishna Naam The holy names of Hare Krishna Gaurakori La Prachar Gaurakori La Prachar He spread it far and wide He spread it far and wide He went practically across the whole of India After he came to Jigannath Puri He immediately went on South India tour and delivered thousands and thousands of people in South India And then he went on North India tour and delivered people in North India And then he has inspired a whole viperine tradition and he sent his associates time and time again so that future generations of devotees can also keep getting benedicted and delivered Hare Krishna Naam Gaurakori La Prachar In this way the holy names of Chetan Mahaprabhu spread Prachar. He spread it far and wide Whoever would see him chanting and dancing they would be so inspired they would themselves feel infused with Krishna Bhakti and they would also start doing Sankirtan Chetan Mahaprabhu glanced at someone especially if someone embraced someone that person would be electrified with devotion Chetan Mahaprabhu has benedicted the world by spreading the holy name Vasudeva Ghosh Bhole Kauri Jodha Haath Jai Gaura Sai Krishna Sai Jagannath So here he states Vasudeva Ghosh Bhole Vasudeva Ghosh speaks this Kauri Jodha Haath with folded hands What does he say? Jai Gaura Sai Krishna That same Lord who is Gaura, that same Lord who is Krishna Sai Jagannath That same Lord is Jagannath One same Lord So Vasudeva Ghosh Vasudeva Ghosh is speaking now Jodha Haath with folded hands So the multiple manifestations of Lord reveal his multiple, he has infinite manifestations because his mercy is infinite and in that way he wants to release us from the otherwise unending misery of this world So to see the beauty of the Lord, to see the glory of the Lord, to see the mercy of the Lord it inspires reverence, it inspires gratitude it inspires obeisance from within us and Vasudeva Ghosh as he meditates on the many manifestations of the Lord and their glories he says, I fold my hands Vasudeva Ghosh Bhole Kari Jodha Haath with folded hands, what do I do? Jai Gaura and he says, Jai Gaura Sai Krishna, Sai Jagannath So actually that Lord who is manifested now, Vasudeva Ghosh was there when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was manifesting in the past times Jai Gaura, so that Lord who is Gaura, he is also Sai Krishna he is also Krishna Sai Jagannath he is also Jagannath and in this way it is the same one Lord who is manifesting in all these wonderful wonderful forms and I offer my obeisances to him so by in this way by understanding how the Lord is so magnanimous that he manifests in multiple forms to make himself and his world of love accessible to us we can pray that let our heart become attracted to him and let us become devoted to him and let us live in him while we are in this world, live in his remembrance, live in his service and thus if we live like this then we will live with him by attaining his abode Thank you