KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 1 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:56:550:56:55 KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 2 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:120:57:12 sei gopī-gaṇa-madhye uttamā rādhikā rūpe, guṇe, saubhāgye, preme sarvādhikā Among the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhikā is the foremost. She surpasses all in beauty, in good qualities, in good fortune and, above all, in love. (Cc. Ādi 4.214) gopī-gaṇa-madhye śreṣṭhā rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī nirmala-ujjvala-rasa-prema-ratna-khani Of all the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the chief. She is a jewel mine of ecstatic love and the source of all purifi ed transcendental conjugal mellows. (Cc. Madhya 14.160) iii KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 3 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:120:57:12 KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 4 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:120:57:12 Kaustubha maṇi The Purest Jewel of Ecstatic Love Verses, quotations and terms from Vedic literatures Compiled by Darpa hārī dās Sarajevo, 2019 KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 5 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:120:57:12 Kaustubha maṇi The Purest Jewel of Ecstatic Love Verses, quotations and terms from Vedic literatures Compiled and edited by Darpa hārī dās Typed by Nanda Dulāl dās Proofread by Tulasī Jīvani devī dāsī Layout and design by Nanda Bābā dās Published by Darpa hārī dās Printed by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 6 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:120:57:12 Table of Contents Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s lotus feet ............................................................ iii Śrīla Prabhupāda’s picture ..................................................................ix Introduction .........................................................................................xi Invocation .........................................................................................xiii Meditation on humbleness ................................................................ xvi Kaustubha maṇi – verses, quotations and terms from Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Nectar of devotion, Brahma- sūtra, Upaniṣads and Purāṇas ...................................................1 – 354 • Some verses about our original position ...................................1 • Some verses about the brahma-bhūta stage .............................7 • Nine symptoms of ecstatic emotion (bhāva) for Kṛṣṇa ..........22 • Manifestation of controlling and controlled entities (and material bodies) from the transcendental body of Mahā-Viṣṇu ........................................................32 – 35 • Five kinds of nescience created by Brahmā ...........................39 • Creations from the body of Brahmā ...............................42 – 46 • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the Supreme Personality of Godhead ...................................................49 – 52 • Ten subjects of the Bhāgavatam .....................................52 – 54 • Different beings created by Brahmā .......................................58 • Aṣṭāṅga-yoga meditation on the SPG .............................62 – 69 • Some ṣlokas on education ...............................................88 – 90 • General principles to be followed by all human beings ........................................................................121 • Some quotes from the Upaniṣads and Brahma-sūtra ..............................................................131 – 144 • Some quotes from the Upaniṣads ...............................168 – 170 • Six “killers” of bhakti ...........................................................172 • The Twenty Six Qualities of Devotees .................................178 • The material mind as the cause of another material body ..............................................................192 – 193 • Eternal nature of Personality of Godhead’s Forms, Names, Abodes, Qualities, Pastimes and Entourage ....................................................................198 – 202 • The four categories of universal annihilation .......................206 KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 7 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:120:57:12 • The importance of describing, remember ing and glorifying the Supreme Lord and glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ...............................................211 – 214 • The Nectar of Devotion topics ....................................214 – 233 • Different degrees of transcendental ecstatic emotions in love of Lord Kṛṣṇa ..................................242 – 256 • The Absolute Truth (summum bonum) in three Features ......................................................................257 – 264 • Thirteen types of yogīs and munis ........................................265 • The sixty-four items required in Deity worship .........270 – 274 • Quotations from Caitānya-caritāmṛta (Madhya and Antya-līlā) ............................................274 – 314 • The ecstatic feelings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Mind ....................................................314 – 319 • Transcendental lamentation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.................................................................319 – 321 • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s absorption in the ecstatic mood of the gopīs .....................................321 – 327 • Lord Śrī Caitanya tastes nectar from the lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa ............................................328 – 334 • Transcendental thirst of Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu.................................................................334 – 339 • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ardha-bāhya description of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s sporting pastimes in the water of the Yamunā .........................................339 – 343 • The ecstatic madness (udghūrṇā) of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ...........................................344 – 347 • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smells the scent of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body ...................................347 – 348 • Śrī Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers spoken by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ...........................................349 – 351 • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tastes the pure love for Kṛṣṇa felt by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī ....................352 – 354 Appendixes • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu The Supreme Personality of Godhead ...............................................357 – 361 • On the importance of applying and wearing tilaka marks ................................................................363 – 368 • The Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa ..............................369 – 382 • Vaiṣṇava disappearance rites ......................................383 – 388 KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 8 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:130:57:13 We offer this book at the lotus feet of our dear grand- spiritual master His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swa- mi Prabhupāda asking him humbly to accept it. ix KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 9 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:130:57:13 KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 1010 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:140:57:14 Introduction Someone may say: “What is the need for one more compilation book in our society of Kṛṣṇa’s devotees, we already have a few excellent books of that kind?” Yes, that is true. There are some compilation works from our great preceptors and pure devotees [for example Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Bhaktisid- dhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura] and we also have a very nice book of Śrīla Prabhupāda ślokas. But let me point out that in the process of learning and studying repetition certainly plays the key role, as the old Latin sentence says – Repetitio est mater studiorum. Also, when two persons do the same thing, it is never the same, as the another Latin sentence confi rms – Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem. So, in presenting this compilation of mine [Kaustub- ha maṇi] and probably repeating many things already spoken by our great masters, I do not see anything wrong, I do not see any harm. The prime duty of disciples and grand-disciples is to repeat the words of their masters and to follow their footsteps without deviation. Now, I fi nd it quite appropriate to mention that I am presenting this work of mine in the mature period of my life, and after spending more than thirty years in constant chant- ing, reading, translating and even personally writing some books [for additional information please do visit my web site – www. darpaharidas.org]. So, this compilation is the attempt of a senior devotee to touch [and share with others] just a drop of nectarean “water” coming from the vast ocean of Vedic wisdom. Kaustubha maṇi is, so to say, a text book, intended [in the fi rst place] for the preachers in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, as well as for all other English speaking devotees who want to improve their knowledge and make their devotion more profound. It is the result of my everyday’s reading hours and association with Śrīla Prabhupāda’s principal books [Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgav- atam, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta and Nectar of Devotion]. During these hours I have made some efforts to write out [on the small xi KKaustubhaaustubha MManiani - PPocetaka.inddocetaka.indd 1111 44.4.2019..4.2019. 110:57:140:57:14 sheets of paper] all the “things” I have found interesting, sig- nifi cant and inspiring. [Now I know that all these “things”, pre- sented in such a brilliant way, have been imposed on my mind and heart by the power of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s grace.] Eventually that pile of papers has been transformed into a book – Kaustub- ha maṇi, which I decided [or dared] to print in its “raw” form, without any systematization,