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Çré Utthänä-ekädaçé Issue no:99 19th November 2018 The Tactics For Removing Anarthas , Dadhici And Ashvini Kumaras A Devotee Is Never Envious Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta

Why Did Indra Take Shelter Of ? Can One Achieve Any Benefit Without Srila Sukadeva Goswami Serving The Devotees? Srila Bhaktisiddhnata Thakura

The Tactics For Removing Anarthas Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Issue no 99, Page — 2 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Ashvini-kumaras once approached Dadhici and begged him to instruct them in spiritual science, -vidyä. Dadhici replied, "I am now busy arranging sacrifices for fruitive activities. Come back some time later." When the Ashvini- kumaras left, the impetuous King of heaven Indra approached Dadhici and said, "My dear Muni, the Ashvini-kumaras are only physicians. Please do not instruct them in spiritual science. If you impart spiritual science to them despite my admonition, I shall punish you by cutting off your head." After threatening Dadhici in this way, Indra returned to heaven. The Ashvini- kumaras, who understood Indra's intention to deny then right to spiritual , returned and again begged brahma-vidyä from Dadhici. When the great saint Dadhici informed them of Indra's threat, the Ashvini-kumaras replied, "Let us first cut off your head and replace it with the head of a horse. You can instruct brahma-vidyä through the horse's head, and after Indra cuts off that head, we shall reward you and restore your original head." Since Dadhici had promised to Indra, Dadhici And Ashvini Kumaras impart brahma-vidyä to the Ashvini-kumaras, Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura he agreed to their proposal. Because Dadhici imparted it through the mouth of a horse, this niçamyätharvaëaà dakñaà - spiritual knowledge is also known as Açvaçira brahmavidyayoù; dadhyaïcaà samupägamya — Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Sarartha tam ücatur athäçvinau; dehi nau Darsshini » Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind » SB 6.9: vidyäm iti çrutvä sa cäbravét; karmaëy avasthito Appearance of the DemonVrtrasura» Verses: 53 'dyähaà paçcäd vakñyämi gacchatam; tayor nirgatayor eva çakra ägatya taà munim; uväca Why Did Indra Take Shelter Of Dadhichi? bhiñajor vidyäà mä vädér açvinor mune; yadi Srila Sukadeva Goswami mad-väkyam ullaìghya bravéñi sahasaiva te; çiraç-chindyäà na sandeha ity uktvä sa yayau O King Pariksit, I have heard from reliable hariù; indre gate tathäbhyetya näsatyäv ücatur sources that , who was engaged as dvijam; tan-mukhäd indra-gaditaà çrutvä täv the priest of the demigods, had three heads. ücatuù punaù; äväà tava çiraç chittvä pürvam He used one to drink the - beverage, açvasya mastakam; sandhäsyävas tato brühi another to drink wine and the third to eat tena vidyäà ca nau dvija; tasminn indreëa food. O Maharaja Pariksit, the demigods were saïchinne punaù sandhäya mastakam; nijaà related to Vishvarupa from his father’s side, and te dakñiëäà dattvä gamiñyävo yathägatam; etac therefore he visibly offered clarified butter in chrutvä tadoväca dadhyaìì ätharvaëas tayoù the sacrificial fire while chanting such pravargyaà brahma-vidyäà ca sat-kåto '- as indräya idaà svähä [“this is meant for King çaìkitaù. Indra”] and idam agnaye [“this is for the demigod The great saint Dadhici Muni was perfectly of fire”]. He loudly chanted these mantras and proficient in the performance of fruitive offered each of the demigods his proper share. activities, and also possessed advanced spiritual Although offering clarified butter in the sacrificial knowledge. Hearing of his being so learned, the fire in the name of the demigods, without their Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 99, Page—3 knowledge he also offered oblations to the without delay.” Thereafter, from the southern demons because he was related to them through side of the sacrificial fire known as Anvähärya his mother. One time however, the King of heaven came a fearful personality who looked like the Indra, understood that Vishvarupa was secretly destroyer of the entire creation at the end of the betraying the demigods by offering oblations on millennium. Like arrows released in the four behalf of the demons. He then became extremely directions, the demon’s body grew, day after day. afraid of being defeated by the demons, and in Tall and black-ish, he appeared like a burnt hill great anger at Vishvarupa he cut off Vishvarupa’s and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds three heads. Thereafter, Vishvarupa’s head meant in the evening. The hair on the demon’s body for drinking soma-rasa was transformed into a and his beard and moustache were the color of kapiïjala [francolin partridge]. Similarly, the head melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like meant for drinking wine was transformed into the midday . He appeared unconquerable, a kalaviìka [sparrow], and the head meant for as if holding the three worlds on the points of eating food became a tittiri [common partridge]. his blazing trident. Dancing and shouting with Although Indra was so powerful that