Gauranga Glories

A newsletter for and by the young 5-12s of ISKCON, DC

March, 2006

Naughty Nimai
One day a mendicant brahamin came to the house
of Jagannath Mishra. He was a devotee of Lord
Krishna and worshipped a Deity of Bala Gopal. He
desired to offer food to his Deity, so he collected
ingredients to cook for Bala Gopal. As soon as he
offered the food naughty Nimai started to eat the
offering. “Alas! Alas! This boy has spoiled the of-
fering,” yelled the brahamin. “Wait tell I get you
Nimai,” exclaimed Jagannath Mishra in anger.
“Don’t beat him. He is only a little boy,” said the
brahamin. “I will cook one more time.”

Sacimata took Nimai to her neighbor’s house so that

he would not spoil it. The brahamin cooked and
made the offering. Nimai ate it again. “Aaaaah! This
naughty boy has spoiled this offering. I give up. I’m
done with cooking.” Everybody in the house was
Nimai comes to steal the offering made by the Brahmana
disappointed. They begged him to cook a last time.

“OK I will,” said the brahamin. He cooked again. Quick Quiz

This time Nimai sent every one to sleep through His
mystic potency. He came to the brahamin and asked,
1. Who is Lord Chaitanya?
“why are you scared of Me? I came because you
called Me. I cannot resist coming to My devotee.” 2. Who were His parents?
3. What are the two main reasons Lord
Then baby Nimai showed His amazing eight-armed
Chaitanya appeared in this world for?
form (Krishna’s) to the Brahamin. He then told the
fortunate Brahamin, “this is a secret. Please don’t 4. Where was He born?
tell this to anybody. If you do, I will punish you.”
5. Why was He called Nimai?
The brahamin spent a few days at their home in 6. Why did Lord Chaitanya not kill any
complete ecstasy and continued his travels hap- demons?
pily ever after.
-- Story and artwork (on right) by Nimai Charan Agarwal (age 7. Which mantra did He urge everyone to
7). He lives in Gaithersburg and regularly attends Sunday chant?
Sanskriti school at the Hare Krishna temple.

Mantra for Worshipping Lord Caitanya O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna
Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Caitanya
Namo maha vadanyaya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden
Krishna prema pradayate color of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely
Krishnaya Krishna Caitanya distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our
Namne Gaura tvise namah respectful obeisances unto You. (Memorize)
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Across
1. Golden avatar

5. Birthplace of Lord Caitanya

6. Holy land of Lord Krishna

Down
2. Consort of Lord Krishna

3. Ever blissful

4. Mother of Lord Caitanya

Quiz Answers
1. Lord Krishna
2. Jagannatha Mishra and Sacidevi
3. To start the Sankirtana movement and
understand Radharani’s love for Him.
4. Mayapur, Navadvipa in West Bengal, India
5. Because He was born under a Neem tree.
6. Because He wanted to transform them into
devotees and kill their demoniac nature.
7. The Hare Krishna Maha mantra

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Just keep chanting, just keep chanting,

what do we do, we chant, chant chant!

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Lord Caitanya makes even the animals chant and
Hare Rama Hare Rama
dance in ecstatic love of Krishna in the
Rama Rama Hare Hare Jharikhanda forest.
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