KK Bindu #263
KK Bindu #263
Bindu
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i mediTaTe on radHa-damodara
Bhaviyottara Pura
was silent. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, You have already dedicated this body to me. How you can kill it? From that day, the itches were cured. Those who are Krishna conscious, who are working for Krishna, they should not think that the body belongs to themselves. It is already dedicated to Krishna. It must be kept very carefully, without any neglect. Just like you are taking care of the
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done artificially. When you advance, naturally youll feel detached, just like Raghunath Das Goswami. (Lecture, Los Angeles, 17 February 1969.)
nityam etat prajpaty sarva-siddhir bhaviyati bhakti ca durlabh prpya mama loke mahyate ulkhale yad mtr baddho ha bhavit priye udare dmabhir loke tad vyakta bhaviyati anena nma-mantrea yo smin msi tvay saha mm arcayed vidhnena sa labhet sarva-vchitam
Yashoda wanted to teach a lesson to her son. In her persistence, she would not give up her attempt to bind the Lord. In the competition between Krishna and his devotee, the devotees determination always prevails. Thus, seeing his mothers fatigue, Lord Krishna gave up his own persistence, became merciful, and allowed himself to be tied. Krishnas mercy, which reigns as the king of all his potencies and illuminates all others, melts the heart of the Lord and turns it into butter. The appearance of Krishnas mercy made his satya-sakalpa-akti, potency of transcendental conviction, and vibhti-akt, potency of grandeur and magnificence, immediately disappear. The distance of two fingers was filled up by the devotees effort, pariramam, and the Lords causeless mercy, ka-kp. It is the bhakta-nih, firm faith of the devotee seen in his tireless endeavors to worship the Lord, and the sva-nih, steadiness of the Lord in bestowing his mercy upon seeing the devotees effort and fatigue, that caused Krishna to be bound. In the absence of these two, the rope would have remained two fingers too short. But when bhakta-nih and sva-nih are present, the Lord can be bound. In this pastime, Krishna showed Yashoda and the whole world that only love can bind the Supreme Lord.
Translated by Bhanu Swami. Edited and Published by Mahanidhi Swami. 2004. Sanskrit taken from http://www. granthamandira.com
In Goloka Vrindavan, Lord Krishna eternally assumes a youthful form. In this form, he enjoys in various ways along with his beloved Srimati Radhika. Once during the Krttika month, he stayed home to celebrate the festival arranged by Paurnamasi. Due to the festivities that day, he arrived late at night to meet Srimati Radhika. In a state of anger, she tied him up using her waistband as a rope. Krishna then narrated everything that had taken place at his home that caused the delay. This story appeased her, after which Krishna said to her, O slenderwaisted Radhika! I am most satisfied by this action of you in binding me lovingly by your waistband. O beautiful lady, this name of mine, Damodara, has now become dearer to me. In this world of mine, no other name is as dear to me as this name. By chanting this name, one will always have children and will attain all perfection along with the rarest forms of devotional service. One will also be able to stay eternally in my abode by chanting these names. In the near future, when Mother Yashoda will bind me to the mortar, this name of mine will be manifest in the material world. In this
i mediTaTe on radHa-damodara
Bhaviyottara Pura
Illustration from a Mewari Gita Govinda. Rajasthan, c. 1720.
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saketvasare cyute praayata sarabdhay rdhay prrabhya bhr-kui hiraya-raan-dmn nibaddhodaram krttiky janan-ktotsava-vara-prastvanprvaka cni prathayantam tma-pulaka dhyyema dmodaram
Having missed a rendezvous with Srimati Radhika, he was passionately frowned upon by her and was subsequently bound up by her golden waistband. He then proceeded to offer the explanation that his delay was due to the great festival of the Krttika month that was being celebrated by his mother. I meditate on him, who thus became known as Damodara, who in this bound condition offered many excellent words of flattery with erect goose bumps on his body.
Cited in the commentary on Ka-Karmta by Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami, verse 110. Translated by Hari Parshad Das from the Sanskrit available at http://www. granthamandira.com
month of Krttika, one who worships me with you according to the rules of the scriptures will attain the fulfillment of all desires.
Translated by Hari Parshad Das from the Sanskrit available at http://www.granthamandira.com
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