Verse Four (dad\u0101ti pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti) of \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta (The Nectar of Instruction) describes the six symptoms of love shared by devotees and \u015ar\u012bla B.R. \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja elaborates upon this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>
- VERSE 4
\n<\/span><\/a><\/li>- ILLUMINATION<\/a>
- Offering Gifts and Accepting Gifts<\/a><\/li>
- Revealing One\u2019s Mind and Inquiring Confidentially<\/a><\/li>
- Giving and Accepting Pras\u0101dam<\/a><\/li>
- Self Surrender to the Prime Cause<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Book Navigation<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
\n\n
- Foreward to Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Preface to Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Introduction to Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Ma\u1e45gal\u0101cara\u1e47a (Auspicious Invocation) of Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 1<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 2
\n<\/a><\/li>\n- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 3<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 4<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 5<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 6<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 7<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 8<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 9<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 10<\/a><\/li>\n
- Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta \u2013 Verse 11<\/a><\/li>\n
- \u015ar\u012b Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta Bh\u0101\u1e63\u0101<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
VERSE 4
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\u0926\u0926\u093e\u0924\u093f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0917\u0943\u0939\u094d\u0923\u093e\u0924\u093f \u0917\u0941\u0939\u094d\u092f\u092e\u093e\u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u093f \u092a\u0943\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0924\u093f \u0964
\n\u092d\u0941\u0919\u094d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u092d\u094b\u091c\u092f\u0924\u0947 \u091a\u0948\u0935 \u0937\u0921\u094d\u0935\u093f\u0927\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f\u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923\u092e\u094d \u0965 \u096a \u0965<\/p>\ndad\u0101ti pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti
\nguhyam \u0101khy\u0101ti p\u1e5bcchati
\nbhu\u1e45kte bhojayate caiva
\n\u1e63a\u1e0d-vidha\u1e41 pr\u012bti-lak\u1e63a\u1e47am<\/em><\/p>\nWord for Word
\n<\/strong>dad\u0101ti \u2013 <\/em>giving; pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti \u2013 <\/em>receiving; guhyam \u2013 <\/em>confidentially; \u0101khy\u0101ti \u2013 <\/em>speaking; p\u1e5bcchati \u2013 <\/em>inquiring; bhu\u1e45kte \u2013 <\/em>eating; bhojayate \u2013 <\/em>feeding; ca \u2013 <\/em>and; eva \u2013 <\/em>indeed; \u1e63a\u1e0d \u2013 <\/em>six; vidha\u1e41 \u2013 <\/em>types; pr\u012bti \u2013 <\/em>love; lak\u1e63a\u1e47am \u2013 <\/em>symptoms.<\/p>\nTranslation
\n<\/strong>Offering gifts and accepting gifts, revealing one\u2019s mind in confidence and inquiring confidentially, accepting pras\u0101da<\/em> and offering pras\u0101da<\/em> \u2013 these are the six symptoms of love shared by devotees.<\/p>\nILLUMINATION<\/h2>\n
These are the six kinds of association with a s\u0101dhu<\/em>. Higher association is only possible with a serving attitude, otherwise there is no sa\u1e45ga.<\/em> Lower association means exploitation and enjoyment, but higher association can only be achieved through service. By proper association the quality of your service will increase. S\u0101dhu-sa\u1e45ga<\/em> and s\u0101dhu-sev\u0101<\/em> is of most importance. The Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha stresses the importance of s\u0101dhu-sev\u0101 <\/em>\u2013 serving the s\u0101dhu<\/em>. Whatever you do by the command of the higher devotee will, through him, surely connect you with a higher conception of the Absolute. Whatever you do, do with that connection from above and carry out his order.<\/p>\n
Offering Gifts and Accepting Gifts<\/h3>\n
Dad\u0101ti pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti<\/em> \u2013 we shall come to present new things to the s\u0101dhus<\/em> and try to live by the old remnants left by them. Giving something for the service of a s\u0101dhu<\/em> and taking his pras\u0101dam <\/em>\u2013 whatever he gives, we accept that. We can increase our attraction and love for a person in such a way by giving him raw items and by accepting his pras\u0101dam. <\/em>To give items to be utilised by him, and whatever is necessary for ourselves. I won\u2019t try to take anything new, but only that which has been rejected by the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava or guru, whether it is a garland, clothes, different decorations, or whatever. We shall try to live by the remnants of the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas. We shall present new things to the s\u0101dhus<\/em>, and we shall try to live by their remnants \u2013 tena tyaktena bhu\u00f1j\u012bth\u0101.<\/em> Give and take. Give and take eternally \u2013 internally and externally, whatever my position. In taking we get a higher thing from him. Raw materials we supply, and we get remnants from him. In this way I can improve my position.<\/p>\n
