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> [GaurangaKatha] THE HOLY NAME OF GAURANGA

> IN THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES

>

> THE HOLY NAME OF GAURANGA IN THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES

>

> (Some References)

>

>

>

> atharva-vede (Third Kanda, Brahma-vibhaga)

>

>

>

> ito 'ham krta-sannyaso 'vatarisyami sa-guno nirvedo

> niskamo bhu-girbanas

> tira-stho 'lakanandayah kalau catuh-sahasrabdhopari

> panca-sahasrabhyantare gaura-varno dirghangah

> sarva-laksana-yukta

> isvara-prarthito nija-rasasvado bhakta-rupo

> misrakhyo vidita-yogah syam.

>

>

>

> In the Atharva Veda, the Supreme Personality of

> Godhead Himself says:

>

>

>

> "Towards the end of the period between four-thousand

> to five-thousand

> years in Kali-yuga, I will descend on the earth as

> Gauranga, a

> golden-complexioned saintly brahmana in a place by

> the Ganges' shore and

> later become the crest-jewel of all sannyasis,

> exhibiting all My

> transcendental qualities including supreme

> renunciation and complete

> detachment from material desires. In the form of

> Lord Gauranga, I will

> display all the thirty-two bodily symptoms of a

> great personality with

> my arms extending to my knees. I will become my own

> devotee, very

> advanced in bhakti-yoga and teach the worship of

> Lord Krsna (Myself) by

> the chanting of My own holy names and relishing the

> mellows of My own

> devotional service. At that time only My most

> confidential devotees will

> be able to understand Me."

>

>

>

> narada-pancaratre

>

>

>

> bhakti-priyo bhakti-data, damodara ibhas-patih;

>

> indra-darpa-haro 'nanto, nityananda-cid-atmakah.

>

>

>

> In the Narada-pancaratra,

> Bala-Krsna-sahasra-nama-stotra, it is said:

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known by the

> names Nityananda,

> Bhakti-priya, Bhakti-data, Damodara, Ibhas-pati,

> Indra-darpa-hara,

> Ananta, Cid-atmaka,. . ."

>

>

>

> nrsimha-purane

>

>

>

> satye daitya-kuladhi-nasa-samaye

> simhordhva-martyakrtis

>

> tretayam dasa-kandharam paribhavan rameti namakrtih

>

> gopalan paripalayan vraja-pure bharam haran dvapare

>

> gaurangah priya-kirtanah kali-yuge caitanya-nama

> prabhuh

>

>

>

> In the Nrsimha Purana it is said:

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared in

> Satya-yuga as Lord

> Nrsimhadeva in the form of half-man and half-lion to

> destroy

> Hiranyakasipu, the king of the demons, and who

> appeared in Treta-yuga as

> Lord Ramacandra to kill the great ten-headed demon

> Ravana, and who

> appeared in the Dvapara-yuga for protecting and

> maintaining the cowherd

> men and women of Vrndavana and removing the burden

> of the earth, will

> appear again in the Kali-yuga in a golden form. He

> will fully relish the

> chanting of His own holy names and His name will be

> Lord Gauranga."

>

>

>

> kaleh prathama-sandhyayam, gaurango 'ham mahi-tale;

>

> bhagirathi-tate ramye, bhavisyami saci-sutah.

>

>

>

> In the Padma Purana, the Supreme Lord affirms:

>

>

>

> "In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, I will appear as

> Gauranga on the

> earth in a beautiful place by the shore of the

> Ganges. I will become the

> son of Sacidevi and My complexion will be golden."

>

>

>

> agni-purane

>

>

>

> prasantatma lamba-kanthas, gaurangas ca suravrtah

>

>

>

> In the Agni Purana it is said:

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Gauranga

> will appear in a

> golden form with a graceful long neck and a peaceful

> heart, surrounded

> by His saintly devotees."

>

>

>

> markandeya-purane

>

>

>

> golokam ca parityajya, lokanam trana-karanat;

>

> kalau gauranga-rupena, lila-lavanya-vigrahah.

>

>

>

> In the Markandeya Purana, the Supreme Lord declares:

>

>

>

> "In the Kali-yuga I will give up My own eternal

> abode Goloka Vrndavana,

> and I will assume the form of the most handsome and

> playful Lord

> Gauranga to rescue all the living entities in the

> universe."

