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Be Patient and Return Home

06 Oct 2016 Leave a comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Krsna Consciousness, Sri Caitanya-Caritamrta Tags: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, back home, back to Godhead, Madhya16.236, Madhya16.237, Madhya16.238, Madhya16.239, material existience, material world, omniscient, Raghunatha dasa Goswami, showbottle devotee false renunciant, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada

Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami

I have always liked the following verses from the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. They remind me to slow down, chant nicely, and don’t be attached.

Since Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was omniscient, He could understand Raghunātha dāsa’s mind. The Lord therefore instructed him with the following reassuring words.

“Be patient and return home. Don’t be a crazy fellow. By and by you will be able to cross the ocean of material existence.

“You should not make yourself a showbottle devotee and become a false renunciant. For the time being, enjoy the material world in a befitting way and do not become attached to it.”

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued: “Within your heart, you should keep yourself very faithful, but externally you may behave like an ordinary man. Thus Kṛṣṇa will soon be very pleased and deliver you from the clutches of māyā. (Cc. Madhya 16.236-239)

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The Beauty of Srimati Radharani

11 Jan 2014 Leave a comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Raghunatha dasa Goswami, Sri Premambhoja-maranda, Srimati Radharani, Transcendental Qualities of Radha Tags: 8.166, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, beauty of Srimati Radharani, kacchapi-vina, Kaviraja Goswami, Lord Krsna, Madhya-lila, perfumed massage, premambhojs-maranda, Radha, Radharani, Raghunatha dasa Goswami, Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Sri Premambhoja maranda, Srila Prabhupada, transcendental fragrances

The following is a very beautiful verse from the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 8.166, describing the beauty and fragrance of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. The purport is a summary translation of the Sri Premāmbhoja-maranda, a song composed by Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, which Kavirāja Gosvāmī quotes, and is given to us by Srila Prabhupada, as described by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. The full song follows the text and purport.

“Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s transcendental body is brilliant in luster and full of all transcendental fragrances. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s affection for Her is like a perfumed massage. (Madhya 8.166)