Devananda

Living in Kuliya during Sri Chaitanya's pastimes, Sri Devananda Pandit gave professional readings of Srimad Bhagavatam focussing on formless philosophy.

One day Shrivasa Pandit heard his Bhagavata-katha, began crying, and fell to the ground.

Becoming disturbed by this display, the foolish disciples of Devananda threw Shrivasa out of the assembly. By silently observing this misbehavior of his disciples Devananda committed the hati-mata aparadha, the mad elephant offense of blaspheming a pure Devotee of Lord Chaitanya.

Later, by the mercy of Vakreshvara Pandit, an intimate Devotee of Sri Gaura Raya, Devananda understood the divinity of Sri Krishna Chaitanya and surrendered to Him. The Lord pardoned his offense and blessed him with bhakti. He serves in Krishna lila as Bhaguri Muni.

Bhaguri Muni

Bhaguri Muni, the learned chief priest of Vraja-pura, is the personification of all the Vedas. Everyday He chants mantras for the protection of each of Krsna’s limbs. Everyday he smells Krsna’s head. Everyday he offers Krsna many benedictions. I bow down and offer my respectful obeisances to Bhaguri Muni, the best of the sages.

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vraja-vilasa-stava

Conversation between Lord Chaitanya & Devananda Pandit 

The brahmana Devananda Pandita folded his hands and began to offer prayers.

“You are most merciful. You have appeared in Navadvipa to deliver the people of the entire universe.

“I could not recognize You because I am sinful and unfortunate. I was therefore deprived of the opportunity to relish transcendental happiness in Your association. You are by nature compassionate to all living entities. I beg that I may have attachment for You. O Lord, I have one request at Your lotus feet. Please instruct me. I am an ignorant person yet I teach Çrémad Bhägavatam, which is a book meant for the most intelligent persons. How should I explain it, and what should I teach?

O Lord, kindly instruct me. stepbrother and thanked him sincerely for having recited the entire Bhägavatam for his benefit.

As he was himself energetically glorifying the seven- day recital of the Bhägavatam, a marvellous celestial carriage, attended by residents of the Vaikuntha world, descended into the midst of the assembly, brightening the surroundings with their effulgence. Before the eyes of the amazed spectators, Dhundhukari boarded the lustrous carriage. Before leaving, however,

Gokarna asked the denizens of Vaikuntha the following important question: “There were many people in the audience who were purified by listening to the Bhägavatam recital. Why then were celestial carriages not brought for all of them? I observed them all participating equally in the act of hearing. Please explain, O beloved of Hari, why there is a difference in the results they have gotten?” (Bhägavata-mähätmya5.69-70)

The associates of the Lord answered by speaking : “The difference in results comes of the differences in the quality of their hearing. Everyone present, it is true, listened to the Bhägavatam, but not everyone reflected on what they had heard. The difference in results came from this, as well as from the quality of their worship, O respectful one.”
(Bhägavata-mähätmya 5.71)

“The ghost listened for seven days, but each night he worshiped the Lord, during which time he reflected with concentration on what he had heard.

1. Knowledge which is unstable is lost, as is the learning of someone who has been inattentive. Japa done without concentration or hearing advice which comes from a doubtful source are both wasted. 
2. A land without Vaishnavas is worthless, 
3. as is the offering of oblations by a person without qualifications, 
4. charity given to an unlearned person, and 
5. a family which has no ethical principles. 

In order to obtain the fruits of hearing the Bhägavatam,

1. one should have faith in the words of the spiritual master and 
2. an attitude of humility about his own worth; 
3. he should be victorious over the flaws of the mind and 
4. have unswerving concentration on the topics he is hearing. 

“When 

1. all these people hear the Bhägavatam a second time, they too will gain eternal residence in Vaikuntha, of this there is no doubt. 
2. As for you, Gokarna, Govinda will personally take you to Goloka, the abode of the cows” 

After thus speaking to Gokarna, the associates of Lord Hari began to loudly sing the Lord’s names, ascending to Vaikuntha with the transformed Dhundhukari. 

On hearing Devananda's words, Lord Gauracandra began to quote evidence from Çrémad Bhägavatam. 

“Listen, O brahmana, while teaching Çrémad Bhägavatam you should not explain anything other than devotional service. “In the beginning, middle, and end of Çrémad Bhägavatam devotional service to Vishnu is described as 

1. eternally perfect, 
2. inexhaustible, and 
3. infallible. 

