No 2 – The thunderbolt launched to crush down the anti Gaudiya Math Mission and their baseless allegations against The Prabhupada and Sri Gaudiya Math
Updated: Feb 25
In search of the Absolute Truth which is only available in Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭh
(No 2 – The thunderbolt launched to crush down the anti Gauḍīya Maṭh Mission and their baseless allegations against The Prabhupāda and Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭh)
By sampradāya-saṁrakṣaka Śrī Śyām Dās Babajī Mahārāja
Gaudiya Gosthi Pati Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakura Prabhupada Paramahamsa Jagad Guru's unprecedented kripa on us all
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahāṁsa Jagad Guru said that— “Those who are ready to sacrifice their life into the fire of sankīrtana yajña agni which was enlightened by Śrīman Mahāprabhu at Śrīvasa Angan, they are real Gauḍīya devotees, not others.”
Actually, his whole life was completely dedicated to śrī caitanya vāṇī-sevā. With each and every of his breathing he used to speak hari-kathā. After Śrīman Mahāprabhu and all of His pārṣadas were gone from this material world, a deep fearful darkness came down all along the horizon of this world. After a long gaping Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura, who is also known as seventh Gosvāmī appeared along with his eternal pārṣada Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda to uncover the real mystery of unalloyed Gauḍīya bhajan. Before that what was the usual dirty practice of so-called devotees or sahajiyās in the name of Gauḍīya bhajan, we like to avoid discussing such black history—which can make us instant vomiting. That chapter was almost closed by Śrīla Prabhupāda in his manifesting līlā, but still the germs of Sahajiyāsim are still there to disturb us unnecessarily.
Śrīla Prabhupāda said that— “By giving sacrifice of lakhs of people, by making them free of their material enjoyments, even by submerging all their ethical duties, or even by spending gallons of blood and billions of rūpees I am ready to make a big current flow of Śrī Gaura Sundara’s vāṇī, because hearing and speaking hari-kathā is the topmost Puruṣārtha of all.” He also assured that— “Bhaktivinod dhara can never be stopped”. He never wanted to make any compromise with any sahajiyās and anti-devotional groups. When he was only seven years old then once he went with Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura to meet with his guru (?) Bipin Bihari Ji, who was externally guru of Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura Mahāśaya, but when Bipin Bihari Ji wanted to put his feet on the head of Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura Mahāśaya then the boy started shouting (warning) like lion, that— “Do you think that you have your power (right) to put your feet on the head of Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura?” That was really a great evolution against Sahajiyājisim, because, just like Śrīman Mahāprabhu wanted to deny the conformation of the identity of Brahmānanda Bhāratī , who was dressed with tiger skin, even after when he was identified by Mukunda as Brahmānanda Bhāratī who was in front of Him.
There is another pastime. Once a celebrated sahajiyā came to meet Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura at his residence. The sahajiyā was a gentleman but nonetheless a sahajiyā. Sarasvatī was a young boy at the time. When he saw his father (Bhaktivinod) talking with that gentleman he simply offered obeisances at a distance and got up and went away. Seeing this the gentleman inquired, "Was that your son—why does he offer obeisances and go away?" Bhaktivinode replied in a happy mood that, "He has taken a vow not to come within one hundred meters of a sahajiyā."
The first doubt raised by the anti-party is that the actual guru of Bhaktivinode Ṭhākura was Bipin Bihari Gosvāmī and not Jagannātha Dāsa Babaji. They say that to consider Jagannatha das Babaji as the guru of Bhaktivinode is an offense. They consider this so because Bhaktivinode Ṭhākura accepted diksa from Bipin Bihari Gosvāmī in 1881 and he never received any such initiation from Jagannātha Dāsa Babaji. Thus, the anti-party wishes to discredit the paramparā line as shown by Sarasvatī Ṭhākura in his song "guru paramparā" and simultaneously they wish to establish their own line as the true paramparā of Bhaktivinode Ṭhākura.
Also, Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura was bound to say that— “guru, who was there already vanished”.
From Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya kāṇḍa 10/151-157 ślokas can confirm the fact that any Sahajiyāism or any anti devotional activity should be rejected completely without any hesitation, because this is called actual bhakti.
āra dine mukunda-datta kahe prabhura sthāne
brahmānanda-bhāratī āilā tomāra daraśane (Cc Madhya 10.151)
The next day Mukunda Datta informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Brahmānanda Bhāratī has come to see You.”
ājñā deha’ yadi tāṅre āniye ethāi
prabhu kahe, — guru teṅha, yāba tāṅra ṭhāñi (Cc Madhya 10.152)
Mukunda Datta then asked the Lord, “Shall I bring him here?”
eta bali’ mahāprabhu bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge
cali’ āilā brahmānanda-bhāratīra āge (Cc Madhya 10.153)
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees came into the presence of Brahmānanda Bhāratī.
brahmānanda pariyāche mṛga-carmāmbara
tāhā dekhi’ prabhu duḥkha pāilā antara (Cc Madhya 10.154)
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees approached him, they saw that he was covered with a deerskin. Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became very unhappy.
dekhiyā ta’ chadma kaila yena dekhe nāñi
mukundere puche, — kāhāṅ bhāratī-gosāñi (Cc Madhya 10.155)
Seeing Brahmānanda Bhāratī wearing the deerskin, Caitanya Mahāprabhu pretended not to see him. Instead, He asked Mukunda Datta, “Where is Brahmānanda Bhāratī, My spiritual master?”
mukunda kahe, — ei āge dekha vidyamāna
prabhu kahe, — teṅha nahena, tumi ageyāna (Cc Madhya 10.156)
Mukunda Datta replied, “here is Brahmānanda Bhāratī, in Your presence.”
anyere anya kaha, nāhi tomāra jñāna
bhāratī-gosāñi kene paribena cāma (Cc Madhya 10.157)
“You must be talking of someone else, for this is surely not Brahmānanda Bhāratī. You simply have no knowledge. Why should Brahmānanda Bhāratī wear a deerskin?”
“The Prabhupāda and his unique Ācāryaship” – a series of firing hari-kathās can give you some complete conception about his endless unique and unparalleled contribution in the way of unalloyed Gauḍīya bhajan. For your kind information the following link is given below—
He (The Prabhupāda) was the first ācārya who directly wanted to point out openly all duplicities of those sahajiyās. He used to declare that— “If our whole life is spend for removing or cutting anarthas, then when we can start actual hari-bhajan? Actually before feeling the demand for artha pravritti one cannot go out of anarthas. Until and unless there is no arrangement of nonstop sat-saṅga, affinity for asat-saṅga can never go away. That is why by completely avoiding aparādha or materialistic mood, with continuous praying mood unto the Lotus feet of guru-Vaiṣṇava we need to drink the nectarine flow of hari-kathā from one genuine source, where the evergreen nonstop viśuddha hari-kathā is preserved."
Śrīla Prabhupāda never wanted to support any Sahajiyāism like cheap siddha-praṇālī, or sakhī-bhekī process etc., so all those false allegations against him or Gauḍīya Math about not having guru-paramparā, no siddha-praṇālī, etc. all are baseless.
He wanted to bring about a great revolution in the conception and practice of real rāgānugā bhajan or rūpānuga bhajan to save us all from committing suicide in the name of rasa-tattva which is completely baseless. From Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we can see the following śloka—
te na smaranty atitarāṁ priyam īśa martyaṁ
ye cānv adaḥ suta-suhṛd-gṛha-vitta-dārāḥ
ye tv abja-nābha bhavadīya-padāravinda-
saugandhya-lubdha-hṛdayeṣu kṛta-prasaṅgāḥ (ŚB 4.9.12)
O Lord, who has a Lotus navel, if a person happens to associate with a devotee whose heart always hankers after Your Lotus feet, seeking always their fragrance, he is never attached to the material body or, in a bodily relationship, to offspring, friends, home, wealth and wife, which are very, very dear to materialistic persons. Indeed, he does not care for them.
