{"id":4493,"date":"2020-02-04T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T12:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T03:53:58","slug":"mahaprabhu-as-prabhupada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/srila-bhakti-gaurava-narasingha-maharaja\/mahaprabhu-as-prabhupada\/","title":{"rendered":"Mah\u0101prabhu as Prabhup\u0101da"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have recently read an interesting article, Prabhup\u0101d\u0101nuga or R\u016bp\u0101nuga?<\/em> by Irvin H. Collins (\u015ar\u012bla). I must acknowledge that my sentiments rest fully with those of the author. Nonetheless, the author was partially party to the assumption the \u2018\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 universally means His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktived\u0101nta Swami Prabhup\u0101da. (This, of course, must have only been a simple over sight by the author)<\/p>\n

I have many friends and associates around the world who are disciples of the disciples of \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da and for them the term \u2018\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 means Sarasvat\u012b Gosv\u0101m\u012b. And for those blessed souls who are directly the disciples of \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta and who are still present in this world, for them also \u2018\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 means Sarasvat\u012b Gosv\u0101m\u012b.<\/p>\n

I would first like to mention that \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 is not a name or title applicable to only His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\u0101nta Swami Prabhup\u0101da nor is it simply a generic term applicable to any and all spiritual masters. If one wants to assert that \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 is indeed a generic term to be applied to any bona-fide spiritual master on the basis that it is said so in the Bhaktived\u0101nta purports \u2013\u2013 then there arises the necessity to clarify what actually is a \u2018bona-fide spiritual master\u2019 in the disciplic succession, accepting the title \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019, in the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava samprad\u0101ya<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There is, as we all know, an on-going debate or controversy \u2013\u2013 particularly among the western sections of Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47avaism as to what and who is a bona fide spiritual master. Without developing here an essay on the numerable necessary qualifications of the \u2018bona-fide spiritual master\u2019 I would like to focus on the title \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 by first tracing the etymological and the ontological meaning of the title itself. I wish to show that the ultimate conclusion is that without being in the direct flow of the \u015br\u012b-r\u016bpa-siddh\u0101nta-v\u0101\u1e47\u012b<\/em> in terms of r\u0101g\u0101nuga-bhakti<\/em> of the m\u0101dhurya-rasa<\/em> one cannot hold the title \u201cPrabhup\u0101da\u201d in its proper dignity and theistic conception.<\/p>\n

In our Gau\u1e0d\u012bya samprad\u0101ya<\/em> there are only six personalities to have held the title \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 with dignity in the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava community. They are; \u015ar\u012bla A.C. Bhaktived\u0101nta Swami Prabhup\u0101da, \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da, \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da, \u015ar\u012b Advaita \u0100c\u0101rya, \u015ar\u012b Nity\u0101nanda Prabhu and \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu. The latter being the original \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 in the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava samprad\u0101ya<\/em>.<\/p>\n

k\u0101\u015b\u012b-mi\u015bra kahe \u2013 ami ba\u1e0da bhagyav\u0101n
\n<\/em>mora g\u1e5bhe prabhu-p\u0101dera\u2019 habe avasth\u0101na<\/em><\/p>\n

Regarding this verse from Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em>, (Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em>, Ch. 10.23), \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da comments, \u201c\u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and all His servants address Him as Prabhup\u0101da. This means that there are many prabhus<\/em> taking shelter under His lotus feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is indeed clear from the above verse and statement of \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta that Mah\u0101prabhu was also \u2018Prabhup\u0101da.\u2019 There were many masters, Gosv\u0101m\u012bs, (controllers of the senses) who took shelter at the Lord\u2019s lotus feet such as the R\u0101ya R\u0101m\u0101nanda, Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara, Govinda, S\u0101rvabhauma, R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, Santana Gosv\u0101m\u012b, Raghun\u0101tha D\u0101sa and many others.<\/p>\n

