Shri Maansarovar Baithakji Number 22

Shri Mahaprabhu Vallabhachayra stayed for three days at Mansarovar discussing the Shrimad Bhagavatam. Once, Damala awoke in the middle of the night and noticed that his guru was missing. A few hours later, Shri Krishna appeared before Damala who exclaimed, “Today I am certainly blessed to have your supreme vision. “The Lord than told Damal, “Today, Shri Radha has become very displeased with me.”

Later, Shri Radha came to the Lord and Their reuinon was established. Damala and Shri Mahaprabhuji had the sight of this divine pastime. All of this transpired while the other Vaishnavas were deeply emersed in Sleep.

From Manasaravar, Mahaprabhuji proceed to Lohavan, Raval, Shri Baldevaji, Mahavan, and then took his bath in the yanauna river at Brahmanda Ghat. There all his disciples had the vision of the Lord playing with his other cowherd friends. Then he continued on stopping at Raman Reti, Utareshvar Ght, Yashoda Ghat and finally at Shri Gokul’s Govinda Ghat. Here Acharya Mahaprabhu celebrated Krishna’s appearance day by swinging child Krishna (Lord Navanita priayji) in a cloth. All of the people there had the divine vision that child Krishna was swinging in a jewel studded cradle. With his iparents Nanda and Yashoda roking him. Nanda and Yashoda told Mahaprabhu to ask of them whatever the wanted. Mahaprabhuji requested “In the future you should not give this divine sight to everyon because if unqualified people see saw a vision they would still not have faith. We will dress up like you, and appear through us instead.”

At Banares there was also a divine appearance day celebration at the house of purushttamdas but the celebration in Shri Gokul was most amazing because it is Shri Krishna’s birthplace

From here Shri Mahaprabhuji went to Mathura and gave one Brahmin priest 100 rupees in honor of the completion of his first all India pilgrimage. Maheprabhu Vallabhacharya made three pilgrimages around the Braja land as well as three all India pilgrimages sanctifying everyplace he went.

Badi Baithak: Shrimad Gokul Baithakji Number 2

Shri Mahaprabhuji’s second seat at Gokul, is the largest of the three and it was there Shri Mahaprabhuji used to take His meals and give divine discourses. Once the disciples of the renowned Shri Krishna Chaitanya felt that they had the right to serve Shri Nathji, but Shri Nathji Himself advised them that their qualification was to worship Him by chanting His divine names, for through that worship; their liberation would occur. The Lord further explained that the right to His personal Services lay only in the hands of Shri Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya.

 

The saints of Vrindavan, curious about who Shri Mahaprabhuji was, sent one man, Shyama Nanda, to Gokul. He arrived there and hung his Shaligram on a tree and went in to have the sight of Shri Mahaprabhuji. Upon returning, he noticed that his shaligram was no longer on the tree, so he again approached Shri Mahaprabhuji and questioned, “Someone, perhaps one of your disciples has taken my Shaligram.”

Shri Mahaprabhuji replied, “No one has stolen your shaligram. Go again and see.”

Upon returning to the tree, he saw it was covered with shaliframs; and feeling confused, he again approached Shri Mahaprabhuji saying, “Now there are countless shaligrams, and I am unable to recognize my own. “Shri Mahaprabhuji then questioned, “How can you properly serve your shaligram kf you can not even recognize it? Through this type of worship, can you ever come to know your Lord? Now you go again to that tree and see.” Returning to the tree, he found only one shaligram, and taking it, retyrned to Vrindavan and reported the strange series of events to his guru brothers.