Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam

Wiil commcniaiy by
SRILA lHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASVATI
SLOKA 1
ccto-áarpana-marjanam bnava-manaáavagní-nívapanam
srcyan-haírava-canáríha-vítaranam víáya-vaánu-jívanam
ananáabnuání-varánanam pratí-paáam purnamrtasvaáanam
sarvatma-snapanam param víjayatc srí-hrsna-sanhírtanam

cctan - ol ilc lcaii; áarpana - ilc miiioi; marjanam - clcansing; bnava - ol
maiciial cxístcncc; mana-áavagní - ilc blazing loicsi liic; nívapanam -
cxiinguisling; srcyan - ol
good loiiunc; haírava - ilc wliic loius; canáríha - ilc moonslinc; vítaranam -
spicading; víáya - ol all cducaiion; vaánu - wilc; jívanam - ilc lilc; ananáa - bliss;
ambuání - ilc occan; varánanam - incicasing; pratí-paáam - ai cvciy sicp; purna-
amrta - ol ilc lull ncciai; asvaáanam - giving iasic; sarva - loi cvciyonc; atma-
snapanam - bailing ol ilc scll; par--am - iiansccndcnial; víjayatc - lci ilcic bc
vicioiy; srí-hrsna-sanhírtanam - loi ilc congicgaiional claniing ol ilc loly namc
ol Kisna.
"Lci ilcic bc vicioiy loi ilc claniing ol ilc loly namc ol Loid Kisna,
wlicl can clcansc ilc miiioi ol ilc lcaii and siop ilc misciics ol ilc blazing liic
ol maiciial cxisicncc. Tlai claniing is ilc waxing moon ilai spicads ilc wliic
loius ol good loiiunc loi all living cniiiics. Ii is ilc lilc and soul ol all cducaiion.
Tlc claniing ol ilc loly namc ol Kiislna cxpands ilc blisslul occan ol
iiansccndcnial lilc. Ii givcs a cooling cllcci io cvciyonc and cnablcs onc io iasic
lull ncciai ai cvciy sicp."

Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam
by Siila llaliivinoda Tlaluia

I bcgin ilis Sanmodana llasyam commcniaiy on ilc cigli Silsasiala
vciscs wiiiicn by Sii Caiianya Malapiablu by ollciing my lumblc obcisancc ai ilc
loius lcci ol Loid Caiianya and His cicinal associaics in ilc Sii Panca iaiiva,
namcly Niiyananda Avadluia, Advaiia Piablu, Gadadlaia Pandiia and Siivasa
Tlaluia.
The pafh of perfecfion
Tlc pail ol dcvoiional scivicc is ilc liglcsi pcilcciion ol lilc, and ii is sougli
alici in all ilc Vcdic liiciaiuics. Applying lis supciioi iniclligcncc io icpcaicd
icscaicl ol ilc Vcdas, Loid lialma ascciiaincd ilai ilc bcsi mcilod ol scll-
icalizaiion is ilc awalcning ol onc's loving aiiaclmcni io Loid Haii, wlo dwclls
wiilin cvciyonc's lcaii. Iaiil, cagcincss, dccp undcisianding and ilc associaiion
ol puic dcvoiccs aic icquiicd
lialma's plilosoplical conclusion uncquivocally csiablislcs ilc supicmacy
ol dcvoiional scivicc ovci liuiiivc aciiviiics, spcculaiivc lnowlcdgc, oi any oilci
pioccss. Howcvci, puic dcvoiional lovc ol God is unaiiainablc wiiloui gicai laiil
and inicnsc cagcincss io iclisl ilc ncciaican pasiimcs ol ilc Supicmc Loid and
wiiloui dccp undcisianding ol ilc conlidcniial iiuils ol ilc sciipiuics. And cvcn
wlcn piolound laiil las aiiscn, ii is impossiblc wiiloui ilc associaiion ol sainily
pcisons io discuss ilc iiansccndcnial iopics ol ilc Supicmc Loid. Sadlu sangla is
inicgial io ilc lcaiing and claniing pioccss ol dcvoiional scivicc.
Tlus ilc Loid Himscll las dcclaicd, "Ii is only in ilc associaiion ol My
puic dcvoiccs ilai discus¬sions aboui My iiansccndcnial gloiy bccomc spiiiiually
poicni and aiousc loving dcvoiional mcllows wiilin ilc innci coic ol onc's lcaii."

Tlc Loid's loly namc, loim, qualiiics and aciiviiics aic paiiiculaily
gloiilicd in sucl company. In Loid Caiianya's icaclings Hc liisi discusscs ilcsc
gloiics. In ilc louiil linc, loi cxamplc, ilc woid paiam indicaics ilai claniing
Kisna's all°puiilying loly namc is ilc vciy liglcsi bcncdiciion. Tlis lollows ilc
csiablislmcni ol piopci laiil and associaiion wiil sainily dcvoiccs. Tlus ilc
pioccss ol dcvoiional scivicc bcgins.
Tlc claniing ol ilc loly namc is noi scniimcnialism. Tlis claniing is
ncvci io bc conluscd wiil scniimcnial and pscudo-dcvoiional claniing, lowcvci.
In ilcsc Silsasiala vciscs Sii Caiianya cxplains in His own woids ilc piinciplcs ol
sambandla (oui cicinal iclaiionslip wiil God), ablidlcya (ilc mcans by wlicl
wc can icvivc ilai iclaiionslip), and piayojana (ilc uliimaic goal ol ilai
iclaiionslip loi cvciy living bcing).
Tlis commcniaiy, ilcn, will biiclly cxaminc cacl ol ilcsc plilosoplical
piinciplcs. As Loid Caiianya, ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad wlo is lovingly
scivcd by all puic Vaisnava dcvoiccs, says: "Lci ilc congicgaiional claniing ol ilc
loly samc bc cspccially gloiilicd."

Tlcicloic, plcasc lcai jusi low ilc claniing ol ilc loly namc is vicioiious
in ilc mundanc woild, wlicl is a cicaiion ol ilc cxicinal cncigy ol ilc Loid.
The phiIosophicaI background: simuIfaneous oneness and differenceo
Sciipiuic cciiainly cvinccs ilc absoluic oncncss ol ilc Supicmc Tiuil.
"Only ilc onc non-dual subsiancc cxisicd bcloic cica¬iion", wc icad. And in
anoilci placc, "Oilci ilan ilc onc non-dual lialman no vaiigaicdncss cxisi." In
ilcsc siaicmcnis, lc all-pcivading impcisonal aspcci ol ilc Absoluic Tiuil is
csiablislcd.
Simuliancously, ilc siaicmcni, "Lvciyiling is lialman" cmplasizcs ilc
pcisonal and dillcicniiaicd piinciplc ol ilc cicinal and supicmc Absoluic Tiuil.
Tlougl dillcicniiaicd pcisonalism and undillcicniaicd impcisonalism cocxisi in
ilc Absoluic Tiuil, ii is ilc pcisonal lcaiuic ilai is aciually pciccivablc;
impcisonalism is noi. Tlcicloic, ilc pcisonal lcaiuic ol ilc Absoluic Tiuil
picdominaics.
Oui spiiiiual masici in ilc maiici ol sciipiuial conclusions, Siila Jiva
Goswami, las ilcicloic dcclaicd ilai ilc Onc Absoluic Tiuil cicinally cxisis in
loui lcaiuics: as His oiiginal iiansccndcnial loim, as His cvci cxpanding all-
pcivasivc poicncy, as ilc living cniiiics, and as ilc sum ioial ol all maiici. Tlis is
analogous io ilc lcaiuics ol ilc sun planci: ilc sun god limscll, Suiya; ilc
powcilul sun globc; ilc sunslinc; and ilc icllcciions ol ilc sun's iays on oilci
suilaccs.
Tlc poini lcic is ilai God alonc is ilc Supicmc Absoluic Tiuil, saliiman;
Hc is ilc only souicc ol all poicncics oi cncigics. Tlc lialma-suiia docs aiguc
ilc csscniial oncncss ol ilc Lncigciic Souicc (saliiman) and Lncigy (salii), yci
ilc Vcdas concludc, "Tlai Supicmc Absoluic Tiuil manilcsis Himscll in a vaiiciy
ol loims. His poicncics aic muliilaiious." Tlis piovcs ilai ilcic cxisis an
csscniial and cicinal dillcicncc bciwccn ilc cncigciic and His Lncigy, and ilai ilc
inconccivablc Absoluic iiuil acis in ways ilai aic paiad¬oxical and
coniiadic¬ioiy. Tlc monisiic sclool ol Kcvalad¬vaiiavada cannoi succcsslully
opposc wiil aigumcnis ilis sciipiuial piinciplc ol simuliancous oncncss and
dillcicncc.

Three cafegories of manifesfafion
Tlc Absoluic Poicni Supicmc Tiuil manilcsis Himscll in ilicc caicgoiics:
as His inicinal poicncy, as His maiginal poicncy, and as His cxicinal poicncy.
Tliougl ilc agcncy ol His inicinal spiiiiual poicncy Hc displays ilc inliniic
iiansccndcnial icalm, and Hc cxisis ilcic cicinally as ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad, ilc piopiicioi ol all His cncigciic cxpansions. Tlai Hc may pciloim
vaiious pcisonal pas¬iimcs, His inicinal poicncy cxlibiis ilc spiiiiual Vailunila
plancis wiilin ilc iiansccndcnial icalm.
Tlc maiginal poicncy is madc up ol ilc cicinal living cniiiics (jiva souls)
wlo aic lilc iays oi in¬liniicsimal spails ol ilc sun. Tlcy aic paii and paiccl ol
ilc Absoluic Tiuil, non-dil¬lcicni liom Him in qualiiy and dillcicni in quaniiiy.
Tlc cxicinal cncigy (maya) is bui ilc icllcciion ol ilc cicinal spiiiiual
icalm. Maya csiablislcs ilc liciaicly ol vaiious maiciial condiiions ilai ilc souls
in lci powci bccomc subjcci io.

The Iiberafed and condifioned sfafes
In cacl ol ilcii own ways, ilcicloic, maya (ilc maiciial cncigy), ilc living
cniiiics (ilc maiginal spiiiiual cncigy) and Vailunila (iiansccndcncc) aic
dillcicni and non-dillcicni liom ilc Supicmc Loid.
As long as ilc jiva ialcs lull slclici ol ilc Supicmc Loid, lc icmains a
icsidcni ol Vailunila; bui wlcn lis innaic spiiiiual lnowlcdgc ol ilc Loid is
covcicd by loigcilulncss, lc is placcd ouisidc ilc iiansccndcnial icalm. Tlc jiva is
compaicd io a iay ol ilc sun, and wlcn undci ilc cloud ol maya lc bccomcs
condiiioncd io an unconsiiiuiional and lcncc unnaiuial iypc ol cxisicncc. Tlc jiva
was cicaicd io suppoii and pai¬iicipaic in ilc Supicmc Loid's iiansccndcnial
pasiimcs, bui duc io lis maiginal naiuic lc can lall undci maya's spcll io sullci ilc
pangs ol icpcaicd biiil and dcail. Il, lowcvci, ilc jiva awalcns io lis oiiginal
scll, ilc dail misis ol ignoian¬cc aic dissipaicd and ilc long sullciing ol icpcaicd
biiil and dcail ai lasi comcs io an cnd. Tlcn lc icgains lis iiuc spiiiiual idcniiiy.

Wlcn ilc jiva mccis a sainily pcison, lc giadually acquiics an cagci iasic
loi lnowlcdgc ol sciipiuic and aiiiaciion io ilc Supicmc Loid Himscll; wlcn
siiuaicd in lis oiiginal consiiiuiional posiiion, ilc awalcncd soul is cligiblc io
cnici inio a conjugal loving cxclangc wiil ilc Loid. Onc gcis ilc clancc io
as¬sociaic wiil ical sainily pcisons and ialc slclici ol a bonalidc spiiiiual masici
by sincciiiy and laiil; only in ilis way can lc lcai ilc iiuc impoii ol ilc icvcalcd
sciipiuics.
Alici submissivcly lcaiing, onc can clani ilc loly namc; and giadually ilc
ical scll, ilc ic-spiiiiualizcd jiva, ovcicomcs ilc illusoiy cncigy as lis oiiginal
naiuic bccomcs piomincni. Sucl is ilc sublimc cllcci ol claniing ilc Loid's loly
namc. Claniing alonc clcanscs ilc lcaii - ccto-áarpana-marjanam - and cvcniually
biings oui scvcn iypcs ol pcilcciions in ilc spiiii soul.

Tlc pliasc ccto-áarpana-marjanam indicaics ilc oiiginal iiansccndcnial
naiuic ol ilc living cniiiy. Siila Jiva Gosvami cxplains ilai ilc living cniiiy is a
paii and paiccl ol ilc Supicmc Absoluic Lncigciic Tiuil; Hc is ilc aggicgaic ol all
jivas. Lilc iays ol ilc sun, ilc jivas aic ol ilc samc spiiiiual naiuic as ilc
Supicmc; bui ilcy aic inliniicsimal in sizc.
Siila laladcva Vidyabusana las similaily analyzcd Godlcad as ilc inliniic
Supicmc Loid, wiil ilc jiva bcing His inliniicsimal paii. All iiansccndcnial
qualiiics aic cicinally picscni in pcilcci lullncss in ilc Supicmc Loid. His puic
cgo is manilcsi as boil absoluic lnowlcdgc and lnowci. Tlc jiva is also in
posscssion ol iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc and puic cgo, bui io a paiiial dcgicc. ly
logic, qualiiics ol ilc sun lilc lcai and ligli picscni musi also bc picscni in ilc
sun's iays.

Ol ilc iwo, ilcn, ii is ilc Supicmc Godlcad wlo is lully indcpcndcni. Hc
posscsscs and cmbodyics all iiansccndcnial qualiiics. Hc is ilc oiigin ol
cvciyiling, and Hc cnicis inio maiciial naiuic and as iis coniiollci; Hc alonc
cicaics and mainiains ilc maiciial woild. As ilc icscivoii ol all spiiiiual bliss, Hc
iclislcs His own spiiiiual scll and disiiibuics ilc ncciai ol puic lovc ol Godlcad
by ilc mcans ol His puic dcvoiional scivicc. Indccd, Hc loiccs all living cniiiics io
iasic ilai swcci ncciai.
Innumciablc living cniiiics movc iliougl vaiicd siagcs ol cxisicncc; somc
bccomc cicinally condiiioncd, somc bccomc cicinally libciaicd. Wlcn ilc jiva
icjccis ilc Supicmc Loid, lc is cicinally cnsnaicd by maiici; bui il lc again aspiics
loi ilc slclici ol ilc Loid, ilc cuiiain ol maya ilai scpaiaics ilc jiva liom lis own
iiansccndcnial idcniiiy and qualiiics is loicvci icmovcd; lc is and immcdiaicly
icsioicd io lis oiiginal puic scll. Clcansing ilc miiioi ol ilc mind icvcals livc
iiuils.
Tlcicloic, ii is clcai ilai ilc jiva is in¬sliniicsimal. Tlougl lc is ol a
iiansccndcnial naiuic laving puic cgo, puic consciousncss and puic loim, il lc
iuins away liom God and conicmplaics maiciial cncigy, lis puic naiuic bccomcs
coniaminaicd by ncscicncc.
In ilis way, ilc soul's consciousncss is lilc a miiioi: jusi as ii is impossiblc
io scc onc's lacc in a dusiy miiioi, ii is similaily impossiblc io scc ilc ical scll in
ilc miiioi ol consciousncss wlcn ii is covcicd by ilc dusi ol ignoiancc. lui il
onc bcgins io icndci loving dcvoiional scivicc (paiiiculaily lcaiing and claniing
ilc loly namcs and pasiimcs ol Sii Kisna) undci ilc inllucncc ol ilc Loid's
lladlini plcasuic poicncy, ilc maiciial coniaminaiion ol ncscicncc is complcicly
ciadicaicd.
Tlcn jiva's puic consciousncss, wlicl is a lunciion ol lis puic cgo,
manilcsis iiscll. Hc sccs icllccicd on ilc miiioi ol lis puic cgo ilc livc piinciplcs
ol ilc Supicmc Loid, ilc jiva, pialiiii (naiuic), lala (iimc), and laima (aciion),
wiil absoluic claiiiy. Hc sccs ilc icllcciion ol lis oiiginal idcniiiy wiiloui any
disioiiion, and ilis lclps lim io lnow lis inlcicni naiuic as an cicinal scivani ol
ilc Loid. Wlcn onc bccomcs iiuly cxpcii in sciving ilc Loid, ilc piopcnsiiy io
cnjoy maiciial lilc is convciicd inio a loving dcvoiional mood ol scivicc.

