Insights on Love and Devotion in Spiritual Texts
Explore profound insights on love, devotion, and ecstatic experiences as depicted in spiritual texts such as the Vishnu Puran and Bhagavad Gita. Discover the intricate relationship between pure love (Prema) and material desires, along with bodily expressions of ecstatic love for Krishna. Delve into divine pastimes, cosmic energies, and the transformative power of love in both spiritual and material realms.
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SB 10.48: Ka Pleases His Devotees Shloka 1 to 36 Trivikra pastime also in Vishnu Puran 5.20.7 Prabhupad : In Spiritual world its Love (Prema). Prema is Spiritual In Material world Prema s perverted reflection is called Lust The Feeling and symptoms of Love are completely opposite to Lust This we also can experience LOVE AND LUST ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS Public
NOD : CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Symptoms of Ecstatic Love The bodily symptoms manifested by a devotee in expressing ecstatic love for K a are called anubh va.Practical examples of anubh va are as follows: Dancing (Siva dancing and playing di ima drum when he saw r sa) , Rolling on the ground (Radha Rani on receiving the message) , singing very loudly, stretching the body, crying loudly, yawning, breathing very heavily, neglecting the presence of others, drooling, laughing like a madman, wheeling the head and belching. When there is an extraordinary excess of ecstatic love, with all of these bodily symptoms manifested, one feels relieved transcendentally. Public
SB 10.42.1 According to r la Vi van tha Cakravart h kura, the young hunchbacked girl was actually a partial expansion of the Lord s wife Satyabh m . Satyabh m is the Lord s internal energy known as Bh - akti, and this expansion of hers, known as P thiv , represents the earth, which was bent down by the great burden of countless wicked rulers. Prabhupad Prabhupad mentions in Krishna book that she was mentions in Krishna book that she was Bhu Shakti Shakti Bhu Public
Lord Lord K a K a descended to remove descended to remove these wicked rulers, and thus His these wicked rulers, and thus His pastime of straightening out the pastime of straightening out the hunchback hunchback Trivakr Trivakr , as explained in these verses, represents His in these verses, represents His rectifying the burdened condition rectifying the burdened condition of the earth. of the earth. , as explained FIRST COSMETIC SURGERY BY FIRST COSMETIC SURGERY BY TOUCH ONLY TOUCH ONLY Public
SB 10.42.1 ukadeva Gosv m said: As He walked down the King s road, Lord M dhava then saw a young hunchback woman with an attractive face, who carried a tray of fragrant ointments as she walked along. The bestower of the ecstasy of love smiled and inquired from her as follows. SB 10.42.2 Lord K a said:] Who are you, O beautiful-thighed one? Ah, ointment! Who is it for, my dear lady? Please tell Us truthfully. Give Us both some of your finest ointment and you will soon gain a great boon. PURPORT: The Lord jokingly addressed the lady as varoru, O beautiful-thighed one. His joke was not malicious, since He was actually about to make her beautiful. Public
SB 10.42.3 TRANSLATION: The maidservant replied: O handsome one, I am a servant of King Ka sa, who highly regards me for the ointments I make. My name is Trivakr . Who else but You two deserve my ointments, which the lord of the Bhojas likes so much? 10.42.4 Then she gives Krishna Balaram nice ointments SB 10.42.7 Pressing down on her toes with both His feet, Lord Acyuta placed one upward-pointing finger of each hand under her chin and straightened up her body. Public
SB 10.42.8 Simply by Lord Mukunda s touch, Trivakr was suddenly transformed into an exquisitely beautiful woman with straight, evenly proportioned limbs and large hips and breasts. SB 10.42.9 Now endowed with beauty, character (gu a )and generosity, Trivakr began to feel lusty desires for Lord Ke ava. Taking hold of the end of His upper cloth, she smiled and addressed Him as follows. Public
