Gopal Tapani Upanishad Chapter 1 Verses 11-25

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With a sweet devotional mood this mantra should be repeatedly

chanted:

" klim krishnaya govindaya gopijanavallabhaya svaha " .

 

By softly vibrating with devotion these five sounds one attains the

Supreme, whose partial and seperated potencies are manifested as the

heavenly planets, the earth, sun, moon, and fire.

 

This Sloka " Klim krsnaya govindaya gopijanavallabha svaha " when

chanted with love and devotion will quickly attract the association

of Sri Govinda. There will be no other result.

 

Pure devotional service to Lord Krishna is performed when the heart

no longer desires any material benefit in this life or the next. One

will be situated in the ambrosia of liberation and is free from the

bonds of Karma.

 

Many brahmanas repeatidly worship Krishna. Many worship eternal

Govinda. Gopijanavallabha maintains the worlds. Powerful Svaha moves

the universe.

 

Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti:

Many brahmanas, following the path of the sastras, worship Sri

Krishna. Many others,

following of the path of spontaneous love ( Raganuga Bhakti ) as the

residents of Gokula followed it,

worship Lord Govinda, the hero of Gokula.

 

Although originally one, air divides itself and becomes the five

life-airs in the bodies of all living entities through out the

universe. In the same way, for their benefit Lord Krishna appears as

these five words.

 

They then requested ; Please describe the worship of Govinda, the

Supersoul, who maintains everything.

 

Brahma said: The Lord's altar should be a golden lotus with eight

petals. Within that lotus should be placed two triangles and the

mantra klim krsnaya namah, the Kama-gayatri (klim krsnaya govindaya

gopijanavallabhaya svaha), and the ananga-gayatri (kamadevaya sarva-

jana-priyaya sarva-jana-sammohanaya jvala jvala prajvala prajvala

sarva-janasya hrdayam me vasam kuru kuru svaha) should be written

there. then anga should be offered with the sula-matra (astraya

phat). Then one should worship the Lord's expansions, beginning with

Rukmini, the devotees headed by Indra, the devotees headed by King

Vasudeva, the devotees headed by Arjuna, and the devotees headed by

Indranidhi.

 

Commentary by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana:

This is described in the Padma Purana: " O Narada, placing the Lord

on His altar,

I worship Him with prayers, incense ,lamps, arghya and other gifts. "

 

He who at sunrise, noon and sunset, performs various devotional

services to the Deity, obtains everything. He obtains everything.

 

In this matter there are the following verses: Lord Krishna is the

worshipable, all-pervading supreme controller, and although He is

one, He manifests in many forms. They who are intelligent worship

Him as He is in his own abode. They, and not others, attain eternal

happiness.

 

The brahmanas, who worship him, as He is in his own abode, the one

greatest eternal among all other eternals and greatest of all, the

one who fulfils the desires of everyone, they, and not others,

attain eternal perfection.

 

To they who always diligently worship Lord Visnu's transcendental

form, in His original form as a cowherd boy attain the vision of

His lotus feet.

 

Commentary by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana:

This is confirmed in Vedanta-sutra:

" The Personality of Godhead reveals Himself to His pure devotees. "

 

It was Sri Krishna who in the beginning enlightened Brahma then

instucted him in the affairs of creation. They who desire liberation

surrender to Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who reveals

himself to his pure devotees.

 

To they who chant the five-word mantra with om and govinda (om

krsnaya govindaya gopijanavallabha svaha) the Lord reveals His own

form. Therefore to attain liberation and experiance spiritual

pleasure ( Ananda- Bliss ) on should regualry chant this mantra.

 

From this five-word mantra have come all other govinda-mantras in

human society, including the ten-syllable govinda-mantra chanted by

Indra's followers and by they who desire spiritual opulences.

 

Commentary by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti:

The persons desiring opulence mentioned in this verse are the four

Kumara's followers,

who desire liberation, and Narada's followers, who desire pure

devotional service.

 

Jai Shri Radhe-Krsna

Jai Shri Gaura-Nitai