Our Gauḍīya tattva acārya Śrīla Jiva Gosvāmīpad has written in ‘Bhakti Sandarbha’ in 246 Anuched the comment by those Braja gopīkas that – Oh Padmanabha! Those who are successful in the bhajan of mahāt saṅga, they can get absorbed in continuous mahāt sevā with their natural attachment of smṛti (memory); but this mortal material body which is more dear in life or those body related things like wife, son etc., they cannot remember which was spoken by gopīkas to Śrī Kṛṣṇa at the Kurukṣetra meeting place—
deha-smṛti nāhi yāra, saṁsāra-kūpa kāhāṅ tāra,
tāhā haite nā cāhe uddhāra
viraha-samudra-jale, kāma-timiṅgile gile,
gopī-gaṇe neha’ tāra pāra (Cc Madhya 13.142)
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “the gopīs have fallen into the great painful ocean of separation and are being devoured by the timiṅgila fish of their ambition to serve You. The gopīs are to be delivered from the mouths of these timiṅgila fish, for they are pure devotees. Since they have no material conception of life, why should they aspire for liberation? The gopīs do not want that liberation desired by yogīs and jñānīs, for they are already liberated from the ocean of material existence.
Usually, it is seen that, the more absorbing mood of sevā is manifesting inside the heart, the more they develop their craving prayer (arti) for sevā; due to nonstop Kṛṣṇa smṛti (remembrance) their humbleness and craving submissive prayer can go on increasing in gradual course of time, then naturally they cannot have any memory link with this material body and body related things. On the contrary our material attachment with this material world can help us to increase our false ego related to this material world. Nonstop bhagavad smṛti is not a matter of joke. First of all, Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted to establish this point in the way of selfless bhagavat sevā, but those sahajiyās they cannot realize even this most basic point.
His nonstop continuous dictation habit on four different topics alternatively to four different devotees (writers) at a time simultaneously was a miracle—which was his usual practice. What to speak about human being, even demigods cannot expect such absorbing sevā mood. His continuous engagement in gaura vāṇī sevā was a great revolution in this whole creation. Except the publication of Gauḍīya books and literatures compiled by those Gosvāmīs and their followers like Śrīla Narottama Mahāśaya, Śrīla Visvanath Cakrabartybat, Śrīla Baladeva Vidyabhusana etc. including all the most exclusive writings of Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura (who is known as the seventh Gosvāmī in the sky of Gauḍīya samāja), he (The Prabhupāda) also himself wrote countless topics and commentaries on different different sensitive subject matters which all were published in the form of different books and magazines like ‘Gauḍīya’, ‘Śrī Sajana Toshini’, ‘Kirtan’, ‘Bhagavad’, ‘Nadia Prakash’ etc. all in different different languages like Bengali, Hindi, Orida, Assame, Telegu, English etc. Some of those magazines he used to publish on daily basis, some on weekly basis, some on fortnight basis, some on monthly basis, some on quarterly basis, some on half yearly basis etc. Which is really next to impossible.
Madan Mohan Malavia the great well known paṇḍita in whole India who established B.H.U told that— “I never bent my head to anyone in my whole life, but only in front of this great super human personality Mahā Bhagavat pārṣada Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahāṁsa Jagad Guru I was bound to bow down.”
His aprākṛta unalloyed comments, speeches and writings etc. brought about a great revolution in the history of human beings. All over the world whatever strong current flow of siddhānta dhara visible at present—I mean whatever bhaktivinod dhara going on, be sure that all are by his endless efforts. By the causeless mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda some of his genius qualified disciples like Śrīla Bhakti Saranga Gosvāmī Mahāraj, Śrīla Bhakti Hridoya Van Gosvāmī Mahāraj, Śrīla Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Gosvāmī Mahāraj, Śrīla Sadananda Svamiji, etc. all were sent to European countries and America for the massive preaching of śrī caitanya vāṇī (unalloyed) as the spokesmen of Gauḍīya Mission (or The Prabhupāda).
His praṇaṁ-mantra itself can expose his evergreen unique lion like Ācāryaship, which is really exclusively rare.
