SB 1.6.20 - 27 - PowerPoint Presentation

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SB 1.6.20 - 27

The Lord instructs

Narada

Muni, and

Narada

Muni follows His instructions Until his DeathSlide2

Offering obeisancesnäräyaëaà namaskåtya

naraà caiva narottamam

devéà sarasvatéà vyäsaà

tato jayam udérayet

“Before reciting this Çrémad-Bhägavatam, which is the very means of conquest, one should offer respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Näräyaëa, unto Nara-näräyaëa Åñi, the supermost human being, unto mother Sarasvaté, the goddess of learning, and unto Çréla Vyäsadeva, the author.” SB 1.2.4Slide3

nañöa-präyeñv abhadreñu

nityaà bhägavata-sevayä

bhagavaty uttama-çloke

bhaktir bhavati naiñöhiké

“By regular attendance in classes on the Bhägavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.” SB1.2.18Slide4

SB 1.6.20evaḿ yatantaḿ vijane

mām āhāgocaro girām

gambhīra-ślakṣṇayā vācā

śucaḥ praśamayann iva

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; yatantam — one who is engaged in attempting; vijane — in that lonely place; mām — unto me; āha — said; agocaraḥ — beyond the range of physical sound; girām — utterances;gambhīra — grave; ślakṣṇayā — pleasing to hear; vācā — words; śucaḥ — grief; praśamayan — mitigating; iva — like.

TRANSLATION

Seeing my attempts in that lonely place, the Personality of Godhead, who is transcendental to all mundane description, spoke to me with

gravity and pleasing words

, just to mitigate my grief.Slide5

SB 1.6.20A devotee always feels pangs of separation

That is transcendental ecstasy

Separation from Krishna’s devotees, Krishna’s name, Krishna’s service, Krishna

Katha

Just be sincere

Perceiving the Lord

Lord is above the perception of senses

Still out of His causeless mercy He makes Himself perceptible

To one who He is pleased with

Not to the non-devotees (BG 7.25)

Special gift only for Sri

Narada

He could see during probationary period of DSSlide6

SB 1.6.21hantāsmiñ janmani bhavān

mā māḿ draṣṭum ihārhati

avipakva-kaṣāyāṇāḿ

durdarśo 'haḿ kuyoginām

SYNONYMS

hanta — O Nārada; asmin — this; janmani — duration of life; bhavān — yourself; mā — not; mām — Me; draṣṭum — to see; iha — here; arhati — deserve; avipakva — immature; kaṣāyāṇām — material dirt; durdarśaḥ — difficult to be seen; aham — I; kuyoginām — incomplete in service.

TRANSLATION

O Nārada [the Lord spoke], I regret that during this lifetime you will not be able to see Me anymore. Those who are incomplete in service and who are not completely free from all material taints can hardly see Me.Slide7

SB 1.6.21

Supreme Personality of Godhead

Most pure

One who has slightest tinge of materiality cant approach Him

Hold on to

Srila

Prabhupada’s

Dhoti!

Impurity in

Srila

Narada

Muni???

Mode of goodness

Steps of purity – Removal of

Passion and Ignorance (Kama and

Lobha

)

Then goodness

Searching for God

Goodness (Forest)

Passion (Cities)

Ignorance (Brothels, Night clubs)

Transcendence (Temple)

Recommended for neophyte devotees (Deity Worship – Beginning of DS)

Narada

Muni’s current life

Preaching

instead of going to forest

We follow in his footstepsSlide8

All on a platter!

Best transcendental environment

One of the best temples

Enthusiastic, energetic

Most Loving devotees

On top of that

Most wealthy country

Most successful companies

High salaries

Beautiful neighborhood

Minimum travel

So lets preach!Slide9

SB 1.6.22sakṛd yad darśitaḿ rūpam

etat kāmāya te 'nagha

mat-kāmaḥ śanakaiḥ sādhu

sarvān muñcati hṛc-chayān

SYNONYMS

sakṛt — once only; yat — that; darśitam — shown; rūpam — form; etat — this is; kāmāya — for hankerings; te — your; anagha — O virtuous one; mat — Mine; kāmaḥ — desire; śanakaiḥ — by increasing; sādhuḥ — devotee; sarvān — all; muñcati — gives away; hṛt-śayān — material desires.

