Hare Krishna.
1st Feb, 2015, Gurgaon.
A very happy Nityananand Trayodasi to all the readers, I prayed to Lord Nityanananda for everyone today.
These days I am listening to multiple seminars on Sri Brahma Samhita by senior Vaishanavas. Listening to them is indeed a high point in my tiny devotional life so to speak, most surprisingly they match with whatever I am reading in Srimad Bhagavatam currently (canto 3). So many verses and their purports in Srimad Bhagavatam, and more so in Brahma Samhita, which I could not understand at all earlier, I can now appreciate them a little now. Brahma Samhita is indeed very profound, that’s the reason that it is sometimes said that the summary of all the vedas is in Vedanta Sutra and Srimad Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on Vedanta Sutras and Brahma Samhita is the summary of Srimad Bhagavatam ! It is a wonderful book.
While listening to these lectures on Brahma Samhita sometimes my mind and intelligence gets quite tired, specially after an hour or more of continuous listening of these heavy lectures gets too much for my puny mind and intelligence but still one part with in me wants me to keep on hearing it ! It was an astonishing realisation as it told me that there is something more of me than my mind, senses and intelligence…. soul. It was a unique experience, I never analysed like this ever before. So now when I read shastra my conviction is bit more strong.
I am ending the blog with a beautiful song called `Nagara Kirtana Song’ which Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote and devotees sang today in the temple.
nadiya-godrume nityananda mahajana
patiyache nam-hatta jivera karana
(sraddhavan jana he, sraddhavan jana he)
prabhura ajnay, bhai, magi ei bhiksha
bolo krsna, bhajo krsna, koro krsna-shiksa
aparadha-shunya ho ‘ye leha krsna-nama
krsna mata, krsna pita, krsna dhana-prana
krsnera samsara koro chadi anacara
jive doya, krsna-nama-sarva-dharma-ssra
TRANSLATION
- Nityananda Mahajana so mercifully opened a marketplace in Nadiya-Godruma for the welfare of the suffering souls. In that market place only the Holy Name is traded.
- What is the price? sraddhavana jana he! sraddhavana jana he! Those who have faith in the Holy Name. This is the price! Faith! Sri Nityananda Prabhu requests the faithful persons, those who have developed faith in the Holy Name, to come and take it! Sri Nityananda Prabhu says, by the order of Lord Gauranga, O brothers, I beg these three requests of you: Chant “Krsna!”, worship Krsna, and teach others about Krsna.
- Being careful to remain free of offenses; just take the holy name of Lord Krsna. Krsna is your mother, Krsna is your father, and Krsna is the treasure of your life.
- Give up all your bad dealings, habits, and behavior and enter into krsna-samsara. The only relationship is with Sri Krishna, establish yourself in that relationship. Shower mercy on all the jivas seeing them as Sri Krishna’s and completely surrender unto the Holy Name of Sri Krishna. This is the essence of all dharma.
All glories to Nityananda Trayodasi.
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Thank you so much for sharing your realizations, prabhuji. Everyone must study shastra deeply as you are endeavoring.. thank you for inspiring..
one trivial point which I had to make was – the title sounds a little incorrect, technically. How can we have a soul inside us? We indeed are the soul. We are covered by the body. When we think we have a soul inside we are believing the body to be true and defining soul in relation to the body.
However, when we define the body as something that is covering us, we understand that this body is temporary and subject to destruction at any moment. Our real identity is that we are eternal and we are the soul covered by false ego, mind, intelligence and body.
Sorry for pointing this out.
Hare Krishna Prabhuji,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Thank you so very much for pointing this blunder, shows how careless I am and how shallow is my understanding. I have made the amend in the title as well as in the bog. Thank you so much.
Your insignificant servant,
Giriraj Das
no prabhuji.. not at all… i just pointed out so that it doesn’t confuse a new reader if he comes across… otherwise, it is said, “whatever a devotee writes about Krishna, even if it has some mistakes must be considered perfect”
i hope i can develop some humility as you…
your seva of using your writing to preach Krishna Consciousness is so appreciable…
your insignificant servant,
anand