Day 11 : Fifth Yaam

Harikatha, Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

3:22pm to 5:46pm. O Nandanandan, in spite of my being your eternal servant, due to predicament of my own deeds, I am drowned in the terrible ocean of births and deaths. Out of compassion kindly think me as dust particle of your Lotus Feet.


  • Afternoon worship - Attachment to Krsna

    The constitutional nature of Nama sadhaka is he prays for eternal servitor-ship of Sri Krsna.

    ayi nanda-tanuja kiṅkaraṁ
    patitaṁ māṁ viṣame bhavāmbudhau
    kṛpayā tava pāda-paṅkaja-
    sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaṁ vicintaya

    Oh Nandanandan!! I am Your eternal servant. With Whom one has relation, to Him he prays. Mahaprabhu teaches to pray to Nandanandan Krsna. Forgetting You due to my own misdeeds I have fallen into the ocean of births and deaths. You please mercifully accept me as Your eternal servant. Consider me just like a particle of dust under Your lotus feet.

    tomāra nitya-dāsa mui, tomā pāsariyā
    paḍiyāchoṅ bhavārṇave māyā-baddha haṣā
    kṛpā kari’ kara more pada-dhūli-sama
    tomāra sevaka karoṅ tomāra sevana

    Indication of afternoon eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna

    A glimpse or a hint has been given here about the eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna in the afternoon.

    śrī rādhām prāpta-gehāṁ nija-ramaṇa-kṛte klṛpta nānopahārām
    susnātāṁ ramya-veśāṁ priya-mukha-kamalāloka-pūrṇa-pramodām
    śrī kṛṣṇaṁ caivāparāhṇe vrajam anucalitaṁ dhenu-vṛindair vayasyai
    śrī rādhāloka-tṛptaṁ pitṛ-mukha-militaṁ mātṛ-mṛṣṭaṁ smarāmi

    In the afternoon Srimati Radharani returns from Radhakunda to Javat and prepares various good dishes for offering to Krsna. Daily she engages in these services. The relation between the Served and the servitor is eternal. If this is not understood, then one cannot relish even a drop of the taste of eternal pastimes. Brahmanas chant always the Vedic mantra 'tad visnu paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah diviva chaksuratatam'. All Vaishnav Acharyas have shown that all devotees who are liberated souls see always Lord Visnu's Lotus Feet. So Vishnu-pada, i.e. Lotus Feet of Vishnu should be eternal to see Them eternally, non-eternal beings cannot see. They will see by Lord's mercy, they are perfect beings (sata-siddha) in all respects. All Vaishnava Acharyas proclaim that Lord is eternal, devotee is eternal and the relationship between the Lord and the devotee i.e. devotion is eternal, not non-eternal. Ramanuja, Madhvacarya, Visnuswami, Nimbaditya, Vishnuswami Sampradaya’s Vallabhacarya, all have consensus in the statement 'Lord is eternal, devotee is eternal and devotion is eternal. '

    Here Radharani's feelings for Krsna is eternal, Krsna is eternal and so she prepares nice dishes every day, dresses Herself nicely. Preparations made by Her (prasad) are also conscious, all things there are conscious. The flute of Krsna (Vamsi) is also conscious and becomes Vamsivadananada Thakur in Mahaprabhu's pastimes. The flute is also conscious. Seeing his (the flute’s) activities, gopis sing his glories that he drinks the nectar of the Lotus Lips of Krsna. If it is not conscious how can it relish taste and bliss? That which is conscious is also eternal. So, it is a very enchanting place. So, She takes nice bath and wears nice clothes and comes to have a glimpse of Krsna.

    Krsna comes back from cow-herding with cowherd boys and cows. Cows there are also conscious, they are not ordinary cows. And these pastimes are happening eternally. This can be understood by those who know Lord is eternal, His devotee is eternal and devotee's devotion is eternal and only they can have darshan of Krsna. By taking darshan of Krsna Radharani is extremely delighted. Having darshan of Radharani, Krsna also satisfied and pleased. He also meets with Nanda Maharaj, Yashoda Mayya and all elderly gopas-gopis, and they all embrace Krishna and feel happy and blissful. And Yashoda Devi cleanses Krishna, gives Him a bath.

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