{"id":8117,"date":"2023-02-24T09:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T03:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/?p=8117"},"modified":"2024-03-15T07:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:32:03","slug":"prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-41-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-41-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 41-45"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/series\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary\/\">Series Index<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-introduction-verse-1\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Introduction and Verse 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasi%e1%b9%85gha-sevaka-commentary-verses-2-4\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 2-4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasi%e1%b9%85gha-sevaka-commentary-verses-5-8\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 5-8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-9-12\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 9-12<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-13-16\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 13-16<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasi%e1%b9%85gha-sevaka-commentary-verses-17-20\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 17-20<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-21-24\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 21-24<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-25-28\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 25-28<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasi%e1%b9%85gha-sevaka-commentary-verses-29-32\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 29-32<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasi%e1%b9%85gha-sevaka-commentary-verses-33-36\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 33-36<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-37-40\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 37-40<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-41-45\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 41-45<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-46-50\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 46-50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-51-55\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 51-55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-56-60\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 56-60<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-61-65\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 61-65<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prema Dhama Deva Stotram &#8211; Verses 41-45<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>by<br \/>His Divine Grace<br \/>\u015ar\u012bla Bhakti Rak\u1e63aka \u015ar\u012bdhara Deva Gosv\u0101m\u012b Mah\u0101r\u0101ja<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>with the<br \/>Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Viv\u1e5btti<br \/>by Trida\u1e47\u1e0di Swami Bhakti Vij\u00f1\u0101na Giri<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Verse 41<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>prema-mugdha-n\u1e5btya-k\u012brtan\u0101kul\u0101ri\u1e6d\u0101ntikam<br \/>sn\u0101na-dhanya-v\u0101ri-dh\u0101nya-bh\u016bmi-ku\u1e47\u1e0da-de\u015bakam<br \/>prema-ku\u1e47\u1e0da-r\u0101dhik\u0101khya-\u015b\u0101stra-vandan\u0101daram<br \/>prema-dh\u0101ma-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Word for Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">mugdha<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 immersed; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">n\u1e5btya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 dancing; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u012brtana<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">kirtana<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101kula<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 anxious; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101ri\u1e6d<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 the village of \u0100ri\u1e6d; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101ntika<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 nearby; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sn\u0101na<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 bath; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dhanya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 paddy field; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">v\u0101ri<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 waters; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101nya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 sacred; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bh\u016bmi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 land; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ku\u1e47\u1e0da<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">de\u015baka<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 reveal; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema-ku\u1e47\u1e0da<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 lake of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u0101dhik\u0101<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">akhya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 named; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015b\u0101stra<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015b\u0101stra<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">vandana <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 prayers; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101dara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 honour; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 love of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 abode; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">deva <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 divine; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">eva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 indeed; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">naumi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 I offer obeisance; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">gaura<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">&#8211;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sundara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Gaurasundara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I offer my obeisance unto \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara, that Divine Personality who is the abode of pure <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>. Absorbed in <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em> <strong>as He danced in the <\/strong><em><strong>k\u012brtana<\/strong><\/em><strong>, the Lord became anxious as He approached the village of \u0100ri\u1e6d. Upon bathing in the waters of a paddy field, He revealed that sacred land to be \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da. He then honoured that lake, which is named after \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101 and full of ambrosial <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>, by reciting prayers from the <\/strong><em><strong>\u015b\u0101stra<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This <em>l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> of Mah\u0101prabhu is recounted in <em>Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em>, Chapter 18 of <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em>. As \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja writes here, <em>\u0101kul\u0101ri\u1e6d\u0101ntika<\/em> (\u2018the Lord became anxious as He approached the village of \u0100ri\u1e6d\u2019). Similarly, \u015ar\u012bla Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ei-mata mah\u0101prabhu n\u0101cite n\u0101cite<br \/>\u0101ri\u1e6d-gr\u0101me \u0101si b\u0101hya haila \u0101cambite<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(In this way, Mah\u0101prabhu continued to dance, but when He came to the village of \u0100ri\u1e6d, He regained His external consciousness. &#8211; <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101 <\/em>18.3)<\/p>\n<p>The word <em>\u0101ri\u1e6d<\/em> is a corruption of the word <em>ari\u1e63\u1e6da<\/em>, because this is the place where \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a killed the bull-demon \u0100ri\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101sura. Ka\u1e41sa had sent \u0100ri\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101sura to kill K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and when this gigantic demon arrived in Vraja-bh\u016bmi, his roars were so great all the residents begged K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a to help them. When \u0100ri\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101sura charged at the Lord, He simply caught him by the horns, threw him to the ground and kicked him to death. In jest, \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b and the <em>gop\u012bs<\/em> told K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a that since he had killed a bull (which represents <em>dharma<\/em>), He would have to atone by visiting all the holy places and bathe all in the sacred rivers. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a replied, \u201cWhy should I go to all the holy places? I will just bring them here,\u201d and saying this, He dug His heel into the ground and called all the sacred rivers to enter into it. Thus, they appeared in the form of \u015ay\u0101ma-ku\u1e47\u1e0da. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a took bath there, but then told R\u0101dhik\u0101 and the <em>gop\u012bs,<\/em> \u201cNow I am purified, but you are all impure because you defended a demon, claiming that it was a sin for Me to have killed him.