he could a loud voice, he made the entire surface of the neutralize the sinful reactions for killing a tremble as if from an earthquake. As he brähmaëa, he repentantly accepted the burden of yawned again and again, he appeared to be these reactions with folded hands. He suffered for trying to swallow the whole sky with his mouth, one year, and then to purify himself he distributed which was as deep as a cave. He seemed to be the reactions for this sinful killing among the licking up all the stars in the sky with his tongue earth, water, trees and women. In return for and eating the entire with his long, King Indra’s benediction that ditches in the earth sharp teeth. Seeing this gigantic demon, everyone would be filled automatically, the land accepted fled in great fear, running in all directions. That one quarter of the sinful reactions for killing a very fearful demon, who was actually the son of brähmaëa. Because of those sinful reactions, we Tvasta covered all the planetary systems by dint find many deserts on the surface of the earth. In of austerity. Therefore he was named Vrtra, or one return for Indra’s benediction that their branches who covers everything. The demigods, headed and twigs would grow back when trimmed, the by Indra, charged the demon with their soldiers, trees accepted another quarter of the reactions for killing a brähmaëa. These reactions are visible striking him with their celestial bows and arrows in the flowing of sap from trees. [Therefore one and other weapons but Vrtrasura swallowed all of is forbidden to drink this sap as it is generally those weapons. Wonder-struck and disappointed poisonous.] In return for Lord Indra’s benediction upon witnessing the incredible prowess of the that they would be able to pursue lusty desires demon Vrtra, the demigod’s strength drained continuously, even during pregnancy for as long away. Therefore they all gathered to try to please as sex is not injurious to the embryo, women the Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of - accepted another quarter of the sinful reaction. head, , by worshiping Him. As a result of that, women manifest the signs of The demigods said: The three worlds are menstruation every month. And in return for King created by the five elements namely ether, air, Indra’s benediction that water would increase the fire, water and earth which are controlled by volume of other substances with which it was various demigods, beginning from Lord Brahma. mixed, water accepted the remaining quarter of Being very afraid that the time factor will end the sinful reaction. Therefore there are sometimes our existence, we offer presentations unto time bubbles and foam in water. When one collects by performing our work according to his dictates. water for drinking etc, this polluted water should The time factor himself, however, is afraid of the be avoided. Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore let us After Vishvarupa was killed, his father, Tvasta now worship that Supreme Lord, who alone can performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra. He give us full protection. offered oblations in the sacrificial fire, saying, avismitaà taà paripürëa-kämaà “O enemy of Indra, flourish to kill your enemy svenaiva läbhena samaà praçäntam www.ibmedu.org Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya Issue no 99, Page — 4 Top left 4 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä vinopasarpaty aparaà hi bäliçaù energies. Although different from this universe, çva-läìgulenätititarti sindhum He exists in His universal form [viräö-rüpa]. In our fearful condition, let us take shelter of Him, for "Free from all material conceptions of existence we are sure that the Supreme Lord, the Supreme and never wonder-struck by anything, the Soul, will give us His protection. Lord is always jubilant and fully satisfied in His Sri Sukadeva Goswami said: My dear King, own spiritual perfection. He has no material when all the demigods offered Him their prayers, designations, and therefore He is steady and the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord , unattached. That Supreme Personality of carrying His weapons, the conch shell, disc Godhead is the only shelter of everyone. Anyone and club, appeared first within their hearts and desiring to be protected by others is certainly a then before them. Surrounding and serving the great fool who desires to cross the sea by holding Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, the tail of a swimming dog." were sixteen personal attendants, decorated The named King Satyavrata formerly with ornaments and appearing exactly like saved himself by tying the small boat of the Him but without the mark of Srivatsa and the entire world to the horn of the avatära, jewel. O King, when all the demigods the fish . By the grace of the Matsya saw the Supreme Lord in that posture, smiling avatära, Manu saved himself from the great with eyes like the petals of lotuses grown in danger of the flood. We pray, “May that same autumn, they were overwhelmed with happiness fish incarnation save us from the great and and immediately fell down like rods, offering fearful danger caused by