Govindaram Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 <font color="red"> Nitai-Pada-Kamala Purport </font color> Los Angeles, January 31, 1969 Prabhupada: (sings) nitai-pada-kamala, koti-candra-susitala, je chayay jagata juray heno nitai bine bhai, radha-krsna paite nai, drdha kori' dharo nitair pay se sambandha nahi ja'r, brtha janma gelo ta'r, sei pasu boro duracar nitai na bolilo mukhe, majilo samsara-sukhe, vidya-kule ki koribe tar ahankare matta hoiya, nitai-pada pasariya, asatyere satya kori mani nitaiyer koruna habe, braje radha-krsna pabe, dharo nitai-carana du'khani nitaiyer carana satya, tanhara sevaka nitya, nitai-pada sada koro asa narotamma boro dukhi, nitai more koro sukhi, rakho ranga-caranera pasa Nitai-pada-kamala, koti-candra-susitala, je chayay jagata juray. This is a song by Narottama dasa Thakura, a great acarya of the Gaudiya-vaisnava-sampradaya. He has written many songs about the Vaisnava philosophy, and they are approved as completely corresponding with Vedic instructions. So here Narottama dasa Thakura is singing that "The whole world is suffering under the blazing fire of material existence. Therefore, if one takes the shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda...," whose birthday is today, 31st, January, 1969. So we should relish this instruction of Narottama dasa Thakura that in order to get relief from the pangs of blazing fire of this material existence, one should take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda because it is as cooling as the moon rays combined together of millions of moons. That means one will immediately find peaceful atmosphere. Just like a man works whole day and if he comes under the moonshine he feels relief. Similarly, any materialistic man who comes under the shelter of Lord Nityananda will immediately feel that relief. Then he says, nitai-pada-kamala, koti-candra-susitala, je chayay jagata juray, heno nitai bine bhai, radha-krsna paite nai, dharo nitai-carana du'khani He says that "If you are anxious to go back to home, back to Godhead, and become associate with Radha and Krsna, then the best policy is to take shelter of Nityananda." Then he says, se sambandha nahi ja'r, brtha janma gelo ta'r: "One who has not been able to contact Nityananda, then one should think of himself that he has simply spoiled his valuable life." Brtha janma gelo, brtha means for nothing, and janma means life. Gelo ta'r , spoiled. Because he has not made connection with Nityananda. The Nityananda, very name, suggests... Nitya means eternal. Ananda means pleasure. Material pleasure is not eternal. That is the distinction. Therefore those who are intelligent, they are not interested with this flickering pleasure of material world. Every one of us, as living entity, we are searching after pleasure. But the pleasure which we are seeking, that is flickering, temporary. That is not pleasure. Real pleasure is nityananda, eternal pleasure. So anyone who has no contact with Nityananda, it is to be understood that his life is spoiled. se sambandha nahi ja'r, brtha janma gelo ta'r, sei pasu boro duracar Narottama dasa Thakura uses here very harsh word. He says that such human being is an animal, an uncontrollable animal. As there are some animals that cannot be tamed, so anyone who has not contacted Nityananda, he should be considered as an untamed animal. Sei pasu boro duracar. Why? Because nitai na bolilo mukhe : "He never uttered the holy name of Nityananda." And majilo samsara-sukhe, "and become merged into this material happiness." Vidya-kule ki koribe tar. "That nonsense does not know that what will his education and family and tradition and nationality will help him?" These things cannot help him. These are all temporary things. Simply, if we want eternal pleasure, we must contact Nityananda. Vidya-kule ki koribe tar. Vidya means education, and kula means family, nationality. So we may have a very nice family connection or we may have very nice national prestige, but after ending this body, these things will not help me. I'll carry my work with me, and according to that work, I shall have to accept by force another type of body. It may be something other than human body. So these things cannot protect us or give us the real pleasure. So Narottama dasa Thakura advises that vidya-kule ki koribe tar. Then he says, ahankare matta hoiya. "Being maddened after false prestige and identification..." False identification with the body and prestige of bodily relationship, it is called ahankare matta hoiya. One is mad after this false prestige. Ahankare matta hoiya, nitai-pada pasariya. Due to this false prestige we are thinking, "Oh, what is Nityananda? What can He do for me? I don't care." So these are the signs of false prestige. Ahankare matta hoiya, nitai-pada pasa..., asatyere satya kori mani. The result is that I am accepting something which is false. For example, I am accepting this body. This body, I am not this body. Therefore, with false identification I am becoming entangled more and more. So one who is puffed up with this false prestige, ahankare matta hoiya, nitai-pada pa..., asatyere satya kori mani, he accepts something wrong as right. Then he says, nitaiyer koruna habe, braje radha-krsna pabe. If you are actually serious about going back to home, back to Godhead, then please seek after the mercy of Nityananda. Ahankare... nitaiyer koruna