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rla Gurudeva:

nama o viu-pdya gaura prehya bhtale r-rmad-bhakti-prajna-keava iti nmine

atimartya-caritrya svritn ca pline jva-dukhe sadrtya r-nma-prema-dyine

[I offer pramas unto the most worshipable lion-like crya, jagad-guru o viupda aottara-ata rrmadBhakti Prajna Keava GosvmMahrja, who nurtures with extreme, divine affection as a parental guardianthose who take shelter of him, who is always genuinely unhappy to see the suffering jvas who have turned awayfrom Ka, and who is bestowing upon them rnma along with prema.

rGauya Gti-guccha (rla Bhakti Prajna Keava Gosvmprama)]

vch-kalpa-tarubya ca kp-sindhubhya eva ca patitn pvanebhyo vaiavebhyo namo nama

I offer pramas unto the Vaiavas, who are just like wish-fulfilling desire trees, who are an ocean of mercy, andwho deliver the fallen, conditioned souls.

[rGauya Gti-guccha (rVaiava vandan)]

namo mah-vadnyya ka-prema-pradya te

kya ka-caitanya-nmne gaura-tvie nama

[I offer prama unto rKsa-Caitanya, who is rKa Himself. Having assumed the golden hue ofrmatRdhik, He is munificently bestowing ka-prema, the rarest of all gifts.

rGauya Gti-guccha (rman Mahprabhu vandan)]

bhakty vihn apardha-lakai

kipt ca kmdi-taraga-madhye

kpmayi tvaraa prapann

vnde numas te cararavindam

[O merciful Vnd-devi, being devoid of devotion and guilty of unlimited offenses, I am being tossed about in theocean of material existence by the turbulent waves of lust, anger, greed and other inauspicious impediments. There-fore, I take shelter of you as I offer praama unto your lotus feet.

rVnd Devy-aakam (8), rla Vivantha Cakravarthkura]

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aga-ymalima-cchabhir abhito mandktendvara jya jgua-roci vidadhata

pambarasyariy vndraya-nivsina hdi lasad-dmbhirmodara rdh-skandha-

niveitojjvala-bhuja dhyyema dmodaram

[I meditate upon that rDmodara whose dark bodily luster is millions of times more beautiful than the blue lotus

flower, whose brilliant yellow garments rebuke the radiance of golden kukuma, whose residence is rVndvana-dhma, whose chest is beautified by a swinging vaijayantgarland, and whose splendorous left hand rests upon theright shoulder ofrmatRdhik.

rStava-ml, Rdh-dmodara-dhyna,(2) Rpa Gosvm)

By the causeless mercy of Guru and Gaurga we have passed up to (indistinct) days Our

parikram is going on well. Only (by) their mercy. So, I think all glories to Guru and Gaurga.

Especially today is annaka mahotsava. But before this, beforeAmvasy (the new moon), we

call that tithi (day) Dhanteras; dhan teras.

What is the meaning of Dhanteras? Dhan means wealth; and teras Ka is the most

Devotees: Wealthy person

rla Gurudeva: No, no; wealth ofVrajavss. They used to love heartly to Ka. They have

given their hearts and souls and everything; husbands and wives and children and everything for

Ka. Especially on that day. So, it is called Dhanteras. But worldly people they don't do like

this. They gamble to make money. So, someone that gambles, likeMahrja Yudhihira, lost his

whole property, his kingdom, his wife too.

So, now it is also we do Dhanteras for Ka bhakti and worldly peoples they gamble to make

so many enjoyments; and thus they destroy their lives in Dhanteras. In whole (of) India they can

do on that day. They take what?

Devotees: Wine.

rla Gurudeva: Wine and all these things. But we don't.

And after thatAmvasy that is calledDipavali. What is the meaning ofDipavali?

(indistinct verse: mata mat jyotir maya)

What is the meaning? (The) meaning is that (the) world is andhakra full of darkness. This

world my.

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What has come from my? Not Yogamy; Mahmy is called andhakra darkness. We are

all in darkness but now, by the causeless mercy of Guru and Gaurga, we are trying to come

from that darkness and to go into the light.

What is (that) light? Oh, Ka bhakti is light. (Lava) akti is light. Under the guidance ofVra-javss, especially Caitanya Mahprabhu's idea, under the guidance ofgops. Who will serve

Rdh-Ka conjugal; (with) inclination towards Rdhik. This is the full light. There is no light

except this. This is light.

