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nr-vaprc nava-bnaht-sasya-vtatcn
sanjvan svagama-
rambnc hama-taparttu-ana-aman
vsvapagoIIasn uran mc maru-
sahnno p saras-bnavaya bnuyat prabnu-
sr-catanya-hrpa-nranhusa-mana-
manurya-haambn
Tlc mcicy ol Slii Kiislna Claiianya Malapiablu is an unconiiollablc
cloud banl ol cxquisiicly swcci ncciai wlosc suddcn appcaiancc lully icjuvcnaics
ilc giains ol ninc-lold blalii in ilc licld ol ilc lcaii, cxiinguislcs ilc buining
summci lcai ol lusi and bcsiows iapiuic io ilc univcisal iivci ol living bcings.
Iiom lai oll, may ilosc clouds ol ilc Loid's mcicy givc saiislaciion and plcasuic
cvcn io ilis woiillcss soul, a diicd-up iicc in ilc dcscii.`
Tlougl picvious malajans (Piallad, Dliuva, Kumaias, cic.) lavc ialcn
up ilc pail ol bnaht, I consianily pay my obcisanccs io Sliila Rupa Goswami, ilc
Loid's dcai onc, by wlosc mcicy onc now aiiains ilc iniclligcncc io scc bnaht in
iis complcic rasa loim.`
Wc will piocccd on ilc basis ol snastra oi sciipiuial cvidcncc (snaba
praman), wlicl is ilc bcsi ol all cvidcnccs. Tlus ilc Taiiiiiiya Upanislad (snrut),
alici discussing ilc dillcicni covciings (annamaya, cic.), cmplaiically dcclaics ilai
supciioi io lialman, wlo is ilc slclici oi suppoii ol ilcsc covciings: branma
puccnam pratstna (2.5.2), is ilc param ananamaya purusna or paratpara tattva
(mosi supicmc iiuil) by dcsciibing Him as ilc cmbodimcni ol iasa: iaso vai sal
iasam ly cvayam labdlvanandi blavaii, ilc Loid is iasa iiscll and, aiiaining ilai
iasa, ilc jiva bccomcs blisslul (2.7.2). In ilis vcin, ilc Sliimad llagavaiam, ilc
cicam ol Vcdania and cmpcioi among all iypcs ol cvidcncc, dcsciibcs Loid
Kiislna as ilc lull cmbodimcni ol iasa oi plcasuic:
maIIanam asanr nrnam nara-
varan strnam smaro murtman
gopanam sva-jano satam hst-
bnujam sasta sva-ptron ssun
mrtyur bnoja-patcr vran avusam tattvam
param yognam
vrsnnam para-cvatct vto ragam
gatan sagrajan
Tlc vaiious gioups ol pcoplc in ilc wicsiling aicna icgaidcd Kiislna in
dillcicni ways wlcn Hc cnicicd ii wiil His cldci bioilci. Tlc wicsilcis saw
Kiislna as a liglining boli, ilc oidinaiy mcn as ilc bcsi ol mcn, ilc womcn as
Cupid incainaic, ilc cowlcid mcn as ilcii iclaiivc, ilc impious iulcis as a
clasiisci, His paicnis as ilcii clild, ilc King ol lloja as dcail, ilc unlcaincd as
ilc univcisal loim, ilc yogis as ilc Absoluic Tiuil, and ilc Viislnis as ilcii
supicmc woislipablc Dciiy. (Sl 10.+3.17)
In ilc llagavad-giia (1+.27) as wcll, ilc Loid Himscll assciis His idcniiiy
abovc lialman: bialmano li piaiisilalam, I am ilc basis ol lialman. Tlcicloic,
ilc Absoluic Tiuil is nonc oilci ilan ilc all-blisslul iiansccndcnial Viajiaja
Nandana, Slii Kiislna ilc son ol ilc King ol Viaja. Hc is cquippcd wiil
iiansccndcnial (sluddla saiiva) cicinal namcs, loims, qualiiics, and pasiimcs.
Tlis blisslul Loid docs noi dcsccnd io luman pciccpiions ol ilc cai, cyc, mind
and inicllcci by any maiciial causc, bui iailci simply by His own indcpcndcni
will. Jusi as by His own will, Hc appcaicd in ilc maiciial woild as
Kiislna, in ilc Yadu dynasiy, and Rama, in ilc Raglu dynasiy.
Tlc Loid is noi dcpcndcni on any maiciial causc loi His appcaiancc.
Similaily, His non-dillcicni cncigy, dcvoiional scivicc (bnaht), in lccping wiil iis
scll-manilcsiing naiuic, is noi dcpcndcni on any maiciial causc. Tlus ii is said:
sa va pumsam paro narmo
yato bnahtr anohsajc
anatuhy apratnata
yayatma suprasat
Tlc supicmc occupaiion (narma) loi all lumaniiy is ilai by wlicl mcn
can aiiain io loving dcvoiional scivicc unio ilc iiansccndcnial Loid. Sucl scivicc
musi bc unmoiivaicd and uniniciiupicd io complcicly saiisly ilc scll.` (Sl .2.6)
Tlc woid anatuh, causclcss, in ilis siaicmcni, indicaics ilai dcvoiional
scivicc appcais wiiloui any maiciial causc (nctu). In sucl siaicmcnis as
yarccnaya mat-hatnaau, il somclow oi oilci a pcison bccomcs aiiaclcd io
lcaiing aboui Mc` (Sl 11.20.S), ma bnahtm ca yarccnaya, somclow lc aiiains
My dcvoiional scivicc` (Sl 11.20.11), and yadrccla-yavopacta, ilc woid
yarcnaya musi mcan by iis own indcpcndcni swcci will. Tlc mcaning ol
yadiiccla in ilc diciionaiy is also complcic indcpcndcncc.` Somc pcoplc ialc ilc
woid io mcan by good loiiunc.` Tlai mcaning is noi suiiablc lcic, loi ilcn onc
musi inquiic aboui ilc oiigin ol ilc good loiiunc. Is ilc causc maiciial pious
aciiviiics (snubna harma) oi noi' Il onc assumcs good loiiunc is gcnciaicd liom
pious aciiviiics, ilis would mcan bnaht is uliimaicly gcnciaicd liom maiciial
laima. Pnaht would bccomc dcpcndcni on maiciial harma. lui ilis is a
coniiadiciion io iis indcpcndcni, scll manilcsiing naiuic. Again, il onc considcis
ilis good loiiunc is noi duc io pious aciiviiics, ii bccomcs boil indcsciibablc by
woids and inconccivablc. Conscqucnily, an inconccivablc cniiiy is insubsianiial
and cannoi dcsciibc ilc causc ol bnaht.