If we accept the energy of worldly men then generally our minds will become polluted and impure. And if the mind is impure, then the remembrance of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a will not be very clear.<\/p>\n
vi\u1e63ay\u012bra anna kh\u0101ile malina haya mana
\nmalina mana haile nahe k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era smara\u1e47a<\/em><\/p>\nIf one eats the food of a materialist, one\u2019s mind becomes polluted. When the mind becomes polluted one cannot remember K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. (Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, Antya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 6.278)<\/p>\n
When I accept the elaborate energy of a materialist, then the poison of his mind comes with his energy \u2013 with his money and all these things. The energy comes carrying the mentality of the owner. To accept that means to digest that. But one who is able to digest it can utilise it. Vi\u1e63asya vi\u1e63am-au\u1e63adham \u2013 <\/em>poison is medicine to poison. Poison can also be utilised as medicine. The divine agent can utilise poison as nectar, otherwise it will kill the person who is taking the energy of the materialist.<\/p>\n
Only m\u0101dhukar\u012b-bhik\u1e63\u0101<\/em>, collecting from a particular person, will take away his sin or virtue. Anything that comes with his energy is transmitted. We are feeding on him, exploiting him and that exploitation must have a reaction. M\u0101dhukara<\/em> \u2013 just as bees collect every particle of honey from here and there. They do not care so much, they do not look to get any return for that \u2013 a small particle perhaps, it does not matter. If we collect our food in that way then there is no possibility of some reaction coming. M\u0101dhukar\u012b-bhik\u1e63\u0101<\/em> has been recommended for the ty\u0101g\u012bs<\/em>. But we Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha people collect their energy as much as we can utilise. Our aim is a little different \u2013 we want to help them and we do not collect it for our personal purpose. It is for the general service of the Lord and His devotees. In an organic way we help them. We will use the energy from impure sources and, by hook or by crook, utilise that in the fire sacrifice that is lit in a grand way for the satisfaction of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and His activity. What is that activity? The chanting of His Name on a big scale. Sa\u1e45k\u012brtana yaj\u00f1a<\/em> \u2013 a great sacrificial organic attempt has been accepted and we are to collect things for that. And because I am also rendering some service, as remuneration I may take something. For the purpose of service I am to maintain my health and I shall take only what is necessary. This is yukta-vair\u0101gya. <\/em>We are not taking anything for our personal utilisation so we do not feel any contamination. One will suffer if he collects another\u2019s energy for his own selfish purpose. But if he can utilise the energy of someone for the service of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in the congregational chanting of His Name to purify the whole world, then there is no apprehension of being contaminated by that energy.<\/p>\n
What we receive we think we have got from our guru. I am eating the remnants of my Gurudeva. I am doing some service and as a servant I am entitled to take some remains. Tena tyaktena bhu\u00f1j\u012bth\u0101 m\u0101 g\u1e5bdha\u1e25 kasya svid dhanam \u2013<\/em> we have no greed for others property, but it is all being utilised for their benefit in the sa\u1e45k\u012brtana yaj\u00f1a<\/em>. And as a servant I have got some duty to discharge, therefore I am to keep my body fit and for that purpose I am taking the ava\u015be\u1e63a<\/em> (remnants).<\/p>\n
tvayopabhukta-srag-gandha-v\u0101so-\u2019la\u1e45k\u0101ra-carcit\u0101\u1e25
\nucchi\u1e63\u1e6da-bhojino d\u0101s\u0101s tava m\u0101y\u0101\u1e41 jayema hi<\/em><\/p>\nBy decorating ourselves with the garlands, scents, clothes and ornaments that You have already enjoyed, and by eating the remnants of Your food, we, Your servants, will certainly conquer Your illusory potency. (\u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> 11.6.46)<\/p>\n