\u201d Out of transcendental pride, the <em>gop\u012bs<\/em> refused to bathe in \u015ay\u0101ma-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, and began digging their own <em>ku\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em> with the bangles. All the holy rivers then requested \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b to allow them to enter Her new <em>ku\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em>. In this way, R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da was manifest.<\/p>\n<p>After a long time however, R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da and \u015ay\u0101ma-ku\u1e47\u1e0da were lost. When Mah\u0101prabhu arrived in Vraja, He asked the local residents of their whereabouts, but they had no idea of the location of these two <em>ku\u1e47\u1e0das<\/em>. As \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja points out, <em>sn\u0101na-dhanya-v\u0101ri-dh\u0101nya-bh\u016bmi-ku\u1e47\u1e0da-de\u015baka <\/em>(\u2018Upon bathing in the waters of a paddy field, He revealed that sacred land to be \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da\u2019). Thus, Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>t\u012brtha lupta j\u0101ni prabhu sarvaj\u00f1a bhagav\u0101n<br \/>dui dh\u0101nya-k\u1e63etre alpa-jale kail\u0101 sn\u0101na<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>dekhi saba gr\u0101mya-lokera vismaya haila mana<br \/>preme prabhu kare r\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0dera stavana<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(Being the all-knowing Supreme Person, the Lord knew that this holy place was lost. He then took bath in the shallow waters of two paddy fields. The local village people were surprised to see Him doing this. The Lord then offered prayers to R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da. &#8211; <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 18. 5-6)<\/p>\n<p>Mah\u0101prabhu then chanted the following <em>\u015bloka<\/em> from <em>Padma<\/em> <em>Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, declaring the glories of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>yath\u0101 r\u0101dh\u0101 priy\u0101 vi\u1e63\u1e47os tasy\u0101\u1e25 ku\u1e47\u1e0da\u1e41 priya\u1e41 tath\u0101<br \/>sarva-gop\u012b\u1e63u saivaik\u0101 vi\u1e63\u1e47or atyanta-vallabh\u0101<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(Just as R\u0101dh\u0101 is the beloved of Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, so also Her ku\u1e47\u1e0da is loved by Him. Amongst all the <em>gop\u012bs<\/em>, She is the most dear to Him.)<\/p>\n<p>For Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas, R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da is considered to be the most sacred place in the entire universe because it is here that Govinda sports with R\u0101dhik\u0101 and Her confidential associates. In other areas of Vraja-ma\u1e47\u1e0dala, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a performs <em>r\u0101sa-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> along with all the various groups of <em>gop\u012bs<\/em>, but R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da is exclusively meant for His pastimes with His dearmost lover, \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101.<\/p>\n<p>R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da is so sacred, that generally, devotees do not bathe in Her waters which are considered to be non-different from \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b Herself. Rather, they will take a few drops of water upon their heads. For this reason, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja refers to R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da in this verse as <em>prema-ku\u1e47\u1e0da <\/em>(a lake of pure <em>prema<\/em>) because R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da is non-different from \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101, the <em>premamayi hl\u0101din\u012b-\u015bakti <\/em>(that blissful potency that is fully replete with <em>prema<\/em>). In 1932, during the month of K\u0101rttika, while lecturing at R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura made the following comment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThose who are still attached to this body and mind can never attain the qualification to bathe in the <em>ku\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em> of our V\u1e5b\u1e63abh\u0101nu-nandin\u012b; I say this at all times! But those who are not attached to this body and mind \u2013 they are eternally qualified. This body has been produced by our mother and father. One who still deliberates upon this body or deliberates upon the mind cannot bathe in \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da! Only one who is knowledgeable of his <em>apr\u0101k\u1e5bta<\/em> form and intrinsic internal nature can bathe there. We are fallen souls! These words should always remain in our ears. They will be most beneficial for us life after life. By hearing such words we will be protected from offences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u0100c\u0101ryas,<\/em> such as \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, have urged us to reside at R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, but such statements need to be seen with proper context. \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja has explained:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cOnce our Guru Mah\u0101r\u0101ja ordered that a cottage should be built at Govardhana and I heard him say, \u2018We must serve our <em>guru-varga<\/em> and so we shall have to go to the highest position of R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da. But we won\u2019t stay there. We are not fit to live at R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da. We must stay nearby at a lower place \u2013 Govardhana. We shall go to R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da only to serve our gurus, and then we shall come back to Govardhana and there we shall stay. Our superior gurus, Gaura-ki\u015bora D\u0101sa B\u0101b\u0101j\u012b, Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura and others \u2013 they will live and serve at R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da. We are not of such a high position.\u2019 This should be our position \u2013 giving honour to the highest position of our guru. We should always maintain this difference between the disciple and the master. The master holds the highest position. In the highest place of <em>l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> he will be there, performing the highest form of service. But we will be a little lower. We shall live very near, but away. We shall come and serve them and then go back again because we have to attend their command, so we must be at an amiable distance. We shall take our stand in Govardhana and always be eager for the call that may come at any moment from R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, that we may help in any type of service. All our masters are playing there and from a little lower position we are to look at that, then it may be permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a side note, many devotees celebrate the manifestation of R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da during the month of K\u0101rttika on the eighth lunar day known as Bahul\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b. However, according to \u015ar\u012bla J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhu\u2019s <em>Laghu Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava To\u1e63a\u1e47\u012b <\/em>(his commentary to the <em>\u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em>), R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da appeared in the month of Caitra (March\/April):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ek\u0101da\u015b\u0101sya caitra-paur\u1e47am\u0101sya\u1e41 \u0101ri\u1e63\u1e6da-vadha\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u0100ri\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101sura was slain on the full moon of the month of Caitra when the Lord was eleven years old. &#8211; <em>Laghu Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava To\u1e63a\u1e47\u012b)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u015ar\u012b J\u012bva explains in his <em>Gop\u0101la Campu <\/em>that R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da and \u015ay\u0101ma-ku\u1e47\u1e0da appeared on the same day as the killing of \u0100ri\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101sura, and on the evening of that day, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and the <em>gop\u012bs<\/em> began their <em>vasanta-rasa<\/em> (<em>rasa-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> during the Spring season). The spring season occurs between mid-February till the end of April. Thus, the month of K\u0101rttika could not be the appearance of R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting the <em>Padma Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, \u015ar\u012bla San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s <em>Hari-bhakti-vil\u0101sa<\/em> states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>govardhana-girau ramye r\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da\u1e41 priya\u1e41 hare\u1e25<br \/>k\u0101rttike bahul\u0101\u1e63\u1e6damy\u0101\u1e41 tatra sn\u0101tv\u0101 hare\u1e25 priya\u1e25 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(Near to the beautiful hill of Govardhana is R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da which is dear to Hari. If one bathes there on Bahul\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b in the month of K\u0101rttika, one will become dear to Hari.