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Dear Lord Sri Krishna,

 

Helpless,this is my state here in this material world

So You please help me from my own doing

 

I am indeed hopeless as a candidate for Your special mercy

For 'I' is undoing of your most perfect plan for me

 

A most wretched fallem hapless fellow such as me

where most people just blank me out

and pretend that I don't even exist

 

Things look pretty hopless

But I am hoping against hope

That some day soon You will force me to surrender

otherwise 'I' will never never never SURRENDER.

 

praying at Your lotus feet

 

Krsna das

 

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The Laughter of Srila Rupa Goswami

 

From Srila Narahari Chakravarti’s Sri Bhakti-ratnakara, fifth wave

 

bhakta-sthane sabadhana habe sarva-mate

yena kona akausala nahe tan’ra cite

 

Always be careful in your dealings with devotees and never create any ill feelings in their hearts.

 

akausala ha-ile saba haya antaraya

prasanga paiya kichu kahiye ethaya

 

Creating ill feelings with the devotees will create impediments on one’s path. I will relate a story to reveal this truth.

 

One day in Vrindavan Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada sat rapt in meditation, feeling great bliss in his heart. While he was sitting in his samadhi he observed a wonderful pastime. The gopis were decorating Srimati Radharani while Krishna stood behind Her watching. Krishna revealed His presence to the sakhis, bringing an increasing festival of joy to their hearts, but Radharani was unaware that He was there. In many wonderful ways the gopis braided and decorated Radha’s hair. Then they placed a mirror before Her. As She gazed at the beauty of Her own face, Radharani also saw Sri Krishna’s moonlike face in the mirror. Radha became very shy and quickly covered Herself with Her cloth. The gopis happily laughed at this, and Srila Rupa Goswami also joined in their laughter.

 

Just at that moment a vaisnava arrived who was very eager to see Rupa Goswami. Seeing Rupa laughing, the vaisnava did not say anything, but feeling very sorrowful in his heart he went to see Srila Sanatan Goswami. [According to the tradition in Vrindavan, this vaisnava was a famous devotee named Krishnadas. It is said that Krishnadas was lame and unable to walk and that when Rupa Goswami laughed, Krishnadas thought that he was laughing at his disability.]

 

The vaisnava told Sanatan, “I went to see Sri Rupa, but when he saw me he suddenly burst into laughter. My heart filled with sorrow! I don’t know why he acted in that way. I didn’t say anything, but came to ask you about it.” Sri Sanatan then explained the true reason for Rupa Goswami’s laughter. Hearing this, the vaisnava became repentant at heart. Lamenting greatly, the vaisnava said, “Why did I approach him at that moment? Not understanding his heart, I have offended him.” The vaisnava became very agitated. Sanatan Goswami pacified him and made him peaceful again.

 

Meanwhile, when the vaisnava had felt offended, Srila Rupa Goswami suddenly lost his vision of the Lord’s pastimes. He became very disturbed and looked everywhere. Considering the situation carefully, he concluded that someone must have come to see him while he was absorbed in seeing Krishna’s pastimes. “I did not honor the person that came, and thereby I committed an offense.” Thinking in this way, Rupa also went to Sanatan Goswami’s place.

 

When he saw Prabhupada Srila Rupa Goswami coming, that vaisnava approached him. Falling on the ground, he offered his respects. With great humility he told Rupa, “O great soul, I have committed an offense to you. Please forgive me. Previously when I went to see you I did not understand that you were rapt in meditation.” Standing before Srila Rupa Goswami, the vaisnava prayed, “Please be kind and forgive me for my offense. If you are merciful to me, only then can my heart become peaceful.”

 

When he heard these words, Srila Rupa Goswami became very agitated at heart. Falling to the ground, he offered respectful obeisances to that vaisnava. Folding his hands, he said, “I have no power to say how great was the offense that I committed to you. Please kindly forgive me.”