>

>

>

> Krishna Yamala

>

>

>

> gaurango nada-gambhirah, sva-namamrta-lalasah;

>

> dayaluh kirtana-grahi, bhavisyati saci-sutah.

>

>

>

> "His limbs will be golden and His voice deep. He

> will increasingly

> hanker to taste the nectar of His own holy names and

> will be completely

> enchanted by it . He will be the most merciful son

> of Srimati Sacidevi

> and His Name will be Gauranga."

>

>

>

> Brahma Yamala

>

>

>

> gaurangam gaura-diptangam, pathet stotram

> krtanjalih;

>

> nanda-gopa-sutam caiva, namasyami gadagrajam.

>

>

>

> In the Brahma-yamala it is also said:

>

>

>

> "With great devotion and folded hands, one should

> recite the following

> prayer before Lord Gauranga, whose limbs are as

> effulgent as molten

> gold: `I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord

> Gauranga-Krsna, the the

> son of the Nanda Maharaja and the elder brother of

> Gada.'"

>

>

>

> brahma-purane

>

>

>

> kaleh prathama-sandhyayam, gaurango 'ham mahi-tale;

>

> bhagirathi-tate bhumni, bhavisyami sanatanah.

>

>

>

> In the Brahma Purana, the Supreme Lord Himself

> declares:

>

>

>

> "In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, I will appear as

> Gauranga on the

> earth in a beautiful place by the shore of the

> Ganges (*Navadvipa). I

> will descend in My original eternal form and My

> complexion will be

> golden."

>

>

>

> yoga-vasisthe

>

>

>

> kaleh prathama-sandhyayam, gaurango 'sau mahi-tale;

>

> bhagirathi-tate ramye, bhavisyati sanatanah.

>

>

>

> In the Yoga-vasistha it is said:

>

>

>

> "In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead

> Gauranga will appear on this earth on the beautiful

> banks of the Ganges

> (Navadvipa), in His eternal golden form."

>

>

>

> In the Urdhvamnaya-tantra, Lord Siva declares to

> Parvati:

>

>

>

> navadvipa-samam sthanam, sri-gauranga-samah prabhuh;

>

> krsna-prema-sama praptir, nasti durge kadacana.

>

>

>

> "O Durga, no place in the creation is equal to

> Navadvipa, no master is

> as merciful as Lord Sri Gauranga, and no attainment

> in the whole world

> is equal to pure love for Krsna."

>

>

>

> In Sri Ananta-samhita, Part Two, Chapter Two

> entitled Sri

> Caitanya-janma-khanda, Lord Siva describes to

> Parvati:

>

>

>

> sri-mahadeva uvaca

>

> gaurangam sac-cid-anandam, sarva-karana-karanam;

>

> vaca gadgadayanantam, tustava dharani-dharah

>

>

>

> "Lord Anantadeva, the upholder of the whole universe

> then which a

> chocked voice full of ecstasy tried to satisfy the

> Supreme Personality

> of Godhead Lord Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, the

> Supreme Cause of all

> Causes who possesses a transcendental eternal form

> of truth, knowldge

> and bliss."

>

>

>

> krsnas caitanya-gaurango, gauracandrah saci-sutah;

>

> prabhur gauro gaura-harir, namani bhakti-dani me.

>

>

>

> The Lord said:"When I will appear in Kali Yuga, My

> transcendental names

> will be: Gauranga, Krishna Chaitanya, Gaurachandra,

> Shachisuta,

> Mahaprabhu, Gaura, Gaurahari. etc. Chanting These

> supreme Names will

> bring devotion to Me."

>

>

>

> vrndavane navadvipe, bheda-buddhis ca yo narah;

>

> tam eva radhika-krsne, sri-gaurange paratmani.

>

>

>

> mac-chala-pata-nirbhinna-dehah so 'pi naradhamah;

>

> pacyate narake ghore, yavad ahuta-samplavam.

