Guest guest Posted September 25, 2002 Report Share Posted September 25, 2002 Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste all. Here is another 'pada' of 'Prema Rasa Madira' by Sri Kripaluji Maharaj glorifying Nama Sankirtana- "rato re mana, cina, cina shyaamaa-shyaam!!"- (1) O my blessed mind! Kindly listen to my pledge! Please sing unceasingly the Divine Names of Sri Radha and Her Beloved, Shyama Sundar, every moment of your life! "sad ghan, cid ghan, aananda ghan jo roopa yek, dvai naam" (2) Sat-Cit-Ananda Brahman, the Supreme Lord eternally manifests in TWO Embodied non-different Divine forms - Radhika and Govinda for the continous expansion of Divine Bliss and out of His causeless Grace performing the Divine exploits attracting the fortunate souls to the Divine Couple. ye yaM rAdhA yas ca kRSNo rasAbdhiH ddehazcaikaH krIdanArthaM dvidA bhUt (RadhikA tapaniyopanishad) The Divine couple, Radha and Krishna constitute the unfathomable ocean of ultimate Divine Bliss. They have assumed Two Personalities only to engage in the playful pastimes of Divine Love. rAdhikA kRSNa svarUpaM ca kRSNo rAdhA svarUpakaH (sanat kumara samhita) The Blessed Form of Sri Radha alone is the Form of Sri Krishna and the Divinecharming Personality of Sri Krishna alone is the Blisful Figure called Sri Radha. They are non-different. "mamaiva pauruSam rUpam gopikA jana mohanam" (Brahma Vaivarta Purana) "Ananda cinmaya rasa prati bhAvitAbhiH stAbhirya yeva nija roopata yA kalAbhiH " (Brahma Samhitam) "jaasu naama shiva, suka, sanakaadika, gaavata aaThoyaam" (3) O my doubting mind! Please hear more about the virtues of the Divine Names. The transcendental Name of Sri Radha Krishna are ever meditated upon not only by Lord Sada Shiva, the Gopiswara Shankar Bhagavan, the Parama Vaishnava, Maha-Bhagavatottama, but also by God-realized Paramahamsa saints, like Sukadeva and ever liberated heavenly sages like Sanat Kumaras. 'zrI rAma rAma rAmeti rame rAme manorame, sahasra nAma tat tulyaM rAma nAma varAnane!' (Vishnu Sahasra Nama) Lord Shiva tells to His Consort Devi Parvati- "O Delight of My heart, O My dear Beautiful-faced Lady! I Myself constantly enjoy the Supreme Bliss chanting the Divine Name of My Beloved as 'Sri Rama, Sri Rama' Which is EQUAL to reciting the ONE THOUSAND Names of Lord Vishnu, Sriman Narayana!! 'yatpAda paGkaja rajaH zrutibhirvimRgyaM yannAbhi paGkaja bhavaH kamalAsanazca, yannAma sAra rasiko bhagavAn purAris tam rAmacandram anizaM hRdi bhAvayAmi' (Adhyatma Ramayana I.5.47) I fondly contemplate upon that Lord Ramacandra constantly in my heart, the dust of Whose lotus-feet is searched for by the Vedas as well as the lotus-seated lord Brahma, who is born from His very own lotus- navel, and the ESSENTIAL TREASURE of Whose NAME is RELISHED even by Lord Shiva, the Connoiseur of Divine Bliss. Lord Siva is often portrayed as in constant MEDITATION ON KRISHNA, WEEPING, DANCING with ECSTASY of devotion. Of all those who know Krishna, it is Siva, the BEST OF VAISNAVAS, who knows Him best. 'svapne jAgaraNe zazvath kRSNa dhyAna rataH zivaH yathA kRSNA stathA zambhur na bhedo mAdhavezayoH" (Brahma Vaivarta Purana-Prakriti khanda II.56.61) "Sleeping or awake, Siva is constantly absorbed in MEDITATION of KRISHNA. AS IS KRISHNA, SO IS SAMBHU; THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE between MADHAVA and ISA" "haste 'kSa mAlA hRdi kRSNa tattvaM jihvAgra bhAge vara rAma mantraM yan mastake kezava pAda tirthaM zivaM 'mahA bhAgavatAM' namAmi" I salute to Lord Shiva, the Supreme Devotee, (Maha Bhagavata) in Whose hand is the a-ksha (A to Z) japamaala, in Whose heart is the reservoir of Divine Essence of Lord Krishna, on Whose tongue is ever residing the Name of His Beloved Rama, on Whose head is ever flowing Sacred water that washes the Lotus feet of Lord Keshava. "jaakee leelaa lakhana jnani jana, bane viTapa braja dhaam" (4) O restless mnd! Get some peace and confidence knowing that to witness the Blissful exploits of the Divine Couple and Their Gopis in the sacred Vridavan, the liberated Jnani Mahapurusha, God-realized saints accept even the blessed forms of trees, bushes and flowering vine in the holy land of Braja. "AsAmaho carana renu jushamahaM zyAM vRndAvane kimapi gulma latauSadhI nAM yA dustyajaM svajana mArya pathaMca hitvA bhejur mukunda padavIM zRti bhirvi mRgyAM" (Bhagavatam 10.47.61) The great Jnani devotee Uddhava, dedicated friend of Sri Krishna prayed- "O Sri Krishna! How fortunate I would be, to become a grove, a creeper, or a plant in the forest of VrindAvana, in order to be blessed with