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>tat-ku\u1e47\u1e0de k\u0101rttik\u0101\u1e63\u1e6damy\u0101\u1e41 sn\u0101tv\u0101 p\u016bjyo jan\u0101rdana\u1e25 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(By taken bath in that <em>ku\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em> on the eight lunar day of K\u0101rttika [Bahul\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b] one should offer worship to Jan\u0101rdana.)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it would seem that at some point in time, due to these <em>\u015blokas<\/em>, some confusion arose in the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava community and Bahul\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dam\u012b during the month of K\u0101rttika was mistakenly considered to be the appearance day of R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Verse 42<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>tinti\u1e0d\u012b-talastha-y\u0101munormi-bh\u0101van\u0101pluta\u1e41<br \/>nirjanaika-r\u0101dhik\u0101tma-bh\u0101va-vaibhav\u0101v\u1e5btam<br \/>\u015by\u0101ma-r\u0101dhik\u0101pta-gaura-tattva-bhittik\u0101kara\u1e41<br \/>prema-dh\u0101ma-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Word for Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">tinti\u1e0d\u012b<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 tamarind; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">tala<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 tree; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">stha<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 situated; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">y\u0101muna<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 the Yamun\u0101; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">urmi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 waves; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bh\u0101vana<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 remembrance; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101pluta<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 bathing; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">nirjana <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 secluded; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">aika<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 alone; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u0101dhik\u0101<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101tma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 within Himself; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bh\u0101va<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 mood; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">vaibhava<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 greatness; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">av\u1e5bta<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 pervaded; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015by\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 \u015ay\u0101masundara; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u0101dhik\u0101 <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">apta <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 taken; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">gaura-tattva <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 the principle of Gaura; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bhittika <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 separate; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101kara <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 origin; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 love of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 abode; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">deva <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 divine; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">eva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 indeed; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">naumi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 I offer obeisance; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">gaura<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">&#8211;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sundara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Gaurasundara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I offer my obeisance unto \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara, that Divine Personality who is the abode of pure <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>. While sitting under a tamarind tree, the waves of the Yamun\u0101 reminded the Lord of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s water pastimes with the <\/strong><em><strong>g\u014dp\u012bs<\/strong><\/em><strong>. Alone in that secluded place, Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s entire being was pervaded with thoughts of R\u0101dhik\u0101\u2019s glories. It was here that \u015ay\u0101masundara took the mood of R\u0101dhik\u0101 and the separate <\/strong><em><strong>gaura-tattva<\/strong><\/em> <strong>became manifest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja now describes the glories of another holy <em>t\u012brtha<\/em> of Vraja, namely the sacred tamarind tree known as Imlital\u0101 (also known as Te\u1e45tul\u012b-tal\u0101). In the <em>Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> of <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em>, \u015ar\u012bla Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b describes Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s relationship with this place:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>pr\u0101te v\u1e5bnd\u0101vane kail\u0101 c\u012bra-gh\u0101\u1e6de sn\u0101na<br \/>te\u1e45tul\u012b-tal\u0101te \u0101si karil\u0101 vi\u015br\u0101ma<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-l\u012bl\u0101-k\u0101lera sei v\u1e5bk\u1e63a pur\u0101tana<br \/>t\u0101ra tale pi\u1e47\u1e0di-b\u0101ndh\u0101 parama-cikka\u1e47a<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>nika\u1e6de yamun\u0101 vahe \u015b\u012btala sam\u012bra<br \/>v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana-\u015bobh\u0101 dekhe yamun\u0101ra n\u012bra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>te\u1e45tula-tale vasi kare n\u0101ma-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<br \/>madhy\u0101hna kari \u0101si kare akr\u016bre bhojana<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>akr\u016brera loka \u0101ise prabhure dekhite<br \/>loka-bhi\u1e6de svacchande n\u0101re k\u012brtana karite<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>v\u1e5bnd\u0101vane \u0101si prabhu vasiy\u0101 ek\u0101nta<br \/>n\u0101ma-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana kare madhy\u0101hna-paryanta<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(In the morning at V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, He took bath at C\u012bra Gh\u0101\u1e6da, then went to Te\u1e45tul\u012b-tal\u0101, where He rested. This tree was old, having been there since the time of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s <em>l\u012bl\u0101<\/em>. Around that tree was a shiny platform. The Yamun\u0101 flowed nearby, and a cool breeze blew there. There, He saw the beauty of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana and the waters of the Yamun\u0101. He would sit at Te\u1e45tul\u012b-tal\u0101 and engage in <em>n\u0101ma-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em>, then in the afternoon He would go and take His meal at Akrura T\u012brtha. At Akrura T\u012brtha people would come to see the Lord, and because of the crowd He was not able to perform <em>k\u012brtana<\/em> without disturbance. Thus the Lord would come to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana and sit here alone and perform <em>n\u0101ma-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana <\/em>till noon. &#8211; <em>Caitanya-carir\u0101m\u1e5bta, Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 18.75-80)<\/p>\n<p>Why did Mah\u0101prabhu decide to sit under this particular tree? It is said that previously, when \u015ar\u012b Nity\u0101nanda Prabhu was on pilgrimage and came to Vraja-ma\u1e47\u1e0dala, when He saw Imlital\u0101, He understood that this was a place of <em>gupta-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> (confidential pastimes) during Dv\u0101para-yuga. Knowing that Mah\u0101prabhu would eventually come there in future, He renovated the old platform around the tree. This is where Mah\u0101prabhu sat and chanted when He came to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Var\u0101ha Sa\u1e41hit\u0101<\/em> there is a conversation between Var\u0101hadeva and Bh\u016bmi Dev\u012b wherein Var\u0101ha narrates the glories of Imlital\u0101. He explains how once, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a was sporting on the banks of the Yamun\u0101 with R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b and thousands of <em>gop\u012bs<\/em>. R\u0101dh\u0101 noticed that K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a was embracing and kissing the <em>g\u014dp\u012bs<\/em>, just as He did to Her and feeling transcendental anger, She left that place. Immediately K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a noticed Her absence and leaving the company of those thousands of cowherd damsels, He went in search of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101. Going from <em>ku\u00f1ja<\/em> to <em>ku\u00f1ja<\/em>, He called out Her Name. Eventually, He became tired and sat in a forest bower, under the shade of a tamarind tree. Feeling great separation and anxiety, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a chanted the Name of R\u0101dh\u0101 continuously. He cried out:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>h\u0101 h\u0101 pr\u0101\u1e47e\u015bvar\u012b \u0101m\u0101 ch\u0101\u1e0di k\u0101\u1e45h\u0101 gel\u0101<br \/>saundary\u0101-sundar\u012b r\u0101dh\u0101 m\u0101dhuryera s\u0101ra<br \/>mahatve r\u0101dhik\u0101 guru haya sab\u0101k\u0101ra<br \/>vraj\u0101\u1e45ga\u1e45\u0101-ga\u1e47e mukhy\u0101 haya se r\u0101dhik\u0101<br \/>sei \u0101m\u0101ra priyattam\u0101 sarv\u0101dhik\u0101<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cO Goddess of My very life! You have abandoned Me! Where did You go? R\u0101dh\u0101 is the beauty of all beauties. She is the essence of sweetness. R\u0101dhik\u0101 is the greatest and the guru of all. Of all the charming women of Vraja, R\u0101dhik\u0101 is the topmost. Indeed, She is My most beloved amongst them all.