Chanfing is fhe souI's svadharma
Tlc woid bnava indicaics ilc jiva's loiciblc subjcciion io icpcaicd biiils in
ilis woild. llava is a coniinuous cyclc ol biiil and dcail callcd maladavagni
(blazing liic), a iaging conllagiaiion ilai cannoi bc cxiinguislcd by any mcans
oilci ilan ilc congicgaiional claniing ol Kisna's loly namc.
A qucsiion may aiisc ai ilis poini: wlcn onc is ai lasi cnliglicncd aboui lis
svadlaima oi cicinal lunciion as a libciaicd soul, docs lc ilcn ccasc claniing
Kisna's loly namc' Tlc answci is no; ilc sioppagc ol claniing ncvci occuis,
bccausc claniing God's namc is vciily ilc soul's sva-dlaima. Tlc pliasc sicyal-
laiiava-¬candiila-viiaiana conliims ilis by spccilically convcying ilc scnsc ol ilc
cicinal aciiviiy ol ilc spiiii soul inlis oiiginal spiiiiual condiiion.
The greafesf benefif
Jivas wlo aic cnslavcd by maya piclci io cnjoy maiciial lilc, and ilis dcsiic
pcipciuaics ilcii bondagc io ilc cyclc ol biiil and dcail. Tlis ilc iooi causc ol
ilc ilicc lold misciics. lui wlcn ilc spiiii soul bccomcs disgusicd wiil maiciial
cnjoymcni and ic-dcdicaics lis iimc and cncigy io Loid Kisna's loving scivicc, lc
icaps ilc gicaicsi bcnclii.
Tlis bcnclii is compaicd io a ilc clusici ol piisiinc wliic loiuscs, loi jusi as
ilc moon's sooiling iays causc ilc wliic loiuscs io blossom, ilc rasa ladcn iays
ol ilc claniing ol ilc loly namc siiis ilc cnloldcd pcials ol ilc loius ol ilc jiva's
good loiiunc, causing ii io opcn.
As ii is said, "dcvoiion givcs biiil io dcvoiion": ilc sinccic and laiillul
dcvoicc musi ilcicloic lollow ilc piinciplcs ol clcmcniaiy blalii by icgulaily
lcaiing and claniing ilc loly namc uniil ilc liisi ligli ol puic dcvoiion bcgins io
dawn in ilc lcaii. Tlc closcd loius llowci iouclcd by ilc moon's iays awalcns in
lull bloom, and similaily, wlcn ilc congicgaiional claniing ol ilc loly namc
spicads ilc iays ol bnava (ilc csscncc ol nIaáíní) and impicgnaics ilc soul's lcaii,
ratí (conjugal lovc loi Sii Kisna) ilcn liglis up lis consciousncss, bcsiowing ilc
liglcsi bcncdiciion. Tlis is wlai is mcani by ilc "iays ol ilc bcncdiciion moon."
The hoIy name reveaIs fhe souI's fernaI reIafionship wifh Krsna
Wlcn docs a pcison, laving aiiaincd ilis lcvcl ol puic dcvoiion, acquiic
lis puic spiiiiual idcniiiy' Loid Caiianya answcis ilis qucsiion by saying, víáya-
vaánu-jívanam, "ilc lilc ol all iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc." Tlc Supicmc Loid's
sahtí las iwo spccis, víáya (lnowlcdgc) and avíáya (ignoiancc). Yogamaya, ilc
svarupa-sahtí, is ilc Loid's inicinal spiiiiual poicncy. Tlis poicncy is callcd víáya,
wlcicas manamaya, His cxicinal cncigy, is avíáya; ii is ilc laiici ilai cicaics ilc
maiciial univcisc and covcis ilc soul's svarupa.
Wlcn, by lis sinccicly lollowing ilc pioccss ol lcaiing and claniing, ilc
liisi iays ol puic dcvoiion linally appcai on ilc loiizon ol ilc sadlala's lcaii,
ilcn ilc llalii-dcvi, ilc ciadicaiicss ol all unwanicd maiciial dcsiics dciiimcnial
io ilc Loid's scivicc, cclipscs ilc avíáya poicncy. ly sullusing ilc soul wiil
spiiiiual lnowlcdgc, llalii-dcvi dcsiioys boil ilc gioss and subilc covciings ol
ilc soul. Simuliancously, ilc jiva's oiiginal spiiiiual loim bccomcs manilcsi so
ilai lc acquiics ilc loim ol a gopí, loi cxamplc, il lis puic dcvoiional piopcnsiiics
aic siccpcd in ilc conjugal mood. Tlus ii siands piovcn ilai Kisna's loly namc
is ilc lilc and ilc soul ol all iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc (víáya-vaánu-jivanam.)
Svarupa-sahtí is ilcicloic olicn said io bc Kisna's wilc.

Wlcn ilc gioss and subilc maiciial bodics ol ilc jiva aic complcicly
dcsiioycd, ilc inliniicsimal soul icgains lis oiiginal piisiinc puiiiy. Alilougl ilc
jiva is anu oi minuicly small, lis capaciiy loi spiiiiual lappincss is noi minuic. To
icmovc any doubi aboui ilis laci, Loid Caiianya adds, ananáambuání-varánana,
"Ii is an cvci incicasing occan ol bliss."
Tlc Holy Namc ol ilc Loid, iliougl ilc nIaáíní poicncy, cndlcssly
cxpands ilc naiuial bliss inlcicni in ilc soul; ilus lis lappincss incicascs by
lcaps and bounds, lixing ilc soul cicinally in onc ol ilc spiiiiual mcllows (ol
áasya, sahnya, vatsaIya oi maánurya). Wlcn ilus csiablislcd in lis cicinal
spiiiiual mcllow, lc coniinucs io iclisl ilc limiilcss ncciai ai cvciy sicp ol ilc
cxclangc ol loving cmoiions in lis iiansccndcnial iclaiionslip wiil ilc Supicmc
Loid.
Loid Kisna's cnclaniing bcauiy, His divinc qualiiics, and His sublimc
pasiimcs aic cicinal and cvci-licsl in ccsiacy. Incbiiaicd wiil divinc prcma, ilc
puic jíva coniinuously diinls ilai ccsiaiic ncciai, yci siill ilc Loid's capiivaiing
bcauiy is loicvci ncw.
Pure Iove is never seIfish
Now, onc linal qucsiion may aiisc: isn'i ilc puisuii ol lappincss scll-
moiivaicd and lcncc coniiaiy io ilc piinciplcs ol puic spiiiiual lovc' Il so, low
can jiva's lappincss bc callcd unalloycd and iiansccndcnial' As ilc answci, Loid
Caiianya uscs ilc cxpicssion saivaima-snapanam: ilc bliss ol Kisna consciousncss
is complcicly puic, bcing wlolly licc ol any dcsiic loi scll-saiislaciion.
Spccilically, ilis mcans ilai in ilc naiuial couisc ol puic dcvoiional scivicc ilc
dcvoicc aiiains ilc loim ol a maid-scivani ol Siimaii Radlaiani, wlocmbodics ilc
zcniil ol manabnava, oi divinc ccsiasy. In in Hci scivicc, ilc dcvoicc paiiicipaics
in conjugal pasiimcs wiil ilc Loid and cxpciicnccs unlimiicd bliss.
Tlis sublimc mood ol scivicc is ilcicloic uniainicd by cvcn ilc sliglicsi
iingc ol lusi oi scll-indulgcni ciaving. Sarvatma- snapanam also conliims ilai in
ilis siaic ol pcilcci bliss nciilci ilc coniaminaiion ol sayujya-mulii (bccoming
onc wiil ilc Loid's impcisonal aspcci) noi ilc impuiiiy ol scll-giaiilicaiion can
divcii ilc dcvoicc liom lis lixcd posiiion in puic Kisna consciousncss.

May ilc claniing ol ilc loly namc ol Kisna bc cvci vicioiious, loi ii is
adoincd wiil scvcn iiansccndcnial qualiiics; ii is ilc loim ol cicinaliiy,
lnowlcdgc, and ilc liglcsi bliss, siccpcd in ilc wondcilul and vaiicgaicd
amoious pasiimcs ol Sii Sii Radla-Kisna.

Sri Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.11,13,1+:
Simply by claniing ilc loly namc ol Loid Kiislna onc can bc liccd liom
all undcsiiablc labiis. Tlis is ilc mcans ol awalcning all good loiiunc and
iniiiaiing ilc llow ol wavcs ol lovc loi Kisna.
"ly pciloiming congicgaiional claniing ol ilc Haic Kisnamaniia onc can
dcsiioy ilc sinlul condiiion ol maiciial cxisicncc, puiily ilc unclcan lcaii and
awalcn all vaiiciics oldcvoiional scivicc.
"Tlc icsuli ol claniing is ilai onc awalcns lis lovc loi Kisna and iasics
iiansccndcnial bliss. Uliimaicly, onc aiiains ilc associaiion ol Kisna and cngagcs
in His dcvo¬iional scivicc, as il immcising limscll in a gicai occan ol lovc."

Commenfary by SriIa Bhakfisiddhanfa Sarasvafi

Tlcic aic innumciablc cngagcmcnis in ilc cxccuiion ol dcvoiional scivicc,
and Srímaá Pnagavatam and Harí-bnahtí-víIasa lavc dcsciibcd many ol ilcm.
lioadly, sixiy-loui limbs ol dcvoiional scivicc aic considcicd as ilc main
cngagcmcnis ol blalii.
Vaíání-bnahtí (dcvoiional scivicc accoiding io iulcs and icgulaiions) and
raganuga-bnahtí (sponiancous dcvoiional scivicc) aic ilc iwo mcilods ol
cxccuiing ilcsc sixiy louipiinciplc cngagcmcnis. In Srímaá Pnagavatam Piallada
Malaiaja gloiilics puic and sponiancous dcvoiional scivicc as ilc bcsi mcilod;
Loid Gauiasun¬daia las idcniilicd ilc bcsi cngagcmcni by saying, "Tlc
congicgaiional claniing ol ilc loly namc ol Loid Kiislna is ilc mosi pcilcci
loim ol dcvoiional scivicc."
The AbsoIufe Trufh defined
Tlosc wlo lnow ilc iiansccndcnial Absoluic Tiuil lavc dclincd ilc
Supicmc non-dual Subsiancc as lialman wlcn ii is picliminaiily icalizcd as
ciciniiy; wlcn icalizcd as ciciniiy and lnowlcdgc, ii is dclincd as Paiamaima;
wlcn iis iiansccndcnial naiuic ol lull lnowlcdgc, ciciniiy and bliss is icalizcd
wiil all poicncics, ilai Supicmc Absoluic Tiuil is lnown as llagavan.
Tlai Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad (llagavan) is callcd Vasudcva
wlcn Hc manilcsis His supicmc opulcncc; wlcn His opulcncc givcs way io His
loving conjugal mood, Hc is lnown as Kisna. As Naiayana, Hc paiiiculaily
iccipiocaics wiil His dcvoiccs in ilc iasas ol sania and dasya; Loid Kisna is ilc
woislipablc objcci ol all livc rasas.
Loid Kisna's vaiblava pialasa cxpansion is Loid lalaiama, wlo iulcs
Vailunila in His cicinal catur-vyuna loims.
]apa, kirfana and samkirfana
Tlc claniing ol maniias ilai is piopcily supposcd io ialc placc in ilc
mind is callcd japa; by japa, ilc clanici icccivcs lis dcsiicd pcilcciion. Audiblc
claniing in wlicl ilc lips movc is callcd hírtana; ii is moic cllcciivc ilan japa and
avails ilc gicaicsi bcnclii io ilc lcaici. Samhírtana mcans ioial oi pcilcci hírtana;
all oilci dcvoiional aciiviiics bccomc unncccssaiy il onc docs samhírtana.
Samhírtana can ncvci bc paiiial oi impcilcci gloiilicaiion ol Loid Kisna's
loly namc, bccausc paiiial oi impcilcci claniing ol Kisna's namc is unablc io
causc a wondcilul iiansloimaiion in ilc living cniiiics. Paiiial oi impcilcci
liiiana slould noi bc acccpicd as samhírtana, as pcoplc would ilcn doubi ilc
poicncy ol hírtana.
Lci samliiiana, ilc ioial and pcilcci claniing ol Kisna's loly namc, bc
vicioiious. Tlc cxpciicncc ol somciling mundanc can only bc incomplcic, bui
ilc iiansccndcnial planc is ncvci iouclcd by maiciial naiuic. Tlcicloic, by ilc
discussion ol iiansccndcnial subjcci maiici -Kisna, ilc supicmc subjcci onc
cxpciicnccs all supia-mundanc pcilcciion. Amongsi ilcsc pcilcciions aic scvcn
ilai aic cspccially involcd by claniing Loid Kisna's loly namc, as cxplaincd in
ilis vcisc by Loid Caiianya.
Samkirfana cIeanses fhe hearf
Tlc claniing ol Loid Kisna's loly namc acis as a puiilying agcni upon ilc
miiioi ol ilc living cniiiics' coniaminaicd lcaiis. Tlc lcaii ol ilc condiiioncd
soul is complcicly covcicd ovci by ilicc impuiiiics: ilc dcsiic io loid ovci maiici,
ilc godlcss aiiiiudc ol bcing ilc solc cnjoyci and/oi icnouncci ol ilc liuiis ol
onc's aciions, and ailcism. Tlcsc ilicc iicaclcious coniaminaiions loim a slcail
ilai covcis ilc miiioi ol consciousncss, causing onc io icjcci His iiuc naiuic as a
jíva.
Kisna's loly namc alonc liccs ilc consciousncss ol ilcsc impuiiiics. ly
consianily claniing and ilus ialing complcic slclici ol ilc loly namc, ilc jiva
giadually pciccivcs ilc icllcciion ol lis oiiginal loim as ilc scivani ol Loid Kisna
in ilc miiioi ol lis consciousncss. Samhírtana cxiinguislcs ilc liic ol maiciial
cxisicncc.
Tlis maiciial cxisicncc appcais io bc plcasuiablc and swcci, bui in icaliiy ii
is lilc a liic in ilc dcpils ol a loicsi; sucl a liic can icducc ilc cniiic loicsi io
aslcs. Tlc laiillcss non-dcvoiccs musi consianily iolciaic ilc cxciuciaiing
buining pain ol ilc llaming loicsi liic ol maiciial cxisicncc. lui wlcn Loid
Kisna's loly namc is congicgaiionally clanicd in lull pcilcciion, ilc dcvoiccs,
cvcn ilougl ilcy may dwcll in ilc maiciial woild, aic ncvci scoiclcd by ilosc
llamcs.
Samkirfana spreads fhe rays of fhe benedicfion moon
Loid Kisna's loly namc impaiis ilc supicmc goodncss and muniliccncc.
Srcyan mcans bcncdiciion; haírava- wliic lilics; canáríha - moon iays oi wliic
lumincsccncc. Jusi as ilc iising moon illuminaics and icvcals ilc wliicncss ol
ilc wliic waici lily, similaily ilc claniing ol Kisna's loly namc icvcals ilc
gicaicsi bcncdic¬iion loi ilc cniiic univcisc. Human sociciy cannoi bcnclii liom
maiciial dcsiics loi scnsc cnjoymcni, liuiiivc woil oi spcculaiivc lnowlcdgc.
Claniing Kisna's namc blcsscs all wiil ilc gicaicsi piospciiiy.
Samkirfana is fhe Iife of aII franscendenfaI knowIedge
Tlc Mundala Upanislad noics iwo iypcs ol lnowlcdgc oi cducaiion:
maiciial lnowlcdgc and iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc. Indiiccily, ilc claniing ol
Loid Kisna's loly namc is ilc causc and susiainci ol cvcn maiciial lnowlcdgc, bui
piimaiily ii is ilc lilc and soul ol all iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc. Claniing induccs
ilc jiva io bical licc liom ilc slacllcs ol lalsc cgo and picsiigc aiising liom
maiciial cducaiion and lcads lim io undcisiand lis cicinal iclaiionslip wiil Loid
Kisna. Tlc uliimaic puiposc ol iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc is io simply clani
Kisna's loly namc.
Samkirfana expands fhe ocean of franscendenfaI bIiss
Tlc claniing ol ilc Holy namc cxpands ilc occan ol iiansccndcnial bliss.
A limiicd cxpansc ol waici cannoi bc dcsciibcd as an occan; ilcicloic "unlimiicd
bliss" is bcing compaicd io a boundlcss occan. Claniing Kisna's namc causcs onc
io iclisl ilc swcci ncciai ol ilai occan lully ai cvciy sicp. lccausc ilis
iiansccndcnial cxpciicncc is unlciicicd by impcilcciions, onc can always iclisl lull
spiiiiual ncciai liom ilc claniing ol Kisna's loly namc.
Samkirfana awards fhe cooIing sheIfer of Lord Krsna's Iofus feef
Tlc loims and lcaiuics ol Tiansccndcncc iadiaic a icndci and cooling
slccn ilai is pciccivablc iliougl ilc claniing ol Kisna's loly namc. In ilc
mundanc icalm, ilc body, mind and abovc ilcm ilc soul noi only bccomc
puiilicd by claniing ilc loly namc, bui ilcy ioo giadually and incviiably aic
iouclcd by ilc cooling icndcincss ol ilc spiiiiual icalm. Tlc subilc and gioss con-
iaminaiions ol ilc maiciial conccpiion ol lilc and ilc acccpiancc ol lalsc
dcsignaiions lavc dcvouicd ilc spiiii soul, bui all ilcsc allliciions can bc cndcd by
claniing ilc loly namc. Wlcn ilc soul linds iclcasc liom maiciial dcsigna¬iions,
lc bccomcs cagci io icacl Loid Kisna. Hc ilus cngagcs in dcvoiional scivicc,
ialing slclici in ilc cooling sladc ol ilc Loid's loius lcci.
Samkirfana compIefes aII ofher processes of bhakfi
In Pnahtí-sanáarbna 273 and in ilc Krama-sanáarbna ol ilc Scvcnil Canio
ol Srímaá Pnagavatam, Siila Jiva Goswami wiiics, ata cva yaáyapyanya bnahtín
haIau hartavya, taáa hírtanahnya-bnahtí-samyogcnaíva, wlicl mcans: "Alilougl ii
is icquiicd cvcn in Kali-yuga io piaciicc ilc oilci cigli limbs ol dcvoiional
scivicc, ilcy musi bc pciloimcd in conjunciion wiil ilc clani¬ng ol ilc loly
namc ol ilc Loid."
References and quofes from SriIa Bhakfivinoda Thakura's Srí 8hajanarahasya

The firsf perfecfion: ccto-darpana-marjanam -
"Tlc loly namc clcanscs ilc miiioi ol ilc lcaii."
Tlc coniaminaiions ilai covci ilc miiioi ol consciousncss is swcpi away
by claniing ilc loly namc; ilc loly namc is ilc cmbodimcni ol piolound spiiiiual
bliss. Ioi cxamplc Siila Rupa Goswami wiiics in ilc scvcnil sianza ol ilc
Namastnaha -

suáítasríta-janarttí-rasayc
ramya-cíágnana suhnasvarupínc
nama gohuIa manotsavaya tc
hrsna purna-vapusc namo naman

"O loly namc! O Loid Kisna! You dissipaic ilc sullciings (ollcnscs
againsi ilc loly namc) ol Youi suiicndcicd dcvoiccs; You posscss a
iiansccndcnial loim ol ccsiaiic bcauiy and bliss and You appcai as ilc liguic ol
sublimc joy loi ilc icsidcnis ol
Golula.
"You aic ilcicloic a lully spiiiiual cniiiy ol ilc samc spiiiiual naiuic as ilc
Vailunila plancis. I ollci my icpcaicd obcisanccs io You."

The second perfecfion: bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
"Tlc blazing liic ol maiciial cxisicncc is cxiinguislcd."
In Srímaá Pnagavatam ii is siaicd:

natan param harma-níbanána-hrntanam
mumuhsatam tírtna-paáanuhírtanat
na yat punan harmasu sajjatc mano
rajas-tamobnyam haIíIam tato nyatna

"Tlcicloic onc wlo dcsiics liccdom liom maiciial bondagc slould adopi
ilc pioccss ol claniing and gloiilying ilc namc, lamc, loim and pasiimcs ol ilc
Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, ai wlosc lcci all ilc loly placcs siand. Onc
cannoi dciivc ilc piopci bcnclii liom oilci mcilods, sucl as pious aioncmcni,
spcculaiivc lnowlcdgc and mcdiiaiion in mysiic yoga, bccausc cvcn alici lollowing
sucl mcilods onc ialcs io liuiiivc aciiviiics again, unablc io coniiol lis mind,
wlicl is coniaminaicd by ilc basc qualiiics ol naiuic, namcly passion and
ignoiancc."
The fhird perfecfion: reyah-kairavacandrika-vifaranam
"Tlc moonligli opcns ilc wliic loius ol good loiiunc."
A quoic liom Shanáa Purana appcais in Haii-blalii-vilasa 11.23+:

maánura-maánuram-ctan-mangaIam mangaIa nam
sahaIa-nígamabaIIí-satpnaIam cítsvarupam
sahrá-apí parígítam sraáánaya ncIaya va
bnrgu-vara nara-matram tarayct hrsna-nama
"Tlc loly namc ol Kisna ilc liglcsi bcncdiciion abovc all oilci
bcncdiciions loi lumaniiy, swccici ilan ilc swcci loncy, ilc cicinal liuii ol
iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc ol ilc iicc ol cniiic siuii sciipiuics. O bcsi ol
llagavas! Il anyonc clanis Loid Kiislna's namc jusi oncc wiiloui ollcncc,
wlcilci lc clanis qiil laiil oi indillcicnily, ilc loly namc immcdiaicly libciaics
lim."

