Crossing the River When it is Dry

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Srila Bhaktisiddantha saraswathi Thakur maharaj Prabhupad..

 

 

Crossing the River When it is Dry

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A person was extremely introverted and he didn't want to leave his own

house.. One day his friend asked him, O Kaminimohan! Let us both go and

visit a sadhu. A great personality has come to Sridham Mayapur and he is

preaching very nice transcendental subject matters. You life will be

fulfilled upon hearing his instructions. Kaminimoham was very reluctant to

leave the comfort of his home just to visit a sadhu's place. Then his friend

tried to allure Kaminimohan, saying, By the way, there's a great funfare at

the bank of Kuliya. It is full of recreation and amusements. So let us go

and visit the fare. So Kaminimohan agreed to go visit the funfare at Kuliya

for some enjoyment. The friends plan was to take Kaminimohan to the bank of

Kuliya and then it would be possible for him to take him across the Ganges

to arrive at Sridhama Mayapura.

 

Arriving at the bank of Kuliya, Kaminimohan enjoyed at the funfair for a

while. Then his friend told him, Just across the river is Sri Mayapur. Let

us go an visit the holy dhama. There you will find the birth place of Lord

Sri Caitanyadeva, tomb of Chand Kazi, the remnants of Ballal Sen's ancient

royal palace, the great lake of Ballal Sen and many other places of

interest.

 

Kaminimohan realised now that his friend had become almost determined to

take him across the river for a visit to the holy dhama. So he made out a

counter-plan and said, My dear friend, I am very afraid of crossing a river.

I am, in fact, not etaal used to boarding a boat, it gives me nausea,

dizziness, I become extremely afraid of drowning and palpitations start

immediately. This is rainy season, but in winter, when the river will become

dry, then we can easily walk down the river without the help of any boat. At

that time I will definitely visit Sri Mayapur and all its interesting

places.

 

Listening to Kaminimohan plea, his friend told him, O my dear friend, you

say you'll cross the river when it is dry. This is nothing but your

insincerity and hypocrisy. The river will never be dry, and you wouldn't be

able to cross it.

 

PURPORT

 

Many of us think that we may devote enough time for listening to the

transcendental preaching from some saintly person after completing our

business in the field of our domestic material entanglements concerning our

family members, their desires and wants, diseases and other things. But in

fact, these entanglements will never go. Devotional practices will never be

undertaken, unless we make it a point to start devotional practices

immediately.

 

To be continued...

your servant in service of srila prabhupad