Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Part Eleven
Hari Sankirtana
Dec 16, 2021 — CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s original essay on Nama Hatta preaching.
PART V
Inspection Report
The Sri Sri Nama Hatta root is established at Sri Sri Nabadwip Dhama, at Sri Surabhikunj, Sri Godrum Ksetra, and its branches and sub-branches are spread throughout India. The employees are from time to time travelling from the main market to different places to see how the work of the Nama hatta is progressing. What the inspectors have seen up till now is herewith revealed.
21st of Bhadra, 406 Caitanyabda, Sunday, the Nama Hatta’s sweeper, the market reporter and another two Nama Hatta workers visited the Sri Rampurnaga Nama Hatta in the district of Hoogly. There, at a new Mahaprabhu mandir, travelling salesman Sriyuta Krisnhakisora Goswami had gathered an assembly of devoted Brahmins and Vaisnavas. After a brief discussion on bhakti and varnasrama the travelling salesman Sriyuta Kalidasa Saha together with some devotees sang in a sweet voice Lord Caitanya’s Siksastaka published in the fourth guti of the Bhaktisiddhanta Mala.
The Nama Hatta’s employees present at that place experienced extreme satisfaction to see the wonderful devotion for Sri Caitanya of the assembled brahmanas.
5th Aswin, Caitanyabda 406, Monday, the Nama Hatta sweeper, assistant and flagbearer arrived in the town of Ghatal, Midnapur District, after dark. The devotees escorted the Nama Hatta employees with sankirtana to the Harisabha. More than a thousand devotees of the Nama assembled and engaged in massive sankirtana. The next day at sunrise, along with all the devotees of Ramjivanpur, they performed blissful kirtan and inspected the activities of the Nama Hatta in the prapannasrama of Sriyuta Kunja bihari paina.
More than a thousand devotees assembled, loudly chanting the name of Hari. The Nama Hatta commander for that area, Sriyuta Umacarana Vidyaratna warmly welcomed the sweeper Bhaktivinod, his assistant Bhaktibhrnga, the devotee Sitanath and the assembled Nama Hatta employees. The sweeper Bhaktivinod gave a lecture on the glories of the Holy Name.
The captivating lecture and personally composed Vaisnava songs filled the assembled devotees with prema. Travelling salesman Sriyuta Ramadasa Babaji and Sriyuta dharacandra Tarkalanar satisfied the assembly with sweet lectures. The assembly dispersed three hours after darkness had fallen with loud chanting of Hari and pure Nama sankirtana.
Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Part Twelve
BY: SUN STAFF
Hari Sankirtana
Dec 18, 2021 — CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s original essay on Nama Hatta preaching.
7th Aswin, at daybreak, street sankirtan went out with a great gathering of Ramjivanpur villagers. The special decorations and mandapas in front of the houses was a wonderful sight to see. Thereafter the sankirtana party went on the main road and from the houses the devotees in great devotion were chanting the name of Hari.
At one mandapa the travelling salesmen and Bhaktivinod Thakur explained the glories and the truth of the Name, while from all four sides the village women-folk raised their voices in yoodling. In some places the school children, breaking loose from the teacher’s care, crying Hari Bol, ran towards the sankirtana party. All of the devotees were feeling mutual bliss. The minds of everyone present was captured by this enchanting scene.
Sriyuta Srivascandra Adya, Sri Gangadhara Pal, Sri Radhanatna Das, Sri Madnavacandra Dey, Sri Umescandra Modak, Sri Trailokya Das, store-keeper Sri Jadunatha Pal and the best of the Brahmins Sriyuta Dinanath Ray, each had at their houses separate individual sankirtana meetings.
Later, at the village of Srinagar, in the Harisabha established by the Nama Hatta, Bhaktivinoda and the employees gained the affection of nearly two thousand assembled persons by their discourses. Sriyuta Hrdayanath Karmakar and other Nama Hatta Singers sang sweetly and dancers Sriyuta Sitanatha Hara and others danced to the kirtan and enchanted all those present.
8th Aswin, in a massive gathering at Ramjivanpur all the Nama Hatta employees did Nama Kirtana from house to house. At the houses of Sriyuta Umescandra Modak, Sriyuta Ananta Gayen, Sriyuta Ramacand Datta, Sriyuta Srinivasa Rauth, Sriyuta Ramkalpa Raut, a great multitude of persons received the message of Mahaprabhu. Finally, at the Natya-salaya of Sri Parvatinath Mahadeva, nearly two and a half thousand persons came together, where the commander glorified Mahaprabhu from the Vedas and Puranas. At that time of pure devotional preaching, the sweeper Bhaktivinod showed the uselessness of the impersonal philosophy. Later, at the prapannasrama of store-keeper Sriyuta Jadunath Pal, the Rasik Mandali performed kirtana.
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