Paramananda das's Posts - Sastra Caksusa2024-03-19T13:36:34ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidashttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1969330410?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://nimaipandit.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=1n5r8ay5r49yy&xn_auth=noGood answer to is the Garga Samhita Authentic and then why the 6 Goswami did not quote from it ?tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-18:4087284:BlogPost:1116102023-11-18T22:16:09.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
Good answer to is the Garga Samhita Authentic and then why the 6 Goswami did not quote from it ?<br />
good answer His Grace Chaitanya Charan Das ha s given a good answer please listen...he also says we can not know what the 6 Goswamis did not quote from , he says they are not here to answer that question themselves so we can not speculate on why ..also maybe the Garga Samhita was not widely widespread at that time ? As he said no google search back then..so that is an argument<br />
Here is my…
Good answer to is the Garga Samhita Authentic and then why the 6 Goswami did not quote from it ?<br />
good answer His Grace Chaitanya Charan Das ha s given a good answer please listen...he also says we can not know what the 6 Goswamis did not quote from , he says they are not here to answer that question themselves so we can not speculate on why ..also maybe the Garga Samhita was not widely widespread at that time ? As he said no google search back then..so that is an argument<br />
Here is my comment;<br />
The Garga Samhita was spoken in Varaha Kalpa and we are in a different Kalpa even , In Caitanya Caritamrta Lord Caitanyas mentions how one Laxmidevi could not enter the Rasa Lila because she could not accept the mood of the Gopis and give up Her attachement to Lord Narayana and accept the mood of a Gopi and service, the Gopis for example ,so Lord Caitanya said this paticular Laxmi is still doing Tapsya in Sri Vana to attain Krsna also known as Balevan it is the smallest of the 12 forest of Vraja and discribed in Sastra ,however if you read Garga Samhita we see that in Varaha Kalpa One Laxmidevi entered the Rasa Lila of Krsna and became a yutesvari group leader of other Gopis in the Maharasa Lila...Sri Yamunadevi married Krsna in Dvaraka ,,,but actually in Varaha Kalpa she became a Gopi and danced in Rasa Lila ,no matter Sri Yamuna is still linked to Sri Vraja Lilas in the form of Sri Yamunadevi ,we see when Lord Balarama asked Yamuna to come because She did not want go close to Him when HE was drunk on Varuni wine, however Lord Balarama is always the Supreme Lord and Krsnas Vaibhava Prakash expansion so Krsnas first expansion and alsomost nondifferent from Krsna ...so actually when we read both Bhagavatam and Garga Samhita ,,we get a deeper understanding,,,however most are to neophyte and can not comprehend and understand many subtleties ...Why does Krsna and the Gopis have Rasa LIla with the queens of Dvaraka in Garga Samhite and not decribed any where else ? No Dvaraka Mahatmya also confirms the Gopis and the queens of Dvaraka had Rasa Lila ,so it is not stated in Dvaraka Mahatmya that this was in Varaha Kalpa but rather this Lila also took place when Krsna was on earth 5000 years ago..we also read in Garga Samhita about the Various demons who they where in their previous life, it seems very much to apply to our current Krsna lila 5000 years ago..another example is the 8 canto of Garga Samhita gives Balarama Kavacha, 1000 names of Lord Balarama and Balarama Stava Raja ,,,such valuable knowledge about Lord Balarama is there so no wonder Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura considered it a top most Vaisnava litterature..the glories of Sri Yamuna is also found in the 4th canto ,and knowledge of Sri Giriraja Govardhana is found in the 3 canto ,no learned Vaisnava will bypass reading the Garga Samhita..Garga Muni is described by Narada Muni is Narada Bhakti Sutras as a formost authority on Bhakti ...many devotees do not read anything much outside of Srila Prabhupadas books and are ignorant of the books of the Acaryas and Garga Samhita etc<br />
Cairanya Charan Prabhu has tried to pacify the neophytes that accept if or not according to your Adhikari, but it should be understood to be bonafide...a lot more can be said he makes the point that Srimad Bhagavatam is considered the Topmost Vaisnava Litterature,, though other books contain much more detailed knowledge of Krsnas inner pastimes, and that is the case with Garga Samhita, Srimad Bhagavatam .. Amala Purana and glofied in many places in the Puranas .Also Srila Jiva Goswami has really shown in his Sat Sandarbhas mainly quoting from Srimad Bhagavatam how it is the topmost Purana, and especially in Tattva Sandarbha and Bhagavad Sandarbha ,this is something I can share another day the glories of Srimad Bhagavatam that is also explained in great detail in Padma Purana ,the Bhagavatam Mahatnya..I also shared yesterday how Sandilya Muni spoke the Garga Samhita to one King of Mathura and finally Sri Sri Radha Krsna themselves appeared in that assembly and Krsna Himself glorified Garga Samhita...that is found in the Garga Samhita Mahatmya...Neophytes lack proper understanding of Garga Samhita and have never even read it!tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-18:4087284:BlogPost:1116052023-11-18T08:00:00.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>Neophytes lack proper understanding Garga Samhita and have never even read it!<br></br> One devotee Isvara das from Nigeria has no faith in Garga Samhita and made offenses to Sri Garga Muni and Garga Samhita when I posted this chapter<br></br> Garga Samhtita has been reprinted by Danavir Swami but originally it was printed by Kusakratha prabhu in 1990<br></br> here is an online version of the book…</p>
<p>Neophytes lack proper understanding Garga Samhita and have never even read it!<br/> One devotee Isvara das from Nigeria has no faith in Garga Samhita and made offenses to Sri Garga Muni and Garga Samhita when I posted this chapter<br/> Garga Samhtita has been reprinted by Danavir Swami but originally it was printed by Kusakratha prabhu in 1990<br/> here is an online version of the book <a href="https://www.wisdomlib.org/hind.../book/garga-samhita-english">https://www.wisdomlib.org/hind.../book/garga-samhita-english</a><br/> It is quoted by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura as an exalted Vaisnava litterature Garga samhita (part one ,chapter 3 ,sutra 18)has also been quoted in Amnaya sutra by Bhaktivinoda thakura and in his Navadvipa Dham Parikrama<br/> HH Bhaktisundara Govinda Swami disciple of Srila Sridhara Maharaja used to read it and had in published in Gaudiya math :<br/> <a href="https://premadharma.org/introduction-sri-garga-samhita/">https://premadharma.org/introduction-sri-garga-samhita/</a><br/> According to Srila Narayana Maharaja it is mixed with Aisvarya Jnana so the 6 Goswamis rarely quoted from it<br/> Verse 1.1.1<br/> < Previous<br/> parent: Chapter 1 - Description of Śrī-Kṛṣṇa’s Glories<br/> Next ><br/> Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:<br/> ओं नारायणं नमस्कृत्य<br/> नरं चैव नरोत्तमम्<br/> देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं<br/> ततो जयम् उदीरयेत्<br/> oṃ nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya<br/> naraṃ caiva narottamam<br/> devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ<br/> tato jayam udīrayet<br/> om—Om; nārāyaṇam—the Personality of Godhead; namaskṛtya—after offering respectful obeisances; naram ca eva—and Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi; narottamam—the supermost human being; devīm—the goddess; sarasvatīm—the mistress of learning; vyāsam—Vyāsadeva; tataḥ—thereafter; jayam—all that is meant for conquering; udīrayet—be announced.<br/> English translation of verse 1.1.1:<br/> Before reciting this Garga-saṃhitā, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, unto Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning, and unto Śrīla Vyāsadeva *.<br/> This is the Garga Samhita Mahatmya :PLEASE READ CAREFULLY to makle offenses to Garga samhita is one of the offenses to Sri Krsna holy name the 4th offense: sruti-sastra-nindanam<br/> Sri Garga Samhita Mahatmya:<br/> Saunaka Rsi said, "I have heard from you in detail glorification of the Puranas, which is very pleasing to the ears. Now, kindly tell me about the Garge Samhita, which is filled with narrations of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. In this Samhita, there is wonderful glorification of Sri Radha and Madhava."<br/> Suta Gosvami said, "O Saunaka, the glories of the Garga Samhita were revealed to me by Narada Muni. Thereafter, Lord Siva had spoken it to Parvati, along with the Sammohana-tantra. Lord Siva resides underneath an eternal banyan tree on Mount Kailash."<br/> "One day, as she sat along with her husband, surrounded by numerous Siddhas, Parvati requested him to narrate the pastimes of Lord Krsna."<br/> Lord Siva replied, "O goddess, listen now as I recite to you the life of Lord Krsna when He had incarnated on the earth, which is the remover of all kinds of sins. Long ago, Lord Krsna had Himself narrated His pastimes to Radha, and then later on, to Sesa, who thereafter recited them to Dharma. Dharma then recited the story of Lord Krsna's earthly pastimes to his sons, Nara and Narayana and Narayana narrated it to Narada Muni. Later on, Narada Muni narrated the pastimes of Lord Krsna to Garga Muni, whereby he attained the platform of realized transcendental knowledge. At that time, Narada Muni said to Garga Muni."<br/> Narada Muni said, "O sage, I have narrated the glories of Lord Krsna briefly and so it would be good if you compose them in a more elaborate form. Previously, I had inspired Srila Vyasadeva to compose the Srimad-Bhagavatam for this same purpose. The Samhita composed by you should be in the format of me narrating it to king Bahulsva."<br/> Garga Muni cheerfully accepted this most difficult task put before him by Narada Muni. Thereafter, Narada Muni ascended into the sky, holding his vina in his hand, and went to Brahmaloka. And, Gargacarya composed the Garga Samhita, which bestows devotion to Lord Krsna upon the hearer.<br/> In this regard, the following history is cited: There was a king named Pratibahu, the son of Vajra, who resided at Mathura, the abode of Lord Krsna. His wife was named Malini. He performed some difficult vows in the hopes of receiving a son. And yet, in spite of all his endeavours, the king did not receive a son and so he became quite morose. No one could him because it was his belief that the life of a man without a son is completely useless.<br/> One day, after the king had become old and grey, the sage, Sandilya, came to him. Seeing how the king appeared morose, the sage inquired about his welfare. In reply, King Pratibahu revealed to him is misfortune of having no son. The sage then spoke to the king for his welfare.<br/> Sandilya Muni said, "O King, after trying so many means for fulfilling your desire, without success, you should now listen to the Garga Samhita, along with your wife. In his Kali-yuga, Lord Visnu bestows riches and sons upon those who relish this divine literature. And at the end of life, such persons proceed to the abode of the Lord, Goloka. There are no hard and fast rules for listening to the Garga Samhita- it can be heard at all times and at all places. However, those who are not devoted to their spiritual master, who have no faith in the existence of God, who are sinful, and who do not follow the life of a Vaisnava, will achieve no good result while listening to the Garga Samhita."<br/> "The speaker of the Garga Samhita should be selected with great care. He should not be an envious person who continually criticizes others. He should be devoted to Lord Krsna and well-versed in the devotional literature. After the recitation of the Garga Samhita, there should be the performance of hari-name-sankirtana. The bona-fide speaker of the Garga Samhita should be treated with all due respect and he should be awarded gifts in charity in consideration of his highly meritorious service rendered."<br/> King Pratibahu became very pleased while listening to the words of the sage, Sandilya. He said, "O sage, I take shelter of you. Please recite the Garga Samhita to me and in this way, bestow upon me a son."<br/> Thereafter, a nice pandal was erected by the side of the Yamuna and all the people of Mathura came to listen. After the conclusion of the recitation, the sage, Sandilya, was given a great deal of wealth in charity by the king. Then, by the mercy of the great sage, Radha and Krsna appeared before the king. Everyone stood up and then bowed down to offer obeisances to the Supreme Lord and His consort. The king and his queen offered prayers, as did the sage, Sandilya, and the citizens appealed to the Lord to forgive their sins, benedict the king with a son, and award them all devotion at His lotus feet.<br/> Lord Krsna then said, "Whatever ever has been spoken by all of you will certainly come to pass. The Samhita composed by sage Garga fulfills all aspiration of those who respectfully hear it."<br/> After saying this, Radha and Krsna disappeared from the vision of the onlookers. Thereafter, whatever the sage, Sandilya, had received as remuneration for his recitation of the Garga Samhita, he distributed to the brahmanas of Mathura. He then departed, after giving the king all assurances. In due course of time, a son was born to the virtuous king and queen. The son was named Subahu.<br/> After hearing this story, Parvati requested her husband to recite the entire Garga Samhita, and Lord Siva compiled.</p>the glories of Govinda Kunda in Vraja and Surabhi kunj in Godruma Dvipa in Navadvipatag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-16:4087284:BlogPost:1113552023-11-16T15:19:00.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>the glories of Govinda Kunda in Vraja and Surabhi kunj in Godruma Dvipa in Navadvipa<br></br>Indra bathed Krsna with Ganges water from the heavenly planets (as Sri Ganga flows there also ) and that was via the trunk of his elephant Airavata, Indra also brought a Surabhi cow , that also lives in the heavenly planets and give unlimeted milk to bath Lord Krsna .This is how Govinda Kunda at Govardhana hill was created..the 6 Goswami describe that Govinda Kunda water still taste like milk mixed with…</p>
<p>the glories of Govinda Kunda in Vraja and Surabhi kunj in Godruma Dvipa in Navadvipa<br/>Indra bathed Krsna with Ganges water from the heavenly planets (as Sri Ganga flows there also ) and that was via the trunk of his elephant Airavata, Indra also brought a Surabhi cow , that also lives in the heavenly planets and give unlimeted milk to bath Lord Krsna .This is how Govinda Kunda at Govardhana hill was created..the 6 Goswami describe that Govinda Kunda water still taste like milk mixed with water,,, however nowadays it is used for bathing buffalos,, but I once took a zip after filtering and boiling Govinda Kunda water and it did taste like described by our 6 Goswamis of Vrindavana . After Indras prayers and Surabhis prayer where Mother Surabhi cow, prayed that dear Krsna you should be our Indra (as this mundane Indra was so puffed up to attack you with a storm and trying to kill the Vrijabasis) Indra was advised to go to Navadvipa and bring Mother Surabhi with him and pray forgiveness from Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda due to his offenses to Krsna ..Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Prabhu forgave Indra (they are themselves Krsna and Balarama ) and this place is known as Surabhi kunja in Godruma Dvipa, this has been explained very lovingly by our Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura .who has also composed a song Khoda Nitai ..we should all go there and beg Lord Nityananda Prabhu to be forgiven for offenses we might have knowingly or unknowingly commited ,it is the market place of the holy name, Lord Nityananda Prabhu who is the Adi Guru asks us can you chant 64 rounds or more of the Mahamantra daily as ordered by Lord Caitanya ? Ok chant according to your faith as much as you can the more faith we have in the gift of Gaura Nitai ,the Mahamantra the more all our offenses will cease and we will become lovers of Sri Sri Radha Krsna by Their grace, in what ever form that love is manifested in various Rasas .<br/>Sastra says whoever bath in Govinda Kunda with devotion attains a spiritual body and enters Goloka Vrindavana,,so we should always chant Hare Krsna and try to visit Govinda Kunda while you do Parikrama of Govardhana if you do not want take full holy dip then at least sprinkle Govinda Kunda water on yourself</p>
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Below is from Ananta das Pandits commentary to Srila Raghunath das Goswami Vraja Vilasa stave that is part of his book Stavavali .I never met him but he was obviously very learned in Rasa Sastra and lived in Radha Kunda most of his life where he engaged in Raganuga Bhakti..I never went out of my way to see any Babajis , but he is highly respected ,I believe Mahanidhi Swami took shelter of him while he was still alive ..I once met on Radha Kunda Babaji Madrasi Babaji He was very loving and kind…
Below is from Ananta das Pandits commentary to Srila Raghunath das Goswami Vraja Vilasa stave that is part of his book Stavavali .I never met him but he was obviously very learned in Rasa Sastra and lived in Radha Kunda most of his life where he engaged in Raganuga Bhakti..I never went out of my way to see any Babajis , but he is highly respected ,I believe Mahanidhi Swami took shelter of him while he was still alive ..I once met on Radha Kunda Babaji Madrasi Babaji He was very loving and kind and like a grandfather so somehow by Srimati Radharanis mercy I met him his place was almost opposite Srila Raghunath das Goswami Bhajan Kutir ,he asked me to sit on a simple Vrijabasi bed and he was lying down reading one of the books of Srila Rupa Goswami , he was obviously highly educated both materially and spiritually .I believe he was reading from Uddhava Sandesh by Srila Rupa Goswami ,,,he really liked that I was very familliar with the books of the 6 Goswamis and had read many of them...he was not a demoniac person as Radha Kunda Babajis are often portrayed in ISKCON and Gaudiya math , and it is very offensive because most Babajis I ever met at Radha Kunda are very very saintly ,but he is the only one I ever got to know very closely and i talked to him for 3 hours about Raganuga Bhakti as is done by Gaudiya Vaisnavas .The material world is full of envious persons but I feel blessed I got the association of this saintly Babaji <a href="https://a108.net/blogs/entry/19429-shri-krishna-das-madrasi-baba%E2%80%99s-disciples-gather-the-dust-from-radha-rani%E2%80%99s-feet/">https://a108.net/blogs/entry/19429-shri-krishna-das-madrasi-baba%E2%80%99s-disciples-gather-the-dust-from-radha-rani%E2%80%99s-feet/</a><br />
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Variyasi Devi<br />
Krsnas grandmother<br />
priyasya naptuḥ sukhato’ti garvāt pādau na yasyāḥ patataḥ pṛthivyām namāmi narmārcita-naptṛ-candrāṁ varīyasīṁ kṛṣṇa pitāmahīṁ tām I offer my obeisances unto Variyasi, Sri Krishna’s paternal grandmother, whose feet do not touch the ground out of pride over the happiness caused by her beloved grandson, and who always delights her moon-like grandson with her joking words. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: The līlā-śakti paints delightful pictures of the Vraja-companions’ sweet love in the consciousness of Raghunath Das Goswami, who relishes these sweet feelings himself and leaves his adharāmṛta (lip-nectar, or remnants) to the practising devotees of the world. When the practising devotees hear and chant this topic, their personal feelings towards their beloved deity will awaken and the corresponding prema will be infused into their hearts. ei amṛta anukṣaṇa, sādhu mahanta megha-gaṇa, viśvodyāne kore variṣaṇa tā’te phale prema-phala, bhakta khāya nirantara, tāra śeṣe jīye jagajana The great devotee-saints are like clouds that always shower this nectar over the garden of the world, and prema sprouts as a result. The devotees always eat this, and the people of the world subsist on their remnants. (Caitanya Caritāmṛta) In this verse Raghunath Das Goswami introduces us to the great love of the gopi Variyasi for her grandson Sri Krishna. pitāmahī mahī-mānyā kusumbhābhā harit-paṭā; varīyasīti vikhyātā kharvā kṣīrābha-kuntalā Sri Krishna’s paternal grandmother is named Variyasi, and she is greatly respected in the Vraja-maṇḍala. Her complexion resembles the Kusumbha-flower, her dress is green, she is small and her hair is white like milk. Out of pride over the happiness caused by her beloved grandson her feet do not touch the ground, so it is said by the people. This pride is not a transformation of the mundane modes of passion and ignorance, this is a transformation of pure sattva (spirit). This pride arises from love of God. prītiḥ khalu bhakta cittam ullāsayati mamatayā yojayati viśrambhayati, priyatvātiśayenābhimānayati, drāvayati, sva viṣayaṁ pratyabhilāṣātiśayena yojayati prati-kṣaṇam eva sva viṣayaṁ nava navatvenānubhāvayati asamordhva camatkāreṇonmādayati ca. Love delights the hearts of the devotees, links through feelings of mine-ness, bestows confidence and, through great feelings of affection, special pride, it causes one to melt (or soften), it creates a great craving for the Lord and a resultant attachment to him, it causes the lover to experience the Lord as fresh at every moment and intoxicates the lover with unprecedented feelings of astonishment. ( Prīti Sandarbha , 84) In the bhakti shastras (devotional scriptures) these feelings are progressively described as rati, prema, praṇaya, māna, sneha, rāga, anurāga and mahābhāva. Taking this abhimāna or pride to heart, Sri Radharāṇī is saying: “O friend! I am proud of Your pride!” Prema cannot leave this pride for even a moment. premera sadāi abhimāna, prema cāya ṣola ānā prāṇa. “Prema always has pride, prema wants 100% of the heart!” What can a premika be more proud of? That the Lord is his all-in-all! The experienced know how high the price of this loving pride is! Knowing this to be the soul of prema they want to embrace it from all sides. How glorious the prema of Sri Krishna’s grandmother Variyasi is can be known from this verse. She always makes fun and jokes with Sri Krishna and Sri Krishna is also floating in an ocean of topmost bliss when he hears her jokes. Seeing that Sri Krishna is happy with her jokes and humor grandma calls him again and again: “O rey Nāti-cāṅd (moon-like grandson)! Come here!” The acharyas say: “Those who have realized that Krishna is the Supreme Truth cannot understand him in full. Sri Govinda, who is the embodiment of sweetness, can only be fully realized through a sweet loving attitude. One should not think, though, that the knowledge of the Lord’s prowess is thereby somewhat lost. Knowledge of the Lord’s sweetness, which is like the Triveṇī (the confluence of the Gaṅgā, Yamuna and Sarasvatī) is always inseparably mixed with awareness of the Lord’s prowess. When separation is experienced this is exposed and that knowledge saves the life of the separated devotee.” Das Goswami bows down at the feet of Krishna’s paternal grandmother Variyasi, who is most conscious of his sweetness – kṛṣṇa mora nāti’ boli garve buka bharā; kṛṣṇa sukha sampad heri sukhe ātma-hārā pautra garve pā phele nā kabhu dharaṇīte; hāsya parihāse magna govinda sahite kṛṣṇa pitāmahī boli yāra kautuka kathā; ullāsete śune sabe prasaṅga hoy yathā sei varīyasī kṛṣṇa pitāmahī yini; kṛpā-lobhe sadā pade praṇata ye āmi Eager for her mercy I bow down to Krishna’s paternal grandmother Variyasi, whose heart is filled with pride as she says: “Krishna is my grandson!”, whose feet don’t touch the ground out of pride of her grandson, who is always immersed in joking and laughing with Govinda and who gladly speaks of herself as Krishna’s paternal grandmother, something which is glady heard and discussed by all the others. Commentary of Sri Radhakuṇḍa Mahānta Paṇḍita Sri Ananta Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja is named Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā (a drop of the nectar of Stavāvalī ), and was published in Gaurābda 503 (1989 A.D.) from Sri Krishna Chaitanya Shastra Mandir, Vrajananda Ghera, PO Radhakunda (district Mathura), U.P., India. Devotional songs in Bengali that follow each commentary were composed by Dr. Haripada Śīla.<br />
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I was reading what my seem mundane about Maternal and Paternal Grandmothers but I can see the phycology also fits into Krsnas maternal and paternal grandparents <a href="https://www.peps.org/.../the-differences-between-paternal">https://www.peps.org/.../the-differences-between-paternal</a>...<br />
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So Variyasi devi is the mother of Nanda Maharaja and his brothers like Upananda<br />
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Krsnas Grandmother Varyasi has complexion like Kusumbha flowers so I looked it up<br />
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Kusumbha medicinal plant, regional names, family and origin, Kusumbha plant synonyms, parts used, drug details, Kusumbha tree botanical name<br />
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it is Safflover in English<br />
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<p> <br></br> <br></br> <br></br> <br></br> <br></br> <br></br> <br></br> SRI SRI RADHA-KRSNA-GANODDESA-DIPIKA<br></br> A LAMP TO SEE THE ASSOCIATES OF SRI SRI RADHA-KRSNA<br></br> <br></br> Srila Rupa Goswami<br></br> <br></br> INTRODUCTION<br></br> <br></br> TEXT 1<br></br> <br></br> I offer my respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of my spiritual master. I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who appeared in this world with Nityananda Prabhu and is surrounded by His devotees.<br></br> <br></br> TEXT 2<br></br> <br></br> I offer my respectful…</p>
<p> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> SRI SRI RADHA-KRSNA-GANODDESA-DIPIKA<br/> A LAMP TO SEE THE ASSOCIATES OF SRI SRI RADHA-KRSNA<br/> <br/> Srila Rupa Goswami<br/> <br/> INTRODUCTION<br/> <br/> TEXT 1<br/> <br/> I offer my respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of my spiritual master. I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who appeared in this world with Nityananda Prabhu and is surrounded by His devotees.<br/> <br/> TEXT 2<br/> <br/> I offer my respectful obeisances to the two lotus feet Srimati Radharani. I offer my respectful obeisances Lord Nandanandana, who is surrounded by the gopis and enchants the minds of the residents of Vrndavana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 3<br/> <br/> The celebrated personal associates of the King and Queen of Vrndavana are briefly but truthfully described with great delight in both Vedic literatures and oral tradition. This book will also describe them.<br/> <br/> TEXT 4 AND 5<br/> <br/> These associates of the Lord are described by the residents of Mathura-mandala, by the various books written by devotees , various Vedic literatures such as the Puranas and Agamas and by the great devotees and saintly persons. For the satisfaction of my dear friends, these associates of the Lord will now be briefly describing in writing, following the previous authorities in the path of ecstatic love of God.<br/> <br/> TEXT 6<br/> <br/> The associates of Krsna who reside in Vrajabhumi may be divided into three groups : 1. protectors of domestic animals, 2. brahmanas, 3. others.<br/> <br/> TEXT 7<br/> <br/> The Protectors of Domestic Animals<br/> <br/> These are descendants of the Yadu dynasty and they may be divided into three groups : 1. vaisyas, 2. abhiras, 3. gurjaras.<br/> <br/> TEXT 8<br/> <br/> The Vaisyas<br/> <br/> For the most part the most important vaisyas earn their livelihood by protecting cows. Some of the vaisyas are born from lower-caste mothers and they are known as abhiras.<br/> <br/> TEXT 9<br/> <br/> The Abhiras<br/> <br/> The abhiras are those who have vaisya fathers and sudra mothers. A little inferior to the vaisyas, who are engaged in cow protection, the abhiras earn their livelihood by protecting buffalo. They are known by various names, such as ghosa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 10<br/> <br/> The Garjaras<br/> <br/> A little inferior to the abhiras, the garjaras earn their livelihood by protecting goats and similar animals. Their bodily features are a little chubby and they reside on the outskirts of Vraja.<br/> <br/> TEXT 11<br/> <br/> The Brahmanas<br/> <br/> Learned in all the Vedas, the brahmanas engage in performing sacrifices, worshiping the Deity and other brahminical occupations.<br/> <br/> TEXT 12<br/> <br/> The Bahisthas<br/> <br/> The bahisthas earn their livelihood by engaging in various trades and crafts. In this way we have described five kinds of associates (vaisyas, abhiras, garjaras, brahmanas and bahisthas) of Lord Hari in Vrajabhumi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 13<br/> <br/> Lord Krsna's associates may also be divided into the following eight groups : 1. worshipable superiors, 2. relatives who are on the same level (such as brothers and sisters) 3. gopi messengers, 4. servants, 5. craftsmen, 6. maidservants, 7. contemporary cowherd friends and 8. dear gopi friends. Included among the worshipable superiors are the brothers and similar relatives of Nanda Maharaja, Nanda's contemporary friends, servants, other associates and the elderly gopis. Krsna is always respectful to these superiors.<br/> <br/> TEXT 14<br/> <br/> 1. Worshipable Superiors<br/> <br/> The worshipable superiors include Krnsa's grandfather, other elderly relatives and also the community of brahmanas.<br/> <br/> TEXT 15 AND 16<br/> <br/> Krsna's fair-complexion, white-haired and white-attired grandfather is named Parjanya Maharaja, because he is like a great cloud (parjanya) showering the nectar of auspiciousness. He is the best of all the residents of Vraja.<br/> <br/> Desiring a worthy descendant, he followed the advice of Devarsi Narada and engaged in the worship of Lord Narayana, the husband of Laksmi. As he was worshiping Narayana at Nandisvara-pura, a pleasant voice spoke the following words from the sky.<br/> <br/> TEXT 17 AND 18<br/> <br/> " Because of your pious austerities you will obtain five sons. Of these sons the middle one, named Nanda, will be the best. Nanda's glorious son will delight the residents of Vraja. He will defeat all oppositions. Both the demigods and demons will worship Him, touching the jewels of their crowns to His lotus feet."<br/> <br/> TEXT 19<br/> <br/> Hearing this, Parjanya Maharaja became happy and decided to reside at the place. He lived there until he saw the Kesi demon arrive and at that time he became frightened and fled with all his associates to Mahavana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 20<br/> <br/> Krsna's grandmother Variyasi is respected in the land of Vraja. She is short in stature and her complexion is the colour of a kusumbha flower. She is attired in green garments and her hair is the color of milk.<br/> <br/> TEXT 21<br/> <br/> Parjanya Maharaja's brothers are named Urjanya and Rajanya and his sister is an expert dancer named Suverjana. Her husband is named Gunavira and they live in the town named Surya-kunja.<br/> <br/> TEXT 22 and 23<br/> <br/> Krsna's father is Nanda Maharaja. Nanda delights the residents of Vraja and he is worshiped by all the worlds. He has a protuberant belly, his complexion is the colour of sandalwood, he is tall in stature and his garments are the colour of a bandhujiva flower. His beard is a mixture of black and white hairs, like rice and toasted sesame seeds mixed together.<br/> <br/> TEXT 24<br/> <br/> Nanda is the king of the cowherd men, the younger brother of Upananda and the intimate friend of Maharaja Vasudeva. Nanda and his wife Yasoda are the king and queen of Vrajabhumi and the parents of Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 25<br/> <br/> Because he possesses the splendor (deva) of great wealth (vasu), Nanda Maharaja is also known as Vasudeva. He is also famous by the name Anakadundubhi and it is known that in his previous birth he was named Drona.<br/> <br/> TEXT 26<br/> <br/> These names of Maharaja Nanda are described in the Mathura-mahima section of the Garuda Purana. Nanda's most intimate friend is named Maharaja Vrsabhanu.<br/> <br/> TEXT 27<br/> <br/> Krnsa's mother is named Yasoda because she bestows (da) fame (yasah) on the cowherd residents of Vraja. She is like the personification of parental love for Krnsa. Her complexion is dark and her garments are like a rainbow.<br/> <br/> TEXT 28<br/> <br/> Mother Yasoda's body is of a medium size, neither large nor small. She has long black hair. Her closest friends are Aindavi and Kirtida.<br/> <br/> TEXT 29<br/> <br/> Yasoda is the wife of Nanda, the king of Gokula. She is the queen of the cowherd men in Vraja, the friend of Devaki and the mother of Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 30<br/> <br/> The friendship of Yasoda is described in the following statement of the Adi Purana : " The wife of Maharaja Nanda was known by two names, Yasoda and Devaki. Partly because they share the same name (Devaki) the wife of Maharaja Nanda and the wife of Maharaja Vasudeva were great friends."<br/> <br/> TEXT 31<br/> <br/> Lord Balarama's mother is named Rohini, because she is filled with a constantly rising (arohini) flood of transcendental bliss. Although she dearly loves her son Balarama, she loves Krsna millions of times more.<br/> <br/> TEXT 32<br/> <br/> Nanda Maharaja's elder brothers are Upananda and Abhinanda and his younger brothers are Sannanda and Nandana. These are the names of Lord Krsna's parental uncles.<br/> <br/> TEXT 33<br/> <br/> Upananda's complexion is pink. He has a long beard and wears green garments. Tungi-devi is his dear wife. Both her complexion and garments are the colour of a cataka bird.<br/> <br/> TEXT 34<br/> <br/> Abhinanda wears dark garments and his long beautiful beard is like a great conchshell. Pivari-devi is his wife. She wears blue garments and her complexion is pink.<br/> <br/> TEXT 35<br/> <br/> Sannanda is also known as Sunanda. His complexion is white and he wears dark-colored clothing. He has two or three white hairs and he is very dear to Lord Kesava.<br/> <br/> TEXT 36<br/> <br/> Kuvalaya-devi is Sannanda's wife. Her complexion is the colour of a blue lotus flower and she wears red garments. Nandana wears garments the color of a candata flower and his complexion is like the color of a peacock.<br/> <br/> TEXT 37<br/> <br/> Nandana lives in the same house with his father, Parjanya Maharaja. He is full of love for his yound nephew Krsna. Atulya-devi is Nandana's wife. Her complexion is like lightning and her garments resemble a dark cloud.<br/> <br/> TEXT 38<br/> <br/> Krsna's father has two sisters, Sananda-devi and Nandini-devi. They both dress in garments of many different colors. They have beautiful teeth and their complexions are the color of white foam. Sananda-devi's husband is Mahanila and Nandini's husband is Sunila.<br/> <br/> TEXT 39 and 40<br/> <br/> Kandava and Dandava are the two sons of Upananda. Their faces are as beautiful as lotus flowers and they become especially happy in the association of their friend Subala.<br/> <br/> Catu and Batuka are Nanda Maharaja's two ksatriya cousins born in Vasudeva Maharaja's dynasty. Catu's wife is Dadhisara and Batuka's wife is Havihsara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 41<br/> <br/> Krsna's energetic and enthusiastic maternal grandfather is named Sumukha. His long beard is like a great conchshell and his complexion is the color of a ripe jambu fruit.<br/> <br/> TEXT 42<br/> <br/> Queen Patala-devi is Krsna's maternal grandmother and she is very famous in Vrajabhumi. Her hair is the white color of yogurt, her complexion is the pink color of a patala flower and her garments are green.<br/> <br/> TEXT 43<br/> <br/> Patala-devi's dear friend is named Mukhara-gopi. Out of intense affection for her friend, Mukhara used to feed the infant Yasoda with her own breast milk.<br/> <br/> TEXT 44 AND 45<br/> <br/> Carumukha is Sumukha's younger brother. His complexion is the color of black eye-cosmetics and his wife Balaka-gopi was raised by her stepparents. Gola is the brother of Patala-devi, Krsna's maternal grandmother. His garments are the color of smoke. His brother-in-law, Sumukha, used to make fun of him and laugh and because of this Gola was very angry with him. Because he had worshiped Durvasa Muni in his previous birth, Gola was allowed to take birth in Vrajabhumi in the family of Ujjvala.<br/> <br/> TEXT 46<br/> <br/> Jatila-devi is Gola's wife. She has a large belly and her complexion is the color of a cow. Her sons Yasodhara, Yasodeva and Sudeva head the group of Krsna's maternal uncles.<br/> <br/> TEXT 47<br/> <br/> Krsna's maternal uncles have complexions like the color of a dark atasi flower and they dress in white garments. Their wives have complexions like karkati flowers and they dress in smoke-colored garments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 48<br/> <br/> Rema-devi, Roma-devi and Surema-devi are the daughters of Krsna's parental uncle Pavana. Yasodevi and Yasasvini are the sisters of Krsna's mother Yasoda. Yasasvini's husband is named Malla.<br/> <br/> TEXT 49<br/> <br/> Yasodevi is elder. Her complexion is dark and she is also known by the name Dadhisara. Yasasvini is younger. Her complexion is fair and she is also known by the name Havihsara. Both dress in vermillion-colored garments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 50<br/> <br/> Yasoda's sisters married the two ksatriyas Catu and Batuka (see text 40). Yasoda's uncle Carumukha has one son who is named Sucaru.<br/> <br/> TEXT 51<br/> <br/> Sucaru's wife is Tulavati-devi, the daughter of Sumukha's brother-in-law Gola. Tundu, Kutera, Purata and others are the comtemporary associates of Krsna's parental grandfather.<br/> <br/> TEXT 52<br/> <br/> Kila, Antakela, Tilata, Krpita, Purata, Gonda, Kallota, Karanda, Tarisana, Varisana, Viraroha and Vararoha are among the contemporary associates of Krsna's maternal grandfather.<br/> <br/> TEXT 53<br/> <br/> The elderly ladies Silabheri, Sikhambara, Bharuni, Bhangur, Bhangi, Bharasakha and Sikha are among the contemporary associates of Krsna's parental grandmother.<br/> <br/> TEXT 54 AND 55<br/> <br/> Bharunda, Jatila, Bhela, Karala, Karabalika, Gharghara, Mukhara, Ghora, Ghanta, Ghoni, Sughantika, Dhvankarunti, Handi, Tundi, Dingima, Manjuranika, Cakkini, Condika, Cundi, Dindima, Pundavanika, Damani, Damari, Dambi and Danka are among the contemporary associates of Krsna's maternal grandmother.<br/> <br/> TEXT 56 - 58<br/> <br/> Mangala, Pingala, Pinga, Mathura, Pitha, Pattisa, Sankara, Sangara, Bhrngaq, Ghrni, Ghatika, Saragha, Pathira, Dandi, Kedara, Saurabheya, Kala, Ankura, Dhurina, Dhurva, Cakranga, Maskara, Utpala, Kambala, Supaksa, Saudha, Harita, Harikesa, Hara and Upananda are among the contemporary associates of Krsna's father, Nanda Maharaja.<br/> <br/> TEXT 59<br/> <br/> Having taken a vow of friendship in their youth, Parjanya and Sumukha always remain the best of friends. Nanda Maharaja and many other of the cowherds are descended from their families.<br/> <br/> TEXT 60 - 62<br/> <br/> Vatsala, Kusala, Tali, Medura, Masrna, Krpa, Sankini, Bimbini, Mitra, Subhaga, Bhogini, Prabha, Sarika Hingula, Niti, Kapila, Dhamanidhara, Paksati, Pataka, Pundi, Sutunda, Tusti, Anjana, Tarangaksi, Taralika, Subhada, Malika, Angada, Visala, Sallaki, Vena and Vartika are among the contemporary associates of Krsna's mother, Yasoda-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 63<br/> <br/> Ambika and Kilimba are the two nurses who fed Krsna with their breast milk. Of the two, Ambika, the dear friend of Vraja's queen, is the most important.<br/> <br/> TEXT 64 -65<br/> <br/> The Brahmanas<br/> <br/> Two groups of brahmanas reside in Gokula : those maintained by Nanda Maharaja and those who are priests engaged in the performance of Vedic sacrifices. Among the priests, Vedagarbha, Mahayajva and Bhaguri are prominent. Their respective wives are Samadheni, Mahakavya and Vedika.<br/> <br/> TEXT 66<br/> <br/> Sulabha, Gautami, Gargi, Candila, Kubjika, Vamani, Svaha, Sulata, Sandili, Svadha and Bhargavi are the most important of the brahmana ladies respectfully worshiped by the residents of Vraja.<br/> <br/> TEXT 67 - 69<br/> <br/> Full of transcendental opulences, Paurnamasi-devi is the incarnation of the Lord's Yogamaya potency. She makes the arrangements of Lord Krsna's pastimes to be properly performed. She is slightly tall in stature and has a fair complexion. Her hair is the color of kasa flowers and she wears red garments. She is greatly respected by Nanda Maharaja and all the other residents of Vrajabhumi. She was the dear student of Devarsi Narada and on his advice she left her favorite son, Sandipani Muni, in Avantipura and came to Gokula, impelled by great love for her worshipable Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 70<br/> <br/> Krsna's associates may be divided into two groups : gopis and gopas. The gopis may be divided into three groups : 1. Gopi friends of the same age as Krsna, 2. maidservants and 3. gopi messengers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 71 - 72<br/> <br/> Learned scholars have also divided Lord Krsna's associates into the following nine categories : 1. yutha, 2. kula, 3. mandala, 4. varga, 5. gana, 6. samavaya, 7. sancaya, 8. samaja, 9. and samanvaya.<br/> <br/> TEXT 73 - 75<br/> <br/> Krsna's Gopi Friends :<br/> <br/> Of the three kinds of gopi associates of the Lord of the three kinds of gopi associates of the Lord mentioned in text 70, the first group, Krsna's contemporary gopi friends, are the most exalted, the second group, the maidservants are the next most exalted, and the gopi messengers come after them. These three groups correspond to the groups mentioned as samaja, mandala and gana respectively (in texts 71 - 72). The first group, Krsna's contemporary gopi friends, may be further divided into varistha (the most exalted ) and vara (exalted).<br/> <br/> TEXT 76<br/> <br/> Varistha (The Most Exalted Gopis)<br/> <br/> The varistha gopis are more famous than all the others. They are eternally the intimate friends of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna. No one can equal or exceed the love they bear for the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 77<br/> <br/> Of all Krsna's friends, the varistha gopis are the most worshipable. They are decorated with incomparable transcendental qualities, bodily beauty and all other charming opulences.<br/> <br/> TEXT 78<br/> <br/> Krsna's Gopi Friends<br/> <br/> Lalita, Visakha, Citra, Campakamallika, Tungavidya, Indulekha, Rangadevi and Sudevi are the most intimate of Lord Krsna's gopi friends.<br/> <br/> TEXT 79<br/> <br/> Lalita<br/> <br/> Of these eight gopis, the first one, Lalita-devi, is the best. She is a dear friend of the divine couple and she is 27 years old, the eldest of Krsna's gopi friends.<br/> <br/> TEXT 80<br/> <br/> Lalita is famous as Srimati Radharani's constant companion and follower. Lalita is contrary and hot-tempered by nature. Her complexion is like the yellow pigment gorocana and her garments are like peacock feathers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 81<br/> <br/> Her mother is Saradi-devi and her father is Visoka. Her husband is named Bhairava. He is a close friend of Govardhana-gopa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 82 - 83<br/> <br/> Visakha<br/> <br/> Visakha is the second most important of these eight varistha-gopis. Her attributes, activities and resolve are all muck like those of her friend Lalita. Visakha was born at the exact same moment as her dear friend Srimati Radharani appeared in this world. Visakha's garments are decorated with stars and her complexion is like lightning. Her father is Pavana, the son of the sister of Mukhara-gopi and her mother is Daksina-devi, the daughter of the sister of Jatila. Her husband is Vahika-gopa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 84<br/> <br/> Campakalata<br/> <br/> Campakalata is the third of the varistha-gopis. Her complexion is the color of a blossoming yellow campaka flower and her garments are the color of a blue-jay's feature. She is one day younger than Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 85<br/> <br/> Her husband is Arama, her mother is Vatika-devi and her husband is Candaksa. Her qualities are much like those of Visakha.<br/> <br/> TEXT 86<br/> <br/> Citra<br/> <br/> Citra is the fourth of the varistha gopis. Her fair complexion resembles the color of kunkuma and her garments are the color of crystal. She is 26 days younger than Srimati Radharani. When Lord Madhava is full of blis, she becomes satisfied.<br/> <br/> TEXT 87<br/> <br/> Her father is Catura, the paternal uncle of Suryamitra. Her mother is Carcika-devi. Her husband is Pithara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 88<br/> <br/> Tungavidya<br/> <br/> Tungavidya is the fifth of the varistha gopis. Her complexion is the color of kunkuma and the fragrance of her body is like sandalwood mixed with camphor. She is fifteen days younger than Srimati Radharani<br/> <br/> TEXT 89<br/> <br/> Tungavidya is hot-tempered and expert at dissimulation. She wears white garments. Her parents are Puskara and Medha-devi and her husband is Balisa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 90<br/> <br/> Indulekha<br/> <br/> Indulekha is the sixth of the varistha gopis. She has a tan complexion and wears garments the color of a pomegranate flower. She is three days younger than Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 91<br/> <br/> Her parents are Sagara and Vela-devi and her husband is Durbala. She is contrary and hot-tempered by nature.<br/> <br/> TEXT 92<br/> <br/> Rangadevi<br/> <br/> Rangadevi is the seventh of the varistha gopis. Her complexion is the color of a lotus filament and her garments are the color of a red rose. She is seven days younger than Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 93<br/> <br/> Her personal qualities are much like those of Campakalata. Her parents are Karuna-devi and Rangasara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 94<br/> <br/> Sudevi<br/> <br/> Sudevi is the eighth of the varistha gopis. She is sweet and charming by nature. She is the sister of Rangadevi. Her husband is Vakreksana, the younger brother of Bhairava.<br/> <br/> TEXT 95<br/> <br/> Her marriage with Vakreksana was arranged by his younger brother. Her form and other qualities are so similar to those of her sister Rangadevi that they are often mistaken for one another.<br/> <br/> TEXT 96 - 97<br/> <br/> The Vara-Gopis<br/> <br/> Just as there are eight varistha (most exalted) gopis, the same way there are also eight vara (exalted) gopis. The vara-gopis are all teenage girls. Their names are Kalavati, Subhangada, Hiranyangi, Ratnalekha, Sikhavati, Kandarpa manjari, Phullakalika and Ananga manjari<br/> <br/> TEXT 98<br/> <br/> Kalavati's parents are Sindhumati-devi and Kalankura-gopa, the maternal uncle of Arkamitra.<br/> <br/> TEXT 99<br/> <br/> Her complexion is the color of yellow sandalwood and she wears garments the color of a parrot. Her husband is Kapota, the youngest brother of Vahika.