Gour Govinda Swami - Radha Prema Makes Krishna Mad PDF
Gour Govinda Swami - Radha Prema Makes Krishna Mad PDF
Maìgaläcaraëa i
Sabarana-Gaura-Mahima
— The Glories of Lord Gauräìga i
Kothäya Go Prema-Mayé xi
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Maìgaläcaraëa
Sabarana-Gaura-Mahima
The Glories of Lord Gauräìga
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura)
(1)
gauräìgera duöé-pada, jära dhana sampada,
se jäne bhakati rasa sära
gauräìgera madhura lélä, jä’ra karëe praveçilä,
hådoya nirmala bhelo tä’ra
(2)
je gauräìgera näma loya, tä’ra hoya premodoya,
täre mui jäi bolihäré
gauräìga guëete jhure, nitya-lélä tä’ra sphure,
se jana bhakati adhikäré
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(3)
gauräìgera saìgé gaëe, nitya-siddha kori mäne,
se jäya vrajendra-suta päça
çré gauòa-maëòala bhümi, jebä jäne cintämaëi,
tä’ra hoya vraja-bhüme väsa
(4)
gaura prema rasärëave, se taraìge jebä òübe,
se rädhä-mädhava-antaraìga
gåhe vä vanete thäke, hä gauräìga bole òäke,
narottama mäge tä’ra saìga
“If one says, ‘Let me dive deep into the waves of the
nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement
introduced by Lord Caitanya,’ he immediately becomes one
of the confidential devotees of Rädhä and Kåñëa. It does
not matter whether one is a householder living at home or
a vänaprastha or sannyäsé living in the forest, if he chants ‘O
Gauräìga’, and becomes a devotee of Lord Caitanya, then
Narottama däsa begs to have his association.”
oà ajïäna-timirändhasya
jïänäïjana-çaläkayä
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çré-caitanya-mano-‘bhéñöaà
sthäpitaà yena bhü-tale
svayaà rüpaù kadä mahyaà
dadäti sva-padäntikam
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he kåñëa karuëä-sindho
déna-bandho jagat-pate
gopeça gopikä-känta
rädhä-känta namo ‘stu te
tapta-käïcana-gauräìgi
rädhe våndävaneçvari
våñabhänu-sute devi
praëamämi hari-priye
väïchä-kalpatarubhyaç ca
kåpä-sindhubhya eva ca
patitänäà pävanebhyo
vaiñëavebhyo namo namaù
namo mahä-vadänyäya
kåñëa-prema-pradäya te
kåñëäya kåñëa-caitanya-
nämne gaura-tviñe namaù
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Maìgaläcaraëa
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Maìgaläcaraëa
äjänu-lambita-bhujau kanakävadätau
saìkértanaika-pitarau kamaläyatäksau
visvambharau dvija-varau yuga-dharma-pälau
vande jagat priya-karau karuëävatärau
çré-vraja-räja-nandana rädhikä-jévana-dhana
aparüpa ei saba kathä
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yasyaiva pädämbuja-bhakti-läbhyaù
premäbhidhänaù paramaù pum-arthaù
tasmai jagan-maìgala-maìgaläya
caitanya-candräya namo namas te
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änanda-lélämaya-vigrahäya
hemäbha-divya-cchavi-sundaräya
tasmai mahä-prema-rasa-pradäya
caitanya-candräya namo namas te
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Kothäya Go Prema-Mayé
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Makes Kåñëa Mad
For the last two days, and this will be the third day, we have
been discussing the causes for the advent of prema-puruñottama
Çacénandana Gauräìga. There are two types of causes: one is
external, and another is internal. I have already discussed what
the external causes are; yuga-dharma pravartana, and prema-däna.
These external causes are meant for the living entities of Kali-
yuga. The internal cause is for Himself. The external cause is the
need of others, whereas the internal cause is Kåñëa’s own need,
and those are three.
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Rädhä-Prema Is My Guru
Thus the three reasons for becoming mad are not applicable to
Kåñëa. Still He becomes mad. This is very wonderful. So what is
it that makes Kåñëa mad? It is rädhä-prema that makes Kåñëa mad.
That rädhä-prema is incomparable. It cannot be compared to any
prema.
Çréla Kaviräja Gosvämé has written Kåñëa’s own statement in
Caitanya-caritämåta:
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take shelter at His lotus feet. That Kåñëa begs the lotus feet of
Rädhäräëé, dehi-päda-pallavam udäram, “Rädhäräëé, please give
Me Your lotus feet.” Rädhä-prema becomes the guru and Kåñëa
becomes the disciple. Sadä ämä nänä nåtye näcäya udbhaöa, “As
guru can make his disciple go up and down, and up and down,
in the same way rädhä-prema makes Me go up and down, up and
down. I am dancing.”
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prema I don’t know what I do.” Because a madman does not know
what he is doing.
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Me Your garments. I’ll wash them so nicely that they will be more
blazing than sunlight. Please give Me Your garments. I’ll wash
them very nicely.” Is it not madness?
Is He Not a Madman?
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“If sometime I can be the abode of that love, only then may
I taste its joy.”
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Rädhä-Prema
The Combination of Two Opposites
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This is rädhä-prema. Rädhä has such prema, but still, what does
Rädhäräëé say? Rädhäräëé thinks Herself hata bhagiëé dina.
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Rädhäräëé has said, “I have no love for Kåñëa. I am far, far away
from it.”
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ei premä-äsvädana, tapta-ikñu-carvaëa,
mukha jvale, nä yäya tyajana
sei premä yäìra mane, tära vikrama sei jäne,
viñämåte ekatra milana
(Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya-lélä 2.51)
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