Il onc pioposcs ilai ilc causc ol bnaht is ilc Loid's mcicy, ilcn onc musi
lind a icason loi ilai mcicy. Tlus, ilis siaicmcni, giving iisc io luiilci nccd loi
cxplanaiion, is inconclusivc in iiscll. Onc may luiilci qualily ilis siaicmcni by
saying ilc causc ol bnaht is ilc Loid's unqualilicd (nrupan) oicausclcss mcicy.
Il ilis mcicy is causclcss, ilcn onc slould obscivc ilai ilc Loid bcsiows ii cqually
cvciywlcic. Sincc ii is noi obscivcd io lall on cvciyonc, ilcn ilis would imply ilc
lauli ol paiiialiiy (vasnamya) on ilc paii ol ilc Loid. Tlus, ilc causclcss mcicy ol
ilc Loid also cannoi bc acccpicd as ilc causc ol bnaht.
Somconc may qucsiion ilai ilc Loid punislcs ilc dcmonic and pioiccis
His dcvoiccs--is ilis noi paiiialiiy' lui ilis iypc ol paiiialiiy ilc Loid slows
iowaids His dcvoiccs docs noi imply a lauli (duslanam) in ilc Loid, iailci, ii is
an oinamcni (bnusnanam) wlicl cnlanccs His naiuic. 1ns allcciionaic obligaiion
ol ilc Loid io His dcvoiccs is callcd bnahta-vatsaIya. Ii is ilc all-powcilul ling
wlicl subjugaics ol all ilc Loid's qualiiics and icconcilcs all coniiadicioiy laciois
and will bc lully discusscd in ilc ciglil clapici.
In pioposing ilc unqualilicd, causclcss mcicy ol ilc dcvoicc as ilc causc ol
dcvoiion in anoilci pcison, onc may objcci ilai ilc dcvoicc's mcicy, lilc ilc
Loid's, can bc paiiial. Considciing ilc casc ol ilc manyama bnahta, onc linds lc
docs cxlibii paiiialiiy oi disciciion in lis disiiibuiion ol mcicy. Ioi ii is said in
ilc Pnagavatam, prcma-maiiii-hrpopcsa yan harot sa manyaman, lc cxlibiis
prcma iowaids ilc Loid, liicndslip io ilc dcvoiccs, mcicy io ilc innoccni and
disicgaid loi ilosc losiilc io bnaht (Sl 11.3.+6). In oilci woids, ilis paiiialiiy is
acccpicd as ilc naiuial claiaciciisiic ol ilc manyama bnahta. Sincc ilc Loid is
subscivicni io His dcvoicc, Hc lcis His mcicy lollow alici ilc mcicy ol His dcvoicc
and ilcic is no iiicgulaiiiy in ilis. Now, ilc causc ol ilai mcicy manilcsiing iiscll
in ilc dcvoicc is bnaht iiscll icsiding wiilin lis lcaii. Wiiloui ilc dcvoicc laving
bnaht, ilcic is no possibiliiy ol ilc dcvoicc manilcsiing mcicy io oilcis. Pnaht
causcs ilc dcvoicc's mcicy wlicl causcs bnaht in anoilci pcison. Pnaht causcs
blalii. Tlc scll-manilcsiing, causclcss, indcpcndcni naiuic ol bnaht is ilus
concludcd.
Tlcic is a siaicmcni, yan hcnapy atbnagycna jata srano sya scvanc: a
pcison aiiains laiil in ilc scivicc ol ilc Loid by cxiicmc good loiiunc. Tlc woids
atbnagycna, cxiicmc good loiiunc, slould bc uliimaicly undcisiood io mcan ilc
aiiainmcni ol ilc mcicy ol ilc dcvoicc (bnahta harunya), wlicl suipasscs
(athrama) ilc loiiunc ilai icsulis liom maiciial pious aciiviiics (snubna harma).
Hcic, onc slould noi considci ilai ilc dcvoicc is dcpcndcni on ilc will ol Loid
and ilcicloic cannoi iniiiaic ilc bcsiowal ol mcicy. Ioi ilc Loid acccpis
subscivicncc io His dcvoicc (sva--bnahtavasnyata) and givcs piccmincncc io ilc
dcvoicc's posiiion by giving lim ilc powci io bcsiow ilc Loid's own mcicy (sva-
hrpa-snaht). Tlc Loid as paiamaima ovcisccs ilosc maiicis iclaiing io ilc jvas
cxicinal scnscs, ilc icwaid liom lis pasi aciiviiics, lowcvci, Hc slows spccial
mcicy io His dcvoiccs (sva-prasaa). In ilc Pnagava-giia, mat-prasaat param
santm... mat-samstnam adligacclaii... (lG 1S.62 and 6.15). Slii Claliavaiiipada
ciics ilcsc sIohas almosi as il ilcy wcic onc. Tlc aciual woiding ol ilc liisi is tat-
prasaat, bui lcic sincc iai iclcis io ilc Loid, mai can also bc uscd. Kiislna
Himscll spcals ol His piasada oi mcicy as ilc mcans io aiiain iiansccndcnial pcacc
and His supicmc cicinal icalm. Tlis piasada ialcs ilc loim ol ilc Loid's bcsiowal
ol His own hrpa snaht, oi powci ol mcicy, io His dcvoicc. In oilci woids, onc
can icccivc ilc Loid's mccy iliougl ilc mcicy ol ilc dcvoicc wlo bcsiows ii, as
was picviously cxplaincd.
