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TO (rasikas) t t t t t t t t t t h h h h h h h h A h h amr amr amr amr amr amr amr amr amr amr GAINST śāstric never it it it it it it it it it it a a a a a a a a a a é[q k* ZBhakti-ratnākara (9.670-753) Srila bhakti should never give up the prescribed Narahari Chakravarti Thakur has described the conclusion of the wonderful festival organized by devotional practices. (66) Sri Raghunandan Thakur: bhāva nā hoile kabhu rasodaya haya nā Following the ekādaśī day, Raghunandan āge rasodaya, pare ratyudaya haya nā asked the mahāntas how they would observe Without the appearance of bhāva, ecstatic the breakfast on the dvādaśī day. The mahāntas emotions of divine love, rasa can never arise. suggested that they should celebrate by hon- Realization of rasa never occurs before the oring the prasāda of Sri Gauranga together. awakening of rati, spiritual attachment. (67) Hearing their words, Sri Raghunandan be- āge ratyudaya, pare śraddhodaya haya nā came very happy. He quickly gathered a va- rasābhia labhi’ pare sādhana to’ haya nā riety of ingredients and arranged for every- thing to be prepared. The mahāntas went to The awakening of spiritual attachment their quarters and completed their routine never occurs before the appearance of morning duties. Meanwhile, first-class rice śraddhā, faith. Nor is it possible to first attain and other items were cooked and the priest one’s desired rasa and then afterwards start of the temple offered them to the deity of to practice sādhana. (68) Mahaprabhu. After Mahaprabhu had had sāmagrīra amilane sthāyī-bhāva haya nā sufficient time to honor the food, the priest sthāyi-bhāva-vyatireke rase sthiti haya nā took the offering from the deity room. Sri In the absence of the necessary constituents Raghunandan called the mahāntas and of the bhakti process, permanent emotions in brought them to see the foodstuffs that had love of God cannot appear, and without such just been offered to the Lord. They were all permanent emotions no one can become situ- pleased to see the great variety of items that ated in rasa. (69) had been lovingly presented to the Lord. bhoge mana, ja e śraddhā cit prakāśa kare nā After the ārati, the mahāntas took their seats nāme śraddhā nā hoile ja a-buddhi chā e nā to honor the prasādam. Devotees placed ba- nana leaves and cups of scented drinking Those with minds absorbed in the enjoy- water before each seat and carefully offered ment of matter, maintaining faith in mate- each mahānta the prasāda of Mahaprabhu. rial objects, can never experience the rev- Within the temple, the devoted priest affec- elation of pure spiritual consciousness. tionately put the Lord to rest. He bowed Without absolute faith in the Lord’s holy down again and again to the feet of the Lord name one’s mundane mentality can never and then left the deity room. He distributed be cast off. (70) some prasādam to the mahāntas and then gave ja a-buddhi nā chā ile nāma kpā kare nā them all water that had washed the Lord’s nāma kpā nā korile līlā śunā jāya nā lotus feet. The mahāntas told Raghunandan One reluctant to give up his materialistic men- that if he did not eat with them they would tality does not receive the mercy of the holy name have no happiness. Hearing their words, of Lord Krishna, and without the holy name’s Raghunandan humbly said, “Please give me mercy one cannot properly hear the recitations the pleasure of watching all you take prasāda of Krishna’s confidential pastimes. (71) together.” Chanting the name of Sri Hari, the Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu Issue Forty-six, Page — 3 mahāntas then began to eat. Sri Raghunandan through half the night. They slept during the greatly enjoyed the scene. second half of the night and in the morning Raghunandan then went to the bhoga completed their routine morning duties of mandira, took a small portion of prasāda, and bathing, etc. When Raghunandan met them then went to the lonely place where Sri later that morning, Sripati and Srinidhi told Narahari Sarkara Thakura used to live. He him that they planned to leave that very day. placed Narahari’s seat on the ground and put But Raghunandan requested them to stay for the prasādam and a glass of scented drinking another two or four days. Vaninath told him water before it. He offered prasādam tāmbula that they would leave the next day, but and a flower garland from Sri Gauranga on Raghunandan smilingly told him that there different plates before Narahari’s seat. Then would be some question whether or not they he sat down, offered everything to Thakur would be allowed. He told them that there Narahari in meditation and submitted some would be cooking in every house on that day prayers. Rising