(14/15) Outstanding Happening

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Nrisingha Palli, Sri Jagannath Misra Anandotsav
22 March 2019, morning class, part 14
Translated from Bengali

হরিদাসে লঞা সঙ্গে, হুঙ্কার-কীর্ত্তন-রঙ্গে,
কেনে নাচে, কেহ নাহি জানে ॥

haridase lana sange, hunkara-kirtana-range,
kene nache, keha nahi jane

'Grabbing Haridas Thakur, he danced and rejoiced, loudly chanting Holy Names. Why were they dancing? No one knew.'

Who will understand it? A child is born in somebody's house, but Advaita Acharya and Haridas Thakur are dancing, and nobody knew why. In the same way, we are dancing and rejoicing here, but the neighbours cannot understand why – even when they come to see it, they will have some inauspicious thoughts.

দেখি’ উপরাগ হাসি’, শীঘ্র গঙ্গাঘাটে আসি’,
আনন্দে করিল গঙ্গাস্নান ।

dekhi’ uparaga hasi’, sighra ganga-ghate asi’,
anande karila ganga-snana

'Seeing the lunar eclipse and laughing, Advaita Acharya and Haridas Thakur hurried to the bank of the Ganges and bathed happily.'

They hurried to the bank of the Ganges to bath.

জগৎ আনন্দময়, দেখি’ মনে সবিস্ময়,
ঠারে-ঠোরে কহে হরিদাস ।
“তোমার ঐছন রঙ্গ, মোর মন পরসন্ন,
দেখি—কিছু কার্য্যে আছে ভাস” ॥

jagat ananda-maya, dekhi’ mane sa-vismaya,
thare-thore kahe haridasa
“tomara aichhana ranga, mora mana parasanna,
dekhi—kichhu karye achhe bhasa”

'When he saw that the whole world was jubilant, Haridas Thakur was astonished. He allusively suggested to Advaita Acharya, "I am very happy to see your joy. There must be some special reason for that."'

Then, Advaita Acharya told Haridas Thakur, 'I think the Lord has come.'

আচার্য্যরত্ন, শ্রীনিবাস, হৈল মনে সুখোল্লাস,
যাই’ স্নান কৈল গঙ্গাজলে ।
আনন্দে বিহ্বল মন, করে হরিসঙ্কীর্ত্তন,
নানা দান কৈল মনোবলে ॥

acharyaratna, srinivasa, haila mane sukhollasa,
yai’ snana kaila ganga-jale
anande vihvala mana, kare hari-sankirtana,
nana dana kaila mano-bale

'Rejoicing, Acharyaratna (Chandrasekhar) and Srinivas (Srivas Pandit) went to bath in the Ganges. Their minds full of happiness, they chanted Holy Names of the Lord and mentally distributed charity.'

Then, Srivas Pandit called Acharyaratna Prabhu, 'Let us go to the Ganges!' Nobody could understand why they were so overwhelmed with joy – in fact, they were immersed in Hari-sankirtan.

নাচে, করে সঙ্কীর্ত্তন, আনন্দে বিহ্বল মন,
দান করে গ্রহণের ছলে ॥

nache, kare sankirtana, anande vihvala mana,
dana kare grahanera chhale

'Dancing, chanting Holy Names and rejoicing, they distributed gifts on pretext of observing the lunar eclipse.'

Why did they distributed gifts? They did it on the pretext of observing the lunar eclipse, but actually they were engaged in kirtan.

নানা-দ্রব্যে পাত্র ভরি’, ব্রাহ্মণীর বেশ ধরি’,
আসি’ সবে করেন দরশন ॥

nana-dravye patra bhari’, brahmanira vesa dhari’,
asi’ sabe karena darasana

'Gathering various gifts and dressing themselves as wives of brahmans, all the celestial ladies arrived to see the child.'

