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• THE PURPOSE OF MISERY Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada • MONKEYS IN VRINDAVAN His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada • THE FORM OF KRISHNA Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja

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THE PURPOSE OF MISERY be increased a thousand times. Similarly, if you commit sinful activity in Vrindavan, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta then it will be increased a thousand times. Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada So we have to be very careful. Question: Why is there so much — Lecture on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam in Vrindavan, misery in this world? 10 September 1976. Srila Prabhupada: The Su- preme Lord is saying, “I THE FORM OF KRISHNA have arranged so much mis- Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja ery, so much pain, so much (continued from the previous issue) trouble and danger, not to make you suf- fer, but to teach you that all this misery is Three Tattvas unnecessary; so that you will search for the In Caitanya-caritāmta (20.143) Mahaprabhu happiness that is eternally desirable, the has said: joy that is eternally adorable. veda-śāstre kahe sambandha, abhidheya, prayojana — Excerpted from Prabhupada Saraswati Thakur. Mandala ka, ka-bhakti, prema — tina mahā-dhana Publishing Group. Eugene, Oregon. 1997. In the Vedic literatures, Krishna is the central MONKEYS IN VRINDAVAN point of attraction, and his service is our activ- His Divine Grace A.C. ity. To attain the platform of love of Krishna is Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada life’s ultimate goal. Therefore, Krishna, Krishna’s service, and love of Krishna are the Persons who are indulging in three great riches of life. unnecessary sex life in Vrindavan will have to take In the Vedas there are three truths␣— birth as monkeys in Vrindavan, vede trī-tattva kaya. They are sambandha- and then in their next life they tattva, abhidheya-tattva, and prayojana- will be liberated. The monkeys tattva. The sambandha is Krishna, the in Vrindavan are also devotees, abhidheya is ka-bhakti, and the prayojana but they could not proceed nicely. We should is prema. Sambandha means relationship. be very, very careful to avoid dhāma- There is only one relationship, which is the aparādha. If you chant Hare Krishna in relationship with Krishna. There is no Vrindavan, the result of such chanting will other relationship. next column ! ! Issue One hundred twenty-five, Page — 2 é[q k* ZRadha-Madana-mohan. The sec- Your duty is to render service unto Krishna, ond bend is in the lips, which is abhidheya- and that service should be prīti-mayī, it tattva, bhakti. The presiding deity of should be loving service. Love is required. abhidheya-tattva is Radha-Govinda. And That is prayojana-tattva, prema. the third bend␣is in the heart, and that is Essence of Supreme Godhead prayojana-tattva, prema. The presiding deity of prayojana-tattva is Radha-Gopinath. In the Vedas there are three tattvas and The Vedas give these three invaluable as- three places of Krishna’s pastimes, Krishna sets — tina mahā-dhana. A fortunate jīva in Dwarka, Krishna in Mathura, and Krishna in Vrajabhumi. Krishna in who gets these invaluable assets becomes Dwarka is complete, Krishna in Mathura rich with ka-prema and he will be really is more complete, and Krishna in happy. Otherwise he cannot get happiness. Vrajabhumi is most complete. Everything you find in this material world Krishna in Vrajabhumi is nanda-nandana- is related to Krishna. That is Krishna ka, the son of Nanda Maharaja, not sambandha, the eternal sambandha. vasudeva-nandana-ka, the son of Bhaktivinode Thakur has said [Śaraāgati Vasudev. The son of Vasudev is known as 2.5.2], sei ta’ sambandhe sabe āmār — the Vāsudev. It is yaśodā-nandana-ka, nanda- relationship we want to establish is our nandana-ka — the son of Yasoda and eternal relationship with Krishna. Here in Nanda Maharaja — who is eternally kiśora. the material world relationships are Kiśora refers to an eleven or twelve-year- temporary, anitya-sambandha. These anitya- old. This kiśora is a cowherd boy, and he is sambandhas, temporary material very beautiful. He is svaya-bhagavān, the relationships, only give us misery, original Personality of Godhead. Nanda- unhappiness, and suffering. But if you nandana-ka, the son of Nanda Maharaja establish your perfect, eternal relationship and Yasoda-mata, is the essence of the Su- with Krishna, then you will be happy. There preme Godhead, bhagavattā-sāra. All other will be no more misery or unhappiness. This aspects of Godhead are his portions, his is sambandha-tattva. plenary portions, or portions of his por- The abhidheya described in the Vedas is tions — aśa or kalā. The līlā-, yuga-, bhakti. One should achieve that bhakti. That purua-, and gua-avatāras are all Krishna’s bhakti is the kartavya, duty, of every jīva, be- aśa and kalā, his portions. But ete cāśa- jīva cause every has a perfect eternal loving kalā pusa kas tu bhagavān svayam relationship with Krishna. Bhakti is the [Bhāg. 1.3.28] — nanda-nandana-ka, svarūpa, the eternal nature, of the living enti- yaśodā-nandana-ka, is svaya-bhagavān, ties — jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya, kera ‘nitya-dāsa the origin of all avatāras. [Cc. madhya 20.108]. These three words, bhakta, bhakti, and Reservoir of Sweetness bhagavān, are derived from the verbal root Nanda-nandana ka, yaśodā-nandana “bhaj”. “Bhaj” means “to serve”. Bhakta ksa, is mādhurya-maya, mādhuryaka-nilaya. means servant, servant of Krishna. Bhakti Mādhuryaka-nilaya means the reservoir of means service to Krishna, and Bhagavan all mādhuryas, all types of sweetness.

