The Cause of the Lord’s Incarnation 

The cause of the Lord’s incarnation 

Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the main body of the devotional movement, and Advaita and Nityananda are the limbs. All three of them became incarnate, along with Srivasa and other devotees, in order to preach devotion to Hari. All those who were senior to Gauranga appeared on this earth prior to him. Advaita appeared along with the other elderly members of Caitanya’s retinue and when he did so, he observed that the sinfulness of the age of Kali had reached a disturbing limit and that the world was entirely devoid of devotion to Krishna. He thought that a partial incarnation of the lord would not be sufficient to completely bring about the welfare of the earth in this state. He thought, “The world will only benefit if the Supreme Personality of Godhead himself descends to the earth.” So he began to worship Krishna’s lotus feet with Ganges water and tulasi leaves, shouting and pleading to the lord to become incarnate. With roars of love (prema-hunkara) Advaita showed his desire for the lord of Goloka to descend to the earth. 

  

He constantly offered water from the Ganges and tulasi manjaris while meditating on Krishna’s lotus feet, at the same time calling to Krishna with loud roars. This is the way that he caused Krishna to descend. This, then, is the chief reason that Krishna Caitanya became incarnate on this earth. He who is the bridge of justice descends at the wish of the devotee.  

  

Advaita Acarya dwelt in Shantipur. His body is the reservoir of devotional nectar and is not different from that of Caitanya. Caitanya, whose spotless fame has filled the earth, was brought down to this earth by him. My Advaita is not different from Gauranga, and his wife Sita is the mother of the universe. His roars brought Gauranga into this world and then he glorified him everywhere.

  

All glories to Advaita Acarya, the most merciful, whose roars brought about Gauranga’s incarnation. Whoever takes shelter of his lotus feet will obtain the great prize of love for Gaura. 

  

He constantly served Krishna with great enthusiasm, offering Ganges water and tulasi manjaris. Absorbed in thoughts of Krishna, he worshiped him by roaring his name, the sound of which filled the entire universe, reaching up to Vaikuntha. Lord Krishna heard the sound of these roars of love and made himself visible to humanity, for he is controlled by his devotee.  

 

Prior to Mahaprabhu’s appearance, Nityananda Prabhu also descended on the thirteenth day of the waxing moon in the month of Magha, into the family of Hadai Pandita and Padmavati in the village of Ekachakra in Rarha, bestowing upon them the opportunity to serve him in the vatsalya-rasa. Meanwhile, eight daughters were born to Jagannath Mishra and Saci Devi, all of whom died before their son, Vishvarupa, Nityananda Prabhu’s other self, took birth. Subsequently, on the full moon evening of the month of Phalgun, the source of all avatars, Gauracandra, made his appearance. 

After the appearance of Sri Caitanya, Sita Devi received Advaita’s permission to come with gifts to Nabadwip from Shantipur to see the most wonderful child. When she saw him, she blessed him by placing unhusked rice and durva grass on his head. 

  

Advaita Acarya’s wife was a respectable and noble woman name Sita Thakurani. Taking permission from her husband, she went to Nabadwip bearing gifts to see the crown jewel of infants.

  

Advaita Acarya established a school for Sanskrit in Nabadwip-Mayapur and began to engage in profound studies of the scriptures. Mahaprabhu’s older brother, Vishvarupa, would go to Advaita’s house every day after bathing in the Ganges to listen to his lectures. Sometimes, when Advaita was engaged in performing his puja, Vishvarupa would explain to everyone present there that devotion to Krishna was the ultimate purport of all the scriptures. Whenever Advaita heard him speaking in this way, he would get up from worshiping his deity and embrace him. 

At lunchtime, Saci regularly sent little Nimai with something for Vishvarupa to eat. When Advaita Prabhu saw Nimai’s beautiful face, he became enchanted, although he did not recognize him as his worshipable lord, the Supreme Truth. 

  

In the meantime, Vishvarupa, who realized the material world is temporary and that one’s only real duty was to worship the lord, had secretly decided that he would renounce family life. He left home and took sannyasa as soon as he saw that his parents were starting to make wedding plans for him, and then he became known by the name Shankararanya. Saci, Jagannath and other devotees were saddened by his departure. Advaita was also disturbed by the loss of Vishvarupa, but pacified everyone by saying that Krishna himself would appear soon to eradicate everyone’s distress. 

  

After Vishvarupa’s abandonment of the hearth, Saci and Jagannath became afraid that Nimai would follow his example and so they put a stop to his education. Later, however, when they heard Nimai speaking sweetly in the mood of Dattatreya, they decided it would be better to send him back to school. Jagannath Mishra left this world not long after Nimai was given the sacred thread and had become fully absorbed in his studies. 

  

Mahaprabhu’s marriage to Laksmipriya, the daughter of Ballabha, was arranged while he was still fully devoted to his pastimes as a scholar. In those days, Advaita was holding Bhagavata lectures and kirtan with the popular singer Mukunda Datta at his house in Nabadwip. While on a visit to Nabadwip, Isvara Puri came to Advaita’s house. Advaita recognized that he was a Vaishnava sannyasi due to his vigorous demeanor. Gauranga also met Isvara Puri later. 

  

At that time, Isvara Puri arrived in Nabadwip in a most discrete manner. Constantly preoccupied with the taste of Krishna devotion, he was single-minded, dear to Krishna and compassionate. No one was able to recognize him because he was not dressed as a sannyasi, until one day, by chance, he arrived at Advaita’s house.

 

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