the son of Tvasta.” In prostated obeisance. Then they slowly rose and the beginning of creation, a tremendous wind pleased the Lord by offering Him prayers. caused fierce waves of inundating water. The The demigods said: O Supreme Personality great waves made such a horrible sound that of Godhead, You are competent to give the Lord Brahma almost fell from his seat on the results of sacrifice, and You are also the time lotus into the water of devastation, but he was factor that destroys all such results in due course. saved with the help of the Lord. Thus we also You are the one who releases the cakra to kill beseech the same Lord to protect us from this the demons. O Lord, who possess many varieties dangerous condition. The Supreme Personality of names, we offer our respectful obeisance of Godhead, who created us by His external unto You. O supreme controller, You control potency and by whose mercy we expand the the three destinations [the heavenly planets, creation of the universe, is alwayssituated before the earthly planets, and the hellish planets], us as the Supersoul, but we cannot see His form. yet Your supreme abode is -dhama. We are unable to see Him because all of us think Since we appeared after You created this cosmic that we are separate and independent . By manifestation, Your activities are impossible for His inconceivable internal potency, the Supreme us to under-stand. We therefore have nothing to Personality of Godhead expands into various offer You but our humble obeisance. transcendental bodies as Vamanadeva, the O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O incarnation among the demigods; , Narayana, O Vasudeva, original person! O most the incarnation among saints; Narsimhadeva and exalted person, supreme experience, welfare , among animals; and Matsya personified! O supreme benediction, supremely and , incarnations among aquatics. He merciful and changeless! O support of the cosmic accepts various transcendental bodies among all manifestation, sole proprietor of all planetary types of living entities, and among human beings systems, master of everything and husband of He especially appears as Lord and Lord the goddess of fortune! Your Lord-ship is realized . By His causeless mercy, He protects the by the topmost sannyäsés, who wander about demigods, who are always harassed by the the world to preach Krishna consciousness, demons. He is the supreme worshipable fully absorbed in samädhi through -. of all living entities. He is the supreme cause, Because their minds are concentrated upon represented as the male and female creative You, they can receive the perception of Your Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 99, Page—5 personality in their fully purified hearts. When the can do and undo anything as You like. With the darkness in their hearts is completely eradicated help of that potency, what is impossible for You? and You are revealed to them, the transcendental Since there is no duality in Your constitutional bliss they enjoy is the transcendental form of Your position, You can do everything by the influence Lordship. No one but such persons can realize of Your energy. A rope causes fear for a bewildered You. Therefore we simply offer You our respectful person who considers it a , but not for a obeisance. O Lord, You need no support, and person with proper intelligence who knows it to although You have no material body, You do not be only a rope. Similarly, You, as the Supersoul need cooperation from us. Since You are the cause in everyone’s heart, inspire fear or fearlessness of the cosmic manifestation and You supply its according to one’s intelligence, but in You there is material ingredients without being transformed, no duality. With deliberation, one will see that the You create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic Supreme Soul, although manifested in different manifestation by Yourself. Nevertheless, although ways, is actually the basic principle of everything. You appear engaged in material activity, You The total material energy is the cause of the material are transcendental to all material qualities. manifestation, but the material energy is caused by Consequently these transcendental activities Him. Therefore He is the cause of all causes, the of Yours are extremely difficult to understand. bringer into being of intelligence and the senses. The following are our inquiries. The ordinary He is perceived as the Supersoul of everything. conditioned soul is subject to the material laws, Without Him, everything would be dead. You, as and he thus receives the fruit of his actions. that Supersoul, the supreme controller, are the only Does Your Lordship, like an ordinary human one remaining. Therefore, O killer of the Madhu being, exist within this material world in a body demon, incessant transcendental bliss flows in the produced by the material modes? Do You enjoy minds of those who have even once tasted but a or suffer the good or bad results of actions drop of the nectar from the of Your glories. under the influence of time, past work and so Such exalted devotees forget the tiny reflection of forth? Or, on the contrary, are You present here so-called