sevaka-vatsala

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Sri Govardhan

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

>it reminds me of the famous "aho baki yam" verse SB 2.3.23 which put

>Pundarik vidyanidhi into asta satvica vicara bhava.

 

....and of the verse from SB 6.16.34:

 

citraketur uv€ca

ajita jitaƒ sama-matibhiƒ

s€dhubhir bhav€n jit€tmabhir bhavat€

vijit€s te 'pi ca bhajat€m

ak€m€tman€ˆ ya €tmado 'ti-karuŠaƒ

 

TRANSLATION

 

Citraketu said: O unconquerable Lord, although You cannot be conquered by

anyone, You are certainly conquered by devotees who have control of the mind

and senses. They can keep You under their control because You are

causelessly merciful to devotees who desire no material profit from You.

Indeed, You give Yourself to them, and because of this You also have full

control over Your devotees.

 

PURPORT

 

The Lord and the devotees both conquer. The Lord is conquered by the

devotees, and the devotees are conquered by the Lord. Because of being

conquered by one another, they both derive transcendental bliss from their

relationship. The highest perfection of this mutual conquering is exhibited

by KŠa and the gop…s. The gop…s conquered KŠa, and KŠa conquered the

gop…s. Thus whenever KŠa played His flute, He conquered the minds of the

gop…s, and without seeing the gop…s KŠa could not be happy. Other

transcendentalists, such as jñ€n…s and yog…s, cannot conquer the Supreme

Personality of Godhead; only pure devotees can conquer Him. (...)

 

>The Lord

>readily accepts defeat, if it increases the name and position of His

>surrendered devotee.

 

and this line echoes the SB 3.24.30:

 

sv…yaˆ v€kyam taˆ kartum

avat…rŠo 'si me ghe

cik…rur bhagav€n jñ€naˆ

bhakt€n€ˆ m€na-vardhanaƒ

 

SYNONYMS

(...)bhakt€n€m—of the devotees; m€na—the honor; vardhanaƒ—who increases.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Kardama Muni said: You, my dear Lord, ***who are always increasing the honor

of Your devotees***, have descended in my home just to fulfill Your word and

disseminate the process of real knowledge.

 

Begging to remain

 

your servant,

Madana-mohana das