Devotees Vaishnavas: THE MOONRAYS OF LOVING DEVOTION

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THE MOONRAYS OF LOVING DEVOTION

sábado, 30 de enero de 2010 a las 9:27

By Narottama Dasa Thakura

āna kathā nā bolibo, āna kathā nā śunibo,
sakali koribo paramārtha
prārthanā koribo sadā, lālasā abhīṣṭa kathā,
ihā vinā sakali anartha

I will not hear other talk. I will not speak other talk. I will speak about the most precious thing. I always pray for this. Aside from the talk I yearn to hear, all other words are useless.

īśvarera tattva yoto, tāhā vā kohibo koto,
ananta apāra kebā jāne
vraja pure prema satya, ei se parama tattva,
bhajo bhajo anurāga

How can I describe the Supreme Personality of Godhead? He is limitless. Who can know Him? The love the people of Vraja feel for Lord Krsna is eternal. It is the true reality. Always strive to attain that love.

govinda gokula candra, parama ānanda kanda,
parivāra gopa gopī sańge
nandīśvara yāra dhāma, giridhārī yāra nāma,
sakhī sańge tāre bhajo rańge

Lord Krsna is the pleasure of the cows, land and senses, the moon of Gokula, and the root of transcendental bliss. He stays with many gopa and gopi friends. His home is Nandisvara, and His name is Giridhari. Please, in the company of the gopis, worship Him with love.

prema bhakti tattva ei, tomāre kohinu bhāi,
āra durvāsanā parihari
śrī guru prasāde bhāi, e saba bhajana pāi,
prema bhakti sakhī anucarī

O brother, the truth of loving devotional service has already been explained to you. O brother, I will leave all material desires behind and, by my guru's mercy I will perfectly worship Lord Krsna with pure love, and I will become His gopi-maidservant.

sārthaka bhajana patha, sādhu sańge avirata,
smaraṇa bhajana kṛṣṇa kathā
prema bhakti hoy yadi, tabe hoy manaḥ śuddhi
tabe yāy hṛdayera vyathā

Follow the path of sincere devotional service. Stay among the devotees. Remember Krsna and talk about Him. When loving devotion comes, your mind will become pure and all sufferings will flee from your heart.

viṣaya vipatti jāno, saḿsāra svapana māno,
nara tanu bhajanera mūla
anurāge bhajo sadā, prema bhāve līlā kathā,
āra yoto hṛdayera śūla

Know that sense happiness is a calamity. Know that the material world is a dream. Know that this human life is the root from which devotional service may sprout. With love always worship Lord Krsna. With love always hear His pastimes. To do anything else is to plunge a spear in your own heart.

rādhikā caraṇa reṇu, bhūṣaṇa koriyā tanu,
anāyāse pābe giridhārī
rādhikā caraṇāśraya, ye kore se mahāśaya,
tāre mui yāi bolihārī

If one decorates his body with the dust from Srimati Radharani's lotus feet, then it will be very easy for him to attain Lord Giridhari. I congratulate such a great soul who takes shelter of Srimati Radharani's lotus feet and I say to him" Well done"!

jaya jaya rādhā nāma, vṛndāvana yāra dhāma,
kṛṣṇa sukha vilāsera nidhi,
heno rādhā guṇa gāna, na śunilo mora kāna,
vañchita korilo more vidhi

Glory, glory to She who is named Radha, whose home is Vrndavana, and who is Lord Krsna's treasury of blissful pastimes! Alas, destiny has cheated me, for my ears have not heard Radha's glories.

tāra bhakta sańge sadā, rasa līlā prema kathā,
ye kore se pāy ghanaśyāma
ihāte vimukha yei, tāra kabhu siddhi nāi,
nāhi yeno śuni tāra nāma

A person who, in the company of the devotees, again and again hears the stories of the pure love in the rasa-dance pastimes will attain Lord Krsna, who is dark as a monsoon cloud. A person averse to hearing these pastimes will never attain perfection. I refuse to hear the name of such an offender.