অন্তরীক্ষে দেবগণ, সিদ্ধ, গন্ধর্ব্ব, চারণ,
স্তুতি-নৃত্য করে বাদ্য-গীত ।
নর্ত্তক, বাদক, ভাট, নবদ্বীপে যার নাট,
সবে আসি’ নাচে পাঞা প্রীত ॥

antarikse deva-gana, siddha, gandharva, charana,
stuti-nrtya kare vadya-gita
nartaka, vadaka, bhata, navadvipe yara nata,
sabe asi’ nache pana prita

'In the sky, all demigods, including the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, Gandharvaloka and Charanaloka, offered prayers and danced to the accompaniment of music. In Nabadwip, all professional dancers, musicians and religious poets gathered, too, dancing in great jubilation.'

কেবা আসে কেবা যায়, কেবা নাচে কেবা গায়,
সম্ভালিতে নারে কার বোল ।
খণ্ডিলেক দুঃখ-শোক, প্রমোদপূরিত লোক,
মিশ্র হৈলা আনন্দে বিহ্বল ॥

keba ase keba yaya, keba nache keba gaya,
sambhalite nare kara bola
khandileka duhkha-soka, pramoda-purita loka,
misra haila anande vihvala

'Some came, some went; some danced, some sang. Coming from various backgrounds, nobody was able to understand what anyone was saying. All unhappiness and grief was shuttered and the world was purged of illusion. Jagannath Misra was overflowing with joy.'

Who came, who went away – so many gods and goddesses came yesterday, but nobody could discern it.

করাইল জাতকর্ম্ম, যে আছিল বিধি-ধর্ম্ম,
তবে মিশ্র করে নানা দান ॥

karaila jata-karma, ye achhila vidhi-dharma,
tabe misra kare nana dana

'[Chandrasekhar Acharya and Srivas Pandit] performed the ceremonies prescribed by religious regulations for when a child is born, and then Jagannath Misra distributed various charity.'

যৌতুক পাইল যত, ঘরে বা আছিল কত,
সব ধন বিপ্রে দিল দান ।
যত নর্ত্তক, গায়ন, ভাট, অকিঞ্চন জন,
ধন দিয়া কৈল সবার মান ॥

yautuka paila yata, ghare va achhila kata,
saba dhana vipre dila dana
yata nartaka, gayana, bhata, akinchana jana,
dhana diya kaila sabara mana

'Whatever presentations Jagannath Misra received and whatever he had at home, he distributed everything among brahmans. He honoured all dancers, singers, religious poets and the poor by giving them various wealth.'

শ্রীবাসের ব্রাহ্মণী, নাম তাঁর ‘মালিনী’,
আচার্য্যরত্নের পত্নী-সঙ্গে ।
সিন্দূর, হরিদ্রা, তৈল, খই, কলা, নানা ফল,
দিয়া পূজে নারীগণ রঙ্গে ॥

srivasera brahmani, nama tanra ‘malini’,
acharyaratnera patni-sange
sindura, haridra, taila, khai, kala, nana phala,
diya puje nari-gana range

'The brahmani wife of Srivas Thakur, Malini, came together with Chandrasekhar’s wife. The ladies offered vermilion, turmeric, oil, puffed rice, bananas and various fruit, expressing their worship.'

Many ladies came with all kinds of presentations: somebody gave sindoor, somebody gave turmeric, somebody gave oil.

Some people are very unfortunate – they hear all these things, but they turn round and just go home. I can see that many have left thinking, 'How long more am I going to sleep on the rooftop?' I know that it is hard, but what can I do? How can I expand the place here?...

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1) Take Prasad
2) Stay Focused
3) Remember Your Service
4) Help Yourself and Others
5) Avoid Offences to Service
6) Avoid Offences to Holy Name
7) Avoid Offences to Vaishnavs
8) Avoid Offences to Holy Dham (Part 1)
9) Avoid Offences to Holy Dham (Part 2)
10) Avoid Kali's Places
11) Devotional Strictures
12) Devotional Strictures
13) Rejoice!
14) Outstanding Happening
15) Wholesome Vision