>

>

>

> Lord Shiva said: "With my trident I will cut into

> pieces anyone who

> thinks that Vrindavana and Navadvipa are different,

> or that Radha-Krsna

> and Gauranga are different, or that Lord Gauranga is

> not the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead. Such a person is most

> degraded among human

> beings. He or she will burn in a terrible hell until

> the time when the

> universe is flooded with water."

>

>

>

> ya eva bhagavan krsno, radhika-prana-vallabhah;

>

> srstyadau sa jagannatho, gaura asin mahesvari.

>

>

>

> "O Maheshwari Parvati, the Supreme Personality of

> Godhead Lord Krishna

> who is most dear to His Supreme consort Shrimati

> Radharani and who is

> known as Lord Jagannatha from the beginning of

> creation has Himself

> fully and personally advented in this Kali Yuga as

> Lord Shri Gauranga

> Mahaprabhu."

>

>

>

> vistaran me nigaditah, sruto yah krsna isvarah;

>

> visvadau gaura-kantitvat, gaurangam vaisnavah viduh.

>

>

>

> "Please hear attentively, I will describe in detail

> this most

> confidential secret. The Supreme Ishvara or

> Controller Lord Krishna who

> is the origin of everything is known and worshiped

> by the learned

> Vaishnava devotees as Lord Gauranga, when He accepts

> the golden

> complexion of Shrimati Radhika."

>

>

>

> paratmane namas tasmai, sarva-karana-hetave;

>

> adi-devaya gauraya, sac-cid-ananda-rupine.

>

>

>

> "I offer my prostrated obeisances to Adideva, the

> Supreme Lord Shri

> Gauranga Mahaprabhu who is the ultimate and original

> cause of all

> causes, the Paratma or Supersoul of all living

> entities and who

> possesses a transcendental eternal form of truth,

> knowldge and bliss."

>

>

>

> koti-kalpar jitaih punyair, vaisnavah syan

> maha-mate;

>

> tatah syad radhika-krsna-lilasu rucir uttama.

>

>

>

> "Those Vaishnava devotees who are Mahamati or very

> very advanced and who

> have accumulated spiritual piety for a minimum of 10

> millions kalpas (1

> kalpa = 8,640,000,000 years)

>

> will develop a superior taste for the transcendental

> pastimes of Their

> Lordships Shri Shri Radha Krishna."

>

>

>

> syad yasya radhika-krsna-lilayam parama matih;

>

> jivan-muktah sa vijneyah, pujyah syad daivatair api.

>

>

>

> "In this way those exalted devotees who have

> developed unflinching

> attachment (parama matih) for the transcendental

> pastimes of Their

> Lordships Shri Shri Radha Krishna are worshipable

> even by the greatest

> demigods and are known as jivanamukta or fully

> liberated souls."

>

>

>

> vina sri-gopika-sangam, kalpa-koti-satam param;

>

> sravanat kirtanad visnor, na radha-krsnam apnuyat.

>

>

>

> Now the method to achieve Their Lordships Shri Shri

> Radha Krishna is

> described by Lord Shiva, "If someone does not serve

> and associate with

> the Gopies of Vrindavana, they will not achieve

> Radha-Krishna even if

> simply hear and chant about Lord Vishnu for a

> minimum of 1 billion

> kalpas (1 kalpa = 8,640,000,000 years)."

>

>

>

> gopi-sangam na capnoti, sri-gaura-caranad rte;

>

> tasmat tvam sarva-bhavena, sri-gauram bhaja sarvada.

>

>

>

> "And to achieve the service and association of the

> Gopies of Vrindavana

> the only way is to worship the lotus of Lord

> Gauranga and chant His

> Name. Therefore Parvati, you should worship Lord

> Gauranga and chant His

> Name constantly and with sarva-bhava means by full

> surrender and giving

> everything to Him."

>

>

>

> gauranga-caranambhoja-makaranda-madhuvratah;

>

> sadhanena vina radham, krsnam prapsyanti niscitam.

>

>

>

> "The person who is like a transcendental honeybee

> relishing the supreme

> ambrosial nectar (makaranda) emanating from the

> divine lotus feet of

> Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu will most certainly without

> a doubt attain

> Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha Krishna even without

> performing any

> sadhana-bhakti practice of bhakti-yoga.

