A recorded lecture by Jaya Pataka Swami recounting an episode from Gaudiya Vaishnavism: Advaita Acharya's intense fasting and prayers leading to Lord Chaitanya's appearance. The speaker narrates Advaita's tests to verify the Lord's identity, Chaitanya's ecstatic revelation as Krishna, and a prolonged Gaura-arati (aarti) reportedly lasting 22 hours, citing the Caitanya-bhagavata.
Must I go? Haribo? You know what the Mahabhara conscious. See, Lord Chaitani, he never represented himself as Krishna. He always presented himself as a humble devotee. But one time he was an ecstasy as Krishna and a great Raucherya. Taking advantage of that ecstasy, he came. Because one time Loy Chitami has to tell Avoita that the reason you brought me here in this material world. That reason that I am the Lord that you brought. He had to reveal that one time in recent months, Advaita Charya had fasted for so long. And he cried out for the Lord to come. Crying, fasting, worshipping, Dashali gramma, Sheila. That the Lord will come into this world and give love for Ka to everyone. That was his plea. So the Lord sent the message. Okay, I'm coming. Your worship is successful. But then he's going to come as devotee. So he's not revealing that who is the Lord. So technically Advaita doesn't know exactly who the Lord is. Maybe intuitively he knows, but he doesn't. It's never been confirmed to him. So finally the one hand, the Lord. He sent for Advaita. That you send a messenger to his house. That you tell him that Lord for whom he fasted. The Lord for whom he had worshiped Shali. Grant the Lord for whom he had cried and loudly shouted out and sung his holy name. That Lord has now come here to Nambutur. He's here now. So the messenger who went to deliver this message told it to Advaita. Advaita started dancing in ecstasy. The Lord has come. He has fulfilled my desire. But then he suddenly got a mood shift. And he said, how do I know that it's really my Lord? What is the guarantee? A number of people knew that I had worshipped Ka and I wanted him to come. So maybe somebody is just blocking me also. What is the proof? So you go tell that Lord whoever sent you that I'm not going there. You tell him I'm not going. If he's really my Lord, then he'll know I'll go and hide in a village. Be willing, my Lord. He'll know that I'm hiding. He'll call me. Then I'll pay my obeisances. If he's really my Lord, he'll come up and put his lotus foot on my head. The third test is when I look up. If I actually can see his divine form with all the effulgence and everything. I mean without a doubt. Then I'll be hindered. Otherwise, not just somebody Call me and I won't take it so cheaply. But you tell him I'm not coming. Then his wife came with a whole IIT trick. She said, what's that for? What if he's there? What if it is a? You have to be ready to worship him, right? Okay, let's go. So the two went and they hid in the village. Meanwhile this messenger came back to report to Lord Chaitanya that he's not coming. Lord Chaitanya just looks at him. Doesn't even say anything. He just calls out Narayi. Naray is actually a Bhaikar Vasa. In those times he was always shaved up. So his nickname was Narai Shaved up. So he called Narayanai. Come out. No. You're hiding. You come out. He kept calling so loudly. So then a Laita came out from the village. And he's looking. And he painted his obeisances. Lord Chaitani came up and put his foot on his head. And when he looked out, he didn't see the normal way. He saw Lord Chaitanya. This time he was seeing Lord Chaitanya. Completely falsehood. The whole universe disappeared. You couldn't see anything. You couldn't see Navadvik. You couldn't see the village. All you could see was Lord Chaitanya and unlimited spiritual illumination coming. And his devotees. So then he was convinced that this is still worked. So then he took the aarti tray and he began to offer aarti. This aarti lasted for 22 hours. Ours lasted maybe not 22 minutes. Just 22 hours. So this is kind of. In brief, not everything. These chapters of the Caitanya Bhagavad describe this art. This is the AAT that's so beautiful. Because normally Lord Chaitanya won't accept an art. He'll be offering aat to Ka. But at this particular moment he is in ecstasy as Krishna. So they could offer art to him.