! ! TopSri leftKr 3ishna-kathamrita Bindu top rightIssue 3 One hundred twenty-five, Page — 3 Krishna possesses four types of mādhuryas: bearing a flute in his hands in Vrindavan, rūpa-mādhurya, the sweetness of his su- Vrajabhumi”. Therefore, only Krishna in premely beautiful form; veu-mādhurya, the Vrajabhumi is mādhuryaka-nilaya, the reser- sweetness of his flute-playing; rati-mādhurya, voir of all mādhuryas. You will never find the sweetness of his loving dealings; and līlā- these mādhuryas in any other form of Krishna. mādhurya, the sweetness of his wonderful One material example may be given. A pastimes. These four kinds of mādhurya are man may meet some friends or acquain- only available with kiśora-ka. They are not tances on the road. He will appear to them available in any of his plenary portions or in one particular way. The same man at portions of portions, aśa or kalā. Therefore, the office with his co-workers will have an- kiśora-ka is bhagavattā-sāra, the essence of other kind of appearance. And in his home, the Supreme Godhead. For that reason, in with his own family, wife, and children, Caitanya-caritāmta Kaviraj Goswami has he will again have another kind of appear- said, mādhurya bhagavattā-sāra — the quin- ance. The three are different. They are not tessence of the Supreme Personality of the same. The form in which he appears Godhead is mādhurya [Cc. madhya 21.110]. Do at home is svayam-rūpa, the original form, you understand this word mādhurya? In En- and is also pūra-rūpa, the complete form. glish you say sweetness, but it is not sufficient. His very intimate dealings are there in the There is no corresponding word in English. home. You will not find such dealings on English is a nasty language. Sweetness is not the road or in the office. exact — mādhurya is the word. It is so sweet. Similarly, Krishna’s nitya-kiśora form and What is the rūpa, the form of mādhurya- his dealings with the residents of rasa? That form is nandan-nandana-ksa, Vrajabhumi are very intimate and loving. yaśodā-nandana-ka in Vrajabhumi. He is You cannot find such dealings in Mathura svaya-bhagavān, the original personality of or Dwarka. That form is not there and the Godhead. Who can understand that dealings are also not there. mādhurya? Only a premī-bhakta, otherwise one cannot understand. Krishna’s dealings Last Limit of Prema with the vrajavāsīs, the residents of Vraja-prema is the last limit of prema, Vrajabhumi, especially the gopīs, are very prema-parākā hā, and the form appearing intimate and are based on pure love. In other there is pūra-rūpa, the most complete form. svarūpas, other forms of the Lord, such deal- That form is svayam-rūpa, the original form ings are not there. of Krishna. These loving dealings between The Flute the premī-bhakta and Bhagavan are the mellow of love, rasa. In brahman you will not In what form does he appear in find any such mellow of love. In the imper- Vrajabhumi? gopa-veśa, veu-kara, nava- sonal brahman there is no activity of any kiśora, na a-vara [Cc. madhya 21.101]. That śakti, brahma-ni śaktika. So there cannot be is the beautiful form of kiśora-ka. He is loving dealings with brahman. Brahmavādīs, a youthful cowherd boy, bent in three impersonalists, are dry; they have no lov- places, with a flute in his hand. Nava-kiśora ing dealings. means nitya-kiśora, always ten or twelve There are three types of manifestations of years old. He never grows beyond that. At the Lord — brahman, paramātmā, and bhagavān every moment he appears newer, newer, — brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate and newer — nitya nava-navāya-mānam. [Bhāg. 1.2.11]. In paramātmā there are only the He is never the same and he never becomes activities of the māyā-śakti and the jīva-śakti. old. That nava-kiśora form is in Vrajabhumi. There is no activity of the svarūpa-śakti, the And venu-kara, he has a flute in hand. This internal energy. Therefore there are no lov- flute is not in Mathura and not in Dwarka. ing dealings with paramātmā. Loving dealings It is only in Vrajabhumi. Prabhupada has are the activity of the svarūpa-śakti. As the written in his purport to Bhāgavatam svarūpa-śakti is absent in paramātmā, there are 10.3.31, “the special significance of Krishna no loving dealings with the paramātmā. ! ! é[q k* ZYoga-maya, acts as a simple child. That is svarūpa, there is no happiness due to an ac- yoga-māyā’s activity. Krishna, who is tive relationship. But in svaya-bhagavān, viśvambhara, the maintainer of the unlim- vrajendra-nandana-ka, mādhuryaka-nilaya- ited universes, wants to be maintained by ka, who is nitya-kiśora in Vrajabhumi, there his father and mother, Nanda Maharaja is activity of the svarūpa-śakti. The loving deal- and Yasoda-mata. The material brain can- ings of Krishna with the vrajavāsīs and the not understand it, but this is tattva. There- vrajavāsī’s loving dealings with Krishna are fore, Yasoda-mata and Nanda Maharaja the activities of the svarūpa-śakti. This vraja- say, “Oh, he’s my son, he’s my son, not prema is the last limit of prema. Bhagavan — śuddha-vātsalye īśvara-jñāna nāhi tāra” [Cc.␣ādi 6.56]. Krishna also ac- A Simple Child cepts and acts in that way, thinking, “I will Therefore Krishna is rasa-svarūpa. He is be maintained by My father and mother, served in Vrajabhumi with five chief rasas Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda-mata.” This [Śānta-rasa was not distributed by Sri is lālya-jñāna. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He discarded śānta- — From Mathura Meets Vrindavan, chapter three. Gopal Jiu rasa because it is not satisfying for Krishna. Publications. Bhubaneswar, India. 2003. However it is present in Vrajabhumi. 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