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-sarasvatīti nāmine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī, who is very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
śrī-vārṣabhānavī-devī-dayitāya kṛpābdhaye
kṛṣṇa-sambandha-vijñāna-dayine prabhave namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances to Śrī Varshabhanavi-devi-dayita dasa [another name of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī], who is favored by Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of Kṛṣṇa.
madhuryojjvala-premadhya-śrī-rūpānuga-bhaktida
śrī-gaura-karuṇā-śakti-vigrahāya namo 'stu te
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, the personified energy of Śrī Caitanya’s mercy, who deliver devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, coming exactly in the line of revelation of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
namas te gaura-vāṇī-śrī-murtaye dina-tarine
rūpānuga-viruddhapasiddhānta-dhvanta-harine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the fallen souls. You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Here are some additional glorifications written by Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Dev-Gosvāmī Mahāraj:
sujanarvuda-radhita-pāda-yugaṁ
yuga-dharma-dhurandhara-patra-varam
varadabhaya-dayaka-pūjyā-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [1]
My master, Prabhupāda Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, established the religion of the age, kṛṣṇa-sankīrtana, and is the chief minister of the universal assembly of leading Vaiṣṇavas. His lotus feet are worshipped by millions of virtuous souls and fulfil the desires of those who dispel souls’ fears. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s worshippable feet.
bhajanorjjita-sajjana-sangha-patim
patitadhika-karunikaika-gatim
gati-vanchita-vanchakachintya-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [2]
He is the leader of the great souls who are endowed with devotion and the sole, greatly merciful shelter for the fallen. His inconceivable feet are the shelter of even the deceitful by deceiving them. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s lotus feet.
atikomala-kanchana-dirgha-tanum
tanu-nindita-hema-mrnala-madam
madanarvuda-vandita-chandra-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [3]
His long, supple, golden form crushes the pride of golden lotus stems. His moon-like feet are worshipped by millions of cupids. Eternally I offer my obeisance to them.
nija-sevāka-taraka-ranji-vidhum
vidhutahita-hunkṛtā-simha-varam
varanagata-balisa-sanda-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [4]
He is the moon that delights his star-like servants. His great, lion-like roar scares away the inimical. His feet bestow auspiciousness upon the simple who accept them. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
vipulikṛtā-vaibhava-gaura-bhuvam
bhuvanesu vikirtita-gaura-dayam
dayaniya-ganarpita-gaura-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [5]
He reveals the divine glory of Śrī Gaura Dham, propounds Śrī Gaura’s celebrated grace throughout the world, and installs Śrī Gaura within the hearts of the recipients of his grace. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
chira-gaura-janasraya-visva-gurum
guru-gaura-Kiśoraka-dāsya-param
paramadrta-bhaktivinoda-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [6]
He is the eternal shelter of the souls surrendered unto Śrī Gaura and the guru of the world. He is dedicated to the service of his guru, Śrīla Gaura Kisore, and completely devoted to Śrīla Bhakti Vinod. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
raghu-rūpa-sanātana-kirtti-dharam
dharani-tala-kirttita-jiva-kavim
kaviraja-narottama-sakhya-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [7]
He expounds the glory of Śrī Rūpa, Śrī Sanātana, and Śrī Raghunath. In this world he is glorified as being nondifferent from Śrī Jiva and a counterpart of Śrīla Kṛṣṇadas Kaviraj and Śrīla Narottam Ṭhākura. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
kṛpāya hari-kīrtana-murti-dharam
dharani-bhara-haraka-gaura-janam
janakadhika-vatsala-snigdha-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [8]
He is the embodiment of hari-kīrtana. He mercifully relieves Mother Earth of the burden upon her. He is an associate of Śrī Gaura, and kinder and more affectionate than a father. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
śaraṇāgata-kinkara-kalpa-tarum
taru-dhik-kṛtā dhira vadanya varam
varadendra-ganarchita-divya-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [9]
He is a wish-fulfilling tree for the surrendered servants. His benevolence and tolerance shame even a tree’s. The demigods and sages worship his divine feet. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
parahāṁsa-varam paramartha-patim
patitodharane kṛtā-vesa-yatim
yati-raja-ganaih parisevya-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [10]
He is the best of the paramahāṁsas and the guardian of the supreme wealth (kṛṣṇa-prema). He accepted the robes of a sannyāsī to deliver the fallen. His feet are served by the best of the sannyāsīs. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s feet.
vṛṣabhānu-suta-dayitanucharam
charanasri ta-renu-dharas tam aham
mahād-adbhuta-pavana-sakti-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam [11]
He is Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī’s beloved servant. I hold on my head the dust of his tremendous, wondrously purifying feet and eternally offer my obeisance to them.
