The Ghosh Brothers

Govinda, Mādhavānanda and Vāsudeva were gopīs in Vraja, namely Kalāvatī, Rasollāsā and Guṇatungā, who used to sing the songs composed by Viśākhā.

Glories of Srila Vasudeva Ghosh

In Krishna-lila the Ghosh brothers, Vasudeva Ghosh, Madhava Ghosh and Govinda Ghosh sing songs to the Divine Couple under Vishakha-sakhi in their real forms as sakhis. Vasu Ghosh, Madhava Ghosh and Govinda Ghosh are Kalavati, Rasollasa and Gunatunga, respectively, in Krishna-lila. In Gaura-lila, Gaura-Nityananda dance in ecstasy when Govinda Ghosh and Vasu Ghosh perform Kirtan.

Remembering Srila Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvami Maharaj

Gurumaharaj remembers Srila Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvāmī Maharaj who had given his Kaliyadah Math to Srila Param Gurudeva. Gurudeva also narrates an incidence in which he personally offered Srila Maharaj potato-curry and puris!

Day 21 : First Yam

3:22am to 5:46am. Chanting of the Holy Name Śrī Kṛṣṇa, completely, loudly in the company of devotees and without tenfold offences, which can bestow seven attainments—viz. cleansing of the mind-mirror, extinguishing of the forest fire of birth, death and threefold afflictions, bestowing eternal soothing benefit like moonlight, life of spiritual learning i.e. awakening of the real self, increasing of the ocean of bliss, bestowing at every step sweet taste of complete transcendental ambrosia, holy immersion of body-mind-real self—be supremely glorified.

Day 21: Second Yam

5:46am to 8:10am. O Supreme Lord! Your Holy Name bestows all kinds of eternal welfare to the conditioned souls. For that reason, your Holy Names have no direct or indirect connection with the non-eternal material world. These Holy Names have descended in this world. Supreme Lord has bestowed all powers to His Names and no restriction is imposed to utter the Holy Names. No limitation of time, space— rules and regulations, for utterance and remembrance of the Holy Names. O Lord! You are so merciful, out of compassion you have made it easy for the conditioned souls to remember and chant the Holy Names, but due to my tenfold offenses and my greatest misfortune I have got no liking for the Holy Name which has been made so easily obtainable.

Day 21 : Fourth Yam

10:34am to 3:22pm. O Supreme Lord! I have got no desire for wealth, manpower or erudition (desire for deceitful Trivarga— worldly piety, money and lust or even to merge myself with the Impersonal Formless Brahma, i.e. ‘Mukti’— salvation, which is more deceitful). My only prayer is to get causeless one-pointed devotion to You.