habe, braja radha-krsna pabe, dharo nitai-carana du'khani "Please catch up the lotus feet of Nityananda." Then he says, nitaiyer carana satya. One may think that as we catch hold of so many shelter, but in this material world later on they prove false, similarly, suppose we catch hold of the lotus feet of Nityananda; it may also prove false. But Narottama dasa Thakura assures that nitaiyer carana satya: "It is not false. Because Nityananda is eternal, His lotus feet is also eternal." Tanhara sevaka nitya. And anyone who takes to the service of Nityananda, they also become eternal. Without being eternal, nobody can serve the eternal. That is the Vedic injunction. Without becoming Brahman, one cannot approach the Supreme Brahman. Just like without being fire, nobody can enter into the fire. Without being water, nobody can enter into the water. Similarly, without being fully spiritualized, nobody can enter into the spiritual kingdom. So nitaiyer carana satya. If you catchnitaiyer, the lotus feet of Nityananda, then you become immediately spiritualized. Just like if you touch electricity, immediately you become electrified. That is natural. Similarly, Nityananda is eternal happiness, if you touch Nityananda some way or other, then you become also eternally happy. Tanhara sevaka nitya. Therefore one who has in contact with Nityananda, they have become eternal. nitaiyer carana satya, tanhara sevaka nitya, drdha kori' dharo nitair pay So just catch Him very tightly. Narottama boro duhkhi, nitai more koro sukhi. At the last Narottama dasa Thakura, the composer of this song, he is appealing to Nityananda, "My dear Lord, I am very unhappy. So You please make me happy. And You kindly keep me in corner of Your lotus feet." That is the sum and substance of this song. (end) ---- harer nama harer nama harer nama eva kevalam kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha [Adi 17.21] "'For spiritual progress in this Age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative to the holy name, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord.' <font color="red"> Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare! </font color> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 "THE DUST OF THE LOTUS FEET OF THE VAISNAVAS HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THIS FALLEN SOUL BY THE MERCY OF LORD NITYANANDA" Krsnadasa Kaviraja said, "All glory, all glory to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I have attained Sri Radha-Govinda. I am more sinful than Jagai and Madhai and even lower than the worms in the stool. Anyone who hears my name loses the results of his pious activities. Anyone who utters my name becomes sinful. Who in this world but Nityananda could show His mercy to such an abominable person as me? Because He is intoxicated by ecstatic love and is an incarnation of mercy, He does not distinguish between the good and the bad. He delivers all those who fall down before Him. Therefore He has delivered such a sinful and fallen person as me. Although I am sinful and I am the most fallen, He has conferred upon me the lotus feet of Sri Rupa Goswami. The mercy of Lord Nityananda showed me Sri Madanamohana and gave me Sri Madanamohana as my Lord and master. He granted to one as low as me the sight of Lord Govinda. Words cannot describe this, nor is it fit to be disclosed. On an altar made of gems in the principal temple of Vrndavana, amidst a forest of desire trees, Lord Govinda, the son of the King of Vraja, sits upon a throne of gems and manifests His full glory and sweetness, thus enchanting the entire world. Therefore who can describe the mercy of the lotus feet of Him, Lord Nityananda, by whom I have attained the shelter of this Lord Govinda? All the groups of Vaisnavas who live in Vrndavana are absorbed in chanting the all-auspicious name of Krsna. Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda are their life and soul. They do not know anything but devotional service to Sri Sri Radha-Krsna. The dust and shade of the lotus feet of the Vaisnavas have been granted to this fallen soul by the mercy of Lord Nityananda. Lord Nityananda said, "In Vrndavana all things are possible." Here I have explained His brief statement in detail. I have attained all this by coming to Vrndavana, and this was made possible by the mercy of Lord Nityananda. I have described my own story without reservations. The attributes of Lord Nityananda, making me like a madman, force me to write these things. The glories of Lord Nityananda's transcendental attributes are unfathomable. Even Lord Sesha with His thousands of mouths cannot find their limit." (CC Adi-lila 5.204-210, 216-220, 227-234) Lord Nityananda is greatly merciful. Taking only one's faith, He gives the pure teachings of Krsna to everyone and does not care for one's birth, wealth, knowledge, and strength. Now, giving up the illusory snare of maya, either remain in household life or in the forest as a sannyasi, for no more troubles remain. There is no more fear of the age of Kali. The merciful Nityananda gives the Holy Name to even the Chandalas. Bhaktivinoda calls out: except for the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda there is no other shelter. (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura) Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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