चैतन्य महाप्रभु
chaitany mahaprabhu
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chaitany mahaprabhu / Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
chaitany mahaprabhu bhaktikal ke pramukh kaviyoan mean se ek haian . inhoanne vaishnavoan ke gau diy sanpraday ki adharashila rakhi . bhajan gayaki ki ek nayi shaili ko janm diya tatha rajanaitik asthirata ke dinoan mean hindoo muslim ekata ki sadbhavana ko bal diya, jati-paant, ooanch-nich ki bhavana ko door karane ki shiksha di tatha vilupt vrindavan ko phir se basaya aur apane jivan ka aantim bhag vahian vyatit kiya . chaitany mahaprabhu ka janm san 1486 ki phalgun shukl poornima ko pashchim bangal ke navadvip (nadiya) namak us gaanv mean hua, jise ab mayapur kaha jata hai . balyavastha mean inaka nam vishvanbhar tha, parantu sabhi inhean nimaee kahakar pukarate the . gauravarn ka hone ke karan log inhean gauraang, gaur hari, gaur suandar adi bhi kahate the . chaitany mahaprabhu ke dvara gau diy vaishnav sanpraday ki adharashila rakhi gee . unake dvara praranbh kie ge mahamantr nam sankirtan ka atyant vyapak v sakaratmak prabhav aj pashchimi jagat tak mean hai .
inake pita ka nam jagannath mishr v maan ka nam shachi devi tha . nimaee bachapan se hi vilakshan pratibha sanpann the . sath hi, atyant saral, suandar v bhavuk bhi the . inake dvara ki gee lilaoan ko dekhakar har koee hataprabh ho jata tha . bahut kam umr mean hi nimaee nyay v vyakaran mean parangat ho ge the . inhoanne kuchh samay tak nadiya mean skool sthapit karake adhyapan kary bhi kiya . nimaee balyavastha se hi bhagavadh chiantan mean lin rahakar ram v krishna ka stuti gan karane lage the . 15-16 varsh ki avastha mean inaka vivah lakshmipriya ke sath hua . san 1505 mean sarp dansh se patni ki mrityu ho gee . vansh chalane ki vivashata ke karan inaka doosara vivah navadvip ke rajapandit sanatan ki putri vishnupriya ke sath hua . jab ye kishoravastha mean the, tabhi inake pita ka nidhan ho gaya . san 1509 mean jab ye apane pita ka shraddh karane gaya ge, tab vahaan inaki mulaqat eeshvarapuri namak sant se huee . unhoanne nimaee se krishna-krishna ratane ko kaha . tabhi se inaka sara jivan badal gaya aur ye har samay bhagavan shrikrishna ki bhakti mean lin rahane lage . bhagavan shrikrishna ke prati inaki anany nishtha v vishvas ke karan inake asankhy anuyayi ho ge . sarvapratham nityanand prabhu v advaitachary maharaj inake shishy bane . in donoan ne nimaee ke bhakti aandolan ko tivr gati pradan ki . nimaee ne apane in donoan shishyoan ke sahayog se dholak, mridang, jhaanjh, manjire adi vady yantr bajakar v uchch svar mean nach-gakar hari nam sankirtan karana praranbh kiya . 'hare-krishna, hare-krishna, krishna-krishna, hare-hare . hare-ram, hare-ram, ram-ram, hare-hare` namak atharah shabdiy kirtan mahamantr nimaee ki hi den hai .
inaka poora nam vishvambhar vishr aur kahian shrikrishna chaitany chandr milata hai. chaitany ne chaubis varsh ki umr mean vaivahik jivan tyag kar sannyas grahan kar liya tha. ve karmakaand ke virodhi aur shrikrishna ke prati astha ke samarthak the. chaitany mat ka ek nam 'godiy vaishnav mat' bhi hai. chaitany ne apane jivan ka shesh bhag prem aur bhakti ka prachar karane mean lagaya. unake panth ka dvar sabhi ke lie khula tha. hindoo aur musalaman sabhi ne unaka shishyatv grahan kiya. unake anuyayi chaitanyadev ko vishnu ka avatar manate haian. apane jivan ke atharah varsh unhoanne u disa mean bitaye. chhah varsh tak ve dakshin bharat, vrindavan adi sthanoan mean vicharan karate rahe. 48 varsh ki alpayu mean unaka dehaant ho gaya. mridang ki tal par kirtan karane vale chaitany ke anuyayiyoan ki sankhya aj bhi poore bharat mean paryapt hai.