kṛṣṇa nāma gāne bhāi, rādhikā caraṇa pāi,
rādhā nāma gāne kṛṣṇa candra.
sańkṣepe kohinu kothā, ghucāo monera byathā,
duḥkamaya anya kathā dhanda

O brother, by chanting Krsna's name I will attain Radha, and by chanting Radha's name I will attain Krsna. Now I have briefly told you how to chase all sufferings from your heart. What contradicts my words will bring only pain.

ahańkāra abhimāna, asat sańga asat jñāna,
chāḍi bhajo guru pāda padma
kori ātma nivedana, deha geha parijana,
guru vākya parama mahattva

Abandon false ego, pride, company with materialists, and useless material knowledge, and worship the lotus feet of your spiritual master. Offer your home, friends, relatives, body and self to him. His words are supreme.

śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya deva, rati mati tāre seva,
prema kalpataru dātā
vraja rāja nandana, rādhikāra prāṇa dhana,
aparūpa ei saba kathā

Always serve Sri Krsna Caitanyadeva, who is a kalpa-vrksa tree giving away the treasure of pure love. He is Lord Krsna Himself, the prince of Vraja and the life of Srimati Radharani. Talk about Him is full of wonder.

navadvīpe avatāra, rādhā bhāva ańgīkāra,
bhāva kānti ańgera bhūṣaṇa
tina vāñchā abhilāṣī, śacī garbhe parakāśi,
sańge saba pariṣada gaṇa

Accepting the loving emotions of Sri Radha and accepting Her bodily lustre as the ornament of His limbs, Lord Krsna descended to Navadvipa. Desiring to attain three things, He appear in Saci's womb. He attained His desires in the company of His devotees.

gaurahari avatari, premera bādara kori,
sādhilā manera nija kāja
rādhikāra prāṇapati, ki bhāve kāndaye niti,
ihā bujhe bhakata samāja

Appearing in a fair-complexioned form, He made a great monsoon of spiritual love. In this way He attained His three desires. Why did Lord Krsna, the master of Radha, cry again and again? Only the devotees can know.

gupate sādhibe siddhi, sādhana navadhā bhakti,
prārthanā koribo dainye sadā
kori hari sańkīrtana, sadāi ānanda mana,
kṛṣṇa vinā āra saba bādhā

In private I will practice the nine kinds of devotional service and in this way I will attain perfection. I will always humbly pray for that. In public I will perform Hari-sankirtana, my heart overcome with love. Any activity that does not lead to My worshipable Lord is an obstacle.

e saḿsāra bāṭuyāre, kāma pāśe bāndhi māre,
phukāra koroho hari dāsa
koroho bhakata sańga, prema kathā rasa-rańga,
tabe hoy vipada vināśa

When arrested by the highwaymen of material illusion, bound about the neck with ropes of lust, and about to take his last breath, the devotee of Lord Hari calls out for the Lord's help and is saved. O devotees, call out in this way, glorifying the nectar topics of pure love for Krsna. Then the calamity of repeated birth and death will come to an end.

strī putra bāndhava yoto, mari yāy koto śata,
āpanāre hao sāvadhāna
mui se viṣaya hata, nā bhajinu hari pada,
mora āra nāhi paritrāṇa

Hundreds and hundreds of women, children and other relatives will someday die. Take care of yourself. I, who am very fallen, am already killed by sense gratification. I would not worship Lord Hari's feet. Now I have no protection.

rāmacandra kavirāja, sei sańge mora kāja,
tāra sańga vinā sab śūnya
yadi janma hoy punaḥ, tāra sańga hoy yeno,
tabe hoy narottama dhanya

I desire the association of Ramcandra Kaviraja. Without his company the entire world is a desert. If I must take birth again, I would feel myself fortunate to have his association.

āpana bhajana kathā, nā kohibo yathā tathā,
ihāte hoibo sāvadhāna
nā koriho keho roṣa, nā loiho keho doṣa,
praṇamahu bhaktera caraṇa

I will not describe the specific devotional activities of each devotee. Perform your devotional service carefully. Don't become angry. Don't find fault with others. Offer obeisances to the devotees' feet.