Transcendental humor by Lord Krishna SB 10.42.10 TRANSLATION: [Trivakr said:] Come, O hero, let us go to my house. I cannot bear to leave You here. O best of males, please take pity on me, since You have agitated my mind. PURPORT: r la Vi van tha Cakravart supplies the following conversation: K a: Is it for the purpose of dining that you re inviting Me to your house? Trivakr : I simply can t leave You here. K a: But people here on the King s road will misconstrue what you re saying and laugh. Therefore please don t speak like this. Trivakr : I can t help being agitated. You made the mistake of touching me. It s not my fault. Public
SB 10.42.12 [Lord K a said:] O lady with beautiful eyebrows, as soon as I fulfill My purpose I will certainly visit your house, where men can relieve their anxiety. Indeed, you are the best refuge for Us homeless travelers. Public
SB 10.48.1 ukadeva Gosv m said: Next, after assimilating Uddhava s report, Lord K a, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the omniscient Soul of all that be, desired to satisfy the serving girl Trivakr , who was troubled by lust. Thus He went to her house. Krishna visits Trivakr house . Uddhava also with Krishna Public
Srila Jiva Goswami in Gopal Campu : Uddahava was with Krishna means : 1) Promise so what to speak of Promise made to the Gopis Krishna wanted to show that he is even fulfilling Kubja 2) Uddhava was also with Krishna Krishna had NO Lust .If its Lust person goes alone , Here 3) Turns Spiritual Lust is Material , any thing comes in contact with Krishna Public
SB 10.48.2 TRANSLATION: Trivakr s home was opulently appointed with expensive furnishings and replete with sensual accoutrements meant to inspire sexual desire. There were banners, rows of strung pearls, canopies, fine beds and sitting places, and also fragrant incense, oil lamps, flower garlands and aromatic sandalwood paste. PURPORT: According to r dhara Sv m , the sensual accoutrements in Trivakr s house included explicit sexual pictures. r la Vi van tha Cakravart adds that her paraphernalia included herbal aphrodisiacs. It is not hard to guess Trivakr s intention, yet Lord K a went there to save her from material existence. Public
She greets Krishna : SB 10.48.5 :Trivakr prepared herself by bathing, anointing her body, and dressing in fine garments, by putting on jewelry, garlands and perfume, and also by chewing betel nut, drinking fragrant liquor, and so on. She then approached Lord M dhava with shy, playful smiles and coquettish glances. KB Prabhupad : She then took K a s lotus feet and placed them on her breasts, which were burning with the blazing fire of lust. By smelling the fragrance of K a s lotus feet, she was immediately relieved of all lusty desires. She was thus allowed to embrace K a with her arms and mitigate her long-cherished desire to have Him as a visitor in her house. Public
SB 10.48.6 h ya k nt nava-sa gama-hriy vi a kit ka ka a-bh ite kare prag hya ayy m adhive ya r may reme nulep rpa a-pu ya-le ay SYNONYMS: h ya calling forward; k nt m His beloved; nava new; sa gama of contact; hriy with shyness; vi a kit m fearful; ka ka a with bangles; bh ite ornamented; kare her two hands; prag hya taking hold of; ayy m on the bed; adhive ya placing her; r may with the beautiful girl; reme He enjoyed; anulepa of ointment; arpa a the offering; pu ya of piety; le ay whose single trace. TRANSLATION: Calling forward His beloved, who was anxious and shy at the prospect of this new contact, the Lord pulled her by her bangled hands onto the bed. Thus He enjoyed with that beautiful girl, whose only trace of piety was her having offered ointment to the Lord. PURPORT: nava new; sa gama of contact shoes her chastity to Krishna Public
Effects of Lotus feet fragrance SB 3.15.43 : Effect on the Kumaras when Krishna came (Jaya Vijaya pastimes) TRANSLATION: When the breeze carrying the aroma of tulas leaves from the toes of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead entered the nostrils of those sages, they experienced a change both in body and in mind, even though they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding. They became devotees of the Lord just by smelling the aroma of lotus feet Public