<br/> <br/> TEXT 100<br/> <br/> Subhangada<br/> <br/> Subhangada is the younger sister of Visakha. She is a very fair complexion and is married to Patatri, the younger brother of Pithara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 101<br/> <br/> Hiranyangi<br/> <br/> Hiranyangi's complexion is the color of gold and she appears to be a temple or palace in which all beauty is conserved. She was born from the womb of Harini-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 102<br/> <br/> Mahavasu-gopa is pious, famous and devoted to performing Vedic sacrifices. He is decorated with wonderful good qualities and he is the close friend of Arkamitra.<br/> <br/> TEXT 103<br/> <br/> Mahavasu-gopa desired to beget a powerful and heroic son and a beautiful daughter. To attain this end the self-controlled Mahavasu engaged Bhaguri Muni in performing a Vedic sacrifice.<br/> <br/> TEXT 104<br/> <br/> Certain nectarean foodstuffs appeared from that sacrifice and the delighted Mahavasu gave them to his wife, Sucandra-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 105 - 106<br/> <br/> As Sucandra-devi was hastily eating the sacred foodstuff on her front porch, she spilled some of it. At that time the doe named Suranga, who was the mother of the doe named Rangini, was wandering in Vrajabhumi. Seeing Sucandra-devi spill some of the foodstuff, the doe Suranga quickly came forward and ate some of it. As a result of eating this sacred foodstuff, both the gopi Sucandra and the doe Suranga became pregnant.<br/> <br/> TEXT 107<br/> <br/> Sucandra-devi gave birth to a son whom the gopas called Stokakrsna and the deer gave birth to the girl Hiranyangi in the village of Vraja.<br/> <br/> TEXT 108<br/> <br/> Hiranyangi is very dear to Srimati Radharani and Srimati Radharani is very dear to her. Hiranyangi is dressed in beautiful garments that appear like a great multitude of unparalleled blossoming flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 109<br/> <br/> With great respect the father Mahavasu then promised the exalted Hiranyangi in marriage to an elderly gopa who was completely unfit to become her husband.<br/> <br/> TEXT 110 - 111<br/> <br/> Ratnalekha<br/> <br/> Maharaj Vrsabhanu's maternal cousin Payonidhi had a son but no daughter. His wife Mitra-devi desired to have a daughter also and to achieve this end she faithfully worshiped the sun-god, Vivasvan. By Vivasvan's mercy she gave birth to a daughter who was named Ratnalekha.<br/> <br/> TEXT 112<br/> <br/> Ratnalekha's complexion is the red color of the mineral manahsila and her garments appear like a beautiful swarm of bumblebees. She is very dear to Srimati Radharani, the daughter of Maharaja Vrsabhanu. Her mother engages both her and her friend Radharani in the devoted attentive worship of the sun-god. When Ratnalekha sees Lord Madhava, her eyes begin to roll in ferocious anger and she severly rebukes Him.<br/> <br/> TEXT 113<br/> <br/> Sikhavati<br/> <br/> Sikhavati's father is Dhanyadhanya and her mother is Susikha-devi. Sikhavati's complexion is the color of a karnikara flower. She is the younger sister of Kundalatika.<br/> <br/> TEXT 114<br/> <br/> She is like sweetness and charm personified. Her garments are the spotted color of an old francoline partridge. She is married to Garjara-gopa, who is also known as Garuda-gopa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 115 AND 116<br/> <br/> Kandarpa-manjari<br/> <br/> Kandarpa-manjari's father is Puspakara and her mother is Kuruvinda-devi. Kandarpa-manjari's father did not give her marriage to anyone, for he considered in his heart that Lord Hari is the only suitable husband for his daughter. Kandarpa-manjari's complexion is the color of a kinkirata bird and her garments are decorated with many different colors.<br/> <br/> TEXT 117<br/> <br/> Phullakalika<br/> <br/> Phullakalika's father is Srimalla and her mother is Kamalini. Phullakalika's complexion is dark like a blue lotus flower and her garments are like a rainbow.<br/> <br/> TEXT 118<br/> <br/> Her forehead is naturally marked with yellow tilaka lines. Her husband, Vidura has a loud voice and is able to call the buffaloes from a great distance.<br/> <br/> TEXT 119<br/> <br/> Ananga-manjari<br/> <br/> Ananga-manjari is exquistely beautiful and therefore it is very appropriate that she is named after Ananga (cupid). Her complexion is the color of a springtime ketaki flower and her garments are the color of a blue lotus.<br/> <br/> TEXT 120<br/> <br/> Her proud husband Durmada is also her sister's brother-in-law. She is especially dear to Lalita and Visakha.<br/> <br/> TEXT 121<br/> <br/> General Description of the Activities of Krsna's Contemporary Gopi Friends<br/> <br/> Krsna's contemporary gopi friends decorate their own dear friend Srimati Radharani. They cheat their husbands parents and other guardians (by going to meet Radha and Krsna) and they take Srimati Radharani's side when she has a lover's quarrel with Lord Hari.<br/> <br/> TEXT 122<br/> <br/> These gopis assist Radha and Krsna in Their secret rendezvous. These gopis serve palatable meals to the divine couple and afterward relish tasting the remnants left by Them. These gopis carefully guard the secret of Radha's and Krsna's confidential pastimes together.<br/> <br/> TEXT 123<br/> <br/> Their minds are pure and they are very expert and intelligent. They serve Radha and Krsna very appropriately. They glorify their own group and criticize the followers of Candravali, Radharani's rival.<br/> <br/> TEXT 124<br/> <br/> They please Radha and Krsna by expertly singing, dancing and playing instrumental music. At the appropriate time they beg to be engaged in various appropriate services.<br/> <br/> TEXT 125<br/> <br/> For the most part the learned devotees know about these activities of Krsna's gopi friends. All the gopis are aware of these and all the other similar services and they actively serve Radha and Krsna by performing these activities.<br/> <br/> TEXT 126<br/> <br/> The gopis who are close associates of the divine couple are directly engaged in these services, whereas other gopis are not. We shall now describe, one by one, the gopis engaged in these intimate services.<br/> <br/> TEXT 127<br/> <br/> Among these most exalted gopis who are most dear to Krsna, the leader and controller is Lalita-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 128<br/> <br/> Lalita-devi is full of ecstatic love for the divine couple. She is expert at arranging both Their meeting and Their conjugal struggle. Sometimes, for Radha's sake, she offends Lord Madhava.<br/> <br/> TEXT 129<br/> <br/> The beauty of all the other gopis appears to be conserved in the form of Lalita-devi. In an argument her mouth becomes bent with ferocious anger and she expertly speaks the most outrageous and arrogant replies.<br/> <br/> TEXT 130<br/> <br/> When the arrogant gopis pick a quarrel with Krsna, she is in the forefront of the conflict. When Radha and Krsna meet, she audaciously remains standing a little away from them.<br/> <br/> TEXT 131<br/> <br/> With the help of Purnamasi-devi and the other gopis she arranges for the meeting of Radha and Krsna. She carries the parasol for the divine couple, she decorates Them with flowers and she decorates the cottage where They rest at night and rise in the morning.<br/> <br/> TEXT 132 - 133<br/> <br/> Some gopis serve the divine couple in the garden known as Madanonmadini among the flowering creepers, betel creepers and betel trees. Some gopis are expert at playing various magic tricks, some are expert at composing riddles and some are appointed to provide betel nuts for the divine couple. All these gopis are the servants of Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 134<br/> <br/> Other gopis are specifically the friends of Lord Baladeva. Lalita-devi is the leader and controller of all these exalted and worshipable young gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 135<br/> <br/> Ratnalekha and the eight other dear vara-gopis described here all follow the footsteps of Lalita-devi always and in all respects.<br/> <br/> TEXT 136<br/> <br/> Among these eight gopis Ratnaprabha-dvie and Ratikala-devi are famous for their transcendental virtues, beauty, experise and charming sweetness.<br/> <br/> TEXT 137 - 138<br/> <br/> Flower Decorations<br/> <br/> The flower ornaments of the divine couple are 1. flower crown, 2. flowers in the hair, 3. flower earrings, 4. flowers decorating the forehead, 5. flower necklaces, 6. flower armlets, 7. flower sashes, 8. flower braelets, 9. flower anklets, 10. flower bodices and many other kinds of flower ornaments. Just as these ornaments may be fashioned from precious jewels, gold or other materials, in the same way they may be made of flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 139 - 140<br/> <br/> Crown<br/> <br/> The divine couple's crowns may be made of rangini flowers, yellow jasmine flowers, navamali flowers, sumali flowers, dhrti gems, rubies, gomeda gems, pearls or splendid moonstones. These may be artistically arranged to construct beautiful crowns.<br/> <br/> TEXT 141<br/> <br/> The crowns may be made with seven points and they may also have gold ketaki flowers or various flower buds among their colorful and beautiful ingredients. These crowns enchant the mind of Lord Hari.<br/> <br/> TEXT 142<br/> <br/> The flower crowns known as puspapara are the best of all and they are more pleasing than even the best jeweled crowns (ratnapara). Lalita-devi learned how to make these puspapara crowns from Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 143<br/> <br/> These puspapara crowns are made with flowers and flower buds of five different colors arranged in five points.s This crown is especially used to decorate Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 144<br/> <br/> Balapasya<br/> <br/> A garland of flower buds and similar ingredients closely strung together and placed on the hair is called balapasya.<br/> <br/> TEXT 145<br/> <br/> Earrings<br/> <br/> Skilled craftsmen say there are five kinds of earrings. They are known by the names tadanka, kundala, puspi, karnika and karna-vestana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 146<br/> <br/> Tadanka<br/> <br/> A hollow gold post worn in the ear is called a tadanka. This kind of earring is of two varieties. In the first variety the petal of golden ketaki flower is attached to this earring. In the second kind the petal of some other colorful flower is attached.<br/> <br/> TEXT 147<br/> <br/> Kundala<br/> <br/> When an earring is fashioned from flowers in order to resemble a certain object, the earring is called kundala. There are many different kinds of kundala earrings. The flowers may be arranged to resemble a peacock, shark, lotus, half-moon or many other things.<br/> <br/> TEXT 148<br/> <br/> Puspi<br/> <br/> The puspi earrings is fashioned from four different kinds of flowers placed in a circle with a large gunja berry in the middle.<br/> <br/> TEXT 149<br/> <br/> Karnika<br/> <br/> The karnika earring is fashioned from the whorl of a blue lotus surrounded by yellow flowers. In the middle are a bhrngika flower and pomegranate flower.<br/> <br/> TEXT 150<br/> <br/> Karna-vestana<br/> <br/> When the flower earring is so large it completely covers the ear, the earring is known as karna-vetsana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 151<br/> <br/> Decoration for the Forehead.<br/> <br/> A garland of flowers placed on the upper forehead along the hairline is called lalatika. Such a garland should have flowers of two colors : red in the middle of the garland and the other color flowers on the two sides.<br/> <br/> TEXT 152<br/> <br/> Graivekyaka (flower collar)<br/> <br/> Made of a single kind of flower, a necklace strung four times around the neck is called graiveyaka.<br/> <br/> TEXT 153<br/> <br/> Angada (armlet)<br/> <br/> A flower-armlet (angada) may be fashioned of three kinds of flowers strung one after another to resemble a little flower creeper.<br/> <br/> TEXT 154<br/> <br/> Kanci (sash)<br/> <br/> A sash made of flowers of five different colors, artistically strung together in a gently waving pattern, is called a kanci.<br/> <br/> TEXT 155<br/> <br/> Kataka (flower anklets)<br/> <br/> Anklets made of many different flower buds are called kataka. These are of many different varieties.<br/> <br/> TEXT 156<br/> <br/> Mani-bandhani (bracelet)<br/> <br/> A bracelet made of flowers of four colors, with bunches of flowers hanging down at three places, is called mani-bandhani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 157<br/> <br/> Hamsaka (flower shoes)<br/> <br/> When the decoration of flowers covers the entire top and side parts of the feet and there are bunches of flowers in four places, such a decoration is called hamsaka.<br/> <br/> TEXT 158<br/> <br/> Kanculi (flower bodice)<br/> <br/> A bodice made of flowers of six colors, artistically arranged and perfumed with musk and which begins from the neck, is called kanculi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 159<br/> <br/> Chatra (parasol)<br/> <br/> Made of thin white sticks, decorated with white flowers and with a handle decorated with yellow jasmine flowers, a flower parasol is called a chatra.<br/> <br/> TEXT 160<br/> <br/> Sayanam (couch)<br/> <br/> The couch is fashioned of campaka and malli flowers and decorated with small bells. It has a large cushion of navamali flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 161<br/> <br/> Ulloca (an awning)<br/> <br/> An awning is made of a latticework of various colorful flowers, ketaki petals and various leaves. Many malli flowers hang down from this awning.<br/> <br/> TEXT 162<br/> <br/> Candratapa (an awning)<br/> <br/> When many sindhuvara flowers as white as pearls decorate the sides and fresh lotus flowers hang down in the middle, the awning is called candratapa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 163<br/> <br/> Vesma (cottage)<br/> <br/> With reeds as pillars and various colorful flowers as the roof and four walls, a vesma (flower cottage0 is constructed.<br/> <br/> TEXT 164 a<br/> <br/> Gopi Messengers<br/> <br/> Vrnda, Vrndarika, Mela and Murali are the most important gopi messengers. The gopi messengers expertly know the geograhy of Vrndavana and they intimately know each grove and garden there. They are also learned in the science of gardening.<br/> <br/> TEXT 164 b<br/> <br/> These exalted gopi messengers are all filled with great love for Sri Sri Radha and Krsna. The gopi messengers are fair complexioned and they dress in colorful garments. Vrnda-devi is the most important among them.<br/> <br/> TEXT 165<br/> <br/> Visakha<br/> <br/> Visakha-devi, the intimate friend of the divine couple, although she is more exalted than these younger gopis, also takes up the work of carrying messages between Radha and Krsna and she is the most intelligent and expert of all the gopi messengers. Loquacious Visakha is expert at joking with Lord Govinda and she is the perfect counsellor of the divine couple. She is expert at all aspects of amorous diplomacy and she knows all the arts of how to conciliate an angered lover, how to bribe him and how to quarrel with him.<br/> <br/> TEXT 166<br/> <br/> Rangavali-devi and other gopis are expert at drawing various designs in tilaka, artistically stringing flower garlands, composing clever verses and acrostics such as sarvatobhadra, conjuring magical illusions by chanting mantras, worshipable the sun god with various paraphernalia, singing in various foreign languages and composing different kinds of poetry.<br/> <br/> TEXT 167<br/> <br/> Maidservants who dress Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> Madhavai, Malati, and Candrarekha are the leaders the gopi servants who dress and decorate Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 168 - 169<br/> <br/> The gopi messengers appointed by Vrnda-devi have the flowering trees of Vrndavana under their jurisdiction. Malika-devi isthe leader of these wonderfully blissful gopis. In addition to these two groups of gopi messengers (1. Visakha and 2. the followers of Vrnda-devi), Campakalata-devi is the third of the gopi messengers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 170<br/> <br/> Campakalata veils her activities in great secrecy. She is expert at the art of logical persuasion, and she is killed diplomat who knows how to thwart Srimati Radharani's rivals.<br/> <br/> TEXT 171<br/> <br/> Campakalata is expert at collecting fruits, flowers, and roots from the forest. Using only the skill of her hands shecan artistically fashion things from clay.<br/> <br/> TEXT 172<br/> <br/> Campakalata is an expert cook who knows all the literature describing the six flavors of gourmet cooking.<br/> <br/> Sheis so expert at making various kinds of candythat she has become famous by the name Mistahasta (sweet hands).<br/> <br/> TEXT 173<br/> <br/> There are also eight gopi maidservants expert at cooking various preparations from the milk products Vraja village. Kurangaksi-devi is the leader of these gopi cooks.<br/> <br/> TEXT 174<br/> <br/> Activities of the Eight Principal Gopies<br/> <br/> Of all these gopis who are appointed as protectoresses of the trees, creepers, and bushes of Vrndavana, the leader is Campakalata-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 175<br/> <br/> Citra<br/> <br/> Citra-devi is wonderfully expert in all the activities wehavejust described. She is especially expert in the<br/> <br/> lover's quarrel between Radha and Krsna (the third of the six<br/> <br/> definitions of the word abhisarana).<br/> <br/> TEXT 176<br/> <br/> Citra-devi can read between the lines of books and letters written in many different languages, perceiving the hidden intentions of the author. She is a skilled gourmet and can understand the testes of various foods made with honey, milk, and other ingredients simply by glancing at them.<br/> <br/> TEXT 177<br/> <br/> She is expert in playing music on pots filled with varying degrees of water. She is learned in the literature describing astronomy and astrology, and she is well versed in the theoretical and practical activities of protecting domestic animals.<br/> <br/> TEXT 178<br/> <br/> She is especially expert at gardenting and she can nicely make various kinds of nectarean beverages.<br/> <br/> TEXT 179<br/> <br/> There are also eight other gopi maidservants, headed by Rasalika-devi, who are expert at making various kinds of nectarean beverages.<br/> <br/> TEXT 180<br/> <br/> There are other gopis who mostly collect transcendental herbs and medicinal creepers from the forest and do not collect flowers or anything else. Citra-devi is the leader of these gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 181<br/> <br/> Tungavidya<br/> <br/> Tungavidya is one of the leaders of the gopis. She is learned in the eighteen branches of knowledge.<br/> <br/> TEXT 182<br/> <br/> She has full faith in Krsna. She is very expert at arranging the meeting of the divine couple. She is learned in rasa-sastra (transcendental mellows), niti-sastra(morality), dancing, drama, literature and all other arts and sciences.<br/> <br/> TEXT 183<br/> <br/> She is a celebrated music teacher expert at playing the vina and singing in the style known as marga.<br/> <br/> TEXT 184<br/> <br/> Eight gopi messengers headed by Manjumedha-devi are especially expect at arranging political alliances (sandhi) the first of diplomatic maneuvers in the art of politics between Radha and Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 185<br/> <br/> These gopis are the best of dancers. They are musicians expert at playing the mrdanga and singing in recital halls.<br/> <br/> TEXT 186<br/> <br/> These gopis are especially engaged in fetching water from the streams in Vrndavana. Tungavidya is the leader of these gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 187<br/> <br/> Indulekha<br/> <br/> Noble Indulekha is learned in the science and mantras of the Naga-sastra, which describes various methods of charming snakes. She is also learned in the Samudraka-sastra, which describes the science of palmistry.<br/> <br/> TEXT 188<br/> <br/> She is expert at stringing various kinds of wonderful necklaces, decorating the teeth with red substances, gemology and weaving various kinds of cloth.<br/> <br/> TEXT 189<br/> <br/> In her hand she carries the auspicious messages of the divine couple. In this way she creates the good fortune of Radha and Krsna by creating Their mutual love and attraction.<br/> <br/> TEXT 190<br/> <br/> The group of gopis headed by Tungabhadra-devi are the friends and neighours of Indulekha. Among these gopis is a group, headed by Palindhika-devi, which acts as messengers for the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 191<br/> <br/> Indulekha-devi is fully aware of the confidential secrets of the divine couple. Some of her friends are engaged in providing ornaments for the divine couple, others provide exquisite garments and others guard the divine couple's treasury.<br/> <br/> TEXT 192<br/> <br/> Indulekha-devi is thus the leader of all the gopis engaged in these services in the various parts of Vrndavana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 193<br/> <br/> Ranga-devi<br/> <br/> Ranga-devi is always like a great ocean of coquettish words and gestures. She is very fond of joking with her friend Srimati Radharani in the presence of Lord Krishna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 194<br/> <br/> Among the six activities of diplomacy she is especially expert in the fourth : patiently waiting for the enemy to make the next move. She is an expert logician and because of previous austerities she has attained a mantra by which she can attract Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 195<br/> <br/> Kalakanti-devi is the leader of the eight most important friends of Ranga-devi. These friends are all expert in the use of perfumes and cosmetics.<br/> <br/> TEXT 196<br/> <br/> Ranga-devi's friends are expert at burning aromatic incense, carrying coal during the winter and fanning the divine couple in the summer.<br/> <br/> TEXT 197<br/> <br/> Ranga-devi's friends are able to control the lions, deer and other wild animals in the forest. Ranga-devi is the leader of all these gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 198<br/> <br/> Sudevi<br/> <br/> Sudevi always remains at the side of her dear friend Srimati Radharani. Sudevi arranges Radharani's hair, decorates Her eyes with mascara and massages Her body.<br/> <br/> TEXT 199<br/> <br/> She is expert in training male and female parrots and she is also expert in the pastimes of roosters. She is an expert sailor and she is fully aware of the auspicious and inauspicious omens described in the Sakuna-sastra.<br/> <br/> TEXT 200<br/> <br/> She is expert at massaging the body with scented oils, she knows how to start fires and keep them burning and she knows which flowers blossom with the rising of the moon.<br/> <br/> TEXT 201<br/> <br/> Kaveri-devi and the other friends of Sudevi are expert at constructing leaf-spitoons, playing music on bells and decorating couches in various ways.<br/> <br/> TEXT 202 - 203<br/> <br/> Sudevi's friends are also entrusted with the decoration of the divine couple's sitting place. Sudevi's friends act as clever spies, disguising themselves in various ways and moving among Radharani's rivals (Candravali and her friends) to discover their secrets. Sudevi's friends are the deities of Vrndavana forest and they are charged with the protection of the forest birds and bees. Sudevi is the leader of these gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 204<br/> <br/> Description of the Various Gopis<br/> <br/> The wonderful arts, crafts and other duties that comprise the activities of the gopis will now be described.<br/> <br/> TEXT 205 - 206<br/> <br/> Pindaka-devi, Nirvitandika-devi, Pundarika-devi, Sitakhandi-devi, Carucandi-devi, Sudantika-devi, Akunthita-devi, Kalakanthi-devi, Ramaci-devi and Mecika-devi are among the gopis who are very strong and stubborn when there is an argument or conflict. Among them Pindaka-devi is the leader. She dresses in red garments. She is very beautiful. When Lord Krsna comes she embarrasses Him by attacking Him with many ferocious witty puns.<br/> <br/> TEXT 207<br/> <br/> Haridrabha-devi, Hariccela-devi and Harimitra-devi speak many illogical and frivolous objections as they lead Lord Krsna to the place where Srimati Radharani waits for Him.<br/> <br/> TEXT 208<br/> <br/> Pundarika-devi's garments and complexion are both the color of a white lotus flower. She ferociously mocks lotus-eyed Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 209<br/> <br/> Gauri-devi always wears white garments. Her complexion is the color of a peacock. Because her sweet and charming words are often laced with acid sarcasms, Lord Krsna jokingly calls her Sitakhandi (always sweet).<br/> <br/> TEXT 210<br/> <br/> Gauri-devi's sister is known as Carucandi because her words are sometimes mild and pleasant (caru) and sometimes harsh and violent (candi). Carucandi's complexion is the color of a black bee and her garments are the color of lightning.<br/> <br/> TEXT 211<br/> <br/> Sudantika-devi wears garments the color of a kurunthaka flower. Her complexion is the color of a sirisa flower. She is expert at inflaming the amorous sentiments of ujjvala-rasa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 212<br/> <br/> Akunthita-devi's complexion is the color of a lotus stem. She wears white garments the color of the fibers within a lotus stem. She likes to insult Krsna for the amusement of her gopi friends.<br/> <br/> TEXT 213<br/> <br/> Kalakanthi-devi's complexion is the color of a kuli flower and her garments are the color of milk. She speaks to Lord Krnsa, describing Radharani's jealous anger and advising Him to beg forgiveness from Her.<br/> <br/> TEXT 214<br/> <br/> Ramaci-devi's is the daughter of Lalita-devi's nurse. Ramaci's complexion is golden and her garments are the color of a parrot. She takes pleasure in jokingly insulting Krsna and laughing at Him.<br/> <br/> TEXT 215<br/> <br/> Ramaci-devi always wears white garments. Her complexion is the color of a pinda flower. She is expert at insulting Lord Krnsa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 216 - 217<br/> <br/> Petari-devi, Varuda-devi, Cari-devi, Kotari-devi, Kalatippani-devi, Marunda-devi, Morata-devi, Cuda-devi, Cundari-devi and Gondika-devi are the leaders of those gopi messengers who are past the prime of youth. These older gopis can argue with great stubbornness and they can also nicely sing as the divine couple take their meal. These gopis are always engaged in making arrangements for the forest pastimes of the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 218<br/> <br/> Petari-devi is an elderly Gujarati lady whose hair is the color of fibers within a lotus stem. Varudi-devi is a native of Garuda-desa and her braided hair is like the current of a river.<br/> <br/> TEXT 219<br/> <br/> Cari-devi, who is Kucari-devi's siste, is also known by the name Tapahkatyayani, because she performed severe austerities (tapah) and took shelter of goddess Katyayani (Durga). Kotari-devi was born in the abhira caste. Her hair is a mixture of black and white resembling rice mixed with toasted sesame seeds.<br/> <br/> TEXT 220<br/> <br/> Kalatippani-devi is an elderly washerwoman with white hair. Marunda-devi has white eyebrows and a shaved head.<br/> <br/> TEXT 221<br/> <br/> Agile Morata-devi has hair the color of a kasa flower. Cuda-devi has a wrinkled face and a forehead decorated with many grey hairs.<br/> <br/> TEXT 222<br/> <br/> The brahmani Cundari-devi is not as old as the others. Lotus-eyed Lord Krsna glorifies her and treats her with great respect. Gondika-devi shaves the splendid white hairs on her head. Her cheeks are wrinkled with age.<br/> <br/> TEXT 223 - 224<br/> <br/> Gopi Messengers who Arrange the Meeting of the Divine Couple<br/> <br/> Sivada-devi, Saumyadarsana-devi, Suprasada-devi, Sadasanta-devi, Santida-devi and Kantida-devi are the leaders of the gopi messengers who expertly arrange the meeting of Radha and Krsna. These gopis consider Lalita-devi to be their dearmost life and soul. They are counted among the intimate associates of Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 225<br/> <br/> At a certain time Srimati Radharani quarrels with Lord Krsna and refuses to see Him. Understanding the hints of Lalita-devi, these gopis then approach Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 226 - 227<br/> <br/> These gopis appease Lord Krsna and please Him in different ways. With great effort they convince Him that His actual desire is to meet Radha again. When These gopis bring to Her the gift that Lord Krsna gave them as a peace offering, Srimati Radharani becomes very pleased with them and grants them Her mercy.<br/> <br/> TEXT 228 - 229<br/> <br/> Sivada-devi was born in the Ragyhu dynasty, Saumyadarsana-devi in the dynasty of the moon-god, Suprasada-devi in the Puru dynasty, Sadasanta-devi in a family of ascetics and Santida and Kantida in brahmana families. By the mercy of Narada Muni they were all able to reside in Vraja.<br/> <br/> TEXT 230<br/> <br/> The Second Gruop of Gopis<br/> <br/> After this first group of gopis there is a second group of gopis, whose love for the divine couple is a little less than that of the first group. This second group of gopis may again be divided into two groups : sama-prema and asama-prema. These gopis will be described in the following verses.<br/> <br/> TEXT 231<br/> <br/> The sama-prema gopis may be divided into two groups - those who are eternally perfect and those who have attained perfection by engaging in devotional service.<br/> <br/> TEXT 232<br/> <br/> Out of one hundred million gopis, eight hundred thousand are eternally perfect.<br/> <br/> TEXT 233 - 234<br/> <br/> The direct followers of the eight principal gopis are counted in different ways. Some say they number five thousand, others say they number four or five thousand, still others say they number three or four thousand and still others say they number one thousand.<br/> <br/> TEXT 235<br/> <br/> Some say the followers of the eight principal gopis are divided into many groups and others say they are not divided into groups at all. Some say they are divided into sixteen groups according to the nature of their love for the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 236<br/> <br/> Some say these gopis are divided into twenty groups, some say there are twenty-five groups, some say there are thirty, some say there are sixty and some say there are sixty-four groups of gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 237<br/> <br/> Some say this group of gopis is in turn divided into two subgroups. Others say it is divided into two or three subgroups and others say it is divided into three or four subgroups.<br/> <br/> TEXT 238<br/> <br/> The entire gopi community may be divided in different ways. Some say there are forty groups of gopis and others that there are five hundred groups.<br/> <br/> TEXT 239 - 246<br/> <br/> Aside from the eight varistha-gopas and the eight vara-gopis, sixty four gopis are considered most important. Their names are : 1. Ratnaprabha, 2. Ratikala, 3. Subhadra, 4. Ratika,<br/> <br/> 5. Sumukhi, 6. Dhanistha, 7. Kalahamsi, 8. Kalapini, 9. Madhavi, 10. Malati, 11. Candrarekha, 12. Kunjari, 13. Harini,<br/> <br/> 14. Capala, 15. Damni, 16. Surabhi, 17. Subhanana, 18. Kurangaksi, 19. Sucarita, 20. Mandali, 21. Manikundala, 22. Candrika, 23. Candralatika, 24. Pankajaksi, 25. Sumandira,<br/> <br/> 26. Rasalika, 27. Tilakini, 28. Sauraseni, 29. Sugandhika,<br/> <br/> 30. Ramani, 31. Kamanagari, 32. Nagari, 33. Nagavenika,<br/> <br/> 34. Manjumedha, 35. Sumadhura, 36. Sumadhya, 37. Madhureksana,<br/> <br/> 38. Tanumadhya, 39. Madhuspanda, 40. Gunacuda, 41. Varangada,<br/> <br/> 42. Tungabhadra, 43. Rasottunga, 44. Rangavati, 45. Susangata,<br/> <br/> 46. Citrarekha, 47. Vicitrangi, 48. Modini, 49. Madanalasa, 50. Kalakanthi, 51. Sasikala, 52. Kamala, 53. Madhurendira,<br/> <br/> 54. Kandarpa-sundari, 55. Kamalatika, 56. Prema-manjari,<br/> <br/> 57. Kaveri, 58. Carukavara, 59. Sukesi, 60. Manjukesi,<br/> <br/> 61. Harahira, 62. Mahahira, 63. Harakanthi, 64. Manohara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 247<br/> <br/> The Sammohana-tantra's Description of Srimati Radharani's Eight Principal Friends<br/> <br/> A different list of Srimati Radharani's eight principal gopi friends is found in the following statement of Sammohana-tantra : " Lilavati, Sadhika, Candrika, Madhavi, Lalita, Vijaya, Gauri and Nandi are the eight principal gopi friends of Srimati Radharani."<br/> <br/> TEXT 248<br/> <br/> Another Description of the Eight Principal Gopis<br/> <br/> Another quotation from Vedic literature gives the following description : " Kalavati, Srimati, Sudhamukhi, Visakha, Kaumudi, Madhvi and Sarada are the eight prinicpal gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 249 - 250<br/> <br/> The numbers presented in this description of the gopis has no actual relevance to the number of eternally liberated gopis in the spiritual world. There the associates of the king and queen of Vrndavana are unlimited in number. No one can count them. We have simply given some hints so the reader may understand the vast number of the associates of the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 251<br/> <br/> Preparing the divine couple's couch, food, drink and betel nuts, swinging Them on a swing and decorating Them with tilaka are among the many services performed by the gopis. The learned devotees may research this and enumerate all these services.<br/> <br/> TEXT 252<br/> <br/> Rupa Goswami prays that the effulgent Krsna-sun may remove the blindness from his eyes and enable him to properly see and understand the various rasa-sastras that describe Sri Sri Radha-Krsna and Their associates.<br/> <br/> TEXT 253<br/> <br/> In the year 1472 of the Saka era (1550 A.D.) on Sunday, the sixth day of the month of Sravana, at Nandagrama, the home of the king of Vraja, this book, the Radha-Krsna-ganoddesa-dipika was completed.<br/> <br/> PART TWO<br/> <br/> TEXT 1<br/> <br/> Sri Krsna's Transcendental Form and Attributes<br/> <br/> Sri Krsna's form glistens with the black mascara of the sweetness of His nectarean handsomeness. His complexion is the color of a blue lotus flower or a sapphire.<br/> <br/> TEXT 2<br/> <br/> His complexion is as enchanting as an emerald, a tamala tree, or a group of beautiful dark clouds. He is an ocean of nectarean handsomeness.<br/> <br/> TEXT 3<br/> <br/> He wears yellow garments and a garland of forest flowers. He is decorated with various jewels and He is a great reservoir of the nectar of many transcendental pastimes.<br/> <br/> TEXT 4<br/> <br/> He has long, curling hair and He is anointed with many fragrant scents. His handsome crown is decorated with many different flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 5<br/> <br/> His handsome forehead is splendidly decorated with tilaka markings and curling locks of hair. The playful movements of His raised, dark eyebrows enchant the hearts of the gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 6<br/> <br/> His rolling eyes are as splendid as red and blue lotus flowers. The tip of His nose is as handsome as the beak of Garuda, the king of birds.<br/> <br/> TEXT 7<br/> <br/> His charming ears and cheeks are decorated with earrings made of various jewels.<br/> <br/> TEXT 8<br/> <br/> His handsome lotus face is as splendid as millions of moons. He speaks many charming jokes and His chin is exquisitely handsome.<br/> <br/> TEXT 9<br/> <br/> His handsome, smooth and charming neck bends in three places. Decorated with a necklace of pearls, the beauty of His neck enchants the residents of the three planetary systems.<br/> <br/> TEXT 10<br/> <br/> Decorated with a necklace of pearls and with the Kaustubha gem, which shines like lightning, Krsna's handsome chest longs to enjoy the company of the beautiful gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 11<br/> <br/> Decorated with bracelets and armlets, Krsna's arms hang down to His knees. His reddish lotus hands are decorated with various auspicious signs.<br/> <br/> TEXT 12<br/> <br/> Krsna's hands are beautifully decorated with the auspicious signs of a club, conchshell, barleycorn, parasol, half-moon, rod for controlling elephants, flag, lotus flower, sacrificial post, plow, pitcher and fish.<br/> <br/> TEXT 13<br/> <br/> Krsna's charming abdomen is the pastime abode of handsomeness. His nectarean back seems to long for the playful touch of the beautiful gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 14<br/> <br/> The nectarean lotus flower that is Lord Krsna's hips bewilders the demigod Cupid. Krsna's thighs are like two beautiful plantain trees that charm the hearts of all women.<br/> <br/> TEXT 15<br/> <br/> Krsna's knees are very splendid, charming and handsome. His charming lotus feet are decorated with jeweled ankle-bells.<br/> <br/> TEXT 16 - 17<br/> <br/> Krsna's feet have the luster of roses, and they are decorated with various auspicious markings, such as the markings of the disc, half-moon, octagon, triangle, barleycorn, sky, parasol, waterpot, conchshell, cow's hoofprint, svastika, rod for controlling elephants, lotus flower, bow and jambu fruit.<br/> <br/> TEXT 18<br/> <br/> Krsna's handsome lotus feet are like two oceans filled with the happiness of pure love. His reddish toes are decorated with the row fo full moons that are His toenails.<br/> <br/> TEXT 19<br/> <br/> Although we have sometimes compared Krsna's handsomeness to various things, nothing can actually be equal to it. In this place we have given a small indication of Krsna's handsomeness to arouse the attraction of the reader.<br/> <br/> TEXT 20<br/> <br/> Krsna's Friends<br/> <br/> Now Lord Krsna's friends will be described. The most important of Krsna's friends is His elder brother, Balarama.<br/> <br/> TEXT 21<br/> <br/> Different Kinds of Friends<br/> <br/> Krsna's friends are divided into four groups : 1. well-wishing friends (suhrt), 2. ordinary friends (sakha), 3. more confidential friends (priya-sakha), and 4. initmate friends<br/> <br/> (priya-narma-sakha)<br/> <br/> TEXT 22<br/> <br/> Well-wishing Friends (suhrt)<br/> <br/> The well-wishing friends include Krsna's cousins :<br/> <br/> Subhadra, Kundala, Dandi and Mandala. Sunandana, Nandi, Anandi and others who accompany Krsna as He herds the cows and calves in Vrndavana forest are also well-wishing friends.<br/> <br/> TEXTS 23 - 24<br/> <br/> Also included among the well-wishing friends are Subhadra, Mandalibhadra, Bhadravardhana, Gobhata, Yaksendra, Bhata, Bhadranga, Virabhadra, Mahaguna, Kulavira, Mahabhima, Divyasakti, Suraprabha, Ranasthira and others. These well-wishing friends are older than Krsna and they try to protect Him from any danger.<br/> <br/> TEXT 25<br/> <br/> Krsna's parents love their son very dearly. They consider Him many millions of times more important than their own life's breath. Very frightened that the demon Kamsa would harm their son, they engaged these well-wishing friends (suhrt) to protect Him. The leader of these well-wishing friends is a boy named Vijayaksa, whose mother, Ambika-devi, was Krsna's nurse. Ambika-devi worshiped goddess Parvati and performed great austerities to get a powerful son who could protect Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 26<br/> <br/> Subhadra<br/> <br/> Subhadra has a splendid dark complexion. He wears yellow garments and various ornaments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 27<br/> <br/> Subhadra's father is Upananda, and his mother the chaste and faithful Tula-devi. Kundalata-devi will become his wife. Subhadra is full of the glory of youth.<br/> <br/> TEXT 28 - 29<br/> <br/> Krsna's Ordinary Friends (sakha)<br/> <br/> Visala, Vrsabha, Ojasvi, Devaprastha, Varuthapa, Mandara, Kusumapida, Manibandhakara, Mandara, Candana, Kunda, Kalindi, Kulika and many others are included in the group of Krsna's ordinary friends (sakha). These friends are younger than Krsna and are always eager to serve Him.<br/> <br/> TEXTS 30 - 31<br/> <br/> Krsna's confidential friends (priya-sakha)<br/> <br/> Krsna's confidential friends are Sridama, Sudama, Dama, Vasudama, Kinkini, Bhadrasena, Amsu, Stokakrsna, Vilasi, Pundarika, Vitankaksa, Kalavinka and Priyaskara. These friends are the smae age of Krsna. Their leader is Sridama, who is also known as Pithamardaka.<br/> <br/> TEXT 32<br/> <br/> Bhadrasena is the general who leads Krsna's childhood friends in military pastimes. Stokakrsna is very appropriately named, for he is just like a small (stoka) Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 33<br/> <br/> These confidential friends (priya-sakha) delights Lord Krsna with their enthusiastic and jubliant wrestling, stick-fighting and other sports.<br/> <br/> TEXT 34<br/> <br/> These confidential friends are all very peaceful by nature. Each of them considers Lord Krsna equal to his own life's breath.<br/> <br/> TEXT 35<br/> <br/> Krsna's Intimate Friends (priya-narma-sakha)<br/> <br/> Subala, Arjuna, Gandharva, Vasanta, Ujjvala, Kokila, Sanandana and Vidagdha are the msot important of Krsna's intimate friends.<br/> <br/> TEXT 36<br/> <br/> Krsna keeps no secrets from these intimate friends. Among them Madhumangala, Puspanka and Hasanka are the leaders of those fond of joking. Handsome Sanandana is very pleased by his close friendship with Krsna and splendid Ujjvala appears like the personified ruler of all transcendental mellows. Lord Krsna, the crest jewel of playful boys, is submissive to His dear friend Ujjvala.<br/> <br/> TEXT 37<br/> <br/> Sridama has a handsome dark complexion. He wears yellow garments and a necklace of jewels.<br/> <br/> TEXT 38<br/> <br/> He is a splendid youth sixteen years old. He is a great resevoir of the nectar of innumerable transcendental pastimes. He is Lord Krsna's dearest friend.<br/> <br/> TEXT 39<br/> <br/> His father is Maharaj Vrsabhanu and His mother is the chaste Kirtida-devi. Srimati Radharani and Ananga-manjari are his two younger sisters.<br/> <br/> TEXT 40<br/> <br/> Sudama<br/> <br/> Sudama's handsome complexion is somewhat fair. He is decorated with jeweled ornaments and wears blue garments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 41<br/> <br/> His father's name is Matuka and His mother is Rocana-devi. He is very young and fond of playing many kinds of games.<br/> <br/> TEXT 42<br/> <br/> Subala<br/> <br/> Subala has a fair complexion. He wears handsome blue garments and he is decorated wtih many kinds of jewels and flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 43<br/> <br/> He is twelve-and-a-half years old and He glows with youthful luster. Although he is Krsna's friend, he is immersed in serving Krsna in many different ways.<br/> <br/> TEXT 44<br/> <br/> He is expert at arranging the meeting of the divine couple. He is charming and full of transcendental love for Them. He is cheerful and full of good qualities. He is very dear to Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 45<br/> <br/> Arjuna<br/> <br/> Arjuna's glistening complexion is the color of a red lotus flower. His garments are the color of moonlight and He is decorated with many kinds of jewels.<br/> <br/> TEXT 46<br/> <br/> His father is Sudaksina, his mother Bhadra-devi, and his elder brother Vasudama. He is always plunged in transcendental love for the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 47<br/> <br/> He is fourteen-and-a half and full of the luster of youth. He wears a garland of forest flowers and many other kinds of flower-ornaments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 48<br/> <br/> Gandharva<br/> <br/> Handsome Gandharva has a complexion the color of moonlight. He wears red garments and many different ornaments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 49<br/> <br/> He is twelve years old and full of youthful luster. He is decorated with many kinds of flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 50<br/> <br/> His mother is the saintly Mitra-devi and his father the great soul Vinoka. He is very playful and very dear to Sri Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 51<br/> <br/> Vasanta<br/> <br/> Vasanta has a splendid fair complexion. His garments glitter like the moon and he is decorated with various jewels.<br/> <br/> TEXT 52<br/> <br/> He is eleven years old. He is decorated with many different flower garlands. His mother is the saintly Saradi-devi and his father is the great soul Pingala.<br/> <br/> TEXT 53<br/> <br/> Ujjvala<br/> <br/> Ujjvala has a splendid reddish complexion. His garments are decorated with star patterns and he is decorated with pearls and flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 54<br/> <br/> His father is named Sagara and his mother is the chaste Veni-devi. He is thirteen years old and full of youthfull luster.<br/> <br/> TEXT 55<br/> <br/> Kokila<br/> <br/> Kokila is fair-complexioned and very handsome. He wears blue garments and is decorated with many kinds of jewels.<br/> <br/> TEXT 56<br/> <br/> He is eleven years and four months of age. His father is named Puskara and his mother is the famous Medha-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 57<br/> <br/> Sanandana<br/> <br/> Handsome Sanandana has a fair complexion. He wears blue garments and is decorated with many different ornaments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 58<br/> <br/> He is fourteen years old. He wears garlands of flowers. His father is Arunaksa and his mother is Mallika-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 59<br/> <br/> Handsome Sanandana is very happy to have the friendship of Lord Krsna. He is like the splendid monarch of all transcendental mellows.<br/> <br/> TEXT 60<br/> <br/> Vidagdha has a splendid complexion the color of a yellow campaka flower. He wears blue garments and a necklace of pearls.<br/> <br/> TEXT 61<br/> <br/> He is fourteen years old and full of youthful luster. His father is named Matuka and his mother is Rocana-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 62<br/> <br/> His elder brother is Sudama and his sister is Susila-devi. He is very dear to Sri Krsna. He is full of transcendental love for the divine couple.<br/> <br/> TEXT 63<br/> <br/> Madhumangala<br/> <br/> Madhumangala has a slightly dark complexion. He wears yellow garments and a garlands of forest flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 64<br/> <br/> His father is the saintly Sandipani Muni, his mother the chaste Sumukhi devi, his sister is Nandimukhi-devi and his parental grandmother is Paurnamasi-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 65<br/> <br/> An expert comedian who always plays the buffoon, Sri Madhumangala is the constant companion of Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 66 - 67<br/> <br/> Sri Balarama<br/> <br/> Powerful Lord Balarama has a fair complexion the color of crystal. He wears blue garments and a garland of forest flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 68<br/> <br/> His handsome hair is tied in a graceful topknot. Splendid earrings decorate His ears.<br/> <br/> TEXT 69<br/> <br/> His neck is splendidly decorated with garlands of flowers and strings of jewels. His arms are splendidly decorated with bracelets and armlets.