Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Part Twelve
BY: SUN STAFF
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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