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uttamā­bhakti­sudhā­laharīNectarean Waves of Supreme Devotion

published by New Śrī Haridās Nivās, Spain

Issue 72, 25 May 2018, Padminī­Ekādaśī

­ Śrī­Kṛṣṇa­Līlā­Stava (59­60), by NSHN

­ Bhakti­Rasāmṛta­Sindhu 1.2.161­169, by NSHN ­ Bhakti­Sandarbha: Preface 34, by NSHNC

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ŚRĪ­KṚṢṆA­LĪLĀ­STAVA (59­60) published by New Śrī Haridās Nivās, Spain

OBEISANCE 59janitendra-ruṣaṁ śakra-mada-vṛṣṭi-śamonmukham

govardhanācaloddhartas tvāṁ vande ’dbhuta-vikramam

When You enraged Indra in this way, he inundated Vṛndāvana with profuse rain which You checked by lifting Govardhana Hill. O amazing powerful Lord, I offer obeisances unto You. (240)

līlā-govardhana-dhara vraja-rakṣā-parāyaṇa bhujānantopari-vinyasta-kṣmā-

nibha-kṣmābhṛd-uttamaYou playfully lifted Govardhana in order to protect the residents of Vraja. Placed upon Your hand, that best of mountains appeared as large as the entire earth. (241)

govardhana-cchatra-daṇḍa-bhujārgala mahābala saptāha-vidhṛtādrīndra

megha-vāhana-garva-bhitO greatly powerful Kṛṣṇa, for seven days You held up Govardhana, the king of the mountains, as if it were an umbrella and Your arm were its handle. In this way You dissipated the pride of him who rides on the clouds (Indra). (242)

saptāhaika-pada-sthāyin vraja-kṣut-tṛḍ-nud-īkṣaṇa jaya bhagnendra-saṅkalpa

mahā-varṣa-nivāraṇa Staying under Govardhana Hill for seven days, You dispelled the hunger and thirst of Vrajavāsīs with Your glance. You foiled Indra’s intention and forced the great rain to stop. O Kṛṣṇa, all glories unto You. (243)

sva-sthāna-sthāpita-gire gopī-dadhy-akṣatārcita devatā-sumano-vṛṣṭi-

sikta vāsava-bhīṣaṇaYou placed Govardhana Hill back in its place, and the gopīs worshipped You by offering yogurt and grains to You. The gods showered sumana flowers and Indra became very much afraid. (244)

OBEISANCE 60jayādbhuta-mahā-ceṣṭā-vismita-vraja-śaṅkita

gopānupṛṣṭa-janaka gopodgītākhilehitaO Kṛṣṇa, all glories unto You. Seeing Your extraordinary and great activities, the amazed cowherd men of Vraja wondered (about Your actual identity). They enquired about this from Your father and he replied by celebrating all of Your pastimes. (245)

nandokta-garga-sad-vākya-gopa-śaṅkā-nirāsaka goṣṭha-rakṣaka māṁ rakṣa gopālānanda-

vardhanaO Kṛṣṇa, by repeating Garga Muni's trans­cendental description (of Your position), Nanda Mahārāja removed the doubts of the cowherd men. O You Who increase the bliss of the gopas and protect the residents of Vṛndā­vana, please protect (also) me. (246)

­­taken from Śrī­Kṛṣṇa­Līlā­Stava (verses 240­246) by Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī;

­­images taken from hi.krishnakosh.org, bhakti­pedia.org & aliexpress.com

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Bhakti­Rasāmṛta­Sindhu 1.2.161­169

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38. atha pādyāsvādo, yathā tatraiva— na dānaṁ na havir yeṣāṁ svādhyāyo na

surārcanam | te’pi pādodakaṁ pītvā prayānti paramāṁ gatim ||

BRS 1.2.161 (38) Tasting caranāmṛta, as expressed in Padma­Purāṇa:

"Those who drink the foot water of the Lord achieve the supreme goal, even though they have not performed charity, sacrifices, Vedic study or deity worship."

