Introduction:
Reviewers predict this book will become as popular as the Bhagavad-gita. As the Gita contains the direct words that Bhagavan Sri Krsna spoke on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, the Gauranga Gita contains the exact words that Bhagavan Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally spoke on various spiritual topics, including jiva-tattva,srsti-tattva, krsna-tattva, radha-tattva, prema- tattva, guru-tattva, sadhya-sadhana-tattva, nama- tattva, siva- tattva, and vaisnava- tattva. Every word of Gauranga Gita arises directly from the lotus mouth and heart of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,the Golden Avatara of divine love. These most relevant and sublime teachings of Mahaprabhu were painstakingly recorded by His eternal associates, namely Murari Gupta, Kavi Karnapura, Krishna Dasa Kaviraja, Locana Dasa Thakura and Vrndavana Dasa Thakura. As the individual entries are alphabetically arranged by subject,the book is a virtual encyclopedia of Gaudiya Vaisnava practice and philosophy.The author closes his introduction to the work with, “May Gauranga Gita, “The song of Gauranga” be heard in every heart and sung by every soul searching for love divine.”Reviewers predict this book will become as popular as the Bhagavad-gita. As the Gita contains the direct words that Bhagavan Sri Krsna spoke on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, the Gauranga Gita contains the exact words that Bhagavan Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally spoke on various spiritual topics, including jiva-tattva, srsti-tattva, krsna-tattva
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Sample Chapter:
Kuruksetra (In swoon, Radha sees Kåñëa at)
Lila-vicara: Mahaprabhu fully identified with Radhika’s mood of separation upon seeing Kåñëa at Kuruksetra. As the ecstasy escalated, asta sattvika-bhavas, eight bodily transformations, spread throughout the divine body of Gauranga, including being stunned, trembling, perspiring, fading away of color, weeping, and choking of the voice. Gaura’s whole body was pervaded by transcendental joy. As a result, Mahäprabhu would laugh, cry, dance and sing, run here and there, and sometimes fall on the ground and lose consciousness.
Gauranga Gita: Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter Two Texts 73-75
mürcchäya haila säkñätkära, uöhi’ kare huhuìkära,
kahe-ei äilä mahäçaya
kåñëera mädhuré-guëe, nänä bhrama haya mane,
çloka paòi’ karaye niçcaya
When Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu was thus unconscious, He happened to meet the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently He got up and immediately made a tumultuous sound, very loudly declaring, “Now Kåñëa, the great personality, is present.” In this way, because of Kåñëa’s sweet qualities, Caitanya Mahäprabhu made different types of mistakes in His mind. Thus by reciting the following verse, He ascertained the presence of Lord Kåñëa.
märaù svayaà nu madhura-dyuti-maëòalaà nu
mädhuryam eva nu mano-nayanämåtaà nu
veëé-måjo nu mama jévita-vallabho nu
kåñëo ’yam abhyudayate mama locanäya
In radha-bhava, Mahaprabhu addressed the gopés: “‘My dear friends, where is that Kåñëa, Cupid personified, who has the effulgence of a kadamba flower, who is sweetness itself, the nectar of My eyes and mind, He who loosens the hair of the gopés, who is the supreme source of transcendental bliss and My life and soul? Has He come before My eyes again?’” (Kåñëa-karëämåta 68)
kibä ei säkñät käma, dyuti-bimba mürtimän,
ki mädhurya svayaà mürtimanta
kibä mano-netrotsava, kibä präëa-vallabha,
satya kåñëa äilä netränanda
Mahäprabhu then began to talk like this: “Is Cupid personified present with the effulgence and reflection of the kadamba tree? Is He the same person, personified sweetness, who is the pleasure of My eyes and mind, who is My life and soul? Has Kåñëa actually come before My eyes?”
* Kuruksetra (Radha begs Kåñëa to return to Vraja)
Lila-vicara: While dancing at Ratha-yatra, Mahaprabhu would fall behind the cart and Jagannatha would come to a standstill. When Gauracandra came forward, Jagannatha’s cart would slowly start again. After dancing for sometime, Sri Caitanya’s heart melted in a mood of gopi-bhava. Saturated in the ecstasy of Radhika meeting Syama at Kuruksetra, Mahaprabhu revealed His heart before Vrajendranandana Sri Jagannatha.
