Glories of Chandkazi Samadhi

Harikatha, Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

The Chand Kazi's village is none other than Mathura. After performing kirtana, Gauranga gave love of God to the Kazi and liberated him. Mathura's King Kamsa of krishna-lila became Chand Kazi in Gaura-lila. For that reason, Gauranga addressed the Kazi as His maternal uncle, and out of fear the Kazi took shelter of Gauranga's lotus feet.

  • Nityanand Prabhu is showing all the places here. In worldly relations, Kamsa is the maternal uncle of Krishna. He has come as Chanda Kazi in Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastime. This is the Champa tree underneath which Kazi used to reside five hundred years back. When Chaitanya Mahaprabhu along with the sankirtan party reached here, Kazi out of fear entered into his house.

    kṛṣṇa līlāya je kaṁsa mathurāya
    gaurāṅga līlāya cāṅda kazi nāma pāya
    ei janya prabhu tāre mātula balila
    bhaye kazi gaura pade śaraṇa laila

    Because of his relation in Krishna līlā, Mahaprabhu addressed Kazi as māmā (maternal uncle).

    kīrtana ārambhe kāji mṛdaṅga bhāṅgila
    hosena sāhāra bale utpāta karila
    hosena sā se jarāsandha gauḍa-rājyeśvara

    In Krishna līlā, he who was Jarasandha has come as the king Hosena Sa.

    tāhāra ātmīya kāji pratāpa vistara
    prabhu tāre nṛsiṁharupete deya bhaya
    bhaye kaṁsasama kāji jaḍasaḍa haye
    tāre prema diyā koila vaiṣṇava- pradhāna
    kājira nistāra kathā śune bhāgyavān

    Mahprabhu made Kazi a prominent vaishnava by giving him prema, loving devotion. One who hears this deliverance of Kazi, will attain the highest objective, the lotus feet of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

    vraja-tattva navadvīpa-tattve dekhah bhed
    kṛṣṇa aparādhi plave nirvāṇa abhed
    eto aparādhi pāye prema ratna dhana

    Therefore Gaura līlā is highest.

    The Supreme Lord is eternal and we are his eternal servants. Those who have got this sort of relation, they will get Krishna prema. And those who want to become Supreme Lord, they commit offence, they will not get.

    gaura dhāma gaura nāma, gaura rūpa guṇa
    aparādha nāhi māne tārite nipuṇa,
    yadi aparādha thāke sādhaker mane
    kṛṣṇa nāma kṛṣṇa dhāme, tāre bāhu dine,
    gaura nāma gaura dhāme sadya prema hoya,
    aparādha nāhi tāra bādhā upjaya

    There is no consideration of offence in the utterance of Guaranga’s name whereas that is there in the chanting of Krishna’s name. If there is a tendency of committing offence then (actual) Krishna nāma will not be possible and as a result one will be deprived of prema. There is no such consideration in the name of Gauranga. He even delivered the offenders. Therefore, we should take absolute shelter of Gauranga Mahaprabhu. By His grace we will develop love for Him. And when we have love for the Supreme Lord, we will have love for all His objects.

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