Verse 1.9.154

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.9.154:

এই-মত নিত্যানন্দ-প্রভুর ভ্রমণ দৈবে মাধবেন্দ্র-সহ হৈল দরশন ॥ ১৫৪ ॥

एइ-मत नित्यानन्द-प्रभुर भ्रमण दैवे माधवेन्द्र-सह हैल दरशन ॥ १५४ ॥

ei-mata nityānanda-prabhura bhramaṇa daive mādhavendra-saha haila daraśana || 154 ||

ei-mata nityananda-prabhura bhramana daive madhavendra-saha haila darasana (154)

English translation:

(154) As the Lord traveled in this way, by the will of providence He met Śrī

Mādhavendra Purī.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Śrī Mādhavendra Purī is a renowned Vaiṣṇava sannyāsī and spiritual master in the Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya. The seed of the desire tree of devotional service served by the Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya first fructified in him (Cc. Ādi 9.10 and Antya 8.34). Before him, the symptoms of devotional service based on conjugal mellows were not found in the Śrī Mādhva-sampradāya. His disciples include Śrī Īśvara Purī, Śrī Advaita Prabhu, Śrī Paramānanda Purī, Śrī Brahmānanda Purī, Śrī Raṅga Purī, Śrī Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi, and Śrī Raghupati Upādhyāya. Śrī Mādhva-sampradāya, or the disciplic succession of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava branch, is listed in the Śrī Gaura-gaṇoddeśa, the Śrī Prameya- ratnāvalī, and in a book written by Śrī Gopāla Guru Gosvāmī. It is also quoted in the Śrī Bhakti-ratnākara. The Śrī Brahma-Mādhva-Gauḍīya disciplic succession is given in the Śrī Gaura-gaṇoddeśa as follows: “Lord Brahmā, the creator of the universe became the disciple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Nārāyaṇa. Brahmā’s disciple was Nārada. Nārada’s disciple was Vyāsa. Vyāsa then transmitted transcendental knowledge to his disciple Śukadeva. The famous Madhvācārya personally received initiation from Vyāsa. Madhvācārya’s disciple was the exalted Padmanābhācārya. Padmanābhācārya’s disciple was Narahari, whose disciple was Mādhava. Mādhava’s disciple was Akṣobhya. Akṣobhya’s disciple was Jayatīrtha, whose disciple was Jñānasindhu. Jñānasindhu’s disciple was Mahānidhi, whose disciple was Vidyānidhi. Vidyānidhi’s disciple was Rājendra, whose disciple was Jayadharma Muni. Among Jayadharma Muni’s disciples was Śrīmād Viṣṇupurī, the famous author of the Bhakti-ratnāvalī. Another disciple of Jayadharma was Puruṣottama, whose disciple was Vyāsatīrtha, who wrote the famous book Śrī Viṣṇu-saṃhitā. Vyāsatīrtha’s disciple was Śrīman Lakṣmīpati, who was like a great reservoir of the nectar of devotional service. Lakṣmīpati’s disciple was Mādhavendra Purī, a great preacher of

devotional service. Mādhavendra Purī’s disciple was Śrīmān Īśvara Purī Svāmī. Īśvara Purī carefully understood the mellows of conjugal love for Lord Kṛṣṇa and was able to distribute that fruit to others. Śrī Advaita Ācārya displayed the sentiments of servitorship and friendship for the Lord. Lord Caitanya accepted Śrīman Īśvara Purī as His spiritual master. The Lord proceeded to flood the entire world with spontaneous transcendental love for Kṛṣṇa.” Śrīla Kavirāja Gosvāmī offers obeisances to Śrī Mādhavendra as follows:

yasmai dātuṃ corayan kṣīra-bhāṇḍaṃ gopīnāthaḥ kṣīra-corābhidho ‘bhūt śrī-gopālaḥ prādurāsīd vaśaḥ san

yat-premṇā taṃ mādhavendraṃ nato ‘smi

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto Mādhavendra Purī, who was given a pot of sweet rice stolen by Śrī Gopīnātha, celebrated thereafter as Kṣīra- corā. Being pleased by Mādhavendra Purī’s love, Śrī Gopāla, the Deity at Govardhana, appeared to the public vision.” For a description of Śrī Gopāla and Śrī Kṣīra-corā Gopīnātha one may see Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 4.21-197). The pastimes of Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s traveling alone to Śrī Vṛndāvana and, on the pretext of giving him milk, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearing before Purīpāda as he sat under a tree on the bank of Govinda-kuṇḍa are described in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 4.23-33 and 16.271). By first accepting a Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa as his disciple and then accepting lunch from him, he established the etiquette of daiva- varṇāśrama through his pure behavior and rejected the endeavors of the adaiva-varṇāśrama followers, who are averse to pure devotional service, who consider the Vaiṣṇavas as belonging to a particular caste, and who lick the feet of the smārta communities who disregard mahā-prasāda (Cc. Madhya 17.166-185 and 18.129). He angrily rejected and chastised Rāmacandra Purī for his offense to the spiritual master and embraced and blessed Īśvara Purī with the words “May you obtain the wealth of love for Kṛṣṇa” for his unalloyed devotion to the spiritual master (Cc. Antya 8.16-

32). The Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya 8.33-35) describes how Śrīpāda Mādhavendra Purī passed away from the material world absorbed in feelings of transcendental separation while reciting the following verse:

ayi dīna-dayārdra nātha he mathurā-nātha kadāvalokyase hṛdayaṃ tvad-aloka-kātaraṃ dayita bhrāmyati kiṃ karomy aham

“O My Lord! O most merciful master! O master of Mathurā! When shall I see You again? Because of My not seeing You, My agitated heart has become unsteady. O most beloved one, what shall I do now?”