|| Prayōjana Prakāśa ||3||
(The
Light of Intention)
|| Rāga Mālakōnsa ||1|
(To be sung in Rāga Mālakōnsa)
|*| Madhubhāra-Chanda
|*|1|
(Composed in a meter
known as ‘Madhubhāra’)
gūḍh
ik kāj| shabad lai sāj|
chhupē
naṭ rāj| chīnh susamāj|| ||vishrām||
Rendition:
For fulfilling a secret desire, these verses were composed. The Lord of dancing
is unknown to the masses. Let the good persons know Him. ||Pause||
kr̥ṣṇa
avatāra| cīnha jaga sāra|
kr̥ṣṇa
balarāma| sunaiṅ saba nāma||1|
vēda
paramāna| karaiṅ gunagāna|
sunaiṅ
saba lōka| bhajaiṅ taja sōka||2|
gaura
bhagavāna| kr̥pā paravāna|
nāma
paracāra| channa avatāra||3|
sabai
guna khāna| kō'u nahi jāna|
cīnha
nahi lōka| ridai bara sōka||4|
kr̥ṣṇa
pada dāsa| karai parakāsa|
sōkahiṅ
nivāra| grantha prakaṭāra||5|
Rendition:
In this world, many people are familiar with the Name and Past-times of Kr̥ṣṇa–The
Supreme Personality of God-Head and His elder brother Balarāma.|1| Vēdas and
Purāṇas provide many evidences in an open manner and thus sing the glory of the
Lord. The fortunate persons hear these scriptures and thus vanquish their
miseries by engaging themselves in the devotional service of Kr̥ṣṇa and
Balarāma. |2| But that same Kr̥ṣṇa has now appeared as ‘Gaurāṅga’ in a hidden
form (Channa-avatāra)– who is the Personification of Supreme Mercy, for the
propagation of devotional service by the method of the congregational chanting
of the Lord’s Holy Names (Śrī-Hari-Nāma-Saṅkīrtana).|3| Even though Gaurāṅga
Mahāprabhu, being non-different from Kr̥ṣṇa, is the treasure house of all good
qualities– most people in this world are not familiar with His Names and
Past-times. This is the cause of my sorrow. |4| Kr̥ṣṇa Dāsa says that with an
intention of minimizing this sorrow of mine, I have compiled this booklet. |5|
Illuminating Commentary (Prakāśikā-Vr̥tti)- In the above verses, Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu has
been referred to as ‘Channa-avatāra’ – which means ‘The hidden incarnation’.
Why did Kr̥ṣṇa appear in a hidden form in this
age of quarrel and hypocrisy? In order to relish the innermost feelings that
arise in the heart of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī for Himself, Kr̥ṣṇa has now appeared
again in this hidden form. Had He not appeared in a hidden form, then the
people in general would have known His Nature as the Absolute Truth, and they
would have thus offered their devotional service to Him, by accepting Him as
The Personality of God-Head. This would be an impediment in fulfilling His most
cherished desire to taste the nectarine mellows of devotional moods, as is
relished by Śrī-Rādhikā. (In order to relish these devotional moods, even Kr̥ṣṇa
first needs to forget about His own identity as ‘The Supreme Personality of
God-Head’. For this Kr̥ṣṇa has provided sufficient power to His own
Intrinsic-potency known as ‘Yōgamāyā’. Therefore, Yōgamāyā can enable Kr̥ṣṇa to
sometimes forget and sometimes remember His own identity as the Supreme-Person,
depending on the moods that Kr̥ṣṇa wishes to relish at a particular moment.
But the question is– with what substance does
Kr̥ṣṇa hides His own Godliness and appears in a hidden form as ‘Gaurāṅga
Mahāprabhu’? To this our answer is– He hides His Godliness by covering it with
the golden colour and the ecstatic-moods of Śrī-Rādhikā: (tāra gaura kāntayē
tōmāra sarva aṅga ḍhakā– C.C.- 2/8/269)