In Caitanya's movement, sincere chanting and service liberate all devotees—householder or renunciate alike.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhajan & Purport to Gaurāṇgera Duṭi Pada — January 6, 1969, Los Angeles 690106PU-LOS ANGELES [30:03 Minutes] Bhajan & Purport_690106PU-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [sings:] gaurāṅgera duṭi pada, jār dhana sampada, se jāne bhakati-rasa-sār gaurāṅgera madhura-līlā, jār karṇe praveśilā, hṛdoya nirmala bhelo tār [Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya as his only asset knows the true essence of devotional service. The heart of anyone who gives submissive aural reception to the pleasing and sweet pastimes of Lord Caitanya immediately becomes cleansed of all material contamination.] je gaurāṅgera nāma loy, tāra hoy premodoy, tāre mui jāi bolihāri gaurāṅga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure, se jana bhakati-adhikārī [Anyone who simply chants the name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya will immediately develop love of Godhead. I offer him all congratulations by saying “Bravo!” If anyone feels ecstasy and cries by simply hearing the transcendental qualities of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he at once understands the eternal loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.] gaurāṅgera saṅgi-gaṇe, nitya-siddha kori' māne, se jāy brajendra-suta-pāś śrī-gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, jebā jāne cintāmaṇi, tāra hoy braja-bhūme bās [Anyone who has understood that the associates of Lord Caitanya are eternally liberated souls immediately becomes eligible to enter into the abode of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja in Vṛndāvana, in his next birth. If anyone understands that there is no difference between Gauḍa-maṇḍala, the place in West Bengal wherein Lord Caitanya had His pastimes, and the transcendental abode of Śrī Vṛndāvana-dhāma, then he actually lives in Vṛndāvana.] gaura-prema-rasārṇave, śe taraṅge jebā ḍube, se rādhā-mādhava-antaraṅga gṛhe bā vanete thāke, 'hā gaurāṅga' bo'le ḍāke, narottama māge tāra saṅga [Anyone who takes pleasure in sporting within the waves of the ocean of Lord Caitanya’s distribution of love of God immediately becomes a confidential devotee of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava. It doesn’t matter whether such a devotee is in the renounced order of life or whether he is a householder. If he is actually taking part in Lord Caitanya’s saṅkīrtana activities and actually understanding what it is, then such a person is always liberated. Narottama Dāsa aspires for his association.] [17:08] [break]...yāra dhana sampada, sei jāne bhakati-rasa-sāra. This is another song composed by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, and he says that "One who has accepted the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya...," in other words, "One who has the only asset of possession, the two feet of Lord Caitanya, such person is supposed to know what is the essence of devotional service." Sei jāne bhakati-rasa-sāra. What is the purport of devotional service, or what is the humor of devotional service, can be understood by a person who has accepted Lord Caitanya's lotus feet as everything. The idea is that actually, Lord Caitanya, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, and He is teaching devotional service to the living entities personally, directly.
Therefore the modes of devotional service as taught by Lord Caitanya is the most perfect. There cannot be any doubt. The expert, or the master, is teaching the servant how to work. If somebody is master of some engineering work and he is personally teaching some assistant, that teaching, instruction, is most perfect.
Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, in the role of a devotee, is teaching devotional service. Therefore the path chalked out by Lord Kṛṣṇa is the most feasible way for perfection to devotional service. Sei jāne bhakati rasa sāra. Sāra means essence. And then he says, gaurāṅgera madhuri-līlā, yāra karṇe praveśilā.
Now he comes to the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. He says that "Lord Caitanya's pastimes are also as much transcendental as Lord Kṛṣṇa's." As in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that anyone who can simply understand the transcendental appearance, disappearance, activities, work of Kṛṣṇa, he immediately becomes eligible to enter into the kingdom of God—simply by understanding the pastimes and the work, transcendental activities of Kṛṣṇa—similarly, one who enters into the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, he immediately becomes freed from all contamination of the heart. Gaurāṅgera madhuri-līlā, yāra karṇe praveśilā. Karṇe praveśilā means simply one has to receive the message of Lord Caitanya. Karṇe means in the ear: to give the message a submissive aural reception.
Then immediately one's heart becomes freed from all material contamination. Then he says, yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, tāra haya premodaya. Now, the devotees are concerned how to develop love of Godhead. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura recommends that anyone who simply chants śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda... Gaurāṅga means with all this paraphernalia.
As soon as we speak of Gaurāṅga, we should mean the five: Lord Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara and Śrīvāsa, all together. So yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, anyone who chants, immediately he will develop love of Godhead. Yei gaurāṅgera nāma laya, tara haya premodaya, tāre mui jaya bole hari. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, "I offer him all congratulation, because it is certain that he has developed love of Godhead." Then he says, gaurāṅga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure.
Anyone, if he cries by simply by hearing the transcendental qualities of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he at once understands what is the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Nitya-līlā means the pastimes, or the loving exchange, affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, that is eternal. That is not temporary. We should not think that Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa pastime, loving affairs, is just like the business of a young boy or girl, as we see in this material world.