Tlcic aic lundicds ol sciipiuial siaicmcnis, sucl as, svcccnavatara
caiiiail..., svcccna mayasya..., by wlicl ii is undcisiood ilai ilc Loid appcais by
His own will. Siill, by cxicinal vision onc may say iclicving ilc buidcn ol cvil on
ilc caiil planci is ilc causc ol ilc Loid's advcni. In ilc samc way, somciimcs ii is
said picsciibcd aciiviiics (harma) pciloimcd wiiloui pcisonal moiivcs (nsnhama)
aci as ilc dooi io bnaht. Tlcic is no laim in sucl siaicmcnis. lui ii is said in ilc
Llcvcnil Canio ol Snrma Pnagavatam:
yam na yogcna sanhnycna
ana-vrata-tapo-nvaran
vyahnya-svanyaya-sannyasan
prapnuyayatnavan ap
Lvcn ilougl onc cngagcs wiil gicai cndcavoi in ilc mysiic yoga sysicm,
plilosoplical spcculaiion, claiiiy, vows, pcnanccs, cic., siill onc cannoi aclicvc
Mc. (Sl 11.12.9)
Dcspiic claiiiy, ausiciiiics, cic. bcing clcaily dcnicd as aciual causcs ol
bnaht, in anoilci placc Srma Pnagavatam says:
ana-vrata-tapo-noma-
japa-svanyaya-samyaman
srcyobnr vvnas canyan
hrsnc bnahtr n sanyatc
Dcvoiion io Kiislna is accomplislcd by sucl mcilods as claiiiy,
ausiciiiics, noma, japa, siudy, scnsc coniiol, and oilci pious aciiviiics. (Sl
10.+7.2+)
Howcvci, ilis siaicmcni iclcis io bnaht in ilc modc ol maiciial goodncss
(sattvh bnaht) wlicl acis as a limb ol ilc sysicm ol jnana, iailci ilan ilc
iiansccndcnial, lully spiiiiual bnaht in ilc caicgoiy ol prcma (nrguna prcma
bnaht). Ol couisc, somc pcoplc say claiiiy iclcis io giving io Vislnu and ilc
Vasnnavas, vrata oi ausiciiiy iclcis io sucl viaias as chaas, iapas iclcis io
icnunciaiion ol pcisonal cnjoymcni loi aiiainmcni ol ilc Loid. Tlus ilcy aic all
angas oi limbs ol sanana bnaht. To say bnaht is aiiaincd by ilcsc
angas is noi incoiicci, loi ilis simply mcans sadlya (pcilccicd) bnaht is causcd by
sananabnaht, bnahty sanjataya bnahtya (Sl 11.3.31). Tlus, ilc causclcss naiuic
ol bnaht is again concludcd. In ilis way, all coniiadicioiy poinis aic sciilcd.
srcyan-srtm bnahtm uasya tc vbno
My Dcai Loid, dcvoiional scivicc unio you is ilc uniivallcd pail loi scll-
icalizaiion. (Sl 10.1+.+)
ho vartna apto bnajatam svanarmatan
Tlc nondcvoicc, alilougl lully cngagcd in dlaima, docs noi gain
anyiling. (Sl 1.5.17)
purcna bnuman banavo p yognas
In ilc pasi many yogis aclicvcd ilc plailoim ol dcvoiional scivicc by
ollciing ilcii cndcavois io You in dcvoiion. (Sl 10.1+.5)
ly ilcsc vciscs ii is sccn ilai ilc accomplislmcni ol icsulis on ilc pails ol
jnana, harma and yoga aic complcicly dcpcndcni on bnaht. Wlcicas, loi ilc
accomplislmcni oliis icsuli, prcma, ilc piaciicc ol blalii is ncvci dcpcndcni cvcn
in ilc sliglicsi way on harma, jnana oi yoga. Railci, ilc Loid dcclaics:
na jnanam na ca varagyam
prayan srcyo bnavc na
jnana and vaiiagya aic noi bcnclicial in ilc piaciicc ol bnaht. (Sl 11.20.31)
narman santyajya yan sarvan mam
bnajcta sa tu sattaman
Hc wlo givcs up all pails and simply woislips Mc is ilc bcsi amongsi
mcn. (Sl 11.11.32)
Tlc dcpcndcncy ol harma, jnana and yoga on bnaht musi bc acccpicd as a
laci. bnaht is csscniial in giving ilc icsulis io ilc piaciicc ol harma, jnana and
yoga, bui bnaht iiscll is noi ai all cvcn ilc lcasi coniingcni on ilcsc piaciiccs loi
iis icsulis. Ii is said:
yat harmabnr yat tapasa jnana-
varagyatas ca yat...
sarvam ma-bnaht-yogcna
ma-bnahto Iabnatc njasa...
Wlai is accomplislcd by laima, tapas, jnana and varagya is casily aiiaincd
by My dcvoicc iliougl dcvoiional scivicc alonc. (Sl 11.20.32-33)
Ii is also said:
bnagava bnaht nnasya jatn
sastram japas tapan
apranasycva cnasya
mannanam Ioharanjanam
Wiiloui dcvoiion io ilc Loid, good biiil, lnowlcdgc ol sciipiuic, japa,
tapas aic lilc dcligliing in ilc dccoiaiion ol a dcad body. (Har Pnaht Sunoaya
3.12)
Tlus, wiiloui bnaht, all ilcsc cndcavois bccomc liuiilcss. As ilc body
dcpcnds on ilc picscncc ol ilc soul, ilc vciy lilc ol jnana, laima and yoga
dcpcnds upon supicmcly cxalicd llalii-dcvi. Moicovci, ilc dcpcndcncc ol laima,
jnana and yoga on condiiions ol puiiiy in placc, iimc, candidaic, maiciials and
pciloimancc is lamous in ilc smrt sciipiuics. Tlis is noi iiuc ol bnaht:
na csa-nyamas tatra
na haIa-nyamas tatna
noccnstaau nscnas ca
sr narcr namn Iubnahan
In claniing ilc namc ol ilc Loid, ilcic is no icsiiiciions conccining placc,
iimc, puiiiy, and so on. (Vsnnu Dnarma)
In laci, ii is lamous loi bcing complcicly indcpcndcni.