SB 10.60.45 Rukmani Mata tells Krishna : A woman who fails to relish the fragrance of the honey of Your lotus feet becomes totally befooled, and thus she accepts as her husband or lover a living corpse covered with skin, whiskers, nails, head-hair and body-hair and filled with flesh, bones, blood, parasites, feces, mucus, bile and air. SO HOW WE CAN SMELL AROMA OF KRISHNA S LOTUS FEET B 3.9.5 (brahmov ca) Translation O my Lord, persons who smell the aroma of Your lotus feet, carried by the air of Vedic sound (BG AND SB) through the holes of the ears, accept Your devotional service. For them You are never separated from the lotus of their hearts. Public
CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS FOR US : 1) 2) Reme has roots in Prema . Hence Krishna does Prema and NOT Lust Any thing material comes in contact with Krishna is spiritualized even Lust : a)Kubja started with Lust ended with transcendental loving service b)Dhruv Maharaj also started with material desire but ended with devotional service Krishna can be worshipped by ones profession , as did Kubja by offering Sandal wood paste Prabhupad in KB (ex BG 9.27 ) Krishna Lotus feet frargrance makes devotee We can also smell the fragrance of lotus feet of Krishna BY HEARING BHAGVAT GITA AND SRIMAD BHAGVATAM 3) 4) 5) Public
Lessons cont 6) WILL TAKE CARE WILL TAKE CARE SB 2.3.10 EVEN IF SARVA KAMO VA AT LEAST WORSHIP THE LORD AS HE SB 2.3.10 EVEN IF SARVA KAMO VA AT LEAST WORSHIP THE LORD AS HE ak ma sarva-k mo v mok a-k ma ud ra-dh t vre a bhakti-yogena yajeta puru a param ak ma one who has transcended all material desires + DESIRE TO SATISFY Lord ex Gopis ; sarva-k ma one who has the sum total of material desires; v either; mok a-k ma one who desires liberation; ud ra-dh with broader intelligence; t vre a with great force; bhakti-yogena by devotional service to the Lord; yajeta should worship; puru am the Lord; param the supreme whole. A person who has broader intelligence, whether he be full of all material desire, without any material desire, or desiring liberation, must by all means worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead. Public
Lessons cont SB 7.1.31 Narad ji said : My dear King Yudhi hira, the gop s by their lusty (spititual) desires, Ka sa by his fear, i up la and other kings by envy, the Yadus by their familial relationship with K a, you P avas by your great affection for K a, and we, the general devotees, by our devotional service, have obtained the mercy of K a One Can get mercy of Krishna in several ways BUT WHATS BEST AND WHY Public
7) CC Madhya 19.167 any bhil it - nya j na-karm dy-an v tam nuk lyena k nu- lana bhaktir uttam FINAL CONCLUSION IS TO DO AHAITUKI BHAKTI SB 1.2.6 sa vai pu s paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok aje ahaituky apratihat yay tm supras dati The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted . WHY : yay tm supras dati : to completely satisfy the self. Example Govind katha and Hanuman ji Chutki katha Public
AKRURA DOES BHAGVATAM AND BHAGAVAT GITA After a while, K a fulfilled His promise to visit Akr ra at his house. Akr ra was in relationship with K a as His servitor, and K a wanted to get some service from him. He went there accompanied by Lord Balar ma and Uddhava. When K a, Balar ma and Uddhava approached the house of Akr ra, Akr ra came forward, embraced Uddhava (Ambarish Maharaj did aalingan of devotees and this is how he used touch in Krishna seva) and offered respectful obeisances, bowing down before Lord K a and Balar ma. K a, Balar ma and Uddhava offered him obeisances in turn and were offered appropriate sitting places. Public
When all were comfortably seated, Akrra washed their feet and sprinkled the water on his head (Akrura followed Lord Shiva) . Then he offered nice clothing, flowers and sandalwood pulp in regular worship. All three of them were very satisfied by Akr ra s behavior. Akr ra then bowed down before K a, putting his head on the ground. Then, placing K a s lotus feet on his lap ( B 3.13.5 r K a, was pleased to place His lotus feet on the lap of Vidura(when he went there for dining) because Vidura was very meek and gentle) , Akr ra gently began to massage them. When Akr ra was fully satisfied in the presence of K a and Balar ma, his eyes filled with tears of love for K a, and he began to offer his prayers as follows: Public