\u015ar\u012bla A.C. Bhaktived\u0101nta Swami Prabhup\u0101da has commented in his purport to the same verse as follows:<\/p>\n

“The pure Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava is addressed as prabhu<\/em>, and this address is an etiquette observed between Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas. When many prabhus<\/em> remain under the shelter of the lotus feet of another prabhu, the address Prabhup\u0101da is given. \u015ar\u012b Nity\u0101nanda Prabhu and \u015ar\u012b Advaita Prabhu are also addressed as Prabhup\u0101da. \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, \u015ar\u012b Advaita Prabhu and \u015ar\u012b Nityananda Prabhu are all vi\u1e63\u1e47u-tattva,<\/em> the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u. Therefore, all living entities are under Their lotus feet. Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u is the eternal Lord of everyone, and the representative of Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u is the Lord\u2019s confidential servant. Such a person acts as the spiritual master for neophyte Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas; therefore the spiritual master is as respectable as \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Caitanya or Lord Vi\u1e63\u1e47u Himself. For this reason, the spiritual master is addressed as O\u1e41 Vi\u1e63\u1e47upada or Prabhup\u0101da. The \u0101c\u0101rya<\/em>, the spiritual master, is generally respected by others as \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da, and the initiated Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas are addressed as Prabhu. Prabhu, Prabhup\u0101da and Vi\u1e63\u1e47upada are described in revealed scriptures like \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em>, Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> and Caitanya-bh\u0101gavata.<\/em> In this regard, these scriptures present evidence accepted by unalloyed devotees.”<\/p>\n

It should be save to say that all vi\u1e63\u1e47u-tattva<\/em> can be addressed as \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 due to Their being the shelter of all living beings but I think that in regard to R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da and those who have held the title \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 since that time \u2013\u2013 that a special qualification can be added to the criterion of those who hold the title \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 \u2013\u2013other than the fact that they may have many sanny\u0101s\u012b<\/em> disciples.<\/p>\n

It is a fact that \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da did not have any initiated disciples at all. Only those who took his \u015bik\u1e63\u0101<\/em> such as Raghun\u0101tha D\u0101sa Gosv\u0101m\u012b were considered R\u016bpa\u2019s disciples. They did not take formal initiation from him, but only his instructions.<\/p>\n

The extra added criterion to hold the title \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 will become self-evident when we examine how it was that \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b was selected as the head of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya samprad\u0101ya<\/em> and thusly to be known as \u2018Prabhup\u0101da.\u2019<\/p>\n

When \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu was living at Puri, \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b composed a verse and after writing it on a palm leaf he went to bathe in the ocean. At that time \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu visited the residence of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b and saw the verse written on the leaf:<\/p>\n

priya<\/em>\u1e25 so \u2018ya<\/em>\u1e41 k<\/em>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em>\u1e25 sahacari kuru-k<\/em>\u1e63etra-militas
\n<\/em>tath<\/em>\u0101ha<\/em>\u1e41 s<\/em>\u0101 r<\/em>\u0101dh<\/em>\u0101 tad idam ubhayo<\/em>\u1e25 sa<\/em>\u1e45gama-sukham
\n<\/em>tath<\/em>\u0101py anta<\/em>\u1e25-khelan-madhura-mural<\/em>\u012b-pa\u00f1cama-ju<\/em>\u1e63e
\n<\/em>mano me k<\/em>\u0101lind<\/em>\u012b-pulina-vipin<\/em>\u0101ya sp<\/em>\u1e5bhayati<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMy dear friend, now I have met My very old and dear friend K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a on this field of Kuruk\u1e63etra. I am the same R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b and now We are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but I would still like to go to the bank of the Yamuna beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within the forest of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana.\u201d (Cc. Antya-l<\/em>\u012b<\/em>l<\/em>\u0101<\/em> 1.79)<\/p>\n