<br/> <br/> TEXT 70<br/> <br/> His feet are decorated with splendid jeweled anklets. His father is Maharaja Vasudeva and His mother is Rohini-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 71<br/> <br/> Nanda Maharaja is the friend of His father. Yasoda-devi is His mother, Sri Krsna His younger brother and Subhadra His sister.<br/> <br/> TEXT 72<br/> <br/> He is sixteen years old and full of the luster of youth. He is Sri Krsna's dearest friend. He is a great reservoir of the nectar mellows of many kinds of transcendental pastimes.<br/> <br/> TEXT 73<br/> <br/> Vitas<br/> <br/> Expert in music, drama, literature, the science of various kinds of scents and a host of ther arts, the vitas are very happy to serve Lord Krsna in many different ways.<br/> <br/> TEXT 74 - 75<br/> <br/> Krsna's Servants<br/> <br/> Bhangura, Brngara, Sandhika, Grahila, Raktaka, Patraka, Patri, Madhukantha, Madhuvrata, Salika, Talika, Mali, Mana and Maladhara are the most prominent of Lord Krsna's servants.<br/> <br/> TEXT 76<br/> <br/> These servants carry Krsna's venu and murali flutes, buffalo-horn bugle, stick, rope and other paraphernalia. They also bring the mineral dyes (the cowherd boys use to decorate their bodies).<br/> <br/> TEXT 77 - 78<br/> <br/> Betel-nut Servants<br/> <br/> Pallva, Mangala, Phulla, Komala, Kapila, Suvilasa, Vilasaksa, Rasala, Rasasali and Jambula are the most important of Lord Krsna's betel-nut servants. They are younger than Krsna and always expert at singing and playing musical instruments. They are younger than Krsna and always stay near Him.<br/> <br/> TEXT 79<br/> <br/> Water Carriers<br/> <br/> Payoda and Varida are the most important of the servants engaged in carrying water for Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> Clothing Washers<br/> <br/> Saranga and Bakula are the most important of the servants engaged in expertly washing Lord Krsna's laundry.<br/> <br/> TEXT 80<br/> <br/> Decorators<br/> <br/> Premakanda, Mahagandha, Sairindhra, Madhu, Kandala and Makaranda are the most important of the servants constantly engaged in decorating Lord Krsna with various ornaments and clothing.<br/> <br/> TEXT 81<br/> <br/> Servants Who Provide Aromatic Substances<br/> <br/> Sumanah, Kusumollasa, Puspahara, Hara and others expertly provide Krsna with various aromatic substances such as flowers, flower ornaments, flower garlands and camphor.<br/> <br/> TEXT 82<br/> <br/> The Napitas<br/> <br/> Svaccha, Susila, Praguna and others are engaged in various services, such as caring for the Lord's hair, massaging Him, giving Him a mirror and guarding over His treasury.<br/> <br/> Others<br/> <br/> Vimala, Komala and others are engaged in various services, such as caring for the Lord's kitchen.<br/> <br/> TEXT 83<br/> <br/> Maidservants<br/> <br/> Dhanistha-devi, Candanakala-devi, Gunamala-devi, Ratiprabha-devi, Taruni-devi, Induprabha-devi, Sobha-devi and Rambha-devi are the leaders of the gopis engaged in Krsna's service. These gopis are expert at cleaning and decorating Krsna's home, anointing it with various aromatic substances, carrying milk and performing other duties.<br/> <br/> TEXT 84<br/> <br/> Other Maidservants<br/> <br/> Kurangi-devi, Bhrngari-devi, Sulamba-devi, Alambika-devi and other gopis also serve Krsna in these ways.<br/> <br/> TEXT 85<br/> <br/> Spies<br/> <br/> Catura, Carana, Dhiman and Pesala are the leaders of Krsna's expert spies, who travel in various disguises among the cowherd men and gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 86<br/> <br/> Gopa Messengers<br/> <br/> Visarada, Tunga, Vavaduka, Manorama and Nitisara are the leaders of the gopa messengers. They carry Krsna's messages to the gopis to arrange for pastimes and also to settle quarrels.<br/> <br/> TEXT 87<br/> <br/> Krsna's Gopi Messengers<br/> <br/> Paurnamasi-devi, Vira-devi, Vrnda-devi, Vamsi-devi, Nandimukhi-devi, Vrndarika-devi, Mela-devi and Murali-devi are the leaders of Krsna's gopi messengers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 88<br/> <br/> Among all these gopi messengers Vrnda-devi is the best. She is expert at arranging the meeting of Radha and Krsna and she is fully conversant with the geography of Vrndavana, knowing the best places for the divine couple's rendezvous.<br/> <br/> TEXT 89<br/> <br/> Paurnamasi<br/> <br/> Paurnamasi's complexion is like molten gold. She wears white garments and many jeweled ornaments.<br/> <br/> TEXT 90<br/> <br/> Paurnamasi is very learned and famous. Her father is Suratadeva and her chaste mother is Candrakala. Her husband is Prabala.<br/> <br/> TEXT 91<br/> <br/> Her brother is Devaprastha. She is like a perfect crest jewel decorating the land of Vraja. She is expert at making various arrangements for the meeting of Radha and Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 92(A)<br/> <br/> Vira<br/> <br/> Another gopi messenger is Vira-devi. She is very famous and is much respected in Vraja. She can speak very arrogantly and boldly and she can also speak sweet and flattering words, as Vrnda-devi does.<br/> <br/> TEXT 92(B)<br/> <br/> She has a dark complexion. She wears splendid white garments and various jewels and flower garlands.<br/> <br/> TEXT 93<br/> <br/> Her husband is Kavala, her mother is the chaste Mohini-devi, her father Visala and her sister is Kavala-devi. She is very dear to Jatila-devi. She resides in the village of Javata<br/> <br/> TEXT 94<br/> <br/> She is expert at making various arrangements for the meeting of Radha and Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 95<br/> <br/> Vrnda-devi<br/> <br/> Vrnda-devi has a beautiful complexion the color of molten gold. She wears blue garments and is decorated with pearls and flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 96<br/> <br/> Her father is Candrabhanu and her mother is Phullara-devi. Her husband is Mahipala and her sister is Manjari-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 97<br/> <br/> She always remains in Vrndavana, immersed in love for Radha and Krsna and yearning to both arrange for Their meeting and taste the nectar of assisting in Their transcendental pastimes.<br/> <br/> TEXT 98<br/> <br/> Nandimukhi-devi<br/> <br/> Nandimukhi-devi has a fair complexion and wears exquisite garments. Her father is Sandipani Muni and her mother is the chaste Sumukhi-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 99<br/> <br/> Her brother is Madhumangala and her paternal grandmother is Paurnamasi-devi. She wears various jeweled ornaments and she glows with youthful luster.<br/> <br/> TEXT 100<br/> <br/> She is expert at various arts and crafts. Full of love for Radha and Krsna, she is expert at making various arrangements for Their rendezvous.<br/> <br/> TEXT 101<br/> <br/> A General Description of Lord Krsna's Servants<br/> <br/> Sobhana, Dipana and other provide lamps for the Lord and Sudhakara, Sudhanada, Sananda and others play the mrdanga for His satisfaction.<br/> <br/> TEXT 102<br/> <br/> Vicitrarava and Madhurarava are the leaders of the talented an virtuous poets who compose prayers glorifying Sri Krsna, while Candrahasa, Induhasa and Candramukha are leaders of the servants who dance for the Lord's satisfaction.<br/> <br/> TEXT 103<br/> <br/> Kalakantha, Sukantha, Sudhakantha, Bharata, Sarada, Vidyavilasa, Sarasa and others are learned in the arts of all kinds of literary composition. They carry their books and papers with them and they are fully aware of all the mellows fo devotional service.<br/> <br/> TEXT 104<br/> <br/> Raucika is the tailor who sews clothes for the Lord. Sumukha, Durlabha, Ranjana and others wash the Lord's laundry.<br/> <br/> TEXT 105<br/> <br/> Punyapunja and Bhagyarasi are the two sweepers who clean the area around Krsna's home.<br/> <br/> TEXT 106<br/> <br/> Rangana and Tankana are goldsmiths who make ornaments for the Lord. Pavana and Karmatha are potters who make drinking vessels and jugs for churning butter.<br/> <br/> TEXT 107<br/> <br/> Vardhaki and Vardhamana are carpenters who serve the Lord by building carts, couches and other objects. Sucitra nd Vicitra are talented artists who paint pictures for the Lord.<br/> <br/> TEXT 108<br/> <br/> Kunda, Kanthola, Karanda and others are craftsmen who make ropes, churning rods, axes, baskets, balances for carrying heavy objects and various other ordinary utensils.<br/> <br/> TEXT 109<br/> <br/> Mangala, Pingala, Ganga, Pisangi, Manikastani, Hamsi and Vamsipriya are the most important of the surabhi cows, who are all very dear to Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 110<br/> <br/> Padmagandha and Pisangaksa are Krsna's pet oxen. Suranga is His pet deer and Dadhilobha is His pet monkey.<br/> <br/> TEXT 111<br/> <br/> Vyaghra and Bhramaraka are Krsna's pet dogs. Kalasvana is His pet swan, Tandavika His pet peacock and Daksa and Vicaksana His pet parrots.<br/> <br/> TEXT 112<br/> <br/> Places of Krsna's Pastimes Described<br/> <br/> The best of all places of Krsna's pastimes is the great garden known as Vrndavana forest. Another important place of the Lord's pastimes is the beautiful and opulent Govardhana Hill. This Hill is very appropriately named for it nourishes (vardhana) Krsna's cows (go) with its grasses.<br/> <br/> TEXT 113<br/> <br/> On Govardhana Hill is the cave known as Manikandali and the river-landing place named Nilamandapika. On the Manasa-ganga river is the famous landing place named Paranga.<br/> <br/> TEXT 114<br/> <br/> The boat named Suvilasatara remains at this Paranga landing place. Another important place is Nandisvara Hill, Krsna's home, where the goddess of fortune is personally present.<br/> <br/> TEXT 115<br/> <br/> On Nandisvara Hill is the splendid white stone house where Krsna grew up. This house is named Amodavardhana because it is always filled with (vardhana) the pleasant fragrance (amoda) of incense and other aromatic substances.<br/> <br/> TEXT 116<br/> <br/> The lake near Krsna's home is named Pavana and on its shore there are many groves where the Lord enjoys pastimes. Also near Krsna's home is the grove named Kama Mahatirtha and the jeweled pathway named Mandara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 117<br/> <br/> The splendid kadamba trees named Kadambaraj and the king of the banyan trees named Bhandira grow in the forest of Vrndavana. On the sandy bank of the Yamuna is the pastime place named Anagaranga-bhu.<br/> <br/> TEXT 118<br/> <br/> On the shore of the Yamuna River is the sacred place known as Khela-tirtha, where Lord Krsna eternally enjoys pastimes with His dearmost Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 119<br/> <br/> Sri Krsna's Paraphernalia<br/> <br/> Krsna's mirror is named Saradindu and His fan is named Marumaruta. His toy lotus flower is named Sadasmera and His toy ball is named Citrakoraka.<br/> <br/> TEXT 120<br/> <br/> Krsna's golden bow is named Vilasakarmana. The two ends of this bow are studded with jewels and it has a bowstring named Manjulasara.<br/> <br/> TEXT 121<br/> <br/> His glistening jewel-handled scissors are named Tustida. His buffalo-horn bugle is named Mandraghosa and His flute is named Bhuvanamohini.<br/> <br/> TEXT 122<br/> <br/> Krsna has another flute named Mahananda, which is like a fishook that captures the fish of Srimati Radharani's heart and mind. Another flute, which has six holes is known as Madanajhankrti.<br/> <br/> TEXT 123<br/> <br/> Krsna's flute named Sarala makes a low, soft tone like the sound of a softly singing cuckoo. Krsna is very fond of playing this flute in the ragas gaudi and garjari.<br/> <br/> TEXT 124<br/> <br/> The wonderful sacred mantra He chants is the name of His dearmost Radharani. His cane is named Mandana, His vina is named Tarangini, the two ropes He carries are named Pasuvasikara and His milk bucket is named Amrtadohani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 125<br/> <br/> Krsna's ornaments<br/> <br/> On Krsna's arm is an amulet studded with nine jewels and placed there by His mother for His protection.<br/> <br/> TEXT 126<br/> <br/> His two armlets are named Rangada, His two bracelets are named Sobhana, His signet ring is named Ratnamukhi and His yellow garments are named Nigamasobhana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 127<br/> <br/> Krsna's string of small bell is named Kalajhankara and His two anklets are named Hamsaganjana. The tinkling sounds of these ornaments enchant the deer that are the minds of the deer-eyed gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 128<br/> <br/> Krsna's pearl necklace is named Taravali and His jewel necklace is named Taditprabha. The locket He wears on His chest is named Hrdayamodana and within it is a picture of Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 129<br/> <br/> Krsna's jewel is named Kaustubha. In the Kaliya lake the Kaliya serpent's wives gave this jewel to the Lord with their own hands.<br/> <br/> TEXT 130<br/> <br/> Krsna's shark-shaped earrings are named Ratiragadhidaivata, His crown is named Ratnapara and its crest-jewel is named Camaradamari.<br/> <br/> TEXT 131<br/> <br/> Krsna's peacock feather crown is named Navaratnavidamba, His gunja necklace is named Ragavalli and His tilaka marking is named Drstimohana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 132<br/> <br/> Krsna's garland of forest flowers and leaves, which reaches down to His feet and contains flowers of five different colors, is called Vaijayanti.<br/> <br/> TEXT 133<br/> <br/> The eighth night of the dark moon in the month of Bhadra, when the moon rose together with its dear companion, the star Rohini, is the sacred time decorated by the birth of Lord Krsna in this world.<br/> <br/> TEXT 134<br/> <br/> Krsna's Dear Gopis<br/> <br/> Now the very wonderful gopis, who are decorated with the good fortune of pure love of God to a greater degree than even Laksmi-devi and the other goddesses of fortune, will be glorified.<br/> <br/> TEXT 135<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani<br/> <br/> Among all the beautiful gopis Srimati Radharani is the best. Radharani is the queen of Vrndavana. She has many famous friends, headed by Lalita and Visakha.<br/> <br/> TEXT 136 - 139<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's rival is Candravali. Among Candravali's friends are Padma, Syama, Saibya, Bhadra, Vicitra, Gopali, Palika, Candrasalika, Mangala, Vimala, Lila, Taralaksi, Manorama, Kandarpa-manjari, Manjubhasini, Khanjaneksana, Kumuda, Kairavi, Sari, Saradaksi, Visarada, Sankari, Kunkuma, Krsna, Sarangi, Indravali, Siva, Taravali, Gunavati, Sumukhi, Keli-manjari, Haravali, Cakoraksi, Bharati and Kamala.<br/> <br/> TEXT 140<br/> <br/> The beautiful gopis may be considered in hundreds of groups, each group containing hundreds of thousands of gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 141<br/> <br/> Among all these gopis the most important are Srimati Radharani, Candravali, Bhadra, Syama and Palika. These gopis are full of all transcendental good qualities.<br/> <br/> TEXT 142<br/> <br/> Of these gopis Srimati Radharani and Candravali are the best. Each of them has millions of doe-eyed gopi followers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 143<br/> <br/> Because She possesses all charm and sweetness, Srimati Radharani is the better of the two. She is supremely famous. In the Sruti-sastra She is known by the name Gandharva-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 144<br/> <br/> Sri Krsna, the cowherd prince whose charming sweetness has no equal or superior, is very dear to Srimati Radharani. She considers Him millions and millions of times more dear than Her own life's breath.<br/> <br/> TEXT 145<br/> <br/> Now the beauty of Srimati Radharani's trancendental form will be described. Srimati Radharani is expert in all the fine arts and Her transcendental form is like an ocean of nectar.<br/> <br/> TEXT 146<br/> <br/> Her splendid bodily luster is like the yellow pigment gorocana, molten gold, or stationary lightning.<br/> <br/> TEXT 147<br/> <br/> She wears wonderfully beautiful blue garments and She is decorated with various pearls and flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 148<br/> <br/> She is very beautiful and She has long nicely braided hair. She is decorated with a garland of flowers and a beautiful pearl necklace.<br/> <br/> TEXT 149<br/> <br/> Her splendid forehead is decorated with the red pigment sindura and with beautiful locks of curling hair.<br/> <br/> TEXT 150<br/> <br/> Decorated with blue bangles, Her arms have defeated Cupid's staff with their beauty.<br/> <br/> TEXT 151<br/> <br/> Decorated with black mascara and reaching back almost to Her ears, Srimati Radharani's lotus eyes are the most beautiful in all the three planetary systems.<br/> <br/> TEXT 152<br/> <br/> Her nose is as beautiful as a sesame flower and it is nicely decorated with a pearl. She is anointed with various perfumes. She is splendidly beautiful.<br/> <br/> TEXT 153<br/> <br/> Her ears are decorated with wonderful earrings and Her nectarean lips defeat the red lotus flowers.<br/> <br/> TEXT 154<br/> <br/> Her teeth are like a row of pearls and Her tongue is very beautiful. Decorated with a nectarean smile of pure love for Krsna, Her beautiful face is a splendid as millions of moons.<br/> <br/> TEXT 155<br/> <br/> The beauty of Her chin has defeated and bewildered the demigod Cupid. Decorated with a drop of musk, Her chin appears like a golden lotus flower with a bumblebee.<br/> <br/> TEXT 156<br/> <br/> Bearing all the marks of wonderful beauty, Her neck is decorated with a string of pearls. Her neck, back and sides are enchantingly beautiful.<br/> <br/> TEXT 157<br/> <br/> Her beautiful breasts are like two splendid waterpots covered with a bodice and decorated with a necklace of pearls.<br/> <br/> TEXT 158<br/> <br/> Her beautiful enchanting arms are decorated with jeweled armlets.<br/> <br/> TEXT 159<br/> <br/> Her arms are also decorated with jeweled bracelets and other kinds of jeweled ornaments. Her hands are like two red lotus flowers illuminated by the series of moons that are Her fingernails<br/> <br/> TEXT 160<br/> <br/> Auspicious Markings on Srimati Radharani's Hands<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's hands are decorated with many auspicious markings such as the signs of the bumblebee, lotus, crescent moon, earring, parasol, sacrificial post, conchshell, tree, flower, camara and svastika.<br/> <br/> TEXT 161<br/> <br/> These auspicious marks are manifest in various ways on Srimati Radharani's lotus hands. Her splendidly beautiful fingers are also decorated with jeweled rings.<br/> <br/> TEXT 162<br/> <br/> Charming, full of sweet nectar and decorated with a deep navel, Srimati Radharani's beautiful waist enchants the three worlds.<br/> <br/> TEXT 163<br/> <br/> Her sloping hips lead to Her charmingly beautiful slender waist, which is bound by a creeper of three beautiful folds of skin and decorated with a sash of tinkling bells.<br/> <br/> TEXT 164<br/> <br/> As beautiful as two exquisite plantain trees, Her thighs enchant the mind of Cupid. Her beautiful knees are like two reservoirs filled with the nectar of various transcendental pastimes.<br/> <br/> TEXT 165<br/> <br/> Her beautiful lotus feet are decorated with jeweled ankle-bells and Her toes with toe rings as beautiful as the treasure of Varuna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 166<br/> <br/> The Auspicious Markings on Srimati Radharani's Lotus Feet<br/> <br/> The auspicious markings on Srimati Radharani's lotus feet include the signs of the conchshell, moon, elephant, barleycorn, rod for controlling elephants, chariot flag, small drum, svastika and fish.<br/> <br/> TEXT 167<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani is fifteen years old and full of the luster of youth.<br/> <br/> TEXT 168<br/> <br/> Yasoda-devi, the queen of the cowherds, is more affectionate to Radharani than millions of mothers can be. Radharani's father is King Vrsabhanu, who is as splendid as the sun.<br/> <br/> TEXT 169<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's mother is Kirtida-devi, who is also known in this world as Ratnagarbha-devi. Radharani's paternal grandfather is Mahibhanu and Her maternal grandfather is Indu.<br/> <br/> TEXT 170<br/> <br/> Her maternal grandmother is Mukhara-devi and Her paternal grandmother is Sukhada-devi. Her father's brothers (Her uncles) are Ratnabhanu, Subhanu and Bhanu.<br/> <br/> TEXT 171<br/> <br/> Bhadrakirti, Mahakirti and Kirticandra are Radharani's materal uncles. Menaka-devi, Sasthi-devi, Gauri-devi, Dhatri-devi and Dhataki-devi are Radharani's materal aunts.<br/> <br/> TEXT 172<br/> <br/> Radharani's mother's sister is Kirtimati-devi, whose husband is Kasa. Radharani's father's sister is Bhanumudra-devi, whose husband is Kusa.<br/> <br/> TEXT 173<br/> <br/> Radharani's elder brother is Sridama and Her younger sister is Ananga-manjari. Radharani's father-in-law is Vrkagopa and Her brother-in-law is Durmada.<br/> <br/> TEXT 174<br/> <br/> Jatila-devi is Radharani's mother-in-law and Abhimanyu is Radharani's so-called husband. Kutila-devi, who is always eager to find fault, is Radharani's sister-in-law.<br/> <br/> TEXT 175<br/> <br/> Lalita, Visakha, Sucitra, Campakalata, Ranga-devi, Sudevi, Tungavidya and Indulekha are the eight dearest friends of Srimati Radharani. These gopis are considered the leaders of all the others.<br/> <br/> TEXT 176<br/> <br/> Kurangaksi, Mandali, Mankiundala, Matali, Candralalita, Madhavi, Madanalasa, Manjumedha, Sasikala, Sumadhya, Madhureksana, Kamala, Kamalatika, Gunacuda, Varangada, Madhuri, Candrika, Prema-manjari, Tanumadhyama, Kandarpa-sundari and Manjukesi are among the millions of dear friends (priya-sakhi) of Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 177<br/> <br/> Lasika, Kelikandali, Kadambari, Sasimukhi, Candrarekha, Priyamvada, Madonmada, Madhumati, Vasanti, Kalabhasini, Ratnavali, Manimati and Karpuralatika are among those friends (jivita-sakhi) for whom Srimati Radharani is as dear as life.<br/> <br/> TEXT 178<br/> <br/> Kasturi, Manojna, Manimanjari, Sindura, Candanavati, Kaumudi and Madira are among Sriamti Radharani's eternal friends (nitya-sakhi).<br/> <br/> TEXT 179- 181<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's Manjari Friends.<br/> <br/> Ananga-manjari, Rupa-manjari, Rati-manjari, Lavanga-manjari, Raga-manjari, Rasa-manjari, Vilasa-manjari, Prema-manjari, Mani-manjari, Suvarna-manjari, Kama-manjari, Ratna-manjari, Kasturi-manjari, Gandha-manjari, Netra-manjari, Sripadma-manjari, Lila-manjari and Hema-manjari are among Srimati Radharani's manjari friends. Prema-manjari and Rati-manjari are both also known by the name Bhanumati-devi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 182<br/> <br/> The Objects of Srimati Radharani's Worship<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's worshipable deity is the sun-god, who enlivens the lotus flowers and acts as an eye for the entire world. Srimati Radharani's maha-mantra is the name of Lord Krsna. Srimati Radharani's benefactor, who brings Her all good fortune, is Bhagavati Paurnamasi.<br/> <br/> TEXT 183<br/> <br/> Specific Description of Various Gopis<br/> <br/> Lalita-devi and the other eight principal gopis, the other gopis and the manjari have forms that are for the most part like the transcendental form of Srimati Radharani, the queen of Vrndavana.<br/> <br/> TEXT 184<br/> <br/> Vrnda-devi, Kundalat-devi and their followaers assist the divine couple in Their pastimes in the various forests of Vrndavana. Dhanistha-devi, Gunamala-devi and their followers remain in the home of Nanda Maharaja,the cowherd king and assist the Lord's pastimes from there.<br/> <br/> TEXT 185<br/> <br/> Kamada-devi is the daughter of Srimati Radharani's nurse. Kamada is an especially close friend of Radharani. Ragalekha-devi, Kalakeli-devi and Manjula-devi are some of Radharani's maidservants.<br/> <br/> TEXT 186<br/> <br/> Nandimukhi-devi and Bindumati-devi are the leaders of those gopis who arrange the rendezvous of Radha and Krsna. Syamala-devi and Mangala-devi are the leaders of those gopis who act as well-wishers of Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 187<br/> <br/> Candravali-devi is the leader of those gopis who are Srimati Radharani's rivals.<br/> <br/> TEXT 188<br/> <br/> The talented musicians Rasollasa-devi, Gunatunga-devi,Kalakanthi-devi, Sukhanti-devi, and Pikakanti-devi delight Lord Hari by singing Visakha's musical compositions.<br/> <br/> TEXT 189<br/> <br/> Maniki-devi, Narmada-devi, and Kusumapesala-devi serve the divine couple by playing drums, cymbals, string instruments like the vina, and wind instruments like the flute.<br/> <br/> TEXT 190<br/> <br/> In this way we have described some of the sakhis (gopi friends), nitya-sakhis (eternal gopi friends), prana-sakhis (gopi friends who are as dear as life), priya-sakhis (dear gopi friends) and parama-prestha-sakhis (dearest gopi friends)<br/> <br/> TEXT 191<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's Maidservants<br/> <br/> Ragalekha-devi, Kalakeli-devi and Bhurida-devi are the leaders fo those gopis who are Srimati Radharani's maidservants. Among these maidservants are Sugandha-devi and Nalini-devi (the two daughters of Divakirti-devi) and Manjistha-devi and Rangaraga-devi (the two daughters of Nanda Maharaja's laundry washers).<br/> <br/> TEXT 192<br/> <br/> Palindri-devi serves Srimati Radharani by dressing and decorating Her. Citrini decorates Radharani with various cosmetics. Mantriki-devi and Tantriki-devi are astrologers who reveal the future to Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 193<br/> <br/> Katyayani-devi is the leader of those gopi messengers who are older than Srimati Radharani. Bhagyavati-devi and Punyapunja-devi, the two daughters of Maharaja Nanda's sweeper, are also the maidservants of Srimati Radharani.<br/> <br/> TEXT 194<br/> <br/> Tunga-devi, Malli-devi and Matalli-devi are the leaders of those girls descended from the uncivilized mountain tribe known as the Pulindas. In Vrndavana some of the Pulinda girls act as the friends of Srimati Radharani and some are the friends of Sri Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 195<br/> <br/> Also included among Srimati Radharani's servants are Gargi-devi and other very respectable brahmana girls, Bhrngarika-devi and other girls from the ceti community, Vijaya-devi, Rasala-devi, Payoda-devi and other girls from the vita community, as well as the boys Subala, Ujjvala, Gandharva, Madhumangala and Raktaka.<br/> <br/> TEXT 196<br/> <br/> Tunga-devi, Pisangi-devi and Kalakandala-devi always remain near Srimati Radharani to serve Her. Manjual-devi, Bindula-devi, Sandha-devi, Mrdula-devi and others, although very young still engage in Radharani's service.<br/> <br/> TEXT 197<br/> <br/> Sunada, Yamuna and Bahula are the most important of Srimati Radharani's pet surabhi cows. Tungi is Her chubby pet calf, Kakkhati is Her old pet monkey, Rangini is Her pet doe and Carucnadrika is Her pet cakori bird.<br/> <br/> TEXT 198<br/> <br/> Tundikeri is the name of Radharani's pet swan, who is fond of swimming in Radha-kunda. Madhuri is Radharani's pet elephant and Suksmadhi and Subha are Her two pet parrots.<br/> <br/> TEXT 199<br/> <br/> The two parrots perfectly imitate Lalita-devi's playful jokes spoken to her master and mistress (Sri Sri Radha-Krsna). By this wonderful repetition the parrots astonish the gopis.<br/> <br/> TEXT 200<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's Ornaments<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's tilaka marking is named Smarayantra. Her jeweled necklace is named Harimohana, Her jeweled earrings are named Rocana and the pearl decorating Her nose is named Prabhakari.<br/> <br/> TEXT 201<br/> <br/> Her locket which contains a picture of Lord Krsna, is named Madana. Her Syamantaka jewel is also known as Sankhacuda-siromani 9Sankhacuda's crest-jewel).<br/> <br/> TEXT 202<br/> <br/> The auspicious jewel She wears around Her neck is called Puspavan because it eclipses the simultaneous rising of the sun and moon (puspavan0 with its splendor. Her anklets are called Catakarava because their tinkling sounds resemble the warbling of cataka birds. Her bracelets are called Manikarvura.<br/> <br/> TEXT 203<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's signet ring is named Vipaksamardini. Her sash is named Kancanacitrangi and Her ankle-bells, which stun Lord Krsna with their tinkling sounds, are named Ratnagopura.<br/> <br/> TEXT 204<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's garments are named Meghambara. Her upper garment is red like a ruby and it is the favorite of Lord Hari. Radharani's lower garment is the color of a blue cloud and it is Her own favorite.<br/> <br/> TEXT 205<br/> <br/> Srimati Radhrani's jeweled mirror is named Sudhamsudarpaharana, which means "that which removes (harana) the moon's (sudhamsu) pride (darpa)."<br/> <br/> TEXT 206<br/> <br/> Her golden stick for applying mascara is named Narmada, Her jeweled comb is named Svastida and Her private flower garden is named Kandarpakuhali.<br/> <br/> TEXT 207<br/> <br/> In Radharani's garden is a vine of golden jasmine flowers that She has named Tadidvalli ("the vine of lightning"). Her private lake bears Her own name (Radha-kunda) and on the shore of that lake is a kadamba tree that is the site of very confidential talks between Her and Lord Krsna.<br/> <br/> TEXT 208<br/> <br/> Her favorite ragas are mallara and dhanasri and Her favorite dances are chalikya and rudravallaki.<br/> <br/> TEXT 209<br/> <br/> Srimati Radharani's glorious birth occured on the eighth day of the bright moon in the month of Bhadra. Although generally not full on that day, the moon appeared full to celebrate Radharani's appearance in this world.<br/> <br/> TEXT 210<br/> <br/> In this way we have revealed a little about the countless associates of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna, the two monarchs of Sri Vrndavana.</p>Mother Yasodas complexion is Shyam Like Her son Krsnatag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-16:4087284:BlogPost:1116012023-11-16T12:59:36.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>Mother Yasodas complexion is Shyam Like Her son Krsna</p>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Author: Vyasadeva…</div>
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<p>Mother Yasodas complexion is Shyam Like Her son Krsna</p>
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<div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" id=":r4l:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Official Name: <span><a></a></span>Damodarastakam</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Author: Vyasadeva</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Book Name: Padma Purana</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">LYRICS:</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">(1)</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">namāmīśvaraṁ sac-cid-ānanda-rūpaṁ</div>
<div dir="auto">lasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrājamanam</div>
<div dir="auto">yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād dhāvamānaṁ</div>
<div dir="auto">parāmṛṣṭam atyantato drutya gopyā</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">(2)</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">rudantaṁ muhur netra-yugmaṁ mṛjantam</div>
<div dir="auto">karāmbhoja-yugmena sātaṅka-netram</div>
<div dir="auto">muhuḥ śvāsa-kampa-trirekhāṅka-kaṇṭha-</div>
<div dir="auto">sthita-graivaṁ dāmodaraṁ bhakti-baddham</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">(3)</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">itīdṛk sva-līlābhir ānanda-kuṇḍe</div>
<div dir="auto">sva-ghoṣaṁ nimajjantam ākhyāpayantam</div>
<div dir="auto">tadīyeṣita-jñeṣu bhaktair jitatvaṁ</div>
<div dir="auto">punaḥ prematas taṁ śatāvṛtti vande</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">(4)</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">varaṁ deva mokṣaṁ na mokṣāvadhiṁ vā</div>
<div dir="auto">na canyaṁ vṛṇe ‘haṁ vareṣād apīha</div>
<div dir="auto">idaṁ te vapur nātha gopāla-bālaṁ</div>
<div dir="auto">sadā me manasy āvirāstāṁ kim anyaiḥ</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">idaṁ te mukhāmbhojam atyanta-nīlair</div>
<div dir="auto">vṛtaṁ kuntalaiḥ snigdha-raktaiś ca gopyā</div>
<div dir="auto">muhuś cumbitaṁ bimba-raktādharaṁ me</div>
<div dir="auto">manasy āvirāstām alaṁ lakṣa-lābhaiḥ</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">namo deva dāmodarānanta viṣṇo</div>
<div dir="auto">prasīda prabho duḥkha-jālābdhi-magnam</div>
<div dir="auto">kṛpā-dṛṣṭi-vṛṣṭyāti-dīnaṁ batānu</div>
<div dir="auto">gṛhāṇeṣa mām ajñam edhy akṣi-dṛśyaḥ</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">(7)</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">kuverātmajau baddha-mūrtyaiva yadvat</div>
<div dir="auto">tvayā mocitau bhakti-bhājau kṛtau ca</div>
<div dir="auto">tathā prema-bhaktiṁ svakāṁ me prayaccha</div>
<div dir="auto">na mokṣe graho me ‘sti dāmodareha</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">namas te ‘stu dāmne sphurad-dīpti-dhāmne</div>
<div dir="auto">tvadīyodarāyātha viśvasya dhāmne</div>
<div dir="auto">namo rādhikāyai tvadīya-priyāyai</div>
<div dir="auto">namo ‘nanta-līlāya devāya tubhyam</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">1) To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who I (due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing) is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yasoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed--to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">2) (Seeing the whipping stick in His mother's hand) He is crying and rubbing His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around His neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of His quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">3) By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbues with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">4) O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon (which may be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti). O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrndavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this?</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">5) O Lord, Your lotus face, which is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of Your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">6) O Supreme Godhead, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Vishnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showering Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">7) O Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera, Manigriva and Nalakuvara, were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in Your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me Your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od"><img height="16" width="16" alt="😎" class="xz74otr" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdc/1.5/16/1f60e.png"/></span> O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">This song was originally spoken by Satyavrata Muni in a conversation with Narada Muni and Saunaka Rsi.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">This song is sung during the Month of Kartik, also known as the month of Damodara. As quoted in the Sri Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa, "In the month of Kartika one should worship Lord Damodara and daily recite the prayer known as Damodarastaka, which has been spoken by the sage Satyavrata and which attracts Lord Damodara. (Sri Hari-bhakti-vilasa 2.16.198).”</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s"><div dir="auto">Mother Yasoda's body is of a medium size, neither large nor small. She has long black hair. Her closest friends are Aindavi and Kirtida.</div>
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<p>Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila chapter 19</p>
<p>Text 76: “Because of separation from His many friends in Vṛndāvana, who were like His own life, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a madman. His intelligence was transformed. Day and night He rubbed His moonlike face against the walls, and blood flowed from the injuries. May that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rise in my heart and make me mad with love.”<br></br>Text 77: In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed immersed day and night in an ocean of…</p>
<p>Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila chapter 19</p>
<p>Text 76: “Because of separation from His many friends in Vṛndāvana, who were like His own life, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke like a madman. His intelligence was transformed. Day and night He rubbed His moonlike face against the walls, and blood flowed from the injuries. May that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rise in my heart and make me mad with love.”<br/>Text 77: In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed immersed day and night in an ocean of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Sometimes He was submerged, and sometimes He floated.<br/>Text 78: One full-moon night in the month of Vaiśākha [April-May], Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to a garden.<br/>Text 79: The Lord, along with His devotees, entered one of the nicest gardens, called Jagannātha-vallabha.<br/>Text 80: In the garden were fully blossomed trees and creepers exactly like those in Vṛndāvana. Bumblebees and birds like the śuka, śārī and pika talked with one another.<br/>Text 81: A mild breeze was blowing, carrying the fragrance of aromatic flowers. The breeze had become a guru and was teaching all the trees and creepers how to dance.<br/>Text 82: Brightly illuminated by the full moon, the trees and creepers glittered in the light.<br/>Text 83: The six seasons, especially spring, seemed present there. Seeing the garden, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was very happy.<br/>Text 84: In this atmosphere, the Lord had His associates sing the verse from the Gīta-govinda beginning with the words “lalita-lavaṅga-latā” as He danced and wandered about with them.<br/>Text 85: As He thus wandered around every tree and creeper, He came beneath an aśoka tree and suddenly saw Lord Kṛṣṇa.<br/>Text 86: When He saw Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began running very swiftly, but Kṛṣṇa smiled and disappeared.<br/>Text 87: Having gotten Kṛṣṇa and then lost Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell to the ground unconscious.<br/>Text 88: The entire garden was filled with the scent of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smelled it, He fell unconscious at once.<br/>Text 89: But the scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body incessantly entered His nostrils, and the Lord became mad to relish it.<br/>Text 90: Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī once spoke a verse to Her gopī friends describing how She hankers for the transcendental scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited that same verse and made its meaning clear.<br/>Text 91: “ ‘The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body surpasses the aroma of musk and attracts the minds of all women. The eight lotuslike parts of His body distribute the fragrance of lotuses mixed with that of camphor. His body is anointed with aromatic substances like musk, camphor, sandalwood and aguru. O My dear friend, that Personality of Godhead, also known as the enchanter of Cupid, always increases the desire of My nostrils.’<br/>Text 92: “The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body surpasses the fragrances of musk and the bluish lotus flower. Spreading throughout the fourteen worlds, it attracts everyone and makes the eyes of all women blind.<br/>Text 93: “My dear friend, the scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body enchants the entire world. It especially enters the nostrils of women and remains seated there. Thus it captures them and forcibly brings them to Kṛṣṇa.<br/>Text 94: “Kṛṣṇa’s eyes, navel and face, hands and feet are like eight lotus flowers on His body. From those eight lotuses emanates a fragrance like a mixture of camphor and lotus. That is the scent associated with His body.<br/>Text 95: “When sandalwood pulp is mixed with aguru, kuṅkuma, musk and camphor and spread on Kṛṣṇa’s body, it combines with Kṛṣṇa’s own original bodily perfume and seems to cover it.<br/>Text 96: “The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body is so attractive that it enchants the bodies and minds of all women. It bewilders their nostrils, loosens their belts and hair, and makes them madwomen. All the women of the world come under its influence, and therefore the scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body is like a plunderer.<br/>Text 97: “Falling completely under its influence, the nostrils yearn for it continuously, although sometimes they obtain it and sometimes not. When they do they drink their fill, though they still want more and more, but if they don’t, out of thirst they die.<br/>Caitanya Caritamrta chapter 19<img src="https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/401236795_272441362448131_2787124678498893247_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=rhB6WpF-cdsAX8DB0Kg&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCoc7trQLG1zwvMdOROYGyLQDgnZcsuBNbJa8ZEvDziwA&oe=655559D3" alt="May be an image of 2 people and temple"/></p>Why is Sri Radhas hands shaking while placing Asoka flowers at Krsnas ears ?tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-12:4087284:BlogPost:1113532023-11-12T03:45:28.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>Why is Sri Radhas hands shaking while placing Asoka flowers at Krsnas ears ?</p>
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<p>Why is Sri Radhas hands shaking while placing Asoka flowers at Krsnas ears ? ?<br></br>atha dara phullam asoka Jata stavaka yugam vrsabhanu suta<br></br>svayam avacitya ha reh sravasos capala ka rena dadhau sumukhi<br></br>Vrsabhanu's fairfaced daughter personally picked two slightly blooming Asoka-clusters and placed them in Haris ears with shivering hand. (26)<br></br>Govinda Liamrta chapter 22…</p>
<p>Why is Sri Radhas hands shaking while placing Asoka flowers at Krsnas ears ?</p>
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<p>Why is Sri Radhas hands shaking while placing Asoka flowers at Krsnas ears ? ?<br/>atha dara phullam asoka Jata stavaka yugam vrsabhanu suta<br/>svayam avacitya ha reh sravasos capala ka rena dadhau sumukhi<br/>Vrsabhanu's fairfaced daughter personally picked two slightly blooming Asoka-clusters and placed them in Haris ears with shivering hand. (26)<br/>Govinda Liamrta chapter 22 <br/>It is due to Her Mahabhava, that makes Her exhibit so many Satvika Bhava symptoms <br/>These are the Asoka flowers I do recall having seen them in Vrindavana ,so Sri Radha places them as Krsnas ears<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>Mahanidhi Maharaja has mentioned the Asoka flowers during spring season it is all based on Govinda Lilamrta <a href="https://www.mahanidhiswami.com/krishna-nectar-lilas-part.../">https://www.mahanidhiswami.com/krishna-nectar-lilas-part.../</a><br/>Krishna Nectar Lilas part 3 “Ten Amazing Seasons of Vraja -2” – Mahanidhi Swami<br/>MAHANIDHISWAMI.COM<br/>Krishna Nectar Lilas part 3 “Ten Amazing Seasons of Vraja -2” – Mahanidhi Swami<br/>Krishna Nectar Lilas part 3 “Ten Amazing Seasons of Vraja -2” – Mahanidhi Swami<br/>15m<br/>Reply<br/>Remove Preview<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>. The Spring Season<br/>Mango trees laden with new buds announce the arrival of spring. Asoka trees exploding with splendid red flowers drive away all lamentation, like the Lord’s devotees who have transcended the misty coverings of hankering and lamenting. Cuckoos play about the trees, like the restless monkeys in Ramacandra’s phalanx.<br/>15m<br/>Reply<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>I do recall Lord Caitanya saw Krsna manifest at a Asoka tree that is there in the later chapters of Antya Lila in Caitanya Caritamrta<br/>No photo description available.<br/>10m<br/>Reply<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>One full-moon night in the month of Vaisakha [April-May], Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to the Jagannatha-vallabha garden. In the garden were fully blossomed trees and creepers exactly like those in Vmndavana. Bumblebees and birds talked with one another. A mild breeze was blowing, carrying the fragrance of aromatic flowers. Brightly illuminated by the full moon, the trees and creepers glittered in the light.<br/>9m<br/>Reply<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>Lord Caitanya sees Krsna in the Asoka Tree. As he thus wandered around every tree and creeper, He came beneath an aśoka tree and suddenly saw Lord Krsna.<br/>When He saw Krsna, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began running very swiftly, but Kṛṣṇa smiled and disappeared. Having first gotten Krşņa and then having lost Him again, Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu fell to the ground unconscious.<br/>Chaitanya caratramrita antya 19.88</p>How I obtained 1000 names of Lord Narasimha!tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-10:4087284:BlogPost:1115982023-11-10T14:48:23.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
How I obtained 1000 names of Lord Narasimha!<br />
In 1986 in Vrindavana I started worshipping Ugra Narasimha Salagrama Sila, and my godbrother Kaliya Krsna Prabhu taught me everything in worship of Salagrama and Govardhana silas ,after that I also was asked to do daily Salagrama and Govardhana Puja on the alter of Sri Sri Krsna Balarama in ISKCON Vrindavana .<br />
Kaliya Krsna Prabhu had 1000 names of Lord Narasimha but only in Sanskrit so I obtained that from him .I asked Satya Narayana Prabhu to kindly…
How I obtained 1000 names of Lord Narasimha!<br />
In 1986 in Vrindavana I started worshipping Ugra Narasimha Salagrama Sila, and my godbrother Kaliya Krsna Prabhu taught me everything in worship of Salagrama and Govardhana silas ,after that I also was asked to do daily Salagrama and Govardhana Puja on the alter of Sri Sri Krsna Balarama in ISKCON Vrindavana .<br />
Kaliya Krsna Prabhu had 1000 names of Lord Narasimha but only in Sanskrit so I obtained that from him .I asked Satya Narayana Prabhu to kindly translate it for me and I gave him a donation for his Brahminical service ,the 1000 names of Lord Narasimha I later gave to Kusakratha Prabhu and asked him to make it into a book, thus the 1000 names was first published in book form,,,however the Nyasa Mantras and Sudarshan Mantras etc Dhyana Mantras and translation I also gave him ,he did not publish so I was disappointed and asked him later for that translation back but he no longer had it so ,that was lost, but at least the actualy 1000 names of Lord Narasimha is still there and Satya Narayana Prabhus translation has thus spread all over the internet , and in ISKCON and Gaudiya Math...but again sadly some of the invoking parts are not there, the 1000 names of Lord Narasimha is from Narasimha Purana.You can also find a summary of Narasimha Purana that deals with Lord Narasimhas pastimes in my book Sri Narasimha .The 1000 names of Lord Narasimha is spoken by Lord Brahma to pacifie Lord Narasimha ..according to Sri Vaisnavas , Lord Narasimha appears in almost every Satya Yuga and in some Satya Yugas the main Mantra is the Narasimha Mahamantra<br />