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Thus, feeling intense separation from His beloved R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47acandra continued to chant R\u0101dh\u0101\u2019s Name and meditated upon Her. Due to His total immersion in remembering R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b, He was oblivious to the external world and began to experience <em>r\u0101dh\u0101-bh\u0101va-dyuti-suvalita<\/em> (the mood and bodily lustre of R\u0101dh\u0101). In this way, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the <em>vi\u1e63aya-vigraha<\/em> (the form of supreme enjoyment) took on the emotions and complexion of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101, the <em>\u0101\u015braya-vigraha<\/em> (the form of supreme shelter) to become \u015ar\u012b Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga. At that time, \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101, came to Imlital\u0101 along with Her companions and they were amazed to see this enchanting form. The <em>sakh\u012bs<\/em> surrounding R\u0101dh\u0101 exclaimed, \u201cThis must be Madana-mohana \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a!\u201d They then requested R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b to touch K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s body and bring Him back to external consciousness. Upon being touched by R\u0101dh\u0101, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a became startled and after composing Himself, He saw R\u0101dh\u0101 standing in front of Him with Her <em>sakh\u012bs<\/em>. R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b asked K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a why He had manifest such a form, to which K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a replied, \u201cI was exhausted from looking all over V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana for You. I sat here and chanted Your Name and <em>mantra<\/em>, meditating upon You. Then my dark complexion became eclipsed by Your golden lustre, and by assuming Your mood, I suddenly tasted a unique <em>ujjvala-rasa<\/em> that I have never experienced before. To relish that incomparable <em>rasa<\/em>, I will descend in this form of Gaura\u1e45ga in Navadv\u012bpa during Kali-yuga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in this verse of <em>Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Strotram<\/em>, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Deva Gosv\u0101m\u012b has aptly written, <em>\u015by\u0101ma-r\u0101dhik\u0101pta-gaura-tattva-bhittik\u0101kara &#8211;<\/em> \u2018It was here that \u015ay\u0101masundara took the mood of R\u0101dhik\u0101 and the separate <em>gaura-tattva<\/em> became manifest.\u2019 Thus it was here that the eternal conception of <em>gaura-tattva<\/em>, first became manifest.<\/p>\n<p>An additional question may be raised as to why, after searching throughout V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana for R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b, did \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a come and sit under this particular tamarind tree? It has been explained that after K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s <em>mah\u0101-abhi\u015beka <\/em>at Govardhana, anointing Him as the king of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a arranged the <em>mah\u0101-abhi\u015beka<\/em> of R\u0101dh\u0101 at Imlital\u0101, crowning Her as V\u1e5bnd\u0101vane\u015bvar\u012b, the queen of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the sacred <em>t\u012brtha<\/em> of Imlital\u0101 is synonymous with \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b, the birthplace of <em>gaura-tattva,<\/em> and the <em>vipralambha-bhajana-sth\u0101li<\/em> of both K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and Mah\u0101prabhu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Verse 43<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u015b\u0101rik\u0101-\u015bukokti-kautuk\u0101\u1e0dhya-l\u0101sya-l\u0101pita\u1e41<br \/>r\u0101dhik\u0101-vyat\u012bta-k\u0101madeva-k\u0101ma-mohitam<br \/>prema-va\u015bya-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-bh\u0101va-bhakta-h\u1e5bc-camatkara\u1e41<br \/>prema-dh\u0101ma-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Word for Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015b\u0101rik\u0101<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 female parrot; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015buka<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 male parrot; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ukti<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 dialogue; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">kautuka<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 amusing; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101\u1e0dhya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 consider; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">l\u0101sya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 union of song; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">l\u0101pita<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 words; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u0101dhik\u0101 <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">vyat\u012bta<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 separation; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u0101madeva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the God of love; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 desire; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">mohita<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 bewildered; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">va\u015bya<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 subdued; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bh\u0101va<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 with <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bh\u0101va<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bhakta<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 devotees; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">h\u1e5bt<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 hearts; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">camatkara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 astonishment; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 love of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 abode; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">deva <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 divine; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">eva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 indeed; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">naumi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 I offer obeisance; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">gaura<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">&#8211;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sundara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Gaurasundara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I offer my obeisance unto \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara, that Divine Personality who is the abode of pure <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>. The Lord remembered an amusing and beautiful dialogue between a male parrot and a female parrot explaining how \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the God of divine love, becomes bewildered due to His feelings of separation from \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101. Hearing how K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is subdued by <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>, the hearts of the <\/strong><em><strong>bh\u0101va-bhaktas<\/strong><\/em> <strong>are filled with astonishment. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This conversation between the parrots is described in the 17th Chapter of the <em>Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> of <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta.