Mantra

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> Pamho. AGTSP.

> Should we offer obeisances to Patanjali Muni? Usually we offer obeisances

> to Vyasadeva as representative of Vedic knowledge as far I understand.

> YHS

> DKD

 

Yes, we should offer them obeisances but FROM FAR AWAY!

 

 

Please see the song below for details.

 

 

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Fifth Principle of Surrender: Bhakti-Pratikula-Bhava Varjanangikara

Renunciation of Conduct Unfavorable to Pure Devotion

 

Song 1

 

 

(1)

keçava! tuwä jagata vicitra

karama-vipäke, bhava-vana bhrama-i,

pekhaluì raìga bahu citra

 

1) O Kesava! This material creation of Yours is most strange. I have roamed

throughout the forest of this universe in consequence of my selfish acts,

and I have beheld many curious sights.

 

(2)

tuwä pada-vismåti, ä-mara jantranä,

kleça-dahane dohi' jäi

kapila, pataïjali, gautama, kanabhojé,

jaimini, bauddha äowe dhäi'

 

2) Forgetfulness of Your lotus feet, which is bitter suffering unto death,

burns me with its scorching pain. In this helpless condition my would-be

saviors-the sage-philosophers Kapila, Patanjali, Gautama, Kanada, Jaimini,

and Buddha-have come running to my aid.*

 

(3)

tab koi nija-mate, bhukti, mukti yäcato,

päta-i nänä-vidha phäìd

so-sabu-vaïcaka, tuwä bhakti bahir-mukha,

ghaöäowe viñama paramäd

 

3) Each expounds his particular view, dangling various pleasures and

liberation as bait in their philosophical traps. But all of them are just

bogus cheaters, being averse to Your devotional service, and are therefore a

source of fatal danger.

 

(4)

vaimukha-vaïcane, bhaöa so-sabu,

niramilo vividha pasär

danòavat dürato, bhakativinoda bhelo,

bhakata-caraëa kori' sär

 

4) Every one of them are cunning experts of karma, jnana, yoga and tapa who

provide various kinds of tempting bait for cheating the souls who are averse

to You. Having paid his respects to these cheating philosophers from afar,

Bhaktivinoda takes refuge at the feet of Your devotees as the essence of his

life.