Vaisnava Ke and 64 rounds

[Paramananda das]

Vaisnava Ke..now remember Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada was very strict about all devotees chanting 64 rounds daily but he also wanted devotees to preach and not just sit down and chant in a premature stage ,Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada himself sat down for 5 years chanting 192 rounds daily untill Panca Tattva told him to preach
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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada did not consider 64 rounds to much but demanded all devotees in Gaudiya math chant 64 rounds ..
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada about Chanting 64 Rounds, and Other Acaryas
22. "Bhagavan will not accept anything which is offered by a person who doesn’t chant Harinama one-hundred thousand times daily and such a person is considered a ‘patita’.
23. By sincerely endeavoring to chant Harinama without offenses and remaining fixed in chanting constantly, one’s offenses will fade and pure Harinama will arise on the tongue."
Srila Bhakti Pramod Puri Gosvami Maharaja about his guru, Om Vishnupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada, in his Vyasa-puja offering:
“Unfailingly as a daily vow, he used to chant one hundred thousand names of the Lord (64 rounds) and his instruction to all his disciples was to do likewise. Keeping this vow intact, he would allot his times incredibly to cover all his preaching schedules and literary work, being a source of inspiration to all who came in contact with him."
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur in an article in The Gaudiya, 1934:
"Those who have chanted laksha harinama (100,000 Holy Names daily) for fifteen or twenty years should know such things (rasa-shastra, pastimes of Shri Shri Radha-Krishna). The beginners need not hear these topics or they will misunderstand."
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada states as quoted in the Art of Devotion and elsewhere:
“Everyone living in Gaudiya Math must make an effort to chant one lakh (100,000) of holy names (64 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-man tra) daily. Otherwise, different types of material attachments may creep in one’s heart that will hamper one’s devotional service. In fact, the Lord does not accept food offerings from one who does not chant one lakh of holy names. One should balance his time so that he can finish one lakh of holy names per day and also perform his other allotted duties.”
“The name should be chanted keeping a careful count. One should try to increase this to one lakh of holy names daily. Not being able to do so means one is simply ‘fallen’. One should rise up from this state by chanting seriously.”
“One of the best ways to counteract bad association is to increase the chanting of the holy names. Atheists cannot present any impediments to your devotional service if you chant one lakh of nama everyday. Please try to adjust your time so you can chant one lakh (64 rounds) of holy names daily. Otherwise, one is considered fallen. One should attempt to transcend this fallen state.”
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur about chanting 64 rounds:
Sadhu-vritti, Sajjana Toshani 11/12:
tinei sad-grihastha-jini pratyah laksha-nama grahana karena, tanhara grihei shuddha-vaish nava-gana prasada grahana karibena.
“Only those devotees are sad-grihasthas (true and ideal householders) who chant 1,00,000 names of Krishna (64 rounds) daily. The pure devotees should accept prasada (foodstuffs) only in the homes of these sad-grihasthas and nowhere else
From Hari-nama-cintamani it is said:
mane habe-aja laksha nama ye kariba;
krame krame tina laksha nama ye smariba.
mahagraha habe citte namera sankhyaya;
acire jabe jadya sadhura kripaya.
“When one’s mind desires to chant and remember one hundred thousand holy names (64 rounds) daily and furthur desires to slowly increase it to three hundred thousand and when one’s mind becomes very attached and eager to complete the fixed number of rounds daily and pushes one to complete the sankhya everyday, then it is understood that very soon the laziness or apathy in chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra will vanish by the mercy of the devotees and one’s chanting will bring one the desired fruit of pure love for Krishna.”
Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji
The main teaching of Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja is as follows:
“If you want to achieve perfection in Krishna consciousness, you must take a vow to chant a minimum of two hundred thousand or otherwise one hundred thousand of holy names every day, and you must execute that without fail. Before you retire at night you must finish this specific number of rounds, then you can achieve perfection in Krishna consciousness.”
From Narottama-vilasa 10th Vilasa:
"Rupamala, the queen of a distant country became so happy on getting initiation from Shrila Narottama dasa Thakura that she took a vow to take 100,000 Harinama (64 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra) daily. Seeing her determination, everyone began to sing the glory of Shrila Narottama dasa Thakura Mahashaya."
Shri Rasika-mangala, Eastern part, 6th Wave:
“When Shri Rasikananda was a child, he did not waste time playing games like other children. Rather, he would meditate on the maha-mantra. His daily practice was to chant 100,000 Holy Names (64 rounds). He would refuse to accept his mother’s foodstuffs until he completed his above chanting.”