Uddhava says that there are ways of getting out of this m\u0101yika<\/em> entanglement. \u201cOnly by honouring Your remains can we conquer m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>. I am grateful to You and none else in this world. I am Your servant and I must live on the remains after You have taken. Thereby, by this single attempt, we can conquer the whole world. There is no glamour for anything else in this world for us.\u201d That is the nature of the attempt of this organised preaching of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha. You can even accept a kingdom, but not for yourself but for God. And from whomever they take, he is benefited. With this angle of vision we will be individually responsible for our transaction with the outside parties.<\/p>\n
When something is dedicated for the service of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a it is a conscious unit. Will a man allow his wife to serve another gentleman? Will she allow? Everything is meant for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, and not for any other consciousness. Only for Him. Everything here is exclusively meant for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and no other god. We are not materialists. Everything is conscious and fresh. And no other spirit is allowed except to fully dedicate oneself to the Lord. It is such. Every flower born here is only to satisfy K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b will curse us if we try to utilise it for the service of others. They are all meant for this. They will curse us. Here in the temple also \u2013 trespassers may pluck flowers, for medicinal purposes they will take some things, but it pains my heart. They are all meant for the service of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. For medical purposes some people may take a root or something. I ask them, \u201cGo to Mah\u0101prabhu, take His permission, then take it.\u201d If it is necessary and it cannot be avoided then I tell them, \u201cGo, you get His permission first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once I heard at the Yogap\u012b\u1e6dha, the appearance place of Mah\u0101prabhu, there was one kadamba<\/em> tree. At that time Prabhup\u0101da was coming out to go to Calcutta and one devotee said, \u201cA new flower has come on the kadamba<\/em> tree, it has not been given to Prabhup\u0101da.\u201d<\/p>\n
He took a flower and ran towards the car of Prabhup\u0101da. Prabhup\u0101da asked, \u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA new flower from the Yogap\u012b\u1e6dha temple tree.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA new flower?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have come to show you, Prabhup\u0101da, and we shall give to Mah\u0101prabhu.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen go and show it to Mah\u0101prabhu. Take His permission and then bring to me. I am going away now. If I was staying, you could put it in my hand and I could show Him. But I am going away, now go and show Him and then bring it to me. You have got to take His permission.\u201d That is pras\u0101da<\/em>. Anugraha<\/em> \u2013 dedicated. To show to Him is to dedicate. Then we can take the pras\u0101da<\/em>. He is our shelter. This is the key to our life \u2013 tena tyaktena.<\/em> After offering to Him, then you use it.<\/p>\n
yaj\u00f1a-\u015bi\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u015bina\u1e25 santo mucyante sarva-kilbi\u1e63ai\u1e25
\nbhu\u00f1jate te tv agha\u1e41 p\u0101p\u0101 ye pacanty \u0101tma-k\u0101ra\u1e47\u0101t<\/em><\/p>\nSaintly persons are liberated from all types of sins by accepting the remnants of foodstuffs offered in sacrifice. However, those who cook for themselves eat only sin. (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 <\/em>3.13)<\/p>\n
Whenever you dedicate anything to your own self, you create sin. You create disharmony in the environment. But if you offer to the Centre, Yaj\u00f1a<\/em> \u2013 to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, and then you use, harmony is maintained. Everything is created to serve K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 everything. You must dedicate anything and everything to Him and then you can take the pras\u0101da<\/em> remaining. \u012a\u015b\u0101vasyam ida\u1e41 sarvam<\/em> \u2013 everywhere, everything is in the possession of the Supreme Entity, everything belongs to Him. There should be no disturbance to the law and order. The law and order of the Whole should be kept intact. You live here as a loyal subject. You all live as loyal subjects, not illegal \u2013 physically or even mentally. Thought, word and deed \u2013 you must be a loyal subject in this kingdom of the Lord. That is what is required from us. Then there is peace and harmony and no reaction. Otherwise there will be reaction and you will have to suffer for that.<\/p>\n
Revealing One\u2019s Mind and Inquiring Confidentially<\/h3>\n
