Day11 Yam2

Day11_yam2
How we can propitiate by our worship, there are verse in Damodar Vrata, how They can be
satisfied. For that reason Satyavrata Muni has narrated glories of Radha Damodar. So
everywhere during the observance of Damodar Vrata we have to repeat what is stated by
Satyavrata Muni who is very dear to Radha Damodar. By uttering that we may not understand
the significance, He is already satisfied, yet it will be effective. Otherwise, if we do not do this,
observance of the Damodar Vrata will be incomplete.
Second period of Devotional Practice (2nd Yama Sadhana)
Morning Worship:-sādhu saṅge anartha nivṛtti
Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given importance to Sadhu Sanga. Specially He is instructing us to

perform five principal forms of devotion (Sadhan Bhakti). First is association of sadhus, chanting
of the Holy Name, hearing of Srimad Bhagavatam, dwelling in transcendental realm of Mathura
Dham and worship of Deities with firm faith. (Sadhu sanga, Nama Kirtan, Bhagavata Sravan,
Mathura Vasa and Sraddhya Sri Murthi sevan). Without sadhu sanga you cannot correctly utter
Hari Nama, Holy Name. Who will teach you? A Pure Devotee, Suddha-bhakta who has got one-
pointed devotion to Sri Krishna, he is sadhu. Without the association of sadhus no bhakti can be
done. For that reason Caitanya Mahaprabhu first has mentioned association of sadhus. It is very
important. Without Sadhusanga you cannot do Harinam, you cannot hear Bhagavat from a
professional reader, through devotees you listen. And also you will not be able to have your stay,
your residence in transcendental realm. Who will take you to transcendental realm? Sadhu. And
who will teach you about the worship of the deities? First Sadhusanga, association of sadhus,
not in saffron clothes, he may be in saffron clothes or may not. But he should have one-pointed
devotion to Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. That is the original qualification of a sadhu. And you take
shelter of a bonafide Guru, he is equal to bonafide sadhu. And as per his direction you perform
devotional forms Navadha bhakti, 64 kinds of bhakti. By that you can remove all ulterior desires.
This is the second period, what we have to do; Bhakti Vinod Thakur has taught us.
nāma grahaner kālākāla-vicāra nāhi

nāma sarvaśakti samanvitā
Amongst all forms of devotion chanting of the Holy Name is the highest. For the eternal benefit of
the conditioned souls of this Kaliyuga Supreme Lord has appeared in various Names, Original
Names. And all powers have been given to the Names. And we can do it any time, any
circumstance and at any place, there is no restriction. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has taught in regard
to this in the second verse of Sikshastaka.
Second verse:
nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis

tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ
etādṛśi tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi
durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ
(2rd Verse of Sri Shikshastaka)
O Supreme Lord! Certainly, Your Holy Name can bestow all kinds of eternal welfare to the
conditioned souls. There should not be any doubt in this, what can a mere name of the Lord can
bestow? In that case there is no necessity of speaking glories of the Names. Therefore, You
have mercifully manifested in this world with Your Principal transcendental Names like Krishna,
Govinda, Gopinath, etc. which do not have any connection with the material world. You have
appeared in this world in different Names to rescue the fallen souls and You have given all
powers in Your Names. And no conditions have been imposed here. You can do Harinam
anywhere, at any age, in any circumstance, in any place. No restrictions have been imposed.
By lying down also you can do Harinam. God is so gracious, given this opportunity to the
conditioned souls to be rescued from the clutches of maya. Also God, Supreme Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu has ordered His Personal Associates and those who have gone through the
preceptorial channel, the sadhus, to teach this throughout the world. You should not be confined
only to India. They(the people of this world) should be informed without chanting the Holy Name
there is no other way for their rescue from the clutches of maya. Why they should be deprived?
For that reason that is the order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Whether they accept or not, it is your
duty to say to the whole world. So God is so gracious and has made it so easy for the
conditioned souls of this black age but our misfortune is so much that due to the tenfold offences
to Harinam we have got no aptitude to do Harinam. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is expressing His
extreme regret for this.
aneka-lokera vāñchā — aneka-prakāra

kṛpāte karila aneka-nāmera pracāra
khāite śuīte yathā tathā nāma laya,
deśa-kāla-niyama nāhi sarvasiddhi haya,
sarvaśakti nāme dila kariyā vibhāga,
āmāra durdaiva nāme nāhi anurāga
(Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita Antya 20.17-19)
Sikshastaka Song 2:
tuńhu doyā-sāgara tārayite prāṇī