Śrī Śrī Dayitadas-dasakam Śrīla B.R.Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī to Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākur
nite yasmin nisante nayana-jala-bharaihsnata-gatrarbudanam
uccair utkrosatam Śrī -vrsakapi-sutayadhirayasviya-goṣṭhīm
prthvi gadhandhakarair hṛta-nayana-manivavrta yena hina
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [1]
At the end of the night of Śrī Śrī Vṛṣabhānunandini, She suddenly took him to her entourage, withdrawing him from the company of throngs of grief-stricken souls. A great cry of lamentation arose, their bodies were bathed by their tears. When he was thus stolen away, this world was plunged into the deep darkness of one whose eyes have been stolen away (hṛta – stolen away; nayana-mani – jewel of the eye – the internal name of Sarasvatī Ṭhākura is ‘Nayana-mani’). (Bereft of the vision of my Divine Master) O my sorrowful eyes (Dina-nayana), (or, O saviour of the fallen [Dina-nayana]) wherever that great soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there! (Although he is my Master named ‘Nayana,’ or ‘one who brings us near,’ in his mercy he shows the miserliness of not taking me unto his company.)
yasya Śrī-pada-padmat pravahati jagatiprema-piyusa-dhara
yasya Śrī-pada-padma-cyuta-madhu satatambhrtya-bhrngan vibharti
yasya Śrī-pada-padmam vraja-rasika-janomodate samprasasya
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [2]
From his lotus feet, the nectarine river of divine love flows throughout the universe; his servitors, like bees, maintain their lives drinking the honey that falls from his lotus feet; and the pure devotees in the shelter of the confidential mellows of Vraja revel in the bliss of singing the glories of his lotus feet: O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there.
vatsalyam yac ca pitro jagati bahumatamkaitavam kevalam tat
dampatyam dasyutaiva svajana-gana-kṛtābandhuta vancaneti
vaikuntha-sneha-murteh pada-nakha-kiranairyasya sandarsito ‘smi
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [3]
Parental affection, so highly esteemed in the world, is a colossal hoax (as an obstacle to hari-bhakti); socially recognized pure matrimonial love is nothing but dacoity (in that it plunders away both the husband’s and the wife’s eagerness for the chance to acquire the treasure of love unadulterated by the superficiality of familial prejudice); and common friendship is merely deception: I have gleaned these thoughts from the rays of light that emanate from the toenails of the holy feet of that great personality, the embodiment of supramundane affection. O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there.
ya vāṇī kantha-lagna vilasati satatam Kṛṣṇa-caitanyacandre
karna-krodaj-jananam kim u nayana-gatamsaiva murtim prakasya
niladri-sasya netrarpana-bhavana-gata netra-tarabhidheya
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [4]
The divine message sung by Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyacandra had its continuous play in the ears of the people. From the ear, did he, just to fulfil the purport of the name ‘Nayana-mani,’ reveal his form to the eye, making his advent in the mansion (temple) favoured by the glance of Śrī Nilacalacandra (at the time of the Ratha-yātrā festival)? O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul (Mahāpuruṣa) may be, please swiftly take this servitor there.
gaurendor asta-saile kim u kanaka-ghanohema-hrj-jambu-nadya
avirbhutah pravarsair nikhila-jana-padamplavayan dava-dagdham
gauravirbhava-bhumau rajasi ca sahasasamjugopa svayam svam
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [5]
Drawing up the pure golden waters of the Jambu River mentioned in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, has this golden cloud arisen on the mountain where the golden moon (Śrī Gauracandra) descended (set), just to shower down torrents of rain upon the whole countryside that was scorched by the forest fire (of threefold sufferings), then suddenly conceal himself in the dust of the land of the Advent of Śrī Gaurāṅga? O Dina-nayana, wherever that Great Master may be now, please quickly take this servitor to that place.
