madness as our prayojana (goal of life)!!!

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ikali jani jaiyo kahum gori!

shyama salona nanda duthona.

Tona karata phirata braja khori

Navakishora siramora chhalina ko

tu ati bhori sarala kishori.

jadu tantra, mantra saba janata

yate bata mani lehu mori

binu bainana nainana-sainana hi

vate leta nata nija jori

ha praneshvara! prananatha ha!

kahi kahi bhajihau ita uta ko ri.

Bani unmadini nachihau chhina-chhina.

pi hau loka laja saba ghori.

Pari thagori saba braja gori

ko kripalu asa ja na thago ri? (Song from Kripalu Maharaj, milana madhuri 2)

 

 

(A clever gopi alerts another simple-hearted innocent gopi against meeting

with Syamasundara)

 

"O sakhi, dont^t go anywhere all alone because I have heard that the son of

Nanda, Syamasundara, loiters around in the lanes of Braja, doing magic. He

is an adolescent and also the head of pranksters. You, too, are an

adolescent and, in addition, extremely innocent and simple-hearted.

That deceitful boy knows various types of magic, black magic and everything

of the sort. Follow my advice fully.

O sakhi! Without saying anything, He makes every maiden of Braja His own by

captivating her heart forever merely by the gestures of His eyes. After

becoming His, you will run from hither to tither like a mad woman, saying

"ha Praneshvara! ha Prananatha!" desperately yearning for His sweet union.

Renouncing the worldly decoruns altogether, you will constantly dance,

drowned in the ocean of love, looking like a patient of delirium.

All the maidens of Braja who confronted Him have been deceived by Him. There

is not a single soul in the whole world who does not become mad after seeing

Him."

 

 

 

 

SB 4.9.11

 

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Mah€r€ja continued: O unlimited Lord, kindly bless me so that I may

associate with great devotees who engage in Your transcendental loving

service constantly, as the waves of a river constantly flow. Such

transcendental devotees are completely situated in an uncontaminated state

of life. By the process of devotional service I shall surely be able to

cross the nescient ocean of material existence, which is filled with the

waves of blazing, firelike dangers. It will be very easy for me, for I am

becoming mad to hear about Your transcendental qualities and pastimes, which

are eternally existent.

 

SB 11.2.40

 

evam-vratah sva-priya-nama-kirtya

jatanurago druta-citta uccaih

hasaty atho roditi rauti gayaty

unmada-van nrtyati loka-bahyah

 

By chanting the holy name of the Supreme Lord, one comes to the stage of

love of Godhead. Then the devotee is fixed in his vow as an eternal servant

of the Lord, and he gradually becomes very much attached to a particular

name and form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As his heart melts with

ecstatic love, he laughs very loudly or cries or shouts. Sometimes he sings

and dances like a madman, for he is indifferent to public opinion.