Translation of verses 1 through 4 by HDG AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Translation of remaining verses by HH Jayapataka Swami.
Verse 1
dusta mana! tumi kisera vaisnava?
pratisthara tare, nirjanera ghare,
tava "hari nama" kevala "kaitava"
dusta-wicked, sinful; mana-mind; tumi-you; kisera-what kind of; vaisnava-Vaisnava; pratisthara-fame or position; tare-on account of; nirjanera-solitary; ghare-in a room; tava-your; harinama-chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra; kevala-only; kaitava-cheating.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, what kind of Vaisnava are you? Simply for false prestige and a material reputation you sit in a solitary place and pretend to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, but this is all cheating.
Verse 2
jadera pratistha, sukarer vistha,
jana na ki taha "mayara vaibhava"
kanaka-kamini, divasa-yamini
bhaviya ki kaja, anitya se saba
jadera-of the material realm; pratistha-fame; sukarer-of a pig; vistha-stool; jana na ki- do you not know?; tatha-that; mayara-of the illusory material world; vaibhava-wealth; kanaka-gold; kamini-women; divasa yamini-all day and night; bhaviya-thinking; ki kaja-what benefit; anitya-temporary; se-those; saba-all.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, why are you so proud of being a Vaisnava? Your solitary worship and chanting of the holy name of the Lord are based on a desire for cheap popularity, and therefore your chanting of the holy name is only a pretension. Such an ambition for a cheap reputation can be compared to the stool of a hog, because such popularity is another extension of the influence of maya. My dear mind, while making a show of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra in a solitary place, you are simply meditating day and night about enjoying beautiful women and accumulating more wealth. What spiritual value does your solitary chanting have? On the pretext of performing solitary worship you are actually entangled in temporary material activities!**
*First two stanzas translation quoted from KRSNA Vol.3, pp.248-9
**Translation by HH. Jayapataka Swami
Verse 3
tomara kanaka, bhogera janaka
kanakera dvare sevaha "madhava"
kaminira kama, nahe tava dhama
tahara--malika kevala "yadava"
tomara-your; kanaka-gold; bhogera-of enjoyment; janaka-producer; kanakera dvare-by wleath; sevaha-serve; madhava-Sri Krsna; kaminira kama-lust for beautiful women; nahe-not; tava-your; dhama-place; tahara-its; malika-owner; kevala-only; yadava-Sri Krsna.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, you are attached to wealth and due to Maya's influence you want to use your money simply for the gratification of your material senses, but by this you will get no eternal satisfaction. You should use the wealth at your disposal in the service of the lotus feet of Lord Madhava [Krsna], and then only can you experience transcendental bliss from wealth.
Your lusty desires to enjoy beautiful women are not an abode where you can find real shelter! The Supreme Lover is Yadava [Krsna]. He is the supreme enjoyer and actual owner of everyone's love. Offer all your love and devotion to Lord Krsna and you will be completely satisfied.
Verse 4
pratistha-taru, jada-maya-maru,
na pela "ravana" yujhiya "raghava"
vaisnavai pratistha, tate kara nistha,
taha na bhajile labhibe raurava
pratistha asa-desire for fame; taru-tree; jada-material; maya-illusion; maru-desert; no-not; pela-received; ravana-Ravana; yujhiya-fighting; raghava-O Ramacandra, vaisnava-Vaisnava; pratistha-situation; tate- in that; kara-nistha-become fixed; taha-that; na-not; bhajile-if one worship; labhibe-will obtain; raurava-hell
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, beware of your desire to attain material reputation. It is misleading you with its attractive vision like an oasis of green trees, but it is simply a mirage in the desert of this world of repeated birth and death. It will cause your utter spiritual destruction. Remember how Ravana, the powerful demon, was bewildered due to false pride and in spite of all his efforts to achieve temporary material prominence he was destroyed by Raghava (Lord Ramacandra).
The only position you should desire is to become a true Vaisnava, a pure devotee of the Lord. Give all your care and attention for obtaining this! If instead you neglect to purely worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, due to your offenses, for all your hard endeavors your life will simply be hellish.
