{"id":74484,"date":"2025-06-26T03:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=74484"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:05:34","slug":"eliminate-duality-and-the-desire-for-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/eliminate-duality-and-the-desire-for-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliminate Duality and the Desire for Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Manah-siksa (7) enjoins one to abandon one’s harmful mentality in the form of desire for fame and dishonest criticism:<\/span><\/p>\n

pratisthasa dhrsta svapacaramani me hrdi natet<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

katham sadhu-prema sprsati sucir-etan-nanu manah<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

sada tvam sevasva prabhu-dayita-samanta-matulam<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

yatha tam niskasya tvaritam iha tam vesayati sah<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

O mind, a shameless low-born prostitute visibly dances in my heart in the form of desire for fame. How, then, can pure love for Krishna ever find a place in my heart? Serve the devotees of Krishna, who are His dear peerless commanders, so that they can drive out this harlot and crown pure love in my heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Manah-siksa adds:<\/span><\/p>\n

areh cetah prodyat kapata kutinati-bhara-khara-<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

ksaran-mutre snatva dahasi katham atmanam api mam<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

sada tvam gandharva giridhara-pada-prema-vilasat<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

sudhambhodhau snatva svam api nitarat miss sukhaya<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh mind, why do you burn us both by bathing in glaring flaws such as deception and criticism? They arise from duality and are like the sticky urine of a donkey. Rather, you should bathe in the ocean of nectar of prema-bhakti that springs from the lotus feet of Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari, which gives both of you infinite pleasure.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is essential to strive to eliminate duality and the desire for fame. Only then can a strong attachment to chanting the holy name develop.<\/span><\/p>\n



\nThis is a section of the book \u201cBhajana-Rahasya\u201d.<\/span><\/span>
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The Manah-siksa (7) enjoins one to abandon one’s harmful mentality in the form of desire for fame and dishonest criticism: pratisthasa dhrsta svapacaramani me hrdi natet katham sadhu-prema sprsati sucir-etan-nanu manah sada tvam sevasva prabhu-dayita-samanta-matulam yatha … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":74485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-74484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kadacha-eng","tag-bhajana-rahasya-eng"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 13:45:43","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\/74484","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\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}