i_luv_krishna

narad bhakti sutra 74-76

74. vAdo nAvalambayah

One should not get entangled in arguments.

75. bAhulyAvakASatvAd aniyatatvAt ca

They can lead to various directions and are never conclusive.

76. bhaktiSAstrANi mananIyAni tadbodhaka karmANi karaNIyAni

One should follow the bhakti shAstras and engage in the acts prescribed therein.

Srimad Bhagavatam 10.29.12-15

SrI-parIkSid uvAca

kRSNam viduh param kAntam

na tu brahmatayA mune

guNa-pravAhoparamas

tAsAm guNa-dhiyAm katham

"SrI ParIkSit MahArAja said: O sage, the gopIs knew kRSNa only as their lover, not as the Supreme Absolute Truth. So how could these girls, their minds caught up in the waves of the modes of nature, free themselves from material attachment?"

SrI-Suka uvAca

uktam purastAd etat te

caidyah siddhim yathA gatah

dviSann api hRSIkeSam

kim utAdhokSaja-priyAh

"Sukadeva GosvAmI said: This point was explained to you previously. Since even SiSupAla, who hated kRSNa, achieved perfection, then what to speak of the Lord's dear devotees."

nRNAm nihSreyasArthAya

vyaktir bhagavato nRpa

avyayasyAprameyasya

nirguNasya guNAtmanah

"O King, the Supreme Lord is inexhaustible and immeasurable, and He is untouched by the material modes because He is their controller. His personal appearance in this world is meant for bestowing the highest benefit on humanity."

kAmam krodham bhayam sneham

aikyam sauhRdam eva ca

nityam harau vidadhato

yAnti tan-mayatAm hi te

"Persons who constantly direct their lust, anger, fear, protective affection, feeling of impersonal oneness or friendship toward Lord Hari are sure to become absorbed in thought of Him."

narad bhakti sutra 20-24:

20. astyevamevam

Actually bhakti is like each of the previously described.

21. yathA vrajagopikAnAm

A perfect example would be the gopis of vraja.

22. tatrApi na mAhAtmya gyAna vismRtyapavAdah

It cannot be said that their love was ordinary because they were devoid of the magnificence of the Lord [which they were not, that is, the knowledge that the Lord possesses everything and is not in *need* of anything, that He does not need any external agency to derive happiness - AtmArAma, and that He has scores of devotees rendering top class service to Him, still it is His greatness that He feels bound by a simple offering of a leaf].

23. tadvihInam jArAnAM iva

Otherwise such an attachment would have been like an ordinary illicit affair [and not the true love of God which is able to surpass all obstacles].

24. nAstyeva tasmin tatsukhasukhitvam

Where without the knowledge of the Lord's greatness, there is no scope of loving the Lord for *His* happiness.

aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate

iti matvA bhajante mAm budhA bhAva samanvitAh

mac-cittA mad-gata-prANA bodhayantah parasparam

kathayantaS ca mAm nityam tuSyanti ca ramanti ca

teSAm satata-yuktAnAm bhajatAm prIti-pUrvakam

dadAmi buddhi-yogam tam yena mAm upayAnti te

teSAm evAnukampArtham aham agyAna-jam tamah

nASayAmy Atma-bhAva-stho gyAna-dIpena bhAsvatA

kAntam kArana kAranam Adim anAdim kAlaghanAbhAsam

kAlindi gata kAliyAshirasi su nrntantam muhur atyantam

dear devotee vanamali ji,

I apologize to you also for my harsh behaviour .... please do not keep me away from your divine association ....

your servant eternally,

wretched i_luv_krishna

---> You cannot go to raganuga while entangled in rajas, tamas.

I am *not* a raganuga .... not in the sense it is usually understood .... I have *no* greed for that raganuga ....

Friend ... sorry. Please don't take offence .... that was just a joke .... and I will try to remember your advice ....

---> You may say you love krishna, you may think that you love krishna but really with out that true love , it is nothing more than a pigment of your imagination.

You are right, I do not love Krishna .... but I am so happy with my "pigment" (sic) of imagination .... Well I don't mind even hell if I can have this sweet pigment smeared all over my body ..... ;-)

Oh! Krishna.....! where are you......

Krishna.... I want my Krishna......I want my Krishna.....

aslisya va paada-ratam pinastu mam adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va

yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

raj rani meera bhikarini

giridhari tomara lagiya

---> So basically, not just the queens but the entire country was serving only krishna.

I don't know what has the above to do with the account you quoted.

But anyway what you said is OK .... so what ..........

I just like the way the queens served Krishna and desire to follow in their footsteps .... any problem buddy?

Kamalaa Kuchachoochuka Kunkumato|

Niyataaruni Taatula Neelatano||

Kamalaayata Lochana Lokapate|

Vijayi Bhava Venkatashailapate||

haribol !

narad bhakti sutra 66

tri rUpa bhaGga pUrvakaM nitya dAsya nitya kAntA

bhajanAtmakaM prema kAryaM premaiva kAryam

Breaking the association of the three modes of nature, one should engage wholeheartedly in devotional service towards the Lord either in the mood of a timeless servant or in the mood of a timeless conjugal beloved. This is the true act of love - to act in love only ....

"parama kAruNiko na bhavat paraH

parama zocyatamo na ca matparaH

iti viciMtya hare! mayi pAmare

yaducitaM yadunAtha! tadAcara."

"O my Beloved, Hari!

There is no one Supremely gracious apart from Yourself!

There is no one more fallen and distressed than my poorself!

Keeping this in Your mind, O Lord of Yadu Dynasty,

please do as You please with this dull ignorant! "

-Padyavali-66, anonymous but sounds like Sri Shankaracarya

AhAre viratiH samasta-viSaya-grAme nivRttiH parA

nAsAgre nayanaM yad etad aparaM yac caikatAnaM manaH |

maunaM cedam idaM ca zUnyam akhilaM yad vizvam AbhAti te

tad brUyAH sakhi yoginI kim asi bhoH kiM viyoginy api ||

Averse from eating, turned away from every object of the senses,

and this too, that your eye is fixed in trance;

again, your mind is single-pointed,

and then this silence, and the fact

that all the world to you seems empty.

Tell me, gentle friend, are you a yogini

or a viyogini?

(Padyavali 238, originally attributed to Rajasekhara. Ingalls' translation)

nAnopacAra-kRta-pUjanam Arta-bandhoH

premNaiva bhakta-hRdayaM sukha-vidrutaM syAt

yAvat kSud asti jaThare jaraThA pipAsA

tAvat sukhAya bhavato nanu bhakSya-peye ||

"You may elaborately

worship the Friend of the suffering

with all the richest paraphernalia,

but your heart will only melt with joy

when you have love for Him.

For only as long as hunger and thirst are there in your belly

do the delicacies of food and drink bring you pleasure."

(Padyavali. 13- Sri Ramananda Raya)

-from jayasriradhey