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uttamā­bhakti­sudhā­laharīNectarean Waves of Supreme Devotion

published by New Śrī Haridās Nivās, Spain

Issue 71, 26 April 2018, Mohinī­Ekādaśī

­ Śrī­Kṛṣṇa­Līlā­Stava (57­58), by NSHN

­ Bhakti­Rasāmṛta­Sindhu 1.2.151­160, by NSHN ­ Bhakti­Sandarbha: Preface 33, by NSHNC

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ŚRĪ­KṚṢṆA­LĪLĀ­STAVA (57­58) published by New Śrī Haridās Nivās, Spain

OBEISANCE 57yajñapatnī-prasādārtha-gopa-kṣud-ativardhana

kṣud-ārta-gopa-vāg-vyagra jaya yajvānna-yācakaIn order to show mercy to the wives of brāhmaṇas engaged in performing sacrifices, You increased Your cowherd friends' hunger. Hearing their complaints of hunger You told them to beg foodstuffs from those brāhmaṇas. O Kṛṣṇa, all glories unto You. (231)

duṣprajña-yajvāvajñāta bhakta-viprā-didṛkṣita

brāhmaṇyā akarṣa-kodanta yajñapatnī-

manoharaAlthough the unintel­ligent brāhmaṇas dis­respected You, their wives, who were Your devotees, became at­tracted by hearing about You, and desired to see You. O Lord, their minds and hearts became enchanted by You. (232)

brāhmaṇī-tāpabhic-citra-veśāvasthāna-

bhūṣaṇa jaya dvija-satī-ślāghin yajñapatnīṣṭa-

dāsyakaYour amazing appear­ance, garments and ornaments removed all the distress of the brāhmaṇas' wives. You glorified them and they expressed their desire to engage in Your service. All glories unto You. (233)

brāhmaṇī-kāku-santuṣṭa brāhmaṇī-prema-bhaktida pati-ruddha-satī-sadyo-vimuktida namo'stu te

You were pleased by the words of the brāhmaṇas' wives, and You granted them prema­bhakti, immediately removing any possible obstacles that their husbands might pose (upon their return). I offer obeisances unto You. (234)

yajamānī-vitīrṇānna-tṛpta viprānutāpada svīya-saṅga-dvija-jñāna-prada brahmaṇya-deva he

You became greatly pleased by eating the food offered by the wives of the brāhmaṇas. You caused their husbands to feel remorse, and being the worshippable deity of the brāhmaṇas, You granted transcendental knowledge to them. (235)

OBEISANCE 58jaya vāsava-yāga-jña pitṛ-pṛṣṭa-makhārthakaśruta-tātokta-yajñārtha karma-vādāvatāraka

O Kṛṣṇa, all glories unto You. You asked Your father why he was performing the sacrifice, although You knew it was to be offered to Indra. On hearing Your father's description of the sacrifice's purpose, You replied by speaking karma­mīmāṁsā philosophy. (236)

nānāpanyāya-vādaugha-śakra-yāga-nivāraka govardhanādri-go-yajña-pravartaka namo'stu teBy presenting many false arguments, You prohi­bited to carry out the sacrifice for the sake of Indra, and encouraged the Vrajavāsīs to perform the sacrifice for the Go and Govardhana Hill. I offer respectful obeisances unto You. (237)

proktādri-go-makha-vidhe yajña-dattopahāra-bhuk gopa-viśvāsanārthādri-cchala-sthūlānya-

rūpa-dhṛk You described how the sacrifice for Govar­dhana Hill and the Go should be carried out. After it was performed, to instill cowherd men’s faith in Govardhana, You assumed its gigantic form and ate the food that had been offered in the sacrifice. (238)

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govardhana-śiro-ratna govardhana-mahattva-da kṛta-bhūṣāśanābhīra-

kāritādri-parikramaO Kṛṣṇa, You give Govardhana great importance, considering him the best of jewels. After the gopas had offered ornaments and foodstuffs, You caused them to circumambulate the Hill. (239)

­­taken from Śrī­Kṛṣṇa­Līlā­Stava (verses 231­239) by Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī;

­­images have been taken from krishna bhumi.in, nitaigaura.com.br & pinterest.es

Bhakti­Rasāmṛta­Sindhu 1.2.151­160

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35. atha vijñaptiḥ, yathā skānde— harim uddiśya yat kiñcit kṛtaṁ vijñāpanaṁ girā | mokṣa-dvārārgalān mokṣas tenaiva

vihitas tava || BRS 1.2.151

(35) Offering words or one's sen­timents to the Lord, as described in Skanda­Purāṇa: "By making entreaties to Hari with words, the bolt on the door of liberation gets released."