>

>

>

> radhika-vallabhah krsno, bhaktanam priya-kamyaya;

>

> srimad-gauranga-rupena, navadvipe virajate.

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Krishna who

> is most dear to His

> Supreme consort Shrimati Radharani is situated in

> Navadvipa in His

> transcendental combined form of Shrimad Gauranga to

> fulfil the innermost

> desires of His most intimate devotees."

>

> Yours in the service of Gauranga Dharma,

>

> Swami Gaurangapada.

>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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> spiritual, scientific,

> universal, constitutional, fundamental, integral,

> intrinsic and eternal

> nature, characteristic, dynamic activity, yoga and

> religion of the soul

> in relation to the Supreme Personality of Godhead,

> the Supersoul and the

> Supreme Absolute Truth , the ultimate cause of all

> causes and the origin

> of everything in creation-His Lordship Shri Gauranga

> Mahaprabhu-the

> combined form of Their Lordships Shri Shri

> Radha-Krishna.

>

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> Haladhara Balarama Mantraraja), (2) "Gauranga" (the

> 4-syllable Gaura

> Gopala Mantraraja) and (3) "Hare Krishna Hare

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> (the 32-syllable

> Hare Krishna Mahamantra).

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> and Original Founder

> Spiritual Preceptor (Jagad Sansthapaka Acharya and

> Adi Guru) His

> Lordship Shri Nityananda Balarama who is the first

> expansion of the

> Supreme Absolute Truth His Lordship Shri Gauranga

> Krishna and is thus

> completely non-different from Him. The topmost Vedic

> scripture Shri

> Chaitanya Bhagavata in non-different from Shrimad

> Bhagavatam, the most

> merciful abode of Shri Navadvipa Dhama (130 kms

> north of Kolkata, West

> Bengal, India) is non-different from Shri Vrindavana

> Dhama and the

> magnanimous eternal associates of Their Lordships

> Shri Shri

> Nityananda-Gauranga are non-different from the

> eternal associates of

> Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha-Krishna

>

>

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> _________________________________

>

> "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna

> Krishna Hare Hare,

> Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare" (Hare

> Krishna Mahamantra)!

>

>

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> [GaurangaKatha] THE HOLY NAME OF GAURANGA

> IN THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES

>

> THE HOLY NAME OF GAURANGA IN THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES

>

> (Some References)

>

>

>

> atharva-vede (Third Kanda, Brahma-vibhaga)

>

>

>

> ito 'ham krta-sannyaso 'vatarisyami sa-guno nirvedo

> niskamo bhu-girbanas

> tira-stho 'lakanandayah kalau catuh-sahasrabdhopari

> panca-sahasrabhyantare gaura-varno dirghangah

> sarva-laksana-yukta

> isvara-prarthito nija-rasasvado bhakta-rupo

> misrakhyo vidita-yogah syam.

>

>

>

> In the Atharva Veda, the Supreme Personality of

> Godhead Himself says:

>

>

>

> "Towards the end of the period between four-thousand

> to five-thousand

> years in Kali-yuga, I will descend on the earth as

> Gauranga, a

> golden-complexioned saintly brahmana in a place by

> the Ganges' shore and

> later become the crest-jewel of all sannyasis,

> exhibiting all My

> transcendental qualities including supreme

> renunciation and complete

> detachment from material desires. In the form of

> Lord Gauranga, I will

> display all the thirty-two bodily symptoms of a

> great personality with

> my arms extending to my knees. I will become my own

> devotee, very

> advanced in bhakti-yoga and teach the worship of

> Lord Krsna (Myself) by

> the chanting of My own holy names and relishing the

> mellows of My own

> devotional service. At that time only My most

> confidential devotees will

> be able to understand Me."

>

>

>

> narada-pancaratre

>

>

>

> bhakti-priyo bhakti-data, damodara ibhas-patih;

>

> indra-darpa-haro 'nanto, nityananda-cid-atmakah.

>

>

>

> In the Narada-pancaratra,

> Bala-Krsna-sahasra-nama-stotra, it is said:

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known by the

> names Nityananda,

> Bhakti-priya, Bhakti-data, Damodara, Ibhas-pati,

> Indra-darpa-hara,

> Ananta, Cid-atmaka,. . ."