Guhyam \u0101khy\u0101ti<\/em> \u2013 I should reveal my innermost feelings to the s\u0101dhu<\/em>, \u201cFrom my innermost heart I feel these many particular things within myself. Are these feelings good or bad? And if bad, what is the remedy?\u201d We shall place our inner heart before him so that he may examine us and proceed accordingly. Whatever the innermost feeling is, that should be divulged to a s\u0101dhu<\/em>. I must reveal everything of the whole heart to him and also hear what is conceived within his heart. The private things within my heart must be disclosed, and what are the private things within his heart I must get. I shall inquire about what is the inner wealth within his heart. P\u1e5bcchati<\/em> \u2013 inquiry. We will ask his advice and put questions what will be necessary for me at this stage. \u201cWhat is the secret of your holy life? Please tell me and I shall try to follow that example in order to get out of my present circumstances. In your case how did you gain relief?\u201d We shall try to collect the secrets of success of life from a s\u0101dhu<\/em>.<\/p>\n
tad viddhi pranip\u0101tena paripra\u015bnena sevay\u0101
\nupadek\u1e63yanti te j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e41 j\u00f1\u0101ninas tattva-dar\u015bina\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\nSuch knowledge should be achieved through submission, inquiry and service to those who are wise and have seen the Supreme Truth. (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101<\/em> 4.34)<\/p>\n
Paripra\u015bna<\/em>. Honest, sincere inquiry is always allowed, but not with the tendency of tarka<\/em>, argument. Not with argument, but all our efforts should be concentrated to understand in a positive line without leaving a state of doubt or suspicion. With all attention you shall try to understand because it is coming from a higher source where I am not known.<\/p>\n
Paripra\u015bna<\/em> will be the outcome of surrender. \u201cI am hopeless, I can\u2019t ascertain, it is a dire necessity for me but I can\u2019t help myself.\u201d It will be with this hankering and with no remedy. I shall most humbly try and start to inquire modestly. I shall try to know, \u201cWhat is this? What is that? What is the meaning?\u201d The mood should not be that, \u201cI shall finish knowing about this matter.\u201d That sort of attitude will not allow us to enter into the real domain. Nor should we inquire simply out of curiosity or for philosophical mastership or anything of that kind. It is only necessary for the satisfaction of the Lord. Reality is by Itself and for Itself. It must be for Himself. For His interest this pra\u015bna<\/em> is necessary. Inquiry should be made only to satisfy K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and the devotees of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 for His cause, not for my cause if it is independent of His satisfaction.<\/p>\n
Another most important thing and that it is also necessary for service. Service is the only important thing. \u201cWhat is necessary? What will be necessary to render proper service?\u201d \u2013 that sort of paripra\u015bna<\/em> is required. A dire necessity for service, for discharging my duty. I want to serve the cause, not to lord it over. If the spirit within is to lord it over, everything will be spoiled. It is not a plane of us being masters. It is not something that we can use according to our whim. We are putting ourselves into the fire \u2013what I am, that will vanish and from within my higher, divine self will come out. What I am presently is a nasty thing, but what is within me, that is divine and noble. With this hope we shall go.<\/p>\n
Giving and Accepting Pras\u0101dam<\/h3>\n
Bhu\u1e45kte<\/em> \u2013 to feed the s\u0101dhu<\/em> and supply what is necessary to keep up his life, and bhojayate<\/em> \u2013 receiving pras\u0101dam<\/em> from him. What is pras\u0101dam<\/em>? Pras\u0101dam<\/em> is the grace of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the will of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Whatever comes from the Infinite should be considered as grace. And whatever we do should be with the spirit of service. Not with the result of trade \u2013 na sa bh\u1e5btya\u1e25 sa vai va\u1e47ik<\/em>. We shall do anything and everything with the aim of serving the Infinite. With clean hands we shall do His work. With clean hands \u2013 not contaminated by any consequence. Service and pras\u0101da<\/em> are corresponding. Whatever comes from the infinite environment, that is pras\u0101da, <\/em>grace.<\/p>\n
Once Professor Sanyal, who wrote the English book \u2018\u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Caitanya,\u2019<\/em> was challenged by his younger brother, who was perhaps a graduate. He told him, \u201cWhat do you do there in your ma\u1e6dha<\/em>? What we do, you also do in the ma\u1e6dha<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, no, we don\u2019t do what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do not eat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, we don\u2019t eat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have seen you with my own eyes \u2013 you are eating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, we don\u2019t eat like you \u2013 devouring solid things, putting into the stomach. We don\u2019t do that. We serve mah\u0101-pras\u0101dam<\/em>. It is beyond your understanding what we do. We don\u2019t eat like you. There is no spirit of consumption. We don\u2019t consume anything. We honour the remnants of the Lord. That is what we do.\u201d Such will be the difference of all the activities of the true Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava and the worldly man. For self-preservation, we create havoc in the environment. Exploitation. The first principle of exploitation begins with self-preservation. That means eating. If we can solve that problem, we can solve almost everything.<\/p>\n
