ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Editorial Stories - August 2011</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" width=800 link="#990000" alink="#990000" vlink="#000088"> <table width=750 border=1 bordercolor="#CC9933" bordercolordark="990000" bordercolorlight="CC9933" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top><font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=2> <center><P> <img src="../head1.gif" width=605 height=99 border=0 usemap="#nav1"></center> <center><table width=700 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2><font size=2><font face="Verdana"><font size=2> <MAP NAME="nav1"> <AREA COORDS="23,17,110,82" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../index.htm"> <AREA COORDS="1,87,46,98" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../../media/mantra.wav" target="_blank"> <AREA COORDS="76,86,111,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../news/news.htm"> <AREA COORDS="121,86,189,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../editorials/editorials.htm"> <AREA COORDS="199,86,256,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../features/features.htm"> <AREA COORDS="266,86,329,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../sunblogs/sunblogs.htm"> <AREA COORDS="339,86,412,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../classifieds/classifieds.htm"> <AREA COORDS="421,86,466,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../events/events.htm"> <AREA COORDS="476,86,539,97" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../recipes/recipes.htm"> <AREA COORDS="549,86,796,604" SHAPE="rect" HREF="../../podcasts/podcasts.htm"> </MAP> <P><BR> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=700> <P><BR> <blockquote> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+2><p style='text-align:justify'> Bhagavad Arka Marichi Mala, Part 101 </font></font> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=2><p style='text-align:justify'> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <p><center><img src="bvt133.jpg" width=437 height=286 border=1> <P> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur<BR> </b></font></font> </center> </FONT></FONT><P><BR><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><B>Aug 31, 2011 &#151; CANADA (SUN) &#151; Bhagavad Arka Marichi Mala by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. </B> </font></font><p><BR><center><font face="verdana"><font size=+1>CHAPTER TWENTY <BR> The Sweetness of Rasa (rasa-madhurima) </font> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.33.29-31 Sukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>shri-shuka uvaca <BR> dharma-vyatikramo drishta<BR> ishvaranam ca sahasam<BR> tejiyasam na doshaya<BR> vahneh sarva-bhujo yatha </i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>shri-shukah uvaca shri shukadeva Gosvami said; dharma-vyatikramah the transgression of religious or moral principles; drishtah seen; ishvaranam of powerful controllers; ca even; sahasam due to audacity; tejiyasam who are spiritually potent; na does not; doshaya (lead) to any fault; vahneh of fire; sarva everything; bhujah devouring; yatha as. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Sukadeva Gosvami said: The status of powerful controllers is not harmed by any apparently audacious transgression of morality we may see in them, for they are just like fire, which devours everything fed into it and remains unpolluted. (29) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>naitat samacarej jatu<BR> manasapi hy anishvarah<BR> vinashyaty acaran maudhyad<BR> yatharudro 'bdhi-jam visham</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>na not; etat this; samacaret should perform; jatu ever; manasa with the mind; api even; hi certainly; anishvarah one who is not a controller; vinashyati he is destroyed; acaran acting; maudhyat out of foolishness; yatha as; arudrah one who is not Lord Rudra; abdhijam generated from the ocean; visham poison. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>One who is not a great controller should never imitate the behavior of ruling personalities, even mentally. If out of foolishness an ordinary person does imitate such behavior, he will simply destroy himself, just as a person who is not Rudra would destroy himself if he tried to drink an ocean of poison. (30) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>ishvaranam vacah satyam<BR> tathaivacaritam kvacit<BR> tesham yat sva-vaco-yuktam buddhimams tat samacaret</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>ishvaranam of the Lord's empowered servants; vacah the words; satyam true; tatha eva also; acaritam what they do; kvacit sometimes; tesham of them; yat which; sva-vacah with their own words; yuktam in agreement; buddhi-man one who is intelligent; tat that; samacaret should perform. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The statements of the Lord's empowered servants are always true, and the acts they perform are exemplary when consistent with those statements. Therefore one who is intelligent should carry out their instructions. (31) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.33.33 Sukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>kim utakhila-sattvanam<BR> tiryan-martya-divaukasam<BR> ishitush ceshitavyanam<BR> kushalakushalanvayah</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>kim uta what to speak then; akhila of all; sattvanam created beings; tiryak animals; martya humans; diva-okasam and inhabitants of heaven; ishutuh for the controller; ca and; ishitavyanam of those who are controlled; kushala with piety; akushala and impiety; anvayah causal connection. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>How, then, could the Lord of all created beings animals, men and demigods have any connection with the piety and impiety that affect His subject creatures? </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.33.35 Sukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>gopinam tat-patinam ca<BR> sarvesham eva dehinam<BR> yo 'ntash carati so 'dhyakshah <BR> kridaneneha deha-bhak</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>gopinam of the gopis; tat-patinam of their husbands; ca and; sarvesham of all; eva indeed; dehinam embodied living beings; yah who; antah within; carati lives; sah He; adhyakshah the overseeing witness; kridanena for sport; iha in this world; deha His form; bhak assuming. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>He who lives as the overseeing witness within the gopis and their husbands, and indeed within all embodied living beings, assumes forms in this world to enjoy transcendental pastimes. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.33.37 Sukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>nasuyan khalu krishnaya<BR> mohitas tasya mayaya<BR> manyamanah sva-parshva-sthan<BR> svan svan daran vrajaukasah</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>na asuyan were not jealous; khalu even; krishnaya against Krishna; mohitah bewildered; tasya His; mayaya by the spiritual potency of illusion; manyamanah thinking; sva-parshva at their own sides; sthan standing; svan svan each their own; daran wives; vraja-okasah the cowherd men of Vraja. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The cowherd men, bewildered by Krishna's illusory potency, thought their wives had remained home at their sides. Thus they did not harbor any jealous feelings against Him. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.33.39 Sukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>vikriditam vraja-vadhubhir idam ca vishnoh<BR> shraddhanvito 'nushrinuyad atha varnayed yah<BR> bhaktim param bhagavati pratilabhya kamam<BR> hrid-rogam ashv apahinoty acirena dhirah</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>vikriditam the sporting; vraja-vadhubhih with the young women of Vrindavana; idam this; ca and; vishnoh by Lord Vishnu; shraddha-anvitah faithfully; anushrinuyat hears; atha or; varnayet describes; yah who; bhaktim devotional service; param transcendental; bhagavati unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pratilabhya obtaining; kamam material lust; hrit in the heart; rogam the disease; ashu quickly; apahinoti he drives away; acirena without delay; dhirah sober. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Anyone who faithfully hears or describes the Lord's playful affairs with the young gopis of Vrndavana will attain the Lord's pure devotional service. Thus he will quickly become sober and conquer lust, the disease of the heart. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.35.01 Sukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Pariksit </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>shri-shuka uvaca<BR> gopyah krishne vanam yate<BR> tam anudruta-cetasah<BR> krishna-lilah pragayantyo<BR> ninyur duhkhena vasaran</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>shri-shukah uvaca shri shukadeva Gosvami said; gopyah the gopis; krishne Lord Krishna; vanam to the forest; yate having gone; tam after Him; anudruta chasing; cetasah whose minds; krishna-lilah the transcendental pastimes of Krishna; pragayantyah singing loudly; ninyuh they passed; duhkhena unhappily; vasaran the days. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>Sukadeva Gosvami said: Whenever Krishna went to the forest, the minds of the gopis would run after Him, and thus the young girls sadly spent their days singing of His pastimes. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>10.35.02-13 The Gopis Sing of Krishna </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>shri-gopya ucuh<BR> vama-bahu-krita-vama-kapolo<BR> valgita-bhrur adhararpita-venum<BR> komalangulibhir ashrita-margam<BR> gopya irayati yatra mukundah<BR> vyoma-yana-vanitah saha siddhair<BR> vismitas tad upadharya sa-lajjah<BR> kama-margana-samarpita-cittah<BR> kashmalam yayur apasmrita-nivyah</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>shri-gopyah ucuh the gopis said; vama left; bahu on His arm; krita putting; vama left; kapolah His cheek; valgita moving; bhruh His eyebrows; adhara upon His lips; arpita placed; venum His flute; komala tender; angulibhih with His fingers; ashrita-margam its holes stopped; gopyah O gopis; irayati vibrates; yatra where; mukundah Lord Krishna; vyoma in the sky; yana traveling; vanitah the ladies; saha together with; siddhaih the Siddha demigods; vismitah amazed; tat to that; upadharya listening; sa with; lajjah embarrassment; kama of lust; margana to the pursuit; samarpita offered; cittah their minds; kashmalam distress; yayuh they experienced; apasmrita forgetting; nivyah the belts of their dresses. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>The gopis said: When Mukunda vibrates the flute He has placed to His lips, stopping its holes with His tender fingers, He rests His left cheek on His left arm and makes His eyebrows dance. At that time the demigoddesses traveling in the sky with their husbands, the Siddhas, become amazed. As those ladies listen, they are embarrassed to find their minds yielding to the pursuit of lusty desires, and in their distress they are unaware that the belts of their garments are loosening. (2-3) </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2><I>hanta citram abalah shrinutedam<BR> hara-hasa urasi sthira-vidyut<BR> nanda-sunur ayam arta-jananam<BR> narma-do yarhi kujita-venuh<BR> vrindasho vraja-vrisha mriga-gavo<BR> venu-vadya-hrita-cetasa arat<BR> danta-dashta-kavala dhrita-karna<BR> nidrita likhita-citram ivasan</i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>hanta ah; citram wonder; abalah O girls; shrinuta hear; idam this; hara (brilliant) like a necklace; hasah whose smile; urasi upon the chest; sthira motionless; vidyut lightning; nanda-sunuh son of Nanda Maharaja; ayam this; arta troubled; jananam for persons; narma of joy; dah the giver; yarhi when; kujita has vibrated; venuh His flute; vrndashah in groups; vraja kept in the pasture; vrishah the bulls; mriga the deer; gavah and the cows; venu of the flute; vadya by the playing; hrita stolen away; cetasah their minds; arat at a distance; danta by their teeth; dashta bit; kavalah whose mouthfuls; dhrita holding up; karnah their ears; nidritah asleep; likhita drawn; citram an illustration; iva as if; asan they were. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=2>O girls! This son of Nanda, who gives joy to the distressed, bears steady lightning on His chest and has a smile like a jeweled necklace. Now please hear something wonderful. When He vibrates His flute, Vraja's bulls, deer and cows, standing in groups at a great distance, are all captivated by the sound, and they stop chewing the food in their mouths and cock their ears. Stunned, they appear as if asleep, or like figures in a painting. 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