Verse 5
pratistha-taru, jada-maya-maru,
na pela "ravana" yujhiya "raghava"
vaisnavai pratistha, tate kara nistha,
taha na bhajile labhibe raurava
pratistha asa-desire for fame; taru-tree; jada-material; maya-illusion; maru-desert; no-not; pela-received; ravana-Ravana; yujhiya-fighting; raghava-O Ramacandra, vaisnava-Vaisnava; pratistha-situation; tate- in that; kara-nistha-become fixed; taha-that; na-not; bhajile-if one worship; labhibe-will obtain; raurava-hell
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, beware of your desire to attain material reputation. It is misleading you with its attractive vision like an oasis of green trees, but it is simply a mirage in the desert of this world of repeated birth and death. It will cause your utter spiritual destruction. Remember how Ravana, the powerful demon, was bewildered due to false pride and in spite of all his efforts to achieve temporary material prominence he was destroyed by Raghava (Lord Ramacandra).
The only position you should desire is to become a true Vaisnava, a pure devotee of the Lord. Give all your care and attention for obtaining this! If instead you neglect to purely worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, due to your offenses, for all your hard endeavors your life will simply be hellish.
Verse 6
kara kena tabe tahara gaurava?
vaisnavera pache, pratisthasa ache,
ta'te kabhu nahe "anitya-vaibhava"
harijana dvese-hate for the devotees of the Lord; pratisthasa-desire for material fame emposithon; klesa-sufering; kara-do; kena-why; tabe-then; tahara-its; gaurava- harijana-dvesa, pratisthasa-klesa, feel pride; vaisnavera pache-following behind the Vaisnava; pratisthasa-desire for spiritual position; ache-there is; tate-in that; kabhu nahe-never; anitya-impermanent; vaibhava-wealth.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, what kind of Vaisnava are you? In the name of solitary worship you are simply engaged in criticizing and committing offenses against the Vaisnavas. You have become envious towards the pure devotees of Lord Krsna. Instead of tasting the nectar of being a real Vaisnava you are simply suffering due to your desire to gain flickering material prestige and position. Then, in spite of your fallen condition, why do you remain so proud of your solitary worship?
Now you should try to be a real Vaisnava. To be a pure devotee of Krsna is actually the most glorious position anyone can achieve! If you really desire to achieve perfection, then give up this practice of solitary worship and in the association of devotees practice pure unmotivated devotional service. In the sincere practice of pure devotional service there is no influence of Maya.
Verse 7
Se hari-sunya-mayagandha.
taha kabhu naya "jadera kaitava"
pratistha-candali, nirjanata-jali,
ubhaye janiha mayika raurava
se- se hari-sambandha, sunya-mayagandha
that; hari-sambandha-relationship with the Lord; sunya-free from; mayagandha-from the influence of materialism; taha-that; kabhu naya-never; jadera-material; kaitava-cheating; pratistha-candali-heartless woman in the form of longing for fame; nirjanata-jali-net of desire to perform solitary worship; ubhaye-both; janiha-know it; mayika-of illusory material existence; raurava-hell.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, why are you so proud of being a pure devotee of Krsna? A pure devotee of the Lord performs favorable devotional service in his constitutional relationship as an eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. A pure devotee's desire to serve Lord Krsna is completely pure and without the influence of even a trace of material motives. Your practice of solitary worship is simply cheating, but actual pure devotional service is ever free from material duplicity and hypocrisy stemming from the material cheating propensity.
My dear mind, beware of both the pratistha-candali, the treacherous witch who enchants and bewilders devotees with the desire for cheap popularity; as well as the nirjanata-jali, the deadly net of solitary worship, which traps devotees in Maya's illusion when they leave the association of devotees to perform solitary devotional service. Know it that both are different aspects of the most hellish material existence known as Raurava.
Verse 8
kirtana chadiba, pratistha makhiba",
ki kaja dhudiya tadrsa gaurava
madhavendra puri, bhava-ghare curi,
na karila kabhu sadai janaba
kirtana-chanting the Lord's name; chadiba-I wil give up; pratistha-fame; makhiba-I will smear on my body; ki kaja- what effect; dhudiya-seeking for ; tadrsa-this kind of; gaurava-grandeur; madhavendrapuri-Madhavendra Puri; bhava-ghare curi-imitating; na karila kabhu-never did; sadai-always; janaba-knowledgable.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, you want me to give up the congregational chanting of Lord Krsna's holy names to practice solitary worship. Then you want me to anoint myself with the material desires for temporary position and cheap fame! How can you consider these illusory activities of Maya to have even the slightest spiritual value or glory in them?
Don't commit the offense of falsely imitating the devotional service of the great spiritual master Madhavendra Puri. He was never a false imitation, but was a fully realized liberated soul. He traveled to spread the glories of Lord Krsna and continuously chanted the holy name of the Lord without the slightest desire for cheap popularity and reputation. Kindly remember his great transcendental qualities.
