Song 7

(Śrī rāga)

Refrain: Glory to You, O Lord Gaurāṅga1 Glory to You!

47. Seeing the physician Mukunda, Lord Mahāprabhu smiled and said:

48. "You know the truth of Brahman. This I have heard. O Mukunda Datta, I will now explain that truth to you."

49. Speaking these words, the Lord recited a verse. Their herts beating quickly, everyone listened.

50. The Lord said: ramante yogino’nante satyānande cid-ātmani itī rāma-padenāsau paraṃ brahmābhidhīyate

"The mystics derive unlimited transcendental pleasures from the Absolute Truth, and therefore the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is also known as Rāma."*

51. Then Lord Gaura-Harī again mercifully said to the physician Mukunda:

52. "In your heart you think worship of four-armed Lord Nārāyaṇa is the best worship. But you have very little knowledge of meditating on two-armed Lord Kṛṣṇa.

53. "Please look at this treasure, the best of all treasures, that now stands before you. Please see what is truly auspicious for you. Please worship twoarmed Lord Kṛṣṇa. Plunge your heart in thinking of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

54. "It is from Lord Kṛṣṇa that the form of Nārāyaṇa has come. This the scriptures say. Never do the scriptures say the form of Lord Kṛṣṇa has come from Nārāyaṇa."

55. Lord Viśvambhara spoke these kind words. Hearing them, the physician Mukunda respectfully bowed his neck and said:

56. "I will bathe in the Gaṅgā, and then I will do as You wish. For me the dust of the Vaiṣṇavas feet as the greatest mercy.

57. "Your lotus feet are an umbrella placed over my head. Please bathe me in a shower of service to You. That is my only wish.

58. "O Lord, how can I know what is good and what is bad? Within and without I am like a drunken blind man.

59. "O Lord, please be merciful to me. Please mercifully give the gift of being able to render service to You.

60. "You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all masters. Your form is made of transcendental bliss. You are Lord Kṛṣṇa. You are the root from where all the avatāras have sprouted."

61. Hearing these words, Lord Gaura became satisfied at heart. With His lotus foot He touched Mukunda’s head.

62. At that moment the hairs on every limb of Mukunda’s body stood erect. Tears filled his eyes. His voice became choked with emotion. In this way the physician Mukunda manifested the symptoms of ecstatic spiritual love.

63. With a voice choked with emotion he spoke many prayers. He said: "O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O master of all masters, O first cause of all causes, all glories to You!"

64. Glancing at Mukunda, Lord Mahāprabhu Viśvambhara Harī said:

65. "O physician, please listen. Listen to My words. In your heart you chew and chew the spiritual message of Bhagavad-gītā.

66-67. "If you wish to attain what is truly good for the spirit soul, if you yearn to attain the bliss of pure love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, then please stop chewing and chewing the Bhagavad-gītā’s words. Instead, with great love chant the holy names of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

68-69. "Instead, worship Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose handsome dark form glistens like sapphires, who is the crown of all dancers, who holds a flute in His hand, whose garments are yellow, whose neck is adorned with a garland of forest flowers, and who is surrounded by a host of gopīs."

70. Hearing the Lord’s command, the physician Mukunda was overcome. The tears he wept fell to the ground.

71. Humbly offering prayers at the Lord’s feet, he said: "O Lord, I have no power to escape the inescapable world of birth and death.

72. "Even Brahmā, Śiva, Lakṣmī, and Ananta have no power to defeat Your undefeatable māyā.

73. "Without Your mercy, who has the power to defeat Your supremely powerful māyā? Please listen, O Lord Viśvambhara.

74. "O am very lowly and fallen. What power have I to defeat the world of birth and death and worship Your feet?

75. "O Lord, if, seeing how unhappy I am, You feel merciful to me, then please become like mercy personified to me.

76. "O Lord, please be merciful and ggive me the secret treasure of ecstatic spiritual love.

77. "Please make my heart like a bumblebee filled with love for the honey-pollen of the lotus flower of Your feet.

78. "Please splash me with the ocean of Your mercy. Please don’t hate me. I am very fallen and unimportant."

79. Hearing this anguished appeal, the Lord felt great mercy īn His heart.

80. Smiling, the Lord said: "Listen, Mukunda. Soon you will attain your wish."

81-82. Then, accompanied by his brothers, the wise and very pure-hearted devotee Śrīnivāsa Paṇḍita served Lord Kṛṣṇa. Then, with great love, he worshiped Lord Viśvambhara’s feet.

83. Again and again he chanted the Lord’s holy names and praised His glories. His younger brother Śrī Rāma was very affectionate to him.

84. Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita was very devoted to his older brother. Together the two brothers would sing the Lord’s glories.

85. Śrīvāsa and Śrī Rāma were both very dear to Lord Gaura. With a joyful heart the Lord enjoyed many pastimes with them.

86. In their house the Lord danced with His personal associates. At those times Lord Gaura seemed like Lord Kapila surrounded by a host of sages.

87. In their house Lord Gaura passed many days happily teaching hundreds and hundreds of students.

88. There the Lord met and taught student after student. Amongst them one student was a very great fool.

89. That foolish son of a brāhmaṇa said: "I say Śrī Kṛṣṇa is only a manifestation of māyā."

90. Hearing these words, Lord Gaura covered His ears with His hands and ran to bathe in the Gaṅgā.

91. Accompanied by His associates, and still wearing His clothes, the Lord bathed in the Gaṅgā. Then, roaring like thunder, and the hairs of His body erect with ecstasy, Lord Gaura chanted the holy names of Lord Hari.

92. "My ears were contaminated by the wicked words of that sinful and degraded offender who is worthless like a pile of ashes."

93. After speaking these words, Lord Gaura, His voice like thundering clouds, chanted Lord Hari’s holy names. Thus Locana dāsa describes the splendor of Lord Gaura’s glories.