Song Name: Ugram Viram Mahavishnum<br />
Official Name: Nrsimha Kavaca Bica Mantra<br />
ugram viram maha-vishnum<br />
jvalantam sarvato mukham<br />
nrisimham bhishanam bhadram<br />
mrityur mrityum namamy aham<br />
TRANSLATION<br />
'May my head be protected by the moon colored one, who is the greatest among humans. My obeisances unto the ferocious and powerful, the great Visnu, the fiery one, who's faces are on all sides, the fearful one, Nrsimha, who causes the death of even death personified, (or who can overcome death).<br />
This mantra is also found in the 2 Narasimha Upanisads that is found in my book Sri Narasimha one is<br />
Nrsimha Uttara Tapaniya Upanishad<br />
Nrsimha Purva Tapaniya Upanishad<br />
There are Sri Vaisnavas that daily chant the Narasimha Mahamantra at least 108 times or do fire sacrifice while chanting it 108 times also many Sri Vaisnavas daily chant 1000 names of Lord Narasimha,, in our line we focus on the Hare Krsna Mahamantra but on Narasimha Caturdasi and other days we can also chant .Or when we feel we really need Lord Narasimhas mercy.. there is no commentary that I could find to Narasimha Sahasra Nama ,but if I asked Sri Vaisnavas they properly could provide such<br />
In Kali yuga there are 4 Vaisnava Sampradayas as described in Garga Samhita<br />
Main Deity Parampara lineage Acharya<br />
Śrī Devī (Laksmi) Sri Sampradaya Ramanujacharya<br />
Brahma Madhva Sampradaya Madhvacharya<br />
Rudra Rudra Sampradaya Viṣṇusvāmī/Vallabhacharya<br />
Four Kumāras Kumara Sampradaya Nimbarkacharya<br />
vAmanas vidhi zeSaH sanako viSNu vAkyataH<br />
dharmArtha hetave caite bhaviSyanti dvijaH kalau<br />
Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesa and Sanaka Kumara will appear as<br />
brahmanas by the order of Visnu for the preservation of dharma in Kali<br />
yuga.<br />
viSNusvAmI vAmanAMzas tathA madhvas tu brahmanaH<br />
rAmanujas tu zeSAMza nimbAditya sanakasya ca<br />
Visnusvami, Madhva, Ramanuja and Nimbaditya will appear respectively<br />
as amsas (parts) of Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesa and Sanaka Kumara.<br />
ete kalau yuge bhavyah sampradAya pravartakaH<br />
samvatsare vikrama catvAraH kSiti pAvanaH<br />
These four saviours of Earth will be the founders of the four<br />
sampradayas in the period from the reign of King Vikrama subsequently<br />
through Kali yuga.<br />
sampradAya vihInA ye mantrAs te niSphalAH smRtaH<br />
tasmAc ca gamanaM hy asti sampradAya narair api<br />
These four sampradayas are to be accepted by all people as mantras<br />
invoked outside their auspices bring no result.<br />
(Garga Samhita 10.61.23-26)<br />
He is a beautiful chanting of of Narasimha Sahasra Nama by Sri VaisnavasPastime of how Sri Narada Muni Cursed Lord Vishnutag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-07:4087284:BlogPost:1113502023-11-07T21:52:24.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>Pastime of how Sri Narada Muni Cursed Lord Vishnu</p>
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<p><br></br> Many years ago I read Ramacarita Manasa and there is a pastime where Sri Narada Muni thinks that he is more renounced than Lord Siva because Mohini Murti made Lord Siva fall down due to Yoga Maya..So Lord Visnu by His Yoga Maya created the following pastime ,Ramacharita Manasa is written by Sri Tulsi das the incarnation of Valmiki Muni so the pastime is bonafide..I always avoided retelling the pastime out of…</p>
<p>Pastime of how Sri Narada Muni Cursed Lord Vishnu</p>
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<p><br/> Many years ago I read Ramacarita Manasa and there is a pastime where Sri Narada Muni thinks that he is more renounced than Lord Siva because Mohini Murti made Lord Siva fall down due to Yoga Maya..So Lord Visnu by His Yoga Maya created the following pastime ,Ramacharita Manasa is written by Sri Tulsi das the incarnation of Valmiki Muni so the pastime is bonafide..I always avoided retelling the pastime out of love for Sri Narada Muni who is the head of our Sampradaya and first disciple of Lord Brahma ,but there is a lesson to be learned not to be proud ,that even Sri Narada Muni was humilitated by the Supreme Lord for creating a curse so His Rama Lila took place ,thus Sri Tulsi das Goswami has told this pastime.<br/> वाल्मीकिस्तुलसीदासः कलौ देवि भविष्यति । vālmīkistulasīdāsaḥ kalau devi bhaviṣyati ।<br/> रामचन्द्रकथामेतां भाषाबद्धां करिष्यति ॥ rāmachandrakathāmetāṃ bhāṣābaddhāṃ kariṣyati ॥<br/> O Goddess [Parvati]! Valmiki will become Tulsidas in the Kali age, and will compose this narrative of Rama in the vernacular language. Bhavishyottar Purana, Pratisarga Parva, 4.20.<br/> Most Ramacarita Manasas have been changed and contaminated by Mayavadi ideas, but the original text is bonafide and so is this pastime ,I pray to Sri Narada Muni to bless us all ,we are nothingy compared to him in Bhakti ,he is fully liberated and attained the form of a Gopi also later Naradiya Gopi that is another pastime for another day.Sri Narada Muni has zero false ego so Sri Tulsi das never meant any offense to tell this pastime here retold by a Rama Bhakta :<br/> Pastime of How Sri Narada Muni Cursed Lord Vishnu<br/> ~~OM~~<br/> Narada Muni went to meditate in a special grove which Shiva had blessed. And Shiva said, “This Tapovan, is this forest for tapasya, I am giving a special blessing, no one will be able to disturb a meditating Muni who sits in this Tapovan. Well, Narada sat in the Tapovan unknowingly and started to meditate. Indra became concerned, “Why is Narada meditating so strongly? I’m sending Agni, Varuna and Vayu down to disturb him.”<br/> Agni, Vayu and Varuna went down and Varuna made it rain, and Narada didn’t respond. Vayu made the wind blow, and Narada did not respond. Agni lit the place on fire, Narada sat still in perfect stillness in meditation. All three of them went back to heaven and they said, “Indra, we can’t disturb his meditation, he’s meditating so strongly we don’t know how to stop him from meditating.”<br/> Then Indra called Kamadeva, the God of Love, and said, “Kamadeva, you go down and break his meditation. Take Rathi, take the Apsaras with you, the celestial nymphs, the dancing girls, do whatever you have to do, make him stop meditating.”<br/> Kamadeva went down and tried everything within his power. And he had all his girls, they were dancing and they were making spring sprung and the bees were buzzing and the birds were humming, and it was the atmosphere of Love and Narada didn’t stir one bit. Kamadeva admitted defeat. The God of Love went back to Indra and said, “I can’t break his meditation.”<br/> At that, Narada woke up and said, “I have defeated all the Gods, I have even defeated the God of Love, I am beyond lust.” And he was so happy, and he went to Shiva in Kailash and Shiva said, “Narada, your shining radiantly why are you so happy today?” And Narada said, “Shiva, I defeated Kamadeva, he couldn’t break my meditation, I have conquered the God of Love.”<br/> And Shiva said, “Narada, that’s very interesting, but if you have an experience like that don’t ever tell Vishnu.” Narada said, “Why wouldn’t I want to tell Vishnu, I mean I’m always saying Narayana, Narayana, he’ll be so happy to hear the news.” And Shiva said, “Well, you do as you like, but I suggest don’t tell Vishnu.”<br/> And Narada took his leave from Shiva and he went right to Vaikuntha and he said, “Vishnu, I’ve just come from the greatest meditation.” And Vishnu smiled and said, “Really, you look radiant like you’ve achieved a tremendous victory. What kind of meditation did you have?” And Narada said, “I defeated the God of Love. I am free from Love, I am free from lust and desire.” And Vishnu said, “Oh, that’s fine, that’s very nice, wonderful, I applaud your attainment.”<br/> Narada went off, and he was so full of happiness and joy and self-conceit that it was his power that allowed him to sit there and meditate without any disturbance. And it wasn’t because Shiva had blessed that grove, it was because of Narada’s attainment. And as Narada was traveling, he looked out and he saw this beautiful young princess dancing near the garden. And he looked down and he said, “Wow, there’s a beautiful young princess, I’m going to go see who she is.”<br/> So he went down to the garden and he saw that it was the daughter of the King Shilanidhi. And he went in to see the king and the king said, “Oh, Narada Muni has come, please, my daughter is just about to choose her husband, please look at her palm and tell us what kind of husband she should choose. What will be her fate?”<br/> He called the daughter, he said, “Please, sit here next to Narada Muni.” And Narad Muni looked at the palm of this princess and her name was Vishwamohini. And he took the hand of Vishwamohini and he looked in that palm and he saw that whoever marries this lady is going to be the king of the three worlds, he’s going to live as the Gods live. And suddenly Narada thought, “Well, I should marry this girl”. And he said, “Well, everything looks wonderful in her hand and she’s going to find the most beautiful, the most handsome prince, and they’re going to marry and be very happy.”<br/> And Narada went straight to Vaikuntha and he said, “Vishnu, you got to do something for me, I have a favor for you, I want you to turn me into the most handsome prince and deck me out with many ornaments, and gold, and finery and silks and satins and make me as beautiful and as desirable as possible.” And Vishnu said, “Narada, why, I thought you had just conquered the God of Love.” And Narada said, “Oh, yes, I did conquer the God of Love but now I’m thinking that I should marry this princess.” And this is going to be her swayamvar, she is going to choose her husband, I want to have the most distinctive appearance.”<br/> And Vishnu promised, “I’m going to give you the most distinctive appearance.” And he dressed him in the finest, and gave him a golden crown. And gave him all these ornaments, and made jewels and necklaces and garlands and he made him the most beautiful looking prince with the face of a monkey.<br/> Narada went to the assembly of all the kings and princes and he walked in knowing that he was the most beautiful of all the princes, “Gee, the princess will certainly choose him”. And the princess took the garland of victory and she walked around the assembly of princes, and she looked at the face of everyone assembled there and passed by many people, and she came to Narada Muni and she started to laugh! There was this beautiful monkey dressed like a prince coming to win her hand, and she walked right past him and then she came to the last of the Kings assembled and she gave the garland to Vishnu.<br/> Narada said, “Wait! You made a mistake, I’m the most beautiful man here, I’m the most handsome prince and I am deserving of this garland.” And everyone started to laugh. And Jaya and Vijaya (two servants of Vishnu that we met in the last scripture) came to Narada and they said, “Why are you so possessed with yourself, you are so filled with self-conceit, you don’t know what you look like? Come and look in this looking glass, and see what kind of distinctive appearance you have.”<br/> And Narada went and looked in the looking glass and he saw he had the face of a monkey. And he got mad, he took some Ganga Jal in his hand and he said, “Vishnu, I asked you to make me beautiful so that I could get the heart of my beloved and win my beloved, and instead you turned me into a monkey. And now I’ve lost my beloved, I curse you Vishnu! You will lose your beloved, and endure the pains of separation from her. And in order to get her back you’re going to make friends with monkeys, and monkeys are going to be your helpers, and your saviors, and your devotees. And you think that it’s funny that I look like a monkey and I lost my beloved, here, is my curse!”<br/> And Vishnu smiled when he received the curse. And said, “I accept your curse Narad, and I will incarnate as a human being and my Goddess Lakshmi will be my wife, and I will endure seperation from her. But all of this is to fulfill the curses against Jaya and Vijaya, who became in the first incarnation Madhu and Kaitabha. In their second incarnation they became Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashyapu. That was the story of Prahalad that we told the other night, which was the story of holding. And then in their third incarnation they became Kumbhakarna and Ravana). And now I have to go down and save the earth from the atrocities of Ravana, so I accept your curse.”<img src="https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/400360883_270197462672521_7379335985174766742_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=2eFDRSGYb80AX9mksej&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfC9WEUbtmFeyVvdMENTg3wHDt4a6ikrUt7xpBLSCDVqpw&oe=654ECEEA"/><img src="https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/400109355_270197529339181_4583949224737208454_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=PxyLsXyigOAAX-EzHIg&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfAVs_IhbqYdQ4XTwIOIevhDsNQe9AmeEOrMTyVFdj7Aow&oe=654EEC64"/></p>What is the meaning even lower than a worm in stool ?tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-06:4087284:BlogPost:1114672023-11-06T01:35:21.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Srila Krsna das Kaviraja was so humble he said I am more lowly than a worm in stool</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Cc. Ādi 5.205</div>
<div dir="auto">jagāi mādhāi haite muñi se…</div>
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<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto">What is the meaning even lower than a worm in stool ?</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Srila Krsna das Kaviraja was so humble he said I am more lowly than a worm in stool</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Cc. Ādi 5.205</div>
<div dir="auto"><span><a></a></span>jagāi mādhāi haite muñi se pāpiṣṭha</div>
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<div dir="auto">jagāi mādhāi—the two brothers Jagāi and Mādhāi; haite—than; muñi—I; se—that; pāpiṣṭha—more sinful; purīṣera—in stool; kīṭa—the worms; haite—than; muñi—I am; se—that; laghiṣṭha—lower.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I am more sinful than Jagāi and Mādhāi and even lower than the worms in the stool.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">So what is the meaning of lower than a worm in stool?<span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/8/?fbclid=IwAR0gPpGWhjV-uJg05uId478GAu5sPHiDEfpqAoct0S6vAHtExuTNR9RDyQA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/8/</a></span></div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">The only person I have read a satisfactory explanation is from Ananda das Babaji from Radha Kunda in his commentary to Trinad Api Sunicena</div>
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<div dir="auto">He thought I can not imitate Yuddhistira Maharaja I need to try to find out for myself ..every time he thought some being had lower qualities than himself then he saw the good in that being ,human ,birds ,reptiles and insect.One day he saw a worm in stool and though ok I am not as lowly as that worm in stool , but then to his amazement he saw the worm when eating stool again transformed the stool into earth , and he became amazed, so he told his Guru I am less than a worm in stool ,because even the worm in stool can produce earth from that stool.More sinful than Jagai and Madhai is easy , they did so many sins ,but I see no records of them eating cows meat and other sins that take place especially in the west ,so yes lower than a worm in stool and more sinful than Jagai and Madhai ...a aspiring devotee or fully engaged devotee may struggle with their minds we all do ..but Jagai and Madhai after they surrendered to Lord Caitanya chanted 120 rounds daily of the Mahamantra and always served all Vaisnavas ,,,so yes more sinful than Jagai and Madhai ,,,because am I always serving the Vaisnavas ? Sometimes we serve them sometimes we fight with them etc...you follow my thought ?</div>
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<div dir="auto">त्वङ्<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz"></span>मांसरुधिरस्<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz"></span>नायुमेदोमज्जास्थिसंहतौ ।</div>
<div dir="auto">विण्मूत्रपूये रमतां कृमीणां कियदन्तरम् ॥ २१ ॥</div>
<div dir="auto">tvaṅ-māṁsa-rudhira-snāyu-</div>
<div dir="auto">medo-majjāsthi-saṁhatau</div>
<div dir="auto">viṇ-mūtra-pūye ramatāṁ</div>
<div dir="auto">kṛmīṇāṁ kiyad antaram</div>
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<div dir="auto">tvak — out of skin; māṁsa — flesh; rudhira — blood; snāyu — muscle; medaḥ — fat; majjā — marrow; asthi — and bone; saṁhatau — composed; viṭ — of stool; mūtra — urine; pūye — and pus; ramatām — enjoying; kṛmīṇām — compared to the worms; kiyat — how much; antaram — difference.</div>
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<div dir="auto">What difference is there between ordinary worms and persons who try to enjoy this material body composed of skin, flesh, blood, muscle, fat, marrow, bone, stool, urine and pus?</div>
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</div>KRSNA You can no longer touch me!tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-05:4087284:BlogPost:1114652023-11-05T15:04:45.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>dear devotees I wrote this a few years ago but have cleaned it up today for Radha Kundas appearance :<br></br>KRSNA You can no longer touch me!<br></br>Sri Radha told Krsna , first you killed Vatsasura the calf and now you have killed a bull , Shame on you Krsna ! Krsna smiled : dear Priya Radha , there was no sin there ,they were demons disgused as a calf and a bull.<br></br>Sri Radha said it does not matter, even you have to atone for killing a calf and a bull .So Krsna called all the holy places,…</p>
<p>dear devotees I wrote this a few years ago but have cleaned it up today for Radha Kundas appearance :<br/>KRSNA You can no longer touch me!<br/>Sri Radha told Krsna , first you killed Vatsasura the calf and now you have killed a bull , Shame on you Krsna ! Krsna smiled : dear Priya Radha , there was no sin there ,they were demons disgused as a calf and a bull.<br/>Sri Radha said it does not matter, even you have to atone for killing a calf and a bull .So Krsna called all the holy places, because Radha had suggested He immidialty leave VRINDAVANA and go on pilgrimage and visit all holy places ...but Krsna called them and all holy places arrived Krsna took His flute and used it to make the hoof imprint of Aristasura bigger and then all holy rivers and places entered into that large hole and became Shyama Kunda ..Krsna and the cowherd boy entered in and bathed in that holy place.Krsna asked Radha to enter His lake Shyamkunda also ..but Radha said no I will create my own lake and She and the Gopis dug a hole with their anklets and the Gopis lined from Kusuma Sarovara to Radha Kunda and filled it with water. then Radha asked Krsna to tell the holy places to enter Her lake also and they did ,thus Radha Kunda and Shyam Kunda are created , you may ask can I go there ? Why not ? Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura has prayed :<br/>yady ariṣṭa-dānavo’pi dānado mahā-nidher<br/>asmad-ādi-durmatibhya ity ahovasīyate<br/>yo mṛti-cchalena yatra muktim adbhutāḿ vyadhāt<br/>tatra kṛṣṇa-kuṇḍa eva saḿsthitiḥ stutāstu naḥ<br/>2) If even the Arista demon was able to enter Krsna kunda, then crooked hearted persons such as us may also be able to live there. Let us glorify residence at Krsna kunda which, on the pretext of death, grants a wonderful form of liberation.<br/>Here Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura is glorifying leaving ones body at Shyam Kunda ,because any devotee that leaves his or her body on the bank of Shyama kunda or Radha Kunda will for sure enter the spiritual world and become an associate of Radha Krsna<br/>NOI 11<br/>कृष्णस्योच्चैः प्रणयवसतिः प्रेयसीभ्योऽपि राधा कुण्डं चास्या मुनिभिरभितस्तादृगेव व्यधायि ।<br/>यत्प्रेष्ठैरप्यलमसुलभं किं पुनर्भक्तिभाजां तत्प्रेमेदं सकृदपि सरः स्नातुराविष्करोति ॥ ११ ॥<br/>kṛṣṇasyoccaiḥ praṇaya-vasatiḥ preyasībhyo ’pi rādhā<br/>kuṇḍaṁ cāsyā munibhir abhitas tādṛg eva vyadhāyi<br/>yat preṣṭhair apy alam asulabhaṁ kiṁ punar bhakti-bhājāṁ<br/>tat premedaṁ sakṛd api saraḥ snātur āviṣkaroti<br/>Synonyms<br/>kṛṣṇasya — of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; uccaiḥ — very highly; praṇaya-vasatiḥ — object of love; preyasībhyaḥ — out of the many lovable gopīs; api — certainly; rādhā — Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī; kuṇḍam — lake; ca — also; asyāḥ — of Her; munibhiḥ — by great sages; abhitaḥ — in all respects; tādṛk eva — similarly; vyadhāyi — is described; yat — which; preṣṭhaiḥ — by the most advanced devotees; api — even; alam — enough; asulabham — difficult to obtain; kim — what; punaḥ — again; bhakti-bhājām — for persons engaged in devotional service; tat — that; prema — love of Godhead; idam — this; sakṛt — once; api — even; saraḥ — lake; snātuḥ — of one who has bathed; āviṣkaroti — arouses.<br/>Translation<br/>Of the many objects of favored delight and of all the lovable damsels of Vraja-bhūmi, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is certainly the most treasured object of Kṛṣṇa’s love. And, in every respect, Her divine kuṇḍa is described by great sages as similarly dear to Him. Undoubtedly Rādhā-kuṇḍa is very rarely attained even by the great devotees; therefore it is even more difficult for ordinary devotees to attain. If one simply bathes once within those holy waters, one’s pure love of Kṛṣṇa is fully aroused.<br/>Purport<br/>Why is Rādhā-kuṇḍa so exalted? The lake is so exalted because it belongs to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, who is the most beloved object of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Among all the gopīs, She is the most beloved. Similarly, Her lake, Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa, is also described by great sages as the lake that is as dear to Kṛṣṇa as Rādhā Herself. Indeed, Kṛṣṇa’s love for Rādhā-kuṇḍa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the same in all respects. Rādhā-kuṇḍa is very rarely attained, even by great personalities fully engaged in devotional service, not to speak of ordinary devotees who are only engaged in the practice of vaidhī bhakti.<br/>It is stated that a devotee will at once develop pure love of Kṛṣṇa in the wake of the gopīs if he once takes a bath in Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends that even if one cannot live permanently on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa, he should at least take a bath in the lake as many times as possible. This is a most important item in the execution of devotional service. Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura writes in this connection that Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa is the most select place for those interested in advancing their devotional service in the wake of the lady friends (sakhīs) and confidential serving maids (mañjarīs) of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Living entities who are eager to return home to the transcendental kingdom of God, Goloka Vṛndāvana, by means of attaining their spiritual bodies (siddha-deha) should live at Rādhā-kuṇḍa, take shelter of the confidential serving maids of Śrī Rādhā and under their direction engage constantly in Her service. This is the most exalted method for those engaged in devotional service under the protection of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. In this connection Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes that even great sages and great devotees like Nārada and Sanaka do not get an opportunity to come to Rādhā-kuṇḍa to take their baths. What, then, to speak of ordinary devotees? If, by great fortune, one gets an opportunity to come to Rādhā-kuṇḍa and bathe even once, he can develop his transcendental love for Kṛṣṇa, exactly as the gopīs did. It is also recommended that one should live on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa and should be absorbed in the loving service of the Lord. One should bathe there regularly and give up all material conceptions, taking shelter of Śrī Rādhā and Her assistant gopīs. If one is thus constantly engaged during his lifetime, after giving up the body he will return back to Godhead to serve Śrī Rādhā in the same way as he contemplated during his life on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa. The conclusion is that to live on the banks of the Rādhā-kuṇḍa and to bathe there daily constitute the highest perfection of devotional service. It is a difficult position to attain, even for great sages and devotees like Nārada. Thus there is no limit to the glory of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa. By serving Rādhā-kuṇḍa, one can get an opportunity to become an assistant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī under the eternal guidance of the gopīs.<br/>It is stated that a devotee will at once develop pure love of Kṛṣṇa in the wake of the gopīs if he once takes a bath in Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī recommends that even if one cannot live permanently on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa, he should at least take a bath in the lake as many times as possible. This is a most important item in the execution of devotional service. Srila Prabhupada<br/>Srila Prabhupada in purport to Nectar of Instruction has mentioned that as many times in life as possible we should go to sacred Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda and take a sacred dip into the holy lakes, where all other holy places in the Universe has entered<br/>I always bring big bottle of Radha Kunda and Shyma Kunda water and then boil it for external purification of bacteria and parasites that live in the water andthen put on my head daily , Srila Raghunath das Goswami also recommended that daily you place 10 drops of Radha Kunda and 10 drops of Shyam Kunda water on your head<br/>I once placed the sacred waters from Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda on the heads of the Hinduja family when they visited our ISKCON Boston temple in 1992 and they were so pleased with a small fire sacrifice I did for them ,they asked me to visit their home in Mumbai and do a fire sacrifice ,I went there in 1993 and I regretted I did not have Radha Kunda and Shyama kunda water to sprinkle on the head of each of the 500 guests they had invited many VIPs from Mumbai ,politicians and movie stars etc .. but in my mind I prayed for them and sprinkled on their heads I hope Radha Krsna blessed them all and I bless you all always take shelter of Sri Radha Kunda and Shyamakunda<br/>some devotees do Dandavat Parikrama around Shyam Kunda and Radha Kunda , I personally think it is enough to just chant Hare Krsna , Lord Caitanya who rediscovered Shyama Kunda And Radha Kunda ,sat at Shyam Kunda at a place called Mahaprabhu Baithak and chanted 192 rounds of the Mahamantra it is an important place to visit<br/>when you come to Shyma Kunda please sit down and peaceful chant 64 rounds at Mahaprabhu Baitak <br/>Here at Shyama Kunda Lord Caitanya sat and chanted 192 rounds of the Mahamantra so it is the best place to chant Hare Krsna to me <br/>prabhura achaye sankhya tina laksha nama;<br/>eka laksha bhaktagane kaila kripa dana.<br/>"Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu standard was to chant 3,00,000 names everyday. But He very mercifully awarded His devotees the process of chanting a minimum of 1,00,000 names of Krishna daily.<br/>Prema Vilasa chapter 17</p>Srila Gurudeva explaining the bhajan Radha Kunda Tatatag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-05:4087284:BlogPost:1114622023-11-05T14:39:12.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
dear devotees<br />
Please accept my humbe obeisance's<br />
All glories to my Gurudeva and Lord Gauranga<br />
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and our Guruvarga<br />
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My Gurudeva would have this Bhajan sung a lot by Tamal Krsna das Brahmacari who has this divine voice<br />
another disciple of my Gurudeva that sings it is Bhaktivedanta Muni Maharaja as you can hear below .See the link<br />
When Srila Narayana Maharaja produced Gita Govinda, HH BV Muni Maharaja sang the entire Gita Govinda, he is from Orrisa from birth and…
dear devotees<br />
Please accept my humbe obeisance's<br />
All glories to my Gurudeva and Lord Gauranga<br />
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and our Guruvarga<br />
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My Gurudeva would have this Bhajan sung a lot by Tamal Krsna das Brahmacari who has this divine voice<br />
another disciple of my Gurudeva that sings it is Bhaktivedanta Muni Maharaja as you can hear below .See the link<br />
When Srila Narayana Maharaja produced Gita Govinda, HH BV Muni Maharaja sang the entire Gita Govinda, he is from Orrisa from birth and learned Vaisnava Bhajans ,he later became a disciple of HH Gaura Govinda Maharaja and after he went to Goloka he took shelter of my Gurudeva<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWV4YFtOgdU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWV4YFtOgdU</a><br />
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This Bhajan is from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Saranagati , it is very deep it is in the section of Bhajan describing what is favorable for Bhakti :Simply by remembering these places we become purified what to speak in knowing their true glories in Prema Dhvani daily we invoke these Places Yamuna Ki Jaya Giriraja Govardhana Ki jaya etc<br />
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The Uppipani stimulus to devotional service helps us attain to Suddha Bhakti, another similar song about what is favorable for Bhakti is Suddha Bhakata Carana renu ,it is also part of the same section of Saranagati to surrender to Krsna thus this Saranagati of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is so deep ..Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has stated one should daily chant minium 64 rounds of the Mahamantra and enter into the deep meaning of his Bhajans<br />
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Song Name: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu<br />
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Official Name: Bhakti Anukula Matra Karyera Svikara Song 3<br />
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Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura<br />
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Book Name: Saranagati<br />
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Language: Bengali<br />
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śuddha-bhakata-caraṇa-reṇu,<br />
bhajana-anukūla<br />
bhakata-sevā, parama-siddhi,<br />
prema-latikāra mūla<br />
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mādhava-tithi, bhakti-jananī,<br />
jetane pālana kori<br />
kṛṣṇa-basati, basati boli',<br />
parama ādare bori<br />
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gaur āmāra, je-saba sthāne,<br />
koralo bhramaṇa rańge<br />
se-saba sthāna, heribo āmi,<br />
praṇayi-bhakata-sańge<br />
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mṛdańga-bādya, śunite mana,<br />
abasara sadā jāce<br />
gaura-bihita, kīrtana śuni',<br />
ānande hṛdoya nāce<br />
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jugala-mūrti, dekhiyā mora,<br />
parama-ānanda hoya<br />
prasāda-sebā korite hoya,<br />
sakala prapañca jaya<br />
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je-dina gṛhe, bhajana dekhi,<br />
gṛhete goloka bhāya<br />
caraṇa-sīdhu, dekhiyā gańgā,<br />
sukha sā sīmā pāya<br />
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tulasī dekhi', jurāya prāṇa,<br />
mādhava-toṣaṇī jāni'<br />
gaura-priya, śāka-sevane,<br />
jīvana sārthaka māni<br />
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bhakativinoda, kṛṣṇa-bhajane,<br />
anakūla pāya jāhā<br />
prati-dibase, parama-sukhe,<br />
swīkāra koroye tāhā<br />
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WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATION: Suddha Bhakata Carana Renu<br />
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1) The dust of the lotus feet of pure devotees, enthusiastic devotional service, and service to the pure devotees of the highest order are the roots of the creeper of devotion.<br />
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2) The holy days like Ekadasi and Janmastami are the mother of devotion for those devotees who respect them. Let the holy places of Krsna's pastimes be my places of worship, and bless me.<br />
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3) May I always visit all the holy places associated with the lila of Lord Caitanya and His devotees.<br />
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4) When I hear the sound of the mrdanga in my heart I always desire to join in kirtana; and when I hear the bonafide songs describing Lord Caitanya's pastimes, my heart dances in ecstasy.<br />
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5) Whenever I see the transcendental sri-vigrahas of Radha-Krsna I am in bliss, for by taking Their Lordships' prasada we can conquer over the material elements.<br />
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6) One day while performing devotional practices, I saw my house transformed into Goloka Vrndavana. When I take the caranamrta of the Deity, I see the holy Ganges waters that come from the feet of Lord Visnu, and my bliss knows no bounds.<br />
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7) By seeing the tulasi tree my heart feels joy and Lord Madhava (Krsna) is also satisfied. When I eat the prasada favored by Lord Caitanya it is a new life's experience. (Lord Caitanya was very fond of a green vegetable preparation called sak, and there is another song in this book that tells of the amazing effects of this type of prasada.)<br />
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8) Bhaktivinoda concludes by saying: "Whosoever attains the stage of enthusiasm for these devotional practices will be supremely blissful wherever he may be."<br />
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Official Name: Bhakti Anukula Matra Karyera Svikara Song 4<br />
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Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura<br />
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Book Name: Saranagati<br />
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Language: Bengali<br />
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rādhā-kunḍa-taṭa-kuñja-kuṭīr<br />
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govardhana-parvata, jāmuna-tīr<br />
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kusuma-sarovara, mānasa-gańgā<br />
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kalinda-nandinī vipula-tarańga<br />
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vaḿśī-vaṭa, gokula, dhīra-samīr<br />
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bṛndābana-taru-latikā-bānīr<br />
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khaga-mṛga-kula, malaya-bātās<br />
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mayūra, bhramara, muralī-vilās<br />
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venu, śṛńga, pada-cihna, megha-mālā<br />
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vasanta, śaśańka, śańkha, karatāla<br />
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yugala-vilāse anukūla jāni<br />
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līlā-vilāse-uddīpaka māni<br />
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e saba choḍato kańhi nāhi jāu<br />
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e saba choḍato parāna hārāu<br />
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bhakativinoda kohe, śuno kān!<br />
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tuwā uddīpaka hāmārā parān<br />
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1-6) The cottage in the grove on the banks of Radha-kunda, the great Govardhana Hill, the banks of the Yamuna, Kusuma-sarovara, Manasa-ganga, the daughter of Kalinda (the Yamuna) with her many waves, the Vamsi-vat, Gokula, Dhira-samira, the trees and creepers and reeds of Vrndavana, the different varieties of colorful birds, the deer, the cooling breeze from the Malaya Mountains, the peacocks, the bumblebees, the pastimes with the flute, the flute itself, the buffalo horn bugle, the footprints of cows in the dust of Vraja, the rows of blackish rain clouds, springtime, the moon, the conch-shell, and the karatalas – all these I know to be very conductive for the pastimes of Radha and Krsna. I recognize in them a transcendental stimulus for making the Lord’s charming pastimes more intense.<br />
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7) I refuse to go anywhere if there stimuli to devotional service are not there, for to abandon them is to abandon life itself.<br />
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8) Bhaktivinoda says, “Please hear me, O Kana! Your entourage and paraphernalia stimulate remembrance of You and are the very source of my life.”<br />
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your servant<br />
Paramananda dasJatila and Kutila the mother and sister in laws of Sri Radhatag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-04:4087284:BlogPost:1112702023-11-04T02:53:59.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>When we read Rasa Satra there are 2 persons we need to know Jatila and Kutila they are the mother in law and sister in law of Sri Radha <br></br>,here below Saccinanda Maharaja has explained something about them please carefully read …<br></br></p>
<p>When we read Rasa Satra there are 2 persons we need to know Jatila and Kutila they are the mother in law and sister in law of Sri Radha <br/>,here below Saccinanda Maharaja has explained something about them please carefully read <br/><a href="http://www.bhagavatam-katha.com/vrindavan-lila-jatila-and-kutila-the-spicy-chaunce-in-radha-krishnas-pastimes/">http://www.bhagavatam-katha.com/vrindavan-lila-jatila-and-kutila-the-spicy-chaunce-in-radha-krishnas-pastimes/</a></p>
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<p>Vrindavan lila: Jatila and Kutila the spicy chaunce in Radha Krishna’s pastimes!!!</p>
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<p>Vrindavan lila: Jatila and Kutila the spicy chaunce in Radha Krishna’s pastimes!!!<br/>On one occasion Abhimanyu went to the market to buy some cows.</p>
<p>He selected nice cows and in the afternoon he came back to take some coins to purchase the cows.</p>
<p>Meanwhile by His arrangements, Krishna spread a rumor in Yavat that “Krishna is coming in the disguise of Abhimanyu to see Shrimati Radharani.”</p>
<p>When Jatila and Kutila heard this they stood at the gateway of the village with sticks.</p>
<p>They were determined that Krishna was not even going to have a moments glance upon Shrimati Radharani.</p>
<p>So Abhimanyu came not expecting anything. As soon as Abhimanyu arrived, Jatila, Kutila started screaming at him “Get out of here, we know that who you are, we know that you are Krishna in disguise.</p>
<p>Get away from here or we will beat you with these sticks. Get out, get out, get out!” As they were saying the whole village of Javat was in an uproar, “Get out of here, Get out of here.</p>
<p>Abhimanyu didn’t know what in the world was happening. So he tried to explain “I just came back to get some money for the cows to buy.”</p>
<p>They said “Get out, get out we know your tricks. We know your cunningness Krishna, get out of here now.” So he ran away.</p>
<p>Meanwhile from another direction Lord Shri Krishna came perfectly disguised as Abhimanyu.</p>
<p>When Jatila and Kutila saw Him their hearts were overwhelmed with parental affection.</p>
<p>They embraced Krishna.</p>
<p>They said, “Oh! Abhimanyu we are so happy to see you. You know? Krishna just came and He was disguised as you, but we drove Him out of this village. Now Radharani is waiting for you.”</p>
<p>Krishna said “It is an auspicious day for Radharani to perform the Puja to goddess Mangaldevi. She should fast today and She should go to the temple and She should worship throughout the day and throughout the night.”</p>
<p>So mother said, “All right that is very good. Whatever pleases you my son.”</p>
<p>So she sent Shrimati Radharani to the Mangaldevi temple to do Her prayers throughout the day and the night.</p>
<p>When She arrived at that temple, Lalita, Vishaka the Gopis and Krishna appeared there to the delight of Shri Radhika and they performed Rasa Leela throughout the night.</p>
<p>Moral of the story:</p>
<p>Jatila and Kutila are the mother and sister respectively of Abhimanyu, the “so-called husband” of Shrimati Radharani in Krishna’s pastimes.</p>
<p>Jatila and Kutila perform the service of facilitating the “Parakiya Rasa” or the mellow of paramour love in the loving pastimes of Shri Shri Radha and Krishna.</p>
<p>So they were always trying to keep Krishna away from Shrimati Radharani.</p>
<p>They would chastise Krishna and sometimes call Krishna bad names to drive Him away.</p>
<p>One time Jatila called Krishna a black snake and Krishna said, “Yes I am a black snake and with My fangs I will bite you J”.</p>
<p>Later Krishna told Uddhava that “Actually the chastisements of these Gopis are more pleasing to My heart than the praises and glorifications of the great rishis and sages Because they have pure love, the pure desire to please Me.”</p>
<p>( Dear readers please comment on this stories )</p>
<p>Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare<br/>Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.</p>
<p>PS: I humbly request all the devotees to please forward and share this moral / instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefited by hearing about Krishna and his dear devotees.</p>