My dear Lord Ka and Balarma, it is very kind of You to have killed Ka sa and his associates. My dear Lord K a and Balar ma, both of You are the original personality from whom everything has emanated, the original cause of all causes. (BG Aham Sarvasva Prabhavo BG10.8) You have inconceivable energy, and You are all-pervasive. There is no cause and effect, gross or subtle, but You. You are the Supreme Brahman realized through the study of the Vedas. (BG 15.15 Vedes ca sarvair ) Public
By Your inconceivable energy, You are actually visible before us. You create this cosmic manifestation by Your own potencies, and You enter into it Yourself. ( B 8.6.11 Translation Bharmaji said (before the churning of oscean) : O Supreme, You are independent in Your self and do not take help from others. Through Your own potency,You create this cosmic manifestation and enter into it ) Public
As the five material elementsearth, water, fire, air and skyare distributed in everything manifested by different kinds of bodies, so You alone enter the various bodies created by Your own energy. You enter the body as the individual soul and, independently, as the Supersoul. B 11.7.47 Krishna Instructs Udhava Translation Just as fire manifests differently in pieces of wood of different sizes and qualities, the omnipotent Supreme Soul, having entered the bodies of higher and lower life forms created by His own potency, appears to assume the identity of each. Public
Akrra continued: In the material world, You create, maintain and dissolve the whole manifestation by the interactions of the three material qualities, namely goodness, passion and ignorance. But You are not implicated in the activities of those material qualities, for Your supreme knowledge is never overcome like the knowledge of the individual living entity. B 6.9.34 (demigods prayer for annihilating Vritrasura) You are the cause of the cosmic manifestation and You supply its material ingredients without being transformed, You create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic manifestation by Yourself. Nevertheless, although You appear engaged in material activity, You are transcendental to all material qualities. Example Spider Public
Akrra continued: Less intelligent men misunderstand Your transcendental form to be made of material energy. But that concept is not at all applicable to You. Actually, You are all-spiritual, and there is no difference between You and Your body. Therefore, there is no question of Your being conditioned or liberated. You are ever liberated in any condition of life. As stated in the Bhagavad-g t , only fools and rascals consider You an ordinary man. avaj nanti m m h BG 9.21 To consider Your Lordship one of us, conditioned by the material nature, is a mistake due to our imperfect knowledge. My dear Lord, You are always situated in uncontaminated goodness ( uddha-sattva). Your appearance is necessary to reestablish actual Vedic knowledge (Yada Yada hi Dharmasya.. BG 4.7 ) Public
My dear Lord Ka, this time You have appeared in the home of Vasudeva as His son , with Your plenary expansion, r Balar ma. Your mission is to kill all the atheistic royal families and destroy their huge military strength. (|| r k akam ||Vasudev Sutam Devam Kans chanur mardanam ) You have advented Yourself to minimize the burden of the world (Vinasaya ca Dushkritam bg 4.8), and to fulfill this mission You have glorified the dynasty of Yadu by appearing as one of its members. Public
My dear Lord, today my home has been purified by Your presence. The water of His lotus feet purifies the three worlds, and now He has kindly come to my place. Who in the three worlds among factually learned men will not take shelter of Your lotus feet and surrender unto You? Who, knowing well that no one can be as affectionate as You are to Your devotees, is so foolish that he will decline to become Your devotee? Throughout the Vedic literature it is declared that You are the dearmost friend of every living entity. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-g t : suh da sarva-bh t n m [Bg. 5.29]. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, completely capable of fulfilling the desires of Your devotees. (Akamo Sarva Kamo Va 2.3.10) You are the real friend of everyone. In spite of giving Yourself to Your devotees, You are never depleted of Your original potency. Your potency neither decreases nor increases in volume. Public