\u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu read this verse and was overwhelmed by ecstatic love. When R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b returned Mah\u0101prabhu slapped him mildly and said, \u201cMy heart is very confidential. How did you know my mind in this way?\u201d After saying this the Lord firmly embraced R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b.<\/p>\n

Mah\u0101prabhu then inquired from Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara, \u201cHow could R\u016bpa have understood My heart?\u201d Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara replied, \u201cI can understand that you have already bestowed Your causeless mercy upon him otherwise it would not be possible for R\u016bpa to have understood your mind.\u201d Thereupon, Mah\u0101prabhu was very pleased and requested Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara to kindly give further instruction to R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b in the matter of transcendental mellows, rasa-tattva.<\/em><\/p>\n

After sometime Mah\u0101prabhu again visited R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b accompanied by Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara, R\u0101m\u0101nanda R\u0101ya and others. Mah\u0101prabhu requested R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b to read a number of the verse that he had composed. Being very humble and shy by nature R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b remained silent. Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara then read the previous verse compiled by R\u016bpa which was so much liked by Mah\u0101prabhu and the verse tu\u1e47\u1e0de ta\u1e47\u1e0davin\u012b ratim <\/em>(Cc. Antya-l<\/em>\u012b<\/em>l<\/em>\u0101<\/em> 1. 99)\u201d<\/p>\n

tu<\/em>\u1e47\u1e0d<\/em>e ta<\/em>\u1e47\u1e0d<\/em>avin<\/em>\u012b<\/em> rati<\/em>\u1e41<\/em> vitanute tu<\/em>\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101<\/em>val<\/em>\u012b<\/em>-labdhaye
\n<\/em>kar<\/em>\u1e47<\/em>a-kro<\/em>\u1e0d<\/em>a-ka<\/em>\u1e0d<\/em>ambin<\/em>\u012b<\/em> gha<\/em>\u1e6d<\/em>ayate kar<\/em>\u1e47\u0101<\/em>rbudebhya<\/em>\u1e25<\/em> sp<\/em>\u1e5b<\/em>h<\/em>\u0101<\/em>m
\n<\/em>ceta<\/em>\u1e25<\/em>-pr<\/em>\u0101\u1e45<\/em>gana-sa<\/em>\u1e45<\/em>gin<\/em>\u012b<\/em> vijayate sarvendr<\/em>\u012b<\/em>y<\/em>\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e41<\/em> k<\/em>\u1e5b<\/em>ti<\/em>\u1e41
\n<\/em>no j<\/em>\u0101<\/em>ne janit<\/em>\u0101<\/em> kiyadbhir am<\/em>\u1e5b<\/em>tai<\/em>\u1e25<\/em> k<\/em>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47<\/em>eti var<\/em>\u1e47<\/em>a-dvay<\/em>\u012b<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know how much nectar the two syllables `k\u1e5b\u1e63-\u1e47a<\/em>\u2019 have produced. When the holy name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearing these verses compiled by R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b all the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas became jubilant. R\u0101m\u0101nanda R\u0101ya especially showed interest in what R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b had written. Being very pleased with him R\u0101m\u0101nanda R\u0101ya began to praise the qualities of R\u016bpa as if He had a thousand mouths. R\u0101m\u0101nanda R\u0101ya said, \u201cThis is not a poetic presentation; it is a continuous shower of nectar. Indeed, it is the essence of all ultimate realizations\u2026. The wonderful descriptions of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b are superb arrangements to express transcendental loving affairs of R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Hearing these verses will plunge the heart and ears of everyone into a whirlpool of supreme transcendental bliss.\u201d<\/p>\n