samprārthanātmikā dainya-bodhikā lālasāmayī | ity ādir vividhā dhīraiḥ

kṛṣṇe vijñaptir īritā ||152BRS 1.2.152

The wise have explained that there are different manners of how one can offer one’s words and sentiments to Kṛṣṇa, such as prayers, expressing one’s miserable state or expressing one’s longing.

tatra samprārthanātmikā, yathā pādme—

yuvatīnāṁ yathā yūni yūnāṁ ca yuvatau yathā | mano’bhiramate tadvan mano’bhiramatāṁ tvayi ||

BRS 1.2.153

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­­­Offering one’s prayers, as expressed in Padma­Purāṇa:

"Just as the minds of young women are attrac­ted to a young man, and the minds of young men to a young woman, may my mind be in the same way attracted to You!"

dainya-bodhikā, yathā tatraivamat-tulyo nāsti pāpātmā nāpa-rādhī ca kaścana | pari-hāre’pi lajjā me kiṁ brūve puruṣottama ||

BRS 1.2.154 ­­­Expressing one’s mise­rable state, as shown in Padma­Purāṇa as well:

"O Supreme Lord! There is no one as sinful as me, no one who has committed so many offences. What can I say? I am very ashamed to ask You to remove those sins."

lālasāmayī, yathā śrī-nārada-pañcarātre—kadā gambhīrayā vācā śriyā yukto jagat-pate |

cāmara-vyagra-hastaṁ mām evaṁ kurv iti vakṣyasi ||

BRS 1.2.155

­­­Expressing one’s longing, as mentioned in Śrī­Nārada­Pañcarātra:

"O Master of the universe, when will You, accompanied by Lakṣmī, say with a deep voice to me, eager to serve You with the cāmara, 'Please come here'?"

yathā vā—kadāhaṁ yamunā-tīre nāmāni tava kīrtayan |

udbāṣpaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣa racayiṣyāmi tāṇḍavam ||BRS 1.2.156Or as it is

shown here:

“O Puṇḍarīkākṣa,

when will I dance on the bank of the

Yamunā with tears in my eyes while

singing Your names?”

śrī­jīvaḥ: kadā­haṁ yamunā­tīre iti dūrataḥ prārthanā kasya­cid ajāta­bhāvasya | yataḥ samprār­thanā anutpan­na­bhāvasya | lālasā tu jāta­

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bhāvasyeti bhedaḥ | lālasā­mayatvāt samprārthanāpy atra lālasety eva hi bhaṇyate | ato lālasāmayīyam | atredṛśe sam­prārthanā­lālase prastāvād eva darśite | kintu, rāgānugāyām eva jñeye||156||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: Super­ficially, this appears to be a prayer of someone who has not attained bhāva. This is because offering one’s prayers (samprār­thanātmikā) is pertinent to someone who has not attained bhāva, whereas expressing one’s longing (lālasāmayī) is typical of someone who has attained bhāva.

However, when a prayer is filled with longing it is also called lālasa (longing), which is why this example is understood to be expressing one's longing. Prayers and longing such as these are given here to

illustrate the topic, but actua l ly they should be understood to be examples of rāgānugā­bhakti.

36. atha stava-pāṭhaḥ— proktā manīṣibhir gītā-stava-rājādayaḥ

stavāḥ ||BRS 1.2.157

(36) Reciting composed prayers

(stavas) to the Lord:

The wise consider that the Gītā and the Stava­Rāja are

examples of stavas.

śrī­jīvaḥ: gītāyāḥ stavatvaṁ bhagavan­mahimātmakatvāt | stava­rājo gautamī­yoktaḥ stava­rājaḥ ||157||

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Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: The Gītā is considered a stava because its contents glo­rify Bhagavān. Stava­Rāja refers here to the stava­rāja found in the Gauta­mīya­Tantra.

yathā skānde—śrī-kṛṣṇa-stava-

ratnaughair yeṣāṁ jihvā tv alaṁkṛtā | namasyā

muni-siddhānāṁ vandanīyā divaukasām ||

BRS 1.2.158

T h i s i s s h o w n i n Skanda­Purāṇa:

“The perfected sages and the devatās are to pay respects to those whose tongues are ornamented with the abundance of gems that praise Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”

nārasiṁhe ca—stotraiḥ stavaś ca devāgre yaḥ stauti madhu-sūda-nam | sarva-pāpa-vinirmukto

viṣṇu-lokam avāpnuyāt ||BRS 1.2.159

It is also seen in Narasiṁha­Purāṇa:"He who praises Madhusūdana with stotras and stavas in front of His Deity form is freed from all sins and attains the planet of Viṣṇu."