gauro gaurasya sisyo gurur api jagatamgayatam gaura-gatha
gaude Gauḍīya-gosthy-aŚrī ta-gana-garimadravide gaura-garvi
gandharva gaura-vatyo giri-dhara-parama-preyasam yo garistho
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [6]
He is of the same hue as Śrī Gaura, and although he, who sings the tidings of Śrī Gaura, is the (natural) guru of the whole universe, he accepted discipleship to a great devotee called Śrī Gaura Kiśora (‘adolescent Gaura’). In the whole Gaura-maṇḍala he is the repository of the glory of those who grant entrance into the fold of the pure Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. He proudly ascended the lofty throne of preaching the glories of the gift of the Golden Lord Śrī Gaura (the service of Śrī Rādhā-Govinda in Vraja) to the Vaiṣṇavas of Dravida (the devotees in South India, who are generally worshippers of Laksmi-Narayana). The glory of his dignity shines even in the group of Śrī Gandharva, and he holds a pre-eminent position in the intimate circle of Śrī Giridhari, that is, he is the most beloved of Lord Mukunda. O Dina-nayana, where that great soul is now, please swiftly take this servitor there.
yo Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-namamrta-jala-nidhinaplavayad-visvam etad
amlecchasesa-lokam dvija-nrpa-vāṇījamsudra-sudrapakrstam
muktaih siddhair agamyah patita-jana-sakhogaura-karunya-saktir
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [7]
He inundated the whole universe of countless living beings – whether brāhmaṇāḥ, kṣatriyā, vaiśyāḥ, śūdrā less than śūdrā and even mleccha – with the oceanic nectar of the holy name of Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Although unapproachable by the liberationists and yogic perfectionists, he is known as the friend of the fallen, the mercy potency of Śrī Gaurāṅga. O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, please swiftly take this servitor there.
apy asa vartate tat purata-vara-vapur lokitumloka-sandam
dirgham nilabja-netram tila-kusuma-nasamninditarddhendu-bhalam
saumyam subhramsu-dantam sata dala-vadanam dirgha-bahum varenyam
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [8]
Do I have a hope to ever see that beautiful golden personality who makes everything auspicious for the world? Do I have a hope to ever behold that tall figure once again, his blue lotus eyes, his nose that excels the charm of the Tila flower, his forehead that shames the half-moon, his graceful lotus face, his gleaming pearl-white teeth, his long arms extending to his knees? O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul has gone, please swiftly take this servitor there.
gaurabde sunya-bananvita-nigamamiteKṛṣṇa-pakse caturthyam
pause mase maghayam amara-gana-guror-vasare vai nisante
daso yo radhikaya atisaya-dayito nitya-līlā-pravisto
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [9]
In the year of our Lord Gaurāṅga 450, in the month of pauṣa, on the fourth day of the dark fortnight of the moon in the star of māgha at the closing of the night of Brhaspativara (5.30 a.m., 1st January, 1937), that most beloved attendant of Śrīmati Vṛṣabhānunandini entered into the eternal pastimes. O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may be, quickly take this servitor there to him.
ha-ha-karair-jananam guru-carana-jusampuritabhur-nabhas ca
yato ‘sau kutra visvam Prabhupāda-virahad-dhanta sunyayitam me
padabje nitya-bhrtyah ksanam api virahamnotsahe sodhum atra
yatrasau tatra sighram krpana-nayana heniyatam kinkaro ‘yam [10]
The entire earth and skies were filled with the cries of anguish of the people, and of the disciples devoted to the service of Śrī Gurudeva’s lotus feet. Where has that Great Master gone? Alas! today the whole universe seems empty, in the separation of Prabhupāda. The servitor of Gurudeva cannot endure even a moment of his separation. O Dina-nayana, wherever, wherever that great soul may be, please quickly take this servitor there to him.
