Balarama--Nityananda

[Maitreya]

Ädi 1.84 - “I offer my respectful obeisances unto Sri Krsna Caitanya and Lord Nityänanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauòa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.”

 

Ädi 1.85- 86 - Sri Krsna and Balaräma, the Personalities of Godhead, who formerly appeared in Vrndävana and were millions of times more effulgent than the sun and moon, have arisen over the eastern horizon of Gaudadesa [West Bengal], being compassionate for the fallen state of the world.

 

Ädi 1.87 - The appearance of Sri Krsna Caitanya and Prabhu Nityänanda has surcharged the world with happiness.

 

Ädi 1.88- 89 - As the sun and moon drive away darkness by their appearance and reveal the nature of everything, these two brothers dissipate the darkness of ignorance covering the living beings and enlighten them with knowledge of the Absolute Truth.

 

Ädi 1.90 - The darkness of ignorance is called kaitava, the way of cheating, which begins with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation.

 

Ädi 1.91 - “The great scripture Srimad- Bhägavatam, compiled by Mahä- muni Vyäsadeva from four original verses, describes the most elevated and kindhearted devotees and completely rejects the cheating ways of materially motivated religiosity. It propounds the highest principle of eternal religion, which can factually mitigate the threefold miseries of a living being and award the highest benediction of full prosperity and knowledge. Those willing to hear the message of this scripture in a submissive attitude of service can at once capture the Supreme Lord in their hearts. Therefore there is no need for any scripture other than Srimad- Bhägavatam.”

 

Ädi 1.92 - The foremost process of cheating is to desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Supreme, for this causes the permanent disappearance of loving service to Krsna.

 

Ädi 1.93 - “The prefix ‘pra’ [in the verse from Srimad- Bhägavatam] indicates that the desire for liberation is completely rejected.”

 

Ädi 1.94 - All kinds of activities, both auspicious and inauspicious, that are detrimental to the discharge of transcendental loving service to Lord Sri Krsna are actions of the darkness of ignorance.

 

Ädi 1.95 - By the grace of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityänanda, this darkness of ignorance is removed and the truth is brought to light.

 

Ädi 1.96 - The Absolute Truth is Sri Krsna, and loving devotion to Sri Krsna exhibited in pure love is achieved through congregational chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all bliss.

 

Ädi 1.97 - The sun and moon dissipate the darkness of the external world and thus reveal external material objects like pots and plates.

 

Ädi 1.98 - But these two brothers [Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityänanda] dissipate the darkness of the inner core of the heart, and thus They help one meet the two kinds of bhägavatas [persons or things in relationship with the Personality of Godhead].

 

Ädi 1.99 - One of the bhägavatas is the great scripture Srimad- Bhägavatam, and the other is the pure devotee absorbed in the mellows of loving devotion.

 

Ädi 1.100 - Through the actions of these two bhägavatas the Lord instills the mellows of transcendental loving service into the heart of a living being, and thus the Lord, in the heart of His devotee, comes under the control of the devotee’s love.

 

Ädi 1.101 - The first wonder is that both brothers appear simultaneously, and the other is that They illuminate the innermost depths of the heart.

 

Ädi 1.102 - These two, the sun and moon, are very kind to the people of the world. Thus for the good fortune of all, They have appeared on the horizon of Bengal.

 

Ädi 1.103 - Let us therefore worship the holy feet of these two Lords. Thus one can be rid of all difficulties on the path of self- realization.

 

 

[Tarun]

SacIdevI had a dream Baladev and Nitai were wrestling.

Gauranga and Govinda were also wrestling.

To see who would sit/stand on Kaliyuga altars to be worshipped.

How many rounds did they go? 12? 15? 16? 64? 128? 3 lakhs = 192!

How many rounds must we chant before we get such dream?

[Guest guest]

:How many rounds must we chant before we get such dream?

 

You know it is not quantity that counts but the surrender of the mind during the chanting that will make us think of such nectarian pastimes ALL the time, not just in dreams.