nām aneka tuwā śikhāoli āni’
sakala śakati dei nāme tohārā

grahane rākholi nāhi kāla-vicārā
śrī-nāma-cintāmaṇi tohāri samānā

viśve bilāoli karunā-nidānā
tuwā doyā aichana parama udārā

atiśoy manda nātha! bhāga hāmārā
nāhi janamalo nāme anurāga mor

bhakativinoda-citta duḥkhe vibhor
ekānta bhaktera mātra kīrtan-smaraṇa,

anya parve ruchi nāhi haya pravartana,
bhāvera sahita haya śrīkṛṣṇa-sevana,
svārasikī-bhāva krame haya uddīpana,
A true bonafide devotee who has got one-pointed devotion to Supreme Lord has got liking to do
only kirtan and smaran, only chanting of the Holy Name and remembering. He will engage only in
these two forms of devotion, kirtan and smaran. But without the association of bonafide sadhus
this sort of aptitude will not to be manifested. It is rare a devotee has got extreme separation grief
to the Object of worship. Out of separation grief when he will utter the Name it will be delightful,
otherwise charming words, he may cry, he may imitate the voice of human beings, not from the
core of the heart, only imitate. This sort of imitation or uttering will not reach Supreme Lord. So
association of sadhus is necessary who has got extreme separation grief for Krsna. By the
company of the sadhus extreme desire will come, will be manifested in your self and you will cry.
Utterance will come from the core of the heart. He cannot be a troubled soul of this world. If I get
association of boanfide sadhu, even if I get remembrance of a sadhu, you may submit to him, you
may serve him, then you will not be a devotee, you will remain a bonafide devotee. There should
be submission to him. Serving mood should be there. Then that mood will be transmitted.
bhāvera sahita haya śrīkṛṣṇa-sevana,

svārasikī-bhāva krame haya uddīpana,
ekānta bhakatera kriyā mudrā rāgodita,
tathāpi sei saba nāhi vidhi vipirīta,
What is the specialty of sadhu, one-pointed devotion. How you can understand? When there will
be spontaneous endeavoring and liking to serve Vishnu Vaishnav then you will understand that
you have become one, one-pointed exclusive devotion will be manifested in your heart, otherwise
not. They serve from the core of the heart delightfully. He will pray for and make efforts to get
the opportunity for seva. On the other-hand a so-called sevaka who is lazy and inactive (stabda)
is a type of unsatisfactory sevak (adhama sevak) of Sri Krishna who needs to persuaded through
scriptural rules and regulations.
sarva tyāga karile o chārā sukaṭhina,

pratiṣṭhāśātyāge yatna payibe praviṇa,
We can give up everything, but to give up desire for Name and Fame is very difficult. If this
desire for Name and Fame is not given up, then devotion is simply not possible. With emphatic
words, with strong words our Srila Bhakti Siddhantha Saraswati has condemned this sort of
desire for Name and Fame.
prabhate gabhīra rātre madhyāhne sandhyāye,

anartha chāriyā lao nāmera āśraya,
ei rūpe kīrtana smaraṇa jei kare,
kṛṣṇa-kṛpā haya śigrha, anāyāse tare
There should be sincerity in your heart, practicing all these different forms from the heart. Then
God will come and His Personal Associates will come and help us. Then we will be rescued from
all these entanglement of the world and get the objective Krsna Prema.
śraddhā kari’ sādhu sange kṛṣṇa-nāma laye,

anartha sakala jāye niṣṭhā upajaye,
prātaḥakāle nityalīlā karibe cintana,
cintite cintite bhāvera haibe sadhana
When there will be proper kirtan then your mind will be sanctified, then you can meditate or think
about the transcendental pastimes.
Morning pastimes of Radha-Krishna:
rādhāṁ snāta-vibhūṣitāṁ vrajapayāhūtāṁ sakhībhiḥ prage