<\/em> While wandering through V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, \u015ar\u012b Caitanyadeva saw two parrots in a tree, which flew down and perched themselves upon the hand of the Lord. They then began to narrate the glories of R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in a very beautiful and witty manner (<em>\u015b\u0101rik\u0101-\u015bukokti-kautuk\u0101\u1e0dhya-l\u0101sya-l\u0101pita<\/em>). The male parrot (\u015auka) began by glorifying K\u1e5b\u1e63na, then his female counterpart (\u015a\u0101ri) glorified the qualities of \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b. The male parrot then explained how K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is Madana-mohana \u2013 the enchanter of Madana, or K\u0101madeva, the god of love. This is also intimated by \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja in this verse wherein He describes K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a as K\u0101madeva, the original God of divine <em>prema<\/em>. K\u1e5b\u1e63na is worshipped with the <em>k\u0101ma-b\u012bja-mantra<\/em> (<em>kl\u012b\u1e41<\/em>). According to the <em>Gautam\u012bya Tantra<\/em>, this <em>k\u0101ma-b\u012bja<\/em> represents \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe Letter <em>ka<\/em> is the puru\u1e63a known as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme aggressive male, Who possesses the <em>sac-cid-\u0101nanda-vigraha<\/em>, or the form embodying full eternity, knowledge and bliss. The letter<em> \u012b<\/em> is the <em>prak\u1e5bt\u012b<\/em> known as R\u0101dh\u0101, the Supreme receptive female, Who is eternally the V\u1e5bnd\u0101vane\u015bvar\u012b, or the most majestic Princess of \u015ar\u012b V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. The letter <em>la<\/em> is celebrated as constituting <em>\u0101nand\u0101tmaka-prema-sukha,<\/em> or the happiness of Their mutual ecstatic love that is the form of pure blissful joy. By adding the <em>n\u0101da<\/em> and <em>bindu<\/em>, this is the expression of <em>cumban-\u0101nanda-m\u0101dhurya<\/em>, or the ecstatic sweetness of Their most blissful kiss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The male parrot explained how K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is so charming that He is capable of enchanting the hearts of all women throughout the entire universe, especially the <em>gop\u012bs<\/em>. Upon hearing the male parrot praising K\u1e5b\u1e63na as Madana-mohana, the female parrot began to joke with him. What she then said amazed \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>r\u0101dh\u0101-sa\u1e45ge yad\u0101 bh\u0101ti tad\u0101 madana-mohana\u1e25<br \/>anyath\u0101 vi\u015bva-moho\u2019pi svaya\u1e41 madana-mohita\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cWhen He is in the company of R\u0101dh\u0101, He shines forth as the enchanter of K\u0101madeva. Elsewhere however, even though He can enchant the entire universe, He Himself is overcome by desire.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja further expounds on this point by stating, <em>r\u0101dhik\u0101-vyat\u012bta-k\u0101madeva-k\u0101ma-mohita \u2013 <\/em>\u2018\u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the God of divine love, becomes bewildered due to His feelings of separation from \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101.\u2019 It is for this reason that \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b is known as Madana-mohana Mohin\u012b, the bewilderer of Madana-mohana. Her power over K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is explained by \u015ar\u012bla Prabodh\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ve\u1e47u\u1e25 kar\u0101n nipatita\u1e25 skhalita\u1e41 \u015bikha\u1e47\u1e0da\u1e41<br \/>bhra\u1e63\u1e6da\u1e41 ca p\u012bta-vasana\u1e41 vraja-r\u0101ja-s\u016bno\u1e25<br \/>yasy\u0101\u1e25 ka\u1e6d\u0101k\u1e63a-\u015bara-gh\u0101ta-vim\u016brcchitasya<br \/>t\u0101\u1e41 r\u0101dhik\u0101\u1e41 paricar\u0101mi kad\u0101 rasena<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cWhen, with divine <em>rasa<\/em>, will I serve R\u0101dhik\u0101, whose sidelong glances are like arrows which causes the son of the king of Vraja to faint, the flute to fall from His hand, His peacock feather crown to fall from His head, and His yellow cloth to fall from His waist?\u201d \u2013 <em>R\u0101dh\u0101-rasa-sudh\u0101-nidhi<\/em> 39)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>n\u0101n\u0101-\u015bakti\u1e25 praka\u1e6dayati yo &#8216;cintya-n\u0101n\u0101-tan\u016bbhir<br \/>dhatte t\u0101\u015b ca svayam api kad\u0101py aty-amary\u0101da-r\u016bp\u0101\u1e25<br \/>n\u0101n\u0101vasth\u0101 dadhad uru-vidh\u0101n yo &#8216;bhivar\u1e63ed rasaugh\u0101\u1e41s<br \/>ta\u1e41 \u015br\u012b-r\u0101dh\u0101-rasa-va\u015bam aha\u1e41 naumi v\u1e5bnd\u0101vanendum <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cI offer respects unto K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the moon of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. Even though He manifests different potencies in many inconceivable forms in various places, and even though sometimes He exhibits infinite forms according to different conditions, and although He is able to create a flood of divine <em>rasa<\/em> \u2013 still, He is defeated by the <em>rasa<\/em> of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101.\u201d \u2013 <em>V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana Mahim\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> 6.27)<\/p>\n<p>\u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is subdued by <em>prema<\/em> alone, and in particular, by the <em>prema<\/em> of His <em>hl\u0101din\u012b-\u015bakti, mah\u0101-bh\u0101va-svar\u016bpi\u1e47\u012b,<\/em> \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b. In this verse, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja states, <em>prema-va\u015bya-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-bh\u0101va-bhakta-h\u1e5bc-camatkara<\/em> (Hearing how K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is subdued by <em>prema<\/em>, the hearts of the <em>bh\u0101va-bhaktas<\/em> are filled with astonishment). Only <em>bh\u0101va-bhaktas<\/em>, devotees who experience transcendental emotions, can fully appreciate such high topics concerning R\u0101dh\u0101-Govinda\u2019s divine pastimes, and upon hearing these narrations, their hearts are filled with wonder (<em>h\u1e5bc-camatkara<\/em>). By engaging in constant <em>s\u0101dhana<\/em> and <em>sev\u0101<\/em>, a fortunate and sincere <em>j\u012bva<\/em> is awarded with <em>bh\u0101va<\/em> and becomes a <em>bh\u0101va-bhakta.<\/em> When that <em>bh\u0101va<\/em> matures, it eventually becomes <em>prema<\/em>, the eternal opulence of the living entity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Verse 44<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u015br\u012b-pray\u0101ga-dh\u0101ma-r\u016bpa-r\u0101ga-bhakti-sa\u00f1cara\u1e41<br \/>\u015br\u012b-san\u0101tan\u0101di-k\u0101\u015bi-bhakti-\u015bik\u1e63a\u1e47\u0101daram<br \/>vai\u1e63\u1e47av\u0101nurodha-bheda-nirvi\u015be\u1e63a-pa\u00f1jara\u1e41<br \/>prema-dh\u0101ma-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Word for Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015br\u012b-pray\u0101ga-dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 the holy <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> of Pray\u0101ga; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u016bpa<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u0101ga-bhakti<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 spontaneous devotion; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sa\u00f1cara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 impart; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u015br\u012b-san\u0101tan\u0101di<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 \u015ar\u012b San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b and others; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u0101\u015bi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 in K\u0101\u015b\u012b; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bhakti-\u015bik\u1e63a\u1e47a<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 instructions on <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bhakti<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u0101dara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 with affection; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">vai\u1e63\u1e47ava<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">anurodha<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 accepted the opinion; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">bheda<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 in contrast; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">nirvi\u015be\u1e63a<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 impersonal philosophy; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">pa\u00f1jara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 confines; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 love of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 abode; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">deva <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 divine; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">eva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 indeed; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">naumi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 I offer obeisance; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">gaura<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">&#8211;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sundara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Gaurasundara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I offer my obeisance unto \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara, that Divine Personality who is the abode of pure <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>. At Pray\u0101ga-dh\u0101ma, the Lord imparted instructions to \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa on <\/strong><em><strong>r\u0101ga-bhakti, <\/strong><\/em><strong>and in K\u0101\u015b\u012b He gave instructions on <\/strong><em><strong>bhakti<\/strong><\/em> <strong>to \u015ar\u012b San\u0101tana and others with great affection, making them accept the conclusion of the Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas which is in contrast to the confines of impersonalism. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <em>\u015ar\u012b Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em>, there are five conversations that are considered to be the most important \u2013 Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s discussion with R\u0101ya R\u0101m\u0101nanda, His talks with S\u0101rvabhauma Bha\u1e6d\u1e6d\u0101c\u0101rya, His teachings to \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, His instructions to San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b and His dialogue with Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b. In this verse, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja mentions three of those conversations.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u015ar\u012b-pray\u0101ga-dh\u0101ma-r\u016bpa-r\u0101ga-bhakti-sa\u00f1cara<\/em> \u2013 when \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa heard that Mah\u0101prabhu had gone to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, he immediately left Bengal to join Him. At that time, his elder brother San\u0101tana had been imprisoned by Hussein Shah for neglecting his duties, so R\u016bpa sent a letter to him informing him of his plans. On the way, R\u016bpa heard that Mah\u0101prabhu was in Pray\u0101ga and met the Lord there. Mah\u0101prabhu remained in Pray\u0101ga for ten days, and during that time He gave instructions to R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b on <em>r\u0101ga-bhakti<\/em>, the path of spontaneous <em>bhakti<\/em> to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. These teachings are known as <em>\u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa \u015aik\u1e63\u0101<\/em>, and based upon what he had heard from Mah\u0101prabhu, \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa wrote works such as <em>Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-sindhu, Ujjvala N\u012blama\u1e47\u012b<\/em> and <em>Laghu Bh\u0101gavat\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em>. Thus, at the beginning of <em>Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-sindhu,<\/em> R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>h\u1e5bdi yasya prera\u1e47ay\u0101 pravartito\u2019ha\u1e41 var\u0101ka-r\u016bpo\u2019 pi<br \/>tasya hare\u1e25 pada-kamala\u1e41 vande caitanya-devasya<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cI offer obeisance unto the lotus feet of Caitanyadeva, who is Hari. Although I am a wretched person, due to His inspiration within my heart, I have taken up this work.\u201d \u2013 <em>Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-sindhu 1<\/em>.1.2)<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned previously in Verse 30, \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b was made the head of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya <em>samprad\u0101ya<\/em> by Mah\u0101prabhu, thus it is only appropriate that the Lord should instruct him on the most esoteric aspects of Gau\u1e0d\u012bya <em>siddh\u0101nta<\/em> pertaining to <em>vraja-rasa.<\/em> Because R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b has elaborated upon what was transmitted to him by \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, he is considered to be the <em>abhidhey\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em> of the <em>samprad\u0101ya<\/em> \u2013 the <em>\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em> who explains the means of attaining service to R\u0101dh\u0101-Govinda. For this reason, \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-Govindadeva, the Deities worshipped by R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, are meditated upon as the Deities who preside over <em>abhidheya-tattva.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u015ar\u012b-san\u0101tan\u0101di-k\u0101\u015bi-bhakti-\u015bik\u1e63a\u1e47\u0101dara \u2013<\/em> after leaving Pray\u0101ga, Mah\u0101prabhu went to K\u0101\u015b\u012b again where He met San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b, who had managed to escape from the Nawab\u2019s prison. During that period in K\u0101\u015b\u012b, the Lord gave instructions to San\u0101tana concerning <em>sambandha-j\u00f1\u0101na,<\/em> or the basis of existential reality concerning <em>j\u012bva-tattva, i\u015bvara-tattva, s\u0101dhana-tattva<\/em> and <em>s\u0101dhya-tattva.<\/em> These subjects comprise the very foundation of <em>bhakti-yoga<\/em> and understanding them is essential in order to progress steadily in spiritual life. Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s teachings to San\u0101tana are called <em>\u015ar\u012b San\u0101tana \u015aik\u1e63\u0101,<\/em> and based upon these instructions, San\u0101tana wrote his great epic, <em>\u015ar\u012b B\u1e5bhat Bh\u0101gavat\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> and other books describing <em>bhakti-tattva.<\/em> Due to the directions he had received from the Lord, \u015ar\u012bla San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b is considered to be the <em>sambandh\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em> of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava <em>samprad\u0101ya<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In this verse, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja has written the words, <em>\u015br\u012b-san\u0101tan\u0101di<\/em> (\u015ar\u012b San\u0101tana and others). The others (<em>adi<\/em>) refers to devotees such as Candra\u015bekhara and Tapana Mi\u015bra, but also to the <em>m\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs<\/em> of K\u0101\u015b\u012b led by Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b. \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja says, <em>vai\u1e63\u1e47av\u0101nurodha-bheda-nirvi\u015be\u1e63a-pa\u00f1jara<\/em> \u2013 \u2018Mah\u0101prabhu made them accept the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava <em>siddh\u0101nta<\/em> which is in contrast to the confines of impersonalism.\u2019 The use of the word <em>pa\u00f1jara<\/em> is certainly relevant in connection to <em>m\u0101y\u0101v\u0101da<\/em> philosophy. <em>Pa\u00f1jara<\/em> denotes a cage because one is trapped within the narrow-mindedness of <em>nirvi\u015b\u0113\u1e63a-j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em> (the misconception that the Supreme is devoid of attributes). In the next six verses, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Deva Gosv\u0101m\u012b discusses the Lord\u2019s teachings to Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda and the <em>m\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs<\/em> of K\u0101\u015b\u012b.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Verse 45<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ny\u0101si-lak\u1e63a-n\u0101yaka-prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda-t\u0101raka\u1e41<br \/>ny\u0101si-r\u0101\u015bi-k\u0101\u015bi-v\u0101si-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma-p\u0101rakam<br \/>vy\u0101sa-n\u0101rad\u0101di-datta-veda-dh\u012b-dhurandhara\u1e41<br \/>prema-dh\u0101ma-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Word for Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ny\u0101si<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sanny\u0101s\u012bs<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">lak\u1e63a<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 thousands; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">n\u0101yaka<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 leader; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">t\u0101raka<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 delivered; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ny\u0101si<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sanny\u0101s\u012bs<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">r\u0101\u015bi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 multitude; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u0101\u015bi-v\u0101si<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 residents of K\u0101\u015b\u012b; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">p\u0101raka<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 enabled to cross; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">vy\u0101sa-n\u0101rad\u0101di<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Vy\u0101sadeva, N\u0101rada etc; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">datta<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 given; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">veda<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Vedas<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">adh\u012b<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 wisdom; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dhurandhara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 bearing; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">prema<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 love of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 abode; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">deva <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u2013 divine; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">eva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 indeed; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">naumi<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 I offer obeisance; <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">gaura<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">&#8211;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">sundara<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> \u2013 Gaurasundara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I offer my obeisance unto \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara, that Divine Personality who is the abode of pure <\/strong><em><strong>prema<\/strong><\/em><strong>. The Lord delivered Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda, who was the leader of thousands of <\/strong><em><strong>sanny\u0101s\u012bs<\/strong><\/em><strong>, and through the chanting of <\/strong><em><strong>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>n\u0101ma<\/strong><\/em><strong>, He helped many <\/strong><em><strong>sanny\u0101s\u012bs<\/strong><\/em> <strong>and residents of K\u0101\u015b\u012b cross over the ocean of birth and death. Indeed, the Lord is the bearer of the Vedic wisdom as given by Vy\u0101sa, N\u0101rada etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b was the leader of the Advaitin <em>sanny\u0101s\u012bs<\/em> of K\u0101\u015b\u012b. Not much is known about him except for what we can gather from Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u2019s <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> and a few passages from <em>Caitanya-bh\u0101gavata.