And after this,Dipavali, we have passed yesterday; and now today is Pratipda. Today Ka

warned his father, Nandababa, not to worship Indra. He can not do anything. He can not help

us. So, we should worship Girirja Govardhana.

What is the meaning of Govardhana? Go means cows; go means gopas; go means gops; gomeansprema all kinds of transcendental knowledge.

You know? Perhaps you know or not. rla Prabhupda gave the name to our Gurudeva: Bhakti

Prajna Keava.

He gave first to Gurudeva after that in (a) dream he told and by the mouth ofpjyapda rdhar

Mahrj, he gave this name; but Gurumahrja, Prabhupda, has given this name Bhakti

Prajna.

I thought (I would find the meaning of Bhakti Prajna) in (one of) rla Bhaktivinodahkura('s) any krtana. Bhakti Prajna means?

What is the meaning?Prema bhakti.

viuddha prema bhakti / bhakti prajna

Prajna is vijna (indistinct) rupena jna.

What is that? That isprema bhakti,gopbhakti, Ka bhakti. In the line ofgops.

So, today isPratipda; very important, very important day. Why? This day all Vrajavss, by the

consultation of Ka, all made so many kinds of preparations, so many. Thousands of prepara-

tions, that they used to do for Indra, for Girirja Govardhana. Thousands and thousands, millions

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of bullock carts they used to bring from their houses to this Girirja Govardhana. All around Go-

vardhana millions of carts and millions ofgopas andgops assembled.

Before this they did pj ofvaiavas, Gargacrya, (Sndpani i), especially Bhguri be-

cause he was the guru of Ka. He gave the mantra. What mantra you know? Radha mantra to

Ka is Bhguri i.

So, all of the Vrajavss worshipped them; we should also worship vaiavas. You are vey lucky,

very, very, lucky that there are so many exalted vaiavas among you. So, you can worship.

Secondly, vaiavas, brhmaas; oh, we have so many brhmaas, so many brhmaas. All are

brhmaas; and especially as a brhmaa from ourVrajavsourpnd, Giridhr, his name is

also Giridhr.

This matha is also GiridhrGauya Matha and now we are inwe have brought millions ofcarts from (all) over the whole world, not only from Vraja. And today we will worship, first wor-

ship guru, vaiavas, vaiavis, and then brhmaas, and then cows. We have a lot of cows here.

Very nice cows. After (indistinct) we should go and worship cows here by (indistinct) by wor-

shipping by giving flowers to the feet of cows. Because they are worshipable (by) even Ka.

Ka used to serve them daily. So, worship. And after that what Vrajavss here, you have pre-

pared. So, many varieties we should try to take it with 108 carts. Oh, ladies will take and (indis-

tinct) and paraphernalia has been prepared by Prema nanda Prabhu and his company, party. And

you all. We will take it on our head and vaiavas will do krtana and we will go to the same

place where we have done before. And then we will serve all the vaiavas all the brhmaas

and everyone mah-prasdam that has been offered to Ka. And we will make some dry

prasdam that will be given to you all and you can take it in your homes. Today we will do.

But we should take vow,pratij, that we will never give up all these things. What we are giving

in our classes, this is everything. Chant hari name in the way shown by Rpa Gosvm:

tan-nma-rpa-caritdi-sukrtannu-

smtyo kramea rasan-manasniyojya

tihan vraje tad-anurgi-jannugm

kla nayed akhilam ity upadea-sram

[While living in Vraja as a follower of the sternal residents of Vraja, who possess inherent spontaneous love forr

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Ka, one should utilize all his time by sequentially engaging the tongue and the mind in meticulous chanting andremembrance of Ka's names, form, qualities and pastimes. This is the essence of all instruction.

rUpademta (8)]

Whether you are here with me, with othervaiavas or when you are returning to your places, no

harm, think that I am in Vraja by mind and in the guidance of pure vaiavas. You should chantand remember and do all the activities (that) we are doing here. Don't beAlways remember the

words of Caitanya Mahprabhu. And what is that?

--- (unknown verse here)----

You should remember all these things.

This is not (a) marriage party. That you have come to select your wives and everything. Be very

careful otherwise there is no place here. You should go away from here and be very far away

from us. I want pure bhakti.

Gaura premnande!

Hari hari bol!

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That we will dopj ofbrhmaas and vaiavas. Guru we have done, we do. Vaiavas we are

doing and do. (indistinct)Mahrja and all are vaiavas and he is Vrajavs actual Vrajavs.