material happiness produced from the only as a neutral witness who is self-sufficient, material senses of sight and sound. Free from all free from all material desires, and always full of desires, such devotees are the real friends of all spiritual potency? We certainly cannot understand living entities. Offering their minds unto You and Your actual position. O Supreme Personality of enjoying transcendental bliss, they are expert in Godhead, all contradictions can be reconciled in achieving the real goal of life. O Lord, You are the You. O Lord, since You are the Supreme Person, soul and dear friend of such devotees, who never the reservoir of unlimited spiritual qualities, the need return to this material world. How could supreme controller, Your unlimited glories are they give up engagement in Your devotional inconceivable to the conditioned souls. Many service? O Lord, O personified three worlds, modern theologians argue about right and wrong father of the three worlds! O strength of the three without knowing what is actually right. Their worlds, in the form of the Narsimha incarnation arguments are always false and their judgments O most beautiful person within the three worlds inconclusive because they have no authorized () ! evidence with which to gain knowledge of You. (Çrémad-Bhägavatam 1:3:28:: Even Hiranyakashipu Because their minds are agitated by scriptures was cut into small pieces by the nails of Lord Narsimha. containing false conclusions, they are unable to This means that anyone materially powerful cannot stand understand the truth concerning You. Furthermore, the strength of the Lord's nails. Similarly, Jamadagnya because of polluted eagerness to arrive at the displayed the Lord's power to kill all the disobedient kings right conclusion, their theories are incapable of powerfully situated in their respective states. The Lord's revealing You, who are transcendental to their empowered incarnation and plenary incarnation material conceptions. You are one without a Varaha, as well as indirectly empowered Lord Buddha, second, and therefore in You contradictions like created faith in the mass of people. The incarnations doing and not doing, happiness and distress, are of Rama and displayed His fame, and not contradictory. Your potency is so great that it , and Vamana exhibited His beauty. www.ibmedu.org Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya Issue no 99, Page — 6 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä , Matsya, Kumara and exhibited His activities, but because You are as great as the sky, transcendental knowledge. Nara and Narayana Åñis You are never touched by any of these elements. exhibited His renunciation.) You are the witness of everything as Parabrahman Everything and everyone, including human and Paramatma. O Supreme Personality of God- beings and even the demons and the head, nothing is unknown to You. Dear Lord, Dänavas, is but an expansion of Your energy. You are omniscient, and therefore You know O supremely powerful one, You have always very well why we have taken shelter at Your lotus appeared in Your forms as the various incarnations feet, which provide shade that gives relief from all to punish the demons as soon as they become very material disturbances. Since You are the supreme powerful. You appear as Lord Vamanadeva, Lord spiritual master and You know everything, we have Rama and Lord Krishna. You appear sometimes sought shelter of Your lotus feet for instruction. as an animal like Lord Boar, sometimes a mixed Please give us relief by counteracting our present incarnation like Lord Narsimhadeva and Lord distress. Your lotus feet are the only shelter for a , and some-times an aquatic like Lord fully surrendered devotee and are the only means Fish and Lord . Assuming such various for subduing all the tribulations of this material forms, You have always punished the demons and world. Therefore, O Lord, O supreme controller, Dänavas. We therefore pray that Your Lordship O Lord Krishna, please annihilate this dangerous appear today as another incarnation, if You so demon Vrtrasura, Tvasta’s son, who has already desire, to kill the great demon Vrtrasura. O supreme swallowed all our weapons, our paraphernalia protector, O grandfather, O supreme pure, O Lord! for fighting, and our strength and influence. O We are all surrendered souls at Your lotus feet. Lord, O supreme pure, You live within the core of Indeed, our minds are bound to Your lotus feet everyone’s heart and observe all the desires and in by chains of love. Please manifest activities of the conditioned souls. O Supreme Your incarnation at this time. Accepting us as Your Personality of Godhead known as Lord Krishna, own eternal servants and devotees, be pleased Your reputation is bright and illuminating. You with us and sympathetic toward us. By Your love- have no beginning, for You are the beginning of filled glance, with its cool and pleasing smile of everything. This is understood by pure devotees sympathy, and by the sweet, nectarean words because You are easily accessible to the pure emanating from Your beautiful face, free us from and truthful. When the conditioned souls are the anxiety caused