>

>

>

> nrsimha-purane

>

>

>

> satye daitya-kuladhi-nasa-samaye

> simhordhva-martyakrtis

>

> tretayam dasa-kandharam paribhavan rameti namakrtih

>

> gopalan paripalayan vraja-pure bharam haran dvapare

>

> gaurangah priya-kirtanah kali-yuge caitanya-nama

> prabhuh

>

>

>

> In the Nrsimha Purana it is said:

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared in

> Satya-yuga as Lord

> Nrsimhadeva in the form of half-man and half-lion to

> destroy

> Hiranyakasipu, the king of the demons, and who

> appeared in Treta-yuga as

> Lord Ramacandra to kill the great ten-headed demon

> Ravana, and who

> appeared in the Dvapara-yuga for protecting and

> maintaining the cowherd

> men and women of Vrndavana and removing the burden

> of the earth, will

> appear again in the Kali-yuga in a golden form. He

> will fully relish the

> chanting of His own holy names and His name will be

> Lord Gauranga."

>

>

>

> kaleh prathama-sandhyayam, gaurango 'ham mahi-tale;

>

> bhagirathi-tate ramye, bhavisyami saci-sutah.

>

>

>

> In the Padma Purana, the Supreme Lord affirms:

>

>

>

> "In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, I will appear as

> Gauranga on the

> earth in a beautiful place by the shore of the

> Ganges. I will become the

> son of Sacidevi and My complexion will be golden."

>

>

>

> agni-purane

>

>

>

> prasantatma lamba-kanthas, gaurangas ca suravrtah

>

>

>

> In the Agni Purana it is said:

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Gauranga

> will appear in a

> golden form with a graceful long neck and a peaceful

> heart, surrounded

> by His saintly devotees."

>

>

>

> markandeya-purane

>

>

>

> golokam ca parityajya, lokanam trana-karanat;

>

> kalau gauranga-rupena, lila-lavanya-vigrahah.

>

>

>

> In the Markandeya Purana, the Supreme Lord declares:

>

>

>

> "In the Kali-yuga I will give up My own eternal

> abode Goloka Vrndavana,

> and I will assume the form of the most handsome and

> playful Lord

> Gauranga to rescue all the living entities in the

> universe."

>

>

>

> Krishna Yamala

>

>

>

> gaurango nada-gambhirah, sva-namamrta-lalasah;

>

> dayaluh kirtana-grahi, bhavisyati saci-sutah.

>

>

>

> "His limbs will be golden and His voice deep. He

> will increasingly

> hanker to taste the nectar of His own holy names and

> will be completely

> enchanted by it . He will be the most merciful son

> of Srimati Sacidevi

> and His Name will be Gauranga."

>

>

>

> Brahma Yamala

>

>

>

> gaurangam gaura-diptangam, pathet stotram

> krtanjalih;

>

> nanda-gopa-sutam caiva, namasyami gadagrajam.

>

>

>

> In the Brahma-yamala it is also said:

>

>

>

> "With great devotion and folded hands, one should

> recite the following

> prayer before Lord Gauranga, whose limbs are as

> effulgent as molten

> gold: `I offer my respectful obeisances to Lord

> Gauranga-Krsna, the the

> son of the Nanda Maharaja and the elder brother of

> Gada.'"

>

>

>

> brahma-purane

>

>

>

> kaleh prathama-sandhyayam, gaurango 'ham mahi-tale;

>

> bhagirathi-tate bhumni, bhavisyami sanatanah.

>

>

>

> In the Brahma Purana, the Supreme Lord Himself

> declares:

>

>

>

> "In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, I will appear as

> Gauranga on the

> earth in a beautiful place by the shore of the

> Ganges (*Navadvipa). I

> will descend in My original eternal form and My

> complexion will be

> golden."

>

>

>

> yoga-vasisthe

>

>

>

> kaleh prathama-sandhyayam, gaurango 'sau mahi-tale;

>

> bhagirathi-tate ramye, bhavisyati sanatanah.

>

>

>

> In the Yoga-vasistha it is said:

>

>

>

> "In the first sandhya of Kali-yuga, the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead

> Gauranga will appear on this earth on the beautiful

> banks of the Ganges

> (Navadvipa), in His eternal golden form."