gaurāṅgaika-gatir-vraja-aśrī ta-matih śrī-gaura-dhama-sthitih
sachchhastraika-vrtih kusaṅga-viratir-duhstha-vyatha-niskrtih
śrī-rūpaika-ratih sanātana-natih śrī-jiva-tejas-tatih
śrī-siddhānta-sarasvatī vijayate gauḍīya-goṣṭhī -patih
You reside at Śrī Gaura Dham, the abode of Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu, who is the only path for those who want to take shelter in Śrī Vraja Dham. By the exclusive conclusions of the pure devotional scriptures, you put an end to all bad association, removing all misery and pain. You are attached to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, subservient to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, and emanate the lustre of Śrīla Jiva Gosvāmī. All glory to you, Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, the master and protector of all Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas.
nikhila-bhuvana-maya-chinna-vichinna-kartri
vibhuda-bahula-mrigya-mukti-mohanta-datri
shithilita-vidhi-ragaradhya-radhesha-dhani
vilasatu hridi nityam bhakti-siddhānta-vāṇī
With his first step, he vigorously cut asunder the whole plane of exploitation, and with his second, he has put a stop to all the calculations of the different scholars with their different conceptions of salvation, or liberated stages. With his third step, he has minimized the hardness and stiffness of the rules and regulations of calculative devotional service, by the touch of divine love: crossing Vaikuntha, he has given us the worship of Rādhā and Govinda. May these sweet pastimes of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura always reveal joyfully in my heart.
What was the very special forecast by Śrīman Mahāprabhu came true by the honest and divine effort of Śrīla Prabhupāda that—
pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma
sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma
(Caitanya-bhāgavata, Antya 4.126)
“In every town and village, the chanting of My name will be heard.”
Also, what Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura announced long before that— “Very shortly there will be a single sampradāya named Madhava Gauḍīya sampradāya and all four authentic sampradāyas can submerge in the stream of Madhava Gauḍīya sampradāya. Very shortly all those black and white peoples together can be seen dancing in the name of Gaura Hari by raising their hands up.
He was the vivid example of the following śloka—
bhajanorjjita-sajjana-sangha-patim
patitadhika-karunikaika-gatim
gati-vanchita-vanchakachintya-padam
praṇamāmi sada prabhupāda-padam
Śrī Prabhupāda Padma Stavakah Verse 2
He is the leader of the great souls who are endowed with devotion and the sole, greatly merciful shelter for the fallen. His inconceivable feet are the shelter of even the deceitful by deceiving them. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master’s lotus feet.
What is called rādhā dāsya that was seen in his life completely in applied form on the basis of the two most vital ślokas given in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmīpada. This two ślokas are given below for your kind information.
anāsaktasya viṣayān
yathārham upayuñjataḥ
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe
yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate (BRS 1.2.255)
"Things should be accepted for the Lord's service and not for one's personal sense gratification. If one accepts something without attachment and accepts it because it is related to Kṛṣṇa, one's renunciation is called yukta-vairāgya." Since Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth, whatever is accepted for His service is also the Absolute Truth.
prāpañcikatayā buddhyā
hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ
mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo
vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate
"Whatever is favorable for the rendering of service to the Lord should be accepted and should not be rejected as a material thing." Yukta-vairāgya, or befitting renunciation, is thus explained:
anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ |
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṃ vairāgyam ucyate || (BRS 1.2.255)
“The vairāgya of that person who employs objects suitable for devotional development, while remaining detached from them, is said to be suitable for bhakti. The objects should be persistently related to Kṛṣṇa.”
Those two ślokas are the most basic foundation in the way to rāgānugā bhajan on the basis of which the whole Gauḍīya bhajan vichar or rādhā dāsya can be realized. Each and every action of his life was completely based on rādhā dāsya. Śrīla Prabhupāda said that— “I can come down on any level for the actual preaching of gaura vāṇī.” – This is nothing but the unique mood of rādhā dāsya which was found in his life in applied form.
Gaura Hari Hari Bol
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