by this Vrtrasura, who always liberated and find shelter at Your lotus feet after gives pain to the cores of our hearts. O Lord, as the roving throughout the material world for many small sparks of a fire cannot possibly perform the millions of years, they attain the highest success actions of the complete fire, we sparks of Your of life. Therefore, O Lord, O Supreme Personality Lordship cannot inform You of the necessities of of Godhead, we offer our respectful obeisance at our lives. You are the complete whole. Therefore, Your lotus feet. of what do we need to inform You? You know Sri Sukadeva Goswami said: O King Pariksit, everything because You are the original cause of when the demigods offered the Lord their sincere the cosmic manifestation, the maintainer and the prayers in this way, He listened by His causeless annihilator of the entire universal creation. You mercy. Being pleased by their words, He then always engage in Your pastimes with Your spiritual replied to the demigods. and material energies, for You are the controller of The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O all these varied energies. You exist within all living beloved demigods, you have offered your prayers entities, within the cosmic manifestation, and also to Me with great knowledge, and I am certainly beyond them. You exist internally as Parabrahman most pleased with you. A person is liberated by and externally as the ingredients of the material such knowledge, and thus he remembers My creation. Therefore, although manifested in exalted position, which is above the conditions various stages, at different times and places, and in of material life. Such a devotee is fully purified various bodies, You, the Personality of Godhead, by offering prayers in full knowledge. This is are the original cause of all causes. Indeed, You the source of devotional service to Me. O best are the original element. You are the witness of all of the intelligent demigods, although it is true Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 99, Page—7

that nothing is difficult for one to obtain when kumaras. It is said that Dadhyanca gave them I am pleased with him, a pure devotee, whose mantras through the head of a horse. Therefore mind is exclusively fixed upon Me, does not ask the mantras are called Açvaçira. After obtaining Me for anything but the opportunity to engage the mantras of spiritual science from Dadhici, in devotional service. Those who think material the Ashvini-kumaras became jévan-mukta, assets to be everything or to be the ultimate goal liberated even in this life. Dadhyanca’s invincible of life are called misers [kåpaëas]. They do not protective covering known as the Näräyaëa- know the ultimate necessity of the soul. Moreover, kavaca was given to Tvasta who delivered it to his if one awards that which is desired by such fools, son Vishvarupa, from whom you have received he must also be considered foolish. it. Because of this Näräyaëa-kavaca, Dadhici’s svayaà niùçreyasaà vidvän body is now very strong. You should therefore na vakty ajïäya hi beg him for his body. When the Ashvini-kumaras na räti rogiëo 'pathyaà beg for Dadhyanca’s body on your be-half, he väïchato 'pi bhiñaktamaù will surely give it because of affection. Do not doubt this, for Dadhyanca is very experienced A pure devotee who is fully accomplished in the in religious understanding. When Dadhyanca science of devotional service will never instruct awards you his body, will prepare a a foolish person to engage in fruitive activities thunderbolt from his bones. This thunderbolt will for material enjoyment, not to speak of helping certainly kill Vrtrasura because it will be invested him in such activities. Such a devotee is like an with My power. Upon the demise of Vrtrasura experienced physician, who never encourages a by My spiritual strength, you will regain your patient to eat food injurious to his health, even if strength, weapons and wealth. Thus there will be the patient desires it. all good fortune for all of you. Although Vrtrasura O Maghavan [Indra], may there be all good can destroy all within the three worlds, do not fear fortune to you. I advise you to approach the exalted that he will harm you. He is also My devotee and saint Dadhici. He has become very accomplished will never show malevolence towards yourself. in knowledge, vows and austerities, and his body — Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 6: is very strong. Go and ask him for his body without Prescribed Duties for Mankind » SB 6.9: Appearance of the delay. The saintly Dadhyanca, who is also known DemonVrtrasura» Verses: 1-55. as Dadhici, personally assimilated the spiritual science and then delivered it to the Ashvini-

