Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam, Part 6

Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam, Part 6

BY: SUN STAFF

Jun 23, 2010 — CANADA (SUN) — A commentary on Lord Caitanya’s ‘Siksastakam’ by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, with a Bengali song for each verse that expands upon Mahaprabhu’s devotional moods (Sanskrit, 1886).

 

The fourth perfection:

 

vidya-vadhu-jivanam

 

“The holy name is the life of transcendental knowledge (the Lord’s own wife).”

 

In the Garuda Purana it is stated:

 

“O best of kings! If you are desirous of acquiring that extraordinary knowledge by which the Supreme Goal is realized, then chant Lord Govinda’s name with love and devotion.”

 

Again in Srimad Bhagavatam 3.5.40:

 

“O Father, O Lord, O Personality of Godhead, the living entities in the material world can never have any happiness because they are overwhelmed by three kinds of miseries. Therefore they take shelter of the shade of Your lotus feet, which are full of knowledge, and we also thus take shelter of them.”

 

In S.B. 4.29.49, there is the phrase sa vidya tanmatiryaya, which means: “real knowledge or education is that realization which increases our attachment for the Supreme Lord.”

 

“That potency which invokes loving attachment for Krsna in the heart is called the knowledge that destroys nescience. The holy name of Krsna is the life and soul of all knowledge and it fastens the heart firmly at Krsna’s lotus feet.”

 

In the Srimad Bhagavatam, 8.3.20:

 

“Unalloyed devotees, who have no desire other than to serve the Lord, worship Him in full surrender and always hear and chant about His activities, which are most wonderful and auspicious. Thus they always merge in an ocean of transcendental bliss. Such devotees never ask the Lord for any benediction.”

 

From the Padma Purana:

 

“I offer my respectful obeisances at the feet of that extra-ordinary personality whose body shivers with sublime joy and horripilates with ecstasy at the sound of Krsna’s sweet name, and who is expert in redeeming the conditioned souls engrossed in the mire of the ocean of repeated birth and death.”

 

The seventh perfection:

 

In the Srimad Bhagavatam, 12.12.48:

 

“When people properly glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead or simply hear about His power, the Lord personally enters their hearts and cleanses away every trace of misfortune, just as the sun removes the darkness or as a powerful wind drives away the clouds.”

 

“All the unwanted things that were heard and experienced (pertaining to this world of nescience) are immediately expelled Just as the clouds that blocked the sunlight are riven by the winds, so the name upon entering the heart destroys the dark nescience within. By taking shelter of the holy name of Krsna the jiva’s heart is cleansed very quickly, thus he attains the highest spiritual experiences of love of Godhead.”

 

In the Namastaka, stanza 8:

 

narada-vinojjivana sudharmi-niryyasa-madhuripura
tvam krsna-nama kamam sphura me rasane rasena sada

 

“O holy name of Krsna! You are the life sustaining elixer of Sri Narada Muni’s vina and the exhilarating waves on the ocean of nectar. Therefore I beg You to eternally remain ecstatically dancing on my tongue.”

 

Again in the Namastaka, stanza 2:

 

jaya namadheya munivrndaeya janaranjanaya paramaksarakrte
tvamanadaradapi managudiritam nikhilograta papataham vilumpasi

 

“All glory to You, O holy name! The sages have always sung hymns praising You, You have now appeared in the transcendental form of the supreme syllable for the pleasure of the entire humanity. Even if one chants those syllables with indifference (i.e. the four types of namabhasa – indirectly, jokingly, derisively, neglectfully) even then You are capable of destroying the most dreadful sinful reactions; thus all of one’s sufferings are extirpated. You are always victorious.”

 

In Caitanya Bhagavata, Madhya 23.76-77:

 

‘Lord Caitanya said, “I am giving you this mahamantra: hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare; now go and chant it with earnest enthusiasm. Since by this chanting you receive all the perfections in life, you should continue to chant incessantly. There are no rules or regulations for chanting this mahamantra.”‘

         #Sri Sanmodana Bhasyam