pras\u0101da sev\u0101, karite haya
\nsakala prapa\u00f1ca jaya<\/em><\/p>\nBy honouring the Lord\u2019s pras\u0101dam<\/em> I conquer all worldly illusions. (\u015aara\u1e47\u0101gati<\/em> 3.5)<\/p>\n
Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura says that the key to the solution to this mundane life is in pras\u0101da<\/em>. It is in our attitude in dealing with the environment \u2013 in the most primitive necessity that we cannot avoid maintaining and keeping this body and soul together. The first necessity in life is this. And if I can solve that problem, I have solved the whole thing. Pras\u0101da sev\u0101 karite haya sakala prapa\u00f1ca jaya<\/em> \u2013 the most important problem is to learn how we should take pras\u0101dam<\/em>, to maintain our own self. Our life depends mainly on prapa\u00f1ca jaya<\/em> (conquering over worldly illusion). We cannot but consume, we cannot but create devastation in the environment eating whatever \u2013 either creeper or grass or seed or anything. Microscopic worms are being killed, so how to get rid of this karmika<\/em> reaction?<\/p>\n
yaj\u00f1\u0101rth\u0101t karmano yatra loko\u2019yam karma bandhana\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n
All activities are meant for the sake of sacrifice to Vi\u1e63\u1e47u. Other than that, all other activities bind one to this material world. (Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 <\/em>3.9)<\/p>\n
We must successfully connect our activities with the Supreme satisfaction, for which everything is meant. All existence is meant to fulfil His pleasure, and if one does so, then his life will be fulfilled. If I offer something, really I am to collect something for His satisfaction, and cook and offer it to Him. That should be the real purpose. And then, because I am to serve Him, I must take something out of that. The main thing will be to collect things, to cook and to offer them to Him according to the scriptures where He has expressed His will. That is the process. And then to take. When He takes then the reaction, the poison, has already gone to Him and like Mah\u0101deva, He can digest anything. Not only that, but whatever has gone to His connection gets promotion. There is no hi\u1e41s\u0101<\/em> (violence). Hi\u1e41s\u0101<\/em> is not hi\u1e41s\u0101<\/em> because, that which is apparently violently treated gets higher promotion through my actions. I get some reward also for that. And then what shall I take? I won\u2019t take from this world, but I shall take from my Master, as His free Grace to me.<\/p>\n
The word pras\u0101da<\/em> means anugraha<\/em>, kindness, grace. Whatever service I do, I expect nothing in return. And what I get is His Grace \u2013 a free transaction. I shall take pras\u0101da<\/em>, then I shall be out of all entanglement, although I am in the midst of it. In every action I disturb the environment, but it is meant for Him. No reaction, but the opposite reaction occurs, and it will save others also. Through me, such waves will emanate outside. Those waves will help others also to be purified. Everyone must be a purifying agent through the godliness in his heart. God is on the throne of the heart and thereby He will emanate a ray \u2013 such a fine ray that will purify the environment.<\/p>\n
Self Surrender to the Prime Cause<\/h3>\n
\u1e62a\u1e0d vidha\u1e41 pr\u012bti-lak\u1e63a\u1e47am<\/em> \u2013 these are the six ways through which we generally get the association of a s\u0101dhu<\/em>. If we follow these guidelines we shall come closer to a person. If we deal in these ways with a bad man we shall become bad, and with a good man we shall become good. There are two types of water – filtered and filthy. Filthy water can be purified. The higher s\u0101dhus<\/em> can take evil thoughts from others without becoming contaminated. In their hearts resides Govinda. Govinda is infinite and He can consume any quantity of filthy things, therefore their hearts cannot be contaminated.<\/p>\n
If we get the association of a real s\u0101dhu<\/em> even for a moment, then that may turn the direction of our life. A s\u0101dhu<\/em> is like a very valuable gem. What he gives is far more valuable than anything in this world. One may have gems, diamonds, money or a kingdom but they are not valuable to all. This is all mortal. They may be valuable to a particular class of human thought. There are so many things in creation that are nothing to the s\u0101dhu<\/em>. But \u0101nandam<\/em>, sweetness has got a general value. It is necessary even for the tree, the creeper, and even the stone. In whatever position the seeker may be in, he will be highly satisfied.<\/p>\n