from his meditation, he closed and that he would be most satisfied if they the door of the room and waited outside. Af- would stay. Hearing the sweet words of ter some time he again entered the room to Raghunandan, they all agreed to his requests. offer Narahari water for washing his mouth. The priest of Gaurachandra brought When he opened the door he was astonished prasādam sweets and various other prepa- to see that Prabhu Narahari had assumed a rations in many containers for the divine form and was sitting before him. See- mahāntas, and he also gave them some ing this, Raghunandan became ecstatic and water that had bathed the feet of forgot himself. Suddenly, Narahari disap- Mahaprabhu. After the food that had been peared again and Raghunandan sank in an cooked in every house had been offered to ocean of misery. After some time, the Lord, the mahāntas gladly ate it and Raghunandan steadied himself and offered Sri passed the night speaking k a-kathā and Thakura water for washing. With tears in his floating in the ocean of prema. eyes, he repeatedly fell down on the ground Raghunandan was so ecstatic in the asso- offering obeisances to Prabhu Narahari. Car- ciation of the mahāntas that he didn’t know rying Narahari’s seat on his head, how many days and nights had passed. Raghunandan returned it to its proper place. Two to four days later, the mahāntas de- He then quickly returned to where the cided to leave. Raghunandan was quite dis- mahāntas were eating, and they repeatedly appointed at this and he gave them many praised him for the excellent food prepara- gifts. He held the hand of Sri Virabhadra tions. Again and again Sri Raghunandan re- and cried as he spoke with him on various quested them to take more prasāda. When topics. Just seeing the faces of Krishna they had finished, they washed their mouths Mishra and Sri Gopal, his heart ached in and then all of them affectionately requested misery. The vai avas spoke for some time Raghunandan to sit and take prasādam with to each other, making their good-byes in his men. But Raghunandan first served such a loving way that the hearts of whom- Srinivas and the other devotees, and when ever heard them melted. In the morning they they were finished he finally took his own all went to the courtyard of the temple and meal. With great happiness, the villagers then had darśana of the deity of Mahaprabhu. sat down to take prasādam. They all said, “We They offered their heartfelt respects and ac- have never seen such a festival as this!” cepted prasādam flower garlands from the When Raghunandan had finished all of his priest. When they left Sri Khanda, the duties he happily went to the courtyard of people of that village sank in the depth of the Sri Gauranga temple and requested the misery and disappointment. Sri mahāntas to watch the ārati ceremony for the Raghunandan collected himself and then, Lord. The devotees discussed k a-līlā for along with others, accompanied the some time and then they happily watched the mahāntas for some distance, while Sripati deities’ evening ārati. The mahāntas then be- and others consoled Raghunandan, gan nāma-sa kīrtana, which continued Srinivas and Yadunandana in various Issue Forty-six, Page — 4 é[q k* ZAcharya went to Jajigram and Sri month of Śrāvaa, became everlastingly Yadunandana went to Kantaka Nagara. etched in the memory of all. Raghunandan’s Sri Narahari Chakravarti Thakur, the au- son, Kanai Thakur, arranged a great festi- thor of Bhakti-ratnākara, concludes this val to commemorate his father’s passing story by saying that whoever hears about away, and Srinivas remained there until its the grand festival organized by Sri completion. The wonderful festival for Raghunandan will be free from all miser- Raghunandan’s departure cannot be de- ies. And whoever, with d ha-rati, fixed at- scribed with words. traction, hears this story will gain a qual- Identity ity of devotion to the Lord that is very dif- ficult even for the demigods to obtain. In both the Caitanya-ma gala (madhya 3.193) of Srila Lochan Das Thakur and the Disappearance Bhakti-ratnākara (13.189) of Srila Narahari Sri Raghunandan Thakur’s departure from this Thakur, Raghunandan Thakur is referred world has been described in Bhakti-ratnākara to as an incarnation of Cupid. Other (13 .180-187): vai avas say that he was also an One day, Sri Raghunandan went to the incarnation of Kandarpa Manjari. Yet temple of Madana Gopala-Gauranga. There others say that he was the cowherd boy he dedicated his son to the lotus feet of known as Ujjvala in Vrajabhumi. In his Śrī Gaura-Gopala and became madly engaged Gaura-ga oddeśa-dīpikā (text 70), Srila Kavi in sankīrtana for three full days. 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