HH Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja has entered Nitya lilas of Sri Sri Radha Krsna and Lord Caitanya

[Paramananda das]

I want to offer this prayer to the Vaisnavas ,now today my beloved Godbrother HH Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja has entered Nitya lilas of Sri Sri Radha Krsna and Lord Caitanya

: He left this world and entered the lilas of Radha Krsna while they where performing these pastimes in the early evening : pancama-yama-kirttanam : Chanting during the fifth period: (3:22 p.m. to 5:46 p.m.)

sriradham praptageham nijaramanakrte klrpta nanopaharam
susnatam ramyavesam priyamukhakamalalokapurnapramadam
krsnam caivaparahne vrajamanucalitam lanuvrndairvayasyai
sriradhalokatrptam pitrmukhamilitam matrmrstam smarami

"I remember Sri Radha, who arranged many presents for Krsna after She arrived at Her home. By that time She had taken Her ablution and had dressed in beautiful clothes. She was full of joy to see the lotus-like face of Her beloved Sri Krsna.

I also remember Sri Krishna in the afternoon. He was walking toward Vraja, followed by a myriad of cows and cowherd boyfriends. At home He was received by Nanda Maharaj and other elderly people, and then He was bathed and groomed by Mother Yasoda."

and meanwhile Lord Gauranga was doing these lilas :PERIOD 5 (3:36-6:00 P.M.) : Late AFTERNOON PASTIMES
7. yah sriman-aparahnake saha-ganais tais-tadrsaih premavams-
ta-drksu svayam apyalam tri-jagatam sarmani vistarayan
aramattata eti paura-janata-caksus-cakorodupo
matra dvari-mudeksito nija-grham tam gauram-adhyemy-aham
During the splendidly beautiful afternoon period, the Lord and His devotees become equally maddened in ecstatic love, and being ornamented like this, they expand every-increasing ripples of auspicious benefit for all the three worlds. In this mood, they leave the gardens and travel back toward His home. On the way, they satisfy the eyes of all the townspeople, just as the moon satisfies the cakora bird with its moonbeams. Reaching home, the Lord is lavished with loving attentions by His mother. I thus meditate on the daily pastimes of Gaura.

Official Name: Vaisnava Vandana

Author: Devakinandana Dasa Thakura

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

vṛndāvana-vāsī jata vaiṣṇavera gaṇa

prathame vandanā kari sabāra caraṇa

(2)

nīlācala-vāsī jata mahāprabhura gaṇa

bhūmite poḍiyā vandoń sabāra caraṇa

(3)

navadvīpa-vāsī jata mahāprabhura bhakta

sabāra caraṇa vandoń haiyā anurakta

(4)

mahāprabhura bhakta jata gauḍa-deśe sthiti

sabāra caraṇa vandoń kariyā praṇati

(5)

je-deśe je-deśe baise gaurāńgera gaṇa

ūrdhva-bāhu kari vandoń sabāra caraṇa

(6)

haiyāchena haibena prabhura jata dāsa

sabāra caraṇa vandoń dante kari’ ghāsa

(7)

brahmāṇḍa tārite śakti dhare jane jane

e veda purāṇe guṇa gāya jevā śune

(8)

mahāprabhura gaṇa saba patita-pāvana

tāi lobhe mui pāpī lainu śaraṇa

(9)

vandanā karite mui kata śakti dhari

tamo-buddhi-doṣe mui dambha mātra kari

(10)

tathāpi mūkera bhāgya manera ullāsa

doṣa kṣami’ mo-adhame kara nija-dāsa

(11)

sarva-vāñchā siddhi haya yama-bandha chuṭe

jagate durlabha haiyā prema-dhana luṭe

(12)

manera vāsanā pūrṇa acirāte haya

devakīnandana dāsa ei lobhe kaya

TRANSLATION

1) First of all I offer glorifications to the feet of all of the Vaisnavas of Vrndavana.

2) Praising of all of Mahaprabhu’s Nilacala associates, I prostrate at their feet.

3) I pray for loving attachment to the lotus feet of all of Mahaprabhu’s Navadvipa bhaktas.

4) I offer pranamas at the feet of all of Mahaprabhu’s Gaudadesa (Bengal) devotees.

5) With upraised arms I pray to the feet of all of Gauranga’s bhaktas, in whichever country they may reside.

6) Holding a straw between my teeth, I submit at the feet of all the servants of Mahaprabhu that were or will be.

7) I have heard their glorification in the Vedas and Puranas, which proclaim that each one of His devotees has the sakti to deliver an entire universe.

8) (Hearing of their glory) I have come with great eagerness to surrender to Mahaprabhu’s bhaktas, who are all patita-pavana for sinners like me.

9) What power do I have to glorify them? But out of my ignorance and un-mitigating pride I do so anyway, thinking myself so qualified.

10) Even though I am dumb and unable to express their greatness, still my heart is joyful due to my great good fortune (that the Vaisnavas have accepted me as their own and Sri Gurudeva has given me harinama full of blissful pastimes). Forgive the faults of this fallen soul and make me your servant.

11) They award the perfection of all desires, including freedom from death, and even that rarest treasure not found in this world – prema!

12) All of one’s pure, heartfelt desires will be fulfilled without delay. Devaki-nandana dasa, intensely eager for this, glorifies and prays to the Vaisnavas.
 HH Bhaktivedanta Tirtha Maharaja just left this world , I am very sad and tearful , he was a disciple of HH Bhaktivedanta Vamama Maharaja ,he would never say any bad word about anyone.Such a kind sannyasi .I recall he came to me one time in Ananda Dham in Vrindavana and smiled to me and said Prabhu how are you doing ,how can I serve your lotusfeet , we talked for a while he grapped my hand like a brother do in Bengal come Prabhu lets go to Gurudevas class Srila Gurudeva has arrived .Though I did not have unlimited association with him he was always in Ananda , you see all the Parikrama pictures of him in Navadvipa and Vrindavana he was so much alive and saturated by Bhaktidevi ,I do not speak Bengali so I could nto understand his lectures ,but I recall some Prabhus telling me about his classes and i asked for summary in English .Srila Gurudeva, Narayana Maharaja had so much love and affection for him ,I learned so many beautiful things in the time I spend with Gaudiya math .Not this enviousness and politics you often see in ISKCON ,he was a heartfelt and kind vaisnava thanks Anadi Krsna Prabhu for informing me about his disappereance .