Forests of Jharkhanda Musical Drama presented during H.H. Jayapataka Swami's Vyasa Puja Day Event.

Gondar o sukhor sekanegu posti chilo. Simon Mohaprabhu se bokh, bolo bokh do bokta chaju, eiso bhinosho posude dekhe, kubi boy pegelen. Kintu Simon Mohaprabhu totape, sokho jibjon tura, pote lak pashe sore galo. Hakdin ek ti pak, Simon Mohaprabhu poseyru po soyon kore chilo.

On his way to Vrindavan, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed through the forest of Jhārikanda in great ecstasy. Tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, and boars were there. Balabhadra Bhattacharya, the servant of Mahāprabhu, was very much afraid to see the wild animals, but by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's influence, All the animals stood to one side. One day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, walking in the forest in ecstatic love, saw a tiger lying on his path, and he touched the tiger with his feet. The Lord said, "Chant the holy name of Krishna," and the tiger immediately got up and began to dance and chant, "Krishna, Krishna!" Another day, while Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was bathing in a river, a herd of mad elephants came there to drink water. While the Lord was bathing and murmuring the Gayatri mantra, the elephants came before Him. The Lord immediately splashed some water on the elephants and asked them to chant the name of Krishna. The elephants, whose bodies were touched by the water splashed by Lord Caitanya, began to chant, "Krishna, Krishna," and dance in ecstasy. Some of the elephants fell to the ground and some screamed in ecstasy.

Seeing this, Balabhadra Bhattacharya was completely astonished.

While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was passing through the Jharikanda forest, chanting the holy names of the Lord, by hearing His sweet voice, all the tigers and deers came to Him. Seeing the tigers and deer following him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately remembered the land of V��ndāvana. He then began to recite a verse describing the transcendental qualities of V��ndāvana. V��ndāvana is the transcendental abode of the Lord. In V��ndāvana there is no hunger, anger, or thirst. And though naturally inimical, both human beings and fierce animals live together in transcendental friendship. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, "Chant, K������a, K������a," the tigers and deer began to dance and chant, "K������a, K������a." Balabhadra Bhattacharya was struck with wonder, and the tigers and deer began to embrace and kiss each other. When the Lord loudly chanted Haribol, even the trees and creepers became jubilant to hear Him. Thus all living entities in the forest of Jarikanda, some moving and also those non-moving, became mad with ecstasy by hearing the holy name of Lord Krishna vibrated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In all the villages through which the Lord passed and in all the places He rested on His journey, Everyone was purified and awakened to ecstatic love of God. In this way, everyone in the forest of Djarikan chanted the holy name of Krishna and Hari, and they all danced and cried in happiness.

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