<\/em> The <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> gives an extensive narration of Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda\u2019s conversion by Mah\u0101prabhu, and in the <em>Caitanya-bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, we find the following conversation between \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu and Mur\u0101ri Gupta:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>k\u0101\u015b\u012bte pa\u1e0d\u0101ya be\u1e6d\u0101 prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda<br \/>sei be\u1e6d\u0101 kare mora a\u1e45ga kha\u1e47\u1e0da kha\u1e47\u1e0da<br \/>v\u0101kh\u0101naye veda mora vigraha n\u0101 m\u0101ne<br \/>sarva a\u1e45ge haila ku\u1e63\u1e6dha, tabu n\u0101hi j\u0101ne <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cThere is one wretch in K\u0101\u015b\u012b called Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda, who cuts My body into pieces while teaching the <em>Vedas<\/em>. He explains the <em>Vedas<\/em> but does not accept My form. His entire body is afflicted by leprosy, yet he still does not come to his senses.\u201d &#8211; <em>Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda<\/em>, 3.37-38)<\/p>\n<p>Outside the canon of Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava literature, there are very few references to Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda \u2013 one is a number of texts written by a Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b such as <em>Ved\u0101nta Siddh\u0101nta Mukt\u0101vali, T\u0101ra-Bhakti-Tara\u1e45gin\u012b, Manorama, Tantra-r\u0101ja-\u1e6c\u012bka<\/em>, and the <em>Maha-Lak\u1e63m\u012b-Paddhati<\/em>. Another is a reference by the famous Advaitin scholar Madhus\u016bdana Sarasvat\u012b who describes the concept of <em>eka-j\u012bva-v\u0101da<\/em> which was propounded by Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b. All these references date from the 16th Century which is contemporaneous with the era of Mah\u0101prabhu, so it is very possible that they refer to the same Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda. However, after his conversion to Vai\u1e63\u1e47avism, the name of Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b disappears from history. Some persons claim that Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b and the great Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava Prabodh\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b are one and the same person, but this speculation has been refuted by Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava <em>\u0101c\u0101ryas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura, prior to Mah\u0101prabhu meeting Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda in K\u0101\u015b\u012b, there was some correspondence between them. It seems that Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda had already heard of Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s reputation and could not comprehend why a <em>sanny\u0101s\u012b<\/em> of the Advaita school would reside in Pur\u012b rather than K\u0101\u015b\u012b. In his introduction to <em>\u015ar\u012b Caitanya G\u012bt\u0101<\/em>, Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura writes:<\/p>\n<p>One day, a <em>sanny\u0101s\u012b<\/em> gave a letter to the Lord. The Lord gave the letter to Svar\u016bpa who read the following <em>\u015bloka<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>yatr\u0101ste ma\u1e47ikar\u1e47ik\u0101 agha-sara sad-d\u012brghik\u0101 dirghik\u0101<br \/>ratna\u1e41 t\u0101raka-mok\u1e63ada\u1e41 tanubh\u1e5bte \u015bambhu\u1e25 svaya\u1e41 yacchati<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>etasmin-khalu \u015bambhun\u0101tha-nagar\u012b nirv\u0101\u1e47a-m\u0101rge sthite<br \/>m\u016b\u1e0dho\u2019nyatra mar\u012bcik\u0101su pa\u015buvat praty\u0101\u015bay\u0101 dh\u0101vati<br \/>iti prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda sarasvat\u012b<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cThere is a place where the Ma\u1e47ikar\u1e47ika lake and the divine river stemming from the heavens [the Ga\u1e45g\u0101] frees one from all contamination, and \u015aambhu himself bestows the jewel-like mantra of liberation upon those who reside there. Yet despite the existence of this town of Lord \u015aambhu that awards the path of <em>nirv\u0101\u1e47a,<\/em> fools prefer to remain elsewhere to fulfil other desires, like a beast running towards a mirage!\u201d- signed, Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b)<\/p>\n<p>Smiling slightly, the Lord then wrote a response to this <em>\u015bloka,<\/em> and sent it back to Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda in V\u0101r\u0101\u1e47as\u012b-dh\u0101ma. He wrote as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>gharm\u0101mbho ma\u1e47ikar\u1e47ik\u0101 bhagavata\u1e25 p\u0101dambu-bh\u0101g\u012brath\u012b<br \/>ratna\u1e41 t\u0101raka mok\u1e63aka\u1e41 tanubh\u1e5bte yat t\u0101raka\u1e41 t\u0101raka\u1e41<br \/>k\u0101\u015b\u012bn\u0101\u1e41 patir-a\u1e41\u015bamasya bhajate \u015br\u012b-vi\u015bvan\u0101tha svaya\u1e41<br \/>tasm\u0101d asyad anudina\u1e41 bhaja sakhe \u015br\u012bp\u0101da-nirv\u0101\u1e47ada\u1e41<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cO friend, why are you not engaged in daily <em>bhajana<\/em> of that Personality whose divine feet award liberation? He whose perspiration created Ma\u1e47ikar\u1e47ika-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, and from Whose feet the waters of Bhagirath\u012b Ga\u1e45g\u0101 was manifest. He who the lord of K\u0101\u015b\u012b, Vi\u015bvan\u0101tha himself, worships and is but a part. He who delivers that person [\u015aiva] who bestows the jewel-like mantra of liberation upon those who reside there.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda again wrote back:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u015b\u0101lyanna\u1e41 sa gh\u1e5bta\u1e41 payo-dadhi yuta\u1e41 ye bhu\u00f1jate m\u0101nav\u0101s<br \/>te\u1e63am indriyani-graho yadi bhaved vindhyas-taret-s\u0101garam<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cIf humans that fatten themselves upon high class rice mixed with ghee, milk or yoghurt were able to control their senses, then the Vindhya Mountains would also be able to swim across the ocean!\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Reading this <em>\u015bloka<\/em>, the Lord was not happy, and His disciples wrote and sent the following response as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>si\u1e41ho bal\u012b dvirada-\u015b\u016bkara-m\u0101\u1e41sa bhoj\u012b<br \/>sa\u1e41vatsare\u1e47a kurute ratim eka-v\u0101ram<br \/>p\u0101r\u0101vata\u1e25 khalu \u015bil\u0101ka\u1e47-m\u0101tra bhoj\u012b<br \/>k\u0101m\u012b bhaved-anudina\u1e41 vada ko\u2019tra hetu\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cThe strong lion, which devours the flesh of elephants and boars, only makes love once a year. However, the pigeon, which only eats grains and small stones, is able to make love daily \u2013 what is the reason for this?\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda was criticizing the Lord for eating large quantities of pras\u0101dam. However, the followers of Mah\u0101prabhu led by \u015ar\u012bla Svar\u016bpa D\u0101modara Gosv\u0101m\u012b replied that a lion regularly feasts on the flesh of other animals, but only engages in sex annually. The pigeon, however, subsists on tiny grains and dirt, but engages in sex many times a day. In other words, if sense-control depends upon the intake of food, then how do we explain such an anomaly?<\/p>\n<p>When the Lord came to K\u0101\u015b\u012b on his way to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, a <em>br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> came to see the Lord and told him how he had spoken about His qualities to Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b, who simply derided Him as a <em>bh\u0101vuka<\/em> (sentimentalist) and a <em>prat\u0101raka<\/em> (pretender). Mah\u0101prabhu simply smiled. On His way back from V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, the Lord returned to K\u0101\u015b\u012b. He stayed at the residence of Candra\u015bekhara and took His meals at the home of Tapana Mi\u015bra. At that time, Candra\u015bekhara and Tapana Mi\u015bra told the Lord that Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda and his followers were criticizing Him and their offensive words were breaking their hearts. As they explained this to Him, a <em>br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> suddenly arrived with an invitation for all the sanny\u0101s\u012bs of K\u0101\u015b\u012b to take <em>pras\u0101da<\/em> at his home. The Lord accepted the invitation in order that He could finally meet Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda and his followers.