Jagat

In this chapter of Gadadhar Pran's presentation of his own unique bhajan path as it was inspired by his relation with Bhaktivinoda Thakur and the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition to which he belonged. This follows on the three chapters describing Vishnupriya's tattva and pastimes with Mahaprabhu. Gadadhar participates in his prana Gora's pastimes in various different svarupas and prakoshthas. His approach may seem different to many people, but as he has argued in earlier chapters of this essay, these are moods that have deep roots in the sampradaya. Srimati Vishnupriya's glories (1) Srimati Vishnupriya's glories (2) Srimati Vishnupriya's glories (3) N.B. When saying a svārasikī adventure, we mean a līlā meditation that follows the path of our yearning.  See Chapter 3 of this series . As we have been discussing Vishnupriya and Gauranga's madhura pastimes in the last three chapters, a desire is awakening to personally serve Priyaji. And an i...

The next three verses form a single unit ( sandānitaka ), with the subject and verb in the last line of the third verse. The rest of the verses contain the object of the verb, giving various descriptions of the gopis and their service. kāścic candana-gharṣiṇīḥ sa-ghusṛṇaṁ kāścit srajo granthatīḥ kāścit keli-nikuñja-maṇḍana-parāḥ kāścid vahantīr jalam| kāścid divya-dukūla-kuñcana-parāḥ saṁgṛhṇatīḥ kāścanā- laṅkāraṁ navam anna-pāna-vidhiṣu vyagrāś ciraṁ kāścana ||2.41|| tāmbūlottama-vīṭikādi-karaṇe kāścin niviṣṭā navāḥ kāścin nartana-gīta-vādya-sukalā-sāmagri-sampādikāḥ | snānābhyaṅga-vidhau ca kāścana ratāḥ saṁvījanādye sadā kāścit saṁnidhi-sevanātimuditāḥ kāścit samastekṣikāḥ ||2.42|| kāścit sva-priya-yugma-ceṣṭita-dṛśaḥ stabdhā sva-kṛtye sthitāḥ kṣiptvānyāli-pravartitā dayitayoḥ kāścit sukhelā-parāḥ | itthaṁ vihvala-vihvalāḥ praṇayataḥ śrī-rādhikā-kṛṣṇayor dāsīr adbhuta-rūpa-kānti-vayaso vṛndāvane'nvīyatām ||2.43|| Some gopi girls are grinding sandalwood p...

We continue with Gadadhar Pran Das's new book, the 20 chapters of which will be published here in instalments. Chapter One . Chapter Two: Raganuga Sadhana following Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Manjari Parampara The first time I got Lalita Prasad Thakur's darshan it was unexpected, because I had made no plans to see him. That was back in 1974, when Srila Prabhupada was inaugurating his first Mayapur-Nabadwip Dham Parikrama in which I was taking part. During the festival, one day I had to go to Calcutta. On the train I met a Bengali gentleman who was himself just returning from Mayapur after visiting Srila Prabhupada. We started talking about many things, but when the train stopped at Birnagar he said to me, "Would you like to meet my Prabhupada?" "Your Prabhupada?" I asked in surprise. "He is Bhaktivinoda Thakur's son, Lalita Prasad Thakur," he replied. The invitation aroused my curiosity so I decided to follow him. When...

Siddhi Lālasā, Part I (songs 1-3) Siddhi Lālasā, Part II (songs 4-6) [7] --- The Glories of Sri Radha Kund শ্রী রূপ মঞ্জরী কবে মধুর বচনে রাধাকুণ্ড মহিমা বর্ণিবে সংগোপনে (১) śrī rūpa mañjarī kabe madhura bacane rādhākuṇḍa mahimā barṇibe saṁgopane (1) When will Sri Rupa Manjari speak with such sweet words explaining to me in private the glories of Radha Kund? এ চৌদ্দ ভুবনোপরি বৈকুণ্ঠ নিলয় তদপেক্ষা মথুরা পরম শ্রেষ্ঠ হয় (২) e caudda bhubanopari baikuṇṭha nilaẏa tad-apekṣā mathurā parama śreṣṭha haẏa (2) "Beyond these fourteen worlds is the spiritual abode of Vaikuntha. But greater than is Mathura, is the topmost and supreme abode. মথুরমণ্ডলে রাসলীলা স্থান যথা বৃন্দাবন শ্রেষ্ঠ অতি শুন মম কথা (৩) mathura-maṇḍale rāsa-līlā sthāna yathā bṛndābana śreṣṭha ati śuna mama kathā (3) "Within the region of Mathura is the place where the rāsa-līlā took place, That is Vrindavan, which is the best of all, listen as I tell you. কৃষ্ণলীলাস্থল গোবর্ধন শ্রেষ্ঠ...

I am dividing the Siddhi Lālasā, though consisting of only ten songs, into three parts: Siddhi Lālasā, Part I (songs 1-3) Siddhi Lālasā, Part III (songs 7-10) [4] Trained up by the Sakhis পাল্যদাসী করি, ললিতা সুন্দরী, আমারে লইয়া কবে শ্রী-রাধিকা-পদে, কালে মিলাইবে, আজ্ঞাসেবা সমর্পিবে (১) pālya-dāsī kari', lalitā sundarī, āmāre la-iẏā kabe śrī-rādhikā-pade, kāle milāibe, ājñā-sebā samarpibe (1) Fostering me as her own maidservant, when will Lalita Sundari take me and bring me to Radhika, introduce me and offer me up to serve at her command? শ্রী রূপ মঞ্জরী, সঙ্গে যাব কবে, রসসেবা-শিক্ষা তরে তদনুগা হয়ে, রাধাকুণ্ড তটে, রহিব হর্ষিতান্তরে (২) śrī rūpa mañjarī, saṅge yāba kabe, rasa-sebā-śikṣā tare tad-anugā haẏe, rādhā-kuṇḍa taṭe, rahiba harṣitāntare (2) When will I go into Sri Rupa Manjari's company to learn how to serve the Divine Couple tastefully. Following behind her to the banks of Radha Kund I will overflow with inner delig...

Part I , Part II . (FN1) The use of the term bhāva throughout this section is significant. Bhāva is a multivalenced term. Bhāva is said to be the first stage of love of Godhead. More significantly for our understanding of rasa , however, is that it is the basis for experiencing rasa . According to Rupa Goswami’s conception then, bhāva is self-realization in the sense of establishing one’s spiritual identity or sthāyi-bhāva . Rupa Goswami describes the sthāyi-bhāvas in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 2.5. He speaks there of a preliminary state of the sthāyi-bhāva , known as śuddhā , i.e., undeveloped or without any particular characteristics (2.5.8). This preliminary stage of the sthāyi-bhāva is divided into three subcategories— sāmānyā, svacchā and śānti . The first of these is the undeveloped attitude to Krishna, such as that of a child or general admirer, the second that of a devotee whose association is mixed and whose attitude to the Lord changes with the company he keeps; the t...