Cmp 48. Back To Navadvipa Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU

The Lord came back to Navadvipa,
After a few days in Shantipura,
Accompanied by Nityananda,
Advaita, and Haridasa Thakura.

One day, Murari Gupta
First worshiped Lord Chaitanya
And then Lord Nityananda
In the house of Shrivasa.

"By age, Nityananda is senior,
While I'm just his junior'
You should worship him first
And worship me next."

Lord Chaitanya said like this,
Murari replied, "As you possess,
My heart is under your control.
I acted according to your will."

The Lord was chewing pan.
A part of it He gave him then,
And when, with joy, he chewed
He felt a thrill in his head.

The Lord said, "Prakashnand,
A sanyasi in Benaras lived,
Who's a teacher in Vedas
But my form he denies."

"I gave him leprosy,
That wasn't so easy,
As a punishment,
But he's not repentant."

A cutting saw Murari kept
To commit suicide by night
As he felt his body useless,
In living there was no purpose.

The Lord came to know this
By his internal feelings
And to his house, He went
To prevent him doing it.

"Bring me the saw you hid,
To finish your life to end, "
Saying this, the Lord
Took the saw in His hand.

"How do you know this, "
When Murari asked like this,
He replied, "I know who made it
Also where you had kept it."