>

>

>

> In the Urdhvamnaya-tantra, Lord Siva declares to

> Parvati:

>

>

>

> navadvipa-samam sthanam, sri-gauranga-samah prabhuh;

>

> krsna-prema-sama praptir, nasti durge kadacana.

>

>

>

> "O Durga, no place in the creation is equal to

> Navadvipa, no master is

> as merciful as Lord Sri Gauranga, and no attainment

> in the whole world

> is equal to pure love for Krsna."

>

>

>

> In Sri Ananta-samhita, Part Two, Chapter Two

> entitled Sri

> Caitanya-janma-khanda, Lord Siva describes to

> Parvati:

>

>

>

> sri-mahadeva uvaca

>

> gaurangam sac-cid-anandam, sarva-karana-karanam;

>

> vaca gadgadayanantam, tustava dharani-dharah

>

>

>

> "Lord Anantadeva, the upholder of the whole universe

> then which a

> chocked voice full of ecstasy tried to satisfy the

> Supreme Personality

> of Godhead Lord Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, the

> Supreme Cause of all

> Causes who possesses a transcendental eternal form

> of truth, knowldge

> and bliss."

>

>

>

> krsnas caitanya-gaurango, gauracandrah saci-sutah;

>

> prabhur gauro gaura-harir, namani bhakti-dani me.

>

>

>

> The Lord said:"When I will appear in Kali Yuga, My

> transcendental names

> will be: Gauranga, Krishna Chaitanya, Gaurachandra,

> Shachisuta,

> Mahaprabhu, Gaura, Gaurahari. etc. Chanting These

> supreme Names will

> bring devotion to Me."

>

>

>

> vrndavane navadvipe, bheda-buddhis ca yo narah;

>

> tam eva radhika-krsne, sri-gaurange paratmani.

>

>

>

> mac-chala-pata-nirbhinna-dehah so 'pi naradhamah;

>

> pacyate narake ghore, yavad ahuta-samplavam.

>

>

>

> Lord Shiva said: "With my trident I will cut into

> pieces anyone who

> thinks that Vrindavana and Navadvipa are different,

> or that Radha-Krsna

> and Gauranga are different, or that Lord Gauranga is

> not the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead. Such a person is most

> degraded among human

> beings. He or she will burn in a terrible hell until

> the time when the

> universe is flooded with water."

>

>

>

> ya eva bhagavan krsno, radhika-prana-vallabhah;

>

> srstyadau sa jagannatho, gaura asin mahesvari.

>

>

>

> "O Maheshwari Parvati, the Supreme Personality of

> Godhead Lord Krishna

> who is most dear to His Supreme consort Shrimati

> Radharani and who is

> known as Lord Jagannatha from the beginning of

> creation has Himself

> fully and personally advented in this Kali Yuga as

> Lord Shri Gauranga

> Mahaprabhu."

>

>

>

> vistaran me nigaditah, sruto yah krsna isvarah;

>

> visvadau gaura-kantitvat, gaurangam vaisnavah viduh.

>

>

>

> "Please hear attentively, I will describe in detail

> this most

> confidential secret. The Supreme Ishvara or

> Controller Lord Krishna who

> is the origin of everything is known and worshiped

> by the learned

> Vaishnava devotees as Lord Gauranga, when He accepts

> the golden

> complexion of Shrimati Radhika."

>

>

>

> paratmane namas tasmai, sarva-karana-hetave;

>

> adi-devaya gauraya, sac-cid-ananda-rupine.

>

>

>

> "I offer my prostrated obeisances to Adideva, the

> Supreme Lord Shri

> Gauranga Mahaprabhu who is the ultimate and original

> cause of all

> causes, the Paratma or Supersoul of all living

> entities and who

> possesses a transcendental eternal form of truth,

> knowldge and bliss."

>

>

>

> koti-kalpar jitaih punyair, vaisnavah syan

> maha-mate;

>

> tatah syad radhika-krsna-lilasu rucir uttama.

>

>

>

> "Those Vaishnava devotees who are Mahamati or very

> very advanced and who

> have accumulated spiritual piety for a minimum of 10

> millions kalpas (1

> kalpa = 8,640,000,000 years)

>

> will develop a superior taste for the transcendental

> pastimes of Their

> Lordships Shri Shri Radha Krishna."

