Touchstone Narada and his Vina

[melvin]

Hare Krishna!

I would like to dedicate this message to

Touchstone Narada for having touched my

ironic life, like the musical stringed

instrument called the Vina handed by Lord

Krishna to Lord Narada.

A pure devotee of the Lord, Sri Naradadeva

is always fulfilling his obligation for the

gift of the instrument by engaging it in

singing and chanting Lord Krishna`s glories

and hence making Touchstone Narada become

infallible in his exalted position as the

Supreme Lord`s appointed Lead Singer and

Vina player of the science of Krishna cons-

ciousness.

Lord Krishna is not different from His name,

form, pastimes and the sounds vibrated from

Lord Narada`s stringed instrument thereof.

Because as soon as Touchstone Narada starts

strumming his Vina to glorify the Supreme

Lord, Sri Krishna at once becomes visible

to the transcendental eyes and ears of the

singer by reflecting Himself on the screen

of the singer`s heart by spiritual televi-

sion.

The Singer-Vina player of Lord Krishna

therefore whose only desire is to please

Him by playing the Supreme Lord`s favorite

songs can experience His presence in each

of the song`s refrain.

It`s natural in every individual case on

psychology that a person likes to hear and

enjoy his personal glories and the Supreme

Lord like the others is also not an excep-

tion to the rule because psychological

characteristics visible in the individual soul is but a reflection of the same psy-

chology that is eternally present in the

Absolute Lord. The only difference is that

the Absolute Enjoyer Sri Krishna is the

greatest fan of all the great songs sang by

great singers in the mold of Narada Muni.

If, in other words, the Supreme Lord is

attracted by the sounds vibrated from the

Sri Narada`s Vina which describe Krishna`s

glories, then there`s nothing to it that is

awesome since Sri Krishna`s absolute. He

can appear Himself as the Listener of His

glorification, the two being identical.

Touchstone Narada with his Vina sings Lord

Krishna`s favorite songs not for his per-

sonal benefit but because the songs are

identical to Him. And Vina-player Srila Na-

rada can penetrate into the ears and eyes

of the Lord of Goloka Vrndavan, Sri Govinda

by these transcendental songs vibrated from

the Vina owned by the Leader of the Band,

Gandharva Upabarhana.

Hare Krishna!