Verse 9
tomara pratistha,--- "sukarer vistha",
tara-saha sama kabhu na manaba
matsarata-vase tumi jadarase
majeche-chadiya kirtana-sausthava
tomara-your; pratistha-fame; sukarer-pig's; vistha-stool, tara-saha-with that; sama-like; kabhu na-never; manava-I do not compare; matsarata-pride; vase-under the control of; tumi-you; jadarase-in enjoying material sense pleasure; majeche-you are submerged; chadiya-giving up; kirtana-saustava-excellence of chanting the Lord's names.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, your desire for cheap reputation can be compared to the stool of a hog. You are proud of being a Vaisnava, but your actual behavior is less than an ordinary civilized human being! Controlled by envy towards true Vaisnavas, you have secretly been relishing trying to squeeze out some temporary material happiness by gratifying your material desires. How do you remain so proud in spite of your hypocrisy, after having abandoned the eternal nectar of the Hare Krsna sankirtana movement?
Verse 10
tai dusta mana, "nirjana bhajana,"
pracaricha chale "kuyogi-vaibhava"
prabhu sanatane, parama yatane,
siksa dila yaha, cinta sei saba
tai-therefore; dusta -wicked; mana-mind; nirjana-solitary; bhajana-worship; pracaricha-you are preaching ; chale-by trick; kuyogi-vaibhava-a cheatiag false yogi's influence; prabhu sanatane-to Sanatana Gosvami; parama-very much; yatane-care; siksa -teaching; dila-gave; yaha-what; cinta-think of; sei-those; sabe-all.
TRANSLATION
My dear rascal mind, now it is evident why you have been spreading the glories of solitary devotional service. You have been acting against the Vaisnava principles and simply cheating to hide the real facts. You have acted just like a false yogi whose only purpose is to mislead and cheat others. To save yourself from this illusion you should remember and carefully study the teachings that Sanatana Gosvami has so mercifully given in this regard for practicing devotional service properly in Krsna consciousness.'
Verse 11
sei du'ti katha, bhula' na sarvatha
uccaih svare kara "hari nama-rava"
"phalgu" ara "yukta", "baddha" ara "mukta,"
kabhu na bhaviha, ekakara saba
sei-these; duti-two; katha-topics; bhulo-forget; na-do not; sarvatha-in any circumstance; uccaihsvare-in a loud voice; kara-do; hari nama rava-chanting of the holy name; phalgu-false renunciation; ara-even; yukta-linked with Krsna; baddha-bound in material nature; ara-even; mukta-liberated from material entanglement; kabhu na-never; bhaviha-consider; ekakara-one form; saba-all
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, you should never, under any circumstances, allow yourself to forget the two instructions of Sanatana Gosvami. Constantly engage yourself in loudly chanting the glories of the holy names of Lord Krsna!
Never consider dry renunciation and yukta-vairagya (appropriate renunciation) to be equal. Do not confuse actions appropriate for a conditioned soul with the activities of an eternally liberated soul. Never think that everything is one without difference.
Verse 12
yatha yogya bhoga, nahi tatha roga
yanasakta" sei, ki ara kahaba
yasakti-rahita", ysambandha-sahita",
vijaya samuha sakali ymadhava"
yatha yogya-as is necessary for surviving; bhoga-enjoyment; nahi-is not; tatha-in that way; roga-a diseased condition of materialistic consciousness; anasakta-detached from sense gratification; sei-he; ki ara-what more; kahaba-can be said; asakti-attachment; rahita-without; sambandha-relation; sahita-with; vijaya-objects of the senses; samuha-all; sakali-all; madhava-Krsna.
TRANSLATION
Material facilities and gratification of the senses experienced while acting for self-preservation or in the faithful execution of one's duties in Krsna consciousness are not the cause of fall down into materialistic consciousness. Rather, such a purely engaged devotee is truly detached from sense gratification, what more shall I say?
The pure devotee acts in Krsna consciousness without attachment to the objects of the senses, remaining conscious of his relationship as the eternal servitor of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The pure devotee is fixed in his attachment to rendering pure devotional service to the Lord and thus he sees all apparently material objects of sense enjoyment as non-different divine energies of Lord Madhava, ie. they are seen in terms of how they can be utilized in the devotional service to Lord Madhava and not according to their material sense-gratificatory value.
