Āpani Acari ‘prabhu’ Jīvere Śikhaya
āpani acari ‘prabhu’ jīvere śikhaya
āpana vañcaka yei sei nirjane bhajaya
āpani-himself; acari-setting the example by his actions; prabhu-the supreme Lord in the form of Śrī Caitanya; jīvere - to the jīvas; śikhaya-educates; āpana-oneself; vañcaka-cheating; yei-he who; sei-that person; nirjane-alone; bhajaya-performs his worship.
The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa has personally descended from the spiritual world in His form as a devotee, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to teach the conditioned souls by His personal example how they should perform pure devotional service to Kṛṣṇa. He has also instructed that one should teach by one’s personal example. It is only the deluded persons who want to cheat themselves who do not faithfully follow the instructions of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and leave His saṅkīrtan preaching movement to engage in solitary or secluded worship of the Lord known as “nirjana-bhajana”.
jagat bhariyā gela jagāi-mādhāiye
nityānanda vaṁśa bāḍāya śiṣya-sampradāye
jagat-this universe; bhariyā gela-became filled; jagāi-mādhāiye-with people like Jagāi and Madhāi; nityānanda vaṁśa-the line from Nityānanda Prabhu; bāḍāya-increased accordingly; śiṣya-sampradāye-through disciplic succession.
At the time of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu there was one Jagāi and Madhāi, but now the whole world has become filled with degraded, misdirected persons of the caliber of Jagāi and Madhāi. But instead of following the footsteps of Lord Nītyānanda and delivering these degraded souls, those who claim to be in the Nītyānanda-vaṁsa, or a familial succession from Lord Nītyānanda’s disciples, simply try to increase their own succession of disciples.
khāya dāya thāke veśa haye cintāhīna
vaiṣṇaver ucita nahe thākā dayāhina
khāya dāya-eat, drink (enjoy); thāke veśa-stays; haye cintāhīna-worriless; vaiṣṇaver-vaiṣṇava; ucita-expressed; nahe-not; thākā-to remain; dayāhina-without compassion.
They visit their disciples, get well fed and taken care of, and thus enjoy a comfortable life without any thought or anxiety. But it is not proper that a vaiṣṇava devotee of the Lord should be without mercy for the fallen conditioned souls. This is not a standard of advanced devotional service to the Lord.
“mādhurya kādambinī” – grantha cakravartī gāya
siddhānta dekhaha tathā kibā tāṅra ‘rāya’
mādhurya kādambinī-mādhurya kadambinī; grantha-book; cakravartī-Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; gāya-sings; siddhānta-conclusive proof; dekhaha-just see; tathā-their; kibā-what; tāṅra-his; rāyā-verdict.
In this regard, one should see what is the judgement given by the great vaiṣṇava spiritual master and ācārya Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura in his book Mādhurya Kādambinī as to the real standard of performing devotional service to the Lord, and study his philosophical conclusions.
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Āpani Acari ‘prabhu’ Jīvere Śikhaya has 4 verses.