<p>Here is more from Srila Prabhupadas Nectar of Devotion :<br/>Jatila was the mother-in-law of Radharani, and Mukhara was Her great-grandmother. Both of them were talking about Krsna's unnecessary harassment of Radharani when She was walking on the street<br/>Expressions researched:<br/>"Jatila was the mother-in-law of Radharani, and Mukhara was Her great-grandmother. Both of them were talking about Krsna's unnecessary harassment of Radharani when She was walking on the street"<br/>Nectar of Devotion<br/>Sometimes among contemporary personalities there are signs of ecstasy in anger because of love for Kṛṣṇa. An example of such anger was exhibited in a quarrel between Jaṭilā and Mukharā. Jaṭilā was the mother-in-law of Rādhārāṇī, and Mukharā was Her great-grandmother. Both of them were talking about Kṛṣṇa's unnecessary harassment of Rādhārāṇī when She was walking on the street.<br/>Nectar of Devotion 33: In ecstatic loving service to Kṛṣṇa in anger, Kṛṣṇa is always the object. In Vidagdha-mādhava, Second Act, verse 37, Lalitā-gopī expressed her anger, which was caused by Kṛṣṇa, when she addressed Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī thus: "My dear friend, my inner desires have been polluted. Therefore I shall go to the place of Yamarāja. But I am sorry to see that Kṛṣṇa has still not given up His smiling over cheating You. I do not know how You could repose all Your loving propensities upon this lusty young boy from the neighborhood of the cowherds."<br/>After seeing Kṛṣṇa, Jaratī sometimes said, "O You thief of young girls' properties! I can distinctly see the covering garment of my daughter-in-law on Your person." Then she cried very loudly, addressing all the residents of Vṛndāvana to inform them that this son of King Nanda was setting fire to the household life of her daughter-in-law.<br/>Similar ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa in anger was expressed by Rohiṇī-devī when she heard the roaring sound of the two falling arjuna trees to which Kṛṣṇa had been tied. The whole neighborhood proceeded immediately toward the place where the accident had taken place, and Rohiṇī-devī took the opportunity to rebuke mother Yaśodā as follows: "You may be very expert in giving lessons to your son by binding Him with rope, but don't you look to see if your son is in a dangerous spot? The trees are falling on the ground, and He is simply loitering there!" This expression of Rohiṇī-devī's anger toward Yaśodā is an example of ecstatic love in anger caused by Kṛṣṇa.<br/>Once, while Kṛṣṇa was in the pasturing ground with His cowherd boys, His friends requested Him to go to the Tālavana forest, where Gardabhāsura, a disturbing demon in the shape of an ass, resided. The friends of Kṛṣṇa wanted to eat the fruit from the forest trees, but they could not go because of fear of the demon. Thus they requested Kṛṣṇa to go there and kill Gardabhāsura. After Kṛṣṇa did this, they all returned home, and their report of the day's activity perturbed mother Yaśodā because Kṛṣṇa had been sent alone into such danger in the Tālavana forest. Thus she looked upon the boys with anger.<br/>There is another instance of anger on the part of a friend of Rādhārāṇī's. When Rādhārāṇī was dissatisfied with the behavior of Kṛṣṇa and had stopped talking with Him, Kṛṣṇa was very sorry for Rādhārāṇī's great dissatisfaction, and in order to beg forgiveness, He fell down at Her lotus feet. But even after this, Rādhārāṇī was not satisfied, and She did not talk with Kṛṣṇa. At that time, one of Her friends chastised Her in the following words: "My dear friend, You are allowing Yourself to be churned by the rod of dissatisfaction, so what can I say unto You? The only advice I can give You is that You had better leave this scene immediately, because Your misbehavior is giving me too much pain. I cannot bear to see Your behavior, because even though Kṛṣṇa's peacock feather has touched Your feet, You still appear to be red-faced."<br/>The above attitudes of dissatisfaction and anger in devotional service are called īrṣyu.<br/>When Akrūra was leaving Vṛndāvana, some of the elderly gopīs rebuked him as follows: "O son of Gāndinī, your cruelty is defaming the dynasty of King Yadu. You are taking Kṛṣṇa away, keeping us in such a pitiable condition without Him. Now, even before you have left, the life air of all the gopīs has practically disappeared."<br/>When Kṛṣṇa was insulted by Śiśupāla in the assembly of the Rājasūya yajña convened by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, there was a great turmoil among the Pāṇḍavas and Kurus, involving grandfather Bhīṣma. At that time Nakula said with great anger, "Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the nails of His toes are beautified by the light emanating from the jeweled helmets of the authorities of the Vedas. If He is derided by anyone, I declare herewith as a Pāṇḍava that I will kick his helmet with my left foot and I will strike him with my arrows, which are as good as yama-daṇḍa, the scepter of Yamarāja!" This is an instance of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa in anger.<br/>In such a transcendental angry mood sometimes sarcastic remarks, unfavorable glances and insulting words are exhibited. Sometimes there are other symptoms, like rubbing of the two hands, clacking of the teeth, clamping of the lips, moving of the eyebrows, scratching of the arms, lowering of the head, rapid breathing, uttering of strong words, nodding of the head, yellowishness at the corners of the eyes, and trembling lips. Sometimes the eyes turn red, and sometimes they fade. And there are sometimes chastisement and silence. All these symptoms of anger may be divided into two parts: constitutional and unconstitutional, or permanent and temporary symptoms. Sometimes great emotion, bewilderment, pride, frustration, illusion, impotence, jealousy, dexterity, negligence and signs of hard labor are also manifest as unconstitutional symptoms.<br/>In all these humors of ecstatic love, the feeling of anger is accepted as the steady factor.<br/>When Jarāsandha angrily attacked the city of Mathurā, he looked at Kṛṣṇa with sarcastic glances. At that time Baladeva took up His plow weapon and gazed upon Jarāsandha with colored eyes.<br/>There is a statement in the Vidagdha-mādhava wherein Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, in an angry mood, addressed Her mother, Paurṇamāsī, after she had accused Rādhārāṇī of going to Kṛṣṇa. "My dear mother," Rādhā declared, "what can I say to you? Kṛṣṇa is so cruel that He often attacks Me on the street, and if I want to cry out very loudly, this boy with a peacock feather on His head immediately covers My face so that I cannot cry. And if I want to go away from the scene because I am afraid of Him, He will immediately spread His arms to block My path. If I piteously fall down at His feet, then this enemy of the Madhu demon, in an angry mood, bites My face! Mother, just try to understand My situation, and don't be unnecessarily angry with Me. Instead, please tell Me how I can save Myself from these terrible attacks of Kṛṣṇa!"<br/>Sometimes among contemporary personalities there are signs of ecstasy in anger because of love for Kṛṣṇa. An example of such anger was exhibited in a quarrel between Jaṭilā and Mukharā. Jaṭilā was the mother-in-law of Rādhārāṇī, and Mukharā was Her great-grandmother. Both of them were talking about Kṛṣṇa's unnecessary harassment of Rādhārāṇī when She was walking on the street. Jaṭilā said, "You cruel-faced Mukharā! By hearing your words my heart feels like it is burning in a fire!" And Mukharā replied, "You sinful Jaṭilā, by hearing your words, there is aching in my head! You cannot give any evidence that Kṛṣṇa has attacked Rādhārāṇī, the daughter of my granddaughter Kīrtidā."<br/>Once, when Rādhārāṇī was taking off the necklace given to Her by Kṛṣṇa, Jaṭilā, her mother-in-law, told a friend, "My dear friend, just see the beautiful necklace that Kṛṣṇa has presented to Rādhārāṇī. She is now holding it, but still She wants to tell us that She has no connection with Kṛṣṇa. This girl's activities have disgraced our whole family!"<br/>Natural jealousy of Kṛṣṇa by persons like Śiśupāla cannot be accepted as ecstatic love in anger with Kṛṣṇa.<a href="https://vaniquotes.org/.../Jatila_was_the_mother-in-law">https://vaniquotes.org/.../Jatila_was_the_mother-in-law</a>...</p>using violence for Krsnatag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-02:4087284:BlogPost:1112672023-11-02T14:07:25.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Textnum" dir="ltr">I recall when we where selling records once a crazy guy took one of the Rasa albums and threw it high into the sky damaging the record, I got furious ,I was not a fan of selling records but we where asked to do it and there was chanting of Hare Krsna on the album done by my then spiritual master so I kicked the guy in the rear end for 5 minutes making the whole town laugh , and after that I sold even more records ,Another…</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Textnum">I recall when we where selling records once a crazy guy took one of the Rasa albums and threw it high into the sky damaging the record, I got furious ,I was not a fan of selling records but we where asked to do it and there was chanting of Hare Krsna on the album done by my then spiritual master so I kicked the guy in the rear end for 5 minutes making the whole town laugh , and after that I sold even more records ,Another time in Copenhagen on drunk fellow from Norway was spitting into the face of devotees on Harinama and I punched the guy in the stomach with a taekwando fist ,so when reading this text and purport it comes to mind </div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Textnum">TEXT 15</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Verse-Text">niṣevitenānimittena</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Verse-Text">sva-dharmeṇa mahīyasā</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Verse-Text">kriyā-yogena śastena</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Verse-Text">nātihiṁsreṇa nityaśaḥ</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Synonyms-Section">SYNONYMS</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Synonyms"><span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/nisevitena" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">niṣevitena</a></span>—executed; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/animittena" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">animittena</a></span>—without attachment to the result; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/sva" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">sva</a>-<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/dharmena" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">dharmeṇa</a></span>—by one’s prescribed duties; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/mahiyasa" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">mahīyasā</a></span>—glorious; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/kriya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">kriyā</a>-<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/yogena" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">yogena</a></span>—by devotional activities; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/sastena" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">śastena</a></span>—auspicious; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/na" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">na</a></span>—without; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/atihimsrena" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">atihiṁsreṇa</a></span>—excessive violence; <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/nityasah" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">nityaśaḥ</a></span>—regularly.</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Verse-Section">PURPORT</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339First">One has to execute his prescribed duties according to his social position as a <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/brahmana" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">brāhmaṇa</a>, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/ksatriya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">kṣatriya</a>, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/vaisya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">vaiśya</a></span> or <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/sudra" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">śūdra</a>.</span> The prescribed duties of the four classes of men in human society are also described in <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">Bhagavad-<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/gita" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">gītā</a>.</span> The activities of <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">brāhmaṇas</span> are to control the senses and to become simple, clean, learned devotees. The <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">kṣatriyas</span> have the spirit for ruling, they are not afraid on the battlefield, and they are charitable. The <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">vaiśyas,</span> or the mercantile class of men, trade in commodities, protect cows and develop agricultural produce. The <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">śūdras,</span> or laborer class, serve the higher classes because they themselves are not very intelligent.</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Purport">From every position, as confirmed in <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">Bhagavad-<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/gita" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">gītā</a>,</span> <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/sva" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">sva</a>-<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/karmana" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">karmaṇā</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/tam" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">tam</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/abhyarcya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">abhyarcya</a>:</span> one can serve the Supreme Lord by performing one’s prescribed duty. It is not that only the <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">brāhmaṇas</span> can serve the Supreme Lord and not the <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">śūdras.</span> Anyone can serve the Supreme Lord by performing his prescribed duties under the direction of a spiritual master, or representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one should think that his prescribed duties are inferior. A <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/brahmana" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">brāhmaṇa</a></span> can serve the Lord by using his intelligence, and the <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/ksatriya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">kṣatriya</a></span> can serve the Supreme Lord by using his military arts, just as <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/arjuna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Arjuna</a> served <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/krsna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Kṛṣṇa</a>. <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/arjuna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Arjuna</a> was a warrior; he had no time to study <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/vedanta" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Vedānta</a></span> or other highly intellectual books. The damsels in Vrajadhāma were girls born of the <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/vaisya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">vaiśya</a></span> class, and they engaged in protecting cows and producing agriculture. Kṛṣṇa’s foster father, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/nanda" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Nanda</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/maharaja" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Mahārāja</a>, and his associates were all <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">vaiśyas.</span> They were not at all educated, but they could serve <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/krsna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Kṛṣṇa</a> by loving Him and by offering everything to Him. Similarly, there are many instances in which <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">caṇḍālas,</span> or those lower than <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">śūdras,</span> have served <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/krsna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Kṛṣṇa</a>. Also, the sage <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/vidura" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Vidura</a> was considered a <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/sudra" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">śūdra</a></span> because his mother happened to be <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/sudra" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">śūdra</a>.</span> There are no distinctions, for it is declared by the Lord in <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">Bhagavad-<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/gita" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">gītā</a></span> that anyone engaged specifically in devotional service is elevated to the transcendental position without a doubt. Everyone’s prescribed duty is glorious if it is performed in devotional service of the Lord, without desire for profit. Such loving service must be performed without reason, without impediment, and spontaneously. <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/krsna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Kṛṣṇa</a> is lovable, and one has to serve Him in whatever capacity one can. That is pure devotional service.</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Purport">Another significant phrase in this verse is <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">nātihiṁsreṇa</span> (“with minimum violence or sacrifice of life”). Even if a devotee has to commit violence, it should not be done beyond what is necessary. Sometimes the question is put before us: “You ask us not to eat meat, but you are eating vegetables. Do you think that is not violence?” The answer is that eating vegetables is violence, and vegetarians are also committing violence against other living entities because vegetables also have life. Nondevotees are killing cows, goats and so many other animals for eating purposes, and a devotee, who is vegetarian, is also killing. But here, significantly, it is stated that every living entity has to live by killing another entity; that is the law of nature. <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">Jīvo <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/jivasya" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">jīvasya</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/jivanam" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">jīvanam</a>:</span> one living entity is the life for another living entity. But for a human being, that violence should be committed only as much as necessary.</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Purport">A human being is not to eat anything which is not offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/yajna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Yaj�a</a>-śiṣṭāśinaḥ <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/santah" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">santaḥ</a>:</span> one becomes freed from all sinful reactions by eating foodstuffs which are offered to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/yajna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Yaj�a</a>, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee therefore eats only <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/prasada" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">prasāda</a>,</span> or foodstuffs offered to the Supreme Lord, and <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/krsna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Kṛṣṇa</a> says that when a devotee offers Him foodstuffs from the vegetable kingdom, with devotion, He eats that. A devotee is to offer to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/krsna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Kṛṣṇa</a> foodstuffs prepared from vegetables. If the Supreme Lord wanted foodstuffs prepared from animal food, the devotee could offer this, but He does not order to do that.</div>
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<div class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Purport">We have to commit violence; that is a natural law. We should not, however, commit violence extravagantly, but only as much as ordered by the Lord. <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://prabhupadabooks.com/d/arjuna" class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339d">Arjuna</a> engaged in the art of killing, and although killing is, of course, violence, he killed the enemy simply on Kṛṣṇa’s order. In the same way, if we commit violence as it is necessary, by the order of the Lord, that is called <span class="yiv8351921120ydp71a17339Italic">nātihiṁsā.</span> We cannot avoid violence, for we are put into a conditional life in which we have to commit violence, but we should not commit more violence than necessary or than ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</div>
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<p> </p>Prabhupada on liquid beautytag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-02:4087284:BlogPost:1115952023-11-02T07:06:54.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
Srila Prabhupada and Liquid beauty<br />
Liquid Beauty<br />
Once upon a time a prince met very beautiful young girl. He visited her house to see her but she was very chaste. The prince wanted to marry this beautiful girl but she didn’t want to marry him.<br />
So she said to him, You want to marry me, you are attracted by my beauty, so I will distill my beauty in the next ten days.<br />
So the prince agreed. Then the beautiful girl said, “If you still want to take me as your wife then you can take me.” The prince…
Srila Prabhupada and Liquid beauty<br />
Liquid Beauty<br />
Once upon a time a prince met very beautiful young girl. He visited her house to see her but she was very chaste. The prince wanted to marry this beautiful girl but she didn’t want to marry him.<br />
So she said to him, You want to marry me, you are attracted by my beauty, so I will distill my beauty in the next ten days.<br />
So the prince agreed. Then the beautiful girl said, “If you still want to take me as your wife then you can take me.” The prince replied, “All right, that’s fine, I’ll come back in ten days and certainly I’ll take you as my wife my beautiful young maiden.”<br />
As soon he left the beautiful young girl started to take very strong purgatives [medicine which would cause her to vomit and pass stool]. She kept all the vomit and stool in a big pot. She didn’t eat anything, she was simply passing stool and vomiting, so within ten days her whole beautiful body was destroyed. She was a gray color, she was very skinny, very weak, you couldn’t recognize her as the same person.<br />
After ten days the prince came back to visit the beautiful young girl. She opened the door for him. When the prince saw her he said, “I have come to see one very beautiful lady who I am about to marry.” So the girl said, “I am that beautiful young lady.” He replied, “No it isn’t true. How could it be possible?” She said, “Yes I am that beautiful young lady, I have distilled my beauty, come and see it.” She took the prince to the place where she was keeping the big pot containing all of her stool, vomit and urine and she said, “Here is my beauty.”<br />
This is the story of liquid beauty. In reality the material body is simply a bag of pus, stool, urine, blood, mucus, so many horrible things. And we are simply attracted to the beautiful skin and as soon as the skin is no longer beautiful we are not attracted any more.<br />
Our society is simply going on the basis of this “skin disease.” So we see so many divorces and so many marriages. A man is being attracted to a woman on the basis of the skin. He thinks, “Oh, here is a very nice woman. She has very nice hair, a very beautiful complexion, a very nice bodily structure. She is a very beautiful woman.” The woman is thinking in the same way, “This is a very handsome man, he is very strong, very beautiful, a very attractive man.” Then they come together and for a short time enjoy sex life and soon there is some problem with the sex life, some difficulty, so they say, “I’m sorry it’s just not working any more, the magic has gone from our relationship. I have to find somebody else.” Then there is a divorce.<br />
Everything is based on the skin, and the skin is temporary. We can never be satisfied, we can never be happy with a relationship based on the skin because our skin is a very temporary thing.<br />
A beautiful girl is beautiful for a few years only, it is a fleeting moment only. Every body gets old, every body gets sick, every body dies. But we are not the body we are the spirit, the soul. The soul is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss (sat cit ananda). But currently the soul is covered by the material body and we are misidentifying the body with the self. We think if we satisfy the body we will become satisfied. But, no matter how hard we try to satisfy the body, the soul, the spirit is never satisfied by any amount of material so-called “pleasure.”<br />
If we are attracted by the skin only, the beauty of the skin, we’re bound to be dissatisfied because the person, I, the self, is different from the body. Krishna describes in the Bhagavad-gita (2.13):<br />
dehino ‘smin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara<br />
tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati<br />
Here Krishna says the soul, even in this life, is changing bodies. In the beginning we have a child’s body, then we get a boy’s body, then a man’s body then we get an old man’s body, so the time of death is simply another change of body. A self-realized soul can understand this, he can see this.<br />
Our bodies are always changing. You can see. No one can argue with this. It’s a statement of a very plain fact. I have this man’s body now, previously I had a boy’s body, prior to that I had a child’s body and before that a babies body. They are all different bodies.<br />
I can see, my parents have the pictures and they can show you I had these different bodies. Now those bodies have gone. Now I have this man’s body and in due course it will also be finished and I’ll have an old man’s body and ultimately that old mans body will be gone and I will be taken away to another body at the time of death.<br />
This is the process of life and death in the material world. The bodies are changing but the soul is not changing. I the person am the same person I was in the babies body, I’m the same person I was in the child’s body, I’m the same person I was in the boys body. I can remember things, I can remember my childhood body, I can remember my boys body. I can remember the activities I performed in these bodies. These activities are performed by me, but the body I had then is gone. So we can understand that I, the self, the person, I am permanent, I am eternal, but the body is always changing. I am not this body, I am the occupier of this body, I am the driver of this body, I am the controller of this body, but I am not the body. The body is a machine.<br />
Hare Krishna.<br />
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The story of Liquid Beauty as told by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila PraIf you are not a Gopi will you go to hell?tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-01:4087284:BlogPost:1114592023-11-01T12:50:42.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>If you are not a Gopi will you go to hell?<br></br>Premananda Prabhu has stated like this but not everyone is in Manjari seva and mood :<br></br>Srila Prabhupada has very clearly stated so :</p>
<p><img alt="May be a doodle of 1 person and text" src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/396313000_266780903014177_2330096558796729228_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=5de3DrtEjvkAX-to6e2&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDnQASYr6ChgjIxCbTvvezLycq-Af6Z7LsWulGjXQ6DlA&oe=65476AA6"></img></p>
<p><br></br>NOI 8<br></br>तन्नामरूपचरितादिसुकीर्तनानुस्मृत्योः क्रमेण रसनामनसी नियोज्य ।<br></br>तिष्ठन्व्रजे तदनुरागिजनानुगामी कालं नयेदखिलमित्युपदेशसारम् ॥ ८ ॥<br></br>tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu-<br></br>smṛtyoḥ krameṇa rasanā-manasī niyojya<br></br>tiṣṭhan vraje tad-anurāgi-janānugāmī<br></br>kālaṁ nayed…</p>
<p>If you are not a Gopi will you go to hell?<br/>Premananda Prabhu has stated like this but not everyone is in Manjari seva and mood :<br/>Srila Prabhupada has very clearly stated so :</p>
<p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/396313000_266780903014177_2330096558796729228_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=5de3DrtEjvkAX-to6e2&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDnQASYr6ChgjIxCbTvvezLycq-Af6Z7LsWulGjXQ6DlA&oe=65476AA6" alt="May be a doodle of 1 person and text"/></p>
<p><br/>NOI 8<br/>तन्नामरूपचरितादिसुकीर्तनानुस्मृत्योः क्रमेण रसनामनसी नियोज्य ।<br/>तिष्ठन्व्रजे तदनुरागिजनानुगामी कालं नयेदखिलमित्युपदेशसारम् ॥ ८ ॥<br/>tan-nāma-rūpa-caritādi-sukīrtanānu-<br/>smṛtyoḥ krameṇa rasanā-manasī niyojya<br/>tiṣṭhan vraje tad-anurāgi-janānugāmī<br/>kālaṁ nayed akhilam ity upadeśa-sāram<br/>Synonyms<br/>tat — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāma — the holy name; rūpa — form; carita-ādi — character, pastimes and so on; su-kīrtana — in discussing or chanting nicely; anusmṛtyoḥ — and in remembering; krameṇa — gradually; rasanā — the tongue; manasī — and one’s mind; niyojya — engaging; tiṣṭhan — residing; vraje — in Vraja; tat — to Lord Kṛṣṇa; anurāgi — attached; jana — persons; anugāmī — following; kālam — time; nayet — should utilize; akhilam — full; iti — thus; upadeśa — of advice or instruction; sāram — the essence.<br/>Translation<br/>The essence of all advice is that one should utilize one’s full time – twenty-four hours a day – in nicely chanting and remembering the Lord’s divine name, transcendental form, qualities and eternal pastimes, thereby gradually engaging one’s tongue and mind. In this way one should reside in Vraja [Goloka Vṛndāvana-dhāma] and serve Kṛṣṇa under the guidance of devotees. One should follow in the footsteps of the Lord’s beloved devotees, who are deeply attached to His devotional service.<br/>Purport<br/>Since the mind may be one’s enemy or one’s friend, one has to train the mind to become his friend. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is especially meant for training the mind to be always engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s business. The mind contains hundreds and thousands of impressions, not only of this life but also of many, many lives of the past. These impressions sometimes come in contact with one another and produce contradictory pictures. In this way the mind’s function can become dangerous for a conditioned soul. Students of psychology are aware of the mind’s various psychological changes. In Bhagavad-gītā (8.6) it is said:<br/>yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ<br/>tyajaty ante kalevaram<br/>taṁ taṁ evaiti kaunteya<br/>sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ<br/>“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail.”<br/>At the time of death, the mind and intelligence of a living entity create the subtle form of a certain type of body for the next life. If the mind suddenly thinks of something not very congenial, one has to take a corresponding birth in the next life. On the other hand, if one can think of Kṛṣṇa at the time of death, he can be transferred to the spiritual world, Goloka Vṛndāvana. This process of transmigration is very subtle; therefore Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advises devotees to train their minds in order that they will be unable to remember anything other than Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, the tongue should be trained to speak only of Kṛṣṇa and to taste only kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī further advises, tiṣṭhan vraje: one should live in Vṛndāvana or any part of Vrajabhūmi. Vrajabhūmi, or the land of Vṛndāvana, is supposed to be eighty-four krośas in area. One krośa equals two square miles. When one makes Vṛndāvana his residence, he should take shelter of an advanced devotee there. In this way one should always think of Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. This is further elucidated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.294):<br/>kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya<br/>preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam<br/>tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau<br/>kuryād vāsaṁ vraje sadā<br/>“A devotee should always reside in the transcendental realm of Vraja and always engage in kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya preṣṭham, the remembrance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His beloved associates. By following in the footsteps of such associates and by entering under their eternal guidance, one can acquire an intense desire to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”<br/>Again Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī states in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.295):<br/>sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa<br/>siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi<br/>tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā<br/>vraja-lokānusārataḥ<br/>“In the transcendental realm of Vraja [Vraja-dhāma] one should serve the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, with a feeling similar to that of His associates, and one should place himself under the direct guidance of a particular associate of Kṛṣṇa and should follow in his footsteps. This method is applicable both in the stage of sādhana [spiritual practices executed while in the stage of bondage] and in the stage of sādhya [God realization], when one is a siddha-puruṣa, or a spiritually perfect soul.”<br/>Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura has commented as follows upon this verse: “One who has not yet developed interest in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should give up all material motives and train his mind by following the progressive regulative principles, namely chanting and remembering Kṛṣṇa and His name, form, quality, pastimes and so forth. In this way, after developing a taste for such things, one should try to live in Vṛndāvana and pass his time constantly remembering Kṛṣṇa’s name, fame, pastimes and qualities under the direction and protection of an expert devotee. This is the sum and substance of all instruction regarding the cultivation of devotional service.<br/>“In the neophyte stage one should always engage in hearing kṛṣṇa-kathā. This is called śravaṇa-daśā, the stage of hearing. By constantly hearing the transcendental holy name of Kṛṣṇa and hearing of His transcendental form, qualities and pastimes, one can attain to the stage of acceptance called varaṇa-daśā. When one attains this stage, he becomes attached to the hearing of kṛṣṇa-kathā. When one is able to chant in ecstasy, he attains the stage of smaraṇāvasthā, the stage of remembering. Recollection, absorption, meditation, constant remembrance and trance are the five items of progressive kṛṣṇa-smaraṇa. At first, remembrance of Kṛṣṇa may be interrupted at intervals, but later remembrance proceeds uninterrupted. When remembrance is uninterrupted, it becomes concentrated and is called meditation. When meditation expands and becomes constant, it is called anusmṛti. By uninterrupted and unceasing anusmṛti one enters the stage of samādhi, or spiritual trance. After smaraṇa-daśā or samādhi has fully developed, the soul comes to understand his original constitutional position. At that time he can perfectly and clearly understand his eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa. That is called sampatti-daśā, the perfection of life.<br/>“Caitanya-caritāmṛta advises those who are neophytes to give up all kinds of motivated desires and simply engage in the regulative devotional service of the Lord according to the directions of scripture. In this way a neophyte can gradually develop attachment for Kṛṣṇa’s name, fame, form, qualities and so forth. When one has developed such attachment, he can spontaneously serve the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa even without following the regulative principles. This stage is called rāga-bhakti, or devotional service in spontaneous love. At that stage the devotee can follow in the footsteps of one of the eternal associates of Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. This is called rāgānuga-bhakti. Rāgānuga-bhakti, or spontaneous devotional service, can be executed in the śānta-rasa when one aspires to be like Kṛṣṇa’s cows or the stick or flute in the hand of Kṛṣṇa, or the flowers around Kṛṣṇa’s neck. In the dāsya-rasa one follows in the footsteps of servants like Citraka, Patraka or Raktaka. In the friendly sakhya-rasa one can become a friend like Baladeva, Śrīdāmā or Sudāmā. In the vātsalya-rasa, characterized by parental affection, one can become like Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, and in the mādhurya-rasa, characterized by conjugal love, one can become like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī or Her lady friends such as Lalitā and Her serving maids (mañjarīs) like Rūpa and Rati. This is the essence of all instruction in the matter of devotional service.”<br/>Please note Srila Rupa Goswami has never stated that unless one is a manjari or under Manjari guidance Krsna will not accept ones chanting ,but the 6 Goswami are all Manjaris and we always pray for their guidance, so the statement is true in one sense but not complexly true , otherwise if we take it there are know Yutesvaras in the other Rasas that is an offense, and Srila Prabhupada has given example of who follows who in the different Rasas, I hope this is clear now ?<br/>May be a doodle of 1 person and text</p>
<p>Paramananda Das<br/>Sahajiyas state there is only one Rasa, Madhurya Rasa that is nonsense, Krsna is Raso Vai Sah the enjoyer of all Rasas<br/>Srimati Radharani fanned by the manjaris after cooking for Krsna and having served Him also along with the cowherd boys..my godbrother Premananda Prabhu has stated unless we chant Hare Krsna under the guidance of the Manjaris Krsna will not accept our chanting ..but that is not stated by our Acaryas, and different devotees have different relationships with Sri Sri Radha Krsna.. but we should certain always pray for the mercy of the Gopis ,Sri Radha and the Manjaris, they are most dear to Krsna ...if you read Govinda Lilamrta and Krsna Bhavanamrta how can you not worship the Manjaris and Sakhis and Asta Sakhis in your heart ,with your body and mind? It is not possible because Lord Caitanyas mood was that of being absorbed in Radha dasyam , as a servant of Sri Radha. That is why the Caitanya Caritamrta was considered the Topmost scripture by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada .So in all Rasas we worship Radha Krsna and the Gopis and manjaris, but this may not be our Sthaiya Bhava, Srila Prabhupada insicated that he was a cowherd boy ,he once directly told Mother Govinda ,that in Goloka he serves Krsna as a cowherd boy ,,,we see Srila Prabhupada however always giving special importance to Sri Radha and the Gopis<br/>kṛṣṇa taba puṇya habe bhāi<br/>e-puṇya koribe jabe rādhārāṇī khusī habe<br/>dhruva ati boli tomā tāi<br/>I emphatically say to you, O brothers, you will obtain your good fortune from the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa only when Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī becomes pleased with you.<br/>Srila Prabhupadas prayer on Jaladutta</p>
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<p>So this painting is then incorrect ? Because Yamuna gave a clear path to Krsna ? But I have read somewhere in Sastra that Yamuna at one point rose Her waters to Krsna would touch Yamunaji with His lotusfeet ,,,so both seems possible, though Srila Sanatana Goswami has stated Yamuna gave Vasudeva a clear path to walk to Gokula ,like when Moses and the Jews went out of Egypt,that example came to mind ,Sri Moses asked the Lord to make a clear path</p>
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<p>So this painting is then incorrect ? Because Yamuna gave a clear path to Krsna ? But I have read somewhere in Sastra that Yamuna at one point rose Her waters to Krsna would touch Yamunaji with His lotusfeet ,,,so both seems possible, though Srila Sanatana Goswami has stated Yamuna gave Vasudeva a clear path to walk to Gokula ,like when Moses and the Jews went out of Egypt,that example came to mind ,Sri Moses asked the Lord to make a clear path</p>
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<p>When Vasudeva crossed Yamuna ,was the water separated complexly ,or was Vasudeva into Yamuna water to his neck ,I am not sure of the detail ,I will look in Srimad Bhagavatam and Garga Samhita I think the Krsna Lila Stava by Srila Sanatana Goswami gives a clear answer :<br/>Song Name: Pitr Prag Janma Kathaka<br/>Official Name: Obeisance 15 Verse 55 to 69<br/>Author: Sanatana Goswami<br/>Book Name: Krsna Lila Stava<br/>Language: Sanskrit<br/>LYRICS:<br/>(1)<br/>pitṛ-prāg-janma-kathaka<br/>svadatta-vara-yantrika<br/>mahārādhana-santośa<br/>tri-janmātmajātā-gata<br/>(2)<br/>mahānanda-prasū-tāta<br/>līlā-mānuśa-bālaka<br/>narākṛti-para-brahman<br/>prakṛśṭākāra sundara<br/>(3)<br/>janakopaykla-nirdeśṭar<br/>yaśodā-jāta-māya he<br/>śāyita-dvāḥ-stha-paurāder<br/>mohitāgarā-rakśaka<br/>(4)<br/>sva-śakty-udghāṭitaśeśa-<br/>kavāṭa pitṛ-vahāka<br/>śeśoraga-phānā-cchatra<br/>yamunā-datta-sat-patha<br/>(5)<br/>vraja-mūrta-mahā-bhāgya<br/>yaśodā-talpa-śāyita<br/>nidrāmohita-nandādi-<br/>yaśodāviditehita<br/>TRANSLATION<br/>1) O Lord Krsna, in three births You became the Son of Devaki and Vasudeva. When You were born in Your father's presence, You were pleased by His sincere worship, and You granted all benedictions to him.<br/>2) O beautiful Krsna, O Supreme Spirit whose form resembles that of a a human child, and who performs pastimes in that eternal form, giving great transcendental bliss to Your mother and father, (all glories unto You).<br/>3) O Krsna, You instructed (Vasudeva) how You could escape (the wrath of Kamsa) and You bewildered the guards standing at the prison gate and caused them all to fall asleep. It was by Your arrangement that Your potency Maya was born as the daughter of Yasoda.<br/>4) O Krsna, Your potency unlocked all the doors and You were carried away by Your father. The hoods of the serpent Ananta Sesa became Your umbrella, and the Yamuna river gave You a clear path.<br/>5) O Lord Krsna, O Great Auspiciousness of Vraja, You were placed on Yasoda's bed. And she, Nanda Mahraja and the other cowherd men, bewildered by sleep, did not notice. (All glories unto You).<br/>THE YAMUNA GAVE YOU A CLEAR PATH<br/> <img src="https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/395649372_266355089723425_6579076455458109066_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=RU-_o9s0gUkAX-BlrGF&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCw5R1ptmFAYRRHZYKTLiX67gKHnKTnpqJOHHqx7oJZpA&oe=654709EC" alt="May be an image of 1 person"/></p>Sri Vraja-riti-cintamani translated by Kusakratha Prabhutag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-11-01:4087284:BlogPost:1113462023-11-01T12:01:09.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
Sri Vraja-riti-cintamani translated by Kusakratha Prabhu<br />
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Sri Vraja-riti-cintamani<br />
The Cintamani Jewel of Vraja<br />
by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur<br />
Chapter 1<br />
1 Let me glorify Vrajabhumi, the place where Sri Krsna enjoys transcendental pastimes. Simply by drinking with their ears the nectarean description of Vrajabhumi, the liberated souls…
Sri Vraja-riti-cintamani translated by Kusakratha Prabhu<br />
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Sri Vraja-riti-cintamani<br />
The Cintamani Jewel of Vraja<br />
by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur<br />
Chapter 1<br />
1 Let me glorify Vrajabhumi, the place where Sri Krsna enjoys transcendental pastimes. Simply by drinking with their ears the nectarean description of Vrajabhumi, the liberated souls abandon the bliss of impersonal Brahman and yearn to attain the land of Vraja.<br />
2 With a pure heart let me worship Vrajabhumi, which is the form of the sweetness of meditation on Sri Krsna, which is eternal, transcendental, blissful, and peerless, and which, although it cannot be understood by ordinary people, is easily understood by its residents.<br />
Note: Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has concealed the names of Sri Krsna Caitanya, Nityananda and Advaita in the first two lines of this verse.<br />
3 A poet’s poem becomes famous because of its quality of being poetic. I shall boldly declare that this poem of mine is the most poetic and best of all poems, for it glorifies the transcendental land of Vraja.<br />
4 I yearn to be able to write as well as Lord Caitanya’s Rupa Gosvami, but I cannot write as well as he, and neither can I write as well as his followers who wrote many wonderful, perfect books, which everyone should read and remember. Compared to their books my little book can hardly be considered poetic.<br />
5 Millions of material universes and even millions of spiritual Vaikuntha planets are not very significant in comparison to Vrndavana, where Sri Krsna enjoyed lunch with His friends on the Yamuna’s sandy bank, and enjoyed many other transcendental pastimes.<br />
6 Sri Krsna’s friends and associates, who enjoy pastimes with Him as equals, reside in this perfectly spiritual abode of Vrndavana.<br />
7 All these associates of the Lord have spiritual bodies, although their forms and activities appear ordinary and material to the conditioned souls. These associates of the Lord are enchanted by Lord Krsna’s charming pastimes in Vraja.<br />
8 Although their forms and actions are filled with spiritual knowledge, the people of Vraja know Krsna as their friend and relative: an ordinary person. This is not at all surprising.<br />
9 Although they are the most exalted, by the influence of the potency of pure devotion to the Lord they think themselves the most lowly and insignificant. I have with my own eyes seen how the people of Vraja think themselves ordinary even though the great saints worship them.<br />
10 Defeated by their humbleness, Sri Krsna eternally enjoys pastimes in their midst. In their presence He manifests a limitless flood of the sweetness of the most confidential transcendental mellows.<br />
11 Even though it appears to be material, the opulent sweet nectar shower of Lord Krsna’s pastimes is worshipped by the great devotees.<br />
12 I pray that by the mercy of its inconceivable residents I will attain the place that bears the auspicious names Vrndavana, Gokula-dhama, Gostha, and Vraja.<br />
13 Vrndavana cannot be understood by conditioned souls, for although it may appear to be material, all its villages, forests, and cow-pastures are perfectly spiritual.<br />
14 Some portion of transcendental Vrndavana becomes visible in this world at the time of Lord Krsna’s manifest pastimes. Conditioned souls think Vrndavana is material, although actually it is spiritual, and beyond their ability to understand or describe.<br />
15 The devotees declare that Nandisvara Hill, the form of Lord Siva now shining as Nanda Maharaja’s capitol, is an endlessly beautiful crown decorating Vrndavana.<br />
16 On its eastern, northern, and southern sides people free from all unhappiness reside. On its summit is Nanda Maharaja’s palace, which the Purana’s describe as existing since ancient times.<br />
17 Nanda Maharaja’s capitol is enclosed by a great wall built of sapphires. The homes within the capital are made of emeralds, with coral pillars, golden roofs, and crystal windows.<br />
18 Nanda Maharaja’s palace is made of glistening sapphires, with lapus lazuli roofs and large gates made of rubies.<br />
19 In the centre of Nanda Maharaja’s palace is a courtyard. The royal treasury is in the western part, Lord Balarama’s residence in the northern part and Lord Krsna’s residence in the southern part of the palace.<br />
20 In the eastern part of the palace is a temple where, in order to obtain auspiciousness for his son, Nanda Maharaja serves His Deity, Sri Narayana.<br />
21 South of the treasury and west of Lord Krsna’s residence is the little kitchen where Sri Radhika enjoys cooking pastimes.<br />
22 South of Krsna’s residence and the kitchen is a secluded garden, where there is a pleasant lake and many hidden courtyards and cottages.<br />
23 The cowherds’ many beautiful homes rest on two sides and Nandisvara Hill is splendidly manifest behind them. Lord Siva repeatedly offers respectful obeisances to the hill.<br />
24 Each cowherd’s home is surrounded by an impassable jewel wall with many jewel entrance-ways and many gates studded with pearls and other jewels.<br />
25 Seeing these cowherd men’s homes, human beings proclaim them more wonderful than the residences of the demigods, demigods proclaim them more wonderful than the residences in Vaikuntha, and the Vaikuntha-vasis proclaim them more wonderful than the sweetest nectar.<br />
26 Within the walls of each cowherd man’s compound were the homes of a gatekeeper, priests, and other associates.<br />
27 Around the cowherd men’s homes are many other houses, a marketplace, and roads leading in many directions.<br />
28 Near the entrances of the city are many cross-roads and marketplaces.<br />
29 In these marketplaces are many stores where jewel necklaces, splendid flags, pearl necklaces, and blossomed-flower garlands as large as trees are offered for sale.<br />
30 Filled with fragrant spring flowers, these marketplaces are like many hills of aromatic substances.<br />
31 There is a jeweller’s shop glistening as a mine full of precious gems, and there are other shops where aromatic substances such as musk and kunkuma are sold.<br />
32 I shall now describe the bliss of Sri Vrndavana-dhama just as Paramananda Kavikarnapura has done in his book Ananda-Vrndavana-campu, and many other great poets have also done in their books. I shall describe it a little bit, just as someone unlearned in music may strum a lute and pick out a few melodic fragments here and there.<br />
33 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘matsara: they do not mean ‘envy’, but ‘my lake’. When they say ‘khala’, they do not mean ‘demon’, but ‘a woman’s sash’. When they say ‘mala’, they do not mean ‘defect’, but ‘gentle and delicate’. In this way they never speak anything unpleasant, but everything they say is pleasing and auspicious.<br />
34 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘pradosa’ they do not mean ‘fault’, they do not mean ‘rascal’, but ‘moon’. When they say ‘rosa’, they do not mean anger, but ‘love’. When they say ‘mosa’ they do not mean a cruel thief, but Krsna’s playfully stealing the gopis’ yoghurt. In this way they never speak anything unpleasant, but everything they say is pleasing and auspicious.<br />
35 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘danda’, they do not mean ‘the king’s rod of chastisement’, but rather, ‘the handle of a parasol, camara fan, or other similar article’. When they say ‘nivi’, they do not mean ‘handcuffs’, but ‘a ribbon for tying the hair’. When they say ‘adhi’ they do not mean ‘headache’, but ‘ecstatic meditation on the Personality of Godhead’. In this way they never speak anything unpleasant, but everything they say is pleasing and auspicious.<br />