sahr ap pargtam
sranaya ncIaya va
bnrguvara nara matram
tarayct hrsna nama
O lliiguvaia, ilc namc ol Kiislna clanicd cvcn oncc, ciilci wiil laiil oi
wiiloui laiil, can dclivci any man. (Pama Purana, Piablas Knan)
Pnaht is noi cvcn dcpcndcni on puiiiy ol piaciicc, loi wlcilci ilc namc is
clanicd puicly oi impuicly, ii will dclivci ilc lallcn soul. Tlc samc cannoi bc said
ol harma yoga, wlcic cvcn ilc sliglicsi impuiiiy is a gicai obsiaclc io piogicss.
mantro nnan svarato varnato va
mtnya prayuhto na tam artnam ana
yatncnra satrun svarato paranat
sa vaga vajro yajamanam nnast
Il a mantra is ciilci inioncd oi pionounccd incoiiccily, noi only will ilc
maniia noi lavc cllcci, bui ii may bc laimlul. As wlcn 1vasta wanicd io cicaic ilc
cncmy ol India and by a sligli mispionunciaiion ol ilc woids nra snatru in ilc
yajna ilosc woids woilcd as a ilundciboli loi Viiiiasuia wlo was lillcd by India.
(Pannya Snhsna52)
Tlc ncccssiiy ol inicinal puiiiy loi ilc piaciicc ol jnana yoga is wcll
lnown. Also, ii may bc sccn ilai jnana yoga is dcpcndcni on laima yoga. Ioi onc
cnicis jnana yoga by aiiaining puiiiy ol lcaii, and puiiiy ol lcaii aiiscs liom
pciloimancc ol laima wiiloui pcisonal dcsiic. lccausc ol ilis dcpcndcncy, il by
accidcni onc wlo piaciiccs jnana yoga commiis cvcn a small unwoiily aci
(uracnar), lc is condcmncd by snastra as a vantas, an caici ol vomii, sa vai
vantasyapatrapan. Sccn in ilis ligli, Kamsa, Hiianyalasipu and Ravana, ilougl
ilcy wcic jnanis, lavc noi cvcn a spccl ol lamc on ilis accouni bccausc ol ilcii
conduci. On ilc oilci land, on ilc pail ol bnaht, ilougl onc may bc alllicicd by
lusi onc las ilc qualilicaiion (anhara) io bcgin ilc piaciicc. Jusi by ilc piaciicc
ol bnaht, lusi and oilci impuiiiics aic dcsiioycd
vhrntam vraja-vanubnr am ca vsnon
srananvto nusrnuya atna varnayc yan
bnahtm param bnagavat pratIabnya hamam
nr-rogam asv apannoty acrcna nran
Anyonc wlo laiillully lcais oi clanis aboui ilc Loid's playlul allaiis wiil
ilc young gops ol Viindavana laving aiiaincd ilc Loid's puic dcvoiional scivicc,
lc will quiclly bccomc sobci and conquci lusi, ilc discasc ol ilc lcaii. (Sl
10.33.39)
ly ilc icnsc ol ilc vcib pratIabnya (laving aiiaincd) in ilis vcisc ii is vciy
clcai bnaht liisi manilcsis in ilc siagc wlcic ilcic aic siill lusiy dcsiics in ilc
lcaii and ilcn, alici lci manilcsiaiion, lusiy dcsiics aic wipcd oui. Tlis is duc io
ilc laci ilai blalii is supicmcly indcpcndcni (parama svaianiia). Iuiilcimoic,
ilougl sucl impuiiiics as hama may somciimcs appcai in ilc dcvoicc, ilc
sciipiuics ncvci condcmn ilai dcvoicc ai all:
ap cct su-uracaro bnajatc mam
Lvcn il a pcison cngagcd in dcvoiional scivicc commiis ilc mosi
abominablc aci (suuracnara), lc is siill considcicd sainily. (lG 9.30)
banyamano p ma bnahto
vsayar ajtcnryan prayan
pragaIbnaya bnahtya
vsayar nabnbnuyatc
My dcai Uddlava, noi laving lully conqucicd lis scnscs My dcvoicc may
bc laiiasscd by maiciial dcsiics, bui bccausc ol unllincling dcvoiion loi Mc, lc
will noi bc dclcaicd by scnsc giaiilicaiion. (Sl 11.1+.1S)
Tlc scivanis ol Vislnu judgcd Ajamila as a dcvoicc. Tlougl ilc claniing
ol pcisons lilc Ajamila, wlo uiicicd ilc namc ol ilc Loid inadvciicnily oui ol
allcciion loi lis son, musi bc considcicd nama-abnasa (noi puic), siill ilcy aic
univcisally piaiscd as dcvoiccs.
Inicinal puiiiy and puiiiy ol placc, maiciials, cic. Aic ncccssaiy loi ilc
accomplislmcnis ol ilc harms, jnans and yogs, and ilcii dclicicncy obsiiucis
piogicss on ilosc pails. Pnaht, lowcvci, is ilc vciy givci ol lilc io ilcsc pails.
Tlus ii is sccn ilai in all icspccis, ilc pails ol harma, jnana and yoga aic
dcpcndcni on bnaht. Pnaht, lowcvci, is indcpcndcni. Ii nciilci icquiics any
oilci mcans loi iis cxccuiion noi is ii obsiiucicd by any lacl oi lauli.
Only an ignoiani pcison will say bnaht is bui a mcans ol aiiaining jnana.
Ioi snastra cmplaiically dcclaics ilc supicmc cxccllcncc ol bnaht ovci cvcn ilc
linal goal ol
jnana, mohsna.
muhtm aat harnct sma na bnaht-yogam
Tlc Loid casily givcs libciaiion bui noi bnaht. (Sl 5.6.1S)
muhtanam ap snanam
narayana-parayanan
suurIabnan prasantatma
hotsv ap mana-munc
Lvcn among many millions ol libciaicd jnans and pcilccicd yogs, a
dcvoicc ol Loid Naiayana is cxicmcly iaic. (Sl 6.1+.5)
Il jnana somciimcs appcais io ialc a supciioi posiiion io bnaht, ii is only
bccausc bnaht is mcicilully playing ilc iolc ol iis assisiani. Upcndia, ilc Supicmc
Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad Himscll, bccamc subscivicni io India io givc lim suppoii.
