www.mahavishnugoswami.com SB Saptah Day 7A - Mother Teaches Vedic Culture Verse: SB 4.9.6 Location: Sydney [Maharaj lovingly sings Srila Prabhupada Pranati and a beautiful kirtan.] Nama om visnu-paadaaya krsna-presthaaya bhu-tale Srimate bhaktivedaanta-svaamin iti naamine Namas te saarvasate deve gaura-vaani-pracaarine Nirvisesa-sunyavaadi-paascaatya-desa-taarine Jaya sri-krsna-caitanaya prabhu nityaananda Sri-advaita gadaadhara srivaasaadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda Jaya sri-krsna-caitanaya prabhu nityaananda Sri-advaita gadaadhara srivaasaadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda Jaya sri-krsna-caitanaya prabhu nityaananda Sri-advaita gadaadhara srivaasaadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Govinda jaya jaya, Gopaala jaya jaya, Raadhaa-Ramana Hari, Govinda jaya jaya, Govinda Govinda Hare Murari, Govinda Govinda Hare Murari, Govinda Govinda Rathangapane, Govinda Govinda Rathangapane, Govinda Govinda Mukunda Krishna, Govinda Govinda Mukunda Krishna, Govinda Govinda namo Namaste, Govinda Govinda namo Namaste, Govinda Govinda Govinda Govinda, Gopala Gopala Gopala Gopala, Govinda Gopala Govinda Gopala, Govinda Gopala Govinda Gopala, Gopala Govinda Gopala Govinda, Gopala Govinda Gopala Govinda, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Nitai Gaura Hari bol, Hari bol, Hari bol, Nitai Gaura Hari bol. Hari bol, Hari bol, Hari bol, Hari bol Hari bol, Hari bol, Hari bol, Hari bol Jaya Radha-Madana Mohan Radha-Madana Mohan Radhe Jaya Radha-Govinda Radha-Govinda Radhe Jaya Radha-Gopala Radha-Gopala Radhe Jaya Radha-Rasabhihari Radha-Rasabhiari Radhe Jaya Radha-Gokulananda Radha-Gokulananda Radhe Jaya Radha-Gopinatha Radha-Gopinatha Radhe Jaya Radhe Jaya Radhe Jaya Radhe Jaya Sri Radhe Jaya Radhe Jaya Radhe Jaya Radhe Jaya Sri Radhe Jaya Jaya Srila Prabhupada Prabhupada Prabhupada Prabhupada Jaya Jaya Srila Prabhupada Prabhupada Prabhupada Prabhupada Jai Srila Prabhupada Ki Jai! Sri Krishna Janmahostava ki Jai! Today we are lucky to have darshan of Supreme Absolute Truth Sri Krishna. om ajñāna-timirāndhasya ́ jñānāñjana-śalākayā caksuṛ unmīlitam yena ́ tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīsṭ aṃ ́ sthāpitam yená bhū-tale svayam rūpah́ kadạ̄ mahyaḿ dadāti sva-padāntikam he krṣ ṇ ạ karunā-sindho ̣ dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te vamshi vibhushita karan nava nira dabhat pitambarah aruna-bimba phala darushta purnendu mukha aravinda netra krsnat param kim-api-tatvam aham na jane Krishnah sharanam samasta jagataam Krishnam vina ka gatih Krishnena prati hanyate kali malam Krishnaya padyam Krishnaat trasiti kalah bhima bhuja go Krishnasyaata susmiram Kirshne bhaktir akandita bhava tume Bho Krishna tvam eva ashraya Shanta Karam Bhujaga Shayanam Padmanabham Suresham Vishvadharam Gagana Sadrsham Megha Varnam Shubhangam Lakshmi Kantam Kamala Nayanam Yogibhir Dhyana Gamyam Vande Vishnum Bhava Bhaya Haram Sarva Lokaiaka Natham yam brahma varunendra rudra marutayi stunanvanti devai stavai vedai sangpadokramopanishadai gayanti yam samaga dhyanavasthit tadgatena manasa pashyanti yam yoginah yashyatmam na me vidu suraganah devaya tasmai namah kasturi tilakam lalata phalake vakshasthale kaustubham nasagre vara mauktikam karatale venum kare kankanam sarvange hari chandanam su lalitam kanthehecha muktavali gopastri pariveshtito vijayate gopala chudamani janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārthesṿ abhijñah svarāṭ ̣ tene brahma hrdạ̄ ya ādi-kavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ tejo-vāri-mrdāṃ yathā́ vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mrṣ ạ̄ dhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakam satyaḿ paraḿ dhīmahi ́ (SB: 1.1.1) tapta-kāñcana-gaurāńgi rādhe vrndāvaneśvarị vrṣ abhānu-sutẹ devi pranamāmị hari-priye vāñchā-kalpatarubhyaś ca krpā-sindhubhyạ eva ca patitānām pāvanebhyó vaisṇ avebhyọ namo namaḥ śrī-krṣ ṇ a-caitanyạ prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vrndạ hare krṣ ṇ ạ hare krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ hare hare / hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare Then you can sing Kunti Prayers 4, 5 verses [SB 1.8.18 to 1.8.22]. kunti uvāca namasye purusaṃ tvādyaḿ īśvaram prakŕ teḥ paraṃ alaksyaṃ sarva-bhūtānāḿ antar bahir avasthitam māyā-javanikācchannam ajñādhoksajaṃ avyayam na laksyasẹ mūdha-dṛ śạ̄ natọ nātyadharọ yathā tathā paramahamsānāḿ munīnāḿ amalātmanām bhakti-yoga-vidhānārtham kathaḿ paśyemá hi striyaḥ krṣ ṇ āyạ vāsudevāya devakī-nandanāya ca nanda-gopa-kumārāya govindāya namo namaḥ namah pańkaja-nābhāyạ namah pańkaja-mālinẹ namah pańkaja-netrāyạ namas te pańkajāńghraye hare krṣ ṇ ạ hare krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ hare hare / hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare hare krṣ ṇ ạ hare krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ hare hare / hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare Not loud enough, loudly hare krṣ ṇ ạ hare krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ krṣ ṇ ạ hare hare / hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare In Kunti prayers, there is again one nice verse from Śrīmad-Bhagavatam 1.8.36. Srimad Bhagavata maha puran ki jai! śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ smaranti nandanti tavehitaṁ janāḥ ta eva paśyanty acireṇa tāvakaṁ bhava-pravāhoparamaṁ padāmbujam O Kṛṣṇa, those who continuously hear, chant and repeat Your transcendental activities, or take pleasure in others' doing so, certainly see Your lotus feet, which alone can stop the repetition of birth and death. Fortunately all our languages are very near to Sanskrit and whenever the verse comes in front of us, half of the verse we may know already. śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti abhīkṣṇaśaḥ. abhīkṣṇaśaḥ word, we don’t know, we know śṛṇvanti – listen, keep listening, and when we keep listening, we learn everything. We learn so many things by hearing. Before we go to kindergarten or school or whatever, we learn so many things from our mother. Mother teaches half of the education which we have. After mother stops teaching, we always learn nonsense. Mother is the real teacher and that’s why in the pages of Bhägavatam verse 5.5.18 it is clearly said, gurur na sa syāt sva-jano na sa syāt pitā na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt daivaṁ na tat syān na patiś ca sa syān na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-mṛtyum Lord Rsabhadeva said to his sons: One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a father, a husband, a mother or a worshipable demigod. Mother always teaches us how to get rid of this janma mrtyu jara vyadi. Vedic mothers are trained in this direction. They only have two types of knowledge at their disposal. One is they are expert in cooking. It’s not that for one week we cook and then stuff it into our refrigerator and then eat junk every day. No! That is not Vedic mother. She immediately cooks very nice, never sits with husband, but serves him. If you are not attached to one man then you will have to obey hundreds of persons. That is the constitution Kṛṣṇa has given. Always the mothers must be protected. It is better to have one man with her good or bad, and cooking must be very immaculate. Somehow or other the times are very precarious, we don’t know really. May be wife is working, husband is not working. So somebody has to cook. So equally the men also must learn cooking and the women also, but by their own constitution, they are expert in cooking because the service is the main quality of matajis. They serve without any discrimination. Always there is some service, they will do that. As soon as they learn cooking, then their dependents are very happy. Their health is quite alright and nothing goes wrong generally. Then second thing they learn is the Vedic traditions. They always remember when ekadasi is there and how to make delicious dishes on ekadasi also. So that you will be tempted to carry on further with ekadasi. Srila Prabhupäda used to call ekadasi feast. He said there is no need to starve, we may have ekadasi feast. So mothers are very expert and they cook very nicely. Our mataji from Singapore, Devaki’s mother-in-law she cooks rasagulla so nice, that for rasagulla we always visit Singapore [laughter]. Very nice cooking and side by side the Vedic traditions are there. Prabhupäda said, “Now it is other way. The daughters will become Kṛṣṇa consciousness first and then mother will” [laughter]. So please this should not be the case. It is very easy to have this purified consciousness. Extra purified consciousness is correctly known as Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As soon as we accept gṛṇanty, śṛṇvanti gāyanti , as soon as you hear, you are going to sing or you are going to talk. Even talking about Kṛṣṇa is also singing. In Vaikunta nobody talks; they sing, nobody walks; they dance because they are always in bliss. There is no anxiety. Mental anguish is completely absent and that is the main gift of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is very easy. As soon as you pronounce maha mantra somehow or the other subtly your anguish vanishes till that time at least. So please it’s your duty to accept the authority of Kṛṣṇa in this age. It is very difficult for us, for young people particularly. Our young ones are lost completely. They don’t have any idea of this root culture. This root culture has got to be put into practice and as soon as you follow this culture at the same moment, you will become very simple. And as soon as the simplicity and the culture goes hand in hand, then no way you are going to suffer. Sufferings will also become very easy. We can just carry on. Those who are always remembering Kṛṣṇa, seeing Kṛṣṇa, visiting some places where Kṛṣṇa pastimes are told, or making their own houses Kṛṣṇa conscious, then their ocean of misery becomes like a hoof print. Cow has hoof and during the rainy season cow walks in the mud.