36 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘panka’ they do not mean ‘mud’, but aromatic ointments such as musk, kunkuma, and sandalwood paste. When they say ‘crookedness’ they do not mean the crookedness of a thief, but the beautiful shape of spiral earrings or some other ornament. When they say ‘hardness’ they do not mean the hard-heartedness of a cruel person, but the hardness of a gem or stone. In this way they never speak anything unpleasant, but everything they say is pleasing and auspicious.<br />
37 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘rajah’ they do not mean ‘material passion’, but ‘the pollen of flowers’. When they say ‘tamah’ they do not mean ‘ignorance’, but ‘the pleasant darkness of night’. When they say ‘dvandvam’ they do not mean ‘the material dualities of happiness and distress’, but ‘a happy couple’. When they say ‘slowness’ they do not refer to the intellect, but the wind. When they say ‘restlessness’ they do not mean anything inauspicious, but rather ‘great eagerness to see Lord Hari’, or else ‘the charming restless glances of the Lord’. In this way they never speak anything unpleasant, but everything they say is pleasing and auspicious.<br />
38 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘smallness’ they do not refer to the lack of anything good, but rather to a slender waist. When they say ‘nicagatvam’ they do not mean ‘faith in rascals’ but ‘a stream that can be easily crossed’. When they say the words ‘lamentation, humility, fatigue, bewilderment, sleep and laziness’ they do not mean any inauspicious material traits, but rather the various symptoms of ecstatic love of God. In this way they never speak anything unpleasant, but everything they say is pleasing and auspicious.<br />
39 When the vrajavasis say the word ‘cows’ they refer to the celestial kamadhenu cows. When they say ‘trees’ they mean kalpa-vrksa trees that fulfill all desires. When they say ‘rocks’ they mean cintamani gems. How is it possible to describe the limitless opulences of Vraja?<br />
40 When the Personified Vedas saw the splendid good fortune of the vraja-gopis, they decided to follow in their footsteps and become gopis also. When Laksmi-devi saw the charming sweetness of the vraja-gopis, she became bewildered and fainted with envy. Who can describe the transcendental opulences of this land of Vraja?<br />
41 Filled with pure transcendental love, the vrajavasis considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead their intimate friend or relative. Although they were all liberated, transcendental personalities, they appeared just like ordinary conditioned souls. What is not wonderful in this?<br />
42 The vrajavasis are filled with auspicious spiritual qualities. They have no material attributes. What may even seem to be faults on their part are actually auspicious and spiritual when seen in connection to their transcendental rasa with Krsna. Seeing this wonderful condition of the residents of Nanda Maharaja’s Vrajabhumi, the three modes of material nature have become embarrassed. They have relinquished all their pride in being able to control others.<br />
43 That the devotees are eternally filled with all spiritual virtues and always free from material defects or the influence of the three modes of nature is confirmed by many statements of the Smrti, Itihasa, Puranas and Vedas.<br />
44 Someone may ask: ‘If Sri Krsna’s pastimes are all eternal, then why do some people think that they are temporary?’ The devotees learned in transcendental science, reply: ‘These matters are very confidential, and Sri Krsna is unwilling to allow unqualified non-devotees to understand them. For this reason He conceals the truth from them.’<br />
45 Supremely fortunate, the personified deity of parental love, and his form purely spiritual, the king of Vraja, who is named Sri Nanda, lives there in his capitol city.<br />
46 Sri Nanda who is Krsna’s father and the king of Vraja, is a liberated soul in a perfectly spiritual body. All the vrajavasis love him as if he were their own father.<br />
47 Staying in Nanda’s home is his pious wife, Yasoda-devi, who is the personified nectar of the treasure of parental love, and who is like a spiritual kalpa-valli vine that has borne as its fruit the precious gem known as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.<br />
48 Sri Yasoda, who brings (da) fame (yasah) to the world, and who is filled with the nectar bliss of a mother’s love for Sri Krsna, once angrily bound Him with a rope. In this way she made Krsna’s happiness and her wonderful love increase.<br />
49 Countless cowherd people live in Vraja, some intimate relatives of King Nanda, and others who have barely a scent of family tie with him. All of them, however, are full of love for Lord Mukunda.<br />
50 The saintly cowherd men of Vraja are just like personified forms of devotional service, and their wives are also constantly engaged in Krsna’s service. Some of their sons are Krsna’s friends, and some of their daughters are Krsna’s lovers.<br />
51 Krsna’s contemporary friends are His equals in all respects, and they are all eternally young boys, just like the four Kumaras. What is impossible for they who have dedicated their hearts to Krsna?<br />
52 Some friends are considered very confidential and some fortunate friends perform confidential services. Subala, Ujjvala and some splendid others, who are as good as the gopis, are rich with the sight of Krsna’s splendid conjugal pastimes.<br />
53 All of Sri Krsna’s gopi beloveds are splendidly beautiful. A millionth part of a single ray of light from their lotus toenails defeats the shining of millions of moons. The waves of the ocean of their incomparable glory and supreme good fortune have drowned the Vedas.<br />
54 Even Laksmi-devi was unable to attain even a small fragment of the mercy the gopis attained. Srila Sukadeva Gosvami confirmed this in the Srimad Bhagavatam (10.47.60): „When Lord Sri Krsna was dancing with the gopis in the rasa-lila, the gopis were embraced by the arms of the Lord. This transcendental favour was never bestowed upon the goddess of fortune or the other consorts in the spiritual world. Indeed, never was such a favour even imagined by the most beautiful girls in the heavenly planets, whose bodily lustre and aroma resemble those of lotus flowers. And what to speak of worldly women who are very beautiful according to the material estimation.“*<br />
55 Even the youngest gopi could not renounce pastimes with the Lord. Srimad Bhagavatam (10.33.19) says: „Krsna the supreme mystic, expanded Himself in many forms and stood beside each gopi. He began to dance in their midst.“*<br />
56 Enchanted by their transcendental virtues, the Supreme Personality of Godhead enjoyed pastimes with the gopis. The gopis were also enchanted by the Lord’s transcendental virtues, and they worshipped Him with full concentration.<br />
57 A jewel necklace of virtues crowning the head of the gopis, a golden ketaki flower in the garden of gopis blinded with love for Krsna, and a glittering lightning flash beside the dark cloud of Sri Krsna’s sweetness, Sri Vrsabhanu’s daughter is splendidly manifest.<br />
58 Maharaja Vrsabhanu’s daughter is the moonlight of transcendental bliss. Her beauty enchants Sri Krsna, the enchanter of Laksmi. She is a golden streak on the black testing stone named Sri Krsna’s handsomeness.<br />
59 Sri Radhika is the sweetest nectar churned from the ocean of transcendental beauty. She is the realm of transcendental artistic talent. She is a mine filled with the jewels of all transcendental auspicious virtues. She is the celebrated beloved of Sri Krsna, the moon of Vraja.<br />
60 More fair than thousands of fair-complexioned girls, in the Vedas celebrated as ‘dark’ with the intensity of Her beauty, Her form exquisitely beautiful, and Her self the life-breath of the gopis, Sri Radha is splendidly manifest.<br />
61 Sri Radhika is the lover of Sri Krsna, the moon of Vraja. Some say She is the Supreme Goddess of Fortune, and others say the Tantras describe Her as the pastime potency (lila-sakti) of the Lord. The masters of the Sruti-sastra say She is the pleasure-potency (anandini sakti) of the Lord.<br />
62 All His potencies, all His pastimes, all His qualities, and all His handsomeness, sweetness, expertise, and other virtues under Her dominion, Krsna’s beloved, Sri Radhika, shines with great splendour.<br />
63 Krsna’s beloved, Sri Radhika, who enjoys endless, eternal, sweet, splendidly amorous pastimes with Him, shines with great splendour.<br />
64 Sri Radhika, who is sweeter than even Sri Krsna, who is Himself flooded with handsomeness, virtues, pastimes, and sweetness, shines with great splendour.<br />
65 When She sees Lalita, Visakha, and Her other friends, Sri Radha proudly thinks they are every bit as beautiful, virtuous, and dear to Krsna as She is, and She becomes filled with happiness.<br />
66 Syama-gopi is famous for both her virtues and Her friendship with Sri Radha. With sweet affection She constantly strives to keep Radha’s friendship.<br />
67 One day Radha and Syama met and together skillfully fashioned various garments and ornaments. When these articles were given to Sri Krsnacandra, He asked who had made them. Syama replied that Radha made them all Herself, and Radha insisted that Syama made them unassisted.<br />
68 So deeply in love were they, Krsna’s lovers completely ignored society’s continued contempt. This is certainly very wonderful.<br />
69 The exalted brahmanas in Vraja are the personifications of pure religion. Some preach the religion of the Vedas and some follow the pancaratras.<br />
70 These brahmanas all receive generous charity from the king of Vraja, and perform Vedic sacrifices on his behalf. Some of them are enchanted by the transcendental opulence, and some by the intense sweetness, of the young prince of Vraja.<br />
71 The betelnuts, scented oils, flower garlands and other paraphernalia the vrajavasis offer to Sri Krsna are perfectly spiritual, even though offered by ‘human beings’. Even the demigods in heaven cannot attain love like these ‘human beings’ bear for Sri Krsna, the moon of Vraja.<br />
72 In Vraja the surabhi cow barns have crystal walls, enormous gold pillars, and emerald roof-beams.<br />
73 The roofs are made of various jewels, and rubies mark the places where the roof beams meet the pillars of the walls.<br />
74 White as the deity of goddess Sarasvati, and sober and grave as great ascetics, splendid surabhi cows wander in the courtyards of these barns.<br />
75 These surabhi cows are just like cintamani jewels that fulfill all desires. Their happy calves are like pleasant summers. Their mooing is the most beautiful poetry. They lift their ears to hear the sound of Krsna’s flute.<br />
76 The calves look as if they might be the moving rocks on the peak of Mount Kailasa, or the infant children of the moonlight.<br />
77 As they wander over the earth, the calves are like the milk ocean’s bubbles, Lord Siva’s chuckles, or mamsa-pinda offerings in pure goodness.<br />
78 Are these great boulders from the crystal mountain? Are they tidal waves from the milk ocean? These are the bulls of Vraja. During the day they freely wander, just as liberated souls, and during the evening they sit peacefully at home, just as great sages rapt in contemplation.<br />
79 Proudly mooing from the loose folds of skin about their necks, Vraja’s bulls look like old sannyasis. Then again, their reddish stares make them look like intoxicated persons.<br />
80 South of Nandisvara, on a regal hilltop is Maharaja Vrsabhanu’s home, which is like a brother to Maharaja Nanda’s home.<br />
81 Maharaja Nanda and Maharaja Vrsabhanu are both equal in regal splendour and power. Their capitols are similar, and their son and daughter are equally famous.<br />
82 Midway between Nandisvara Hill and Vrsabhanu Hill is Sanketa, the place of Radha-Krsna’s rendezvous. I meditate on this place. I think it is the personification of the divine couple’s love.<br />
83 To the north of Nandisvara Hill is the district of Vidhuhrdya, where the town of Yavata is located. That populous town is like the crown jewel of all jewel like towns, and it is the home of Srimati Radharani’s parents-in-law.<br />
84 This town of Yavata was built by Maharaja Vrsabhanu for the pleasure of His daughter. She would often sit on the roof of Her palace and gaze at the direction of Her lover’s home, and in the same way He would also gaze at the direction of Yavata-pura.<br />
85 Anxious and deferential in the presence of Their elderly relatives, the divine couple would slip away, and on their palace roofs gaze in each other’s direction.<br />
86 The place where Krsna would secretly meet His beloved under a charming fig tree (vata), happily enjoy pastimes with Her, and anoint Her feet with red lac (yava), is named Yavata.<br />
87 By the mercy of Sri Krsna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Rupa Gosvami, and my spiritual master, this book, a brief description of the Lord’s splendid abode and nectar pastimes, has been written. The Sri Vraja-riti-cintamani’s first chapter, which describes Nandisvara Hill for the transcendental delight of the entire world, is now concluded.<br />
Note: This verse is a little like a kaleidoscope. Each word in the first line may be interpreted as either a noun or adjective. And according to the interpretation the opening phrase assumes a different meaning. For example if ‘sri-krsnena’ is taken as the noun, and the other words as adjectives, the opening phrase means: ‘by the mercy of Sri Krsna, who is the master of the entire world, and who has appeared here as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’. If ‘guruna’ is taken as the noun, the phrase means: ‘By the mercy of my spiritual master, who is the bona fide representative of Sri Krsna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and Srila Rupa Gosvami’. If ‘caitanya-rupena’ is taken as the noun, the phrase means: ‘By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Sri Krsna Himself, the master of all the worlds’. If ‘caitanya-rupena’ is taken as the noun, the phrase may also be understood to mean: ‘By the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Srila Rupa Gosvami, who is the representative of Sri Krsna, and the spiritual master of all the Vaisnavas.’you become what you give attention tootag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-31:4087284:BlogPost:1112622023-10-31T19:17:56.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
Bg. 8.6<br />
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।<br />
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावित: ॥ ६ ॥<br />
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ<br />
tyajaty ante kalevaram<br />
taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya<br />
sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ<br />
Synonyms<br />
yam yam — whatever; vā api — at all; smaran — remembering; bhāvam — nature; tyajati — gives up; ante — at the end; kalevaram — this body; tam tam — similar; eva — certainly; eti — gets; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; sadā — always; tat — that; bhāva — state of being; bhāvitaḥ —…
Bg. 8.6<br />
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम् ।<br />
तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावित: ॥ ६ ॥<br />
yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ<br />
tyajaty ante kalevaram<br />
taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya<br />
sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ<br />
Synonyms<br />
yam yam — whatever; vā api — at all; smaran — remembering; bhāvam — nature; tyajati — gives up; ante — at the end; kalevaram — this body; tam tam — similar; eva — certainly; eti — gets; kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; sadā — always; tat — that; bhāva — state of being; bhāvitaḥ — remembering.<br />
Translation<br />
Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kuntī, that state he will attain without fail.<br />
Purport<br />
The process of changing one’s nature at the critical moment of death is here explained. A person who at the end of his life quits his body thinking of Kṛṣṇa attains the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord, but it is not true that a person who thinks of something other than Kṛṣṇa attains the same transcendental state. This is a point we should note very carefully. How can one die in the proper state of mind? Mahārāja Bharata, although a great personality, thought of a deer at the end of his life, and so in his next life he was transferred into the body of a deer. Although as a deer he remembered his past activities, he had to accept that animal body. Of course, one’s thoughts during the course of one’s life accumulate to influence one’s thoughts at the moment of death, so this life creates one’s next life. If in one’s present life one lives in the mode of goodness and always thinks of Kṛṣṇa, it is possible for one to remember Kṛṣṇa at the end of one’s life. That will help one be transferred to the transcendental nature of Kṛṣṇa. If one is transcendentally absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s service, then his next body will be transcendental (spiritual), not material. Therefore the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare is the best process for successfully changing one’s state of being at the end of one’s life.<br />
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in our European Educational systems ancient greek is learned and the Philosophers from that time, they were deep thinkers for sure ,not devotees but a kind of Munis for sure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus</a><br />
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In ancient Greek religion and philosophy, the concept of reincarnation was believed by some philosophers such as Pythagoras and Empedocles, who believed that the soul was eternal and could be reborn into a new body after death.<br />
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Pope Vigilius also taught reincarnation within the Catholic church but met with resistance <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Vigilius">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Vigilius</a><br />
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Pope Vigilius - Wikipedia29. Paying respects to others before the Deity.tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-22:4087284:BlogPost:1112592023-10-22T17:44:20.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>The attention is to Lord Narasimhadevs lotusfeet not to yours !<br></br>One time now many years ago Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami where touching each others" lotusfeet" during Bhagavatam class in Mayapure sitting in front of Lord Narasimha.It realty made me furious how can you pay attention so another devotees feet in front of Lord Narasimha ? One sannyasi made Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami look at me because he could see how furious I was that they dared touch each others feet in front of…</p>
<p>The attention is to Lord Narasimhadevs lotusfeet not to yours !<br/>One time now many years ago Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami where touching each others" lotusfeet" during Bhagavatam class in Mayapure sitting in front of Lord Narasimha.It realty made me furious how can you pay attention so another devotees feet in front of Lord Narasimha ? One sannyasi made Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami look at me because he could see how furious I was that they dared touch each others feet in front of Lord Ugra Narasimha. They looked at me and stopped,,,in front of Lord Narasimha, you only pay attention to His lotusfeet<br/>Text 4 Pradya puspam Narasimha paduke pranamaya murdhna Narasimha paduke prapathya stotram Narasimha paduke prayami raksam Narasimha paduke<br/>Offering a flower, bowing my head , and reciting prayers, I take shelter of Lord Nrsimha's lotusfeet.<br/>Text 5 Nrsimha he he Narasimha pahi mam Nrsimha Prahlada prapala pahi mam itiva rodimi muhur muhur muhuh Nrsimhadevam saranam prayamy aham<br/>"Nrsimha, Nrisimha! Save me ! Nrsimha! O protector of Prahlada! Save me! Crying out again and again and again, I take shelter of Lord Nrsimha."<br/>Text 6<br/>Sad dhiranyakasipucca mandire daitya rakta sarid ali vahanam agrakam krtavate krudha pura narakesarina anamamy aham<br/>I offer my respectfull obaisences to Lord Nrsimha who angrily created a flowing river of demon's blood in Hiranyakasipu's beautifull palace<br/>May be an image of temple and text that says 'TEMPLE OFITH VEDIC PLANE TARIUM'</p>
<p>All reactions:<br/>5Asim Dey, Shobed Pall and 3 others<br/>7 comments<br/>Like<br/>Comment<br/>Share<br/>Active<br/>Krishnokoli Roy Choudhury<br/>As per nod it's an offense to pay respect to anyone in front of deity<br/>Like<br/>Reply<br/>2h<br/>Active<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>Krishnokoli Roy Choudhury yes that is my point</p>
<p>Like<br/>Reply<br/>5m<br/>Active<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also given that list in his book Harinama Cintamani thanks so much dear Mataji for reminding me :</p>
<p>Like<br/>Reply<br/>2m<br/>Active<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>Chapter – 14 Offenses in Serving the Deity<br/>17. Crying in front of the Deity.<br/>18. Criticizing others.<br/>19. Covering oneself in a blanket before the Deity.<br/>20. Praising others before the Deity.<br/>21. Using obscene language.<br/>22. Belching or passing gas.<br/>23. Not offering the best articles possible.<br/>24. Eating food not offered to the Deity.<br/>25. Not offering fruits in season.<br/>26. Offering already enjoyed food.<br/>27. Sitting with one's back to the Deity.<br/>28. Sitting directly in front of the Deity.<br/>29. Paying respects to others before the Deity.<br/>30. Not glorifying the guru.<br/>31. Praising oneself.<br/>32. Criticizing Deities or demigods.</p>
<p>Like<br/>Reply<br/>2m<br/>Active<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>29. Paying respects to others before the Deity.</p>
<p>Like<br/>Reply<br/>2m<br/>Active<br/>Paramananda Das<br/>here is the list mentioned by Srila Rupa Goswami in Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu and also here bySrila Bhkativinoda Thakura <a href="https://audio.iskcondesiretree.com/.../Balaram_Shakti_Pr">https://audio.iskcondesiretree.com/.../Balaram_Shakti_Pr</a>...<br/>Like<br/>Reply<br/>1m</p>
<p>In ISKCON Gurupuja is often done before the open Deities, but in Gaudiya Math that is not allowed<br/>I recall when we used to worship Gurus in ISKCON , the Deties alter were closed .Srila Prabhupadas Gurupuja is done before the Deities, but as far I know Srila Prabhupada did not have his Guru Puja done in front of the open curtain of the Deities..maybe I am wrong? But in Gaudiya math it is forbidden to worship any Guru in front of Krsna</p>More about Vasudeva and Devakis sufferings !tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-18:4087284:BlogPost:1115822023-10-18T19:17:01.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
Isvara Puri my student asked me about Vaudevas and Devakis suffering so I send him this as an email<br />
More about Vasudeva and Devakis sufferings !<br />
Here are some other thoughts about the tests devotees have in Krsnas service, Lord Brahma has stated :<br />
ŚB 10.14.8<br />
तत्तेऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्षमाणो<br />
भुञ्जान एवात्मकृतं विपाकम् ।<br />
हृद्वाग्वपुर्भिर्विदधन्नमस्ते<br />
जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् ॥ ८ ॥<br />
tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo<br />
bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam<br />
hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te<br />
jīveta yo mukti-pade…
Isvara Puri my student asked me about Vaudevas and Devakis suffering so I send him this as an email<br />
More about Vasudeva and Devakis sufferings !<br />
Here are some other thoughts about the tests devotees have in Krsnas service, Lord Brahma has stated :<br />
ŚB 10.14.8<br />
तत्तेऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्षमाणो<br />
भुञ्जान एवात्मकृतं विपाकम् ।<br />
हृद्वाग्वपुर्भिर्विदधन्नमस्ते<br />
जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् ॥ ८ ॥<br />
tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo<br />
bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam<br />
hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te<br />
jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk<br />
Synonyms<br />
tat — therefore; te — Your; anukampām — compassion; su-samīkṣamāṇaḥ — earnestly hoping for; bhuñjānaḥ — enduring; eva — certainly; ātma-kṛtam — done by himself; vipākam — the fruitive results; hṛt — with his heart; vāk — words; vapurbhiḥ — and body; vidadhan — offering; namaḥ — obeisances; te — unto You; jīveta — lives; yaḥ — anyone who; mukti-pade — to the position of liberation; saḥ — he; dāya-bhāk — the rightful heir.<br />
Translation<br />
My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.<br />
Purport<br />
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains in his commentary that just as a legitimate son has to simply remain alive to gain an inheritance from his father, one who simply remains alive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, following the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga, automatically becomes eligible to receive the mercy of the Personality of Godhead. In other words, he will be promoted to the kingdom of God.<br />
The word su-samīkṣamāṇa indicates that a devotee earnestly awaits the mercy of the Supreme Lord even while suffering the painful effects of previous sinful activities. Lord Kṛṣṇa explains in the Bhagavad-gītā that a devotee who fully surrenders unto Him is no longer liable to suffer the reactions of his previous karma. However, because in his mind a devotee may still maintain the remnants of his previous sinful mentality, the Lord removes the last vestiges of the enjoying spirit by giving His devotee punishments that may sometimes resemble sinful reactions. The purpose of the entire creation of God is to rectify the living entity’s tendency to enjoy without the Lord, and therefore the particular punishment given for a sinful activity is specifically designed to curtail the mentality that produced the activity. Although a devotee has surrendered to the Lord’s devotional service, until he is completely perfect in Kṛṣṇa consciousness he may maintain a slight inclination to enjoy the false happiness of this world. The Lord therefore creates a particular situation to eradicate this remaining enjoying spirit. This unhappiness suffered by a sincere devotee is not technically a karmic reaction; it is rather the Lord’s special mercy for inducing His devotee to completely let go of the material world and return home, back to Godhead.<br />
A sincere devotee earnestly desires to go back to the Lord’s abode. Therefore he willingly accepts the Lord’s merciful punishment and continues offering respects and obeisances to the Lord with his heart, words and body. Such a bona fide servant of the Lord, considering all hardship a small price to pay for gaining the personal association of the Lord, certainly becomes a legitimate son of God, as indicated here by the words dāya-bhāk. Just as one cannot approach the sun without becoming fire, one cannot approach the supreme pure, Lord Kṛṣṇa, without undergoing a rigid purificatory process, which may appear like suffering but which is in fact a curative treatment administered by the personal hand of the Lord.<br />
What to speak of Vasudeva and Devaki that where in prison by Kamsa for what I calculated to be around 20 years...Prahlada Maharaja was tortured by his demon father Hiranyakasipu ,Jesus Christ crucified in the mission of Lord Krsna. Haridas Thakura beaten over 21 market places..These great Vaisnavas suffer for the service of the Lord .Srila Prabhupada had two heart attacks on the rough sea on Jaladutta to USA.<br />
We can simply bow our head and pay full obaisences to these Vaisnavas.Ambarish Maharaja was attacked by Durvasa Muni who tried to kill him by creating a demon, the Sudarshan Chakra killed the demon and then chased Durvasa Muni for one year.Amabarish Maharaja had fasted for one year, and just took a few drops of water before serving Durvasa Muni then he ended up in the same spot for one year waiting for Durvasa Muni to returne, how is that even possible? Without food and sleep and drink of water<br />
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I think Queen Kuntis prayer to Krsna answer a pure Vaisnavas attitude.<br />
ŚB 1.8.25<br />
विपद: सन्तु ता: शश्वत्तत्र तत्र जगद्गुरो ।<br />
भवतो दर्शनं यत्स्यादपुनर्भवदर्शनम् ॥ २५ ॥<br />
vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat<br />
tatra tatra jagad-guro<br />
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād<br />
apunar bhava-darśanam<br />
Synonyms<br />
vipadaḥ — calamities; santu — let there be; tāḥ — all; śaśvat — again and again; tatra — there; tatra — and there; jagat-guro — O Lord of the universe; bhavataḥ — Your; darśanam — meeting; yat — that which; syāt — is; apunaḥ — not again; bhava-darśanam — seeing repetition of birth and death.<br />
Translation<br />
I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths.<br />
The materialistic devotee on the other hand wants to make Krsna ones order supplier and satisfy ones senses.Arjuna called Krsna for Govinda in Bhagavad gita ,please my senses oh Govinda so I do not have to fight this battle but Arjuna had to kill even Bhsimadeva his beloved grandfather<br />
Srimati Kuntideva has also prayed :<br />
ŚB 1.8.23<br />
यथा हृषीकेश खलेन देवकी<br />
कंसेन रुद्धातिचिरं शुचार्पिता ।<br />
विमोचिताहं च सहात्मजा विभो<br />
त्वयैव नाथेन मुहुर्विपद्गणात् ॥ २३ ॥<br />
yathā hṛṣīkeśa khalena devakī<br />
kaṁsena ruddhāticiraṁ śucārpitā<br />
vimocitāhaṁ ca sahātmajā vibho<br />
tvayaiva nāthena muhur vipad-gaṇāt<br />
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yathā — as it were; hṛṣīkeśa — the master of the senses; khalena — by the envious; devakī — Devakī (the mother of Śrī Kṛṣṇa); kaṁsena — by King Kaṁsa; ruddhā — imprisoned; ati-ciram — for a long time; śuca-arpitā — distressed; vimocitā — released; aham ca — also myself; saha-ātma-jā — along with my children; vibho — O great one; tvayā eva — by Your Lordship; nāthena — as the protector; muhuḥ — constantly; vipat-gaṇāt — from a series of dangers.<br />
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O Hṛṣīkeśa, master of the senses and Lord of lords, You have released Your mother, Devakī, who was long imprisoned and distressed by the envious King Kaṁsa, and me and my children from a series of constant dangers.<br />
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Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa and sister of King Kaṁsa, was put into prison along with her husband, Vasudeva, because the envious King was afraid of being killed by Devakī’s eighth son (Kṛṣṇa). He killed all the sons of Devakī who were born before Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa escaped the danger of child-slaughter because He was transferred to the house of Nanda Mahārāja, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s foster father. Kuntīdevī, along with her children, was also saved from a series of dangers. But Kuntīdevī was shown far more favor because Lord Kṛṣṇa did not save the other children of Devakī, whereas He saved the children of Kuntīdevī. This was done because Devakī’s husband, Vasudeva, was living, whereas Kuntīdevī was a widow, and there was none to help her except Kṛṣṇa. The conclusion is that Kṛṣṇa endows more favor to a devotee who is in greater dangers. Sometimes He puts His pure devotees in such dangers because in that condition of helplessness the devotee becomes more attached to the Lord. The more the attachment is there for the Lord, the more success is there for the devotee.<br />
Please carefully study the prayers of Queen Kunti and also Lord Brahmas prayer to Krsna in chapter 14 of Srimad Bhagavatams 10 canto<br />
your ever wellwisher, friend and servant<br />
Paramananda dasquestion about Vasudeva and Devaki and their socalled suffering !tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-18:4087284:BlogPost:1112562023-10-18T18:47:43.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>question about Vasudeva and Devaki and their socalled suffering !<br></br> Dear Gurudeva,<br></br> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, to Srila Narayan Maharaja and all the Vaisnava devotees of the lord. All glories to your service, Gurudeva.<br></br> I pray for the devotees in Israel but I know they are in good hands if they are chanting.<br></br> I have a question regarding Devaki and Vasudeva. Why after bringing Krsna to earth they had to keep suffering in the prison?…</p>
<p>question about Vasudeva and Devaki and their socalled suffering !<br/> Dear Gurudeva,<br/> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, to Srila Narayan Maharaja and all the Vaisnava devotees of the lord. All glories to your service, Gurudeva.<br/> I pray for the devotees in Israel but I know they are in good hands if they are chanting.<br/> I have a question regarding Devaki and Vasudeva. Why after bringing Krsna to earth they had to keep suffering in the prison? From my understanding they have a really good karma if they are blessed to be Krsna’s parents. Is there a reason why they kept there for so long? <br/> Your servant,<br/> Isvara Puri Das<br/> dear Isvara Puri das<br/> Please accept my blessings<br/> All glories to Srila Prabhupada my Gurudeva and Lord Gauranga <br/> Well Vasudeva and Devaki are not just having good Karma they are Lord Krsnas parents .Thanks for your question .<br/> If you read the chapter of Lord Krsnas birth in Srimad Bhagavatam 10 canto chapter 3 you read Krsnas words to His parents :<br/> Text 32:<br/> The Supreme Personality of Godhead replied: My dear mother, best of the chaste, in your previous birth, in the Svāyambhuva millennium, you were known as Pṛśni, and Vasudeva, who was the most pious Prajāpati, was named Sutapā.<br/> Text 33:<br/> When both of you were ordered by Lord Brahmā to create progeny, you first underwent severe austerities by controlling your senses.<br/> Texts 34-35:<br/> My dear father and mother, you endured rain, wind, strong sun, scorching heat and severe cold, suffering all sorts of inconvenience according to different seasons. By practicing prāṇāyāma to control the air within the body through yoga, and by eating only air and dry leaves fallen from the trees, you cleansed from your minds all dirty things. In this way, desiring a benediction from Me, you worshiped Me with peaceful minds.<br/> Text 36:<br/> Thus you spent twelve thousand celestial years performing difficult activities of tapasya in consciousness of Me [Kṛṣṇa consciousness].<br/> Texts 37-38:<br/> O sinless mother Devakī, after the expiry of twelve thousand celestial years, in which you constantly contemplated Me within the core of your heart with great faith, devotion and austerity, I was very much satisfied with you. Since I am the best of all bestowers of benediction, I appeared in this same form as Kṛṣṇa to ask you to take from Me the benediction you desired. You then expressed your desire to have a son exactly like Me.<br/> Text 39:<br/> Being husband and wife but always sonless, you were attracted by sexual desires, for by the influence of devamāyā, transcendental love, you wanted to have Me as your son. Therefore you never desired to be liberated from this material world.<br/> Text 40:<br/> After you received that benediction and I disappeared, you engaged yourselves in sex to have a son like Me, and I fulfilled your desire.<br/> Text 41:<br/> Since I found no one else as highly elevated as you in simplicity and other qualities of good character, I appeared in this world as Pṛśnigarbha, or one who is celebrated as having taken birth from Pṛśni.<br/> Text 42:<br/> In the next millennium, I again appeared from the two of you, who appeared as My mother, Aditi, and My father, Kaśyapa. I was known as Upendra, and because of being a dwarf, I was also known as Vāmana.<br/> Text 43:<br/> O supremely chaste mother, I, the same personality, have now appeared of you both as your son for the third time. Take My words as the truth.<br/> Text 44:<br/> I have shown you this form of Viṣṇu just to remind you of My previous births. Otherwise, if I appeared like an ordinary human child, you would not believe that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, has indeed appeared.<br/> Text 45:<br/> Both of you, husband and wife, constantly think of Me as your son, but always know that I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By thus thinking of Me constantly with love and affection, you will achieve the highest perfection: returning home, back to Godhead.<br/> Text 46:<br/> Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After thus instructing His father and mother, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, remained silent. In their presence, by His internal energy, He then transformed Himself into a small human child. [In other words, He transformed Himself into His original form: kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam.]<br/> So as far as to why the devotees sometimes have to suffer like Devaki and Vasudeva it was all Krsnas plan.I can tell you this in 1978 when I read Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book in Danish ,I really became a devotee.Reading about how Vasudeva saved Devaki and pacified Kamsa and his whole devotional attitude made me think ,I should become a full time devotee.I was so impressed by Vasudeva and Devakis devotion to Krsna .SO I am personally thankful to them for manifesting these pastimes with Lord Krsna because they made me a devotee.I hope this answers your question? <br/> May Sri Vasudeva and Sri Devaki always bless us with remembrance of their beloved son Krsna</p>
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<p> </p>The attention is to Lord Narasimhadevs lotusfeet not to yours !tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-18:4087284:BlogPost:1115802023-10-18T07:19:07.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>The attention is to Lord Narasimhadevs lotusfeet not to yours !<br></br>One time now many years ago Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami where touching each others" lotusfeet" during Bhagavatam class in Mayapure sitting in front of Lord Narasimha.It realty made me furious how can you pay attention so another devotees feet in front of Lord Narasimha ? One sannyasi made Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami look at me because he could see how furious I was that they dared touch each others feet in front of…</p>
<p>The attention is to Lord Narasimhadevs lotusfeet not to yours !<br/>One time now many years ago Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami where touching each others" lotusfeet" during Bhagavatam class in Mayapure sitting in front of Lord Narasimha.It realty made me furious how can you pay attention so another devotees feet in front of Lord Narasimha ? One sannyasi made Harikesa and Bhakti Caru Swami look at me because he could see how furious I was that they dared touch each others feet in front of Lord Ugra Narasimha. They looked at me and stopped,,,in front of Lord Narasimha, you only pay attention to His lotusfeet<br/>Text 4 Pradya puspam Narasimha paduke pranamaya murdhna Narasimha paduke prapathya stotram Narasimha paduke prayami raksam Narasimha paduke<br/>Offering a flower, bowing my head , and reciting prayers, I take shelter of Lord Nrsimha's lotusfeet.<br/>Text 5 Nrsimha he he Narasimha pahi mam Nrsimha Prahlada prapala pahi mam itiva rodimi muhur muhur muhuh Nrsimhadevam saranam prayamy aham<br/>"Nrsimha, Nrisimha! Save me ! Nrsimha! O protector of Prahlada! Save me! Crying out again and again and again, I take shelter of Lord Nrsimha."<br/>Text 6<br/>Sad dhiranyakasipucca mandire daitya rakta sarid ali vahanam agrakam krtavate krudha pura narakesarina anamamy aham<br/>I offer my respectfull obaisences to Lord Nrsimha who angrily created a flowing river of demon's blood in Hiranyakasipu's beautifull palace</p>
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<p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/392952206_258574660501468_691368675739493769_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p843x403&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=P0vriRqGD0EAX-DcWmz&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfD2xuZeTT7Py2OvcG1ffIDa39i1kLMf3WNNg2EzvM_dqQ&oe=653463FC" alt="May be an image of temple and text that says 'TEMPLE OFITH VEDIC PLANE TARIUM'"/></p>Liar Liar Prabhupada disciples pants on fire!tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-18:4087284:BlogPost:1115772023-10-18T01:30:24.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">So many times in our devotional service have we seen Prahbupada disciples lie , one time that put my life in…</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">So many times in our devotional service have we seen Prahbupada disciples lie , one time that put my life in danger was on Padayatra in California 1989..</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Tattva Darshan das and his godbrother whos' name I forgot visited our California Padayatra and they where supposed to take some of us Padayatris to the next Hotel where we stayed for the night, however Tattva Darshan and company did not wait for me though they said they would , I <span><a></a></span>had been asked by one shopowner to sell him some of Srila Prabhupadas books and they where supposed to wait for me.They just took of , and I was stranded in Dhoti kurta my bed bag and few dollars in my pocket somewhere in between SF and LA.Luckely one former Mexican devotee took me to his place where he was passing by on the high way, I was trying ot hitch hike unsure where the devotee even where.It took me almost 2 full days to get back to Padayatra...of course we all know later what happened to Tattva Darshan :</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Tattva Darshan dasa and Pedophilia</div>
<div dir="auto">BY: MAHANANDA DASA</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Thomas Wayne Rapanos from Florida, right, is escorted by police out of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. The 55-year-old American national was sentenced Wednesday to two years and six months in prison in Cambodia for sexually molesting two young girls.</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Feb 13, ALACHUA, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) — Whether our dear godbrother Tattva Darshan dasa does fit the definition of "pedophile" might just be a matter of semantics. But if one does have an attraction for little girls and travels to remote places in the world where one can prey on them and gratify such desires without much risk of accountability, he probably needs help, and perhaps a really good ass-whipping. But (as always) only Krsna knows ALL the facts.</div>
<div dir="auto">For the record, the following newspaper account from Cambodia (or India?) in 2008 reports the following news:</div>
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<div dir="auto">2008 – CHENNAI, INDIA The Cambodian police have arrested a 55-year-old US citizen, who runs an NGO (Non- government Organization) in Kollur, Karnataka, on charges of sexually abusing two children. Thomas Rapanos Wayne, alias Tattva Darshan Das, is the president of the Bhaktivedanta Eco Village (BEV), a registered society which claims to be a charitable institution running a selfsufficient community village and a school with more than 60 children.</div>
<div dir="auto">The Cambodian police arrested Wayne from a guest house in Phnom Penh on March 7 when he was in the company of two girls aged 12 and 14. Social worker had faced child abuse charges in 2002.</div>
<div dir="auto">Thomas Rapanos Wayne, alias Tattva Darshan Das who runs a NGO in Karnataka was arrested Phnom Penh for sexually abusing two girls aged 12 and 14.</div>
<div dir="auto">The age of sexual consent in Cambodia is 15 years. ‘‘We arrested Wayne and rescued the girls. The 12-year-old girl is a Vietnamese and the other is Cambodian,'' Keo They, deputy police chief of the anti-trafficking and juvenile unit said. The Cambodian police said one of the girls was naked when they stormed the guesthouse. The girls were being forced to perform oral sex on Wayne, who was trying to put on a condom when police broke open the door. Action Pour Les Enfants, a French NGO working for child welfare, said it had been tracking Wayne's activities in Cambodia for the months and had tipped off the Cambodian police.</div>
<div dir="auto">Wayne had travelled to Cambodia in April 2006 to set up a BEV unit. His website says he approached the Royal Government of Cambodia to register BEV as an NGO to provide humanitarian aid to street children and poor farmers. Wayne had adopted Tattva Darshan Das as his name in the 1970s after joining the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in the US. He came to India in the 80s and founded the Bhaktivedanta Eco Village in 1992; he has since renewed his visa to extend his stay in India. His wife, a refugee from Myanmar, is named Judni Lakshmi and manages the village along with Wayne and their children Chaithanya (23) and Anuradha (21). Confirming the arrest, Chaithanya, who now manages the NGO, told that his father was framed by his enemies and that he would be going to Cambodia to hire a lawyer to bail him out.</div>
<div dir="auto">Wayne has been in trouble with the Indian authorities in the past. By Chaithanya's own admission, Wayne was detained for questioning by the police seven years ago after a complaint of child sex abuse from an Iskcon devotee. "It was a baseless allegation for which my father was questioned and nothing came of it," Chaithanya said. However, Hari Sauri Das, head of ISKCON's Child Protection Team, said, "Wayne had been removed from all official positions at ISKCON following similar child abuse charges in 2002."</div>
<div dir="auto">According to his website, Wayne has been travelling extensively. The president of the French NGO tracking him said, "We found Wayne's movements suspicious and our interactions with children whom Wayne had been in touch with, added to our doubt."</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">There where other thins with Tattva Darshan also who is an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada, but if you are a Prabhupada disciple you can murder and have sex even with kids and considered a good guy it really infuriated me how stupid ISKCON has becoem and there are no sanctiones against him</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Please also see <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harekrsna.com%2Fsun%2Feditorials%2F02-10%2Feditorials5715.htm%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0vGpK9Ri0qnKMgjlK0eIh0PFJ1-qlS52JvYlUerO_1WMMj31GVOV8K8uY&h=AT2xHduBXEshzarroBVUhEO7kEYbbq0NhJ-y0APfP5JJPQYOipuO8DG1t8GZIY7vKt9-RgXY26KYsPPQtzm0T-dqIa-1zjXNzZGZT9Jy2K6pXvjsIfrcz53O52D4PbdUXhRvHHQedhKatC1drKei&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0E7kLEsDPnJjtB7L1FHTLNH-RJCoDF9b7-Y6uOw7LKn9DOyzxPr0ubOJAROh-xUkJ0iNICQeqYr2NykBnSuB0QhP9iDqJlcXkCtBAF1mkdwLHsKrOq39oHM6SEOaNBYwYw0X7DraLeAJNzRUi13EF4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.harekrsna.com/.../edi.../02-10/editorials5715.htm</a></span></div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">He is not banned from ISKCON due to ISKCON leaders like Basu Ghosh that cover up for such pedophiles</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">He was also mentioned in Times of India <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/social-worker-had-faced-child-abuse-charges-in-2002/articleshow/2879584.cms?fbclid=IwAR0QP0ZThwcnJDQbMU4wJwSQua_rCKzN_Ja4Cf6YTU1hxcNssIOPELT-X9o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../artic.../2879584.cms</a></span></div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">Another time a socalled Prabhupada disciple lied to me was in 1984 when Devamrta Swami promised me i would returne to bookdistribution this Mr Nisada, made politics so I would keep selling illegal paintings ..</div>