The significance of the praises of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b offered by Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara and R\u0101m\u0101nanda R\u0101ya may be considerably more meaningful to the audience when we take into account the who\u2019s who in the ontological hierarchy of the spiritual world. According to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a D\u0101sa Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b, the author of Caitanya Caritamrta,<\/em> R\u0101m\u0101nanda R\u0101ya was the gop\u012b<\/em> in k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-l\u012bl\u0101 <\/em>named Vi\u015b\u0101kh\u0101 and Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara was the gop\u012b<\/em> named Lalit\u0101 Sakh\u012b. Both Lalit\u0101 and Vi\u015b\u0101kh\u0101 are eternally the very intimate associates of \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47i. Lalit\u0101 and Vi\u015b\u0101kh\u0101 are considered the personal expansions of the serving mood of \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47i thus they are the two chief assistants in the m\u0101dhurya<\/em>  love affairs between R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a.<\/p>\n

Directly serving under Lalit\u0101 Sakh\u012b in the m\u0101dhurya-rasa <\/em>are the ma\u00f1jar\u012bs, <\/em>i.e., the younger cowherd girls. This ma\u00f1jar\u012b<\/em> group of servitors mainly consists of new recruits to the m\u0101dhurya-rasa <\/em>and due to their young age they have been given the most sacred type of pure service to R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Our \u0101c\u0101ryas<\/em> have recommended that we should conceive of the ma\u00f1jar\u012b<\/em> class most respectfully and attentively.<\/p>\n

When R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a are in secrecy, in a private place, the older sakhis<\/em> do not like to approach the Divine Couple at that time for fear of causing a slight disturbance. R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a may feel some shyness in the presence of the older sakhis <\/em>at that time. But the younger gop\u012bs, <\/em>the ma\u00f1jar\u012bs, <\/em>can enter there without disturbing the free mixing of R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. This ma\u00f1jar\u012b<\/em> group of servitors in the madhurya-rasa <\/em>is headed by the gop\u012b<\/em> named R\u016bpa Ma\u00f1jar\u012b. To perform their service, the manjaris<\/em>, headed by R\u016bpa Ma\u00f1jar\u012b, sometimes go to that place where R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a are intimately engaged in divine live dalliances. Such a high and intimate scope of service is available to no other group of servitors than that of the ma\u00f1jar\u012bs<\/em>.  R\u016bpa Ma\u00f1jar\u012b who leads the ma\u00f1jar\u012b<\/em> group has appeared in gaura-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> as \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b and \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu has given him the supreme position as head of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya samprad\u0101ya<\/em> (r\u016bp\u0101nuga samprad\u0101ya<\/em>).<\/p>\n

My \u015bik\u1e63\u0101-guru<\/em>, \u015ar\u012bla Bhakti Rak\u1e63aka \u015ar\u012bdhara Deva Gosv\u0101m\u012b Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, used to say, \u201cThe camp, the samprad\u0101ya<\/em> of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu is known as the r\u016bp\u0101nuga<\/em> samprad\u0101ya<\/em>. There our fate and our fortune is located. Now we have to conduct ourselves in such a way that naturally we can connect with that highest, purest spiritual conception, from here. We must not allow ourselves to be satisfied with anything less than this highest ideal. That should be the highest goal of our life.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, the real meaning of r\u016bp\u0101nuga-bhajana<\/em> is nothing less than that; the highest ideal of the highest spiritual conception. Following in the footsteps of \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b; ever desiring his mercy; falling prostrate at his lotus feet and praying again and again and again to be enlisted in his group of servitors. That is r\u016bp\u0101nuga-bhajana<\/em>. That is what it means to be a follower of \u2018\u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da.\u2019<\/p>\n

This concept has been expressed most perfectly in a song by Narottama D\u0101sa \u1e6ch\u0101kura called, \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Ma\u00f1jar\u012b-p\u0101da.<\/em>  This song is the topmost bhajana<\/em> sung by the followers of the r\u016bp\u0101nuga<\/em> line.<\/p>\n

