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All glory to r Guru and r Gaurga

Sihvalokana
[ALionsGlance]
[ExcerptsfromChapter16-TheFlowofMahaprabhusLinefromthe
bookAffectionateGuidancebyHisDivineGraceOm Viupd rla
BhaktiSundarGovindaDev-GoswmMahrj

rlaGuruMahrjsgodbrothersclearlyexpressed
theirgreatregardforHisDivineGrace.One
mentionedtomeinaletterthattheywouldalways
continuetocomehere,becauseforaslongasrla
Bhakti Rakak rdhar Dev-Goswm Mahrj is
present,theywanttocomeandhearfromhim.They
expressedthatwhenevertheyhearfromrla
rdharMahrj,theyfeeltheyareintheshadeof
Prabhupd rla Bhakti Siddhnta Saraswat hkur.
TheyallgavesuchhonourtoourrlaGuruMahrj,andwhy?Their
lifesgoalistheserviceofrrRdh-Govinda,andtheyunderstood
thatsuchserviceiscomingthroughtheirrGurudev,rlaBhakti
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Siddhnta Saraswat hkur. But they also saw that their Gurudev had
transmittedhisdivinepowertorlardharMahrj,sotheirideawas
thatGurudevsmercifulpowerisgraciouslypresentinourrlaGuru
Mahrj.ItisforthisreasonthattheyalwayscametorlaGuru
Mahrj.


Theyhadleftalltheirmundane
facilitiesandlifesdesires,and
joinedwithintheMissionforthe
service to Rdh-Ka, and to
PrabhuNitynandaand
Mahprabhu.Inwhichwaywill
theygetthatservice?Onlythe
mercy of the Vaiavas and the
mercyofrGurucangivethat
service.Thiswasverycleartothem,sotheywouldallforegoany
personalpositioneverythingandcomefromtimetotimetoseerla
GuruMahrj.Theyexpressedtohimabouttheirpreachingworkand
preachingstyle,andtheyfeltveryhappytoseehishappiness.
SomanyofrlaGuruMahrjsgodbrothersusedtoattendthe
meeting of the Viva Vaiava Rja Sabh organised by our Mah.rla
GuruMahrjwouldalwaysgivethepresidentialchairtorpdBhakti
Sraga Goswm Mahrj. Although rpd Goswm Mahrj took
sannysfromrlaGuruMahrj,rlaGuruMahrjknewthatrpd
Goswm Mahrjs all-round position was so high within the Gauya
Mission.Hethereforealwaysofferedthepresidentialchairtohim.
Once,afteracceptingthatpresidentialchair,rpdGoswmMahrj
gaveaparticularlyspeciallecture.Heexplainedthatheandothergreat
preachersareactiveinalldirections,buttheyallwaittoseehowrla
rdharMahrjconsidersthequalityoftheirpreachingstyle.Heused
thewordsihvalokana.Heindicated,Wearepreachingoverthe
wholeworld,butfromtimetotimewelooktoseewhetherrla
rdharMahrjishappywithourpreachingactivities.
Sihvalokanareferstohowaliongoessomedistance,thenlooks
behindtochecktheenvironment,thenproceedsfurther,andthen
againlooksbehind.InthiswayrpdGoswmMahrjdescribedhow
allthepreachersagainandagainlooktowardrlaGuruMahrjtosee
iftheirpreachinghashisapproval.
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Rpa-Sarasvat-dhrdekhenatomte. RpaGoswmPrabhuis
supremeinthepreceptoriallineofrChaitanyaMahprabhu.Actually,
noonesays,Chaitanyasampradya.Rather,thecorrectnameis
Rpnugasampradya.MahprabhuwantedtoestablishRpaGoswm
astheGuruofHissampradya.ThatsamecurrentofRpaGoswmis
flowingthroughrlaGuruMahrj.Thisisthecausethatallthe
devotees of rla Saraswat hkur respect rla Guru Mahrj. They
alwayssawit,andstilltothisdaytheyseeitinthisway.