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<div dir="auto">so much for lack of Satyam ,he did many other non Brahminical activities , I do not care to get into too ,Sivarama Swami wanted to keep me as Sankirtana leader for Ireland Tribhuvanath opposed because I would not let him steal the Sankirtana money , and had it all deposited to the temple , in Inis Rath .</div>
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<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto">In 1988 I won a Bhagavad Gita contest in Radha Desh ,Belgium , Ajamila das had promised a set of the newly published Prabhupada Siksamrta, but he properly thought some of the Prabhupada disciples or 3 sannyasis that was part of it would win, but I did ,,,he made some excuse first in 1993 in Bhaktivedanta Manor I reminded him of his past pledge at least that time he gave me the books so only half liar ...There are so many stories of devotees having been abused by Prabhupada disciples and lied too.Aindra Prabhu told me how he once was punched in the face by Sura das ,that recently left his body ,that was on Radha Damodara party , he let it go, and said I swear in front of my 1000 Salagrama Silas that it is the truth , when I later confronted Sura das about it ,he did seem to feel regretful and said I am going to hell ..yes sir there is a sloka in the 5th canto of Bhagavatam if you punish a devotee by violence you go to hell.Sura never send an apology to Aindra Prabhu</div>
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<div dir="auto">yas tv iha vai rājā rāja-puruṣo vā adaṇḍye daṇḍaṁ praṇayati brāhmaṇe vā śarīra-daṇḍaṁ sa pāpīyān narake ’mutra sūkaramukhe nipatati tatrātibalair viniṣpiṣyamāṇāvayavo yathaivehekṣukhaṇḍa ārta-svareṇa svanayan kvacin mūrcchitaḥ kaśmalam upagato yathaivehā-dṛṣṭa-doṣā uparuddhāḥ.</div>
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<div dir="auto">yaḥ — anyone who; tu — but; iha — in this life; vai — indeed; rājā — a king; rāja-puruṣaḥ — a king’s man; vā — or; adaṇḍye — unto one not punishable; daṇḍam — punishment; praṇayati — inflicts; brāhmaṇe — unto a brāhmaṇa; vā — or; śarīra-daṇḍam — corporal punishment; saḥ — that person, king or government officer; pāpīyān — the most sinful; narake — in the hell; amutra — in the next life; sūkaramukhe — named Sūkaramukha; nipatati — falls down; tatra — there; ati-balaiḥ — by very strong assistants of Yamarāja; viniṣpiṣyamāṇa — being crushed; avayavaḥ — the different parts of whose body; yathā — like; eva — certainly; iha — here; ikṣu-khaṇḍaḥ — sugarcane; ārta-svareṇa — with a pitiable sound; svanayan — crying; kvacit — sometimes; mūrcchitaḥ — fainted; kaśmalam upagataḥ — becoming illusioned; yathā — just like; eva — indeed; iha — here; adṛṣṭa-doṣāḥ — who is not at fault; uparuddhāḥ — arrested for punishment.</div>
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<div dir="auto">In his next life, a sinful king or governmental representative who punishes an innocent person, or who inflicts corporal punishment upon a brāhmaṇa, is taken by the Yamadūtas to the hell named Sūkaramukha, where the most powerful assistants of Yamarāja crush him exactly as one crushes sugarcane to squeeze out the juice. The sinful living entity cries very pitiably and faints, just like an innocent man undergoing punishments. This is the result of punishing a faultless person.</div>
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</div>There can be world peace in one minute!tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-15:4087284:BlogPost:1114532023-10-15T17:35:53.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
<p>There can be world peace in one minute!<br></br>If Israel and Hamas just understand this one verse from Bhagavad Gita their fighting can end ,in one second.We are all Spirit Souls part of God, and to God we are all His children, our souls are not Hamas or Israelis soul, is a soul ..God is God whether you call God for Allah or Jehovah , Buddha ,Krsna what ever your religion has given as name for God, God is one as the Sun is one.I wish to pray to the Supreme Lord that the socalled Israelis and…</p>
<p>There can be world peace in one minute!<br/>If Israel and Hamas just understand this one verse from Bhagavad Gita their fighting can end ,in one second.We are all Spirit Souls part of God, and to God we are all His children, our souls are not Hamas or Israelis soul, is a soul ..God is God whether you call God for Allah or Jehovah , Buddha ,Krsna what ever your religion has given as name for God, God is one as the Sun is one.I wish to pray to the Supreme Lord that the socalled Israelis and Palestinians can understand that not only are we all humans, and the same to God, but we are all eternal spirt souls and not these bodies and nationalities , kindly share this post with all your friends.<br/>May their be peace on Earth,! Same with Ukraine and Russians...you are all children of God why are you killing each other? Russia is the aggressor and need to stop .This fear everyone is having is animal fear , when you understand you are a soul and part of God then why will you kill each other?<img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/392938266_257032593989008_8807103142236483035_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=YwKvRDHQDEkAX-HJ2Bq&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfC8brZ9aunv0Hs5ON_m7zcZcz9fZGdCQHMWXKOfAAZu4g&oe=653036B9" alt="May be an image of 2 people, elephant and text that says 'The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a earned and gentle brăhmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]. (Bhagavad-gita 5.18)'"/></p>As we read in Bhagavatam Mahatmya the 4 Kumaras gave instructions to Narada Muni on Srimad Bhagavatam !tag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-08:4087284:BlogPost:1114512023-10-08T00:11:29.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
As we read in Bhagavatam Mahatmya the 4 Kumaras gave instructions to Narada Muni on Srimad Bhagavatam !<br />
Srimad Bhagavatam Mahatmya- Padma Purana<br />
Chapter One<br />
The Meeting of Narada Muni and Bhakti Devi<br />
Invocation<br />
Obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna<br />
We offer our humble obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, whose transcendental form is bliss personified. He is the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe and the destroyer of the three types of miseries.<br />
Humble obeisances to Sri…
As we read in Bhagavatam Mahatmya the 4 Kumaras gave instructions to Narada Muni on Srimad Bhagavatam !<br />
Srimad Bhagavatam Mahatmya- Padma Purana<br />
Chapter One<br />
The Meeting of Narada Muni and Bhakti Devi<br />
Invocation<br />
Obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna<br />
We offer our humble obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, whose transcendental form is bliss personified. He is the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe and the destroyer of the three types of miseries.<br />
Humble obeisances to Sri Sukadeva Gosvami<br />
We pay our humble obeisances to Sri Sukadeva Gosvami who is like the Supersoul. He left home immediately after taking birth, though he had not undergone any samskaras, or purificatory ceremonies. Upon his departure,, his father out of separation followed him calling, “O my son! O my son,” but only the trees responded.<br />
Sri Saunaka Rsis put questions to Suta Gosvami after paying obeisances.<br />
Once in the forest of Naimisaranya, Sri Saunaka Rsi, the best of sages who are expert in tasting krsna-katha, put some questions to Suta Gosvami after paying obeisances.<br />
Sri Saunaka said, “O Suta Gosvami, your knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance like millions of suns. Please recite the nectarean pastimes of Lord Krsna, which are like tonic for the ears. How can one increase the discrimination that results from knowledge of devotion and renunciation of the material world?1<br />
( That discrimination which is not related to Bhakti is useless. It can only make a person materially wise, because it has no superior purpose. Similarly, knowledge and renunciation are useful only when they arise from devotion, otherwise they make the heart dry and hard. )<br />
How do Vaisnavas get relief from the illusion created by Maya?<br />
In Kali-yuga the general populace is demonic, please explain, therefore, the best means to purify those who are troubled by various types of tribulations.<br />
O Suta Gosvami, please describe that sadhana, or most auspicious purifying process that will take one to Krsna.<br />
A touch-stone can give only material happiness and the kalpa-vrksa tree can at most grant heavenly opulence, however, when the spiritual master is pleased he can give the eternal abode of the Lord – the Vaikuntha planet — which is not achieved even by the yogis.”<br />
I will give you the essence of all conclusions<br />
Sri Suta Gosvami said, “O Saunaka, your heart is full of love for the Personality of Godhead. After proper deliberation, therefore I will give you the essence of all conclusions, which will destroy the fear of birth and death and increase the flow of devotion which is the chief cause of Lord Sri Krsna’s happiness. Please hear it attentively.<br />
( like hamsa separete milk from water he separete essence )<br />
destroy fear of the snake of death<br />
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami recited Srimad Bhagavatam in Kali yuga to absolutely destroy fear of the snake of death. There is no superior means than this for the purification of the mind. One attains the Srimad Bhagavatam, however, only after accumulating pious activities for many life times.<br />
the demigods approached him with a pot of nectar<br />
“When Sukadeva Gosvami sat among the sages and prepared to recite Srimad Bhagavatam to Pariksita Maharaja,2 the demigods, who are expert in accomplishing their work, approached him with a pot of nectar. They offered humble obeisances and said, ‘Please accept this pot of nectar and in exchange give us the nectar of hari-katha. Let King Pariksita drink this, and let us drink the nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam.’<br />
( Pariksita Maharaja was cursed by the son of Samika Rsi to be bitten by a snake called Taksaka and die after seven days. When the king heard this, he renounced his kingdom and sat on the bank of Ganges intending to fast until death. Upon Sukadeva Gosvami’s arrival, Pariksita Maharaja asked him to recite Srimad Bhagavatam. Actually every living entity is cursed to die within seven days (from Sunday to Saturday). Death is compared to a snake that will pay everyone a visit. While everyone fears death, they do not use this fear to cultivate detachment. Rather, owing to ignorance, they become more attached. This is the difference between Pariksita Maharaja and the common man. Hearing Srimad Bhagavatam makes a person free from the fear of death. That Pariksita Maharaja heard Srimad Bhagavatam for seven days signifies that we should hear it everyday until our death. )<br />
Hearing the Srimad Bhagavatam is rare even among the demigods<br />
“At that time Sri Sukadeva Gosvami thought, ‘Where is a piece of glass and where is a transcendental gem? How can one compare these two? What is the question of comparing this material nectar, though celestial, with the transcendental nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam?’3 In this way Sukadeva Gosvami made fun of the demigods. He did not consider them proper recipients of hari-katha, because they are devoid of pure devotional service. Hence, hearing the Srimad Bhagavatam is rare even among the demigods.<br />
( 3 Srimad Bhagavatam is the property of the devotees of the Supreme Lord. Although demigods are also devotees, they are selfish and attached to enjoyment. This disqualifies them from drinking the nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam. When one drinks heavenly nectar he loses his piety, but when one hears krsna-katha, he is freed from sin and his heart becomes purified, punya sravana kirtana (S.B. 1.2.17). This is the difference between heavenly nectar and the nectar of krsna-katha. )<br />
Srimad Bhagavatam on one end of a scale and all other processes for obtaining liberation on the other<br />
“Lord Brahma was astonished to learn that Pariksita Maharaja became liberated just by hearing Srimad Bhagavatam. In Satyaloka, he put the Srimad Bhagavatam on one end of a scale and all other processes for obtaining liberation on the other. Upon seeing the Srimad Bhagavatam tilt the scale, all the sages present were struck with wonder.<br />
Hearing and reciting Srimad Bhagavatam will certainly grant bhakti<br />
They asserted that in Kali-yuga only hearing and reciting Srimad Bhagavatam, which is non different from the Personality of Godhead, can immediately relieve one from material distress. If one hears it according to the proper process (as described in chapter six), it will certainly grant bhakti.<br />
Merciful Kumara brothers recited Srimad Bhagavatam to the sage Narada<br />
Previously the most merciful Kumara brothers recited Srimad Bhagavatam to the sage Narada. Although Sri Narada had heard it from lord Brahma, the Kumaras gave him the opportunity to hear it according to the recommended process.”4<br />
( 4 According to the Second Canto, Lord Brahma spoke the original four verses of the Srimad Bhagavatam to Narada, who in turn instructed them to Sri Vyasa. The “proper process” refers to hearing the complete Srimad Bhagavatam in seven days according to the guidelines given in chapter six. )<br />
Where Narada meet those great sages?<br />
Sri Saunaka asked, “Where did the learned Narada, who is free from material bondage and constantly travels all over the universe, meet those great sages? How did his interest in hearing hari-katha and in knowing the specific rules and regulations for hearing it develop?”<br />
Kumaras went to Visala (Badrinatha)<br />
Suta Gosvami replied, “Now I will narrate an episode that is full of devotion. Sri Sukadeva, who considers me his surrendered disciple, told it to me in confidence. Once, the Kumaras went to Visala (Badrinatha) to get the holy association of saintly people.5 There they met Narada Muni.<br />
( 5 Visala is another name for Badrinatha. Lord Nara-Narayana, the presiding deity of Bharata-varsa resides there and this it is visited by many saintly people. )<br />
Narada like a person in complete anxiety<br />
“The Kumaras said, ‘O brahmana, why do you appear so dejected and full of anxiety? Where have you come from, and where are you going so quickly? You appear like a person in complete anxiety owing to loss of wealth.6 This is not befitting a person like you, who is completely free from material attachment. Please explain the reason for this.’<br />
( 6 Generally a saintly person has no reason to feel either dejected or elated but when he sees the living entities suffering, he feels unhappy for them.)<br />
Earth the best of planets has completely afflicted by Kali yuga<br />
+”Sri Narada replied, ‘I came here considering the earth to be the best of planets. Although I travelled to Puskara, Prayaga, Kasi, Godavari, Haridvara, Kuruksetra, Sriranga and Setubandha, I could not find peace in any of those holy places. At present, Kali yuga the friend of irreligion, has completely afflicted the whole earth.<br />
Simptoms of Kali yuga<br />
Now truthfulness, austerity, cleanliness, mercy and charity are nowhere to be seen.<br />
The fallen living entities take pleasure in telling lies and are simply engaged in filling their bellies.7<br />
( 7 This is the prediction for the present age.)<br />
They are lazy, less intelligent, unfortunate, and always disturbed.<br />
Those who are called saintly are actually pretenders.<br />
Though they appear renounced, they accumulate wealth, women, and paraphernalia for sense pleasure.<br />
Women rule the family and the brother-in-law is the consultant.<br />
People sell their daughters out of greed, and husbands and wives always quarrel.<br />
The holy places, asramas of saintly people, and rivers are under the control of the yavanas, who are against Vedic religion.8<br />
( 8 Yavanas refers to the Muslim rulers who invaded India at various times, beginning from the 11th century. They were inimical to Vedic religion and culture. Some were tolerant, some were atrocious. Some Muslim destroyed temples and even forcibly converted Hindus to Islam. They even imposed taxes on visitors to the holy places.)<br />
They have destroyed many temples and therefore yogis, siddhas, jnanis and religious people are not to be seen.<br />
The processes of liberation are completely burnt to ashes in the fire of Kali-yuga.<br />
In this age people sell grains in the market, the brahmanas charge fees to teach,9 and<br />
women thrive by prostitution.10<br />
( 9 According to Vedic custom a brahmana should not charge for giving knowledge. He is allowed to accept donations for his maintenance or send his students to householders for begging food. This custom insured that only those who had interest in teaching would perform this service and unqualified people would not be interest. Because students did not pay fees, they remained indebted and obedient to their teachers. This system continued in India up until about 150 years ago when British rulers introduced change. Under the present system, good relations between student and teachers are non-existent and thus the whole educational process is degraded.)<br />
( 10 The exact Sanskrit is kaminyah kesasulinyah, which can also mean that women will cut their hair. )<br />
Narada in Vrindavan<br />
“Thus witnessing the defects of Kali-yuga and wandering over the face of the earth, I reached the bank of the Yamuna where Lord Krsna had performed various pastimes.<br />
Narada Muni meet depressed Bhakti devi<br />
O best of sages, please hear about the wonder I saw there. A beautiful woman was sitting in a dejected mood while two old men lay unconscious in front of her breathing very quickly.<br />
While trying to bring them to consciousness, the young women would sometimes cry.<br />
At times she would look around as if searching for her protector, the Supersoul.<br />
She was served by hundreds of women who were fanning and trying to console her.<br />
I saw this whole scene from afar and out of curiosity went near them.<br />
Upon seeing me, the young lady stood up and spoke very piteously.<br />
Only by great fortune can one get darsana of a person like you.<br />
She said: “O saintly person, please stay here for a moment11 and dispel my distress. Your auspicious vision destroys the sins of materialistic people. By your words I will get relief from misery and become peaceful. Only by great fortune can one get darsana of a person like you.”<br />
( 11 A saintly person does not speak with women unnecessarily. )<br />
Narada asked who are you?<br />
I inquired, “O virtuous lady, who are you and who are these two men lying here? Who are these ladies serving you? Please explain the cause of your distress in detail.”<br />
Bhakti devi introduce herself<br />
The lady said, “My name is Bhakti, and these two are my sons Jnana and Vairagya.12 By the influence of time they have become old and decrepit.13 These women are the holy rivers, such as the Ganges. They have come here to serve me.14 Although I am directly being served by these ladies, still I am not peaceful.15<br />
( 12 Jnana and Vairagya are the natural offspring of devotion to the Lord (S.B. 1.2.7.) )<br />
( 13 “By the influence of time” indicates the age of Kali, in which people lose interest in transcendental knowledge and renunciation. )<br />
( 14 All the holy places are subservient to devotional service. They follow Bhakti. Therefore wherever a devotee goes, that places becomes holy. )<br />
( 15 Transcendental knowledge and detachment from sense gratification naturally follow Bhakti. (S.B. 11.2.43). And discrepancy in this principle implies disturbance in devotional service. )<br />
Bhakti devi life history<br />
O sage, whose only wealth is austerity, though it is well known, please hear my story carefully and grant me solace. I was born in the land of Dravida, in South India, and I grew up in Karnataka. I was respected in the state of Maharastra, but when I came to Gujarata, I lost my youth.16<br />
( 16 This briefly describes the history of the Bhakti movement in the age of Kali.<br />
There were many great Vaisnavas who appeared in the land of Dravida. Later on Ramanujacarya organised and propagated Vaisnavism under the banner of the Sri Sampradaya (S.B. 11.5.38-40).<br />
Madhvacarya appeared in the state of Karnataka and preached very vigorously, nurturing bhakti.<br />
In Maharastra there were some saints such as Tukarma in Pandarpura who propagated bhakti.<br />
But in Gujarata the people were more interested in accumulating wealth and thus bhakti was neglected. )<br />
When one worships the deha (the body), the worship of Deva (the Lord), is neglected.<br />
When bhakti is weak then jnana and vairagya are automatically emaciated.<br />
In Vrindavana Bhakti devi gets her youth<br />
Rogues influenced by Kali-yuga broke my limbs and for a long time I remained in that condition and thus, along with my sons, I have become very weak and impotent. Upon coming to Vrndavana, I regained my youth and beauty, but my two sons, who are lying here, are still old and tired.17<br />
( 17 Vrndavana is the eternal abode of Lord Krsna and thus Bhakti naturally flourishes there. But, if one neglects hearing krsna-katha, then Jnana and Vairagya remain in a fainted state. They get covered by Maya. As Lord Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (5.15) ajnanenavrtam jnanam tena muhynati jantavah. )<br />
Bhakti devi going to Western world ( Srila Prabhupada )<br />
I will leave this place and travel to foreign lands,18<br />
( 18 Idam sthanam parityajya videsam gamyate maya. This statement hints at Srila Prabhupada’s travel to the western world from Vrndavana. It is interesting to note that the Sanskrit proverb used in this sentence is in the passive voice (gamyate). This signifies that she (Bhakti) will be carried by someone. Because the Puranas are compiled by Srila Vyasa, who is an incarnation of the Lord, it is not impossible for him to make such predictive statements. )<br />
Sad condition of Bhakti devi sons<br />
but I feel sad owing to the plight of my sons. We always remain together, so why is it that I am young and they are old? It should be that the sons are young while the mother is old. I am astonished by this and so I lament. You have mystic power and are most intelligent, therefore, please explain this to me.”<br />
Narada Muni console Bhakti devi<br />
Narada said, “O chaste lady, from within my heart I see the cause of your misery, therefore I advise you not to lament. Lord Hari will shower all auspiciousness upon you.”<br />
Suta Gosvami said, “The best of sages, Sri Narada, understood the reason in a moment and said, ‘O beautiful lady, hear attentively from me.<br />
I see no auspiciousness anywhere<br />
Because of this ruthless age (Kali-yuga), good behaviour, yoga, and austerities have all become lost.<br />
Aghasura people<br />
People are addicted to cheating, irreligious behaviour, and are like the demon Agha, sin personified.19<br />
( 19 Aghasura was a demon with the body of a python. He swallowed the innocent cowherd friends of Krsna, who later on killed him. Demonic persons, who trouble innocent people and seize their wealth, are like Aghasura. )<br />
At present, saintly people are unhappy and demonic people are enjoying sense gratification.<br />
Under these circumstances, if an intelligent man maintains his fortitude, then he is considered a scholar.<br />
By and by the earth is becoming a burden for Lord Sesa.<br />
At present it is not even worth seeing, what to speak of touching, and I see no auspiciousness anywhere.<br />
Bhakti devi and her two sons neglected in Kali yuga<br />
Everyone neglects you and your two sons. Because of worldly attachment to sense gratification, people are blind. Owing to their negligence,, you have become decrepit.<br />
Glory of Vrndavana<br />
It is only due to the glory of Vrndavana that you have become young again. This land is very auspicious because devotion always dances here. However, your two sons are being neglected and thus their health is failing,20 but by the touch of Vrndavana they remain asleep and breathing.”<br />
( 20 At present in Vrndavana the study of devotional literature such as Srimad Bhagavatam is being neglected and Vairagya is being replaced with cosy life. Yet the land has not lost its power. )<br />
Why King Pariksita did not kill this sinful Kali-yuga?<br />
Bhakti said, “Why is it that King Pariksita did not kill this sinful Kali-yuga? Because of Kali-yuga all objects have lost their essence. Why does the most merciful Lord Hari tolerate irreligion? O sage, please remove this doubt. I feel pacified by hearing your sweet words.”<br />
( Also he do not kill her becouse Kali has fallen before Parikshit and has taken shelter at him, so he as kshatriya realy could not kill her )<br />
Narada Muni explain the reason<br />
Narada said, “O auspicious young lady, now that you have asked, please hear me with attention as I explain everything and thus relieve your misery.<br />
Kali-yuga took control and started obstructing auspiciousness the day Lord Krsna left this planet for His abode.<br />
When King Pariksita travelled on earth, conquering all the kings, he met Kali, who fell at his feet and took shelter of him.<br />
The king, who understood the essence of things just like the bumble bee, decided not to kill him because that goal which is not attainable by penance, yoga meditation, or samadhi, is easily attained in Kali-yuga simply by performing hari-kirtana.21<br />
( 21 Sage Karbhajana confirms this (S.B. 11.5.36).<br />
He spotted this one essential good quality<br />
Although the king knew that Kali-yuga was useless, he spotted this one essential good quality, and understanding that this would make the living beings happy, he spared him. Because humanity is engaged in irreligious and immoral acts, everything has lost its essence. All objects, including the seeds of the earth, are ineffective.22<br />
( 22 The new varieties of grains, fruits and vegetables are hybrids. They yield more produce but are not as nutritious and delicious as the original varieties, which existed since time immemorial. We have experienced this ourselves because the hybrid seeds were introduced very late in India. For example chapatis made from contemporary wheat flour have less flavour, and the texture is not as pleasing as those of bygone years. They become dry and hard very quickly and are not as conducive to health as those made of the desi grain which is now extinct.)<br />
The essence of katha is lost<br />
The brahmanas, being greedy for wealth, are performing Bhagavata-katha in peoples houses and therefore the essence of katha is lost.23<br />
( 23 The purpose of Hari-katha is not to solve economic problems. Its real purpose is to nourish Bhakti along with Jnana and Vairagya. )<br />
Bad pandit and people in holy places<br />
Immoral, atheistic, and sinful people have begun to reside in the holy places, causing the influence of those places to be lost.<br />
Those people whose hearts are always filled with lust, greed and anger make a show of performing austerities, thereby causing the essence of penance to be lost.<br />
Because people are unable to control their mind, they have taken shelter of greed, pretence, and immorality, and have given up the study of scriptures, causing the influence of jnana-yoga to be lost.<br />
Moreover, the pandits, or scholars, are only expert in producing children and enjoying sex like buffaloes.<br />
They are no longer expert in the process of liberation.24<br />
( 24 All the above predictions can be confirmed by paying a visit to holy places like Vrndavana. That the “essence is lost” means one no longer sees their influence. If, however, one performs these activities as prescribed in the scriptures, he will fell the positive influence. )<br />
Furthermore, there are hardly any Vaisnavas coming in bonafide sampradayas and there, everywhere all objects have become ineffective.<br />
This indeed, is due to the influence of Kali and is not the defect of anyone else.<br />
Lord who resides near by, He tolerates this<br />
Therefore, although the lotus-eyed Lord resides near by, He tolerates this.”<br />
Bhakti devi glorifiy Narada Muni – association with a saintly person is indeed the cause of all perfection<br />
Suta Gosvami said, ” O Saunaka, hearing these revealing words of Sri Narada Muni, Bhakti was very surprised. She replied, ‘O saintly person, you are very glorious and it is my good fortune to have met you. Within this material world, association with a saintly person is indeed the cause of all perfection. Just by once meeting you, Sri Prahlada, the son of Kayadhu, conquered Maya, and by your mercy Dhruva Maharaja gained the Dhruva planet. You are the personification of all auspiciousness. I offer my obeisances unto you, the direct son of Lord Brahma.'”<br />
Chapter Two<br />
Narada Endeavours to Remove Bhakti’s Distress<br />
Sri Narada advice to bhakti devi-meditete on Krishnas feet<br />
Sri Narada said, “O young lady, why are you in so much anxiety? Don’t be melancholy unnecessary. Just meditate on the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna and by His mercy you will be free from all misery.1<br />
( 1. This is the only panacea for anxiety. When the mind is fixed on Krsna, it cannot experience agitation. That’s why devotees are always free from anxiety. )<br />
Lord Krsna has not gone far away<br />
Lord Krsna, who protected Draupadi from the atrocities of the Kauravas and who is the lover of the damsels of Vraja, has not gone far away. Besides, you are Bhakti and more dear to Him than His very life. On your request He even goes to the house of low born people.2<br />
( 2. Lord Krsna is called patita-pavana, the purifier of the fallen, and Dina-bandhu, the friend of the distressed. He does not care for haughty people; He is pleased by humility. Only bhakti can grant liberation )<br />
In Kali-yuga only bhakti can grant liberation<br />
In Satya, Treta and Dvapara-yugas, jnana and vairagya were the means of liberation, but in Kali-yuga only bhakti can grant liberation. Thinking in this way, Lord Hari, the transcendental personification of knowledge, manifested you. You are the very dear beloved of Lord Krsna.<br />
Lord Krsna order to Bhakti devi – “Go and nourish My devotees”<br />
“Once you approached the Lord with folded hands and asked Him what you should do. He said, “Go and nourish My devotees”. You accepted this order which pleased Him very much. To assist you, the Lord sent Mukti as your maidservant and Jnana and Vairagya as your sons.3<br />
( 3. The Lord is pleased with His obedient servants. He grants liberation, knowledge and detachment to the surrendered souls even without their asking. )<br />
Residence of Bhakti Devi<br />
1. You directly reside in Vaikuntha dhama where you nourish the devotees<br />
2. And you expand yourself on this earthly planet for their nourishment as well.4<br />
( 4 Devotional service is the internal potency of the Lord and descends from Him into the material world through disciplic succession. )<br />
You came and happily resided on this earth along with Mukti, Jnana and Vairagya from Satya-yuga to Dvapara-yuga.<br />
In Kali-yuga disease Mukti went back to Vaikuntha<br />
But in Kali-yuga, Mukti contracted the disease of irreligious pretence and languished, and with your permission, went back to Vaikuntha. Now whenever you remember her, she comes to this planet briefly and returns to Vaikuntha.<br />
Jnana and Vairagya become old and weak<br />
Jnana and Vairagya remain with you always because they are like your sons.<br />
Being neglected by the people of Kali-yuga, they have become old and weak, but will soon<br />
recuperate, so you need not worry. I will find a solution to rejuvenate their bodies.<br />
O beautiful faced one, there is no other age like Kali-yuga5 because you will be established in every house as well as in the heart of every person.6<br />
If I do not preach your message I shall not be considered the servant of Lord Hari<br />
Hear my vow. If I do not preach your message, subdue all other religions and make devotional festivals predominant then I shall not be considered the servant of Lord Hari. In Kali-yuga those people who follow you, even if they are sinful, will attain the abode of Lord Krsna without fear.7<br />
( 5. Kali means the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, but it also indicates the age in which the Lord is readily available–kam krsnam lati dadati iti kalih. In other yugas people were healthy, intelligent, alert, and long lived. They had a natural inclination for yoga, penance, study of the Vedas, yajnas and so on. They did not pay heed to devotion, considering it too simplistic. Without bhakti, however, liberation cannot be attained. In previous ages people had to undergo the rigours of the respective processes for many lifetimes in order to realise this fact. But in Kali-yuga there is natural propensity towards bhakti because people in general are not qualified to participate in jnana, yoga, and karma. Therefore this age is glorious. Moreover, Lord Caitanya appeared in Kali-yuga to directly preach the message of bhakti and set the proper example. )<br />
( 6. This statement predicts the appearance of Lord Caitanya who predicted prthivite ache yat nagaradi grama / sarvatra pracara hoibe mora nama. When Narada Muni says that he will establish bhakti, he means it will be done through a devotee. Therefore this verse also hints at the preaching activities of Srila Prabhupada who fulfilled the prophecies of Lord Caitanya and Sri Narada Muni. In fact in America Srila Prabhupada once held a program which very few people attended. When one disciple remarked that not many people had come, Srila Prabhupada said, “That’s not true. The great sage Narada Muni was present.” )<br />
( 7. Everyone on qualified to take to the process of bhakti, regardless of birth or caste.)<br />
Lord is controlled only by bhakti<br />
The people in whose heart you reside become purified and they will not see Yamaraja, the Lord of Death, even in their dreams. Even ghostly beings like pretas, pisacas, raksasas and daityas are not able to trouble those whose hearts are imbued with devotion. The Lord cannot be controlled by austerities, study of the Vedas. by culture of knowledge, or by the fruitive activities described in the Vedas. He is controlled only by bhakti and the gopis are the evidence (pramana) of this.8<br />
( 8. In Vedic culture, the Vedas are considered to be the supreme pramana, though here Sri Narada asserts that the gopis are. This is because the gopis are the topmost knowers and lovers of Krsna. Besides, among the gopis some are known to be the Vedas personified, hence they are also called pramana. )<br />
The strength of bhakti<br />
On the strength of pious activities performed for hundreds of lives one becomes attracted to bhakti, which is the only essence in Kali-yuga. On the strength of bhakti, Lord Krsna Himself appears to the devotee. Those people who are envious of devotion are always miserable no matter where they go within the three planetary systems. In the past, the great sage Durvasa suffered immense misery for offending a devotee.9<br />
( 9. This refers to the story of Ambarisa Maharaja from the Ninth Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. )<br />
Bhakti alone can grant liberation<br />
What more can I say? All vratas, tirthas, yogas, sacrifices and talks of knowledge are not needed. Bhakti alone can grant liberation.”<br />
Suta Gosvami continued, “Narada’s conclusion glorified Bhakti and nurtured her.<br />
Bhakti devi request Narada to bring her sons back to normal<br />
Then Bhakti spoke as follows. ‘O Narada, you are very glorious and have unflinching faith in me. Thus I will always reside in your heart and never leave. O saintly person, you are most merciful. Just in a matter of moments you have removed my misery. But my sons have not yet regained their consciousness. Please quickly bring them back to normal.'”<br />
Narada felt very compassionate attempted to wake them up by shaking them<br />
Suta Gosvami said, “Upon hearing these words of Bhakti, Narada felt very compassionate and attempted to wake them up by shaking them with his hands.10<br />
( 10. Narada’s attempt to wake Jnana and Vairagya by shaking them with his hands indicates that knowledge cannot be revived by the process of karma. )<br />
Narada spoke to their ears<br />
He put his mouth to their ears and said, ‘O Jnana wake up, O Vairagya please arise.”11<br />
( 11. Narada’s placing his mouth next to their ear presents the initiation ceremony in which the guru utters mantras into the right ear of the disciple. Mere initiation, however, cannot make one learned or renounced. )<br />
Narada spoke all vedic mantras and shastras<br />
Then he chanted Vedic Mantras, the Vedanta Sutras, and the Upanisads. He recited Bhagavad-gita again and again. With great difficulty, they were revived, but overcome by lethargy, they yawned and were unable to even open their eyes.12<br />
( 12. The lethargy and yawning of Jnana and Vairagya indicate that one can get only a meagre amount of knowledge by recitation of the scriptures mentioned. They do not make one’s consciousness crystal clear. )<br />
State of bhakti and vairagja<br />
Their hair was a white as the feathers of ducks and their bodily limbs were emaciated and powerless. Owing to hunger and thirst they were weak and sleepy. Seeing this, Narada fell into anxiety and contemplated further ways to revive them from old age and sleep.<br />
Voice emanating from the sky<br />
O Saunaka, as the sage Narada, deliberated, meditating on the Supreme Lord, he heard a voice emanating from the sky.13<br />
( 13. The Supersoul guides the sincerely inquisitive person from within. )<br />
Voice from sky spoke: you must perform one specific noble<br />
‘O Devarsi, do not worry, your endeavour will be successful. O sage you must perform one specific noble act that will be revealed to you by some great saintly person.14<br />
( 14. A sincere, inquisitive person should accept the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. In this way the Lord helps from within and without. )<br />
Jnana and Vairagya will be released<br />
As soon as you complete that activity, Jnana and Vairagya will be released from the clutches of sleep and old age, and bhakti will reign everywhere.’15<br />
( 15. This statement predicts the appearance of ISKCON. )<br />
Lack the guidance of a bona fide teacher and the scriptures<br />
These words were heard by everyone.”<br />
“In astonishment Narada said, ‘I cannot understand the meaning of this indirect statement.16<br />
( 16. Personal realisations which lack the guidance of a bona fide teacher and the scriptures are unclear and insufficient. )<br />
The voice did not clearly explain the path one must follow<br />
The voice did not clearly explain the path one must follow in order to achieve perfection. Nor do I know where to find those saintly persons who will explain the process to me. What must I do to implement this order?'”<br />
Narada Muni travelled to various holy places<br />
Suta Gosvami said, “O Saunaka, bidding farewell to Jnana and Vairagya, Narada Muni travelled to various holy places and met with the saintly people residing there. He asked them to suggest a process by which Jnana and Vairagya could be revived. Some listened carefully but could not give a definite answer.17<br />
( 17 Most people in the garb of saints do not clearly understand the Absolute Reality. They follow hodge-podge philosophy and lacking realisation cannot give satisfactory guidance to their disciples. )<br />
None could offer a satisfactory reply<br />
Others stated that it could not be accomplished, while still others remarked that it was not possible to determined a correct answer. Upon being asked the question, several simply kept quiet while others wriggled away to avoid embarrassment. They were all surprised to hear this question and none could offer a satisfactory reply. They began discussing among themselves as follows, ‘My dear friends, if Jnana and Vairagya could not be revived after the chanting of the Vedas, Vedanta Sutra and recitation of the Bhagavad-gita, then what can be the solution? And if Narada Muni, who is the chief yogi and saint, does not know, then who can answer?'”18<br />
( 18. Here the word “Narada” means the giver of knowledge–naram jnanam dadati iti naradah. )<br />
Sri Narada decided to go to Badari<br />
“In this way, wherever Sri Narada inquired, he got the same answer–that it is very difficult to accomplish. He thus became very worried and decided to go to Badari where he performed penance with the intent to find the solution to revive Jnana and Vairagya. shortly thereafter the Kumaras, headed by Sanaka, appeared there.19<br />
( 19. The Lord appears in the form of the spiritual master to the sincere seeker. )<br />
Narada Muni glorify 4 Kumaras<br />
They were effulgent like a million suns. Seeing them Sri Narada again enquired, “O saintly people, it is by great fortune that I have attained your association. Please be merciful to me and explain that noble process. You are the best of yogis, most knowledgeable and scholarly. Although you appear like five year old boys, you are the senior-most saintly persons. You always reside in Vaikuntha and engage in chanting the holy names. You are always intoxicated with the nectar of Lord Hari’s pastimes, which are your only sustenance.20<br />
( 20. These are the characteristics of a bona fide spiritual master. )<br />
Kumaras are always chanting the mantra harih saranam<br />
You are always chanting the mantra harih saranam and therefore old age, which is caused by the influence of time, does not approach you. Previously, just by the flick of your eyebrows, you whirled Lord Visnu’s gatekeepers, Jaya and Vijaya down to this earth.21<br />
( 21. This story is in the Third Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. )<br />
Please reveal that process which the voice in the sky directed<br />
Later they were reinstated by your mercy. I am most lowly and I feel most fortunate to have your darsana. You are very merciful so kindly bestow your mercy on me. Please reveal that process which the voice in the sky directed me to learn from saintly people. Please explain in detail how to follow that path. How can Bhakti, Jnana and Vairagya become happy? How can they be established in all classes of men?”<br />
The solution is simple<br />
The Kumaras replied, “O sage, Narada Muni, abandon your anxiety and be happy for the solution is simple. O Narada, glorious crest-jewel among the renunciates, you are the guide of those who walk the path of devotion, indeed you are the sun of bhakti-yoga. It is not very surprising that you have undergone this great endeavour for the sake of Bhakti. It is certainly appropriate for a devotee of the Lord to properly establish Bhakti.22 ( 22. This is the duty of every devotee of the Lord. )<br />
We know the procedure the voice in the sky referred<br />
Various sages have propagated many paths, but they are all troublesome and generally can only elevate one to the heavenly planets. Until now, the process by which one can attain the original Personality of Godhead has remained concealed, and it is rare to find one who knows this practice. We know the procedure the voice in the sky referred to and we will explain it to you.23<br />
( 23. A guru is able to dispel all the doubts of his disciple. )<br />
Jnana-yajna, or the sacrifice of knowledge, is the path of liberation<br />
Please hear with an attentive mind. O Narada, sacrifice of material objects, penance, yoga, meditation, study of the Vedas and the path of knowledge, generally only lead toward fruitive activities and grant residence in the heavenly planets. Scholars have said that only jnana-yajna, or the sacrifice of knowledge, is the path of liberation.24<br />
( 24. Here the term ‘knowledge’ is non different from devotion. Knowledge related to the Personality of Godhead is one aspect of bhakti. )<br />
Just by hearing the words of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhakti, Jnana and Vairagya will be nourished.<br />
This constitutes the study of the Srimad Bhagavatam which has been sung by great personalities like Sukadeva Gosvami. Just by hearing the words of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhakti, Jnana and Vairagya will be nourished. This will relieve the misery of Jnana and Vairagya and will make Bhakti blissful. As when a lion roars, wolves flee in fear, so merely by the sound of Srimad Bhagavatam, all the vicious qualities of Kali-yuga are destroyed. Bhakti is the flow of love of God and along with Jnana and Vairagya will enter every house and dance in the heart of every living being.”<br />
Narada Munis doubt<br />
Sri Narada said. “I have tried to awaken Jnana and Vairagya by chanting the Vedas, Upanisads and Bhagavad-gita with no success. How is it possible that they will re revived by hearing Srimad Bhagavatam?25<br />
( 25. A disciple should present his doubts to his guru submissively. If he is arrogant a saintly person is not obliged to give the treasure of his knowledge to such an unqualified disciple. )<br />
Story: Fox hunter and king<br />
Please remove my doubt without delay<br />
After all Srimad Bhagavatam is nothing more than the essence of the Vedas. Your darsana never goes in vain and you always protect those who surrender to you, please, therefore, remove my doubt with delay.”<br />
Srimad Bhagavatam is the fruit of the tree of Vedic literature<br />
The Kumaras said: “It is a fact that Srimad Bhagavatam is the essence of the Vedas and Upanisads,26 but it is the fruit of the tree of Vedic literature, it is superior.<br />
( 26. The Vedas and Itihasas mainly deal in dharma, artha, kama and moksa, but the Srimad Bhagavatam speaks only of pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Krsna. )<br />
Story: Narada who appear to Vyasa after has compiled all Vedic literature<br />
Essence of Srimad Bhagavatam hidden<br />
The vital fluid of the tree is spread from the root to the tip though it cannot be tasted. When that same fluid accumulates in the fruit however, it tastes very delicious.<br />
Similarly, ghee, which is relishable even to the demigods, is spread throughout cow’s milk, but it cannot be savoured until it is extracted.<br />
Sugar also exists throughout the cane, yet when extracted, it becomes more succulent.<br />
