{"id":27452,"date":"2021-02-14T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=27452"},"modified":"2021-12-18T02:49:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T07:49:52","slug":"our-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/our-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"Our essence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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r\u0101dh\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era l\u012bl\u0101 ei ati g\u016b\u1e0dhatara;
\nd\u0101sya v\u0101tsaly\u0101di bh\u0101vera n\u0101 hoy gocara
\nsabe eka sakh\u012bga\u1e47era ih\u0101 adhik\u0101ra;
\nsakh\u012b hoite hoy ei l\u012bl\u0101ra vist\u0101ra
\nsakh\u012b vinu ei l\u012bl\u0101ra pu\u1e63\u1e6di n\u0101hi hoy;
\nsakh\u012b l\u012bl\u0101 vist\u0101riy\u0101 sakh\u012b \u0101sv\u0101doy
\nsakh\u012b vinu ei l\u012bl\u0101ra anyera n\u0101hi gati;
\nsakh\u012b bh\u0101ve t\u0101re jei kore anugati
\nr\u0101dh\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a ku\u00f1ja sev\u0101 s\u0101dhya sei p\u0101ya;
\nsei s\u0101dhya p\u0101ite \u0101ra n\u0101hiko up\u0101ya
\nsei gop\u012b bh\u0101v\u0101m\u1e5bta j\u0101ra lobha hoy;
\nveda dharma loka ty\u0101ji k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a bhajaya
\nr\u0101g\u0101nug\u0101 m\u0101rge t\u0101ra bhaje jei jana;
\nsei jana p\u0101ya vraje vrajendra nandana
\nvraja lokera kona bh\u0101va loiy\u0101 jei bhaje;
\nbh\u0101va jogya deha p\u0101iy\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47e p\u0101ya vraje
\nataeva gop\u012b-bh\u0101va kori a\u1e45g\u012bk\u0101ra;
\nr\u0101tri dine cinte r\u0101dh\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era vih\u0101ra
\nsiddha dehe cinti kore t\u0101h\u0101i sevana;
\nsakh\u012b bh\u0101ve p\u0101ya r\u0101dh\u0101-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era cara\u1e47a
\ngop\u012b anugata vine ai\u015bvarya j\u00f1\u0101ne;
\nbhajileho n\u0101hi p\u0101ya vrajendra-nandane
\n(Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 8)<\/p>\n

Translation \u2013
\n\u201cR\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s confidential l\u012bl\u0101s are unknown to the bhaktas situated in d\u0101sya, sakhya or v\u0101tsalya rasa, what to speak of others; only the sakh\u012bs are eligible to know them. As these pastimes are solely nourished, expanded and relished by the sakh\u012bs, apart from following in their footsteps through gop\u012b-bh\u0101va, eligibility for R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s niku\u00f1ja sev\u0101 is inaccessible. Those anxious to achieve K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s am\u1e5btamaya sev\u0101 as a Vraja-gop\u012b should discard unrelated sections of the Vedas, and the opinions of disinterested persons. Then by worship on the r\u0101g\u0101nug\u0101-path, V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana\u2019s K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a will be attained, i.e., by following the moods of a particular V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana resident, a similar siddha deha will be awarded. Therefore accept gop\u012b-bh\u0101va, and contemplate R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s pastimes throughout the day and the night. Conceive of your siddha deha and perform m\u0101nas\u012b sev\u0101 within that mentally conceived form. Thus you will attain R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s cara\u1e47a sev\u0101 as a Vraja-gop\u012b. If one neglects to follow in the gop\u012bs\u2019 footsteps, but remains attached to the path of ai\u015bvarya (reverential worship, vidhi bhakti) V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana\u2019s K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is unattainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The manjari bhava sadhakas know very well that the secret here is the following:
\nThe gopi\/sakhi-bhava Sriman Mahaprabhu speaks of herein is nothing less than glorious manjari bhava.<\/p>\n

anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau
\nsamarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam
\nharih purata-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandipitah
\nsada hrdaya-kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandanah<\/p>\n

\u201cMay the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci-devi 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 incarnation has ever offered before<\/strong>: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love.\u201d
\n(Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila 1.4)<\/p>\n

Sakhi-bhava was already in existence BEFORE Sriman Mahaprabhu appeared. So what exactly was never given before? Manjari bhava.<\/p>\n

My most beloved Gurudeva writes:<\/p>\n

The mah\u0101janas say \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

s\u0101dhana ekh\u0101ne, siddhi-o ekh\u0101ne, <\/em>
\nbh\u0101vera gocara se,<\/em>
\nekh\u0101ne t\u0101 yadi, dekhite n\u0101 p\u0101o, <\/em>
\nmarile dekhibe ke<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cs\u0101dhana (practice) is here (in this world) and siddhi (perfection) is here, and it is perceivable at the stage of bh\u0101va. If you don\u2019t see K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a here (due to a lack of bh\u0101va), then how will you see Him when you die?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

The mind of a devotee who is fixed in smara\u1e47a goes to the kingdom of l\u012bl\u0101s and relishes the pastimes so vividly there as if they are directly perceived. <\/em><\/p>\n

siddha deha cinti kore t\u0101h\u0101i sevana;
\nsakh\u012bbh\u0101ve p\u0101y r\u0101dh\u0101-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era cara\u1e47a
\n(C.C.)\u00a0
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Think of your devotional service in your siddha-deha (spiritual body), thus you will attain R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s lotus feet in the mood of the sakh\u012bs.<\/em><\/p>\n

The mah\u0101janas say that each and every soul is eligible for the service of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101, and by the power of associating with these mah\u0101janas pure God-consciousness spontaneously manifests itself in the pure spirit soul. sei gop\u012b bh\u0101v\u0101m\u1e5bta y\u0101ra lobha hoy (C.C.) \u2013\u00a0 \u201cAnyone who becomes greedy for that nectarean mood of the gop\u012bs\u2026\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

These people are the fortunate souls who have obtained the grace of like-minded great rasika devotees.
\nThe fullest manifestation of devotion is gop\u012b-bh\u0101va, for the gop\u012bs are exclusively dedicated to the pleasure of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. This gop\u012b-bh\u0101va is the treasure of the practice of the pure swan-like devotees, and the culmination of this sakh\u012b-bh\u0101va is ma\u00f1jar\u012b-bh\u0101va.<\/strong>
\nBy following in the footsteps of the eternally perfect devotees, that belong to the Lord\u2019s internal potency, one can attain the confidential niku\u00f1ja-sev\u0101 of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101 and M\u0101dhava.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our essence Amrita-Tarangini<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 r\u0101dh\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47era l\u012bl\u0101 ei ati g\u016b\u1e0dhatara; d\u0101sya v\u0101tsaly\u0101di bh\u0101vera n\u0101 hoy gocara sabe eka sakh\u012bga\u1e47era ih\u0101 adhik\u0101ra; sakh\u012b hoite hoy ei l\u012bl\u0101ra vist\u0101ra sakh\u012b vinu ei l\u012bl\u0101ra pu\u1e63\u1e6di n\u0101hi hoy; sakh\u012b l\u012bl\u0101 vist\u0101riy\u0101 sakh\u012b … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 14:09:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}