The fourfh perfecfion: vídya-vadhu-jívanam
"Tlc loly namc is ilc lilc ol iiansccndcnial lnowlcdgc (ilc Loid's own wilc)."
In ilc Garuáa Purana ii is siaicd:

yaáíccnasí param jnanam jnanaá yat paramam paáam
taáaáarcna rajcnára huru govínáa hírtanam

"O bcsi ol lings! Il you aic dcsiious ol acquiiing ilai cxiiaoidinaiy
lnowlcdgc by wlicl ilc Supicmc Goal is icalizcd, ilcn clani Loid Govinda's
namc wiil lovc and dcvoiion."

Again in Srímaá Pnagavatam 3.5.+0:

ánatar yaá asmín bnava ísa jívas
tapa-traycnabnínata na sarma
atman Iabnantc bnagavams tavangnrí-
ccnayam sa-víáyam ata asraycma
"O Iailci, O Loid, O Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, ilc living cniiiics in ilc
maiciial woild can ncvci lavc any lappincss bccausc ilcy aic ovciwlclmcd by
ilicc linds ol misciics. Tlcicloic ilcy ialc slclici ol ilc sladc ol Youi loius lcci,
wlicl aic lull ol lnowlcdgc, and wc also ilus ialc slclici ol ilcm."
In S.l. +.29.+9, ilcic is ilc pliasc sa víáya tanmatíryaya, wlicl mcans:
"ical lnowlcdgc oi cducaiion is ilai icalizaiion wlicl incicascs oui aiiaclmcni
loi ilc Supicmc Loid."
yc sahtítc hrsnc matí harc uábnabana
bíáya-namc scí harc abíáya hnanáana
hrsna-nama scí bíáyabaánura jíbana
hrsna-paáapaámc yc harayc stníra mana

"Tlai poicncy wlicl involcs loving aiiaclmcni loi Kisna in ilc lcaii is
callcd ilc lnowlcdgc ilai dcsiioys ncscicncc. Tlc loly namc ol Kisna is ilc lilc
and soul ol all lnowlcdgc and ii lasicns ilc lcaii liimly ai Kisna's loius lcci."
The fiffh perfecfion: anandambudhí-vardhanam
"Tlc loly namc incicascs ilc occan ol bliss."
In ilc Srímaá Pnagavatam, S.3.20:

chantíno yasya hancanartnam
vancnantí yc bnagavat-prapannan
aty-aábnutam tac-carítam sumangaIam
gayanta ananáa-samuára-magnan

"Unalloycd dcvoiccs, wlo lavc no dcsiic oilci ilan io scivc ilc Loid,
woislip Him in lull suiicndci and always lcai and clani aboui His aciiviiics,
wlicl aic mosi wondcilul and auspicious. Tlus ilcy always mcigc in an occan ol
iiansccndcnial bliss. Sucl dcvoiccs ncvci asl ilc Loid loi any bcncdiciion."

The sixfh perfecfion: prafipadam purna-amrfa-asvadanam
"Tlc loly namc givcs a iasic ol ilc lull ncciai ai cvciy sicp."
Iiom ilc Paáma Purana:

tcbnyo namostu bnava-baríání-jírna-panha-
sammagna-mohsana-vícahsana-paáuhcbnyan
hrsnctí varna-yugaIam sravancna ycsam
ananáatnur-bnavatí narttítaromavrnáa

"I ollci my icspccilul obcisanccs ai ilc lcci ol ilai cxiiaoidinaiy
pcisonaliiy wlosc body slivcis wiil sublimc joy and loiiipilaics wiil ccsiasy ai
ilc sound ol Kisna's swcci namc, and wlo is cxpcii in icdccming ilc condiiioncd
souls cngiosscd in ilc miic ol ilc occan ol icpcaicd biiil and dcail."
The sevenfh perfecfion: sarvatma-snapanam
"Tlc loly namc bailcs cvciyonc in ilc cooling slccn ol ilc Supicmc Scll."

In ilc Srímaá Pnagavatam, 12.12.+S:

sanhírtyamano bnagavan anantan
srutanubnavo vyasanam ní pumsam
pravísya cíttam víánunoty ascsam
yatna tamorhobnram ívatí-vatan
"Wlcn pcoplc piopcily gloiily ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad oi
simply lcai aboui His powci, ilc Loid pcisonally cnicis ilcii lcaiis and clcanscs
away cvciy iiacc ol misloiiunc, jusi as ilc sun icmovcs ilc dailncss oi as a
powcilul wind diivcs away ilc clouds."

sruta anubnuta yata anartna-sanyoga
srí-hrsna-hírtanc saba naya tabíyoga
ycrupa bayutc mcgna surya taman nasc
cíttc prabcsíya áosa ascsa bínasc
hrsna-nama-asrayc cíttaáarpana-marjana
atí sígnra Iabnc jíba hrsna-prcma-ánana

"All ilc unwanicd ilings ilai wcic lcaid and cxpciicnccd (pciiaining io
ilis woild ol ncscicncc) aic immcdiaicly cxpcllcd liom ilc mind and lcaii by
claniing ilc loly namc ol Kisna. Jusi as ilc clouds ilai bloclcd ilc sunligli aic
iivcn by ilc winds, so ilc namc upon cniciing ilc lcaii dcsiioys ilc dail
ncscicncc wiilin. ly ialing slclici ol ilc loly namc ol Kisna ilc jiva's lcaii is
clcanscd vciy quiclly, ilus lc aiiains ilc liglcsi spiiiiual cxpciicnccs ol lovc ol
Godlcad."

In ilc Namastaha, sianza S:

naraáa-vínojjívana suánarmí-níryyasa-maánurípura
tvam hrsna-nama hamam spnura mc rasanc rascna saáa

O loly namc ol Kisna! You aic ilc lilc-susiaining clixci ol Sii Naiada
Muni's vina and ilc cxlilaiaiing wavcs on ilc occan ol ncciai. Tlcicloic I bcg
You io cicinally icmain ccsiaiically dancing on my ionguc."
Again in ilc Namastaha, sianza 2:

jaya namaáncya munívrnáacya janaranjanaya paramahsarahrtc
tvamanaáaraáapí managuáírítam níhníIograta papatanam víIumpasí

"All gloiy io You, O loly namc! Tlc sagcs lavc always sung lymns
piaising You, You lavc now appcaicd in ilc iiansccndcnial loim ol ilc supicmc
syllablc loi ilc plcasuic ol ilc cniiic lumaniiy. Lvcn il onc clanis ilosc syllablcs
wiil indillcicncc (i.c. ilc loui iypcs ol namablasa -indiiccily, jolingly, dciisivcly,
ncglccilully) cvcn ilcn You aic capablc ol dcsiioy¬ng ilc mosi dicadlul sinlul
icaciions; ilus all ol onc's sullciings aic cxiiipaicd. You aic always vicioiious."
In Caítanya Pnagavata, Maánya 23.76-77:

narc hrsna narc hrsna hrsna hrsna narc narc
narc rama narc rama rama rama narc narc
prabnu hanc - haníIan cí manamantra
ína japa gíya sabc haríya nírbanána
ína naítc sarba-síáání naíbc sabara
sarba-hrsna bahaítnc bíání naní ara

'Loid Caiianya said, "I am giving you ilis malamaniia: laic lisna laic
lisna lisna lisna laic laic laic iama laic iama iama iama laic laic; now go
and clani ii wiil caincsi cnilusiasm. Sincc by ilis claniing you icccivc all ilc
pcilcciions in lilc, you slould coniinuc io clani inccssanily. Tlcic aic no iulcs oi
icgulaiions loi claniing ilis manamantra."'
SLOKA 2
namnam aharí banuána níja-sarva-sahtís
tatrapíta níyamítan smaranc na haIan
ctaársí tava hrpa bnagavan mamapí
áuráaívam íársam ínajaní nanuragan

namnam - ol ilc loly namcs ol ilc Loid; aharí - manilcsicd; banuána -
vaiious linds; níja-sarva-sahtín - all linds ol pcisonal poicncy; tatra - in ilai;
arpíta - bcsiowcd;
níyamítan - icsiiicicd; smaianc - in icmcmbciing; na - noi; lalal - considciaiion
ol iimc; ctaársí - so mucl; iava - Youi; hrpa - mcicy; bnagavan - O Loid; mama -
My; apí - alilougl; áuráaívam - misloiiunc; íársam - sucl; ína - in ilis (ilc loly
namc); ajaní - was boin; na - noi; anuragan - aiiaclmcni.
"My Loid, O Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, in Youi loly namc ilcic is
all good loiiunc loi ilc living cniiiy, andilcicloic You lavc many namcs, sucl as
Kisna and Govinda, by wlicl You cxpand Youiscll. You lavc invcsicd all Youi
poicncics in ilosc namcs, and ilcic aic no laid and lasi iulcs loi icmcmbciing
ilcm. My dcai Loid, alilougl You bcsiow sucl mcicy upon ilc lallcn,
condiiioncd souls by libcially icacling Youi lolynamcs, I am so unloiiunaic ilai I
commii ollcnscs wlilc claniing lc loly namc, and ilcicloic I do noi aclicvc
aiiaclmcni loiclaniing."

Sri Sanmodana Bhashyam

Tlc claniing ol Kisna's loly namc las loui aspccis, consisiing ol ilc
gloiilicaiion ol ilc Loid's namc, loim, qualiiics and pasiimcs. Kisna's loly namc is
ilc oiiginal sccd ol all joys,bccausc ilc loly namc and Hc wlo is dcsignaicd by
ilai namc aic onc and ilc samc, bcing non-dil¬lcicni in piinciplc.
Claniing ilc loly namc is mosi bcnclicial loi onc and all in cvciy icspcci;
ilcicloic Loid Sii Kisna Caiianya Himscll dcmonsiiaics ilc supci-cxccllcni
qualiiics ol ilc loly namc. In oidci io cvolc gcnuinc laiil in ilc loly namc, Loid
Caiianya piays, "O Loid! O mosi muniliccni Onc! lccoming compassionaic
sccing oui dcsiiiuic siiuaiion as souls condiiioncd by maiici, You lavc ol Youi
own accoid manilcsicd Youi loly namc, wlicl is non-dil¬lcicni liom Youiscll.
"Youi loly namc is ol iwo iypcs, piincipal and sccondaiy. Among Youi
piinciplc namcs aic Haii, Kisna, Govinda, Acyuia, Rama, Anania, and Vislnu;
lialma, Supcisoul, Supicmc Coniiollci, Main¬iainci, Cicaioi, and Malcndia aic
sccondaiy namcs. You lavc invcsicd all Youi inicinal spiiiiual poicncics and Youi
iiansccndcnial qualiiics in Youi piincipal namcs." Innumciablc sciipiuial
siaicmcnis subsianiiaic ilis laci; a lcw aic ciicd bclow.
Hearing fhe hoIy name once is as good as seeing Krsna direcfIy

"My Loid, onc can bc im¬mcdiaicly liccd liom all maiciial
coniaminaiions jusi by sccing You. lui il sccing You pcisonally is noi possiblc,
ilcn by simply lcaiing only oncc ilc loly namc ol Youi Loidslip cvcn Candalas,
dog-caiing mcn ol ilc lowcsi class, aic liccd liom ilcii impuiiiics, jusi as il ilcy
lad sccn You."

There is no need fo recife Vedic manfras
"Il ilc amouni ol iimc a ávíja-branmana cxpcnds in ilc siudy and icciiaiion
ol ilc Vcdic maniias would bc uiilizcd in claniing cvcn jusi ilc Loid's sccondaiy
namcs, ilai bialmana would incui moic bcnclii; ol ilis ilcic is no doubi. lui
onc wlo jusi clanis ilc iwo syllablcs ol ilc loly namc Haii is undcisiood io lavc
alicady masicicd ilc loui Vcdas - Rg, Sama, Yajui and Ailaiva. Tlcicloic ii is noi
advisablc io spcni iimc in siudying ilc Vcdas; insicad ilc loly namc ol Govinda
slould bc clanicd coniinuously, loi His namc is gloiilicd cicinally."

The hoIy name is fhe way fo perfecfion for everyone
"O King, consiani claniing ol ilc loly namc ol ilc Loid alici ilc ways ol
gicai auiloiiiics is ilc doubilcss and lcailcss way ol succcss loi all, including
ilosc wlo aic licc liom all maiciial dcsiics, ilosc wlo aic dcsiious ol maiciial
cnjoymcni, and also ilosc wlo aic scll-saiislicd by dini ol iiansccndcnial
lnowlcdgc."

The hoIy name reveaIs His gIories even fo fhe uninformed chanfer
"O Loid Visnu! Youi loly namc is lully spiiiiual and scll-manilcsicd. So
cvcn il onc noi iloiouglly inloimcd ol iis gloiics clanis ilc loly namc, lc will
giadually acquiic pcilcci undcisianding jusi by claniing. Loid lialma was ilc
liisi io disscminaic ilc iiansccndcnial sound om; ilc mcic uiiciancc ol ilis sound
dispcllcd lis ignoiancc and lcai ol dcail. Tlcicloic ilc vibiaiion om is also
lnown as tarah lialma."

Chanfing wifhouf offense fixes one in devofionaI service
"Any pcison wlo says ilc namc Haii jusi oncc wiiloui ollcnsc immcdiaicly
bccomcs icsolvcd io scivc ilc loius lcci ol ilc Supicmc Loid uncondiiionally and
ilus siiivcs loi libciaiion liom ilc cluiclcs ol illusion."
The offender's hearf is sfeeI-framed
"Cciiainly ilai lcaii is siccl liamcd wlicl inspiic ol onc's claniing ilc
loly namc ol ilc Loid wiil conccniiaiion, docs noi clangc wlcn ccsiasy ialcs
placc, icais lill ilc cycs and laiis siand on cnd."

The hoIy name is fhe ripened fruif of fhe Vedas
"O icspccicd lliigu! Tlc loly namc ol Kisna is moic ncciaican ilan ilc
swccicsi loncy; mosi bcnclicial amongsi all auspicious aciiviiics; and is ilc
cicinal, maiuic and iiansccndcn¬ial liuii ol ilc dcsiic- lullilling iicc ol ilc Vcdas.
Il any pcison uiicis ilis loly namc cvcn oncc, casually oi in lull sincciiiy -bui
wiiloui ollcnscs- ilcn ilc loly namcinsianiancously libciaics ilc clanici."
Krsna becomes fhe chanfer's properfy
"O Aijuna! I dcclaic io You iiuly ilai anyonc can puiclasc Mc jusi by
claniing My namc and abiding by Mc. I bccomc lis piopciiy, lully dcpcndcni on
lim."
The hoIy name is Iike a fouchsfone gem

"Tlc loly namc ol Kisna is iiansccndcnially blisslul. Lilc iouclsionc gcm
ii bcsiows all spiiiiual bcncdiciions, loi ii is Kisna Himscll. Kisna's namc is
complcic, and ii is ilc loim ol iiansccndcnial mcllows. Ii is noi a maiciial namc
undci any condiiions, and ii is no lcss powcilul ilan Kisna Himscll. Sincc Kisna's
namc is noi coniaminaicd by ilc maiciial qualiiics, ilcic is no qucsiion ol iis
bcing involvcd wiil maya. Kisna's namc is always libciaicd and spiiiiual; ii is
ncvci condiiioncd by ilc laws ol maiciial naiuic. Tlis is bccausc ilc namc ol
Kisna and Kisna Himscll aic idcniical."
The name is nof undersfood by maferiaIisfs
"No onc can undcisiand ilc iiansccndcnial naiuic ol ilc namc, loim,
qualiiy and pasiimcs ol Sii Kiislna iliougl lis maiciially coniaminaicd scnscs.
Only wlcn onc bccomcs spiiiiually saiuiaicd by iiansccndcnial scivicc io ilc Loid
aic ilc iiansccndcnial namc, loim, qualiiy and pasiimcs ol ilc Loid icvcalcd io
lim."

Iiom ilc abovc quoiaiions ol dillcicni icvcalcd sciipiuics wc can concludc
ilai ilc loly namc is cndowcd wiil unlimiicd spiiiiual poicncics. In ilc piaciicc
ol laima, jnana, yoga, cic. ilc saánaha is bound by ilc siiici iulcs ol sciipiuic and
ilc laciois ol iimc, placc and ciicumsianccs. lui in claniing and icmcmbciing
ilc Loid's namc ilcic is no sucl considciaiion ol iimc, placc oi ciicumsianccs -
ilis indccd is an cxamplc ol Loid's lailomlcss mcicy upon us.
Yci in spiic ol all ilis ii is iiuly a maiici ol gicai icgici ilai wc cannoi
dcvclop cvcn a diop ol aiiiaciion loi ilis mosi magnanimous loly namc. Tlc woid
duidaiva oi misloiiunc is synonymous wiil ollcnscs io ilc loly namc
(namapaiadla). A concisc icsumc ol ilcsc ollcnscs is givcn bclow.
The fen offenses againsf fhe hoIy name

1) Ciiiicizing and linding laulis in dcvoiccs oi saánus is a sciious ollcncc
againsi ilc loly namc. How can ilc namc iolciaic ciiiicism ol dcvoiccs wlo lavc
dcdicaicd ilcii livcs io piopagaiing ilc gloiics ol ilc Namc' Tlcicloic ollcnding
saánus oi sainily pcison is ilc liisi namaparaána.

2) Tlosc wlo iiy io compiclcnd spiiiiual subjcci maiici wiil maiciial
iniclligcncc lalscly concludc ilai Loid Visnu's namc, loim, qualiiics and pasiimcs
aic dillcicni liom ilc Loid Himscll. In oilci woids, ilcy imposc maiciial
claiaciciisiics and limiiaiions on spiiiiualiiy. Tlus ilcy cquaic dcmigods lilc Siva
and lialma wiil ilc Supicmc Loid Visnu, oi cvcn ilinl ilai ilcsc dcmigods aic
indcpcndcni ol Loid Visnu. Tlc claniing ol sucl pcisons is ollcnsivc.