TRANSLATION

O virtuous one, you have only once seen My person, and this is just to increase your desire for Me, because the more you hanker for Me, the more you will be freed from all material desires.Slide10

Why does Krishna makes Himself perceptible directly/indirectly?Just to increase our hankering for HimSlide11

Hankering for Krishna

=

Hankering for His service

His service and His person are identical

Service to Krishna = Seeing Krishna

The only means to see = Service

Atah

Sri Krishna

Namadi

Choose your hankering!

Material



Entanglement

Krishna’s Service



Liberation

Hankering for Krishna

 Freedom from material hankering

Also the other way round..Slide12

Nature of Transcendental HankeringThe more you satisfy the hankering (by engaging in service)

The more you hanker ad infinitum (SB 1.18.14)

Eternal (Real) ever increasing

satisfaction

(

Suprasidati

)

Tusyanti

ca

Ramanti

ca

Natural

to the soul (

Paro

Dharma)

Material hankering

“Law of Satiation” applies

Temporary (unreal) satisfaction

A new toy

everytime

!Slide13

No satiation!SB 1.18.14 Can anyone who is expert in relishing nectar [rasa] ever be fully satiated by hearing topics about Him?

SB 1.1.19

We never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is glorified by hymns and prayers. Those who have developed a taste for transcendental relationships with Him relish hearing of His pastimes at every moment.

Mundane news is static whereas transcendental news is dynamic, in as much

as the spirit is dynamic and matter is static

. Those who have developed a taste for understanding the transcendental subject matter are never tired of hearing such narrations. One is quickly satiated by mundane activities, but no one is satiated by transcendental or devotional activities. Uttama-sloka indicates that literature which is not meant for nescience. Mundane literature is in the mode of darkness or ignorance, whereas transcendental literature is quite different. Transcendental literature is above the mode of darkness, and its light becomes more luminous with progressive reading and realization of the transcendental subject matter. 

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What is the result of the hankering/service?Slide15

SB 1.6.23sat-sevayādīrghayāpi

jātā mayi dṛḍhā matiḥ

hitvāvadyam imaḿ lokaḿ

gantā maj-janatām asi

SYNONYMS

sat-sevayā — by service of the Absolute Truth; adīrghayā — for some days; api — even; jātā — having attained; mayi — unto Me; dṛḍhā — firm; matiḥ — intelligence; hitvā — having given up; avadyam— deplorable; imam — this; lokam — material worlds; gantā — going to; 

mat-janatām

 — My associates; asi — become.

TRANSLATION

By service of the Absolute Truth, even for a few days, a devotee attains firm and fixed intelligence in Me. Consequently he goes on to become My associate in the transcendental world after giving up the present deplorable material worlds.Slide16

Serving the Absolute Truth meansServing the SPG

Under the direction of a

bonafide

SM

who is a transparent medium between the Lord and the neophyte devotee

The Only means to know God – “

Atah

Sri Krishna

Namadi

”

Service gives Intelligence

“

Dadami

Buddhi

Yogam

Tvam

”

Intelligence

“ By which

you

can come to Me”

Give up the deplorable material world

Become one of the liberated associates of the Lord (Mat-

Janatam

)Slide17
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What if I lose it?Slide19

SB 1.6.24matir mayi nibaddheyaḿ

na vipadyeta karhicit

prajā-sarga-nirodhe 'pi

smṛtiś ca mad-anugrahāt

SYNONYMS

matiḥ — intelligence; mayi — devoted to Me; nibaddhā — engaged; iyam — this; na — never; vipadyeta — separate; karhicit — at any time; prajā — living beings; sarga — at the time of creation;nirodhe — also at the time of annihilation; api — even; smṛtiḥ — remembrance; ca — and; mat — Mine; anugrahāt — by the mercy of.

TRANSLATION

Intelligence engaged in My devotion cannot be thwarted at any time. Even at the time of creation, as well as at the time of annihilation, your remembrance will continue by My mercy.Slide20

BG 2.40“

Nehabhikrama

..”

Eternal time frame

Akarma

/Spiritual A/c balance only goes up!Slide21

SB 1.6.25etāvad uktvopararāma tan mahad

bhūtaḿ nabho-lińgam alińgam īśvaram

ahaḿ ca tasmai mahatāḿ mahīyase

śīrṣṇāvanāmaḿ vidadhe 'nukampitaḥ

SYNONYMS

etāvat — thus; uktvā — spoken; upararāma — stopped; tat — that; mahat — great; bhūtam — wonderful; nabhaḥ-lińgam — personified by sound; alińgam — unseen by the eyes; īśvaram — the supreme authority; aham — I; ca — also; tasmai — unto Him; mahatām — the great; mahīyase — unto the glorified; śīrṣṇā — by the head; avanāmam — obeisances; vidadhe — executed; anukampitaḥ— being favored by Him.