The same applies to the pastimes depicted in Srimad Bhagavatam, which is equal to the Vedas.<br />
You spoke the message of the Bhagavatam in just four verses to Vedavyasa<br />
Srila Vyasadeva has propagated it to establish bhakti, jnana and vairagya.<br />
Once Srila Vyasadeva, who knows the essence of all the Vedas and Upanisads, and is the compiler of the Bhagavad-gita felt dejected and was drowning in an ocean of confusion.<br />
At that time you spoke the message of the Bhagavatam in just four verses. Upon hearing these verses Vyasa was freed from his lamentation. So why are you doubtful and astonished by this?<br />
Recite Srimad Bhagavatam to Jnana and Vairagya<br />
Recite Srimad Bhagavatam to Jnana and Vairagya and their lamentation and misery will be destroyed.”<br />
You are always drinking the nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam<br />
Narada said, “O saintly people, your darsana immediately shatters all the sins of the living entities and brings solace to those being scorched by the fire of material misery. You are always drinking the nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam, which you heard from Lord Sesa.<br />
I have taken shelter of you for the purpose of preaching the message of bhakti, which is characterised by love of God.<br />
Rear association of saintly persons<br />
Only one who has performed greatly pious acts27 for many millions of lifetimes may achieve the association of saintly persons like yourselves and thus get completely free from ignorance caused by material delusion and pride. He then becomes established in proper discrimination.”<br />
( 27. The pious acts mentioned here are those related to devotion such as offering charity to a devotee. )<br />
Story: Narada Muni and brother of Ambharish Maharaja<br />
Chapter Three<br />
Bhakti’s Distress is Dispelled<br />
Sri Narada ask where this yajna should be performed<br />
Sri Narada said, “To establish bhakti, jnana and vairagya, I will perform a jnana-yajna by reciting the Srimad Bhagavatam as was spoken by Sri Sukadeva Gosvami. Please explain where this yajna should be performed. You are the knower of the Vedas, therefore please explain the glories of the Srimad Bhagavatam as spoken by Sri Sukadeva Gosvami. Also please explain the proper procedure and duration for the recitation.”<br />
The Kumaras replied<br />
The Kumaras replied, “O Narada, you are very humble and discriminating.1<br />
( 1. Knowledge comes to a humble and discriminate person.)<br />
Go on the bank of Ganges in Haridvar at place called Ananda<br />
We will explain everything to you, so kindly hear from us. Near Haridvara there is a bathing place or ghata on the bank of Ganges called Ananda.2<br />
( 2. Haridvara means the gateway to Lord Hari, and Ananda means bliss. Bliss is in the vicinity of the Lord. Going to Haridvara means becoming favourable to the Lord and giving up the atheistic mentality. In this mood the Bhagavatam reciter will taste bliss. )<br />
Many saintly persons reside there and demigods and perfected beings visit frequently. The place abounds with various types of trees and creepers and the sand is soft and appealing. The beautiful ghata decorates a solitary point on the river.3<br />
Bath one’s mind with beautiful thoughts of Lord Hari<br />
( 3. One should bath one’s mind with beautiful thoughts of Lord Hari. The Ganges represents the flow of transcendental knowledge. “Solitary place” means the absence of improper association. )<br />
In transcendental knowledge he gets free from envy and material attachment.<br />
The fragrance of lotus flowers fills the air and lions and tigers dwell with no animosity toward other animals.4<br />
( 4. When one is in transcendental knowledge he gets free from envy and material attachment. )<br />
By the sound of Bhagavatam they will become young and energetic<br />
Go there and effortlessly start this jnana-yajna, for by the medium of this katha, a novel rasa will become manifest. You will see Bhakti appear along with Jnana and Vairagya, who have become decrepit. Wherever there is recitation of Srimad Bhagavatam, bhakti, jnana and vairagya automatically become manifest. By the sound of Bhagavatam they will become young and energetic.”5<br />
( 5. Sound, or sabda pramana, is the only means to acquire transcendental knowledge.)<br />
Everyone came in haste to drink the nectar<br />
Sri Suta Gosvami said, “After saying this, the Kumaras, desiring to drink the nectar of Srimad Bhagavatam, arrived at the bank of the Ganges, along with Narada.<br />
The news spread all over the earth and throughout the three planetary systems. Those devotees who harboured any taste for hearing the Lord’s pastimes, came in haste to drink the nectar.<br />
Sage like Bhrgu, Vasistha, Cyavana, Gautama, Medhatithi, Devala, Devarata, Parasurama, Visvamitra, Sakala, Markandeya, Dattatreya, Pippalada, Vyasa, Parasara, Chayasuka, Jajali, Jahnu, and all such great saintly persons arrived there along with their family members and disciples.<br />
Besides them, the Vedas, the Upanisads, Mantra, Tantra, the seventeen Puranas and the six philosophical systems came in their personified forms.<br />
Sacred rivers like the Ganges, sacred ponds like Puskara, holy ksetras like Kuruksetra, sanctified forests like Dandaka, all the directions, majestic mountains like the Himalayas, the demigods, Gandharvas, and even Danavas came there to hear hari-katha.<br />
Those who were not inclined to come out of excessive pride, were brought by the great sage Bhrgu who had expertly convinced them.<br />
The Kumaras then sat on a beautiful seat offered by Sri Narada and resolved themselves to recite Srimad Bhagavatam.<br />
In the front of the audience sat Vaisnavas, renunciants, brahmacaris, and Sri Narada Muni sat in front of them.<br />
On the one side sat the sages and on the other the demigods.<br />
One place hosted the Vedas and Upanisads, and another the holy places.<br />
In yet another place sat the women, while all around could be heard, “All glories! All glories!”<br />
As conches resounded and people decorated each other with coloured powder and flowers. Some demigods alighted from their airplanes and from the sky others showered flowers on the audience.”<br />
The Kumaras began reciting the glories of Srimad Bhagavatam – everyone sat with an attentive mind<br />
Suta Gosvami said, “In this way the worship was performed and then everyone sat with an attentive mind. The Kumaras began reciting the glories of Srimad Bhagavatam before the sage Narada. “Now we will describe the glories of Bhagavatam, which by hearing, one attains liberation.<br />
One should always hear Srimad Bhagavatam, for just by doing so, the Lord sits in one’s heart. Bhagavatam has 18 000 verses in twelve cantos and is a dialogue between Sri Sukadeva and King Pariksita.6<br />
Devi-bhagavatam<br />
( 6. Some scholars propose that Bhagavatam refers to the Devi-bhagavatam, which also has 18 000 verses and twelve cantos, but this statement soundly defeats their claim because the Devi-bhagavatam was not spoke by Sri Sukadeva Gosvami. )<br />
Benefits of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam<br />
The living entity wanders in this world owing to ignorance, until he hears the Bhagavatam Sri Sukadeva Gosvami recited.<br />
Indeed there is no need to hear many scriptures and Puranas as this simply causes confusion.<br />
Srimad Bhagavatam alone is sufficient to grant liberation.<br />
That house where Bhagavatam is recited daily becomes a holy place and those who reside there become free from all sins.<br />
Thousands of horse sacrifices and hundreds Vajapeya sacrifices cannot compare to one sixteenth of the benefit of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam.<br />
O sages, sins reside in a person’s body only until he properly hears Srimad Bhagavatam.<br />
The benefits offered by the Ganges, Gaya, Kasi, Puskara, or Prayaga cannot compare to those derived from hearing the Bhagavatam.<br />
If you at all desire the supreme destination, then you should daily recite at least one half, or even on fourth of a Srimad Bhagavatam sloka.<br />
There is no difference between Omkara, Gayatri Mantra, Purusa-sukta, the three Vedas, Srimad Bhagavatam, the twelve syllable mantra, the twelve features of the sun god, Prayaga, Kala which manifests as a year, brahmana, agnihotra sacrifice, a cow, fasting on ekadasi, Tulasi, spring season and the Personality of Godhead, Krsna.<br />
A person who hears Srimad Bhagavatam day and night and understands its meaning, becomes free from the sins committed in millions of lives. There is no doubt about it.<br />
The person who daily recites even one half or one fourth of a verse of Srimad Bhagavatam gets the benefit of performing the Rajasuya sacrifice (horse sacrifice).<br />
Daily recitation of the Bhagavatam, meditation on the Personality of Godhead, the watering of Tulasi, and rendering service to the cow, are all considered equal.<br />
If a person hears a verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam at the time of death, the Lord becomes pleased and grants him residence in Vaikuntha.<br />
Whoever places the Bhagavatam on a golden throne and donates it to a devotee certainly attains the association of the Personality of Godhead.<br />
A person who does not hear even a part of Srimad Bhagavatam during the whole of his life, lives just like a candala or an ass.<br />
The purpose of his birth is only to give delivery pains to his mother.<br />
A person who has not even heard one verse of the Bhagavatam is very sinful and although living, is actually dead. His life is an utter waste and simply a burden for the earth. This is the statement of Lord Indra, the chief among the demigods.<br />
Indeed it is not very easy to get an opportunity to hear Srimad Bhagavatam. Only a very pious person gets such an opportunity. O Narada, you are very intelligent and the abode of mysticism. Hear this katha with attention. There are no rules restricting the time or date for hearing Bhagavatam.7<br />
One has to use every opportunity to hear Srimad Bhagavatam<br />
( 7. Bhagavatam is transcendental and should be heard whenever one has the opportunity, for a moment passed, never returns. )<br />
Hear Bhagavatam while keeping a vow of celibacy and truthfulness<br />
Considered best is that one should hear Bhagavatam while keeping a vow of celibacy and truthfulness.8<br />
( 8. If one neglects these rules he will not understand the actual message of Srimad Bhagavatam. )<br />
Recommended process of hearing the Bhagavatam in seven days – saptaha sravana<br />
But for the people in Kali-yuga this is very difficult.<br />
Therefore, Sukadeva Gosvami explained a special process for hearing that should be known.<br />
In Kali-yuga the minds of people are always disturbed and thus it is very difficult for them to perform pious activity and follow rules and regulations for a long period.<br />
He has recommended, therefore, a process of hearing the Bhagavatam in seven days, which is called saptaha sravana, or saptaha yajna.<br />
Something is better than nothing<br />
Whatever benefit one derives from hearing Bhagavatam during the month of Magha or anytime, Sukadeva says, that one gets the same benefit by the process of Saptaha. Because people in general are short-lived, always sick, and unable to control their minds, the process of hearing Srimad Bhagavatam in seven days is offered in Kali-yuga.9<br />
( 9. Something is better than nothing, therefore, at least for seven days one should follow the rules and regulations for hearing Srimad Bhagavatam. As far as the devotees are concerned however, ‘seven days’ means everyday just as when people say “I do this seven days a week”, and what they mean is I do this every day of the year. )<br />
Nothing greater then hearing Bhagavatam through the Saptaha Yajna<br />
That benefit which is unattainable through penance, yoga and mystic trance, can be readily attained by properly hearing the Bhagavatam through the process of Saptaha. There is no greater vrata, penance, sacrifice, service to a holy place, meditation, or knowledge than hearing Bhagavatam through the Saptaha Yajna.”<br />
How is it possible that this is a better process of liberation?<br />
Saunaka said, “O Suta Gosvami, you have made very wonderful statements! Certainly Bhagavatam must describe about Lord Krsna, who is the source of Brahma, but how is it possible that this is a better process of liberation then even the path of knowledge?”<br />
Uddhava gita<br />
Suta Gosvami said, “O Saunaka, when Lord Krsna was about to leave this earthly planet to go to His own abode, He spoke the eleventh canto to Uddhava.<br />
Upon hearing it, Uddhava asked, “O Govinda You have fulfilled Your purpose with respect to Your devotees and as You prepare to return to Your abode, there is one doubt in my mind. Please hear it and grant me solace.<br />
Kali-yuga will begin immediately, and various types of vicious qualities will become manifest.<br />
Who will give the earth shelter?<br />
Saintly people will become demonic and the earth will become over burdened.<br />
Then who will give her shelter? O lotus-eyed Lord, but for You, I do not see anyone who can protect the earth. O Lord, You are very dear to Your devotees and merciful to the saintly persons, therefore, please do not leave. O Lord, You appeared here only for the benefit of Your devotees, so how will Your devotees maintain their lives in your separation? To meditate on Your impersonal feature is very miserable, therefore please do something.10<br />
( 10. Worship of impersonal Brahman is very difficult, and more so for the people of Kali-yuga. Therefore, no one should waste valuable and limited life in such a fruitless pursuit. )<br />
Srimad Bhagavatam solution to give shelter to His devotees<br />
“Hearing these words of Uddhava at Prabhasa, the Lord devised a solution to give shelter to His devotees.<br />
O Saunaka, He invested all His power in the Srimad Bhagavatam along with Himself in His unmanifest form.<br />
We should know, therefore, that Srimad Bhagavatam is the personification of the Lord in the form of sound.<br />
Story: Radharani sending Shukadeva to give message to devotees<br />
Hearing Saptaha, therefore, is the correct means to be freed from the clutches of Maya<br />
One who serves, hears, or even sees the Srimad Bhagavatam becomes free from all sin.<br />
In Kali-yuga, therefore, hearing Bhagavata Saptaha is the chief religion and superior to all other means.<br />
In Kali-yuga this is the only principle which removes sin and relieves the misery of unfortunate people.<br />
It gives them the power to conquer lust, anger, and greed. It is very difficult for the demigods to get relief from Maya, so then, how can mortal beings be expected to become free from her?<br />
Hearing Saptaha, therefore, is the correct means to be freed from the clutches of Maya.”11<br />
( 11. This statement is directed to the common man, for if he is instructed to hear Srimad Bhagavatam daily, he will immediately reject the proposal. But after deliberation he may conclude, “If hearing it for only one week has so many wonderful benefits, then why not hear it everyday?” Therefore, Saptaha is a preaching technique for dull people. Moreover, if one submissively hears Srimad Bhagavatam from a pure devotee, he will surely get free from the clutches of Maya. There is no exaggeration in this statement. )<br />
Bhakti appeared along with her two sons chanting<br />
Suta Gosvami said, “O Saunaka, while the Kumaras were explaining the glory of Saptaha to Narada Muni, a very wonderful thing happened in that assembly.<br />
Bhakti appeared along with her two sons, who had now regained their youth.<br />
She was loudly and repeatedly chanting “Sri Krsna! Govinda! Hare! Murare! O Lord Narayana! Vasudeva!<br />
Understanding it and meditating on its meaning is like decorating Bhakti.<br />
All the assembled people saw that Bhakti had become beautiful by wearing the imports of the Srimad Bhagavatam as ornaments.12<br />
( 12. Just hearing Srimad Bhagavatam is devotional service, but understanding it and meditating on its meaning is like decorating Bhakti. )<br />
Bhakti appeared from the import of the Bhagavata-katha<br />
The sages then began discussing how it was that Bhakti had manifested herself in the assembly, from where had she come, and so on.”<br />
The Kumaras then said, “Bhakti has now appeared from the import of the Bhagavata-katha.<br />
Where bhakti can reside with her sons?<br />
Hearing this, Bhakti and her two sons humbly submitted. ‘In Kali-yuga we were almost lost but now you have rejuvenated us. Please explain where we can reside.’<br />
The Kumaras responded, “You award the Personality of Godhead to your devotees, and you sever the bonds of this material world, therefore with great patience and fortitude you should reside in the hearts of the devotees of Lord Krsna. The defects of Kali-yuga may overpower the whole universe but they will not be able to so much as glance at you.”<br />
Bhakti entered the hearts of the Lord’s devotees<br />
Upon hearing the words of the Kumaras, Bhakti entered the hearts of the Lord’s devotees.<br />
The devotees in whose heart Bhakti resides may appear impoverished, but they are most glorious and opulent, because abandoning His own abode, the Lord Himself comes to reside in their heart, being tied by the rope of devotion.<br />
The Bhagavatam is the personification of the Lord on earth and its glory cannot be described in words.<br />
Anyone who hears or recites Bhagavatam becomes an associate of the Lord, so what is the purpose of religious principles without it?”<br />
nimna-ganam yatha ganga<br />
devanam acyuto yatha<br />
vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh<br />
purananam idam tatha<br />
Just as the Ganga is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta the supreme among deities and Lord Sambhu (Siva) the greatest of Vaishnavas, so Srimad Bhagavatam is the greatest of all Puranas.<br />
(Srimad Bhagavatam 12.13.16)I am better than the 4 Kumaras mentality is demoniactag:nimaipandit.ning.com,2023-10-07:4087284:BlogPost:1112522023-10-07T23:53:46.000ZParamananda dashttp://nimaipandit.ning.com/profile/Payonidhidas
I am better than the 4 Kumaras mentality is demoniac<br />
I see so many bogus lectures and articles about the 4 Kumaras, they manifested at the beginning of creation from Lord Brahmas pure mind.Did you ? No you rascal you did not .They are Brahmacaries since the beginning of Lord Brahmas life? creation,how often do we meditate on sex life ? Even if not willing thougths of sex comes into the mind of almost every member of Kali yuga, and on top of this hardly anyone is chanting even 64 rounds without…
I am better than the 4 Kumaras mentality is demoniac<br />
I see so many bogus lectures and articles about the 4 Kumaras, they manifested at the beginning of creation from Lord Brahmas pure mind.Did you ? No you rascal you did not .They are Brahmacaries since the beginning of Lord Brahmas life? creation,how often do we meditate on sex life ? Even if not willing thougths of sex comes into the mind of almost every member of Kali yuga, and on top of this hardly anyone is chanting even 64 rounds without offenses or more daily to clean the mirror of the mind.Now some Kali yuga misfits thinks they are more exalted than the 4 Kumaras ,who are Mahajanas.Are you a Mahajana you doggish rascal? Where is your name among the list of Mahajanas? So lets admit it you are a Kali yuga misfit as we all are.The Kumaras did not marry on Lord Brahmas request , because they are pure devotees of Lord Krsna this is stated in Srimad Bhagavatam.One rascal wrote that Jaya and Vijaya where Ksatriyas in Vaikuntha and the 4 Kumaras Brahmanas.Total neophyte understanding .Jaya and Vijaya had Upadis thinking that the 4 Kumaras are not fit to meet Lord Visnu ,therefore they got cursed , not because the 4 Kumaras are Brahmavadis , they are Visnu Bhaktas...are yo ueven a Brahmavadi? Fully absorbed on the spiritual platform? You are not .You and I are aspiring devotees .There are so much glorification of the 4 Kumaras in Srimad Bhagavatam.Those who spend time in Vrindavana know how exalted are the 4 Kumaras, but because most never spend more than 3 or 4 days in Vrindavana they have no realization's are the head of the Kumara Sampradaya since the beginning of creation, this is stated in Garga Samhita..then how in hell can they be Brahma Vadis? THEY ARE NOT. you are a Mayavadi and demon if you think I am better than the 4 Kumaras stop finding faults in Mahajanas and liberated souls of face the consequences of Aparadha against the 4 Kumaras ..You are married 2 to 5 times and think you can find faults in the 4 Kumaras , you really need to be beaten like a dog ,Because you was born in a Jewish family in New York does not make you God or better than the 4 Kumaras..understand your position and that of the 4 Kumaras Svayambhu Narado Sambhu , etc ŚB 6.3.20-21<br />
स्वयम्भूर्नारद: शम्भु: कुमार: कपिलो मनु: ।<br />
प्रह्लादो जनको भीष्मो बलिर्वैयासकिर्वयम् ॥ २० ॥<br />
द्वादशैते विजानीमो धर्मं भागवतं भटा: ।<br />
गुह्यं विशुद्धं दुर्बोधं यं ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ॥ २१ ॥<br />
svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ<br />
kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ<br />
prahlādo janako bhīṣmo<br />
balir vaiyāsakir vayam<br />
dvādaśaite vijānīmo<br />
dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ bhaṭāḥ<br />
guhyaṁ viśuddhaṁ durbodhaṁ<br />
yaṁ jñātvāmṛtam aśnute<br />
Synonyms<br />
svayambhūḥ — Lord Brahmā; nāradaḥ — the great saint Nārada; śambhuḥ — Lord Śiva; kumāraḥ — the four Kumāras; kapilaḥ — Lord Kapila; manuḥ — Svāyambhuva Manu; prahlādaḥ — Prahlāda Mahārāja; janakaḥ — Janaka Mahārāja; bhīṣmaḥ — Grandfather Bhīṣma; baliḥ — Bali Mahārāja; vaiyāsakiḥ — Śukadeva, the son of Vyāsadeva; vayam — we; dvādaśa — twelve; ete — these; vijānīmaḥ — know; dharmam — real religious principles; bhāgavatam — which teach a person how to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhaṭāḥ — O my dear servants; guhyam — very confidential; viśuddham — transcendental, not contaminated by the material modes of nature; durbodham — not easily understood; yam — which; jñātvā — understanding; amṛtam — eternal life; aśnute — he enjoys.<br />
Translation<br />
Lord Brahmā, Bhagavān Nārada, Lord Śiva, the four Kumāras, Lord Kapila [the son of Devahūti], Svāyambhuva Manu, Prahlāda Mahārāja, Janaka Mahārāja, Grandfather Bhīṣma, Bali Mahārāja, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and I myself know the real religious principle. My dear servants, this transcendental religious principle, which is known as bhāgavata-dharma, or surrender unto the Supreme Lord and love for Him, is uncontaminated by the material modes of nature. It is very confidential and difficult for ordinary human beings to understand, but if by chance one fortunately understands it, he is immediately liberated, and thus he returns home, back to Godhead.<br />
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<p>from Padma Purana about Radhastami fasting !<br></br>Chapter 7 - The Greatness of Rādhāṣṭamī<br></br>Section 4 - Brahma-khaṇḍa (Section on Brahman)<br></br>Saunaka said:<br></br>1. O very wise one, O you very intelligent one, tell me due to which act a man goes to the world of cows from the ocean of the mundane existence which is difficult to cross and, O Sūta, about Rādhāṣṭamī and its excellent importance.<br></br>Sūta said:<br></br>2. O brāhmaṇa, O great sage, formerly Nārada had asked this from Brahmā. Listen,…</p>
<p>from Padma Purana about Radhastami fasting !<br/>Chapter 7 - The Greatness of Rādhāṣṭamī<br/>Section 4 - Brahma-khaṇḍa (Section on Brahman)<br/>Saunaka said:<br/>1. O very wise one, O you very intelligent one, tell me due to which act a man goes to the world of cows from the ocean of the mundane existence which is difficult to cross and, O Sūta, about Rādhāṣṭamī and its excellent importance.<br/>Sūta said:<br/>2. O brāhmaṇa, O great sage, formerly Nārada had asked this from Brahmā. Listen, in brief, to what he had asked him.<br/>Nārada said:<br/>3-5. O grandsire, O very wise one, O best among those who know all the sacred texts, O dear one, tell me (about) Rādhāṣṭamī. O lord, what is its religious fruit? Who observed it in olden days? O brahman, what would be the sin of those men who do not observe it? In what way is the vow to be observed? When is it to be observed? Tell me (all) that from the beginning, from whom Rādhā was born.<br/>Brahmā said:<br/>6-12. O child, listen very attentively to (the description of the vow of) Rādhāṣṭamī. I shall tell you in brief the entire (account). O Nārada, except Viṣṇu it is not possible (for anyone) to tell about its meritorious fruit. That sin like the murder of a brāhmaṇa, of them who have earned it through a crore of existences, perishes in a moment, (when) they devoutly observe it (i.e. the vow). The religious merit of Rādhāṣṭamī is hundred times more than the fruit which a man obtains by observing (a fast on) a thousand Ekādaśī (days). The merit due to Rādhāṣṭamī observed (but) once, is hundred times more that the fruit obtained by giving gold equal to the Meru (mountain). People obtain that fruit from the Rādhāṣṭamī, which (merit) they obtain by giving a thousand virgins (in marriage). A man gets that fruit of the Aṣṭamī of the beloved of Kṛṣṇa (i.e. Rādhāṣṭamī), which he would get by bathing in holy places like Gaṅgā. (Even) a sinner who observes this vow casually or devoutly, would along with a crore members of his family go to Viṣṇu’s heaven.<br/>13-20. O child, formerly in Kṛtayuga an excellent, very beautiful woman, having a beautiful (i.e. slender) waist, having eyes like those of a female deer, of a beautiful form, having lovely hair, lovely ears, was known by the name Līlāvatī. She had committed very grave sins. Once, she, hankering after wealth, went to another city moving out from her own city. There, in a beautiful temple, she saw many wise people intent on observing the Rādhāṣṭamī vow. They were worshipping devoutly the excellent image of Rādhā with sandal, flowers, incense, lamps, (pieces of) cloth and various kinds of fruits. Some sang, danced, recited the excellent hymn of praise. Some (others) joyfully played upon the lute and beat the drum. Seeing them like that, she, full of curiosity, went near them, and politely asked them: “O you religious-minded ones, what are you, full of joy, doing? O virtuous ones, tell me who am full of politeness (what you are doing).”<br/>21-24. Those devotees, intent upon the observance of the vow, and interested in obliging and doing good to others, started speaking.<br/>Those who observed the Rādhā (-aṣṭamī) vow said: “Today that eighth day on which—i.e. on the eighth day of the bright fortnight—Rādhā was born, has arrived. We are observing it carefully. This (vow of) the Aṣṭamī which is observed (like this) quickly destroys men’s sins like the sin due to the murder of a cow, or arising from stealing, or killing a brāhmaṇa, or which is due to carrying off the wife of another person, or due to (a man’s) violating his teacher’s bed (i.e. wife).”<br/>25-42. Hearing their words, and repeatedly thinking (to herself), ‘I shall observe (this vow) which destroys all sins’ she observed that excellent vow there only along with those who were observing it. That pure woman died due to being hurt (i.e. bitten) by a serpent. Then (Yama’s) messengers with nooses and hammers in their hands came there by Yama’s order, and tied her in a very painful way. When they decided to take her to Yama’s abode, messengers of Viṣṇu holding conches and maces came (there). (They had brought with them) an auspicious aeroplane made of gold, to which royal swans were yoked. Having quickly cut off (the nooses) with edges of their discs, they put that woman whose sin had gone (away), into the chariot. They took her to the charming city of Viṣṇu, called Goloka, where she stayed with Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā due to the propitiousness of the vow. O dear one, for him who, a fool, does not observe the vow of Rādhāṣṭamī, there is no acquittance from hell even for hundreds of crores of kalpas. Those women also who do not observe this vow which causes auspiciousness, which delights Rādhā and Viṣṇu, which destroys all sins, go to Yama’s city in the end and fall into a hell for a long time. If per chance they get a birth on the earth, they certainly (become) widows. O child, once (this) earth was struck by the groups of the wicked. She, being extremely helpless, became a cow, and approached me. Weeping again and again, she told me (about) her grief. Hearing her words, I went to the proximity of Viṣṇu. I quickly narrated to Kṛṣṇa (i.e. Viṣṇu) the intensity of her grief. He said (to me): “O brahman, with the gods go to the earth. Later I (shall) also go there with my attendants.” Hearing that I, along with the gods, came to the earth. Then Kṛṣṇa, calling Rādhā (who was to him) greater than his own life, said (these) words (to her); “O goddess, I am going to the earth to destroy the burden ofthe earth. You (also) go to the earth.” Having heard those (words), Rādhā also then went to the earth. That Rādhikā sprang up by day on the sacrificial ground ofVṛṣabhānu on the day called Aṣṭamī in the bright half of the month of Bhādrapada. When purified for the sacrifice, she, having a divine form, was seen (there). The king, delighted in mind, took her to his house and handed her over to his queen. She, too, nourished her.<br/>43. Thus, O child, the words that I have told you are to be kept secret, to be kept secret, to be kept secret carefully.<br/>Sūta said:<br/>44. He who would devoutly listen to this (account of the vow) giving the fruit of the four goals (of human life), becomes free from all sins and ultimately goes to Viṣṇu’s house.</p>
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I just wrote commentary to this chapter from Garga Samhita :<br />
defeat of Jarasandha from Garga Samhita<br />
in Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book we read how Bhima killed Jarasandha ,it is also in the Mahabharat in great detail and in 10 canto of Srimad Bhagavatam , have you read this pastime from Garga Samhita ? 6 canto chapter 1<br />
Canto Six, Volume One of Garga Samhita<br />
Chapter One<br />
Jarasandha-parajaya<br />
Jarasandha's Defeat<br />
Text 1<br />
sri-narada uvaca<br />
krishnaya vasudevaya<br />
devaki-nandanaya…
I just wrote commentary to this chapter from Garga Samhita :<br />
defeat of Jarasandha from Garga Samhita<br />
in Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book we read how Bhima killed Jarasandha ,it is also in the Mahabharat in great detail and in 10 canto of Srimad Bhagavatam , have you read this pastime from Garga Samhita ? 6 canto chapter 1<br />
Canto Six, Volume One of Garga Samhita<br />
Chapter One<br />
Jarasandha-parajaya<br />
Jarasandha's Defeat<br />
Text 1<br />
sri-narada uvaca<br />
krishnaya vasudevaya<br />
devaki-nandanaya ca<br />
nanda-gopa-kumaraya<br />
govindaya namo namah<br />
Sri Narada said: I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord Krishna, the son of Vasudeva, Devaki, and the gopa Nanda, and the happiness of the cows, land, and senses.<br />
Text 2<br />
srutam tava mukhad brahman<br />
mathura-khandam adbhutam<br />
vada mam dvaraka-khandam<br />
sri-krishna-caritamritam<br />
O brahmana, now that I have heard from your mouth the wonderful Mathura-khanda, please tell me the Dvaraka-khanda, which is filled with the nectar of Lord Krishna's transcendental pastimes.<br />
Text 3<br />
vivahah kati putras ca<br />
kati pautra rama-pateh<br />
sarvam vada maha-buddhe<br />
dvaraka-vasa-karanam<br />
How many wives did He have? How many children? How many grandchildren? Tell me the reason He chose to live in Dvaraka. O wise one, please tell me everything.<br />
Text 4<br />
sri-narada uvaca<br />
asti-prapti mahishyau dve<br />
mrite kamse maha-bale<br />
jarasandha-griham duhkhaj<br />
jagmatur maithilesvara<br />
Sri Narada said: O king of Mithila, after the death of powerful Kamsa, his two queens, Asti and Prapti unhappily went to Jarasandha's home.<br />
Text 5<br />
tan-mukhat kamsa-maranam<br />
srutva kruddho jara-sutah<br />
ayadavim mahim kartum<br />
udyato 'bhun maha-balah<br />
When from their mouths he heard of Kamsa's death, Jarasandha became angry and decided to make the earth a place where no Yadavas lived.<br />
Text 6<br />
akshauhinibhir vimsatya<br />
tisrbhis capi samvritah<br />
ramyam maha-purim rajann<br />
ayayau balavan nripah<br />
Accompanied by 23 akshauhini divisions, powerful King Jarasandha went to beautiful Mathura City.<br />
Note :now please note this is far bigger than Kuruksetra war It is mentioned in the Mahabharata that in the Kurukshetra War the Pandava army consisted of seven akshauhinis (1,530,900 warriors), and the Kaurava army had eleven akshauhinis (2,405,700 warriors). So Jarasandha attaked Mathura with an army bigger than at Kuruksetra<br />
Text 7<br />
bhayaturam purim vikshya<br />
tat-senam sindhu-nadinim<br />
sabhayam bhagavan sakshad<br />
baladevam uvaca ha<br />
Seeing that the entire city was terrified of that great army roaring like the ocean, in the royal assembly Lord Krishna said to Balarama:<br />
Text 8<br />
sarvam casya balam rama<br />
hantavyam vai na samsayah<br />
magadhas tu na hantavyo<br />
bhuyah karta balodyamam<br />
O Balarama, this army should be destroyed, but Jarasandha should not be killed. Of this there is no doubt.<br />
Text 9<br />
jarasandha-nimittena<br />
bharam vai bhubhujam bhuvah<br />
sarvam catra harishyami<br />
karishyami priyam satam<br />
I will remove the great burden of demonic kings Jarasandha has placed on this earth. In this way I will please the devotees.<br />
Text 10<br />
evam vadati krishne vai<br />
vaikunthac ca rathau subhau<br />
abhutam agatau rajan<br />
sarvesham pasyatam ca tau<br />
O king, as Lord Krishna spoke these words two beautiful chariots arrived from Vaikunthaloka as everyone watched.<br />
Text 11<br />
samaruhya rathau sadyo<br />
rama-krishnau maha-balau<br />
yadavanam balaih sukshmais<br />
tvaram nirjagmatuh purat<br />
Mounting these chariots, and accompanied by a small Yadava army, Krishna and Balarama at once left the city.<br />
Text 12<br />
yadavanam magadhanam<br />
pasyadbhir divijair divi<br />
babhuva tumulam yuddham<br />
adbhutam roma-harshanam<br />
As the demigods in heaven watched, the Yadavas and Magadhas fought a tumultuous battle that made the hairs of the body stand erect with wonder.<br />
Text 13<br />
akshauhinibhir dasabhi<br />
ratharudho maha-balah<br />
sri-krishnasya purah purvam<br />
yuyudhe magadhesvarah<br />
Riding on a chariot, and accompanied by ten akshauhini divisons, Jarasandha fought with Lord Krishna.<br />
Text 14<br />
pancabhis cakshauhinibhir<br />
dharitarashtrah suyodhanah<br />
yuyodha yadavaih sardham<br />
jarasandha-sahaya-krit<br />
Accompanied by five akshauhini divisons, Dhritarashtra's son Duryodhana also fought on jarasandha's side against the Yadavas.<br />
Note : So on top of Jarasandhas 23 Aksauhinis Duryodhana being a demon supported Jarasandha another demon with another 5 akshauhinis <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshauhini">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshauhini</a><br />
Text 15<br />
pancabhis ca tatha rajan<br />
vindhya-desadhipo bali<br />
tisrbhis ca maha-yuddhe<br />
banga-natho maha-balah<br />
O king, accompanied by five akshauhinis, the powerful king of Vindhya-desa fought on Jarasandha's side. Accompanied by three akshauhinis, the powerful king of Bengal also fought on Jarasandha's side.<br />
Note here how the king of Vindhya hills also joined Jarasandha with 5 Akshauhinis and the king of Bengal also joined Jarasandha with 3 so we are talking about a huge huge army<br />
Text 16<br />
evam anye 'pi rajano<br />
jarasandha-vasanugah<br />
pranaih sahayam kurvantau<br />
jarasandhasya maithila<br />
O king of Mithila, many other kings, Jarasandha's vassals, gave their lives to help him in the battle.<br />
Text 17<br />
banandhakare sanjate<br />
satru-sena-samakule<br />
tankaram sarnga-dhanushah<br />
sarnga-dhanva cakara ha<br />
When the enemy armies darkened the sky with a shower of arrows, Lord Krishna filled the sky with the twanging sounds of His Sarnga bow.<br />
Text 18<br />
nanada tena brahmandam<br />
sapta-lokair bilaih saha<br />
vicelur dig-gajas tara<br />
ejad-bhu-khanda-mandalam<br />
The entire universe, with the seven planetary systems and the vast regions of outer space, echoed with that sound. The earth, the stars, and the elephants that hold up the directions all trembled.<br />
Text 19<br />
tadaiva badhiri-bhutam<br />
satrunam sainya-mandalam<br />
utpatanto haya yuddhad<br />
gajas tu vimukhas tatah<br />
Then there was a deafening noise in the circle of the enemy armies, and the horses and elephants fled the battlefield.<br />
Text 20<br />
dudrava tad-balam sarvam<br />
tankarad bhaya-vihvalam<br />
pratipam etya gavyutih<br />
punas tatrajagama ha<br />
When it heard the twanging of Lord Krishna's bow, Jarasandha's army became terrified and ran two miles from the battlefield.<br />
please note This is not fiction it actually happened<br />
Text 21<br />
evam sarngam samuccarya<br />
tadit-pinga-sphurat-prabham<br />
banaughas chadayam asa<br />
jarasandha-balam harih<br />
Then, lifting His Sarnga bow glistening like lightning, Lord Krishna unleashed a flood of arrows that made a great shadow over Jarasandha's army.<br />
Text 22<br />
curni-bhuta ratha rajan<br />
banaughaih sarnga-dhanvanah<br />
curna-cakra nipetuh kau<br />
hata-sutas ca nayakah<br />
O king, the flood of arrows from the Sarnga bow broke the chariots into pieces. Their wheels broken, the chariots crashed to the ground and the warriors and charioteers on them all died.<br />
Text 23<br />
dvidha-bhuta gaja banais<br />
calita gajibhih saha<br />
sasva-vahas tathasvas ca<br />
banaih sanchinna-kandharah<br />
The many arrows cut the elephants and their riders into two pieces and severed the heads of the horses and horsemen.<br />
Text 24<br />
tatha vira maha-yuddhe<br />
bhinnoras chinna-mastakah<br />
visirna-kavacah petur<br />
banaughais chinna-samsayah<br />
Their armor broken, chests wounded, and heads severed by the flood of arrows, the warriors in that great battle fell, their hopes shattered.<br />
Text 25<br />
adho-mukha urdhva-mukhas<br />
chinna-deha nripatmajah<br />
reju ranangane rajan<br />
bhanda-vyuha ivahatah<br />
O king, their faces up or down and their bodies broken, the princes littered the battlefield like so many broken earthen pots.<br />
Text 26<br />
kshana-matrena tad-yuddhe<br />
sata-krosa-vilambita<br />
apagabhun maha-durga<br />
rudhira-srava-sambhavah<br />
In that battle there was for two-hundred miles a flowing river of blood, . . .<br />
Text 27<br />
dvipa-graha coshtra-khara-<br />
kabandhasvadi-kacchapa<br />
sisumara-ratha kesa-<br />
saivala bhuja-sarpini<br />
. . . where the elephants were crocodiles, the camels, mules, horses, and headless corpses giant turtles, the chariots porpoises, the severed arms snakes, . . .<br />
Text 28<br />
kara-mina mauli-ratna-<br />
hara-kundala-sarkara<br />
sastra-suktis chinna-sankha<br />
camara-dhvaja-saikata<br />
. . . the severed hands fish, the helmets, earrings, and jewel necklaces pebbles, the weapons oysters, the severed heads camaras and flags on the sandy shore, . . .<br />
Text 29<br />
rathangavarta-samyukta<br />
sena-dvaya-tatavrita<br />
sata-yojana-vistirna<br />
babhau vaitarani yatha<br />
. . . and the chariot wheels whirlpools. The two armies its shores, that river flowed for eight hundred miles like the river Vaitarani in the hellish worlds.<br />
Note here so we are talking about around 40 of so Aksauhinis being killed by Lord Krsna Himself<br />
paritranaya sadhunam<br />
vinasaya ca duskrtam<br />
dharma-samsthapanarthaya<br />
sambhavami yuge yuge<br />
SYNONYMS<br />
paritranaya—for the deliverance; sadhunam—of the devotees; vinasaya—for the annihilation; ca—also; duskrtam—of the miscreants; dharma—principles of religion; samsthapana-arthaya—to reestablish; sambhavami—I do appear; yuge—millennium; yuge—after millennium.<br />
TRANSLATION<br />
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.<br />
Text 30<br />
pramatha bhairava bhuta<br />
vetala yogini-ganah<br />
atta-hasam prakurvanto<br />
nrityanto rana-mandale<br />
Laughing uproariously, many goblins, ghosts, bhairavas, vetalas and yoginis danced in the battlefield.<br />
Text 31<br />
pibanto rudhiram sasvat<br />
kapalena nripesvara<br />
harasya munda-malartham<br />
jagrihus te siramsi ca<br />
O king of kings, again and again they drank the blood of the dead. They gathered many skulls for Lord Siva's garland of skulls.<br />
Text 32<br />
simharudha bhadrakali<br />
dakini-sata-samvrita<br />
pibanti rudhiram coshnam<br />
satta-hasam cakara ha<br />
Riding on a lion, and accompanied a hundred female goblins, goddess Bhadrakali drank the warm blood of the dead and laughed uproariously.<br />
Text 33<br />
vidyadharyas ca svarga-stha<br />
gandharvyo 'psarasas tatha<br />
kshatra-dharma-sthitan viran<br />
vavrire deva-rupinah<br />
The warriors that died nobly upholding the principles of kshatriya-dharma became demigods and the Vidyadhari, Gandharvis, and Apsara demigoddesses of Svargaloka selected them to be their husbands.<br />
Note the soldiers killed did not go back to Vaikuntha but send to Svarga loka , where as at Kuruksetra it is described those killed most went to Vaikuntha, why that is so , only Krsna knows<br />
Text 34<br />
grihitva tan kalir abhut<br />
tasam paty-artham ambare<br />
mamanurupa tenaiva<br />
iti tad-gata-cetasam<br />
Many demigoddess desiring him as her husband, they quarreled over each hero. They each thought, "He is perfect for me."<br />
Text 35<br />
kecid vira dharma-para<br />
rana-rangan na calitah<br />
yayur vishnu-padam divyam<br />
bhittva martanda-mandalam<br />
Some heroes, staunchly devoted to duty and not fleeing the battlefield, passed through the circle of the sun and went to the transcendental abode of Lord Vishnu.<br />
Here is mentioned some brave heroes went back to Godhead, they were rewarded for doing their duty<br />
Text 36<br />
sesham balam samakrishya<br />
baladevo halena vai<br />
musalenahanat kruddhas<br />
trailokya-bala-dharakah<br />
Possessing all the strength in the three worlds, angry Lord Balarama killed all the remaining soldiers with His club.<br />
Note :Whoever was not killed by Lord Krsna ,Lord Balarama killed the rest with His club<br />
Texts 37-39<br />
evam sainye kshayam yate<br />
jarasandhasya sarvatah<br />
suyodhano vindhya-natho<br />
banga-nathas tathaiva ca<br />
sarve vidudruvur yuddhad<br />
bhaya-bhita itas tatah<br />
jarasandho maha-viryo<br />
nagayuta-samo bale<br />
rathenagatavan rajan<br />
baladevasya sammukhe<br />
samakrishya halagrena<br />
jarasandha-ratham subham<br />
When Jarasandha's army was completely destroyed, the king of Vindhya-desa, the king of Bengal, and Duryodhana became terrified and fled here and there. Then Jarasandha, who was as strong as ten thousand elephants, drove his chariot to meet Lord Balarama. With the tip of His plow Lord Balarama caught the beautiful chariot and dragged it here and there.<br />
Text 40<br />
curnayam asa sahasa<br />
musalena yaduttamah<br />
jarasandho 'pi viratho<br />
hatasvo hata-sarathih<br />
Then Lord Balarama, the best of the Yadavas, broke the chariot to pieces. Now Jarasandha had no chariot and his horses and charioteer had been killed.<br />
Text 41<br />
jagraha balinam dorbhyam<br />
santyaktva sastra-samhitam<br />
tayor yuddham abhud ghoram<br />
bahubhyam rana-mandale<br />
Then Lord Balarama threw away His weapons and with both hands grabbed powerful Jarasandha. Hand-to-hand they fought a terrible duel in the battlefield.<br />
Texts 42 and 43<br />
pasyatam divi devanam<br />
naranam bhuvi maithila<br />
urasa sirasa caiva<br />
bahubhyam padayoh prithak<br />
yuyudhate malla-yuddhe<br />
simhav iva maha-bale<br />
tayos ca yuddhyatoh sarvam<br />
kshunnam bhu-khanda-mandalam<br />
O king of Mithila, as the demigods in heaven and the humans on earth watched, Lord Balarama and Jarasandha wrestled arm-to-arm, foot-to-foot, chest-to-chest, and head-to-head, like two very powerful lions. As they fought the circle of the earth became crushed and broken.<br />
Note : Jarasandha was a very powerful demon , only Kamsa was more powerful than Jarasandha<br />
Texts 44-47<br />
sthaliva sahasa rajams<br />
cakampe ghatika-dvayam<br />
grihitva bhuja-dandabhyam<br />
jarasandham yaduttamah<br />
bhu-prishthe pothayam asa<br />
kamandalum ivarbhakah<br />
ramas tad-upari sthitva<br />
hantum satrum jara-sutam<br />
jagraha musalam ghoram<br />
krodha-purita-vigrahah<br />
paripurnatamenatha<br />
sri-krishnena mahatmana<br />
nivaritas tadaivasu<br />
tam mumoca yaduttamah<br />
tapase krita-sankalpo<br />
vridito 'pi jara-sutah<br />
O king, for an hour the earth shook. Then Lord Balarama, the best of the Yadavas, His transcendental body filled with anger, grabbed Jarasandha with both hands, threw him to the ground as a child throws a kamandalu, jumped on him, grabbed a terrible club, and was about to kill him, when Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, stopped Him. Lord Balarama at once released him. Now Jarasandha was humiliated and his heart was filled with pain.<br />
Texts 48-51<br />
nivarito mantri-mukhyair<br />
magadhan magadho yayau<br />
ittham jitva jarasandham<br />
madhavo madhusudanah<br />
ayodhana-gatam vittam<br />
sarvam nitva sukhavaham<br />
yadavan agratah kritva<br />
baladeva-samanvitah<br />
upagiyamana-vijayah<br />
suta-magadha-vandibhih<br />
sankha-dundubhi-nadena<br />
brahma-ghoshena bhuyasa<br />
vivesa mathuram sakshat<br />
paripurnatamah svayam<br />
Advised by his counselors, Jarasandha returned to Magadha-desa. In this way Lord Krishna, the perfect Supreme Personality of Godhead, the husband of the goddess of fortune and the killer of the Madhu demon, defeated Jarasandha, took all the wealth plundered in the fight, placed it before the Yadavas, and, His glories proclaimed by the Sutas, Magadhas, and Vandis, and by the chanting of the Vedas and the sounds of the conchshells and drums, in Lord Balarama's company entered Mathura City.<br />
Texts 52 and 53<br />
samarcito mangala-laja-pushpaih<br />
pasyan purim mangala-kumbha-yuktam<br />
pitambarah syama-tanuh subhangah<br />
sphurat-kiritangada-kundala-prabhah<br />
sarngadi-sastrastra-dharo hasan-mukhas<br />
talanka-yukto garuda-dhvajah svayam<br />
udyad-vilolasva-rathah surarcitah<br />
sametya rajanam asau balim dadau<br />
Worshiped by showers of grains and flowers and gazing at the city filled with beautiful spires, His garments yellow, His complexion dark, His limbs handsome and graceful, His crown, armlets, and earrings glittering with great splendor, and His face smiling, carrying the Sarnga bow and many other weapons, carrying the palm-tree insignia and the Garuda flag, riding on a chariot pulled by restless horses, and worshiped by the demigods, Lord Krishna approached King Ugrasena and gave a vassal's offering to him.<br />
Note this does not tell about Jarasandha being defeated 18 times by Krsna and Balarama, but again and again Jarasandha attacked Mathura and later Dvaraka with such armies, finally we know Bhima killed Jarasandha when the Pandavas did the Asvamedha sacrifice