Lxalicd, icalizcd souls lavc conliimcd ilai ilis icvcalcd noi His inlciioi posiiion
bui, iailci, His unsuipasscd mcicy. In ilis mannci, bnaht, ilougl iiansccndcnial
and supicmcly indcpcndcni, bcing vciy mcicilul, acccpis ilc modc ol goodncss
(sattvh-bnaht) and bccomcs a limb ol jnana jusi io givc suppoii io jnana. Tlis is
ilc undcisianding ol wisc mcn.
Pnahtya sanjataya bnahtya (Sl 11.3.31), ilc liuii ol sanana bnaht is prcma
blalii, wlicl iiscll is ilc iopmosi aiiainmcni loi manlind (purusnartna
sliiomani). Tlus ilc all-pcivading, all-aiiiaciivc, lilc-giving, supci cx-ccllcni,
supicmcly indcpcndcni, and scll-manilcsiing naiuic saiva- vypapahatvam, sarva-
vasnharatvam, sarva- sanjvahatvam, sarvotharsna, parama-svatantra, sva-
prahasnatvam] ol ilc cxalicd cncigy, llalii-dcvi, wlicl aiiscs liom ilc Loid
Himscll, las bccn sliglily dcsciibcd. Il onc siill piclcis a pioccss oilci ilan bnaht,
ilai pcison slould bc considcicd bcicli ol all scnsc ol judgcmcni. Wlai clsc can
bc said' Il onc is a luman bcing, bui docs noi ialc io ilc pioccss ol bnaht, ilcn
lc slould noi bc considcicd a luman bcing ai all:
ho va na scvcta vna narctaram
Only a non-luman would iclusc io scivc ilc Loid.
Tlus cnds ilc Iiisi Slowci ol Ncciai ol %&'()"*&
+&'&,-#.# -* Malamalopadlyaya Sliimad Vislvanail Claliavaiii
dcsciibing ilc supcicxccllcncc ol llalii-dcvi.
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In ilis woil onc will noi lind a lull dissciiaiion on dualism and monism
bui, loi ilosc wlo cxpcci ii, ilcy may lind ii in anoilci woil callcd Aislvaiya
Kadambini.
Puic bnaht, unmixcd wiil laima and jnana, is lilc a wisl-lullilling ciccpci
appcaiing in ilc licld ol ilc scnscs. Tlis bnaht is ilc iclugc ol ilosc dcvoiccs wlo
liimly vow (nrta vrata) ncvci io sccl any liuiis cxccpi bnaht, lilc bccs (manu
vrata) wlo aic obscsscd wiil ilc dcsiic io iasic only ncciai. Tlc vciy lilc ol ilis
ciccpci is a lavoiablc aiiiiudc loi scivicc loi ilc plcasuic ol ilc Loid. Lilc a
iouclsionc, ilc vciy picscncc ol bnaht malcs ilc lcaii and scnscs giadually losc
ilcii iion-lilc maiciial qualiiics and acquiic puic goldcn spiiiiual qualiiics. As a
spiouiing ciccpci giows upwaids and unluils iwo lcavcs, in ilc pioccss ol sanana
bnaht, iwo qualiiics malc ilcii appcaiancc. Tlc liisi is callcd hIcsnagnn (iclicl
liom maiciial disiicss) and ilc sccond is callcd snubnaa (bcginning ol all
auspiciousncss).
Tlc smooil uppci Sliipad Claliavaiii uscs ilc woids insidc and ouisidc.
Ncwly spiouicd lcavcs poiniing upwaids, ilcii uppci suilaccs aic lacing cacl
oilci and ilus, insidc, cic.] suilacc ol ilc iwo lcavcs, is ilc juiisdiciion ol ilc ling
callcd iaga (iaga-blalii). Ii is in a supciioi posiiion duc io sponiancous giccd loi
cvciyiling pciiaining io ilc Loid, and by gcnuinc allcciion loi ilc Loid in a
paiiiculai iclaiionslip, ycvam anam prya atma sutas ca..., I am ilcii own dcai
son... (Sl 3.25.3S). Tlc lowci suilacc ol ilc lcavcs is ilc domain ol anoilci ling
callcd vana (van-bnaht), bcing in a compaiaiivcly lowci posiiion. Tlis is
bccausc iis claiacici las a iingc ol iouglncss bcing gcnciaicd liom obcdicncc io
sciipiuial iulcs, and sponiancous dccp allcciion loi ilc Loid is lacling duc io
abscncc ol an iniimaic iclaiionslip wiil Him, tasma bnarata sarvatma, O
Paiilslii, ilus as ilc Supcisoul, I slould bc woislippcd (Sl 2.1.5). Howcvci, boil
iaga and van-bnaht cqually manilcsi ilc sympioms ol hIcsnagnn (iclicl liom
maiciial disiicss) and snubnaa (bcginning ol all auspiciousncss).
As boil raga-bnaht and van-bnaht dcsiioy hIcsna, iis livc iypcs will now
bc dcsciibcd. Tlc liicial mcaning is sullciing oi allliciion, bui lcic, ilc mcaning
may bc ialcn as ilc causcs ol sullciing. Tlcsc hIcsnas aic ilc causc ol sinlul and
pious aciiviiics wlicl icsuli in maiciial misloiiunc oi good loiiunc. vya:
ignoiancc; io misialc ilai wlicl is impcimancni io bc pcimancni; ilai wlicl is
lull ol misciy io bc blisslul; ilai wlicl is impuic io bc puic; and wlai is noi ilc
scll io bc ilc scll.
Asmta: lalsc cgo; ilc bodily idcniilicaiion ol I and minc; and io acccpi only diicci
scnsc pciccpiion as ical.
Paga: aiiaclmcni; ilc dcsiic loi maiciial lappincss and ilosc mcans wlicl will
givc ii.
Dvcsa: laiicd; ilc icpulsion io unlappincss oi ilc causcs ol unlappincss.
Abnnvcsa: absoipiion in ilc body as ilc basis loi scnsc giaiilicaiion and lcai ol
dcail.
Tlc siagcs in ilc dcvclopmcni ol snprarabna (liuciilicd), aprarabn a
(unliuciilicd), runa (pic-sccd) and bija (sccd)aic also includcd in hIcsna.