Yasmin pr\u0101pti sarva\u1e41 ida\u1e41 pr\u0101ptam bhavati <\/em>\u2013 if we get a little of that we think that, \u201cNo other thing but this can satisfy me. This is the thing for which I am striving for after so many lives together. Now I have found the object of my search.\u201d We can get higher things only through the connection of service. If we want the association of things of a higher type then we must offer ourselves to their service. This broad thought we must keep always in mind. I cannot utilise it as if it is my servant. But I shall offer to be a servant of Him if I really want His association. Only through service I can be connected with Him. I shall work for His interest. His interest will be more valuable than that of mine.<\/p>\n
j\u012bvera svar\u016bpa haya k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era nitya d\u0101sa
\nk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era ta\u1e6dastha-\u015bakti bhed\u0101bheda prak\u0101\u015ba<\/em><\/p>\nThe constitutional position of the living entity is as an eternal servant of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Because the living entity is of the marginal potency of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, his manifestation is simultaneously one with and different from Him. (Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101 <\/em>20.108)<\/p>\n
It is our fortune that we, in our constitutional position, have the position of a slave to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Slavery. Those who are freed would be astounded to hear the word \u2018slavery.\u2019 The Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha is preaching slavery! The Ramakrishna Mission and others preached against Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha \u2013 \u201cThey are preaching slavery! This Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha promotes slave mentality \u2013 that I am K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a d\u0101sa<\/em>, a servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord. That means they are preaching slave mentality. And we are preaching so-ham<\/em> \u2013 we are the big Brahman! We are the biggest. We are the greatest. Instead of that the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha says you are a slave to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. The Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha is creating a bad impression in society, discouraging people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prabhup\u0101da told, \u201cGau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha stands for the dignity of the human race! The whole human race wants immortality. Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha stands for the most dignified position. Slavery, surrender \u2013 surrender to what? To the Absolute Good, to the Absolute Centre. To become the slave of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is not a joke. That impossible thinking that, \u201cI am Brahman!\u201d \u2013 that is the greatest disease. \u201cI am the biggest and I want to be the monarch of all I survey\u201d means, \u201cI am the most heinous exploiting agent.\u201d We are so eager to get imperial service. We are so eager to get a higher service in the administration, but to get service in the highest management of the Supreme Lord \u2013 that is the most dignified thing. The Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha stands for the dignity of the human race! What is the human race? They are like mist, like the trees, creepers, and worms \u2013 the prey of death. The king will also have to die helplessly, the big general, the politician \u2013 all will have to go and face death for eternity. But the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha stands for the eternal dignified position \u2013 friendly service to the Supreme Entity. The Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Ma\u1e6dha says complete self-abnegation, self-surrender to the prime cause. To give is divine and the aspiration that, \u201cI can get\u201d, that is devilish. \u201cI want to lord it over everything\u201d \u2013 that is a devilish spirit. But K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is such that slavery to Him is the highest attainment for us in His relationship. That is not easily achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Verse Four (dad\u0101ti pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti) of \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta (The Nectar of Instruction) describes the six symptoms of love shared by devotees and \u015ar\u012bla B.R. \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja elaborates upon this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[206,228],"krishna_talk_article":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6960"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6960"},{"taxonomy":"krishna_talk_article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/krishna_talk_article?post=6960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}