[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Srila Rupa Goswami

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Dear Dr. Hari Krishnaji, Hare Krishna! First of all, it's very nice to know that you are reading the "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" by Srila Prabhupada. You are indeed very fortunate that you have that book and you have started reading it with so much interest and enthusiasm. A small correction I would like to make is the author's name is Swami Prabhupada and not Swami Brabhupada. The meaning of that quotation from Srila Rupa Gosvami, who is one of the first disciples of Shree Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, is that: If someone is doing devotional service without following the injunctions in Shruti, Smrti, Purana and Shree Narada Pancharatra, then that bhakti can cause distrubance in the society. I can give a small example to explain this --- Just consider that someone is considered to be a

great saint and he shows great devotion to Krishna, but unfortunately we also find that he is smoking, drinking or eating meat etc... So this will cause a disturbance in the society, because some people might start thinking that we can be devoted to Krishna even if we have bad qualities in us. But actually Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) says: [ suta uvaca abhyarthitas tada tasmai sthanani kalaye dadau dyutam panam striyahò suna yatradharmash catur-vidhahò "Suta Gosvami said: Maharaja Parikshit, thus being petitioned by the personality of Kali, gave him permission to reside in places where gambling, drinking, prostitution and animal slaughter were performed." - SB 1.17.38 - http://vedabase.net/sb/1/17/38/ ] This is just a small example, so that the concept becomes clearer. Hope I have answered your query. Shree Krishna Sharanam Mama! ~Krishnadasa. hari_082005 <hari_082005 wrote: Respected Bhaktas, I am reading "Bhagavat Geeta - As It Is" by Swami Brabhupada. When I was reading the Chapter 7, Sloka 3, in the Purport of this Sloka "manushyanam sahasresu...kascin mam vetti tattvatah", in the Purport, Swami Brabhupada mentions as follows: Srila Rupa Goswami writes in his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.101): "sruti-smriti-puranadi- pancaratra-vidhim vinaaikantiki harer bhaktir utpatayaiva kalpate" As translation he writes: "Devotional Service of the Lord that ignores the authorized

Vedic literatures like the Upanishads, Puranas and Narada-pancaratra is simply an unnecesary disturbance in society". I'm sorry that I couldn't understand clearly the the actual meaning and the translation is not so clear to me. I will be greatful if our satsang members could explain in simple terms. Dr. Hari KrishnaOm Santhi Om Santhi Om Santhi

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