As boil iypcs ol bnaht ciadicaic hIcsna similaily, ilcy bcsiow snubna oi
auspiciousncss. Snubna oi auspiciousncss consisis ol sucl qualiiics as disinicicsi
in maiciial allaiis, inicicsi in ilc Supicmc Loid, lavoiablc aiiiiudc iowaids ilc
scivicc ol ilc Loid, mcicy, loigivcncss, iiuillulncss, simpliciiy, cquanimiiy,
loiiiiudc, giaviiy, icspccilulncss, lumiliiy, and bcing plcasing io all urvsnaya-
vatrsnna, bnagava-vsnaya-satrsnna, anuhuIya, hrpa, hsnama, satya, saraIya,
samya, narya, gambnrya, manatva, amantva, sarva-subnagatva].
Tlai bnaht bcsiows ilcsc qualiiics is piovcn by sucl vciscs as ilc
lollowing:
yasyast bnahtr bnagavaty ahncana
sarvar gunas tatra samasatc suran
narav abnahtasya huto mana-guna
manoratncnasat navato bann
All ilc dcmigods and all ilcii cxalicd qualiiics manilcsi in ilc pcison ol
onc wlo las dcvclopcd unalloycd dcvoiion loi ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad. Howcvci loi onc wlo is noi a dcvoicc and ilus diivcn by ilc icmpoiaiy
maiciial dcsiics ol lis mind, low can ilcic bc any good qualiiics in lim' (Sl
5.1S.12)
bnahtn parcsanubnavo vrahtr
anyatra cava trha cha haIan
Dcvoiion, iasic loi ilc Loid, and dciaclmcni liom all clsc appcai
simuliancously. (Sl 11.2.+2)
Py tns, onc snouI uncrstan tnat tnc tvo symptoms ,.c., cstructon oj
sujjcrng an appcarancc oj aII goo quaItcs) occur smuItancousIy. Hovcvcr,
as tncrc s somc jjcrcncc n tnc ratc oj unjurIng oj tvo Icavcs, tncrc s a
stncton n tnc pacc oj tnc sappcarancc oj tnc uncsrabIc quaItcs
,asnubna) an tnc appcarancc oj tnc auspcous quaItcs ,snubna). 1nc
progrcss oj bnaht vII bc stngusnc n tns vay. 1nougn tns s vcry subtIc
an jjcuIt to notc, tnc ntcIIgcnt mcn navc asccrtanc tns tnrougn scrutny
oj tnc varous cjjccts.
Irst, tnc prospcctvc cvotcc cvcIops snrana or jatn. Snrana mcans to
navc jrm trust n tnc mport oj tnc scrpturcs caIng vtn bnaht. |t aIso mcans
to navc a gcnunc csrc to cntnusastcaIIy uncrtahc tnc actvtcs ,sanana)
cscrbc n tnosc scrpturcs. 1ncsc tvo typcs oj jatn may bc ctncr naturaI
,svabnavh) or bcng convncc by tnc prcacnng oj anotncr ,baIutpata).
Hovcvcr t cvcIops, jatn Icas nm to tahc sncItcr oj tnc Iotus jcct oj tnc guru,
an cnqurc jrom nm about propcr conuct ,saacnara). Py joIIovng ns
nstructons, tnat pcrson obtans tnc goo jortunc oj rcIatons vtn ajjcctonatc
Ihc-mnc cvotccs an tnc assocaton oj rcaI,c cvotccs ,sanu-sanga).
Ncxt comcs bnajana hrya, nc bcgns to practcc jjcrcnt typcs oj cvotonaI
actvtcs. 1ns aIso s oj tvo varctcs. unstcay ,ansntnta) an stcay
,nsntnta). Lnstcay pcrjormancc oj cvotonaI actvtcs s oj sx typcs ,n
scqucntaI orcr). jaIsc conjcncc ,utsana may), sporac cncavor ,gnana-
taraIa), nccson ,vyuna vhaIpa), struggIc vtn tnc scnscs ,vsnaya
sangara), nabIty to upnoI vovs ,nyamahsnama), an cnjoyng tnc jacItcs
ojjcrc by bnaht ,taranga rangn).
Ltsana may. A branmana cnI, navng just bcgun stuy oj tnc scrpturcs,
tnnhs nc nas mmcatcIy bccomc a Icarnc scnoIar vortny oj cvcryoncs
prasc. SmIarIy, a pcrson just bcgnnng cvotonaI scrvcc may cvcIop tnc
auacty to tnnh tnat nc nas mastcrc cvcrytnng. Hc s caIIc utsana may, or
jIIc ,pujjc-up) vtn cntnusasm.
Gnana-taraIa. 1nc samc cnI somctmcs bccomcs IgcntIy cngagc n ns
stucs an yct, at otncr tmcs, bccausc oj nabIty to uncrstan tnc scrpturcs
an Iach oj rcaI tastc, bccomcs ncgIgcnt. |n tnc samc vay, a ncv cvotcc vII
somctmcs practcc tnc jjcrcnt actvtcs oj cvotonaI scrvcc an somctmcs
ncgIcct tncm. Pcng somctmcs assuous an at otncr tmcs ncgIgcnt, ns
cncavor s caIIc gnana-taraIa ,concnsc-Iutc, tnch-tnn).
Vyuna vhaIpa. SnaII | just spcn my Ijc nappIy n jamIy Ijc, mahng my
vjc an cnIrcn Krsnna conscous an vorsnppng tnc Lor` Or snouI |
gvc tncm aII up an go to Vrnavana an pcrjcct myscIj by cngagng juII tmc
n ncarng an cnantng vtn no stractons` SnaII | vat untI tnc Iast stagc,
ajtcr cnjoyng aII sorts oj pIcasurcs, vncn | navc jnaIIy uncrstoo tnat tnc
vnoIc matcraI vorI s smpIy a jorcst jrc oj ajjIcton` Or snouI | rcnouncc
rgnt nov` Conscr tncsc vcrscs.