3) Ii is an ollcnsc againsi ilc loly namc io considci ilc spiiiiual masici (wlo is
scll-icalizcd and pcilcci in ilc claniing ol ilc loly namc) io bc an oidinaiy moiial
wlo posscsscs a maiciial body, and io ilus disobcy and disicgaid lim.

+) Ii is an ollcnsc io ciiiicizc and lind lauli wiil ilc Vcdas, Puianas and oilci
coiollaiy sciipiuics.
5) Ii is an ollcnsc io ilinl ilc gloiics ol ilc loly namc aic cxaggciaicd.

6) Ii is an ollcnsc io considci ilc loly namc io bc liciious oi concocicd.

7) Onc wlo commiis sinlul aciiviiics on ilc siicngil ol claniing ilc loly namc
can ncvci bc cxonciaicd liom ilis ollcnsc by any pioccss, including ilc disciplincs
ol yama, níyama, ányana, mcdiiaiion and so on in ilc yoga sysicm.

S) Only a pcison in illusion ilinls ilai mundanc iiiualisiic aciiviiics sucl as
claiiiy, lasiing, vows, abncgaiion, ausiciiiy and so on aic on ilc samc lcvcl as ilc
iiansccndcnial aciiviiy ol claniing ilc loly namc.

9) Ii is also an ollcnsc io insiiuci a laiillcss pcison wlo is advcisc io lcaiing
ilc namc on ilc gloiics ol ilc loly namc.

10) Alici lcaiing ilc wondcilul qualiiics ol ilc namc, ii is ollcnsivc io
mainiain maiciial aiiaclmcnis ol 'mc' and 'minc'. Tlis mcans onc las noi
dcvclopcd a gcnuinc aiiiaciion oi inicicsi loi claniing.

Ii is impciaiivc ilai a dcvoicc avoids ilcsc icn ollcnscs in claniing ilc loly
namc ol ilc Loid. Hc musi ncvci iiy io couniciaci lis sins oi acciuc piciy iliougl
iiiualisiic obscivanccs, bccausc lc is nciilci icquiicd noi cvcn cligiblc io pciloim
harma-hanáa iiiuals. Il pciclancc a dcvoicc commiis a namaparaána, ilcn wiil an
anxious lcaii lc slould go on claniing coniinuously. Sucl coniinuous claniing
will pioicci lim liom commiiiing luiilci ollcnscs as wcll as upiooi lis picvious
ollcnscs. Tlc sciipiuics clcaily siaic ilai claniing alonc can absolvc all ollcnscs
and sinlul icaciion.
Hcncc claniing ilc loly namc is ilc bcsi slclici loi cvciyonc. Claniing
icmovcs ilc vciy dcsiic io commii namaparaána and giadually clcvaics onc io ilc
liglcsi spiiiiual plailoim ol Kisna-prcma.

Wlcn onc is licc liom ollcnscs, lis aiiaclmcni loi ilc Namc incicascs; lc
will soon aiiain all pcilcciion. Hcic'all pcilcciion' is synonymous io Kisna-picma.
Tlis is Loid Caiianya Malapiablu's sccond insiiuciion.

Sri Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.17-19:

"lccausc pcoplc vaiy in ilcii dcsiics, You lavc disiiibuicd vaiious loly
namcs by Youi mcicy. Rcgaidlcss ol iimc oi placc, onc wlo clanis ilc loly namc,
cvcn wlilc caiing oi slccping, aiiains all pcilcciion. You lavc invcsicd Youi lull
poicncy in sucl individual loly namc, bui I am so unloiiunaic ilai I lavc no
aiiaclmcni loi claniing Youi loly namcs."

Commenfary

"O Loid! Oui ol Youi causclcss mcicy You lavc manilcsicd innumciablc
namcs and lavc cmpowcicd ilcsc namcs wiil all Youi own poicncics. You lavc
noi imposcd iigid iulcs loi claniing and icmcmbciing Youi namcs, i.c., You lavc
noi laid down condiiions baiiing anyonc io clani oi icmcmbci Youi namc cvcn
duiing caiing, dcclining, slccping cic. lui I am so wiciclcd ilai I am noi aiiiacicd
io Youi namcs."
Tlc woid balu oi many indicaics ilc iwo iypcs ol ilc Loid's namcs,
piincipal and sccondaiy. Tlc piincipal namcs includc Kisna, Radla-iamana,
Gopi-jana-vallabla, cic. ilai convcy ilc loving conjugal mood ol ilc Loid; and
Rama, Vasudcva, Naiasimla, cic. ilai convcy His awc inspiiing opulcni mood.
lialman, Paiamaima cic. aic His sccondaiy namcs; ilcy aic incomplcic,
scpaiaicd and paiiial namcs. Tlc Loid's piincipal namcs aic non-dillcicni liom
ilc Loid and posscss all His cncigics; ilc sccondaiy namcs aic also impicgnaicd
wiil His pasiimc poicncics bui in paiiial dcgiccs only.
The jiva brings abouf his own misforfune

Tlc jíva was impiisoncd in ilc illusoiy, cplcmcial lingdom ol maya duc io
lis iuining away liom Loid Kisna. Tlus ilc condiiioncd soul las biougli gicai
misloi¬iunc upon limscll; ilai misloiiunc is liisi and loicmosi lis icluciancc io
scivc ilc Loid.
AnyabníIasíta mcans ilc basc maiciial dcsiics wlicl, wlcn cngagcd in ilc
harma and jsana pioccsscs, lcad io dillcicni lcvcls ol maiciial cnjoymcnis. Tlus lis
basc dcsiics loi scnsc giaiilicaiion, harma and jnana lavc dcludcd ilc jíva inio
loigciiing lis ical svarupa (iiansccndcnial idcniiiy); ilcy lavc piopcllcd lim inio
a wliilpool ol misciy.
Undci ilc spcll ol anyablilasiia lc is inioxicaicd by immcdiaic scn¬sual
plcasuics. Pious aciiviiics goad lim io ycain loi lcavcnly plcasuics; lis
cnjoymcni ol maiici lcads ioliusiiaiion, and so lc bccomcs cngiosscd in siiiving
io icalicc ilc impcisonal, non-dillcicniiaicd lialman.
Tlc jiva's own cicinal dcsiic is io cngagc in Loid Kisna's scivicc, bui ilc
icsiduc ol ilc piaciicc ol ilcsc ilicc pails las smoilcicd ilis piocliviiy and
liddcn lis good loiiunc. Now lc is caugli up in ilc cndlcss puisuii ol icligiosiiy,
maiciial wcalil, and scnsc giaiilicaiion; ilcicalici, bcing laiasscd by ilc
liusiiaiions ol lis own sins, anaiilas and lusi, lc puisucs libciaiion.
By fhe same misforfune, he chanfs offensiveIy
In ilis way lc las bccomc ilc cloicc candidaic loi commii°iing
namapaiadlas. Il lc ialcs up claniing, lc is unablc io avoid ilc icn ollcnscs.
Duc io lis ollcnscs, lc cannoi clani puicly.

Hc liisi gcis ilc oppoiiuniiy io clani wlcn lc sobcily icvicws ilc lopclcss
claos ol ilc ncvci-cnding conllici in lis lilc; sucl iniiospcciion loiccs ilc jiva io
dccply considci lis own good. Tlc ycaining loi a pcacclul soluiion io ilc cndlcss
ioimcni ol ilc un¬qucncl¬ablc iliisi loi cnjoymcni diaws lim io ilc slclici ol
ilc loly namc ol ilc Loid.
Tlus lc bcgins io clani, iniiially indillcicni io ilc piopci undcisianding ol
sambanána-jnana (lnowlcdgc ol ilc iclaiionslip bciwccn God, His sahtí, and ilc
jíva). Sucl claniing is lnown as namabnasa oi ilc scmblancc ol ilc puic namc.
Namabasa is noi ilc loly namc piopci, bui ii icsulis in ilc scvciancc ol ilc jiva's
iics wiil ilc maiciial mcnialiiy: lc no longci sccs cvciyiling maiciially.
Giadually lc bccomcs cligiblc io icndci iiansccndcnial dcvoiional scivicc io ilc
Supicmc Loid. lui only vciy clcvaicd souls wlo lavc bccomc complcicly
immunc io ilc onslaugli ol misloiiunc and ollcnsc can obiain puic lovc ol Kisna
by inollcnsivc claniing.
Mahaprabhu's mercy
Loid Caiianya, lnowing ilc ill laic ol ilc condiiioncd souls ol ilis agc,
dcsccndcd io spicad ilc mcssagc ol ilc claniing ilc loly namc ol God. Hc saw in
ilc jivas ilcii apaily io ilc loly namc, and gavc voicc io ii in ilis vcisc. Yci cvcn
in sucl dcpils ol luman misloiiunc ilc Loid's causclcss mcicy is availablc.

Tlcic is indccd a way io cscapc ilc siccly cluiclcs ol namaparaána. Iiisi
onc musi iccognizc and isolaic lis ollcnscs; lc musi conscicniiously avoid ilcm,
simuliancously claniing coniinuously. Tlis will lccp namapaiadla ai bay,
allowing onc io icap ilc bcnclii ol namablasa claniing.
Namablasa claniing clcvaics onc io aciual muhtí oi libciaiion, mcaning
liccdom liom ilc inllucncc ol and dcpcndcncc upon maiici; only ilcicalici docs
onc bccomc compcicni io clani ilc puic namc.
Tlc oppoiiuniiy alloidcd io us by namablasa claniing is bui an indicaiion
ol ilc Loid's unlimiicdly llowing compassion. Tlus, ilc simplc claniing ol ilc
piincipal namcs ol God biings aboui ilc bcsi and only ical bcncdiciion io
lumaniiy.

Wlcn ilc jiva aiicmpis io giasp ai insignilicani, cvancsccni maiciial liuiis,
lc is cnmcslcd in siiingcni icgulaiions, ilc laciois ol iimc, placc and
ciicumsiancc, and ilc siiugglc wiil ilc limiiaiions ol lis own abiliiy io pciloim
ilc complicaicd iiiuals. lui onc wlo clanis ilc loly namc ol ilc Supicmc Loid
laccs no sucl insuimouniablc obsiaclcs, by ilc Loid's causclcss mcicy. In ilc
Caiianya llagavai wc lind ilis siaicmcni: "Always icmcmbci io clani ilc loly
namc in ilc slccping, caiing oi waling louis. Tlcic aic no laid and lasi iulcs ol
claniing, so clani all ilc iimc." Tlc samc insiiuciion is icpcaicd in ilc Sii
Caítanya Carítamríta.

ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoka:

níja-sarva-sahtís-tatra-arpíta
"All iiansccndcnial poicncics Aaic invcsicd wiilin ilc loly namc."

In ilc Shanána Purana ii is siaicd:

"Tlc poicncy io dcsiioy sin, ilc all-auspicious poicncy, ilc poicncics
icsiding in pious acis ol claiiiy, vows, pcnanccs cic., ilc poicncics ol all ilc placcs
ol pilgiimagc, ilc poicncics in ilc asvamcána and raja-suya yajnas, ilc poicncy in
lnowlcdgc ol ilc Absoluic-ilcsc poicncics lavc bccn ascmblcd iogcilci by ilc
Supicmc Loid Haii and clannclcd inio His loly namc, maling ii all powcilul."

níyamítan smaranc na haIan:
Tlcic is no lixcd iimc oi iulc loi icmcmbciing ilc Loid."
Iiom ilc Vaísvanara Samníta:

"Tlcic aic no lixcd iimcs oi considciaiions ol clcanlincss and unclcanlincss
icgaiding ilc claniing ol ilc loly namc. Simply ilc icpcaicd uiiciancc ol Rama,
Rama is cnougl io libciaic ilc jiva liom lis maiciial bondagc."

áuráaívam-íársam-ínajaní na anuragan
"As unloiiunaic as I am, I lavc no iasic."

Srímaá Pnagavatam 3.9.3) siaics:

"O my Loid, pcisons wlo aic bcicli ol ilc all-auspicious pciloimancc ol
claniing and lcaiing aboui Youi iiansccndcnial aciiviiics aic cciiainly
unloiiunaic and aic also bcicli ol good scnsc. Tlcy cngagc in inauspicious
aciiviiics, cnjoying scnsc giaiilicaiion loi a vciy liiilc wlilc."
SLOKA 3
trnaá apí suníccna
taror íva sanísnuna
amanína manaácna
hírtaníyan saáa narín
trnat apí - ilan downiioddcn giass; suníccna - bcing lowci; taron - ilan a
iicc; iva - lilc; sanísnuna - wiil iolciancc; amanína - wiiloui bcing pullcd up by
lalsc piidc; manaácna - giving icspcci io all; hírtaníyan - io bc clanicd; saáa -
always; narín - ilc loly namc ol ilc Loid.
"Onc wlo ilinls limscll lowci ilan ilc giass, wlo is moic iolciani ilan a
iicc, and wlo docs noi cxpcci pcisonal lonoi bui is always picpaicd io givc all
icspcci io oilcis, can vciy casily always clani ilc loly namc ol ilc Loid."
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam
Tlc dcvoicc wlo clanis ilc namc ollcnsclcssly is adoincd by loui vciy spccial
qualiiics. Tlcsc aic: a naiuial mcclncss and lumiliiy bccausc ol ioial dciaclmcni
liom maiici; puic compassion uncncumbcicd by cnvy; a spoilcss lcaii licc liom
mundanc, lalsc picsiigc; a piopci icspccilul aiiiiudc iowaids cvciyonc. Wlcn ilc
loly namc, ilc lull cmbodimcni ol ilc iiansccndcnial iasas, appcais in ilc
sadlala's lcaii, lis aiiiiudc ol mind
is iiansloimcd. Hc ilinls, "I am consiiiuiionally an insliniicsimal cicinal sciviioi
ol Loid Kisna. I lavc no ical nccd loi maiciialism. lui, alas bccausc ol my
csiiangcmcni liom Kisna's loius lcci, I lind myscll in my picscni picdicamcni.
lcing bound io ilc giinding wlccl ol icpcaicd biiil and dcail, I am sullciing
uniold misciics.
Tlc saánaha mcclly cmbiaccs yuhta-vaíragya "Now, by ilc giacc ol my
spiiiiual masici and ilc Vaisnavas, I lavc comc io icalizc ilai only by dcvoiional
scivicc io ilc Supicmc Loid can I lind iclcasc liom ilc disiicsscs ol maiciial
cxisicncc, bc icinsiaicd in my consiiiuiional posiiion, icgain my spiiiiual idcniiiy,
and aiiain lovc ol God.
"lui as long as I am noi liccd liom ilc clains ol maiciial bondagc, I am
obligcd io cmbiacc ilc pail ol yulia-vaiiagya (icnuncia¬iion by aciivcly cngaging
ilc scnscs in ilc Loid's scivicc). Rclying upon sambanána-jnana, I will lavc io
acccpi maiici loi my baic ncccssiiics io lccp body and soul iogcilci. "Misciy
sicmming liom pauciiy, discasc, calamiiy and old agc, and lappincss causcd by
wcalil, lcalil, bcauiy, and cducaiion, aic callcd piaiabdla laimic icaciions and
musi bc cxpciicnccd as inscpaiablc lcaiuics ol ilis picscni body. I will noi bc ablc
io avoid sucl icaciions. In any casc, loss and gain, biiil and dcail, sullciing and
joy aic lcli bclind wlcn onc asccnds io ilc spiiiiual planc.
"Tlcicloic ilcsc mundanc maiicis aic inconscqucniial io my aciual lilc. I
will appioacl ilc Loid wiil uimosi lumiliiy and piay, 'O Kisna! O Govinda! O
Loid ol my lcaii, wlcn will I bc cngagcd in Youi divinc scivicc' Kindly bc
mcicilul upon ilis lowly cicaiuic now and quiclly acccpi mc as Youi sciviioi.'
"In ilis mood I may ciilci icnouncc my lamily oi icmain ai lomc living
liugally. Ii docsn'i maiici, loi by Kisna's giacc I will somclow susiain my lilc. "A
dcad siiaw in ilc siicci is simply maiici; accoidingly, iis cgo oi idcniiiy naiuially
coiicsponds io iis laciual cxisicncc, loi a siiaw is bui a siiaw. lui my picscni cgo
is alanlaia, madc up ol gioss and subilc covciings; ii docs noi ially wiil my
oiiginal spiiiiual scll. Tlc siiaw's abníman oi cgo is laciual bui my maiciial cgo is
unical. Tlcicloic ii is only coiicci ilai I bccomc moic lumblc ilan ilc siiaw in
ilc siicci."
The sadhaka is foIeranf and compassionafe
Tlc puipoii ol ilc cxpicssion iaioi api salisnuna, "moic iolciani ilan a
iicc", is as lollows. Tlc iicc is so iolciani ilai ii cannoi cvcn ncglcci io ollci iis
cooling sladc and succulcni liuiis io ilc vciy pcison wlo is going io cui ii down.
Tlc dcvoicc ol Loid Kisna is cvcn moic lind bccausc lc is compassionaic io
cvciyonc, liicnd oi loc, dcsiiing only ilcii bcsi.
Onc wlo clanis ilc loly namc wiiloui ollcnscs is ovciwlclmcd wiil
ilouglis ol ilc wcll-bcing ol oilcis. Hc ilinls, "O Loid! My liicnds,
companions and all oilci living cniiiics aic vciy unloiiunaic. How slall ilcy bc
ablc dcvclop lovc and aiiiaciion loi claniing Youi all-auspicious namc' Tlcy aic
sunlcn in ilc quagmiic ol lamilial aiiaclmcnis, wcalil and piopciiy, pciiy
succcsscs and icvciscs, losi and piolii, joys and sullciings, biiil and dcail and on
and on - all bccausc ilcy aic blindcd by maya.
"I scc noi ilc sliglicsi indicaiion ilai ilcy aic disgusicd wiil ilis luiilc
maiciial cxisicncc lillcd only wiil anaiilas (unwanicd ilings). Tlcy aic bcing
slowly siianglcd by ilc noosc ol ilcii unlimiicd dcsiics loi scnsc giaiilicaiion.
Tlcy spcnd ilcii valuablc iimc busying ilcmsclvcs in usclcss allaiis ol laima and
jnana. How can ilcsc pcisons bc madc inicicsicd in scll-icalizaiion'"
Lniicaiing ilc Loid in ilis mannci, ilc dcvoicc's lcaii bccomcs lloodcd
wiil spiiiiual cmoiions. Hc loudly sings: narcr nama narcr nama narc namaíva
hcvaIam haIau nasty cva nasty cva nasty cva gatír anyatna "In ilc agc ol Kali, ilcic
is no oilci way, ilcic is no oilci way, no oilci way ilan claniing ilc loly namc
ol Loid Haii!"
The sadhaka's hearf is spofIessIy free of presfige
Tlc woid amani icvcals ilc iliid qualiiy ol ilc dcvoicc wlosc claniing is
dccoiaicd wiil ollcnsclcssncss: lis lcaii is spoilcssly licc liom mundanc cgo and
lalsc picsiigc. Tlc lalsc dcsignaiions ol ilc jiva's gioss and subilc body
lavc giown up oui ol ncscicncc. Yogic mysiic powcis, opulcncc, good lools, ligl
biiil, siicngil, posiiion, inllucncc aic all lcaiuics ol lis ananhara; ilcy aic
incompaiiblc wiil lis ical spiiiiual idcniiiy; indccd, ilcy aic ioially alicn and lalsc.
Having a spoilcss lcaii dcvoid lalsc cgo and picsiigc mcans spccilically ilai
ilc dcvoicc complcicly disianccs limscll liom all unical dcsignaiions. lui wlai
aboui ilc piidc ilai may wcll lollow ilc subjugaiion ol lalsc dcsignaiions' In spiic
ol lis bcing liglly icspccicd, ilc dcvoicc wlo dcmonsiiaics iolciancc, lumiliiy
and a puic lcaii is a lii candidaic io clani puicly. Hc will ialc caic io avoid
bccoming pioud ol bcing lonoicd as
bialmana (il lc is a louscloldci) oi sannyasi (il lc is a icnunciaic); lc
conccniiaics on ilc loius lcci ol Loid Kisna and clanis His loly namc.
The sadhaka offers aII respecfs fo ofhers
Tlc woid manaáa mcans io ollci all icspcci io oilcis. Tlis is ilc louiil
sympiom ol a dcvoicc wlo clanis wiiloui ollcnscs. Hc undcisiands ilai all living
cniiiics aic Kisna's cicinal scivanis, so lc is ncvci cnvious oi spiiclul io anyonc.
Hc plcascs cvciyonc wiil swcci sublimc woids and cxcmplaiy aciions ilai biing
bcncdiciion io ilc woild. Hc ollcis icspcci io disiinguislcd pcisonaliiics sucl as
lcaincd branmanas; io lialma, Siva and oilci dcmigods lc ollcis obcisancc wiil
uimosi lumiliiy, piaying io ilcm loi incicasing lis dcvoiion io Loid Kisna; and io
clcvaicd Vaisnavas and puic dcvoiccs lc ollcis scivicc wiil lcaii and soul.
Tlc claniing ol ilc loly namc ilai is lcliciiaicd wiil ilc abovc mcniioncd
loui qualiiics is ilc liglcsi succcss in luman lilc. Tlis is ilc dcclaiaiion ol Loid
Caiianya Malapiablu, ilc mosi magnanimous avaiaia and savioui ol ilc lallcn
souls ol Kali°yuga.
Sri Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.22-26:
"Tlcsc aic ilc sympioms ol onc wlo clanis ilc Haic Kisna mala-maniia.
Alilougl lc is vciy cxalicd, lc ilinls limscll lowci ilan ilc giass on ilc giound,
and lilc a iicc lc iolciaics cvciyiling in iwo ways.
"Wlcn a iicc is cui down, ii docs noi pioicsis and cvcn wlcn diying up, ii
docs noi asl anyonc loi waici. Tlc iicc dclivcis liuiis, llowcis and wlaicvci ii
posscsscs io anyonc and cvciyonc. Ii iolciaics scoicling lcai and ioiicnis ol iain,
yci ii siill givcs slclici io oilcis. Alilougl a Vaislnava is ilc mosi cxalicd pcison,
lc is piidclcss and givcs all icspcci io cvciyonc, lnowing cvciyonc io bc ilc
icsiing placc ol Kisna. Il onc clanis ilc loly namc ol Loid Kisna in ilis mannci
lc will cciiainly awalcn lis doimani lovc loi Kisna's loius lcci."
Commenfary
lccausc ilc jiva is by consiiiuiion an cicinal scivani ol Loid Kisna, lis
cicinal dlaima oi icligion is claniing ilc loly namc, wlcilci lc is a icsidcni ol
ilis maiciial woild oi cnicis inio ilc spiiiiual sly. Tlcic is no bciici mcans loi
aiiaining all-aiound bcnclii and succcss loi lumaniiy ilcn ilc claniing ol ilc
loly namc, loi claniing biings good loiiunc io oilcis and all-auspiciousncss io
ilc scll.
How fhe pure name is affained
Tlis sIoha was composcd loi ilc solc icason ol clcaily csiablisling low io
avoid namapaiadla and namablasa in claniing. Onc wlosc iniclligcncc avoids
Kisna and iuslcs lcadlong alici ilc inioxicaiion ol maiciial cnjoymcni can ncvci
pciccivc lis iiuc posiiion as bui an inliniicsimal spail ol consciousncss. Onc wlo
ilinls lc is ilc cnjoyci can ncvci admii lis insig¬nilicancc. Noi is lc iolciani by
naiuic; lc'll noi lilc io givc up lis lalsc cgo and lalsc picsiigc.
A gioss scnsc cnjoyci is iloiouglly unwilling and incapablc ol
ungiudgingly ollciing icspcci io anoilci cnjoyci lilc limscll; ii is ilc maiciialisi's
labii io bc insinccic in lis dcalings wiil oilcis, io ilc poini ol bcing obnoxious.
lui ilc Vaisnava wlo aciually linds ccsiasy in ilc loly namc is moic lumblc ilan
a bladc ol giass and moic iolciani ilan a iicc; lc is unconccincd and cvcn
unwilling io icccivc icspcci, bui cagci io ollci icspcci io oilcis. Only sucl an
clcvaicd soul is awaidcd consiani associaiion ol ilc loly namc in hírtana.
OffenseIess chanfers never expIoif ofhers
Wlcn ilcsc puic souls ollci gloiilicaiion and obcisanccs io ilc spiiiiual
masici and oilci scnioi Vaisnavas, ilcy do so bccausc ol ilcii qualiiy ol manada
(icspcciing oilcis accoiding io siaiion); wlcn ilcy advisc and cnilusc disciplcs
and saánahas on ilc pioccss ol claniing, slowciing ilcm wiil appicciaiivc and
cvcn laudaioiy woids spolcn in gicai allcciion, ilcii qualiiy ol amani (cxpcciing
no icspcci) is icvcalcd.
Tlc puic dcvoicc ncvci cxploiis ilc advaniagcous maiciial posiiion ol lis
clcvaicd siaius; ilcicloic, lc is iolciani ol ilc angci and dismay ol ilc lools wlo
icscni lis piomincncc. In ilis way lc cxlibiis dccp loibcaiancc. Tlc ollcnsclcss
clanici sccs limscll as lowci ilan ilc siiaw in ilc siicci ilai is iiamplcd by ilc
walling masscs. Sucl a sainily soul ncvci ilinls, "I am a Vaisnava", oi "I am a
guiu." Indccd, lc always ilinls limscll a
disciplc ol cvciyonc, mosi mccl and lallcn.
Knowing cvciy aiom and cvciy inliniicsimal spiiii soul io bc ilc icsidcncc
ol Loid Kisna, lc ncvci iicais anyonc as inlciioi io limscll, noi docs lc icquiic
anyiling liom anyonc in ilis woild. Lvcn il oilcis aic cnvious and spiiclul io
lim, lc ncvci icialiaics; on ilc coniiaiy, lc piays loi lis ioimcniois' wcll-bcing.
ReaI humiIify means never concocfing somefhing new
Tlc dcvoicc wlo clanis puicly ncvci icjccis ilc dcvoiional pioccss lc
icccivcd liom lis spiiiiual masici by iniioducing ncw mcilods, c.g. by icplacing
ilc mala-maniia wiil somc concocicd and imaginaiy ilymc. A Vaisnava's
lumiliiy is noi io bc qucsiioncd il lc picaclcs widcly ilc gloiics ol ilc loly namc
by wiiiing ncw bools as long as ilis is donc siiicily in accoidancc wiil ilc
insiiuciions ol lis spiiiiual masici. lui il onc iiics io iiicl pcoplc, maling a slow
ol lumiliiy only io gain ilc adoiaiion ol ilc masscs, ilai is noi acccpicd as
lumiliiy.
Tlc puic clanici ol ilc loly namc ncvci visualizcs ilc cxploiiablc loim ol
"cnjoyablc maiici"; lc sccs cvciyiling in ilis woild as paiaplcinalia loi ilc
scivicc ol Loid Kisna and His associaics and dcvoiccs. Lnjoying ilis woild is
simply ncvci considcicd, bccausc ilc dcvoicc ialcs ilc posiiion ol a submissivc
lcaici and ncvci considcis disassociaiing limscll liom ilc mana-mantra lc
icccivcd liom lis spiiiiual masici. Tlus lc is nciilci cagci oi inicicsicd in
piopagaiing ncw idcas oi opinions.
A devofee never fhinks "I am someone's guru"
Onc wlo icgaids limscll io bc ilc guiu ol any Vaisnava dcvoicc iings
lumiliiy's dcail lncll. Tlc plain iiuil is ilai lc wlo docs noi lccd Loid
Caiianya's insiiuciions in ilis Silsasiala is doomcd io puisuc maiciial gain wiil
ilc solc inicniion ol appcasing ilc scnscs ai ilc cosi ol lis ical spiiiiual idcniiiy.
Lvcn il lc is a spiiiiual masici, lc will simply lanlci loi iccogniiion in ilai
posiiion. Tlc loly namc can ncvci bc clanicd by sucl an ollcndci.
No maiici low sinccic and laiillul lis disciplcs may bc, ilcy will ncvci
bccomc woiily ol iccciving and claniing ilc puic loly namc il ilcy lcai lis
ollcnsivc claniing.
ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoha:
hírtaníyan saáa narí
"Consianily claniing ilc loly namc"
Srímaá Pnagavatam 2.1.11:
"O King, consiani claniing ol ilc loly namc ol ilc Loid alici ilc ways ol
ilc gicai auiloiiiics is ilc doubilcss and lcailcss way ol succcss loi all, including
ilosc wlo aic licc liom all maiciial dcsiics, ilosc wlo aic dcsiious ol all maiciial
cnjoymcni and also ilosc wlo aic scll-saiislicd by dini ol iiansccndcnial
lnowlcdgc."
MuhunáamaIa-stotra, slola 37:
"O lool! O you iascal! Tlis consianily clanging body is undci aiiacl liom
innumciablc aiiaclmcnis and discascs ilai aic duc ii by ilc law ol laima, and
dcail is a cciiainiy; wlai icmcdial mcasuics lavc you undciialcn' Simply diinl
ilc mcdicinc ol Kiislna's namc wlicl is ilc cuic loi all discascs."
SLOKA +


na ánanam na janam na sunáarím
havítam va jagaáísa hamayc
mama janmaní jamanísvarc
bnavataá bnahtír anaítuhí tvayí
na - noi; ánanam - iiclcs; na - noi; janam - lollowcis; na -noi; sunáarím - a vciy
bcauiilul woman; havítam - liuiiivc aciiviiics dcsciibcd in llowciy languagc; va -
oi; jagat-isa - OLoid ol ilc univcisc; hamayc - I dcsiic; mama - My; janmaní - in
biiil; janmaní - alici biiil; ísvarc - unio ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad;
blavaiai - lci ilcic bc; blaliil - dcvoiional scivicc; anaítuhí - wiil no moiivcs;
tvayí - unio You.

"Loid ol ilc univcisc, I do noi dcsiic maiciial wcalil, maiciialisiic
lollowcis, a bcauiilul wilc oi liuiiivc aciiviiics dcsciibcd in llowciy languagc. All I
wani, lilc alici lilc, is unmoiivaicd dcvoiional scivicc unio You."
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam

Tlc saánaha musi aiicniivcly icccivc ilc sound ol ilc loly namc liom ilc
spiiiiual masici; ilcicalici lc may clani ilc namcdcvoid ol namaparaánas. ly ilis
pioccss, ilc pic¬viously mcniioncd loui qualiiics will giadually appcai in lis
lcaii.
lui il ilc saánahas aiiaclmcni io scnsual plcasuics is noi scvcicd, lis
oiiginal spiiiiual idcniiiy cannoi manilcsi. Tlus bnahtí, ilc llavoi ol ilc nIaáíní
poicncy, cannoi bc iiansloimcd inio ilc bnava ol conjugal aiiiaciion.
Tlis vcisc cxplains ilc puic loim ol saánana-bnahtí (lcic saánana-bnahtí
mcans ilc pioccss ol claniing) in iwo ways. Tlc diicci cxplanaiion siicsscs ilc
piincipal sympiom ol blalii, wlicl is loving dcvoiional scivicc io Sii Kisna
(bnava-bnahtí); wlilc ilc cxpicssions na ánanam na janam ...' poini io ilc
aiicndani sympiom ol puic bnahtí.
Tlc sccondaiy sympiom ol blalii las iwo concomiianis - liccdom liom all
oilci dcsiics (anyablilasiia sunyam) ouisidc ilc pail ol bnahtí, and ilc abscncc ol
ilc inllucncc ol harma and jnana. As long as loving dcvoiion io Kisna ,anuhuIyam
hrsnaanusíIam) is cncum¬bcicd by anyabníIasítam, harma, jnana, yoga and so on,
bnahtí cannoi bc uttama (cxalicd); ii is visiblc mcicly assladow dcvoiion or bnahtí-
abnasa.
How fo cross beyond bhakfi-abhasa
Tlis slola in laci icvcals low ilis sladow blalii is io bc dissipaicd. Ii is
siaicd lcic, O Loid! I do noi lanlci loi ánanam (wcalil), janam (lollowing), oi
sunáarím havítam (bcauiilul pociiy oi liiciaiuic).' Hcic ánanam mcans ilc wcalil
ol piciy incuiicd by siiicily lollowing ilc pail ol vainasiama(wlicl includcs
maiciialisiic laima-landa aciiviiics and so on). Iuiilci claiilicd, dlanam implics
all ilc paiaplcinalia, giossand subilc, icquiicd io lullill a pcison's dcsiics loi
cnjoymcni in ilis woild and in lcavcn. Tlc woid janam indicaics wilc, sons,
scivanis, subjccis, liicnds, iclaiivcs, and so on.
Lducaiion oi lcaining is coiiccily dclincd as ilc culiuicilai piomoics
aiiiaciion io and aiiaclmcni loi ilc loius lcci ol ilc Supicmc Loid. Tlc
cxpicssion sundaiim laviiam docs noi iclciio naiiaiivcs ol Loid Kisna's pasiimcs,
oi conclusivc plilosoplical cxaminaiions ol sciipiuic, oi iiansccndcnial liiciaiuics
oi pociiy; iailci, ii iclcis io mundanc liiciaiuics and composiiions. ucl iiivia aic
icjccicd. And wlai is dcsiicd' Tlc loving scivicc ol Kisna, cvcn in biiil alici
biiil; lci ii bc unwavciing dcvoiion dcvoid ol any condiiions.
Uncondiiional dcvoiion mcans ilai wlicl is guidcd by no considciaiion
oilci ilan Kisna's saiislaciion.
Pure devofion never depends on Iiberafion
In ilc jiva's siiugglc io bc vicioiious ovci all ilc many misciics sullcicd in
ilc cyclc ol icpcaicd biiil and dcail, uliimaic vicioiy lics cvci bcyond lis capaciiy
-ii dcpcnds cniiicly on ilc Supicmc Loid's will. All misciy will auiomaiically ccasc
wlcn, by ilc Loid's dcsiic, ilc jiva is savcd liom ilc cyclc ol biiil and dcail.
Tlcicloic, wlai is ilc usc ol a Godlcss piayci loi libcia¬iion ilai violaics ilc
picccpis ol puic dcvoiion'
Tlis piayci ol Sii Caiianya Malapiablu cxpicsscs ilc soul's uigcni nccd ol
bnava-bnahtí ovci all clsc: "Wiiloui waiiing loi ilc cyclc ol biiil and dcail io bc
sioppcd by ilc Loid's giacc, lci mc now lavc uncondiiion¬al dcvoiion ai Kisna's
loius lcci lilc alici lilc, icgaidlcss ol wlai my picscni maiciial siiuaiion is."
Sri Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.27,28,30:
"As Loid Caiianya spolc in ilis way, His lumiliiy incicascd and Hc bcgan
piaying io Kisna ilai Hc could disclaigc puic dcvoiional scivicc.
"Wlcicvci ilcic is a iclaiionslip ol lovc ol Godlcad, iis naiuial sympiom
is ilai ilc dcvoicc docs noi ilinl limscll a dcvoicc. Insicad, lc always ilinls ilai
lc las noi cvcn a diop ol lovc loi Kisna.

"'My dcai Loid Kisna, I do noi wani maiciial wcalil liom You, noi do I
wani lollowcis, a bcauiilul wilc oi ilc icsulis ol liuiiivc aciiviiics. I only piay ilai
by Youi causclcss mcicy You givc Mc puic dcvoiional scivicc io You, lilc alici
lilc.'"

Commenfary

"O Loid ol ilc univcisc! I lavc no dcsiic loi maiciial wcalil, lollowing, oi
bcauiilul pociiy. You aic my objcci olwoislip and dcvoiional scivicc lilc alici lilc;
I only piay ilaiI may lavc uncondiiional lovc and dcvoiion ai Youi loius lcci."
Sunáarím havítam iclcis io ánarma, icligious piinciplcs lound in ilc Vcdas;
dlanam mcans artna, oi wcalil; janam mcans wilc, clildicn, iclaiivcs cic., wlo aic
ilc objccis ol hama (so-callcd lovc, oi lusi). Tlc Loid dcclaics, "I am noi mcicly
abloiicd by scnsc giaiilicaiion dciivcd iliougl icligiosiiy, wcalil and lusi, bui I
am appallcd ai ilc idca ol iiansiioiy libciaiion liom ilc cyclc ol biiil and dcail. I
do noi wani ilcsc loui Vcdic goals (dlaima, aiila, lama, molsla) io bc ilc causc
loi My icndciing scivicc ai Youi loius lcci." A piayci by King Kulasclaia las
similaily cxpicsscd ilis mood ol puic dcvoiion.