39. atha dhūpa-saurabhyam, yathā hari-bhakti-sudhodaye—

āghrāṇaṁ yad dharer datta-dhūpocchiṣṭasya sarvataḥ | tad bhava-vyāla-daṣṭānāṁ nasyaṁ

karma viṣāpaham ||BRS 1.2.162

(39) Smelling incence, flowers etc that have been offered to the Lord, as mentioned in Hari­Bhakti­Sudhodaya:

“The action of the nose ­ smelling the incense offered to Śrī Hari ­ fully destroys the poison inflicted on those bitten by the snake of material existence.”

atha mālya-saurabhyaṁ, yathā tantre—­­­Smelling garland offered to the Lord, as described in Tantra:

praviṣṭe nāsikā-randhre harer nirmālya-saurabhe |sadyo vilayam āyāti pāpa-pañjara-bandhanam ||

BRS 1.2.163

“When the fra­grance of the gar­lands of Śrī Hari

enters the nos­trils, the bondage created by heaps

of sin is imme­diately des­

troyed.”

agastya-saṁhitāyāṁ ca—

āghrāṇaṁ gandha-puṣpāder arcitasya

tapodhana | viśuddhiḥ syād

anantasya ghrāṇasyehābhi-dhīyate ||164 ||

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It is also mentioned in Agastya­Saṁhitā:

“O great ascetic! Here the cause of the purification of the nose is said to be the smelling of fragrant flowers etc offered to the Infinite Lord.”

śrī­jīvaḥ: arcitasyānantasya bhagavataḥ sam­bandhī yo gandha­puṣpādis tasyāghrāṇaṁ ghrā­ṇendriyasya iha jagati viśuddhis tad­dhetuḥ syād ity abhidhīyata iti ||164||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: Here, in this world, the cause of the purification of the smelling organ is said to be smelling of fragrant flowers etc related to the worshipped infinite Bha­gavān. 40. atha śrī-mūrteḥ sparśa-

naṁ, yathā viṣṇu-dharmottare—spṛsṭvā viṣṇor adhiṣṭhānaṁ pavitraḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ |pāpa-bandhair vinirmuktaḥ sarvān kāmān avāpnuyāt ||

BRS 1.2.165(40) Touching the Deity, as described in Viṣṇu­Dharmottara:

“The pure and faithful person who touches the Deity of Viṣṇu becomes freed from the bondage of sin and attains all desires.”

śrī­jīvaḥ: atha śrīmad­arcā­mātrasya sparśādhikā­riṇāṁ sparśa­māhātmyam āha—spṛṣṭveti ||165||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: This is a glorification of touch­ing the Deity for those who are qualified for it.

41. atha śrī-mūrter darśanam, yathā vārāhe—vṛndāvane tu govindaṁ ye paśyanti vasundhare |

na te yama-puraṁ yānti yānti puṇya-

kṛtāṁ gatim ||BRS 1.2.166

(41) Seeing the

Deity, as des­

cribed in Varāha­

Purāṇa:

"O Earth! Those who see Śrī Govinda­

deva in Vṛndāvana do not go to the city of Yama, but achieve the goal of

pious persons."

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śrī­jīvaḥ: atha sarvān prati darśana­māhātmyaṁ ca sarvā­sām arcānāṁ vadan bhakty­āveśa­viśeṣād upary upari parisphūrtyā śrīmad­arcā­viśe­ṣāyamānasya sākṣād­bhagava­taḥ śrī­govinda­devasya darśa­ne māhātmya­viśeṣam āha—vṛndāvana iti | yānti puṇya­kṛtāṁ gatim iti sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje [bhā.pu. 1.2.6] iti nyāyena suvicāravatāṁ sarva­sat­karmaṇām ekānta­gatiṁ bhakty­ākhya­parama­puru­ṣārtha­siddhim āpnuvantīty arthaḥ ||166||Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: After speaking to all people about the glories of seeing all forms of Deities, the author, by be­coming absorbed in bhakti,

receives more and more visions, and thus particularly glo­rifies seeing Śrī Go­vindadeva, Who is directly Bhagavān, the special form of the Deity.

As it was expressed in ŚB 1.2.6, the best dharma for the hu­man being is that from which bhakti ori­ginates.

Therefore, “they achieve the goal of pious per­sons” means:

"they achieve the only goal of the persons who think profoundly and perform all good actions.

This goal is called bhakti, the supreme objective of human life."