tam ahvctamano mrtyum
trnan hupam vavrtam
Associaiion wiil woman is ilc way io dcail, lilc a blind wcll covcicd by
giass. (Sl 3.31.+0)
yo ustyjan ara-sutan
sunr rajyam nr-sprsan
janau yuvava maIava
uttamasIoha-IaIasan
Tlosc aiiaclmcnis ilai aic vciy dilliculi io givc up, bcauiilul wilc,
obcdicni sons, dcvoicd liicnds, and vasi cmpiic, cvciyiling ilc lcaii dcsiics,
Malaiaja llaiaia ilcm up cvcn in lis youil jusi as siool duc io lis aiiiaciion loi
ilc Loid. (Sl 5.1+.+3)
Slould I ilus givc up unicliablc lamily lilc wlilc siill young' On ilc oilci
land, ii is noi piopci io icnouncc immcdiaicly. Slouldn'i I waii uniil ilc dcail ol
my old paicnis bcloic icnouncing'
ano mc ptarau vrnau
bnarya baIatmajatmajan
anatna mam rtc anan
hatnam javant unhntan
AIas` My parcnts arc oI an my vjc s vtn a mcrc njant n ncr arms an
otncr young cnIrcn. Wtnout mc tncy vII navc no protccton an vII sujjcr
unbcarabIy. Hov vII tncy Ivc vtnout mc` ,SP 11.17.57)
Moicovci, ilc sciipiuic says:
cvam grnasayahvpta-nrayo
munna-nar ayama trptas
tan anunyayan mrto
nnam vsatc taman
|j onc gvcs up jamIy Ijc n an un-surjctc statc, nc vII tnnh oj jamIy Ijc
cvcn ajtcr rcnouncng. |j sucn a jooI snouI c n tnat conton, nc vII go tnc
arhcst rcgon oj ncII. ,SP 11.17.58)
ly sucl siaicmcnis, ilc Loid dcpicciaics sucl icnunciaiion. Tlcicloic, loi
ilc iimc bcing, I will jusi woil io lccp my body alivc. Laici, alici saiislying all my
dcsiics, I will cnici Viindavana and cngagc in woislip ol ilc Loid iwcniy-loui
louis a day. Alici all, ilc sciipiuics poinis oui:
na jnanam na ca varagyam
prayan srcyo bnavcna
jnana an varagya arc not gcncraIIy bcncjcaI jor practcng cvotonaI
scrvcc. ,SP 11.20.31)
Accorng to tns tcxt, rcnuncaton s a jauIt jor tnc cuIturc oj bnaht. |j t
arscs jrom bnaht tscIj, novcvcr, tnat rcnuncaton s not a jauIt but an cjjcct
,anubnava) oj bnaht an subornatc to t. Oj coursc, tncn tncrc s tnc jamous
Iogc.
ya ya asramam agat
sa bnhsuhas tat ta
anna parpurnam ahsat
In wlaicvci asliam ilc sannyas siaycd, ilcy always gavc lim moic ilan cnougl
io cai.
In ilc lilc ol icnunciaiion ilcic is no woiiy loi mainicnancc, so maybc I
slould icnouncc. lui on ilc oilci land:
tava ragaayan stcnas
tavat hara-grnam grnam
tavan mono ngnr-ngano
yavat hrvna na tc jaman
My dcai Loid Kiislna, uniil pcoplc bccomc Youi dcvoicc, ilcii maiciial
aiiaclmcnis icmain ilicvcs, ilcii lomcs piisons, and ilcii allcciionaic lccling loi
ilcii lamily looi slacllcs. (Sl 10.1+.36)
Housclold lilc is a piison only loi ilosc wlo aic aiiaclcd, loi a dcvoicc,
ilcic is no laim in lousclold lilc. Tlus slall I icmain ai lomc and cngagc in
claniing oi iailci in lcaiing, oi slall I cngagc in scivicc' Railci, as Ambaiisla
Malaiaja icmaincd in lousclold lilc and pciloimcd all ilc angas ol bnaht, I slall
do lilcwisc.`
In ilis way, ilc mind spcnds iimc vacillaiing bciwccn lousclold lilc and
icnunciaiion. Wlcn onc imagincs in ilis way all iypcs ol opiions, ii is callcd
vyudla vilalpa, oi cxicnsivc spcculaiion.
Vsnaya sangara.
vvayavvta cttanam
vvnvavcsan suuratan
varuna g gatam vastu
vrajannanram hm apnuyat
Onc wlosc lcaii is absoibcd in maiciialism is lai liom obiaining dcvoiion
io Vislnu. Can a man by going casi obiain somciling wlicl is in ilc wcsi'
Undcisianding ilai maiciial cnjoymcni is loicibly caiiying lim away and
impaiiing lis sicadincss in sciving Kiislna, ilc dcvoicc icsolvcs io icnouncc lis
addiciions and ialc slclici ol ilc Holy Namc. lui many iimcs, lis aiicmpis ai
icnunciaiion olicn cnd in cnjoying wlai lc is iiying io icnouncc. Sucl a pcison is
cxcmplilicd in ilc Pnagavatam:
partyago py anasvaran... juvamanas ca tan haman...
Knowing ilai scnsc giaiilicaiion lcads io misciy, ilougl lc iiics io givc up
lis maiciial dcsiics, siill lc is unablc. (Sl 11.20.27-2S)
1ns on-gong battIc vtn ns prcvousIy acqurc csrcs jor scnsc pIcasurc, n
vncn nc somctmcs mccts vtn vctory an somctmcs vtn cjcat s caIIc
vsnaya sangara or struggIc vtn scnsc pIcasurc.
Nyamahsnama: Tlcn ilc dcvoicc will icsolvc, Iiom ioday I will clani
sucl and sucl numbci ol iounds ol japa and will pay so many obcisanccs. I will
also pciloim sciviccs loi ilc dcvoiccs. I will noi iall on any subjcci cxccpi ilc
Loid and I will givc up all associaiion wiil pcoplc wlo iall on maiciial maiicis.`
Tlougl lc malcs sucl icsoluiions cvciy day, lc is noi always ablc io cxccuic
ilcm. Tlis is callcd niyamalslama oi inabiliiy io lollow iulcs. Vsnaya sangara is
ilc inabiliiy io givc up maiciial cnjoymcnt, wlcicas, nyamahsnama is ilc inabiliiy
io impiovc lis dcvoiional scivicc.