You know he is chantingHare Ka, Hare Ka. So, he is chanting. He is (the) father of ourthepnd of Prabhupda, rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat hkura. He used to love him like dear

son. And he was very bold and brave and he was restless. His son Giridhr, he kept the name

Giridhr, we are lucky to have a pnd, Vrajavs. He also loves me like father and Guru. So

we are now worshipping

I also want to request you all that today we are doing annaka here tomorrow in Rdh-kua

and after that we will go to Varsn; in the way so many places we will doparikram.

So, I request you all that we should give them someprali. So, not now. I think that it will be

better that our Madhu Mahrja, Vana Mahrja, Araya Mahrja, Brajantha, and Rsnanda

prabhu. You should give, they will collect and you should all give something.

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If you come alone thepnds will take you not less than 200, 300, 400, or at least 100. They will

beat you; in this way and that way. But ourpnd is very goodpnd. So, try to give 5 at least.

Not less than. At least 5 rupees; and if you can give more you should give to them.

This is ourpj and after class we will go to (indistinct) and we will worship. Now, what I have

told in English you should tell in Bengali. Very brief.

Anyone who will donate something, prepare something, give only one rice, (for) this annaka,

his whole life and afterlife and lakhs, they will not beg anything. Lakmmay beg, but those who

take part in Govardhana annaka, here especially, even a (grain of) rice, any paraphernalia,

making some laddu or anything; giving something to Prema nanda Prabhu orannaka or (me)

all for whole life and several lakhs of lives you will have Kaprema; no doubt.

(break in recording)

And others?sannyss?

(others indistinct)

Do you want to come?

Oh, you should go and come.

nama o viu-pdya gaura prehya bhtale r-rmad-bhakti-prajna-keava iti nmine

atimartya-caritrya svritn ca pline jva-dukhe sadrtya r-nma-prema-dyine

[I offer pramas unto the most worshipable lion-like crya, jagad-guru o viupda aottara-ata rrmadBhakti Prajna Keava GosvmMahrja, who nurtures with extreme, divine affection as a parental guardianthose who take shelter of him, who is always genuinely unhappy to see the suffering jvas who have turned awayfrom Ka, and who is bestowing upon them rnma along with prema.

rGauya Gti-guccha (rla Bhakti Prajna Keava Gosvmprama)]

vch-kalpa-tarubya ca kp-sindhubhya eva ca patitn pvanebhyo vaiavebhyo namo nama

I offer pramas unto the Vaiavas, who are just like wish-fulfilling desire trees, who are an ocean of mercy, and

who deliver the fallen, conditioned souls.

[rGauya Gti-guccha (rVaiava vandan)]

aga-ymalima-cchabhir abhito mandktendvara jya jgua-roci vidadhata

pambarasyariy vndraya-nivsina hdi lasad-dmbhirmodara rdh-skandha-

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niveitojjvala-bhuja dhyyema dmodaram

[I meditate upon that rDmodara whose dark bodily luster is millions of times more beautiful than the blue lotusflower, whose brilliant yellow garments rebuke the radiance of golden kukuma, whose residence is rVndvana-dhma, whose chest is beautified by a swinging vaijayantgarland, and whose splendorous left hand rests upon theright shoulder ofrmatRdhik.

rStava-ml, Rdh-dmodara-dhyna,(2) Rpa Gosvm)

---(unknown verse here)---

bhakty vihn apardha-lakai

kipt ca kmdi-taraga-madhye

kpmayi tvaraa prapann

vnde numas te cararavindam

[O merciful Vnd-devi, being devoid of devotion and guilty of unlimited offenses, I am being tossed about in theocean of material existence by the turbulent waves of lust, anger, greed and other inauspicious impediments. There-

fore, I take shelter of you as I offer praama unto your lotus feet.

rVnd Devy-aakam (8), rla Vivantha Cakravarthkura]

bhajmi rdh aravinda-netr smarmi rdh madhura-smitsy vadmi rdh karu-

bharrdr tato mamnysti gatir na kpi (2)

[I worship Rdh who has lotus eyes, I remember Rdh who has a sweet smile, and I speak of Rdh who is meltedwith compassion. There is nothing else for me. She is my life and soul.

rVikhnandadbhidha-stotram (131) Raghuntha dsa Gosvm].

Nitya-ll-pravia o viupda aottara-ata r rmad Bhakti Prajna Keava Gosvm

Mahrja. By the causeless mercy of Guru Gaurga our 15 days of

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