Pcisons wlo siiicily adlcic io Vcdic dlaima woislip Suiya (ilc sun-god);
ilosc wlo dcsiic wcalil woislip Gancsa; ilosc ciaving cainal plcasuics woislip
salii (Kali, Duiga); ilosc wlo siiivc loi libciaiion oi mulii woislip Siva; and
ilosc wlo woislip Loid Visnu as ilc souicc ol Vcdas do so loi maiciial moiivcs.
All ilcsc giadcs ol woislippcis aic coniaminaicd by maiciialism and aic ncvci io
bc considcicd as puic dcvoiccs. Tlis iypc ol Vcdic woislip is lnown as
pancopasana oi ilc woislip ol livc dcmigods; wlcilci ii is pciloimcd wiil oi
wiiloui maiciial dcsiics laidly malcs a dillcicncc, loi sucl woislip is in laci
impcisonal in any casc. Loid Visnu can bc woislippcd puicly and piopcily only
by un¬moiivaicd dcvoiional scivicc.

ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoka:
bnavataá bnahtí anaítuhí "Causclcss dcvoiional scivicc"
Srímaá Pnagavatam 6.11.25:

"O my Loid, souicc ol all oppoiiuniiics, I do noi dcsiic cnjoy in
Dliuvalola, ilc lcavcnly plancis oi ilc planci wlcic Loid lialma icsidcs, noi
do I wani io bc supicmc iulci ol all ilccaiilly plancis oi ilc powcis ol mysiic
yoga, noi do I wani libciaiion il I lavc io givc up Youi loius lcci."
Srímaá Pnagavatam 11.2.+2:

"Dcvoiion, diicci cxpciicncc ol ilc Supicmc Loid, and dciaclmcni liom
oilci ilings - ilcsc ilicc occui simuliancously loi onc wlo las ialcn slclici ol
ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, in ilc samc way as plcasuic, nouiislmcni
and iclicl liomlungci comc simuliancously and incicasingly, wiil cacl biic, loi a
pcison cngagcd in caiing."

Srímaá Pnagavatam 1.5.1S:

"Pcisons wlo aic aciually iniclligcni and plilosoplically inclincd slould
cndcavoui only loi ilai puiposclul cnd wlicl is noi obiainablc cvcn by wandciing
liom ilc iopmosi planci (lialmalola) down io ilc lowcsi planci (Paiala). As lai
as lappincss dciivcd liom scnsc cnjoymcni is conccincd ii can bc obiaincd
auiomaiically in couisc ol iimc, jusi as in couisc ol iimc wc obiain misciics cvcn
ilougl wc do noi dcsiic ilcm."
SLOKA 5


ayí nanáa-tanuja hínharam
patítam mam vísamc bnavambuánau
hrpaya tava paáa-panhaja-
stníta-ánuIí-saársam vícíntaya
ayí - My Loid; nanáa-tanuja - son ol Nanda Malaiaja, Kiislna; hínharam - ilc
scivani; mam - Mc; vísamc - loiiiblc; bnavambuánau - in ilc occan ol ncscicncc;
hrpaya - by causclcss mcicy; tava - Youi; paáa-panhaja - loius lcci; stníta -
siiuaicd ai; ánuIí-saársam - lilc a paiiiclc ol dusi; viciniaya - lindly considci.


"Ol, My Loid, O Kisna, son ol Malaiaja Nanda, I am Youi cicinal scivani,
bui bccausc ol My own liuiiivc acis, I lavc lallcn in ilis loiiiblc occan ol
ncscicncc. Now plcasc bccausc lcssly mcicilul io Mc. Considci Mc a paiiiclc ol
dusi ai Youi loius lcci."
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam

Is ii piopci loi a sadlala wlo las ialcn slclici ol ilc lolynamc io bc
cxccssivcly conccincd aboui ilc maiciial misciicsallliciing lim' To answci ilis
qucsiion, Loid Caiianya composcd ilis sIoha, in wlicl Hc il¬luminaics ilc coiicci
aiiiiudc ol a dcvoicc ilusly:
"O Loid Kisna! Son ol Malaiaja Nanda! I am Youi cicinal scivani; bui now
as a icsuli ol my picvious aciiviiics I lavc lallcn inio ilis iciiiblc occan ol maiciial
cxisicncc. Lusi, giccd, angci and cnvy aic my advcisaiics; ilcy luil in ilc waicis
lilc big lisl io swallow mc up. Tlc iougl wavcs ol wasicd lopcs and anxiciy aic
iossing mc lcic and ilcic, maling my lilc misciablc. Lasling galcs ol bad
associaiion add luiilci sullciing. In ilis condi¬iion I scc You as my only slclici.
Karma, jnana, yoga are Iike seaweed
"Occasionally a small buncl ol scawccd can bc sccn lloaiing by; ilcsc aic
ilc wccds ol harma, jnana, yoga, tapasya and so on. Has anyonc cvci ciosscd ilis
occan ol ncscicncc by giasping ilcsc paliiy wccds' All I lavc cvci sccn is ilai
somc pcisons, wlilc iiying io swim acioss ilis occan, lavc icaclcd oui io lold
ilcsc wccds loi suppoii only io sinl, scawccd and all, lilc dcad wciglis. Tlcic is
no oilci lopc loi salciy oilci ilan Youi unlimiicd mcicy.
"Tlc siuidy vcsscl ol Youi loly namc is ilc only mcans io cioss ovci ilis
dangcious occan ol maiciial cxisicncc. Knowing ilis ioo wcll, I lavc acicd; I
bcggcd passagc aboaid ilc slip ol ilc Loid's loly namc liom my spiiiiual masici;
by His causclcss mcicy, ii was awaidcd. O Loid! You aic lnown as ilc pioiccioi
ol Youi dcvoiccs wlo aic souls suiicndcicd io Youi loius lcci. Plcasc acccpi ilis
lomclcss dcsiiiuic, clcansc mc ol all my laulis and considci mc a dusi paiiiclc ai
Youi loius lcci."

Tlc mcssagc ol ilis slola is ilai ilosc wlo lavc bccn acccpicd by ilc Loid
on ilc pail ol blalii slould ncvci iciuin io ilc ways ol scnsc cnjoymcni and
libciaiion, dcspiic maiciial dilliculiics.
Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.31,33,3+:

"In gicai lumiliiy, considciing Himscll a condiiioncd soul ol ilc maiciial
Woild, Sii Caiianya Malapiablu again cxpicsscd lis dcsiic io bc cndowcd wiil
scivicc io ilc Loid."
"I am youi cicinal scivani, bui I loigoi Youi Loidslip. Now I lavc lallcn
in ilc occan ol ncscicncc and lavc bccn condiiioncd by ilc cxicinal cncigy.
"lc causclcssly mcicilul io Mc by giving Mc a placc wiil ilc paiiiclcs ol
dusi ai Youi loius lcci so ilai I may cngagc in ilc scivicc ol Youi Loidslip as Youi
cicinal scivani."
Commenfary

Loid Kisna, ilc son ol Malaiaja Nanda, is ilc objcci ol cvciyonc's
dcvoiion. Sciviioislip io Loid Kisna is inscpaiablc liom ilc idcniiiy oi svaiupa ol
ilc spiiii soul.
Now ilai scivani ol Kisna las bccomc apailciic io lis scivicc and is
diowning in ilc iciiiblc occan ol maiciial cxisicncc, lis only lopc ol suivival is io
gci ilc Loid's mcicy. Il Loid Kisna oui ol His lailomlcss compassion acccpis ilc
jíva, placing lim as a pollcn paiiiclc ai His loius lcci, ilcn lis liddcn idcniiiy and
cicinal piocliviiy will bc icmanilcsi. Tlc woid paáa-ánuIí (loius-lcci dusi) uscd
lcic luiilci subsianiiaics ilc jiva's oiiginal idcniiiy as ilc inliniicsimal paii and
paiccl ol Kisna, as siaicd in ilc sciipiuics.
Tlc jiva may inicnscly dcsiic io acquiic a placc ai Kisn a's loius lcci, bui
ilc laci is ilai only wlcn lc bccomcs subscivicni io Kisna's will and culiivaics
dcvoiional scivicc is lc acccpicd by ilc Loid.

This sIoha indicafes anarfha-nivrffi
Uniil lc is lully siiuaicd in lis svarupa, a icsiduc ol anartnas cling io lis
lcaii; ilus lis uliimaic pcilcciion and goal icmains liddcn by ilcsc sligli
impuiiiics. Sambanána-jnana malcs lim cligiblc io clani ilc loly namc puicly
and icndci loving dcvoiional scivicc by clcaiing ilcsc anartnas liom lis lcaii; ilis
is callcd anartna-nívrttí.
Ai ilis siagc ol dcvclopmcni, ilc dcvoicc as lnown as jataratí (boin ol ratí
oi lovc). Tlc dillcicncc bciwccn ajataratí saánaha (noi boin ol ratí) and jataratí
dcvoicc is all in ilc qualiiy ol claniing. Onc cannoi bc acccpicd as a jataratí
dcvoicc on ilc basis ol picicnsc.
Alici anartna-nívrttí lollows naírantarya, oi undcviaiing sicadincss in
sciving, ilcn svcccna-purvíha, voluniaiy mcdiiaiion on Kisna's pasiimcs by wlicl
onc dcvclops sponiancous aiiiaciion loi ilcm; and ilcn svarasíhí, ilc sponiancous
icvclaiion ol Kisna's pasiimcs cvcn wiiloui onc's cxpcciaiion. Only alici ilcsc
ilicc siagcs comcs ilc linal pcilcciion ol prcma.
ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoka:

Srímaá Pnagavatam 6.11.2+:

"O my Loid, O Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, will I again bc ablc io bc a
scivani ol Youi cicinal scivanis wlo lind slclicionly ai Youi loius lcci' O Loid ol
my lilc, may I again bccomc ilcii scivani so ilai my mind may always ilinl ol
Youi iiansccndcnial aiiiibuics, my woids always gloiily ilosc aiiiibuics and my
body always cngagc in ilc loving scivicc ol Youi Loidslip."

Srímaá Pnagavatam 10.29.3S:

"Tlcicloic,O vanquislci ol all disiicss, plcasc slow us mcicy. To
appioacl Youi loius lcci wc abandoncd oui lamilics and lomcs, and wc lavc no
dcsiic oilci ilan io scivc You. Oui lcaiis aic buining wiil inicnsc dcsiics
gcnciaicd by Youi bcauiilul smiling glanccs. O jcwcl among mcn, plcasc malc us
Youi maidscivanis."

SríIa Pupa Gosvamí wiiics:

"Il you lavc noi woislippcd ilc dusi ol ilc loius lcci ol Siimaii
Radlaiani, oi ilc land ol Viaja ilai is mailcd wiil Hci loius lcci, oi did noi scivc
ilc loius lcci ol Hci dcvoicc wlo isgiavc bccausc ol mcdiiaiing on Hci, ilcn low
will you bccomc aiiiacicd io ilai blaclisl occan ol ncciai lnown as Syama oi
Kisna'"


In VíIapa-husumanjaIí, sIoha S:

"O Radlaiani, bclovcd damscl ol Viaja! I am cxlausicd liom swimming in
ilc icmpcsiuous occan ol misciy; I am bui a dciclici. Kindly picl mc up on ilc
inlalliblc boai ol Youi causclcss mcicy. Guidc mc io ilc wondcilul sanciuaiy ol
Youi loius lcci."

In Paána-rasa-suána-níání, sIoha 259:

"lccomc ioially absoibcd in Kisna, wlosc ciown is dccoiaicd wiil a pcacocl
plumc, and consianily sing His loly namc and gloiics. Lngioss youiscll in sciving
His loius lcci and coniinuously clani ilc mana-mantra io involc His plcasuic. My
only and iniimaic lcaiilcli dcsiic is io bccomc a slavc io Siimaii Radlaiani's loius
lcci. ly Hci causclcss mcicy I may aiiain sponiancous lovc loi Hci scivicc."
SLOKA 6


nayanam gaIaá-asru-ánaraya
vaáanam gaágaáa-ruáánaya gíra
puIahaír nícítam vapun haáa
tava nama-grananc bnavísyatío


nayanam - ilc cycs; gaIat-asru-ánaraya - by siicams ol icais iunning down;
vaáanam - mouil; gaágaáa - laliciing; russnaya -clolcd up; gíra - wiil woids;
puIahaín - wiil cicciion ol ilc laiis duc io iiansccndcnial lappincss; nícítam -
covcicd; vapun - ilc body; haáa - wlcn; tava - Youi; nama-grananc - in claniing
ilc namc; bnavísyatí - will bc.

"My dcai Loid, wlcn will My cycs bc bcauiilicd by lillingwiil icais ilai
consianily glidc down as I clani Youi loly namc'Wlcn will My voicc lalici and
all ilc laiis on My body siandcicci in iiansccndcnial lappincss as clani Youi
loly namc'"
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam
In ilc livc picvious sIohas, ilc lollowing iopics lavc bccn cxplaincd:
sraáána, saánu-sangna, bnajana-hríya, anartna-nívríttí, nístna, rucí, asahtí and
bnava.
Iiom ilc progrcssíon ol ilc subjcci maiici so lai, wc aic lcaining low ilc
jíva, wiil ilc assisiancc ol puic blalii wlicl is ilc csscncc ol ilc Loid's nIaáíní-
sahtí, giadually aiiains lis svarupa.
In ilis vcisc, ilc ilcmc ol bnava-bnahtí is bcing luiilci claboiaicd upon.
Wlcn ilc siagc ol bnava-bnahtí is aiiaincd, puic dcvoiion al scivicc is pcilccicd io
ilc poini ol bccoming coniinuous and unbiolcn. Pnava is synonymous wiil ilc
woid ratí (sponiancous aiiiaciion); bnava-bnahtí is ilc bud ilai soon llowcis inio
ilc lull bloom ol prcma-bnahtí, loving dcvoiion.
Oui ol ilc ninc limbs ol dcvoiional sciviccs ilai aic iniiiaicd in saánana-
bnahtí, ii is ilc claniing ol Kisna's namc alonc ilai bccomcs vciy inicnsilicd in
bnava-bnahtí.
Sympfoms of bhava

Tlc sadlala in bnava-bnahtí is mailcd by ninc sympioms: 1) lc is anxious io
uiilizc lis iimc in Kisna's scivicc and docs noi lilc io bc idlc; 2) lc is always
icscivcd and pci¬scvciani; 3) lc is always dciaclcd liom all maiciial aiiiac¬iion;
+) lc docs noi long loi any maiciial icspcci in iciuin loi lis scivicc; 5) lc is
cciiain ol Loid Kisna's mcicy; 6) lc is always vciy cagci io scivc ilc Loid
laiillully; 7) lc is vciy aiiaclcd io ilc claniing ol ilc loly namcs ol ilc Loid; S)
lc is always cagci io dcsciibc ilc iiansccndcnial qualiiics ol ilc Loid; 9) lc is vciy
plcascd io livc in a placc wlcic ilc Loid's pasiimcs aic pciloimcd, sucl as
Mailuia, Vindavana oi Dwaiala. Tlcsc sympioms bccomc visiblc in a dcvoicc
wlcn lc is on ilc ilicslold ol cniciing inio lull bnava.
As picviously indicaicd, wlcn saánana-bnahtí is inluscd wiil rucí oi ilc
inicnsc dcsiic io aiiain ilc Loid's loius lcci, wlicl solicns and mclis ilc lcaii,
sucl saánana-bnahtí is ilcn lnown as bnava-bnahtí. Tlai bnava consisis ol ilc
iays ol ilc sun ol prcma and ilc iays ol ilc sun ol Kisna's maicllcss
iiansccndcnial bcauiy.
Tlcicloic ii is concludcd ilai bnava-bnahtí oi iaii is ilc dawning ol prcma.
Prcma in iis ilc vciy iniiial siagc can bc callcd bnava; and in ilis siagc ilc cigli
ccsiaiic sympioms (asta-sattvíha víhara) lilc ciying, loiiipilaiing, cic. bcgin io
sliglily manilcsi. Wlcn mcdiiaiing on ilc Loid's loius lcci, ilc lcaii mclis and
piolusc icais siicam oui sponiancously. Dcsciip iions ol sucl ccsiacics aic lound
in ilc Vaisnava tantra-sastras and ilc Puianas, wlicl conliim ilai ilc ccsiaiic
sympioms ilai aic manilcsi in picma wiil lull inicnsiiy malc a sly bui liim
appcaiancc in ilc siagc lnown as bnava.
Tlc sciipiuics lisi many bodily sympioms ol blava undci ilc lcading
anublava, wlicl includc dancing, iolling in ilc dusi, singing loudly, siicicling
ilc body, maling loud ouibuisis, yawning, bicailing lcavily, ignoiing ouisidcis,
diooling, laugling lilc a madman, wlccling ilc lcad and bclcling.

As mcniioncd, ilcic aic cigli majoi ccsiaiic sympioms callcd asta-sattvíha
víhara; ilcsc aic paialysis, pcispiiaiion, loiiipilaiion, palloi, clolcd voicc,
iicmbling, wccping and swooning. Ol ilcsc, dancing, singing, ciying,
loiiipilaiing, and clolcd voicc aic paiiiculaily piomincni in ilc siagc ol blava. In
ilis slola, wc lind ilc supicmc icaclci Sii Kisna Caiianya las ialcn ilcsc
sympioms inio spccial accouni. Hc piays, "O Kisna! O Son ol Malaiaja Nanda!
Wlcn will My cycs bc dccoiaicd wiil icais ol lovc wlcn I clani Youi Namc'
Wlcn will My voicc clolc up wiil ccsiaiic cmoiions' Wlcn will My body bc
lillcd wiil loiiipila iions' O Loid! lc mcicilul ilai ilcsc ccsiaiic¬sympioms may
soon dccoiaic My body ai ilc iimc ol claniing Youi Namc!"

Sri Caifanya Carifamrifa Anfya 20.37:

"Wiiloui lovc ol Godlcad, My lilc is usclcss. Tlcicloic I piay ilai You
acccpi Mc as Youi scivani and givc Mc ilc salaiy ol ccsiaiic lovc ol God."

Commenfary

"O Loid Kisna, cnjoyci ol ilc gopis, wlcn will ilc cycs ol ilis gopí biim
ovci wiil cascading icais ai ilc icciiaiion ol Youi Namc' Wlcn will my voicc
clolc up wiil lovc and my body iinglc wiil loiiipilaiion'"
Tlis is a pcilcci cxamplc ol a piayci ol lovc loi Kisna. In ilc conicxi ol ilis
vcisc anoilci vcisc liom Pnahtí-rasamríta-sínánu may bc ciicd loi considciaiion:
"O Loid Pundaiilalsa, wlilc claniing Youi loly namc wiil icais in my cycs,
wlcn slall I dancc in ccsiasy on ilc banl ol Yamuna'" (lRS 1.2.156)
In claniing ilc sccondaiy namcs ol Kisna (gauna-nama), ilcic is no
qucsiion ol cxpciicncing prcma. Tlcicloic Loid Caiianya las said, "Alilougl ilc
icaclings ol ilc Upanisads may bc lcaid, ilcy aic lai icmovcd liom ilc ncciaican
pasiimcs ol Kisna, andilcicloic ilcy aic unablc io mcli ilc lcaii and malc ilc
lcaici ciupi inio ccsiaiic icais and loiiipilaiion." Tlc subjcci ol Upanisads is
lialman; bui ilai is only icmoicly connccicd wiil ilc swccincss ol ilc naiiaiion
ol Kisna's pasiimcs, wlicl always pioduccs ccsiasy in ilc lcaiis ol puic dcvoiccs.

