Chaitanya ka sankeertan: Ishwar ka naam gaane waala sant

Bengal ke Navadvipa nagar mein, san 1486 mein, ek braahman parivaar mein ek baalak ka janm hua aur uska naam Vishvambhara rakha gaya, yadyapi sab use Nimai kehte the, kyonki vah neem vriksha ke neeche janma tha. Baalak asaadharan sundar aur pratibhaashaali tha, ek vidvaan jo yuvaavastha mein hi mahaanatam panditon ko shaastraarth mein paraajit kar sakta tha. Parantu bees ke praarambh mein, Gaya ki teerthayaatra ke baad jahaan vah sant Ishvara Puri se mila aur Krishna ke naam jap ki deeksha li, Nimai poornatah roopaantarit hua, jaise prem ki vidyut uske garvit vidvaan hriday par giri ho. Garvit vidvaan Ishwar ka unmatt premi bana. Vah Krishna ke naam par rota tha, vah aanand mein naachta tha jab tak uske vastra aansuon se bheeg na jaate, aur usne ek saral aur kraantikaari sandesh ka prachaar aarambh kiya: ki is yug mein moksha karmkaand ya vidya se nahin, apitu sankeertan se aata hai, pavitra naamon ke saamoohik gaayan se, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. Uske chaaron or samarpit saathiyon ka dal ekatra hua jo swayam kinvadantiyaan banenge: Nityananda, mahaahriday avadhoot, jinki karuna ki koi seema na thi; Haridas Thakur, janm se Muslim jo pavitra naam ke mahaanatam japkarta bane, din mein teen laakh baar uska jap karte hue; Advaita Acharya, poojaneeya vriddh; aur anek anya samarpit bhakt. Raat-dar-raat ve Navadvipa ke aanganon mein gaate aur naachte the, mahaan Shrivasa-angan unki vaaniyon se praatahkaal tak goonjta, deepak mand jalte jab jap aur ooncha uthta, aur unke mridanga dholon aur kartaal jhaanjhon ki dhvani nagar bhar deti thi, unko bhi kheenchate hue jo keval uphaas karne aaye the, kyonki sangeet mein vah shakti thi jo tark kabhi na pa sake. Parantu sab prasann na the. Nagar ke Muslim nyaayaadheesh Chand Kazi ne aandolan ko upadrav maana aur apne sipaahiyon ko mridanga todne aur gaayan nishedh ki aagya di. Bhakt bhaybheet hue, parantu Chaitanya, jaisa Nimai ab kehlaata tha, na tha. Usne ek vishaal juloos aayojit kiya, hazaaron bhakt raat mein jalti mashaalon sahit galiyon mein chalte hue, pavitra naam pehle se zor se gaate hue, Bhaaratiya itihaas mein shaantipoorn savinay avagya ka pratham mahaan karma. Juloos Kazi ke ghar pahuncha, andheri galiyon mein behti mashaal-prakaash ki nadi, aur bhaybheet nyaayaadheesh sant se milne baahar aaya, krodh ki apeksha karte hue parantu keval prem paate hue. Chaitanya ne usse aise prem aur pragya se baat ki, Ishwar ke naam ki shakti par Quran ko uddhrit karte hue, ki Kazi ka hriday pighla. Vah Chaitanya ke charnon mein gira, kshama maangi, aur bhakt bana, vachan dete hue ki koi phir kabhi sankeertan na rokega. Chaubees varsh ki aayu mein Chaitanya ne sant Keshava Bharati se sannyaas liya, ghar aur parivaar tyaagte hue, aur apni yaatraon par nikla. Uski swarnim kaanti aur deeptimaan bhakti ne jahaan bhi vah gaya bheed kheenchee, aur vidvaan jo usse shaastraarth karne aaye, uske shishya bankar laute, tark se nahin, apitu prem se vijit. Usne dakshin mein yaatra ki, mahaan vidvaanon aur kaha jaata hai vanya pashuon ko bhi apne jap ki shakti se parivartit karte hue, aur ant mein Odisha ke Puri mein basa, jahaan usne brahmaand ke swaami Bhagwan Jagannath ki bhakti ke saagar mein athaarah varsh bitaaye, praayah mahaan mandir rath yaatra ke saamne aanand-vibhor naachte hue. Vahaan usne apne nikatatam saathiyon ko bhakti ke gahanatam satya sikhaaye: ki Krishna param priyatam hain, ki Radha ka prem aatma ki sarvochch siddhi hai, ki priyatam se virah prem ko shuddh karta hai jaise agni swarna ko shuddh karti hai, aur pavitra naam ka jap vah de sakta hai jo koi tapasya na de sake. Usne keval aath chhand likhe, Shikshashtakam, uski shiksha ka saar, phir bhi un aath chhandon ne teekaon ke pustakaalaya prerit kiye. Uska dehaavasaan 1534 mein hua, parantu usne jo aandolan aarambh kiya vah kabhi na mara. Uske anuyaayiyon, Gaudiya Vaishnavon ne sankeertan samast Bharat aur, shataabdiyon baad, samast sansaar mein pahunchaaya, jisse aaj Hare Krishna ka jap London se Tokyo tak galiyon mein goonjta hai. Chaitanya ka jeevan sikhaata hai ki Ishwar ka naam keval shabd nahin, apitu jeevant upasthiti hai, ki bhakti ko janm ya vidya ki yogyata nahin chaahiye, aur prem, milkar zor se gaaya, kathoratam hriday pighla sakta hai, sataane waale ka bhi.