Verse 13
se yyukta-vairagya", taha ta' saubhagya
tahai jacete harira vaibhava
kirtane yahara, ypratiiaha-sambhara"
tahara sampatti kevala ykaitava"
se-this; yukta-vairagya-renunciation for Krsna's enjoyment; taha-that; ta-indeed; saubhagya-good fortune; tahai that alone; jasete-in the material world; harir-the Lord's; vaibhava-display of wealth; kirtana-in the chanting the Lord's names; yahara-whose; pratiiriha-sambhara-heaps of desire for fame; tahara-its; sanpatti-wealth; kevala-only; kaitava-cheating.
TRANSLATION
The devotee who engages his material possessions in the service of Lord Krsna while regulating his material activities of sense gratification according to the injunctions of the revealed sastras (refer to previous verse) is actually a yukta-vairagi or a devotee situated in full and appropriate renunciation. He is certainly most fortunate. Even while living in the midst of the material world, whatever opulences he possesses and whatever actions he performs are all aspects of the spiritual opulence and potency of Hari (Lord Krsna), the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
However, if someone is outwardly chanting the holy names of the Lord, or even if he is externally engaged in kirtana, or preaching the glories of the holy name, but actually is motivated by pratiiriha desires, i.e., is under the control of desires to enhance his own material reputation or temporary position, then whatever apparent opulences or influence he may have achieved by his efforts are simply the products of cheating, and therefore simply temporary products of maya, the illusory energy.
Verse 14
yviiaya-mumukiu", bhogera bubhukiu,"
du'ye tyaja mana, dui yavaisnava"
ykuioera sambandha", aprakuta-skandha,
kabhu nahe taha jasera sambhava.
viiaya-material world; mumukiu-one who desires liberation from; bhogera-enjoyment; bubukiu-one who desires to enjoy; duye-both; tyaja-reject; mana-O mind; dui-both; avaisnava-not Vaisnava; kuioera-of Krsna; sambanbha-relation; aprakuta-non material; skandha-chapter; kabhu nahe-never; taha-that; jasera-materialism; sanbhava-origin.
TRANSLATION:
My dear mind, due to your false pride you sometimes think, "I am liberated from all attachments to this material world!", and other times you think, "I am an expert enjoyer of material sense gratification!" You must reject both these mentalities as both outlooks are totally "non-Vaisnava".
Instead you should remain fixed in your relationship as an eternal servitor to Lord Krsna, performing unmotivated devotional service. This pure devotional service belongs to the spiritual world which is far beyond the influence of this material world of birth and death. While thus purely engaged in Krsna consciousness it is not possible for the material illusion or material contamination to remain.
Verse 15
mayavadi jana", kuioe tara mana,
mukta abhimane se ninde vaisnava
vainsavera dasa, tava bhakti-aæa,
kena va sakicha nirjana-ahaba
mayavadi jana-those who say the world is illusion and the Absolute Truth is impersonal; kuioe tara-other then Krsna; mana-mind; mukta abhimane-thinking themselves liberated and proud; se-he; ninde-criticizes; vaisnava-the Vaisnavas; vaisnavera dasa-servant of the Vaisnavas; tava-your; bhakti-devotion; aæa-aspiration; kena va-why then; sakicha-do I call; nirjana-solitary; ahaba-battle.
TRANSLATION
The mayavadi's (impersonalist's) mentality is totally separate from Krsna consciousness. Although they are fallen souls conditioned by the material nature, due to illusion they imagine they have achieved liberation from material birth and death, and due to their false pride they commit the greatest offense of blaspheming pure devotees of the Lord. My dear mind, you are a servant of the servant of Lord Krsna! Certainly your desire is to achieve pure loving devotional service to Lord Krsna! Then why do you call me to be trapped in this deadly cage of solitary devotional service (nirjana bhajana)? Why do you want me to imitate the mayavadi impersonalist's practice of making a false show of renunciation and committing offenses against the pure devotees of Lord?
Verse 16
ye yphalgu-vairagi", kahe nije ytyagi",
se na pare kabhu haite yvaiioava"
haripada chasi', ynirjanata basi"
labhiya ki phula, yphalgu" se vaibhava
ye-who; phalgu-vairagi-false renunciate; kahe-says; nije-himself; tyagi-renunciate; se-he; na pare kabhu haite-can never be; vaiioava-a Vaisnava; haripada-the lotus feet of the Lord; chasi-rejecting; nirjanata-solitary practices; basi-I increase; labhiya-obtaining; ki phala-some result; phalgu-false; se-this; vaibhava-accumulation.