śrī­jīvaḥ: stotra­stavayor abhede’py avāntara­bhedaḥ pūrva­prasiddha­svakṛtatvābhyāṁ jñeyaḥ | stotrasya karaṇa­sādhanatvena pūrva­siddha­tva­pratīteḥ | stavasya bhāva­sādhanatvena svakṛta­tva­pratīteḥ | tathāpi proktā manīṣibhir ity ādau gītādīnāṁ stavatvam uktam | tatra tv ananya­gatyā karaṇa­sādhanatvam eva karta­vyam, devāgre śrīmad­arcāyāḥ purataḥ ||159||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: Though stotra and stava are not different, there is some slight distinction. The former has been written by great personalities in

the past, whereas the latter is self­composed.

Thus stotras, produced by writers in the past, have origi­nated before, whereas stavas have been created by the devotee himself, expressing his individual emotions.

Nevertheless, here it has been said that the wise consider the Gītā to be a stava (verse 157). In this case it should be under­stood that, though written in the past, it expresses intense personal devotion (ananya­gati).

Devāgre means "in front of the Deity form."

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37. atha naivedyāsvādo, yathā pādme—naivedyam annaṁ tulasī-vimiśraṁ viśeṣataḥ pāda-jalena siktam | yo’śnāti nityaṁ purato murāreḥ prāpṇoti yajñāyuta-koṭi-puṇyam ||

BRS 1.2.160 (37) Tasting food offered to the Lord, as shown in Padma­Purāṇa:

"He who always eats outside the inner sanctum the remnants of the Lord's food sprinkled with water from His feet mixed with Tulasī, achieves the results of one hundred billion sacrifices."

śrī­jīvaḥ: murāreḥ purata iti lyap­lope pañcamī | puram antaḥ­puraṁ parityajyety arthaḥ | tad­agrato bhojana­niṣedhāt ||160||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: The phrase “murāreḥ purata” seems to say “in front of Murāri” but that is not possible because eating in front of the Deity is forbidden. Therefore, it is to be taken in the fifth case, which translates as “outside the inner sanctum”.

­­taken from Śrī­Śrī­Bhakti­Rasāmṛta­Sindhuḥ by Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī (Pūrva­Vibhāge Dvitīyā Laharī ­ Sādhana­Bhaktiḥ), verses 1.2.151­160, published and translated into hindi by Śrī Haridās Śāstrī; ­­external images taken from pinterest. com (5x) & patrika.com

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BHAKTI­SANDARBHA:PREFACE 33published by New Śrī Haridās Nivās, Spain

A331: due to His non­attachment and all­perva­siveness, pure­hearted per­sons see only His, Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s form, outside and inside of all beings like the omnipresent sky;

he who sees Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s presence in all beings is the real paṇḍita

A332: egoism, rivalry, envy and contempt are soon removed from the person who meditates on Śrī Kṛṣṇa as present in all beings (ŚB 11. 29.16);

one should perform the sādhana of paying obeisances to all living beings while seeing Kṛṣṇa in them until one naturally sees Kṛṣṇa in all of them (ŚB 11.29.17­18);

the best worship is that by which one can ­ everywhere ­ have ever fresher and fresher vision of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Who is Supreme Brahman in human form, as described in the famous statement by Śrī Gopāla­Tāpanī;

Śrīmad­Bhāgavatam shows (11.29.19) that the best method or worship is to engage one’s body, words and mind in seeing the existence of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in all beings

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A333: Śrī Gītā says that knowledge of tattva is confidential, knowledge of antaryāmī is even more confidential while worship of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, characterized by fixing one’s mind on Him and taking refuge only in Him, is most confidential;

there is nothing higher than worship of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and so it is higher also than worship of His avatāras

­­taken from the Preface to Śrī Bhakti­Sandarbha by Śrī Haridās Śāstrī Mahārājjī; ­­images from kirtimukha.com & pinterest.es

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