tad-gehe vihitānna-pāka-racanāṁ kṛṣṇāvaśeṣanām
kṛṣṇaṁ buddham avāpta-ḍhenu-sadanaṁ nirvyūḍha-go-dohanaṁ
susnātaṁ kṛta-bhojanaṁ saha-caraistaṁ cātha tāṁ cāśrye
(Govinda-lila-amritam)
In the morning Radharani after taking bath and dressing herself in beautiful fine clothes and
ornaments that are pleasing to Krishna, comes to Yashoda mayya’s house. Yashoda Devi wants
that Radharani should come and should cook food for her most beloved son Krishna. She is
always thinking about her beloved son Krishna, always thinking how to increase the span of life of
Krishna. She has heard that Radharani has got boon from Durvasa Rsi, if anybody who takes
cooked food of Radharani his span of life will increase. So she is so enthusiastic to bring
Radharani. What sort of knowledge she has of Krishna? This is not actual knowledge. Krishna
is Supreme Lord. You go to Yasoda Devi and say why you want to increase the span of life of
Krishna, do you know Krishna is Supreme Lord, then you will be deprived of getting Vraja prema.
You cannot get Vraja Prema because you have committed offence. All Vraja vasis, gopis, Nanda
Maharaj Yashoda mayya, they have got firm attachment to Krishna. They do not see Krishna as
Supreme Lord, rather Sri Krishna is addressed as ‘mora putra’ my small son, this Krishna cannot
do anything. Yashoda Devi bathes the child, dresses the child, and feeds the child, Krishna
cannot do anything. This is called Vraja Prema. Radharani also wants scope to serve Krishna, to
see Krishna, to serve. With all the Confidentes (Sakhis) Radharani comes every morning without
fail and with great enthusiasm, with great love She cooks food. Krishna likes the cooked food of
devotees. Greatest devotee is Radharani. And after Krishna’s taking food the remnants is tasted
by Radharani and the gopis. This is Radharani’s pastimes. We take shelter of such Radharani.
Some few devotees have come only yesterday. So to please them I have to speak something in
English.
In the morning Krishna sometimes sleeps and again rises. Why, to give satisfaction to all
devotees of delightful relations, to Yashoda mata, Nanda baba. Already Krishna woke up at the
close of the night, and again He is waking up to satisfy devotees His confidentes Sakhas, and
also to satisfy Nanda Baba, Yashoda mata, Krishna rises. Only to satisfy devotees several times
He is making the pastimes of sleeping and rising. After waking up Krishna goes to the cow-shed
to milk the cows. After milking the cows thenThey will take bath. All the cowherd boys
confidentes are crying Oh Kannaiah where are you, where are you. Come, let us take bath. All
take bath and sit together and Yashoda devi feeds all the cowherd boys including Krishna You
have to take shelter of such Krishna.
Lila kirtan 2:
rādhā snāta vibhūṣita, śriyaśodā-samāhūta,

sakhī-saṅge tad-gr̥ he gamana
tathā pāka-viracana, śrī-kr̥ ṣṇāvaśana
madhye madhye duṅhāra milana
kr̥ ṣṇa nidrā porihori', goṣthe go-dohana kori',

snānāśana sahacara-saṅge
ei līlā cintā koro, nāma-preme goro-goro,
prāte bhakta-jana saṅge raṅge
ei līlā cinto āra koro saṅkīrtana

acire pāibe tumi bhāva-uddīpana
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Second period of Devotional Practice (2nd Yama Sadhana)

Morning Worship:-sādhu saṅge anartha nivṛtti

Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given importance to Sadhu Sanga. Specially He is instructing us to

nāma grahaner kālākāla-vicāra nāhi

nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis

aneka-lokera vāñchā — aneka-prakāra

tuńhu doyā-sāgara tārayite prāṇī

sakala śakati dei nāme tohārā

śrī-nāma-cintāmaṇi tohāri samānā

tuwā doyā aichana parama udārā

nāhi janamalo nāme anurāga mor

ekānta bhaktera mātra kīrtan-smaraṇa,

bhāvera sahita haya śrīkṛṣṇa-sevana,

sarva tyāga karile o chārā sukaṭhina,

prabhate gabhīra rātre madhyāhne sandhyāye,

śraddhā kari’ sādhu sange kṛṣṇa-nāma laye,

Morning pastimes of Radha-Krishna:

rādhāṁ snāta-vibhūṣitāṁ vrajapayāhūtāṁ sakhībhiḥ prage

rādhā snāta vibhūṣita, śriyaśodā-samāhūta,

kr̥ ṣṇa nidrā porihori', goṣthe go-dohana kori',

ei līlā cinto āra koro saṅkīrtana

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