Tlis slola docs noi iclci io ilosc wlo lavc naiuially moisi cycs oi wlo
display aiiilicial blava; wlcn ilc jiva bccomcs puic and sponiancously aiiiacicd io
dcvoiional scivicc io Kisna, lis body and vciy lilc loicc bccomc complcicly
obcdicni io ilc cicinal blavas ilai consianily play wiilin ilc lcaii. Tlcicloic, ilc
mcliing ol ilc lcaii, ilc ccsiaiic sympioms ilai giip ilc body and lilc loicc aic
cxpciicnccd only io ilosc unalloycd dcvoiccs wlo aic absoluic¬ly clcanscd ol all
anaiilas.
Tlosc ncoplyic souls wlo iiy io aiiilicially imiiaic ilc ccsiaiic cmoiions
and sympioms ol ilc malablagavaia dcvoiccs so as io dcccivc ilc gcncial
populacc aic in laci cicaiing a giganiic luidlc on ilcii pail ol advanccmcni in
Kisna consciousncss.
ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoka:
Srímaá Pnagavatam 11.3.30-31:

"Onc slould lcain low io associaic wiil ilc dcvoiccs ol ilc Loid by
gailciing wiil ilcm io clani ilc gloiics ol ilc Loid. Tlis pioccss is mosi
puiilying. As dcvoiccs ilus dcvclop ilcii loving liicndslip, ilcy lccl muiual
lappincss and saiislaciion. And by ilus cncouiaging onc anoilci ilcy aic ablc io
givc up maiciial scnsc giaiilicaiion, wlicl is ilc causc ol all sullciing.

Tlc dcvoiccs ol ilc Loid consianily discuss ilc gloiics ol ilc Pcisonaliiy
ol Godlcad among ilcmsclvcs. Tlus ilcy consianily icmcmbci ilc Loid and
icmind onc anoilci ol His qualiiics and pasiimcs. In ilis way, by ilcii dcvoiion
io ilc piinciplcs ol blalii-yoga, ilc dcvoiccs plcasc ilc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad,
wlo ialcs away liom ilcm cvciyiling inauspicious. lcing puiilicd ol all
impcdimcnis. ilc dcvoiccs awalcn io puic lovc ol Godlcad, and ilus, cvcn wiilin
ilis woild, ilcii spiiiiualizcd bodics cxlibii sympioms ol iiansccndcnial ccsiasy,
sucl as sianding ol ilcbodily laiis on cnd."

Srímaá Pnagavatam 11.3.32:

"Having aclicvcd lovc ol Godlcad, ilc dcvoiccs somciimcs ciy oui loud,
absoibcd in ilougli ol ilc inlalliblc Loid. Somciimcs ilcy laugl, lccl gicai
plcasuic, spcal oui loud io ilc Loid, dancc oi sing. Sucl dcvoiccs, laving
iiansccndcd maiciial condiiional lilc, somciimcs imiiaic ilc unboin Supicmc by
aciing oui His pasiimcs. And somciimcs, aclicving His pcisonal audicncc, ilcy
icmain pcacclul and silcni."
SLOKA 7


yugayítam nímcscna
cahsusa pravrsayítam
sunyayítam jagat sarvam
govínáa vírancna mc

yugayítam - appcaiing lilc a gicai millcnnium; nímcscna - by a momcni; cahsusa -
liom ilc cycs; pravrsayítam - icais lalling lilc ioiicnis ol iain; sunyayítam -
appcaiing void; jagai - ilcwoild; sarvam - all; govínáa - liom Loid Govinda,
Kiislna; vírancna mc - by My scpaiaiion.

"My Loid Govinda, bccausc ol scpaiaiion liom You, I considci cvcn a
momcni a gicai millcnnium. Tcais llow liom My cycs lilc ioiicnis ol iain, and I
scc ilc cniiic woild as void."
Sanmodana Bhasyam
Wlcn bnava oi ratí-bnahtí icaclcs ilc siagc ol stnayí-bnava (consiancy), ii
mixcs wiil loui oilci bnavas-víbnava, anubnava, sattvíha and vyabnícarí and
iiansloims inio blalii-iasa oi ilc spiiiiual mcllow ol dcvoiional scivicc. Tlcn ilc
ccsiaiic sympioms ol anublava and sattvíha-víhara aic lully cxpicsscd.
Siila Rupa Goswami, dcsciibing picma, wiiics in ilc Pnahtí-rasamríta-
sínánu, "Tlai bnava-bnahtí wlicl liom ilc siaii socxccssivcly allccis ilc lcaii ilai
ii mclis inio a sublimc salvc ol lovc, wlicl biings wiilin casy icacl ilc liglcsi
scniimcnis ol divinc bliss, wlicl gcnciaics an inicnsc dcsiic loi Kisna, is lnown
by ilc pcilccicd dcvoiccs as prcma." Iiom ilis siaicmcni ii is obvious ilai an
cxiicmc aiiiaciion, allcciion and
sponiancous dcdicaiion io Loid Kisna is synonymous wiil prcma.

Tlc iclaiionslip bciwccn ilc visaya (ilc objcci ol woislip, oi Kisna) and ilc
asiaya (ilc dcvoicc) is cxclangcd iliougl ilc livc piincipal iasas ol ncuiialiiy,
sciviioislip, liicndslip, paicnilood and conjugal lovc. Somciimcs ilc main rasas
in ilc iclaiionslip subsidc, allowing ilc scvcn sccondaiy iasas ol lauglici,
wondcimcni, piiy, biavado, angci, lcai and loiioi io bc iclislcd.
The exceIIences of prema
Among ilc piincipal rasas, conjugal oi maánurya-rasa is ilc mosi cxalicd.
As maánurya-rasa incicascs in inicnsiiy, ii manilcsis all ilc cxccllcnccs ol prcma,
wlicl aic pranaya (lovc ilai avoids icspcci), sncna (mcliing ol ilc lcaii), mana
(liding ol lovc by cioolcd mcans), iaga (aiiaclmcni), anuiaga (luiilci
aiiaclmcni), blava (ccsiacy) and mala-blava (gicai ccsiacy),
onc alici anoilci.
In santa-rasa (ncuiialiiy), ilcic is a lind ol allcciion loi ilc Loid mailcd
by gicai cxuliaiion. Sucl allcciion is displaycd as an aiiaclmcni loi lialman
couplcd wiil an aiiiiudc ol disicgaid and unconccin loi cvciyil¬ing clsc,
including oilci rasas.
Wlcn ilis allcciion (lnown as mamata) incicascs, ilc aiiiaciion dccpcns io
ilc poini ol áasya-rasa oi sciviioislip.In ilis rasa, ilc inicnsilicd allcciion
icmains pcimancni cvcn il ilc iclaiionslip is sciiously icsicd.
Wlcn ilc allcciion loi ilc Supicmc Loid is loiiilicd wiil unllincling laiil
and iiusi ii is callcd pianaya, ilc vciy csscncc ol sahnya-rasa oi liicndslip. lui in
ilc picscncc ol awc and icvcicniial woislip pianaya will noi appcai.
As allcciion incicascs, pianaya dcvclops inio a misclicvous and cioolcd
mood ol unusual llavoi lnown as mana. In ilis mood, ilc loving icscnimcni ol
ilc dcvoicc loiccs cvcn ilc Supicmc Loid io compiomisc, oui ol His dcsiic io
iclisl ilis cmoiional cxclangc.
Tlai abundancc ol lovc ilai mclis ilc lcaii io cmoiional liquid is lnown as
sncna. Sncla is sympiomaiizcd by piolusc unclcclcd icais; and in ilis siagc ilc
dcvoicc's ycaining io scc Kisna ncvci admiis saiiciy. In vatsaIya-rasa oi paicnial
lovc ilis ycaining is lcli as ilc dcvoicc's consiani anxiciy loi Kisna's wcll-bcing.

Sncla inlccicd by inicnsc ciaving is callcd raga. In ilcsiagc ol iaga a momcni's
scpaiaiion liom ilc bclovcd is unbcaiablc; wlilc in union ilc opposiic is iiuc cvcn
cxiicmc giicl lccls lilc cxlilaiaiion. In raga, ilc objcci ol woislip (Kisna) is
madc io appicciaic His own cvci-youillul loim by ilc aiicniions ol ilc dcvoicc;
ilus raga iiscll bccomcs cvci ncw andagclcss and is iiansloimcd inio anuiaga.
In anuiaga ilc lovci and bclovcd cniapiuic onc anoilci inio obcdicncc.
Tlcic is cvcn a longing io bc boin as animals oi oilci lowci spccics ilai cnjoy a
diicci conncciion wiil Kisna; ilis is callcd prcma-vaícítra, ilc vaiiaiions ol lovc.
In ilc anuraga siagc, scpaia¬iion liom Kisna blcsscs ilc dcvoicc wiil
cxccssivc ccsiacics.
Wlcn anuiaga is ovcilloodcd by ilc magniliccni occan ol ccsiaiic lovc and
ilc dcvoicc complcicly loscs limscll in iiansccndcnial madncss, mana-bnava is
aiiaincd. In ilis siagc, cvcn ilc diopping ol an cyclid ilai blocls ilc dcvoicc's
vicw ol ilc Loid loi lcss ilan a sccond is iniolciablc. In ilc ccsiacy ol scpaiaiion,
a mcic momcni is siiciclcd io iimclcss ciciniiy.

In mana-bnava, in boil union and scpaiaiion, all ilc sympioms ol saiivila
and sancaii blavas manilcsi io ilc lullcsi dcgicc. Loid Caiianya pouis an occan ol
mcaning liom ilc piiclci ol ilis sIoha loi a lull claboiaiion on ilc dillcicni giada-
iions ol loving ccsiacy ilai aic linicd ai lcic, onc slould consuli Siila Jiva
Goswami's Prítí-sanáarbna.

Tlc woid yugayiiam is a simplc and diicci cxpicssion ol iimclcssncss; ilc
pliasc govinda viialcna convcys dccp lcclings ol scpaiaiion (vípraIambna). Iully
Kisna conscious iasila dcvoicc lavc subdividcd vipialambla inio purva raga
(picliminaiy aiiiaciion), mana (sccming angci) and piavasa (scpaiaiion by
isiancc). In ilis sIoha, Caiianya Malapiablu icvcals ilai ilc sadlala dwclling
wiilin ilis woild nccd only iclisl ilc purva raga siagc ol vipialambla ccsiacy.
Tlc sciipiuics dcclaic ilai ilc mood ol scpaiaiion cngcndcis icn
condiiions in ilc sadlala's pcison. Tlcy aic: pondciing, slccplcssncss,
pciiuibaiion, cmaciaiion, palloi, incolcicni spcccl, a siiiclcn condiiion, madncss,
dclusion and dcail (unconscious).

Sri Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.+0-+1:

"In My agiiaiion a day ncvci cnds, loi cvciy momcni sccms lilc a
millcnnium. Pouiing inccssani icais, My cycs aic lilc clouds in ilc iainy scason.

"Tlc ilicc woids lavc bccomc void bccausc ol scpaiaiion liom Govinda. I
lccl as il I wcic buining alivc in a slow liic."

Commenfary

"O Govinda, ilc cniiic woild is bui a void in Youi abscncc; My cycs aic
iaining icais lilc monsoon clouds, and cacl baiiing ol My cyclids sccms lilc a
millcnnium."
Tlis is an cxccllcni cxpicssion ol vípraIambna-rasa. Tlis slola was
composcd io icacl ilc jaia-iaii dcvoicc ilai ii is absoluicly csscniial lc ialc up ilc
vipialambla iasa noi
caiing loi sambloga oi cnjoymcni. In maiciial lilc, viiala oi scpaiaiion causcs
only giicl. lui on ilc iiansccndcnial planc, viiala pioduccs cxiicmc ccsiacy
wiilin, ilougl cxicinally ilc innci ccsiacy is icllccicd as acuic anguisl.
Vipialambla ilcicloic nouiislcs sambloga oi cnjoymcni wiilin. In laci,
sambnoga is an cxicinal lcaiuic ol ilc vípraIambna-iasa in ilc siaic lnown as
prcma vaícítra oi loving vaiicgaicdncss. Tlc dcvoicc inccssanily and inicnscly
iccollccis Kisna and His pasiimcs in vípraIambna-rasa, io ilc poini ol ncvci
loigciiing Kisna. Tlis is indccd ilc supci-cxccllcni siagc ol bnajana.
The error of fhe Gauranga-nagari secf
Tlc sambloga cxlibiicd by ilc picicniious gioup lnown as gauranga-
najarí, wlo do noi sinccicly piaciicc Kisna consciousncss bui claim io bc
dcvoiccs, is simply a icsuli ol ilcii insincciiiy. Tlai sambnoga is a scvcic
impcdimcni on ilc puic dcvoiional pail. Ii is laciually only scll-plcasuic; lcncc ii
is bcicli ol sinccic dcvoiion io Kisna.
Jusi by lnowing ilc mcaning ol ilc slola, "Tlc dcsiic io giaiily onc's own
scnscs is lama (lusi), bui ilc dcsiic io plcasc ilc scnscs ol Loid Kisna is picma
(lovc)" (C.C. Adi +.165), onc is spaicd liom ilc uigc io scnsc cnjoymcni.
Unloiiunaicly, unsciupulous pscudo dcvoiccs iiy io disguisc ilcii lusiy uigcs by
picscniing Loid Caiianya io ilc woild as a plcasuic scclci (nagaii). lui ilc iiuc
mcaning ol Loid Caiianya's pasiimcs is ilai Loid Kisna dcsccndcd as Loid
Caiianya io acccpi ilc scniimcnis ol an asiaya iaiiva dcvoicc wlo is consianily
absoibcd in ilc vípraIambna mood.
As mcniioncd, vipialambla nouiislcs cnjoymcni, bui ii is Kisna's
cnjoymcni ilai is bcing nouiislcd by ilc puic dcvoicc in ilis mood. Caiianya
Malapiablu is cicinally ilc cmbodimcni ol vípraIambna-rasa, and Hc pcisonally
piopagaics ilis mcans ol
nouiisling Kisna's plcasuic among ilc jivas, wlo musi discaid ilcii luiilc
aiicmpis loi sambnoga-rasa.
ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoka:

Srí Krísnna Karanamríta, sIoha +1:

"O supicmc slclici ol ilc dcsiiiuic, O Loid Haii, You aic an occan ol
mcicy! Alas! Ol alas! Wiiloui sccing Youi lovcly lacc low am I going io livc
iliougl ilcsc wiciclcd days and niglis'"

Siila Madlavcndia Puii's woids as iccoidcd in PaáyavaIí, icxi +00:

"O compassionaic Loid ol ilc lclplcss! O Loid ol Mailuia! Wlcn will I bc
ablc io scc You' Youi abscncc las madc mysiiiclcn lcaii cxiicmcly anxious. O
my bclovcd! Wlai am I io do now'"

In LjjvaIa-níIamaIí, icxi 6+:

