Then Nārada went to the Śvetadvīpa in Goloka Vṛndāvana, where he saw Lord Caitanya being bathed by the queens of Dvārakā and the gopīs of Vṛndāvana. He paid his obeisances, and Lord Caitanya was surprised to see Nārada Muni coming from the universe of the fourheaded Brahma.
Nārada said, “I am concerned that you are leaving the earth planet as Kṛṣṇa and the Kali-yuga will begin.” In this way he asked Lord Caitanya what He would do to save the people of Kali-yuga. So Lord Caitanya told all the gopīs and rāṇīs, “I am going to go into the four headed brahmāṇḍa to spread love of Godhead freely to everyone. Who wants to come with me?” Everybody wanted to come. Lord Caitanya said that He would preach all over India, and He would send His senāpati bhakta (commander-in-chief devotee), who would go and deliver all others. Śrīla Prabhupāda is the senāpati bhakta who went and delivered the people on all continents of the world. So Rādhārāṇī came as Gadādhara, Nārada as Śrīvāsa, and Satyabhāmā came as Jagadānanda Paṇḍita. Some devotees came from the spiritual world and some joined from the earth planet. Some came from the heavenly planets: Bṛhaspati was Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, and Parvata Muni was Vidyā-vācaspati. In this way different devotees came from all over the universe, and from the spiritual world. Then Lord Caitanya also asked Nārada Muni to beg Balarāma to come, so Nārada Muni went to see the transcendental form of Balarāma. He paid his obeisances, told Him Lord Caitanya was coming, and invited Him to come. Then Lord Balarāma decided to appear in Ekacakra with His associates, the cowherd boys from Vṛndāvana. In this incarnation Balarāma is known as Nitāi. If you go to Nityānanda’s birthplace in Ekacakra you have to say Nitāi-Gaura. If you say Gaura-Nitāi they get very offended. You must say Nitāi first. By Nitāi’s mercy you get Gaura’s mercy. So in this way, Nārada Muni went all around the universe and asked everyone to come to Lord Caitanya’s pastimes.
Gauranga – The golden incarnation of divine love by HH Jayapataka Swami
