Guest guest Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 The latest in the ever expanding repertoire of ISKCON speculative chants is "susvagatam jagannatha", "susvagatam baladeva", "susvagatam radha" etc. Following in the tradition of such popular favorites as "jaya jaya radha ramana haribol" this is adapted from a popular Hindi bhajan cassette. "Susvagatam" (welcome) is offered to a guest when he enters a person's home. But Jagannatha is the Lord of the Universe -- it belongs to Him, not us. We should be fortunate if He welcomes us to His spiritual abode. This chant is thus particularly inappropriate when sung in the Lord's temple. It is like going to someone's house and on arriving there greeting him with "Welcome!" Such an utterance could be taken as an illegal attempt to falsely establish one's own proprietorship. It could be stated that in bhaava-seva a devotee may welcome the Lord, but this chant is adapted from a commercial cassette, not from the bhaava-seva of genuine acaryas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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