śrī gaurāńga prabhu more ye bolāna vāṇī
tāhā vinā bhālo manda kichui nā jāni

Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu has enabled me to write these words. Without His mercy I am simply a fool who cannot distinguish right from wrong.

lokanātha prabhupada hṛdaye vilāsa
prema bhakti candrikā kohe narottama dāsa

In his heart aspiring to attain the mercy of Srila Lokanatha Gosvami Prabhupada, Narottama dasa speaks this book, Sri Prema-bhakti-candrika.

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Jaya Srila Narottama Das Thakur .................

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"Why did Lord Krsna, the master of Radha, cry again and again? Only the devotees can know..." please explain sweets...

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Krishna Devi

Wonderful question to ask.Will speak to you soon on this..

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Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika The Moonrays Of Loving Devotion

Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika The Moonrays Of Loving Devotion (Bengali texts, roman transliterations, word-for-word meanings, English translations and Purports of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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por Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
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ISBN 818789718X

Tamaño: 8.3"X 5.3
Páginas: 161

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Introduction

Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika is perhaps the most important of all of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura's work during his manifest pastimes on earth a little over four hundred years ago. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura wrote many songs that were full of instructions. The most popular among his works, are Prarthana, and Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika.

Prema Bhakti-candrika is known as sri rupanuga-gita as it contains the essence of all the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Prema Bhakti-candrika literarily means, the rays of the moonlight of loving devotional service to Lord Krsna. These rays of the moonlight of Prema-bhakti are so soothing that they cool down the effects of the burning fire of material existence, and they enable the conditioned soul to drink the nectar of loving devotional service of Sri Sri Radha Krsna.

The personality and mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was summarized by Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami in the following sloka:

anarpita -carim cirat karunavatirnah kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
harih purata-sundara dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah
sada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandana

"May that Lord, who is known as the son of Srimati Sacidevi, be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, he has appeared in the age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no other incarnation has ever offered before, the most sublime and radiant spiritual knowledge of the mellow taste of His service.

This unnatojjvala-rasa, or the condensed elevated mellows of devotional service is the real hankering of the followers of Srila Rupa Gosvami, who are known as rupanugas. What makes the followers of Srila Rupa Gosvami so unique? Srimati Radharani has unlimited sakhis headed by Lalita devi and Visakha devi. These sakhis are in the same age group as Srimati Radharani. Thus they sometimes have direct dealings with Lord Krsna. The sakhis facilitate the pastimes of Radha and Krsna, and sometimes "Srimati Radharani arranges that Her friends have direct union with Krsna. However the direct maidservants of Srimati Radharani are the manjaris; manjari means "bud, young, or very tender". The manjaris are young and innocent girls. Their ages not more than that of a thirteen years old. They are the exclusive maidservants of Srimati Radharani. The unique position of the manjaris is that they are allowed to witness the intimate loving pastimes of Radha and Krsna in the inner chambers of the groves of Vrndavana, and render personal service there, to which the sakhis have no access. Thus they relish the unparallel bliss of bhakti-rasa. One of the principal manjaris is Sri Rupa Manjari, who incarnated as Srila Rupa Gosvami in gaura-lila. Srila Narottama dasa Thakura composed a very beautiful song in praise of the dust of the lotus feet of Sri Rupa Manjari. This song is in the prarthana as follows; sri Rupa manjari pada sei more sampada sei mora bhajana pujana. Rupanuga bhajana means following the footsteps of Srilla Rupa Gosvami, is to become a maidservant of Srimati Radharani. Srimati Radharani's love for Krsna is so intense that Krsna is maddened by it and so accepts the form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in order to understand and relish the love of Himself.

While relishing love o Krsna, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu revealed to the world the essence of Krsna-bhakti. He gave to the world what was never given before - love of Krsna, as practiced by the inhabitants of Vrndavana. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to write volumes of devotional scriptures about the nature of this love of Krsna.

