tat sukha bhava

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Jaya and Vijaya, Vaikunthas gatekeepers, used to think:

 

"Everyone gives pleasure to the master of vaikuntha by serving Him, but

nobody desires to make Him relish yuddha-rasa, the mellow of fighting. Being

an unlimited ocean of energies, there is nobody equal to Him who can fight

with Him. Though we possess enough strengh, we are not inimical and averse

to Him. Thus He cannot relish yuddha-rasa with us. "

 

 

So they prayed to Lord Narayana:

 

"O Prabhu Narayana! Lord of Lords! Our sole desire is to make you relish all

the rasas. We cannot tolerate even the slightest lack in Your

self-perfection. All the devotees serve You in a favourable mood; no one

thinks of making You relish the flavours of combat.

Thus we pray that You mercifully give us an inimical mood, relish

yuddha-rasa, and make us successful in this act."

Somehow make us inimical to You ans relish the bliss of fighting. We are

unable to bear that your spontaneous perfection may diminish even the

slightest."

 

(out of the discussion in madhurya kadambini about aparadha-abhasa)

 

 

Here Jaya and Vijaya are not even praying that there affection for their

eternal Lord may increase, but that they may get averse to Him - for the

pleasure of Him.

This is the mood that is actually helping our japa: Then we do not chant

because of getting some benefit, but sole and lonely because of giving

pleasure to Him.