Jagat

This is the section that precedes the verses already quoted. These verses are found in Bhagiratha Jha's commentary to Gopāla-tāpanī 1.14-- klīm ity etad ādāv ādāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya gopījana-vallabhāyeti bṛhad-bhānavyā sakṛd uccared yo’sau gatis tasyāsti maṅkṣu nānyā gatiḥ syāt Whoever utters even once the seed klīṁ , following it with kṛṣṇāya, govindāya and gopī-jana-vallabhāya , and then concludes with svāhā , will attain the supreme destination. For him, there is no other destination. Śaraṇāgati has, as is well known, six elements: accepting the favorable to the devotional life, rejecting the unfavorable, having faith in God the protector, and choosing him as provider, giving oneself to him, and humility. atha tubhyaṁ prapannānāṁ dharmān vakṣyāmi nārada yān āsthāya gamiṣyanti hari-dhāma-narāḥ kalau 22 itthaṁ guror labdha-mantro guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ sevamāno guruṁ nityaṁ tat-kṛpāṁ bhāvayet sudhīḥ 23 satāṁ dharmāṁs tataḥ śikṣet prapannānāṁ viśeṣataḥ sveṣṭa-dev...

Some nice saranagati verses from the Padma Purana. I have a friend, who now keeps himself at a distance from me, who says with unfailing consistency that he is not a devotee, even though to me, he proves his single-minded devotion to Radha despite his neglect of external forms. His decision to give up my company is perhaps because I do not surrender sufficiently to the Atma, the Soul of my soul. Which I guess was my reproach to him, also. What can be a greater source of pain that to reject the voice of your soul's Soul--and to do so consistently, protesting weakness? This friend says, "I will just suffer in this life, O Radhe. I cannot do what you ask of me. All I ask is that you give me the appropriate body, senses and association in my next life that I can become your devotee." If only surrender would be made easier "next time." It looks easy when we sing the gopis' glories. They abandoned everything for Krishna. Was it easy? It looks easy, but if it ...