Post by madanmohandas on Jul 31, 2020 7:22:19 GMT -6
This is from a while ago and had been entirely forgotten, so here it is.
From Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya 9
There was a brahman Vaisnav dwelling there,
Who, seated in the holy fane, with care
The Gita's eighteen Cantos would recite,
Engrossed in ecstasy and pure delight.
His recitation was not pure and clear,
At which the people there would smirk and jeer,
Some there would laugh and chide at him for this,
But he the Gita read, absorbed in bliss.
So long as he would read the text sublime,
He shook and wept in ecstasy divine;
And by his reading was so much inspired,
His hair stood up and his body perspired.
The Great Master was overjoyed to see,
And of that brahman made inquiry,
"O great one, what purport do you contrive,
"Since I see you such happiness derive?"
"I am a fool, and little understand,"
The vipra said, " only on the command
"Of my preceptor, do I thus recite,
"But I know not the meaning, wrong or right.
"There Arjuna on his car I behold,
"With Krishna, who the horses rein does hold,
"And in his hand a whip; while this I see,
"The charm of his dark limbs and rare beauty,
"And how he advises Arjuna there,
"With beneficial speech for his welfare;
"And so long as I read I behold this,
"I become immersed in ecstatic bliss.
"And therefore I the Gita always read,
"And cannot give it up at all, indeed."
"You are," the Master said, "a worthy one,
" And know the meaning by recitation,
"To you the essence of Gita is known."
And saying so his loving arms were thrown
Around the brahman, in a warm embrace,
Who held the Masters feet and sued for grace,
He said, "By seeing you my joy does grow,
Redoubled, that you are Krishna, I know.........
From Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya 9
There was a brahman Vaisnav dwelling there,
Who, seated in the holy fane, with care
The Gita's eighteen Cantos would recite,
Engrossed in ecstasy and pure delight.
His recitation was not pure and clear,
At which the people there would smirk and jeer,
Some there would laugh and chide at him for this,
But he the Gita read, absorbed in bliss.
So long as he would read the text sublime,
He shook and wept in ecstasy divine;
And by his reading was so much inspired,
His hair stood up and his body perspired.
The Great Master was overjoyed to see,
And of that brahman made inquiry,
"O great one, what purport do you contrive,
"Since I see you such happiness derive?"
"I am a fool, and little understand,"
The vipra said, " only on the command
"Of my preceptor, do I thus recite,
"But I know not the meaning, wrong or right.
"There Arjuna on his car I behold,
"With Krishna, who the horses rein does hold,
"And in his hand a whip; while this I see,
"The charm of his dark limbs and rare beauty,
"And how he advises Arjuna there,
"With beneficial speech for his welfare;
"And so long as I read I behold this,
"I become immersed in ecstatic bliss.
"And therefore I the Gita always read,
"And cannot give it up at all, indeed."
"You are," the Master said, "a worthy one,
" And know the meaning by recitation,
"To you the essence of Gita is known."
And saying so his loving arms were thrown
Around the brahman, in a warm embrace,
Who held the Masters feet and sued for grace,
He said, "By seeing you my joy does grow,
Redoubled, that you are Krishna, I know.........