By Your grace only, I can now understand that my home, my wife, my children and my worldly possessions are all bonds to material existence. Please cut the knot and save me from this entanglement of false society, friendship and love. B 6.11.27 (Vritrasura said) Translation O my Lord, my master, I am wandering throughout this material world as a result of my fruitive activities. Therefore I simply seek friendship in the association of Your pious and enlightened devotees. My attachment to my body, wife, children and home is continuing by the spell of Your external energy, but I wish to be attached to them no longer. Let my mind, my consciousness and everything I have be attached only to You. Public
Lord r Ka was very much pleased by Akrras offering of prayers. With His smile captivating Akr ra more and more, the Lord replied to his submissive devotional statements with the following sweet words: My dear Akr ra, in spite of your submissiveness, I consider you My superior, on the level with My father and teacher and most well-wishing friend. You are therefore to be worshiped by Me, and since you are My uncle I am always to be protected by you. I desire you to maintain Me, for I am one of your own children. . One can take advantage of a place of pilgrimage only after going there, and worshiping a particular demigod involves waiting a long time for the fulfillment of one s desire, but saintly persons like you, My dear Akr ra, can immediately fulfill all the desires of a devotee. My dear Akr ra, you are always Our friend and well-wisher. You are always ready to act for Our welfare. Kindly, therefore, go to Hastin pura and see what arrangement has been made for the P avas. Public
Ka was anxious to know about the sons of Pu because at a very young age they had lost their father. Being very friendly to His devotees, K a was anxious to know about them, and therefore He deputed Akr ra to go to Hastin pura and get information of the real situation. K a continued: I have heard that after King P u s death, his young sons Yudhi hira, Bh ma, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva along with their widowed mother, have come under the charge of Dh tar ra, who is to look after them as their guardian. I have also heard that Dh tar ra is not only blind from birth but also blind in his affection for his cruel son Duryodhana. The five P avas are the sons of King P u, but Dh tar ra, due to Duryodhana s plans and designs, is not favorably disposed toward them. Kindly go there and study how Dh tar ra is dealing with the P avas. On receipt of your report, I shall consider how to favor them. In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K a, ordered Akr ra to go to Hastin pura, and then He returned home, accompanied by Balar ma and Uddhava. Public
QUESTION : SO WHY DID AKRURA STEAL THE SAMYANTAKA JEWEL The offence to the Gopis Why was Daksha Yajna done for Visnu ji destroyed by Virbhadra Public
Sb 4.3.3 Prabhupad Purport : Dak a neglected great devotees like Lord iva. All sacrifices are intended to pacify Lord Vi u, but Lord Vi u includes all His devotees. Brahm , Lord iva and the other demigods are all obedient servants of Lord Vi u; therefore Lord Vi u is never satisfied without them. But Dak a, being puffed up with his power, wanted to deprive Lord Brahm and Lord iva of participation in the sacrifice, understanding that if one satisfies Vi u, it is not necessary to satisfy His followers. But that is not the process. Vi u wants His followers to be satisfied first. Public
SB 4.3.3 cont Lord K a says, mad-bhakta- p j bhyadhik : The worship of My devotees is better than worship of Me. Similarly, in the iva Pur a it is stated that the best mode of worship is to offer oblations to Vi u, but better than that is to worship the devotees of K a. Thus Dak a s determination to neglect Lord iva in the sacrifices was not fitting. Public
CONCLUSION NEVER OFFEND A DEVOTEE OF THE LORD . WATERING THE ROOTS MEANS WORSHIPING LORD KRISHNA AND HIS DEAR DEVOTEES ALSO Public
