S.B. 5.19.10-12

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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, Canto 5, Ch.19, texts 10-12

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami continues:

10) "In his own book, known as Narada Pancharatra, Bhagavan Narada

has very vividly described how to work to achieve the ultimate goal of

life - devotion - through knowledge and through the execution of the mystic

yoga system. He has also described the glories of the Lord, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. The great sage Narada instructed the tenets of

this transcendental literature to Savarni Manu in order to teach those

inhabitants of Bharata-varsha, who strictly follow the principles of varnashrama-dharma

how to achieve the devotional service of the Lord. Thus Narada Muni, along

with the other inhabitants of Bharata-varsha, always engages in the service

of Nara-Narayana, and he chants as follows."

(Sri Narada Muni chants as follows)

11) "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Nara-Narayana, the

best of all saintly persons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is

the most self-controlled and self-realized, He is free from all false prestige,

and He is the spiritual master of all paramahamsas, who are the most exalted

human beings, and He is the master of the self-realized. Let me offer my

repeated obeisances at His lotus feet."

(Sukadeva Gosvami continues)

12) "Narada, the most powerful saintly sage, also worships Nara-Narayana

by chanting the following mantra: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is

the master of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this visible

cosmic manifestation, yet He is completely free from false prestige. Although

to the foolish He appears to have a material body like us, He is unaffected

by bodily tribulations like hunger, thirst and fatigue. Although He is

the witness who sees everything, His senses are unpolluted by the objects

He sees. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that unattached, pure

witness of the world, the Supreme Soul, the Personality of Godhead."

Srila Prabhupada teaches us : "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna,

is described as sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, the body of eternity, transcendental

bliss and full knowledge. Now in this verse He is more fully described.

Krsna is the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation, yet He is unattached

to it. If we were to construct a very tall skyscraper, we would be very

attached to it, but Krsna is so renounced that although He has created

everything, He is not attached to anything (na badhyate). Furthermore,

although Krsna has His transcendental form, sac-cid-ananda-vigraha,

He is not disturbed by the bodily necessities of life, which are called

daihika ; for example, He is never hungry, thirsty or fatigued (na

hanyate deha-gato 'pi daihikaih). Then again, since everything is Krsna's

property, He sees everything and is present everywhere, but because His

body is transcendental, He is above vision, the objects of vision and the

process of vision. When we see someone beautiful, we are attracted. The

sight of a beautiful woman immediately attracts a man, and the sight of

a man naturally attracts a woman. Krsna, however, is transcendental to

all these faults. Although He is the seer of everything, He is not afflicted

with faulty vision (na drig yasya gunair vidushyate). Therefore,

although He is the witness and seer, He is aloof from all affection for

the activities He sees. He is always unattached and separate ; He is only

a witness."

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from My Relationship With Lord Krsna by H.H. Satswarupa das

Goswami

"My dear Lord Krsna, Your pastimes are confidential. Can I become worthy

to heart them? You are partial to Your devotees. Therefore, I pray to become

Your devotee so I may relish Your transcendental pastimes. Srila Prabhupada

writes, 'If anyone wants to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

he has to take to pure devotional service under the guidance of a pure

devotee. Otherwise, the truth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will

always be hidden...Only one who is actually engaged in Krsna consciousness

and devotional service can understand what Krsna is.' (Bhagavad-gita 18.55

purport). "

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Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

your servant.....

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