www.ibmedu.org Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya Issue no 99, Page — 8 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä A Devotee Is Never Envious we speak about the devotees we must naturally His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami speak about the Supreme Lord, just as when we discuss a man’s son, it is natural to speak of his A devotee of the Lord is never envious of father. Similarly, bhakti, the devotee, and the any person, what to speak of other devotees. Supreme Lord are inseparable. The devotees As revealed later, Vrtrasura is also a devotee. are ever dependent on Krishna, and Krishna is Therefore it is not expected that he will be envious ever dependent on His devotees. They are non- of the demigods. Indeed, of his own accord, he different just as the body’s limbs are inseparably will try to benefit the demigods. A devotee does connected to the body. If we try to remove the not hesitate to give up his own body for a better devotees from the dialogue when discussing the cause. Canakya Pandita said, san-nimitte varaà Lord, that would be a huge error as He is the tyägo vinäçe niyate . After all, the entirety of Absolute Truth complete with His energies. If one's material possessions, including his body, we stop the worship of the devotees, there is no will be destroyed in due course of time. Therefore question of worshiping the Lord. if the body and other possessions can be utilized Bypassing the devotee amounts to having a for a better cause, a devotee never hesitates to give partial conception of the worshipable Lord. If them up – including even his own body. Because the devotees are separated from the Lord, their Lord wanted to save the demigods, propensity to serve the Lord is also checked, and Vrtrasura, even though able to swallow the three they will be encouraged to become independent. worlds, will agree to be killed by the demigods. This is how the non-devotees think and desire. The For a devotee there is no difference between devotees not only serve the Lord but serve those living and dying because in this life a devotee who are engaged in His service. The word “Lord” engages in devotional service, and after giving here refers to His name, form, qualities, pastimes, up his body, he engages in the same service in and associates. Our attempt to worship the Lord the spiritual world. His devotional service is never directly may not often reach Him, but worship of hindered. the Lord performed through the devotee as via media is infallible and is bound to reach the Lord. — Çrémad-Bhägavatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 6: This is because in that case, the devotee takes all Prescribed Duties for Mankind » SB 6.9: Appearance of the responsibility for the one worshiping the Lord DemonVrtrasura» Verses: 55. and ensures that the Lord receives the offering. — Amåta Väëé: Nectar of Instructions of Immoratality , His Can One Achieve Any Benefit Without Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura Prabhupäda, Serving The Devotees? Compiled by Çrépäda Bhakti Mayukha Bhägavat Mahäraja, Srila Bhaktisiddhnata Saraswati Thakura Adapted and Published by Éçvara däsa.

One who serves the Supreme Lord is a devotee, The Tactics For Removing Anarthas and the one who accepts service from His devotees Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura as their worshipable Lord is God. The truth is that the Lord’s devotees are as worshipable as the Lord Himself. Thus there are two kinds of worship; What is the attitude one should have worship of the worshipable Lord, and worship towards his and the Vaisnavas? of His worshipable servants. The Supreme Lord “One should always serve the spiritual master is just like the sun, and the devotees or spiritual and the Vaisnavas by respecting them equally. masters are just like it’s light. The worshipable Lord One should keep firm faith in the words of the and His servants are thus inseparably connected. previous äcäryas.” The devotees are never disconnected from the —Sajjana Toñaëé 7/3 Lord. The Lord is complete, and the devotees are dependent on Him. How should one respond to the scolding The devotees are those who possess the capacity of a Vaisnava? of devotional service to the Supreme Lord. When “If one is chastised by a qualified Vaisnava he Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya www.ibmedu.org nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 99, Page—9 should simply remain silent and never think of stage of bhäva, or , almost all anarthas are retaliation or revenge.” destroyed. In this development, if the desire for —Sajjana Toñaëé 7/4 fame arises due to the company of non-devotees, it leads to kuöénäöé (diplomacy), which then What should be the mentality and behavior results in one’s fall-down. Therefore, one should of a practitioner of devotional service? carefully abandon the company of non-devotees “A practitioner of devotional service should and at the same time one should always chant the show humility before the Supreme Lord, present Lord’s name in great ecstasy.” himself as uneducated before the spiritual master, —Bhajana-rahasya Chapter 1 be submissive to the Vaisnavas, and manifest —An excerpt from Bhaktivinoda Väné Vaibhäva » Published by detachment towards material existence.” Éçvara däsa. —Sajjana Toñaëé 7/3 !! Sri Sri Gaurchandra Jayati !! ISKCON Bhāgavata Mahāvidyālaya What are the methods for removing is a branch of anarthas? What is the secret of worshiping International Society for Krishna Consciousness Founder-Äcärya: His Divine Grace the Lord in the mood of Braja ? A.C. 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