 

Both devotees were very humble and both were filled with bhakti-rasa. Forgiving each other, they both became peaceful. The two of them then went to Srila Sanatan Goswami. For a long time they all plunged into relishing nectarean topics of Lord Krishna. When everyone heard about this incident they all became filled with wonder.

 

Concluding this story, Srila Narahari Chakravarti cautions everyone:

 

ohe bhai vaisnavete sabadhana habe

pranapana kari’ aparadha ksamaibe

 

O my brothers, please be very careful in dealing with the vaisnavas. Beg their forgiveness for any offense with your heart and soul.

 

vaisnavera dosa-drste habe sabadhana

nirantara karibe vaisnavera guna-gana

 

Be careful not to see a vaisnava’s faults, and always sing their glories.

 

purva purva bhagavata-gana ei kaya

vaisnavera kriya-mudra vijne na bujhaya

 

All of the previous great devotees have said, “No one can understand the behavior of a vaisnava.”

 

sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu priya-bhakta-dvare

anyere dilena siksa ei ta’ prakare

 

Although Srila Rupa Goswami is a highly elevated devotee very dear to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord used him to teach all of us of the dangers of vaisnava aparadha.

 

bhakta-.-padma dhari’ mastaka-upara

bhakti-rasa-sayare dubaha nirantara

 

Hold the devotees’ lotus feet to your head and always dive in the nectar of pure devotional service.

 

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1. bastutoh sakali taba, jiba keho noya

‘aham’ — ‘mama’ — bhrame bhromi’ bhoge soka-bhoy

 

2.aham-mama-abhimana ei-matro dhana

baddha jiba nija boli’ jane mane mana

 

3.sei abhimane ami somsare poriya

habudubu khai bhava-sindhu santariya

 

4.tomara abhaya-pade loiya sarana

aji ami korilama atma-nibedana

 

5.‘aham’ — ‘mama’-abhimana charilo amaya

ar jeno mama hrde stana nahi paya

 

6. ei matro balo prabhu! dibe he amare

ahamta-mamata dure pari rakhi bare

 

7. atma-nibedana-bhava hrde drdha roy

hasti-snana sama jeno khanika na hoy

 

8. bhakativinoda prabhu nityananda pay

mage parasada, jahe abhimana jay

 

Translation

 

In truth, all things belong to You.

No jiva is owner of anything.

The tiny soul wanders in this world

mistakenly thinking,

“I am this transitory body,

and everything related to this body is mine.”

Thus he suffers sorrow and fear.

 

The conditined soul is falsely proud

and considers everything attached

to the words “I” and “mine”

to be his treasures alone.

 

Due to that same vanity,

I fell into this world.

Floundering in the ocean of mundane existence

like a drowning man,

I suffer the pangs

of rising and sinking in that ocean.

 

I take shelter at Your lotus feet,

which award fearlessness,

and dedicate myself to You on this day.

 

The vanity of “I” and “mine” has left me now.

May it never again find a place within my heart.

 

O Lord, please give me this strength,

that I may be able

to keep the false conceptions

of “I” and “Mine” far away.

 

May the mood of self-surrender

to the Supreme Lord

remain firmly fixed in my heart

and not prove to be like the momentary cleanliness

of an elephant after a bath.

 

 

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Bhaktivinoda begs

at the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda

for the grace which delivers one

from all false pride.

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Here is a poem I wrote about Lord Krishna

 

DON'T IMAGINE

 

Don't imagine His lips

They are not like any other lips

You may or may not have kissed

Instead, imagine the pink light

Of sunrise caressing the green

Grass of summer

Slowly and sweetly

 

 

Here's another

 

MANA-MOHANA

 

Krishna stands

In his tri-bhanga pose

Body curving dangerously

Do not drive that curvy road, sisters

Certainly you will lose control

 

Krishna plays

With the gopi's minds

Driving them mad with tenderness

Do not look into his eyes, young ladies

You may sink into them, and drown

 

Krishna gazes

Into your very soul

His bliss seeps into your very being

Uncovering you, filling you with Himself

Do not play with Krishna, girls

He steals without remorse

 

 

 

 

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