the "foot-dust" of the Gopis, who have cut off all bonds of worldly attachments and attained the Highest state of transcendental Bliss of Divine love, which is being searched in Vedas, from time immemorial (but invain)! "jaasu dham, vidhi braja raja yaacata, ThaaDe eka hi paam" (5) O unsteady mind! Please be aware of the fact that just to receive the Divine dust particle of the transcendental realm of Vraja, the cosmic creator, Lord Brahma, performed severe penance of standing on one leg for millions of years! But still, Brahmaji failed to obtain the Divinelove Bliss of Vraja Rasa Madhuri. "SaSTi varSa sahasrANi mayAtaptaM tapaH purA nanda gopa vrajastrINAM pAdareNupalabdhaye tathApi na mayA prAptAstAsAM vai pAdareNavaH" (Brhad Vamana Puranam) Lord Brahma declares- "I have performed penance for sixty thousand years to attain the foot- dust of the Gopis of Braja, who are ever submerged in the Bliss of Divine Love, yet I failed to receive!" "tadastu me nAtha sa bhUri bhAgo bhave 'tra vAnyatra tu vA tirazcAm yenAhameko 'pi bhavajjanAnAM bhUtvA niSeve tava pAda pallavam" Bhagavatam 10.14.30 Sri Mahalakshmi also could not participate in the Great esctatic Divine Dance, Maha Raasa of Sri Radha Krishna and Vraja Gopikas. (SB 10.16.36, C.C.1.5.223 & 3.7.28) "jina 'kRpalu' guna suni, suka se muni, tajata samadhi lalaam" (6) In the concluding verse, Prema Rasa Parama Acarya, Sri Kripaluji urges : O blessed mind! Reap your good fortune! Know that just by hearing one sublime verse about the blissful attributes of Divine Grace and Supreme charm of Lord Krishna, the Paramahamsa muni, God-realized saint from birth, Sri Sukadeva renounced his 'nirvikalpa samadhi'- the Divine trance of oneness with Absolute Brahman. "barhApIDaM naTavara vapuH karNayoH karNikAraM bibhradyAsaH kanaka kapizaM vaijayantIM ca mAlAm randhrAn veNor adharasudhayA pUrayan gopabRndair vRndAraNyaM svapada ramaNaM prAvizad gIta kIrtiH" (Srimad Bhagavatam 10/18/5) Sri Krishna is adorned with a peacock feather and His ears are graced with flowers, Krishna's clothes are the color of bright gold. He wears a Vaiyanti forest garland And appears as the actor-husband. He is the Svaminis (Gopis) choice, Their Lord and husband. He fills the holes of His flute With the nectar from His lips. The song of His praise sounds As He enters Vrindavan Surrounded by His cowlad friends. His lotus feet appear splendid And create dalliance wherever They touch the ground. (Bhagavat 10/18/5) This is the first verse that broke the samadhi of Sri Sukadeva, forcibly attracting him to the charms of the Supreme Lord and His transcendental beauty. And upon hearing the next verse Sri Suka fell deeply in love with Lord Krishna. aho bakIyaM stana kAlakUTaM jighAMsayA 'pAyayadapya sAdhvI lebhe gatiM dhAtryucitAM tato 'nyaM kaM vA dayAluM zaraNaM vrajema (Bhagavatam 3.2.23) " O, Lord! There is NO ONE Who is as LOVING and MERCIFUL as YOU, at Whose feet I can take REFUGE. You are so CAUSELESSLY Merciful, that You EVEN gave the WICKED demoness, Putana, the place of a FOSTER-MOTHER in Your abode and LIBERATED her, even though she came to You with the MURDEROUS INTENTION of suckling You with her POISONED breasts." Sri Suka even longed to hear more about his Divine Beloved Radha- Krishna and learned the entire Bhagavatam from his father-teacher, Sri Veda Vyasa, the compliler of the sacred Vedas. nigama-kalpa-taror galitaM phalaM zuka-mukhAd amRta-drava-samyutam pibata bhagavataM rasam Alayam muhur aho rasikA bhuvi bhAvukAH " (Bhagavatam 1.1.3) O ye Rasik devotees possessing a TASTE for DIVINE JOY! Srimad Bhagavatam is the FRUIT ESSENCE of the wish-yielding tree of Veda, dropped on earth from the mouth of (Parrot*) Sage Suka, and full of the NECTAR of Supreme Bliss. It is UNMIXEd SWEETNESS (devoid of rind, seed or other superfluous matter). GO ON DRINKING this DIVINE NECTAR again and again till there is "consciousness" LEFT in you ! * It is well-known truth that a fruit bit by a parrot is EXCEPTIONALLY sweet. There is a pun on the word 'Suka' in this verse, which also means a parrot. The Bhagavatam is compared to a ripened fruit -- one that has neither skin nor a seed that need to be discarded. In other words, there is no aspect of this Bhagavatam that should be discarded; it is all rasa. So O wise mind! What more evidence do you need to be convinced of the glories of chanting Divine Names? Please sing the holy Names of Beloved Lord and make your human life successful and enjoy the bliss of Prema bhakti, Divine Love. Jaya Jaya Sri Radhey! 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