\u015b<\/em>r<\/em>\u012b<\/em>-r<\/em>\u016b<\/em>pa-ma\u00f1jar<\/em>\u012b<\/em>-pada, sei mora sampada
\nsei mora bhajana-p<\/em>\u016b<\/em>jana
\nsei mora pr<\/em>\u0101\u1e47<\/em>a-dhana, sei mora <\/em>\u0101<\/em>bhara<\/em>\u1e47<\/em>a
\nsei mora j<\/em>\u012b<\/em>vanera j<\/em>\u012b<\/em>vana <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe lotus feet of \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa-ma\u00f1jar\u012b are my treasure and the object of my worship. They are the wealth of my existence, they are my ornaments and the very life of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

sei mora rasa-nidhi, sei mora v<\/em>\u0101<\/em>\u00f1c<\/em>\u0101<\/em>-siddhi
\nsei mora vedera dharama
\nsei vrata, sei tapa, sei mora mantra-japa
\nsei mora dharama-karama <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey are my ocean of rasa <\/em>and they are the perfection of my desires. They are the dharma <\/em>of the Vedas <\/em>for me. They are the goal of my vows and austerities and the chanting of my mantras<\/em>. They are the purpose of my religious activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

anuk<\/em>\u016bla habe vidhi, se-pade haibe siddhi
\nnirakhiba e dui nayane
\nse r<\/em>\u016bpa-m<\/em>\u0101dhur<\/em>\u012b-r<\/em>\u0101\u015bi, pr<\/em>\u0101\u1e47a-kuvalaya-<\/em>\u015ba<\/em>\u015b\u012b
\npraphullita habe ni<\/em>\u015bi-dine<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBy those two lotus feet, all my actions will become favour\u00adable and perfection will be achieved. With these two eyes, I will finally be able to see. Both day and night, the sweet waves emanating from \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa-ma\u00f1jar\u012b\u2019s feet will shine like the moon upon the lotus of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

tuy<\/em>\u0101<\/em> adar<\/em>\u015b<\/em>ana-ahi, garale j<\/em>\u0101<\/em>rala deh<\/em>\u012b<\/em>
\ncira-dina t<\/em>\u0101<\/em>pita j<\/em>\u012b<\/em>vana
\nh<\/em>\u0101<\/em> h<\/em>\u0101<\/em> r<\/em>\u016b<\/em>pa kara day<\/em>\u0101<\/em>, deha more pada-ch<\/em>\u0101<\/em>y<\/em>\u0101<\/em>
\nnarottama laila <\/em>\u015b<\/em>ara<\/em>\u1e47<\/em>a <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe poison of the snake of separation from you has wasted my body away and eternally my life is afflicted by fever. O R\u016bpa! Kindly be merciful unto me. Give me the shade of your lotus feet. Narottama has taken refuge in you.\u201d<\/p>\n

My conclusion is that although etymologically \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 means a spiritual master at who\u2019s feet many qualified persons, masters, have taken shelter \u2013\u2013 it must be that the ontological meaning of \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 is one who knows the heart of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, one who knows how to extract the internal moods of devotional service, unnatojjvala-rasa<\/em>, from the lotus feet of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu just as a bumble bee extracts nectar from the lotus flower.<\/p>\n

My second conclusion is the same as the author of the paper, Prabhup\u0101d\u0101nuga or R\u016bp\u0101nuga?\u2013\u2013<\/em> that without being a follower and obedient servant of the internal flow of devotional service, unnatojjvala-rasa<\/em>, enunciated by \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b one cannot be counted among the followers of \u2018Prabhup\u0101da\u2019 ie., a prabhup\u0101d\u0101nuga<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In this way it is my humble suggestion that all aspiring candidates for devotional service (myself included) should try to enter into the deep and mysterious meanings of k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101nu-\u015b\u012blanam, bhaktir-uttama<\/em> in the line of the Six Gosv\u0101m\u012bs. That is the real \u015br\u012b-bhaktived\u0101nta-v\u0101\u1e47\u012b<\/em> and thus the teaching of Prabhup\u0101da \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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