The Gosvamis carried out the instructions of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu by writing volumes of devotional scriptures such as: Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta, Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Ujjvalla-nilamani, Hari-bhakti-vilasa, Lalita-madhava, Vidagdha-madhava, Sat-san-darbhas, and others. Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami then took the essence from these writings, and presented it to the world in the form of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.

Srila Narottama dasa Thakura Mahasaya was a disciple of Lokanatha Gosvami, a principal followers of Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered Lokanatha Gosvami to go to Vrndavana and excavate lost places of Krsna's pastimes. He foretold the appearance of Narottama dasa to Lokanatha Gosvami, saying, he would have a disciple who will manifest a unique style of kirtana that will captivate all human beings.

Srila Narottama dasa Thakura studied along with Srinivasa Acarya and Syamananda Prabhu under Srila Jiva Gosvami. Thereafter, the famous trio were ordered to broadcast the writings of the Gosvamis in Bengal.

Being an empowered Acarya who teaches according to time, place and circumstance, Srila Narottama dasa Thakura composed Prema Bhakti-candrika in a simple style of Bengali language. Though the renditions of Sri Caitanya's teachings are simple, the purport is deep. The teachings of Lord Caitanya has thus been given in gist in the form of Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika. The Gosvami's books that were difficult to understand by the common masses were thus made easily understandable by the teachings of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura in his book - Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika.

The only book Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji carried with him was Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika. Srila Bhaktissidhanta Sarasvati Thakura instructed all his disciples to daily read Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika. When asked about how to develop love of Godhead, Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji instructed, "Go to the market place with five annas and purchase two books - Prarthana and Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika, by Srilla Narottama dasa Thakura. Read them daily, and you will develop love of Krsna.

This present English edition of Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika is perhaps the most complete so far. There are some other translations, but they have not been as comprehensive as this edition. In this edition, it is our fortune that we include a short commentary by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. There are a few commentaries on Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika, but the most authoritative are those composed by Srila Radha Mohan dasa, a grandson of Srila Srinivasa Acarya, and by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.

As a publisher of this book, Sri Prema Bhakti-candrika, I am simply a beggar of the mercy of Srila Narottama dasa Thakura. I hope that this presentation to the English speaking world will enhance and nourish the reader's progress in the development of love of Krsna.

Contents

	Introduction	1
	Srila Narottamastakam	5
	Mangalacarana	13
	CHATPER
1	Sri Guru Mahima	27
	Sri Vaisnava Mahima	33
	Glories of Srila Rupa and Sanatana Gosvamis	34
	Suddha Bhakti Tattva	38
2	Ekanta Bhakti	41
	Naisthika Bhajana	58
3	Atma nivedana	65
4	Yugala Bhajana Nistha	71
5	Raganuga Bhakti Riti	79
	The Truth About Sri Radhika and the Sakhis	80
6	Topics of Meditation for Arousing Prema Bhakti	9
	Braja Parakiya Tattva	95
	Sri Krsna Vigrahe Nityatva	96
7	The Characteristics of an Unalloyed Devotee	107
8	Fixed Loving Devotional Service	115
9	The Ultimate Instructions	127
	Sri Radhikasraya	131
	Sri Gaura Upasana Kathavyatha	136
	Raganukhyo Sadhana	138
	Manah Siksa	139
	Rasika Bhakta Sanganistha	140
	Appendix One	147
	Appendix Two:
	Descriptions of the Colors and Dresses of the Sakhis	149
	Appendix Three:
	Descriptions of the Color and Dresses of the Manjaris	152
	Guide to Bengali Alphabets and Pronunciations	155
	Index of Verses	157
	All purports are by
	Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, unless indicated otherwise.
	The purports on Akhila-rasamrta-murti and anyabhilasita-sun-yam' verses from Srila Rupa Gosvami's Bhakti Rasamrta-sindhu, by Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada are taken from pre- 965 BTG editions.