TRANSLATION

Then that supreme authority,

personified by sound and unseen by eyes

, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head.Slide22

Supreme Lord is

His

Vani

Can be seen and realized by His

Vani

The Vedas

The

Bhagavad

Gita

is identical to the Lord

Arjuna

realized this on returning to

Hastinapur

after Lord’s departure

The need

Persistent chanting of the Transcendental soundSlide23

Now I know...Slide24

SB 1.6.26nāmāny anantasya hata-trapaḥ paṭhan

guhyāni bhadrāṇi kṛtāni ca smaran

gāḿ paryaṭaḿs tuṣṭa-manā gata-spṛhaḥ

kālaḿ pratīkṣan vimado vimatsaraḥ

SYNONYMS

nāmāni — the holy name, fame, etc.; anantasya — of the unlimited; hata-trapaḥ — being freed from all formalities of the material world; paṭhan — by recitation, repeated reading, etc.; guhyāni — mysterious; bhadrāṇi — all benedictory; kṛtāni — activities; ca — and; smaran — constantly remembering; gām — on the earth; paryaṭan — traveling all through; tuṣṭa-manāḥ — fully satisfied;gata-spṛhaḥ — completely freed from all material desires; kālam — time; pratīkṣan — awaiting; vimadaḥ — without being proud; vimatsaraḥ — without being envious.

TRANSLATION

Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I traveled all over the earth, fully satisfied, humble and unenvious.Slide25

The child now

became aware that he could associate with the Lord through constant devotional service

Began to continuously chant Lord’s Holy Name and Fame

The child already began to act like

Narada

Muni

Even in this material body

A Devotee’s life in a nutshell

After initiation from the Lord or His representative

One single desire (

Vyavasayatmika

Buddhir

)

To go back to Godhead

Which awaits them in near future

Non envious

Not proud

Fully satisfied

Takes seriously chanting the name and glories of the Lord

Travels all over the world so others may hear the message

According to one’s personal capacity

Preach to the walls if no one comes –

Srila

Bhakti

Siddhanta

Saraswati

ThakuraSlide26

SB 1.6.27evaḿ kṛṣṇa-mater brahman

nāsaktasyāmalātmanaḥ

kālaḥ prādurabhūt kāle

taḍit saudāmanī yathā

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; kṛṣṇa-mateḥ — one who is fully absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa; brahman — O Vyāsadeva; na — not; āsaktasya — of one who is attached; amala-ātmanaḥ — of one who is completely free from all material dirt; kālaḥ — death; prādurabhūt — become visible; kāle — in the course of time; taḍit — lightning; saudāmanī — illuminating; yathā — as it is.

TRANSLATION

And so, O Brāhmaṇa Vyāsadeva, in due course of time I, who was fully absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa and who therefore had no attachments, being completely freed from all material taints, met with death, as lightning and illumination occur simultaneously.Slide27

Fully absorbed in thoughts of Krishna meansClearance of material

dirts

or hankerings

Like a rich man has no hankering for small petty things

Sign of a spiritually enriched person

Death, at his leisure, suddenly appeared before

Narada

Muni

For a pure devotee

Death is like simultaneous

Lightning – Loss of the current body

Illumination – Development of a spiritual body

Spiritualized body even before death

Red hot iron in contact with fireSlide28

Summary

Service to Krishna

Means Seeing Krishna

Is the only means to see Krishna

Gives intelligence

Is never lost

Leads to the ultimate goal - BTG

“Law of satiation” does not apply to Krishna’s service, name,

katha

etc.

The more you do, the more you hanker

Gives the ever increasing ultimate satisfaction

Best place for the cultivation of service

A temple ( it is transcendental)

The highest transcendental activity

Follow

Narada

Muni’s example

Travel and preach throughout the world, as per your personal capacity

F or

one thus purified, change of body

Simultaneous lightning and illuminationSlide29

References:Srila

Prabhupada’s

purports on these verses

HG

Bhurijana

Prabhu’s

book: “Unveiling His Lotus Feet”

ISKCONDESIRETREE

HH

Radhanath

Swami

Maharaj’s

lecture – 1.6.34

HH

Mahanidhi

Swami’s lecture – 1.6.27