Gauranga Gita: Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter Thirteen Texts 121, 126-131, 136-171
yaù kaumära-haraù sa eva hi varas tä eva caitra-kñapäs
te conmélita-mälaté-surabhayaù prauòhäù kadambäniläù
sä caiväsmi tathäpi tatra surata-vyäpära-lélä-vidhau
revä-rodhasi vetasé-taru-tale cetaù samutkaëöhate
Gauranga said, “‘That very personality who stole away my heart during my youth is now again my master. These are the same moonlit nights of the month of Caitra. The same fragrance of mälaté flowers is there, and the same sweet breezes are blowing from the kadamba forest. In our intimate relationship, I am also the same lover, yet still my mind is not happy here. I am eager to go back to that place on the bank of the Revä under the Vetasé tree. That is my desire.’” (Padyävalé 386)
avaçeñe rädhä kåñëe kare nivedana
sei tumi, sei ämi, sei nava saìgama
Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu spoke thus to Lord Jagannätha: “You are the same Kåñëa, and I am the same Rädhäräëé. We are meeting again in the same way that We met in the beginning of Our lives.
tathäpi ämära mana hare våndävana
våndävane udaya karäo äpana-caraëa
“Although We are both the same, My mind is still attracted to Våndävana-dhäma. I wish that You will please again appear with Your lotus feet in Våndävana.
ihäì lokäraëya, häté, ghoòä, ratha-dhvani
tähäì puñpäraëya, bhåìga-pika-näda çuni
“In Kurukñetra there are crowds of people, elephants and horses, and also the rattling of chariots. But in Våndävana there are flower gardens, and the humming of the bees and chirping of the birds can be heard.
ihäì räja-veça, saìge saba kñatriya-gaëa
tähäì gopa-veça, saìge muralé-vädana
“Here at Kurukñetra You are dressed like a royal prince, accompanied by great warriors, but in Våndävana You appeared just like an ordinary cowherd boy, accompanied only by Your beautiful flute.
vraje tomära saìge yei sukha-äsvädana
sei sukha-samudrera ihäì nähi eka kaëa
“Here there is not even a drop of the ocean of transcendental happiness that I enjoyed with You in Våndävana.
ähuç ca te nalina-näbha padäravindaà
yogeçvarair hådi vicintyam agädha-bodhaiù
saàsära-küpa-patitottaraëävalambaà
gehaà juñäm api manasy udiyät sadä naù
“[The gopés spoke thus:] ‘Dear Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower, Your lotus feet are the only shelter for those who have fallen into the deep well of material existence. Your feet are worshiped and meditated upon by great mystic yogés and highly learned philosophers. We wish that these lotus feet may also be awakened within our hearts, although we are only ordinary persons engaged in household affairs.’”
anyera hådaya-mana, mora mana-våndävana,
‘mane’ ‘vane’ eka kari’ jäni
tähäì tomära pada-dvaya, karäha yadi udaya,
tabe tomära pürëa kåpä mäni
Speaking in the mood of Çrématé Rädhäräëé, Caitanya Mahäprabhu said, “For most people, the mind and heart are one, but because My mind is never separated from Våndävana, I consider My mind and Våndävana to be one. My mind is already Våndävana, and since You like Våndävana, will You please place Your lotus feet there? I would deem that Your full mercy.
präëa-nätha, çuna mora satya nivedana
vraja-ämära sadana, tähäì tomära saìgama,
nä päile nä rahe jévana
“My dear Lord, kindly hear My true submission. My home is Våndävana, and I wish Your association there. But if I do not get it, then it will be very difficult for Me to keep My life.
pürve uddhava-dväre, ebe säkñät ämäre,
yoga-jïäne kahilä upäya
tumi-vidagdha, kåpämaya, jänaha ämära hådaya,
more aiche kahite nä yuyäya
“My dear Kåñëa, formerly, when You were staying in Mathurä, You sent Uddhava to teach Me speculative knowledge and mystic yoga. Now You Yourself are speaking the same thing, but My mind doesn’t accept it. There is no place in My mind for jïäna-yoga or dhyäna-yoga. Although You know Me very well, You are still instructing Me in jïäna-yoga and dhyäna-yoga. It is not right for You to do so.”
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