Devotional service to Vishnu is the only truth throughout the innumerable universes. It remains fully potent even during the universal devastation. Narayana awards liberation but hides devotional service. One cannot attain devotional service without Krishna's mercy. Because Çrémad Bhägavatam glorifies devotional service, there is no literature equal to it. 

As the various incarnations of the Lord headed by Matsya and Kurma appear and disappear, the Çrémad Bhägavatam, which is not composed by man, 

1. appears and 
2. disappears by its own sweet will. 

Simply by the mercy of Krishna and the devotion of Vyasadeva, Çrémad Bhägavatam manifested from the tongue of Vyasa. 

1. Çrémad Bhägavatam is an eternal literature. 
2. Even when it is lost in the course of time, by the Lord's mercy it again appears on the tongue and from the writing of Sri Vyasa. 
3. This literature is incomprehensible to those mortal beings who are punished by Yamaraja. 
4. The Çrémad Bhägavatam is as incomprehensible as the science of the Supreme Lord. This is the statement of all scriptures. 

One who thinks, 

`I understand Çrémad Bhägavatam,' does not know the glories of Çrémad Bhägavatam. One who is qualified for Çrémad Bhägavatam knows that Çrémad Bhägavatam is certainly the crest jewel of all scriptures. If even foolish people take shelter of Çrémad Bhägavatam, Çrémad Bhägavatam manifests in their hearts. The Çrémad Bhägavatam is filled with ecstatic love. 

1. It is the body of Lord Krishna. 
2. All confidential pastimes of Krishna are described in it. 
3. Çrémad Bhägavatam, which is filled with ecstatic love, is known as a form of Sri Krishna. 

“After compiling the Vedic literatures and the Puranas, Vedavyasa did not feel satisfied. “But as soon as Çrémad Bhägavatam manifested on his tongue, his heart was filled with joy. 

In the Çrémad Bhägavatam (1.7.4-7) it is stated: 

bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praëihite 'male apaçyat puruñaà pürëaà mäyäà ca tad-apäçrayam yayä sammohito jéva ätmänaà tri-guëätmakam paro 'pi manute 'narthaà tat-kåtaà cäbhipadyate anarthopaçamaà säkñäd bhakti-yogam adhokñaje lokasyäjänato vidväàç cakre sätvata-saàhitäm yasyäà vai çrüyamäëäyäà kåñëe parama-püruñe bhaktir utpadyate puàsaù çoka-moha-bhayäpahä 

“Thus he fixed his mind, perfectly engaging it by linking it in devotional service [bhakti-yoga] without any tinge of materialism, and thus he saw the Absolute Personality of Godhead along with His external energy, which was under full control. 

1. Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries. 
2. The material miseries of the living entity, which are superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service. 

But the mass of people does not know this, and therefore the learned Vyasadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth. Simply by giving aural reception to this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion, and fearfulness.

” Çrémad Bhägavatam is not a literature intended for Mayavadis and karmis. There is nothing other than devotional service in the Çrémad Bhägavatam. If one understands this, one can attain transcendental peace at heart. 

“O brahmana, listen sincerely. I tell you that some people even become perplexed after reading such a literature. You should explain devotional service in the beginning, middle, and end of Çrémad Bhägavatam. “Then you will no longer commit any offense, and you will immediately become joyful at heart. “All the scriptures glorify devotional service to Krishna. Çrémad Bhägavatam is especially filled with the mellows of devotional service to Krishna.

In the Hari-vaàça (Bhaviñyat-parva 132.95) it is stated: vede rämäyaëe caiva puräëe bhärate tathä ädäv ante ca madhye ca hariù sarvatra géyate 

“In the 

1. Vedic literature, including the 
2. Rämäyaëa, 
3. Puräëas, and 
4. Mahäbhärata, 

from the very 

1. beginning (ädau) to the 
2. end (ante ca), 
3. as well as within the middle (madhye ca), 

only Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is explained.” 

Go and teach Çrémad Bhägavatam by explaining the nectarean devotional service of Krishna.” After hearing the Lord's instructions, Devananda Pandit offered his full obeisances and considered himself fortunate. After offering the Lord repeated obeisances, he meditated on the lotus feet of the Lord with full concentration as he departed. 

In this way Lord Gaurasundara revealed the glories of Çrémad Bhägavatam to everyone. —Chaitanya Bhagvata, Antya lila, 497- 526 ·

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