S.B. 3.19.1-4 and more

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Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of

Srila Prabhupada.

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.19.1-4

1)"Srila Shukadeva Gosvami said : My dear King, in Kimpurusha-varsha

the great devotee Hanuman is always engaged with the inhabitants of that

land in devotional service to Lord Ramachandra, the elder brother of Lakshmana

and dear husband of Sitadevi."

2)"A host of Gandharvas is always engaged in chanting the glories of

Lord Ramachandra. That chanting is always extremely auspicious. Hanumanji

and Arshtishena, the chief person in Kimpurusha-varsha, constantly hear

those glories with complete attention. Hanuman chants the following mantras."

Hanumans chants:

3)"Let me please Your Lordship by chanting the bija-mantra omkara.

I wish to offer my respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead,

who is the best among the most highly elevated personalities. Your Lordship

is the reservoir of all the good qualities of Aryans, people who are advanced.

Your character and behavior are always consistent, and You always control

Your senses and mind. acting just like an ordinary human being, You exhibit

exemplary character to teach others how to behave. There is a touchstone

that can be used to examine the quality of gold, but You are like a touchstone

that can verify all good qualities. You are worshiped by brahmanas who

are the foremost of all devotees. You, the Supreme Person, are the King

of kings, and therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You."

4)"The Lord, whose pure form [sac-cid-ananda-vigraha] is uncontaminated

by the modes of material nature, can be perceived by pure consciousness.

In the Vedanta He is described as being one without a second. Because of

His spiritual potency, He is untouched by the contamination of material

nature, and because He is not subjected to material vision, He is known

as transcendental. He has no material activities, nor has He a material

form or name. Only in pure consciousness, Krsna consciousness, can one

perceive the transcendental form of the Lord. Let us be firmly fixed at

the lotus feet of Lord Ramachandra, and let us offer our respectful obeisances

unto those transcendental lotus feet."

Srila Prabhupada teaches us (partial purport) "The Supreme Personality

of Godhead, Krsna, appears in various expansions, as stated in the Brahma-samhita

(5.39)...

' I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is always

situated in various incarnations such as Rama, Nrisimha and many subincarnations

as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead known as Krsna

and who incarnated personally also.' Krsna, who is vishnu-tattva,

has expanded Himself in many Vishnu forms, of which Lord Ramachandra is

one.... Although Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead,

Ramachandra is not different from Him. Ramachandra is unaffected by the

modes of material nature, and therefore He is prasanta, never disturbed

by those modes.

Unless one is saturated with love for the Supreme Personality

of Godhead, one cannot appreciate the transcendental value of Lord Ramachandra...

As stated in the Brahma-samhita (5.38)...'I worship

the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes

are anointed with the pulp of love. He is seen in His eternal form of Shyamasundara,

situated within the heart of the devotee.'...Although the Paramatma enters

the heart of the jivatma, who is influenced and designated by a

material body, the Paramatma has nothing to do with the jivatma's

body... The Paramatma has no material identity, whereas the jivatma

does. The jivatma may introduce himself as an Indian, American,

German and so on, but the Paramatma has no such material designations,

and therefore He has no material name. The jivatma is different

from his name, but the Paramatma is not ; His name and He Himself are one

and the same... He has His transcendental identity as the Supreme..."

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>From My Relationship With Lord Krsna, by His Holiness Satswarupa

das Goswami :

"O holy name, You let me walk with You, although I am unworthy and my

mind blows me about like a straw on a windy beach. Nevertheless, You anchor

me with Your mercy. Please fix my mind like a lamp in a windless place.

I am always Your servant, although I am so unworthy now that I sometimes

feel ashamed to come before You. I come because Srila Prabhupada insists

I pray to You. You are my best friend and the most merciful form of Krsna."

(p.66)

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

your servant

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