TRANSLATION
Someone, who falsely renounces objects as material, which can actually be utilized in devotional service to Lord Krsna, is known as a phalgu-vairagi. Due to false pride, he claims to be a great renunciate. However, by his practice of dry renunciation, a phalgu-vairagi is never able to become a Vaisnava, a pure devotee of Lord Krsna.
Discarding the eternal shelter of pure devotional service to the lotus feet of Guru and Lord Krsna, the phalgu-vairagi may practice what may appear to be Krsna consciousness in his separate or solitary "home" away from the Krsna consciousness association of the society of devotees, but what transcendental result does he achieve for all his efforts? Whatever so-called Krsna conscious result he is achieving is simply a form of material illusion with no actual eternal Krsna conscious value!
Verse 17
radha dasye rai', chasi ybhoga-ahi,"
ypratiirihaæa" nahe ykirtana-gaurava"
yradha-nityajana", taha chasi' mana
kena va nirjana-bhajana-kaitava
radha-dasye-in the service of Radharani; rai-remaining; chasi-give up; bhoga-ahi-snake of enjoyment; pratiirihaæa-desire for material position; nahe-is not; kirtana gaurava-the glory of kirtana; radha nitya jana-being the eternal servant of Radha; taha-that; chasi-give up; mana-O mind; kena va-why then; nirjana-bhajana-solitary worship; kaitava-cheating.
TRANSLATION
My dear mind, now, with determination, let us remain eternally in the service of the servant of the servant of Srimati Radharani, the spiritual Embodiment of the purest love for Krsna! Give up every last trace of attachment for the vicious snake of material desire for sense gratification (subtle or gross). Give up all desires for achieving cheap fame or some position of temporary material importance through chanting the Holy Names of Krsna, as with these material desires one cannot realize the transcendental glories of congregational chanting of the Holy Names of Lord Krsna in sankirtana.
My dear mind, completely give up these illusory attachments and totally surrender yourself in the service of Srimati Radharani's eternal devotees! Why shall we leave the transcendental association of confidential devotees to engage in the cheating process of solitary worship (nirjana bhajana)?
Verse 18
vrajavasigaoa, pracaraka-dhana,
pratiiriha-bhikiuka ta'ra nahe yæaba"
praoa ache tanra, sehetu pracara,
pratiirihaæa hina -ykuioagatha" saba
vrajavasi gaoa-the inhabitants of Vrndavana; pracaraka-preacher; dhana-wealth; pratiiriha bhikiuka-beggars for fame; tara-they; nahe-are not; æaba-dead bodies, without life; praoa-life; ache tanra-they have; se hetu-for that reason; pracara-preaching work; pratiirihaæa hina-devoid of desire for material fame; kuioa-gatha-songs; saba-all.
TRANSLATION
The Vrajavasis' (eternal associates of Krsna in Vrndavana considered by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to be the best and most perfect devotees) personal treasure is preaching the glories of Lord Krsna. They are always glorifying Krsna. They never desire any cheap popularity or temporary material position, which is hankered after by the living dead. These eternally liberated devotees perform the confidential service of preaching the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His Holy Name, because they possess real compassion and the eternal life of Krsna consciousness. Completely free from all motives for personal material reputation and temporary influence, the pure devotees are completely and irrevocably bound to Lord Krsna through ties of loving devotional service.
Verse 19
æridayitadasa, kirtanate aæa,
kara uccaii svare yharinama-rava"
kirtana-prabhave, smaraoa svabhave,
se kale bhajana-nirjana sambhava
æri dayitadasa-ã Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura; kirtanate-for kirtana; aæa-having aspiration; kara-please perform; uccaii-svare-in a loud voice; harinama-rava-chanting he holy names of the Lord; kirtana-prabhave-by the influence of kirtana; smaraoa-by remembrance of the Lord; svabhave-by the nature of; se-that; kale-time; bhajana-worship; nirjana solitary; sambhava-possible.
TRANSLATION
This a-dayita dasa (His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thkura - the humble servitor of the all-merciful Srimati Radharani) simply desires to be absorbed in the nectar of spreading the glories of Lord Krsna's holy names. My dear mind, now let us loudly chant the holy names of Krsna so we can continuously remain in the ocean of transcendental nectar. The congregational chanting of the holy names of Krsna awakens the transcendental quality of natural spontaneous loving remembrance of Lord Krsna (including the Lord's form, qualities and pastimes). At that moment the confidential realization and pure practice of "solitary" loving devotional service to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Krsna is possible.