By Gadi Das
The pure devotee of Krsna cannot bear to watch the unfortunate souls of this world squander their lives in the useless pursuit of temporal, painful enjoyments. Seeing such “enjoyments” as the binding karmic links to an endless chain of births and deaths….The pure devotee cannot bear to see their suffering.
The pure devotee relishes, even in this mortal frame, the constant and everfresh exchanges with the Supreme Lord, as He, Lord Krsna, rests comfortably, making residence in that devotees heart. The devotee lives only for the loyal loving service to Radha and Krsna’s Lotus feet. He lives above the constant gnawing of the material modes of nature. Pure goodness is the constant companion of the liberated soul, a state of peace and happiness far superior to any conception of happiness offered by this temporary world.
Constantly relishing this supreme happiness, and seeing the unhappiness of everyone else, especially in Kali Yuga, the pure devotee and his dearmost friend Krsna are constantly devising plans to liberate all the fallen souls by giving them Krsna prema… the ultimate gift, the everfresh love of God that everyone is naturally looking for…the gift that keeps on giving.
How to give such a rare and precious thing to a population as undeserving as can be imagined….yet because of the kindhearted nature of Srimati Radharani through the Appearance of Lord Caitanya, even the most underserving Jagais and Madhais will be transformed into qualified associates of Krsna.
We sing parama karuna pahu dui jana everyday at Gurupuja… did you know that Narotama Thakur wrote 6 more verses to that song? (below) After reading them, one can only imagine why Srila Prabhupada only gave the first four. They are on a more intimate level reserved for the mature practitioner, and no one was mature at that point. Another cautious maneuver to keep the line of pure Vaisnavism from becoming disturbed. He knew full well that someday all these songs will be discovered and sung and understood in the proper way, after the effect of chanting the Holy Names has taken its effect. The floodgates have been opened to full flow….
So for those who are now curious and more mature, the complete song is given below. Now you can see the inner heart of the pure devotee and understand why they yearn to give love for Krsna to every soul…because only love for Krsna can simultaneously give the highest happiness even in this mortal body, and will liberate that soul from repeated birth and death… highest happiness/no more death…. what a gift. Please, as I pray to take full advantage of this mercy, somehow, someway…through these essays, I have the hope that you too will pray to take advantage of the mercy of these great souls.
Thank you all for your time and patience….
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada and HariNam prabhu….
Always on call….your servant, Gadi das
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1
sri-guru-carana-padma, kebala-bhakati-sadma
bando mui sabadhana mate
jahara prasade bhai, ei bhava toriy a jai
krsna-prapti hoy jaha hate
To the lotus feet of my spiritual master, which are the abode of pure devotional
service, I who am very fallen bow down with great care and attention in my heart.
O brother, crossing the realm of repeated birth and death by his mercy, we will
attain Krsna.
2
guru-mukha-padma-bakya, cittete koriba aikya,
ar na koriho mane asa
sri-guru-carane rati, ei sei uttam-gati
je prasade pure sarba asa
I will make the words from my spiritual master’s lotus mouth one with my heart.
I do not want the desire for any other thing to stay in my heart. Love
for the spiritual master’s lotus feet is the highest goal. By his mercy all
desires are fulfilled.
3
cakhu-dan dilo jei, janme janme prabhu sei
dibya-jnan hrde prokasito
prema-bhakti jaha hoite, abidya binasa jate
bede gay jahara carito
He who gave me eyes to see is my lord, birth after birth. He made divine
knowledge shine in my heart. From him has come prema-bhakti, which destroys
ignorance. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.
4
sri-guru karuna-sindhu, adhama janara bandhu
lokanath lokera jibana
ha ha prabhu koro doya, deho mora pada-chaya
ebe jasa ghusuk tribhuvana
O spiritual master, O ocean of mercy, O friend of the fallen, O Lokanatha,
O life of the world, O master, be merciful to me. Give me the shade of
your feet. May your glories be proclaimed in the three worlds.
5
baisnaba-carana-renu bhusana kariya tanu
jaha haite anubhaba haya
marjana haya bhajana sadhu-sange anuksana
ajnana-abidya-parajaya
By making the dust of the Vaisnavas’ feet the ornament of my body, ecstatic
love comes. Washing the Vaisnavas’ lotus feet is my method of worship.
By always associating with the Vaisnavas, I shall overcome the darkness of ignorance.
6
jaya sanatana rupa prema-bhakti-rasa-kupa
jugala-ujjwala-rasa-tanu
janhara prasade loka pasarila saba soka
parakatala kalpa-taru janu
O Srila Sanatana Gosvami and Srila Rupa Gosvami, who are two deep wells of
the nectar of pure love, two personifications of the splendid nectar of the
Divine Couple, and two desire trees by whose mercy the entire world is free
from suffering, all glories to you!
7
prema-bhakti-riti jata nija-granthe su-byakata
kariyachena dui mahasaya
jahara srabana haite parananda haya cite
jugala-madhura-rasasraya
In your books you two great souls clearly described prema-bhakti. You
are reservoirs of the sweet nectar of the Divine Couple. Hearing about
you brings bliss to the heart.
8
jugala-kisora-prema jini’ laksa bana hema
hena dhana prakasila janra
jaya rupa sanatana deha’ more sei dhana
sei ratana mora gela hara
You are fabulously wealthy, possessing ecstatic love for the youthful Divine
Couple, a love more precious than gold purified in ten thousand flames.
O Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami, all glories to you! I beg you, please give
me in charity some of these jewel necklaces.
9
bhagabata-sastra-marma naba-bidha bhakti-dharma
sadai kariba su-sebana
anya-devasraya nai tomare kahinu bhai
ei bhakti parama-bhajana
I shall eternally engage in the nine-fold process of devotional service, which
is the essential message of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and I shall not worship the demigods.
O brother, I say to you: Devotional service is the most exalted kind of worship.
10
sadhu-sastra-guru-bakya cittete kariya aikya
satata bhasiba prema-majhe
karmi jnani bhakti-hina ihare karibe bhina
narottama ei tattwa gaje
Making the words of the guru, sadhus and sastras one with my heart, I constantly
float and swim in the ocean of pure love. I am different from the karmis
and jnanis, who have no devotion for Krsna. Narottama speaks the truth.
All glories to Srila Narottama das Thakur!