{"id":88129,"date":"2022-10-22T11:46:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T09:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/625596393626697728"},"modified":"2022-10-22T11:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T09:46:55","slug":"srila-prabhupada-this-rascaldom-is-going-on-rasa-lila-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=88129","title":{"rendered":"Srila Prabhupada: This rascaldom is going on, rasa-lila!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Srila Prabhupada: This rascaldom is going on, rasa-l\u012bl\u0101. And people are so fool that they send their wife and their daughter for performing rasa-l\u012bl\u0101. Things are going on like that. You know the Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura\u2019s life? A similar rasa-l\u012bl\u0101 was going on. You know that story? Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura was magistrate, and one person in Orissa, he declared himself that \u201cI am Vi\u1e63\u1e47u,\u201d and in the village he was enticing young women and girls to dance at night. And some of them protested, and they lodged complaint to the government that \u201cThis person is doing like that.\u201d And the government commissioner, he knew that Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura, Ked\u0101ran\u0101tha Datta, was a very elevated, religious man, and he was magistrate. So the commissioner entrusted the inquiry to Ked\u0101ran\u0101tha Datta at that time. So Ked\u0101ran\u0101tha Datta, Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura, took the matter and went to inquire at that village of Orissa, with some constables in plain dress. He had some yogic power, so immediately he could say, \u201cOh, your name is Ked\u0101ran\u0101tha Datta. I know you are very good man, but don\u2019t be after me. You will not be happy. And I shall elevate you to become the king of this country. Don\u2019t be after me.\u201d Now He was Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura, a strong devotee. If any other person would have been addressed like that, he would be immediately puzzled: \u201cHow this man is talking about me, that I am Ked\u0101ran\u0101tha Datta, I am magistrate and\u2026?\u201d So he would not do anything. But Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura was so strong, he said, \u201cYes. Thank you very much that I shall become king. So why don\u2019t you go to Jagann\u0101tha Pur\u012b and stay there? That is a nice pilgrimage, and you can stay there. Many holy men go there. Why you are in this village?\u201d He wanted to drive him away from that village. \u201cOh, what is that Jagann\u0101tha? That is wood. I am Vi\u1e63\u1e47u.\u201d As soon as he said, Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura became fire: \u201cOh, this rascal is like that.\u201d He immediately ordered, \u201cArrest him. Arrest him.\u201d And he showed some fiery spark coming from his j\u0101ta. So the constables were hesitating to arrest him, but Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura ordered, \u201cYes, immediately arrest him. Handcuff.\u201d So he took him away, arrested. And as soon as he returned home, all the members of his family were in fever, high degree fever, and Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura himself was in fever. He made some trick, yogic trick. So his wife began to cry: \u201cOh, you have arrested one great yog\u012b. He is Vi\u1e63\u1e47u, and therefore we are now going to die. [laughter] So Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura: “Yes, you die. All die. Still, what I have done is all right.\u201d Then when there is date for appearance in the court,the man was brought, and yog\u012b. And Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura was suffering still in fever. Still, he attended the court and asked the constables that \u201cCut his j\u0101ta.”Hair. Jata. So no barber was available. [laughter] Because they knew that Bhaktivinoda Thakura, after arresting, he is suffering from fever. Whole family is lying down in fever. So nobody came forward to cut his jata. So Bhaktivinoda: “All right, bring one scissor. I shall cut.\u201d So he personally cut,and that man became very thin immediately after cutting his jata. He had some power in the jata. And he ordered six months\u2019 imprisonment. And in the prison he managed to take some poison and die. So devotees are so strong. They can know what is what. He was not puzzled that \u201cHe is Visnu.\u201d No. So we should learn from the Bhaktivinoda Thakura\u2019s treatment that this jugglery or this so-called power is not good for advancement in spiritual life.
\n>>> Ref. VedaBase => Lecture \u2013 February 17, 1971, Gorakhpur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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A similar rasa-l\u012bl\u0101 was going on. You know that story? Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura was magistrate, and one person in Orissa, he declared himself that “I am Vi\u1e63\u1e47u,” and in the village he was enticing young women and girls to dance at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-88129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88132,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88129\/revisions\/88132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}