>

>

>

> syad yasya radhika-krsna-lilayam parama matih;

>

> jivan-muktah sa vijneyah, pujyah syad daivatair api.

>

>

>

> "In this way those exalted devotees who have

> developed unflinching

> attachment (parama matih) for the transcendental

> pastimes of Their

> Lordships Shri Shri Radha Krishna are worshipable

> even by the greatest

> demigods and are known as jivanamukta or fully

> liberated souls."

>

>

>

> vina sri-gopika-sangam, kalpa-koti-satam param;

>

> sravanat kirtanad visnor, na radha-krsnam apnuyat.

>

>

>

> Now the method to achieve Their Lordships Shri Shri

> Radha Krishna is

> described by Lord Shiva, "If someone does not serve

> and associate with

> the Gopies of Vrindavana, they will not achieve

> Radha-Krishna even if

> simply hear and chant about Lord Vishnu for a

> minimum of 1 billion

> kalpas (1 kalpa = 8,640,000,000 years)."

>

>

>

> gopi-sangam na capnoti, sri-gaura-caranad rte;

>

> tasmat tvam sarva-bhavena, sri-gauram bhaja sarvada.

>

>

>

> "And to achieve the service and association of the

> Gopies of Vrindavana

> the only way is to worship the lotus of Lord

> Gauranga and chant His

> Name. Therefore Parvati, you should worship Lord

> Gauranga and chant His

> Name constantly and with sarva-bhava means by full

> surrender and giving

> everything to Him."

>

>

>

> gauranga-caranambhoja-makaranda-madhuvratah;

>

> sadhanena vina radham, krsnam prapsyanti niscitam.

>

>

>

> "The person who is like a transcendental honeybee

> relishing the supreme

> ambrosial nectar (makaranda) emanating from the

> divine lotus feet of

> Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu will most certainly without

> a doubt attain

> Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha Krishna even without

> performing any

> sadhana-bhakti practice of bhakti-yoga.

>

>

>

> radhika-vallabhah krsno, bhaktanam priya-kamyaya;

>

> srimad-gauranga-rupena, navadvipe virajate.

>

>

>

> "The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Krishna who

> is most dear to His

> Supreme consort Shrimati Radharani is situated in

> Navadvipa in His

> transcendental combined form of Shrimad Gauranga to

> fulfil the innermost

> desires of His most intimate devotees."

>

> Yours in the service of Gauranga Dharma,

>

> Swami Gaurangapada.

>

> World Pioneer Preceptor of Gauranga Dharma

>

> Email: Gaurangapad

>

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>

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> spiritual, scientific,

> universal, constitutional, fundamental, integral,

> intrinsic and eternal

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>

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> three most powerful

> Kings of all Mantras in Kali-Yuga: (1) "Nityananda"

> (the 5-syllable

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> 4-syllable Gaura

> Gopala Mantraraja) and (3) "Hare Krishna Hare

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> Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare"

> (the 32-syllable

> Hare Krishna Mahamantra).

>

> Gauranga Dharma is originally manifested and founded

> by the Supreme

> Personality of Servitor Godhead and the Universal

> and Original Founder

> Spiritual Preceptor (Jagad Sansthapaka Acharya and

> Adi Guru) His

> Lordship Shri Nityananda Balarama who is the first

> expansion of the

> Supreme Absolute Truth His Lordship Shri Gauranga

> Krishna and is thus

> completely non-different from Him. The topmost Vedic

> scripture Shri

> Chaitanya Bhagavata in non-different from Shrimad

> Bhagavatam, the most

> merciful abode of Shri Navadvipa Dhama (130 kms

> north of Kolkata, West

> Bengal, India) is non-different from Shri Vrindavana

> Dhama and the

> magnanimous eternal associates of Their Lordships

> Shri Shri

> Nityananda-Gauranga are non-different from the

> eternal associates of

> Their Lordships Shri Shri Radha-Krishna

>

>

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>

> "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna

> Krishna Hare Hare,

> Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare" (Hare

> Krishna Mahamantra)!

>

>

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