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42. ārātrika-darśanaṁ, yathā skānde—koṭayo brahma-hatyānām agamyāgama-koṭayaḥ |dahaty āloka-mātreṇa

viṣṇoḥ sārātrikaṁ mukham ||BRS 1.2.167

(42) Seeing the āratī ceremony, festivals, etc

­­­Seeing the āratī cere­mony is described in Skanda­Purāṇa:

“Seeing the face of Viṣṇu lit by the light from the āratī lamp burns up millions of sins commited by killing brāhmaṇas and engaging in illicit sexual activities.”

śrī­jīvaḥ: punaḥ śrīmad­arcāmātrārātrika­dar­śana­phalam āha—koṭayaḥ koṭīr iti | mukhaṁ kartṛ ||167||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: This verse speaks about the result of seeing the āratī ceremony of all forms of Śrī Viṣṇu. Koṭayaḥ is an alternative expression to koṭīḥ. Mukham is the subject of the sentence.

utsava-darśanaṁ, yathā bhaviṣyottare—ratha-sthaṁ ye nirīkṣante kautukenāpi keśavam |devatānāṁ gaṇāḥ sarve bhavanti śvapacādayaḥ ||

BRS 1.2.168 ­­­Seeing festivals, as described in Bhavi­ṣyottara­Purāṇa:

“The dog­eaters and other low persons who see Keśava on His chariot, even if it

is only out of cu­riosity or for amuse­ment, all become devatās.”

śrī­jīvaḥ: rathastham ity utsavāntaropalakṣaṇaṁ, sarve śvapacādayo’pi | devatānāṁ pārṣadānām ||168||

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī: The chariot festival (ratha­yātrā) represents here all other festivals as well.

All those who see Śrī Hari on the chariot, even if they are cāṇḍālas or other low­class persons, become devatās, i.e. associates of Śrī Viṣṇu.

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pūjitaṁ pūjyamānaṁ vā yaḥ paśyed bhaktito harim | śraddhayā modamānas tu

so'pi yoga-phalaṁ labhet ||BRS 1.2.169

The expression “etc” (Seeing the āratī ceremony, festivals, etc) refers to seeing a pūjā, as illustrated in Agni­Purāṇa:

"He who sees the Lord with devotion, faith and joy, after He is worshipped or while He is being worshipped, also attains the fruit of yoga".

­­taken from Śrī­Śrī­Bhakti­Rasāmṛta­Sindhuḥ by Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī (Pūrva­Vibhāge Dvitīyā Laharī ­ Sādhana­Bhaktiḥ), verses 1.2.161­169, published and translated into hindi by Śrī Haridās Śāstrī; ­­external images have been taken from pinterest.com, hijodevecino.net, ekunji. com, nationaldunia.com, vedicwisdom.in and youtube.com

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BHAKTI­SANDARBHA:PREFACE 34

published by New Śrī Haridās Nivās, SpainA334: even by doing bhajana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through fear one attains liberation, so even fear (in connection with Kṛṣṇa) cannot be useless – Kaṁsa is an example of that;

thus for devotees like Uddhava, Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the best choice both in their practising as well as perfect stage;

this was confirmed by Kṛṣṇa when He explained to Uddhava (ŚB 11.29.33) that by attaining Him, he will attain the results of the four goals of human life:

jñāne karmaṇi yoge ca vārtāyāṁ daṇḍa-dhāraṇeyāvān artho nṛṇāṁ tāta tāvāṁs te ’haṁ

catur-vidhaḥ“Dear Uddhava! Whatever of the four goals of human life is sought by people through jñāna, karma, yoga, mundane business and political rule, You can achieve all of them by being My devotee.”

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A335: also Śrī Uddhava prayed for eternal and undeviating bhāva­bhakti at the feet of Kṛṣṇa (ŚB 11.29.40)

A336: servitude to Śrī Kṛṣṇa is indeed the goal of human life

A337: the greatness of Śrī­Kṛṣṇa­bhajana re­lated to the līlās in Śrī Gokula is unsurpassed because Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pure and supreme nature, characterized by giving the reward that is deserved by a real wet­nurse even to His enemies such as Pūtanā, is not manifest in other avatāras (ŚB 3.2.27)

­­taken from the Preface to Śrī Bhakti­Sandarbha by Śrī Haridās Śāstrī Mahārājjī; ­­external image taken from pinterest.com

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