When Nimai and his parents learnt of this, they were devastated. They hearts broken, they cried incessantly. Nimai fell unconscious in grief; he felt immense separation from his brother. The entire town of nadia was saddened. The relatives of Jagannath Mishra and mother Sachi consoled the family. They told Nimai’s parents, “You are actually fortunate.…
He would spend hours – practically the whole day- hearing and chanting Krishna’s holy names with them. And all the devotees loved Vishwarupa dearly. He recited the scriptures with so much devotion that devotees were mesmerized by his presentation. He always extolled the glories of pure devotional service. He knew no other subject than pure…
They got intoxicated by the power of Nimai’s chanting of holy names; they too began to jump and dance; they cried in deep love for the supreme lord. At this time some grave, elderly pilgrims who were walking by the Ganges saw this, and they too were pulled into the kirtan. They also began to…
Murari Gupta, still dazed by the encounter, rushed to Jagannath Mishra’s house and saw little Nimai being loving caressed by his mother. He came back stunned and sobered by this instructive lesson he had learnt. He offered his heart felt obeisances to Nimai, understanding him to be the supreme controller of all- the supreme lord.…
Nimai said, “Mother, when you water the root of the tree, all the branches and twigs are also satisfied. I am the source of all that exists. All demigods and goddesses are my servants. By satisfying me all of them are also pleased.” Sachi mata couldn’t understand what her little one was saying. Out of…
Meanwhile the puppy wandered into the town of nawadwip and exhibited symptoms of ecstatic love of god. Since he had become dear to Lord Chaitanya mahaprabhu, the lord’s mercy showered upon this puppy. To the astonishment of town’s people the puppy raised his claws and began loudly chanting Hare Krishna hare Krishna Krishna Krishna hare…
One day as Nimai was playing with his friends on the banks of Ganges, many little puppy dogs gathered. Nimai selected the most beautiful of the puppies and began playing. His friends protested, “Why have you picked up the most beautiful puppy and left the ugly ones for us?” Nimai reassured them, “no, we all…
Vrindavan das thakur says in chaitanya bhagavat that if the vedas took ten million forms and if each of those forms had ten million mouths and tongues, they would not, all together, be able to calculate the good fortune of Jagannath Mishra and Sachi mata who were most fortunate because they experienced the wonderful childhood…
The young girls who had just complained to mother Sachi, came running to the Ganga and told Nimai, “Oh Nimai, your father is very angry. He is coming here with a stick in his hand; he’ll give you a big beating. You better run away.”
Nimai told his friends, “When my father comes, you tell…
The young girls of Nawadwip came to mother Sachi and complained about little Nimai’s transcendental mischief pastimes. (Nimai is one of the many childhood names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; his other names include Vishwambhar, Gauranga, Sachinandan, and Jagganath suta)
They first bowed to mother Sachi and said, “Oh worshippable mother, please hear about the activities…
Mischief in Ganga
As Nimai began to grow up, his mischief increased. He would spend most
of his time in the river Ganga. He would swim, float on the water,
play games, quarrel with friends, splash water on others, and have
fun.
Ganga was the centre of cultural and social life of Nawadwip. People
came to Ganga to take bath three…
The demanding Nimai
Nimai was very restless. Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that He is
the proprietor of everything that exists (5.29). Being the owner of
the creation, Nimai would demand many things from Sachi Devi. “I want
that bird,” Nimai asked, and to the dazed mother, he began to plead
louder. “I want the moon” or “I want…