Udilo Aruna

When a tinge of red on the eastern horizon heralded the sunrise, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, immediately awakened. Taking His devotees with Him, He went all over the countryside, visiting the towns and villages of Nadia.

The mṛdaṅgas resounded "tāthaī, tāthaī," the cymbals chimed in time, and Lord Gaurāṅga's footbells jingled as His golden form trembled slightly in ecstatic love of God.

Lord Caitanya called out to the townsfolk: "You spend your nights uselessly sleeping and your days decorating your bodies! Now just fill your mouths with the vibration of the holy names—Mukunda, Mādhava, Yādava, Hari—chanting without offense!

"You have achieved the rare human body. Don't you care for this gift? If you do not serve the darling of Yaśodā now, great sorrow awaits you at death.

"Each time the sun rises and sets, a day passes and is lost. Then why do you remain idle and refuse to serve the Lord of the heart?

"Understand this essential fact: life is temporary and full of all kinds of miseries. So take shelter of the holy name as your only business.

"Desiring to bless all souls, the sweet name of Kṛṣṇa has descended to the material world and now shines like the sun in the sky of the heart, destroying the darkness of ignorance."

Drink the pure nectar of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and thus satisfy the soul of Bhaktivinoda. There is nothing but the holy name within all the fourteen worlds.