nectar from Bhakti rasamrta sindhu

[Guest guest]

arunambaram uccalekSanam madhupuSPavalibhiH prasadhitam

harinIlarUnci haripriyaM maniharojjvalam ujjvalaM bhaje

 

The description of Ujjvala, another intimate friend, is given as follows.

Ujjvala always wears some garment of orange color, and the movements of his

eyes are always very restless. He likes to decorate himself with all kinds

of flowers, his bodily hue is almost like Krishna's, and on his neck there

is always a necklace of pearls. He is always very dear to Krishna. Let us

all worship Ujjvala, the most intimate friend of Krishna! (Sri Bhakti

Rasamrta Sindhu 3.3.48)

 

 

About the confidential service of Ujjvala, this statement is to be found,

addressed by Radharani to one of Her friends: "My dear friend, it is

impossible for Me to keep My prestige! I wanted to avoid talking to Krishna

anymore-but just see! There `again is His friend Ujjvala, coming to Me with

his canvassing work. His entreaties are so powerful that it is very

difficult for a gopi to resist her love for Krishna, even though she may be

very bashful, devoted to her family duties and most faithful to her

husband."

 

Ujjvala says:

spurada tanu taraNgA vardhitA nalpavelaH

sumadhura rasa rUpo durgamA vara pAraH

jagati yuvatijAtir nimnagA tvaM samUdras

tadiyam aghahara tvAm eti sa vadhvinaiva

 

"My dear Krishna, O killer of Aghasura, You have extended Your loving

affairs so much that You can be compared to the great ocean, which is

without limitations. At the same time, the young girls of the world, who are

all searching after the perfect lover, have become just like rivers running

into this ocean. Under the circumstances, all these rivers of young girls

may try to divert their courses to some other place, but at the end they

must come unto You." (Sri Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu 3.3.50)

 

 

step carefully, and don't lose sight of the goal, prema-bhakti. drink nectar

with friends, and distribute the same by Krsna katha. thus by higher taste

avoid prajalpa, and then automatically with the mind progressivly fixed on

Kanai-Balai you'll be free from the visaya vasanas (the pushings of the

senses).