"Siimaii Radlaiani is complcicly smiiicn. Slc is cxpciicncing ilc limiilcss
occan ol sullciing as ilc icn condiiions ol scpaiaiion ovcicomc Hci. Slc
pondciings wiiloui slccping and sullcis pciiui¬ba¬iions, slc las bccomc
cmaciaicd and pallid, slc spcals in¬colcicnily, is siiiclcn, mad and dcludcd and
swoons almosi io dcail."
SLOKA 8
asIísya va paáa-ratam pínastu mam
aáarsanan marma-natam harotu va
yatna tatna va víáaánatu Iampato
mat-prana-natnas tu sa cva naparan
asIísya - cmbiacing wiil gicai plcasuic; va - oi; paáa-ratam - wlo is lallcn ai ilc
loius lcci; pínastu - lci Him iiamplc; mam - Mc; aáarsanat - by noi bcing visiblc;
maima- atam - biolcnlcaiicd; harotu - lci Him malc; va - oi; yatna - as (Hc
lilcs); tatna - so; va - oi; víáaánatu - lci Him do; lampaial - a dcbauclcc, wlo
mixcs wiil oilci womcn; mat-prana-natnan - ilc Loid ol My lilc; tu - bui; san -
Hc; cva - only; na aparan - noi anyonc clsc.
"Lci Kiislna iiglily cmbiacc ilis scivani, wlo las lallcn ai His loius lcci.
Lci Him iiamplc Mc oi bical My lcaii by noi bcing visiblc io Mc. Hc is a
dcbauclcc, alici all, and can do wlaicvci Hc lilcs, bui Hc is siill no moic oilci
ilan ilc woislipablc Loid ol My lcaii."
Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam
Tlc consciousncss ol ilc dcvoicc wlo icaclcs ilc sublimc plailoim ol
picma is dcsciibcd in ilis sIoha. "Tlai supicmc adulicici and libciiinc, Kisna, may
giani cndlcss bliss io ilis scivani suiicndcicd io His loius lcci; oi lc may diivc mc
inio cxciuciaiing dcpils ol dcspaii by noi bcing picscni bcloic mc; Hc may plcasc
io do anyiling Hc wanis wiil mc - cvcn io ilc cxicni ol cnjoying wiil anoilci ol
His bclovcd gopis in my picscncc; yci Hc icmains always ilc Loid ol my lcaii; loi
mc ilcic can ncvci bc any oilci pcison."
Wc lind accounis ol ilc incompaiablc posiiion ol sucl lully suiicndcicd
souls in Siimad llagavaiam: "Wlcn ilc moiial living bcings linally dccidc io
iclinquisl all liuiiivc aciiviiics and ioially suiicndci io Mc, I iccipiocaic by giving
ilcm ilc ncciai ol immoiialiiy, clcvaiing ilcm io bccomc My cicinal associaics."
Tlc conclusion is ilai in Kisna-prcma, Kisna bccomcs ilc lilc, soul and ilc
gicaicsi iicasuic ol ilc dcvoicc. In ilis maiuic siagc ol dcvoiional scivicc ilc
sublimc cxclangcs ol muiual aiiiaciion bciwccn ilc dcvoicc and ilc Loid llowci
inio lull bloom.
Prema-dharma
Sii Piallada Malaiaja says in ilc Siimad llagavaiam: "Jusi as picccs ol
iion iusl ol ilcii own voliiion, aiiiacicd by a magnci, similaily by ilc
indcpcndcni will ol ilc Supicmc Loid my lcaii and mind lavc slalcn oll
aiiaclmcni loi maiciial lilc; now I am bcing loicibly diawn as il by a magnci io
His loius lcci."
Tlis siaicmcni dcmonsiiaics ilc iiuil ol ilc cicinal bond bciwccn ilc
inliniicsimal jiva and inliniic Supicmc Loid. Tlis iclaiionslip bccomcs obscuicd
wlcn ilc jiva givcs up Kisna consciousncss. lui wlcn, by good loiiunc, ilc living
cniiiy's consciousncss bccomcs puiilicd, ilcn ilc muiual aiiiaciion bciwccn ilc
Loid and His paii and paiccl is icvivcd. A piccc ol iion, wlcn clcan and slining, is
auiomaiically aiiiacicd io a magnci; similaily, ilc consciousncss ol ilc spiiii soul,
wlcn puiilicd, clcan and slining, will auiomaiically cxlibii aiiiaciion io Kisna.
lcsidcs laciliiaiing ilis aiiiaciion, scll-puiilicaiion las no lunciion. Tlc pail ol
Kisna consciousncss is callcd prcma-ánarma, ilc dlaima ol loving dcvoiional
scivicc; saánahas ol ilc prcma-ánarma musi lnow ilai savc and cxccpi loi picma,
ilis pail ol icligion ncglccis all icsulis dcsiicd by ilosc wlo puisuc dlaima,
aiila, lama and molsa.
The devofee sacrifices everyfhing for Krsna
Loid Kisna Himscll subsianiiaics ilis iiuil in ilc Siimad llagavaiam: "My
dcai gopis! Scvciing all lamily aiiaclmcnis loi My salc, you lavc aclicvcd wlai is
vciy iaic cvcn loi ilc gicai plilosoplcis and yogis. Oui mcciings wiil cacl oilci
aic complcicly puic and unblcmislcd. Il I iiicd io icpay My dcbi io you loi youi
lovc, dcvoiion, scivicc and icnunciaiion, cvcn il I cndcavoicd wiil My immoiial
body iliougloui all ciciniiy I would bc unablc io do ii. I am obligcd io you lilc
alici lilc. Tlougl you may considci Mc absolvcd ol any dcbi oui ol youi naiuial
mcclncss and loving dcmcanoi, I will nonilclcss always icmain bcloldcn io
you."
As indicaicd by ilc Loid's dcclaiaiion ol indcbicdncss io ilc gopís, io
plcasc and aiiiaci Kisna, onc slould lovc and saiisly ilc dcvoiccs wlom Hc lolds
mosi dcai. In oilci woids, onc wlo dcsiics cniiancc inio Kisna consciousncss
musi lavc no inicicsi in scllisl so-callcd plcasu ics. A dcvoicc scivcs Kisna, las
allcciion loi Him, mccis Him, oi may do anyiling - ilc solc inicniion is io plcasc
Kisna and incicasing onc's loving scivicc io Him.
Loid Caiianya uscs ilc pliasc dccply alllicicd in ilc lcaii' in ilis sIoha; in
icaliiy, ilc dcvoicc docs noi lccl giicl bui cxuliaiion. To conliim ilis laci, Loid
Kisna iclls ilc gopis: "Ioi My salc you disicgaidcd social iaboos, Vcdic injunc-
iions, and cvcn cui oll conncciion io youi icla iivcs and lamily mcmbcis. In all
ilis, youi mcdiiaiion on Mc was singlc-mindcd. You did noi cvcn caic loi youi
bcauiy and nupiial lappincss. So in oidci io incicasc youi lovc loi Mc I
disappcaicd liom youi sigli. Plcasc do noi blamc Mc loi ilis aci ol lovc, bccausc
you aic cxiicmcly dcai io Mc, as I am io you."
Anoilci impoiiani poini in ilis slola is ilai alilougl ilc Loid spcals ol
giving Mc bliss by Youi loving cmbiacc', ilcic is no iiacc ol scll-saiislaciion; cvcn
lcic ilc only ilougli is ol loving Kisna by giving oncscll io Him loi His plcasuic.
Loid Caiianya's siaicmcnis vciy mucl cxcmplily ilc iiuc cmoiions ol puic lovc.
The significance of Sri Sri Siksasfaka
Tlc cigli slolas ol ilc Síhsastaha aic pic-cmincnily signilicani. Loid Kisna
dcsiicd io lnow, "How gloiious is Siimaii Radlaiani's lovc loi Mc, Slc bcing My
inicinal spiiiiual
poicncy' How docs Slc alonc lully iclisl My iiansccndcnial qualiiics' Wlai is ilc
lappincss Slc lccls wlcn Slc icalizcs ilc swccincss ol My lovc loi Hci'"
Longing io answci ilcsc ilicc qucsiions, ilc Supicmc Loid Sii Kisna
icvcalcd His cicinal loim as Sii Caiianya Malapiablu, Wlo pcisonilics audaiya oi
magnanimiiy in absoluic lullncss. Sii Caiianya savouis io ilcii mysiciious dcpils
ilc ilicc siaics ol Radlaiani's lovc as Hc pciloims manilold pasiimcs in an
cxclusivc icgion ol Golola lnown as Sii Navadvipa-dlama.
Adoincd wiil ilc ccsiaiic scniimcnis and lusiious complcxion ol Siimaii
Radlaiani, Kisna as Sii Caiianya Malapiablu appcais on ilis caiil oncc in a day
ol lialma. His mosi icccni dcsccni io ilc moiial planc occuiicd in ilc ycai 1+S6
ol ilc Cliisiian cia in ilc Wcsi lcngal disiiici ol Nadia, wlcic ilc divinc waicis
ol Moilci Ganga puiily ilc iown ol Navadvipa. Navadwipa-dlama is non-
dil¬lcicni liom Viindavana.
Hc iool His biiil duiing a lull lunai cclipsc on ilc biigli moon nigli ol
ilc monil ol Plalguna (Maicl). Tlc wlolc iown ol Navadwipa was icvcibciaiing
wiil ilc claniing ol God's namc, as ilis was ilc cusiom duiing a lunai cclipsc.
Tlc Loid acccpicd Pandii Jaganaila Misia and Siimaii Sacidcvi as His lailci and
moilci.
His clildlood was lillcd wiil clildlilc icsilcssncss and miiaculous pianls;
His boylood days wcic spcni in siudics; His maiiiagc in youil was siiicily in
accoidancc wiil Vcdic culiuic as was His cxccuiion ol lousclold lilc. Tlcicalici
Hc wcni io Gaya and acccpicd spiiiiual iniiiaiion in ilc icn syllablc Gopal maniia
liom Siipad Isvaia Puii, a gicai acaiya in ilc lialma°Madlva disciplic succcssion;
ilus Hc iaugli ilc living cniiiics ilcii duiy io ialc slclici ol a scll-icalizcd
spiiiiual masici as diiccicd in ilc sciipiuics. Alici His iciuin liom Gaya Hc
pciloimcd congicgaiional claniing ol ilc loly namc wiil His associaics and
dcvoiccs, llooding lcngal wiil ilc ncciai ol ilc loly namc ol God and
piopagai¬ing dcvoiional scivicc io Kisna.
Ai agc iwcniy-loui Hc icccivcd sannyasa iniiiaiion liom Siipad Kcsava
llaiaii ol ilc Sanlaia sampiadaya and loicvci scvcicd all linls wiil lomc and
lamily lilc. Tlc ncxi six ycais lound Him on pilgiimagc iliougl lcngal, Oiissa,
Souil India, Malaiasiia, Uiiai Piadcsl (Mailuia, Viindavana, Piayag, Kasi), and
lilai (Kaulai, Naisala, Rajmalal).
In His iiavcls Hc blcsscd millions ol condiiioncd souls by giving ilcm ilc
loly namc ol Kisna and icacling ilcm ilc scicncc ol puic dcvoiion. Hc icluicd all
plilosoplical spcculaiions coniiadicioiy io ilc conclusions ol ilc auiloiizcd
sciipiuics and liimly csiablislcd ilc plilosoply ol acíntya bncáa-abncáa tattva,
wlicl Hc Himscll iaugli loi ilc liisi iimc as ilc csscncc ol ilc icaclings ol ilc
oilci loui sclools ol Vaisnava plilosoply.
Ioi ilc ncxi cigliccn ycais Hc madc His icsidcncc ai Sii Jaganaila Puii.
Tlcic, in ilc company ol His iniimaic associaics, Hc iclislcd ilc ncciai ol lovc ol
Godlcad, cxploiing lully ilc ilicc qucsiions. Iiom amongsi His lollowcis, Hc
scni oui powcilul pica¬clcis io lcad ilc condiiioncd souls along ilc pail ol puic
dcvoiional scivicc io ilc Supicmc Loid.
In ilis way Hc diowncd cniiic India in ilc wavcs ol Kisna-picma. Hc
icqucsicd many iniimaic associaics lilc Sii Svaiupa Damodaia, Sii Ramananda
Raya, Sii Piablodananda Saiaswaii, Sii Rupa Goswami, Sii Sanaiana Goswami, Sii
Raglunaila dasa Goswami, Sii Gopal llaiia Goswami, Sii Jiva Goswami, Sii Kavi
Kainapuia and oilcis io wiiic bools csiablisling His icaclings; loi ilis puiposc
Hc impicgnaicd ilcii lcaiis wiil His divinc poicncy.
Hc las pcisonally condcnscd ilcsc scllsamc icaclings inio His cigli
Silslas¬iala piaycis; ilcy icacl oui and ioucl all lcvcls ol dcvoiccs. Ai iimcs ilc
Loid would immcisc Himscll in ilc ncciai ol ilcsc cigli slolas, iasiing ilcii
conclusions in ilc associaiion ol Siila Svaiupa Damodaia and Sii Ramananda Raya.
Laici, ilcsc slolas wcic cxplaincd in gicai dciail in impoiiani sciipiuics lilc Srí
Caítanya Carítamríta.
ly His own cxamplc, Loid Caiianya iaugli low io lcad an idcal
louscloldci lilc and ilc lilc ol siiici icnunciaiion, sannyasa. Tlcsc icaclings ioo
aic all coniaincd in ilcss cigli vciscs. Tlcy aic supcicxcllcni.
Suiicndcicd souls wlo icad wiil dcvoiion ilcsc ncciaican piaycis liom ilc
mouil ol ilc Supicmc Loid Gauianga will cciiainly bc aiiiacicd io ilc loncy ol
Loid Caiianya's loius lcci. Lilc spiiiiually inioxicaicd bccs, ilcy will swaim io ilc
lily-lillcd lalc ol Kisna's lovc.
Ioui lundicd and onc ycais alici ilc advcni ol Loid Gauianga, ilc
commcniaiy lnown as Sii Sanmodana llasyam was composcd by Kcdainaila
llaliivinoda.Tlc Silsasiala piaycis paiiiculaily disiill ilc csscncc ol all Vcdic
sciipiuics loi ilc iasic ol ilc iasila blalia, ilc puic dcvoicc. Having cmanaicd
liom ilc lips ol ilc Supicmc Loid Himscll, ilcsc piaycis aic ilc Absoluic Tiuil.
Tlcy slould bc icad, icciicd and woislippcd daily by sinccic and loiiunaic souls.
Tlcsc piaycis slould bc as consiani companions, lcaini and ialcn io lcaii.
Caifanya Carifamrifa, Anfya 20.+8-52:
"I am a maidscivani ai ilc loius lcci ol Kisna. Hc is ilc cmbodimcni ol
iiansccndcnial lappincss and mcllows. Il Hc lilcs Hc can iiglily cmbiacc Mc and
malc Mc lccl oncncss wiil Him, oi by noi giving Mc His audicncc Hc may
coiiodc My mind and body. Ncvciilclcss, ii is Hc wlo is ilc Loid Ol My lilc.
"My dcai liicnd, jusi lcai ilc dccision ol My mind. Kisna is ilc Loid ol
My lilc in all condiiions, wlcilci Hc slows Mc allcciion oi lills Mc by giving Mc
unlappincss. "Somciimcs Kisna givcs up ilc company ol oilci gopis and
bccomcs coniiollcd, mind and body, by Mc. Tlus Hc manilcsis My good loiiunc
and givcs oilcis disiicss by pciloiming His loving allaiis wiil Mc."
"Oi, sincc alici all Hc is a vciy cunning, obsiinaic dcbauclcc wiil a
piopcnsiiy io clcai, Hc ialcs io ilc company ol oilci womcn. Hc ilcn indulgcs
in loving allaiis wiil ilcm in lioni ol Mc io givc disiicss io My mind.
Ncvciilclcss, Hc is siill ilc Loid ol My lilc.
"I do noi mind My pcisonal disiicss. I only wisl loi ilc lappincss ol
Kisna, loi His lappincss is ilc goal ol My lilc. Howcvci, il lc lccls gicai lappincss
in giving Mc disiicss, ilai disiicss is ilc bcsi ol My lappincss."
Commenfary
"I am simply a lowly maid-scivani ol ilc gopis wlo aic always absoibcd in
sciving Kisna's loius lcci. Hc may cmbiacc mc, Hc may cxploii mc, oi Hc may
bical my lcaii by noi appcaiing bcloic mc. Hc is a libciiinc accusiomcd io lavc
His way wiil ilc gopi damscls loi ilc saiislaciion ol His lusiy dcsiics. Lci His will
picvail; in spiic ol cvciyiling Hc is ilc bclovcd Loid ol my lcaii, noiling lcss,
noiling moic. Loid Kisna is ilc Supicmc
Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, lully indcpcndcni. My icligion is io obcy His command.
I lavc losi my indcpcndcni wlimsy; I could ncvci iccoil liom sciving His will loi
any icason."
In ilc pcilcci siagc, ilc dcvoicc las slcd loicvci lis maiciial dcsignaiions
ol body and mind. His only conccin is io saiisly Loid Kisna's cvciy dcsiic in ilc
iiansccndcnial icalm ol Golola, wlicl is Kisn¬a's pcisonal playgiound. In ilis
mood ol unalloycd lovc, ilc dcvoicc's only lopc loi scivicc is in ilc iolc ol a
lcmalc assisiani io ilc gopís; sucl scivicc is indccd avail¬ablc in ilc dcvoicc's
oiiginal spiiiiual loim ol iiansccdcnial scnscs.
Tlc jiva musi ncvci considci assuming ilc posiiion ol an asraya-vígrana
dcvoicc (i.c. a piinciplc associaic ol Kisna). Jusi ilc ilougli ol ilis will malc lim
cgoisiic. Tlc unconiaminaicd siaic ol ilc puic jiva's cxisicncc in ilc spiiiiual
woild is subscivicncc io ilc asraya-vígrana. Tlc jiva is dcai io Loid Kisna; yci
consiiiuiionally, by ilc Loid's dcsiic, lc is in ilc maiginal caicgoiy ol ilc Loid's
spiiiiual cncigy.
The principIes reveaIed in Sri Sri Siksasfaka
Tlc cigli Silsasiala vciscs dcmonsiiaic ilc ilicc piinciplcs sambanána,
abníáncya, and prayojana. lioadly, ilc liisi vcisc icaclcs aboui ilc pioccss ol ilc
congicgaiional claniingng ol ilc loly namc; ilc sccond aboui ilc unloiiunaic
icluciancc ol ilc condiiioncd soul io ialc up ilis bcsi pioccss; ilc iliid aboui ilc
piopci mcans ol claniing ilc loly namc; ilc louiil aboui ilc icnunciaiion ol
dcccpiion and all advcisc dcsiics; ilc lilil aboui ilc jiva's oiiginal spiiiiual
idcniiiy; ilc sixil aboui lccling ilc good loiiunc ol coming ncaici io ilc Loid; ilc
scvcnil aboui ilc liglly clcvaicd mood ol scpaiaiion; and ilc ciglil aboui low
onc gcis cs¬iablislcd in lis absoluic goal ol ncccssiiy.
In all cigli vciscs, ilc abníácya piinciplc is slown. Wiilin ilai conicxi, ilc
liisi livc vciscs impaii sambandla-jnana; ilc icmaining ilicc cxplain prayojana.
Tlc liisi livc vciscs conccin saánana-bnahtí, and ilc ncxi iwo aboui bnava-bnahtí.
Tlc sixil io ilc ciglil vcisc, and cspccially ilc scvcnil and ciglil, dcal wiil
prcma-bnahtí, bui loi sadlalas.
Sclcciing ilc lollowing vcisc composcd by Siila Visvanaila Caliavaii
Tlaluia io convcy my lcclings, I ollci my obcisanccs io all ilc icadcis and ilus
cnd ilis commcniaiy.
"Tlc Supicmc Loid Kisna, ilc son ol Malaiaja Nanda, and His
iiansccndcnial abodc aic ol ilc samc spiiiiual subsiancc. Tlcy aic my objccis ol
woislip. Tlc iopmosi scivicc is icndcicd by ilc gopis ol Viaja. Srímaá
Pnagavatam is ilc absoluicly auilcniic sciipiuic, ilc basis ol all icaclings and
conclusions. Kisna°picma is ilc lilil goal, bcyond ilc loui goals ol ilc Vcdas; ii is
also ilc supicmc dcsiinaiion. All ilis is Loid Caiianya's
opinion, and ilcicloic ilc opinion mosi lavoicd by us; oilci opinions aic nciilci
lavoicd by oi cvcn inicicsiing io us."
ScripfuraI sfafemenfs reIevanf fo fhis sIoka:
Srímaá Pnagavatam 10.31.11:
"Dcai Masici, O lclovcd, wlcn You lcavc cowlcid villagc io lcid ilc cows,
oui minds aic disiuibcd by ilc ilougli ol Youi lcci, moic bcauiilul ilan a loius,
bcing piiclcd by ilc spilcd lusls ol giain and ilc iougl giass and planis."
Srímaá Pnagavatam 10.31.15:
"Wlcn You go io ilc loicsi duiing ilc day, a iiny liaciion ol a sccond
bccomcs lilc a millcnnium loi us bccausc wc cannoi scc You. And cvcn wlcn wc
can cagcily lool upon Youi bcauiilul lacc, so bcauiilully adoincd by cuily locls,
oui plcasuic is lindcicd by oui cyclids, wlicl wcic laslioncd by ilc loolisl
cicaioi."
Srí Krsna Karnamríta, sIoha 12:
"May ilc loius-lilc lcci ol ilc Supicmc Loid Kisna, ilc only gallani lcio
wlo plays cicinal pasiimcs wiil all ilc Lalslmi-dcvis (gopís); wlosc blooming
bcauiy wiilcis ilc cxquisiic bcauiy ol loiuscs; and wlo is an cxpcii ai lully
convincing His dcvoiccs ol His divinc pioicciion, bc loicvci cnilioncd in my
lcaii, giving mc unlailomablc lappincss."