<\/p>\n<p>What followed was an extraordinary encounter between \u015ar\u012b Caitanya and Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda, which concluded with Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda and his many followers being delivered from the mire of <em>m\u0101y\u0101v\u0101da siddh\u0101nt\u0101<\/em> (<em>ny\u0101si-lak\u1e63a-n\u0101yaka-prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda-t\u0101raka<\/em>). \u015ar\u012bla Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>sei haite sanny\u0101s\u012bra phiri gela mana<br \/>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a n\u0101ma sad\u0101 karaye graha\u1e47a<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ei-mate t\u0101\u1e45-sab\u0101ra k\u015bami apar\u0101dha<br \/>sab\u0101k\u0101re k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma karil\u0101 pras\u0101da<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cFrom that time onwards, the <em>sanny\u0101s\u012bs<\/em> changed and constantly chanted \u2018K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a! K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a!\u2019 in their minds. In this way, the Lord forgave all their offences and mercifully gave them <em>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, \u0100di-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 7.149-150)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>nika\u1e6de hari-dhvani \u015buni parak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda<br \/><\/em><em>dekhite kautuke \u0101il\u0101 la\u00f1\u0101 \u015bi\u1e63ya-v\u1e5bnda<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>dekhiy\u0101 prabhura n\u1e5btya prema dehera m\u0101dhur\u012b<br \/>\u015bi\u1e63ya-ga\u1e47a-sa\u1e45ge sei bale hari hari<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cHearing the chanting of \u201cHari!\u201d nearby, Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda was eager to see, and took his disciples with him. Seeing the Lord\u2019s dancing, His <em>prema<\/em> and His sweet form, Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda and his disciples all began to chant, \u2018Hari! Hari!\u2019\u201d &#8211; <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101 <\/em>25.66-67)<\/p>\n<p>Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b goes on to say that by the chanting of <em>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma,<\/em> Mah\u0101prabhu delivered the residents of K\u0101\u015b\u012b (<em>ny\u0101si-r\u0101\u015bi-k\u0101\u015bi-v\u0101si-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma-p\u0101raka<\/em>):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>sn\u0101na karite yabe y\u0101\u2019na ga\u1e45g\u0101-t\u012bre<br \/>t\u0101h\u0101\u00f1i sakala loka haya mah\u0101-bhi\u1e0de<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><em>b\u0101hu tuli prabhu bale bala hari hari<br \/>hari-dhvani kare loka svarga-martya bhari<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cWhen He went to take bath on the banks of the Ga\u1e45g\u0101, large crowds of people would congregate. The Lord would raise His arms and cry, \u201cChant Hari Hari!\u201d and the loud sound of \u2018Hari!\u2019 would fill the land and skies.\u201d &#8211; <em>Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta, \u0100di-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 7.158-159)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in this verse, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja writes, <em>vy\u0101sa-n\u0101rad\u0101di-datta-veda-dh\u012b-dhurandhara<\/em> (\u2018the Lord is the bearer of the Vedic wisdom as given by Vy\u0101sa, N\u0101rada etc\u2019). Mah\u0101prabhu defeated Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda\u2019s <em>m\u0101y\u0101v\u0101da<\/em> philosophy by presenting the Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava theology that is handed down through the <em>parampar\u0101<\/em>. In particular, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja mentions Vy\u0101sa because the <em>m\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs<\/em> specifically studied the <em>Ved\u0101nta-s\u016btras<\/em> of \u015ar\u012bla Vy\u0101sadeva, and thus they respected him. However, \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja then mentions the name of N\u0101rada, the guru of Vy\u0101sa. This is extremely significant because it was by the inspiration of N\u0101rada \u1e5a\u1e63i that Vy\u0101sa wrote the <em>\u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em>, which is the natural commentary on the <em>Ved\u0101nta<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>artho \u2018ya\u1e41 brahma-s\u016btr\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e41 bh\u0101rat\u0101rtha-vinir\u1e47aya\u1e25<br \/>g\u0101yatr\u012b-bh\u0101\u1e63ya-r\u016bpo \u2018sau ved\u0101rtha-parib\u1e5b\u1e41hita\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(\u201cThe <em>Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> is the explanation of the <em>Brahma-s\u016btra<\/em> [<em>Ved\u0101nta<\/em>], the purport of the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>, the commentary on the <em>g\u0101yatr\u012b-mantra<\/em> and the expansion meaning of the <em>Veda<\/em>.\u201d &#8211; <em>Garu\u1e0da Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>This will be further explained in the next verse.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasi%e1%b9%85gha-sevaka-commentary-verses-33-36\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 33-36<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-37-40\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 37-40<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-41-45\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 41-45<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-46-50\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 46-50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-51-55\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 51-55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/krishna-talk-articles\/swami-bv-giri\/prema-dhama-deva-stotram-with-the-narasingha-sevaka-commentary-verses-56-60\/\">Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram with the Narasi\u1e45gha Sevaka Commentary \u2013 Verses 56-60<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-right:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-left:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Further Reading<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/writings\/books\/sriman-mahaprabhura-siksa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6 \u015ar\u012bman Mah\u0101prabhura \u015aik\u1e63\u0101 by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/writings\/books\/navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6\u00a0\u015ar\u012b Navadv\u012bpa-dh\u0101ma M\u0101h\u0101tmya by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/writings\/books\/gauranga-lila-smarana-mangala-stotram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6 Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga-l\u012bl\u0101-smara\u1e47a-ma\u1e45gala Stotram by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/writings\/books\/navadvipa-bhava-taranga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6 \u015ar\u012b Navadv\u012bpa Bh\u0101va Tara\u1e45ga by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/writings\/books\/chaitanya-mahaprabhu-his-life-and-precepts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu His Life and Precepts by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/writings\/books\/sri-caitanya-upanisad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6 \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Upani\u1e63ad by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/dasa-mula-niryasa-the-essence-of-the-ten-foundational-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udcd6 The Essence of the Ten Foundational Principles (Da\u015ba M\u016bla Niry\u0101sa) by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura (Book)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/sri-gaura-krsna-abheda-the-non-difference-between-sri-gaura-and-krsna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Non-Difference Between \u015ar\u012b Gaura and K\u1e5b\u1e63na by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/prema-bhakti-and-sri-gaurangadeva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prema-Bhakti and \u015ar\u012b Gaur\u0101\u1e45gadeva by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/nitya-dharma-suryodaya-the-sunrise-of-eternal-dharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sunrise of Eternal Dharma by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/a-dispute-about-sri-sri-mahaprabhu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A dispute about \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Mah\u0101prabhu by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/nutana-gauranga-a-new-gauranga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A New Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga by \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In verses 41 to 45 of Prema Dh\u0101ma Deva Stotram by \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja, Swami B.V. Giri explains the significance of Mah\u0101prabhu&#8217;s discovery of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da and His visit to the sacred Imlital\u0101. The Lord&#8217;s teachings to R\u016bpa-San\u0101tana as well as the conversion of Prak\u0101\u015b\u0101nanda Sarasvat\u012b are also described in detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[169],"krishna_talk_article":[213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8117"}],"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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8117"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11713,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8117\/revisions\/11713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8117"},{"taxonomy":"krishna_talk_article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/krishna_talk_article?post=8117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}