1aranga rangn: Iinally, ii is wcll-lnown ilai ilc vciy naiuic ol bnaht is io
bc aiiiaciivc, so all iypcs ol pcoplc bccomc aiiiacicd io ilc dcvoicc, ilc abodc ol
bnaht. And, as ilc old adagc gocs, ly ilc aiiiaciion ol ilc populacc onc bccomcs
wcalily.` Pnaht pioduccs mucl oppoiiuniiy loi maiciial gain, woislip and
posiiion (Iabna, puja, pratsntna). Tlcsc aic wccds aiound ilc ciccpci ol bnaht.
Pciloiming aciiviiics, oi sccling onc's plcasuic (ranga) amidsi ilcsc wccd-lilc
laciliiics, wlicl aic bui small wavcs (taranga) in ilc occan ol bnaht, is callcd
taranga rangn, dcligliing in maiciial laciliiics.
Tlus cnds ilc Sccond Slowci ol Ncciai ol Madluiya Kadambini by
Malamalopadlyaya Sliimai Vislvanail Claliavaiii dcsciibing ilc dcvclopmcni
ol bnaht as snrana, sanu-sanga, and bnajana hrya, as wcll as, ilc divisions ol
bnajana hrya.
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Alici bnajana hrya, comcs anartna nvrtt, oi clcaiing ol bad qualiiics
wlicl obsiiuci ilc piogicss ol blalii. Anartnas may bc classilicd inio loui iypcs,
accoiding io oiigin: ilosc aiising liom picvious sinlul aciiviiy, ilosc aiising liom
picvious pious aciiviiy, ilosc aiising liom ollcnscs and ilosc aiising liom bnaht.
Anartnas aiising liom picvious sinlul aciiviiics lall in ilc caicgoiy ol ilc
livc iypcs ol hIcsna picviously mcn-iioncd: ignoiancc, lalsc cgo, aiiaclmcni, laiicd
and lcai ol dcail. Anartnas aiising liom pious aciiviiics aic ilc addiciions io ilc
cnjoymcnis wlicl aiisc liom pious aciion. Somc sagcs includc ilc anartnas aiising
liom pious aciiviiics undci ilc caicgoiics ol ilc hIcsnas mcniioncd abovc.
Anartnas wlicl aiisc liom ollcnscs iclcis io ilosc aiising liom ilc nama
aparanas, noi scva aparanas (sucl as cniciing ilc icmplc in a palanquin oi wiil
slocs). Tlc acnaryas lavc disccincd ilai scva aparanas do noi usually lavc cllcci
bcing nullilicd by claniing ilc Namc, by icciiaiion ol stotras wlicl lavc ilc
powci io canccl ilc cllcci ol any scva apaiadla and by consiani scivicc. Consiani
cngagcmcni in ilcsc aciiviiics piaciically nips in ilc bud ilc sliglicsi cllcci ol scva
aparana. Howcvci, onc slould noi bccomc caiclcss and ialc advaniagc ol bcing
pioiccicd liom all cllcci ol scva aparana by ilc abovc mcasuics. Tlcn lis scva
aparana bccomcs nama aparana, an anartna wlicl will obsiiuci lis piogicss. Hc
is guiliy ol ilc nama apaiadla ol commiiiing sin on ilc siicngil ol ilc Holy
Namc, namno balad yasya li papabuddli. Tlc woid nama in ilc pliasc nama
aparana is bcing uscd io icpicscni all ilc angas ol bnaht ilai dcsiioy sin and
aparana, ol wlicl ilc Holy Namc is ilc piimaiy anga. Lvcn accoiding io narma
snastra (sciipiuics dcaling wiil codcs ol laima), onc slould noi commii sin
lnowing ilai lc can bc cxcmpicd liom ilc cllcci by prayasncntta (icmcdial
mcasuics loi commission ol sin). Tlcn ilc cllcci ol ilc sin will noi bc dcsiioycd
bui iailci incicascd.
On ilc oilci land, lci us considci ilc loicc ol ilcsc iypcs ol sciipiuial
siaicmcnis:
na ny angopahramc nvamso
ma-narmasyo navanv
ap maya vyavastan samyan
nrgunatva anassan
O Uddlava, bccausc I lavc pcisonally csiablislcd ii, ilc pail ol dcvoiional
scivicc is iiansccndcnial and licc liom any maiciial moiivaiion. Cciiainly a
dcvoicc ncvci sullcis cvcn ilc sliglicsi loss by adopiing ilis pail. (Sl 11.19.20)
asarno yam japa-matrcna snan
Simply by only icciiing ilis icn-syllablc mantra ii will givc pcilcciion.
ly ncglcciing oi noi complciing somc ol ilc angas ol bnaht docs ii noi
pioducc nama aparana' Ncvci! Commiiiing sin on ilc siicngil ol ilc Holy Namc
iclcis io ilc inicniional commission ol sin ilinling ilai ilc powci ol dcvoiional
aciiviiics will nullily ilc bad cllccis. Sin iclcis io ilosc aciions condcmncd by ilc
sciipiuics icquiiing icmcdial mcasuics. Unlilc ilc pail ol harma, wlcic lailuic io
pciloim ilc iiic pcilccily is condcmncd, on ilc pail ol bnaht, ilc slasiia ncvci
condcmns lailuic io pciloim all ilc angas. On ilis poini ilcic is no lcai ol an
ollcnsc wlicl will dcpiivc onc ol icsulis.
yc va bnagavata prohta upaya ny atma-Iabnayc
anjan pumsam avusam vn bnagavatam n tan
yan astnaya naro rajan na pramaycta harnct
navan nmaIya va nctrc na shnaIcn na patc na
Lvcn ignoiani pcisons can vciy casily comc io lnow ilc Supicmc Loid il
ilcy adopi ilosc mcans spolcn by ilc Supicmc Loid Himscll, ilc pioccss lnown
as bnagavata-narma oi dcvoiional scivicc io ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad.
O King, in ilc pciloimancc ol dcvoiional scivicc lc will ncvci bc lindcicd on ilis
pail. Lvcn il lc inicniionally closcs lis cycs and iuns, siill lc will ncvci siumblc
oi lall. (Sl 11.2.3+-35)
Hcic ilc woid nmIya (closing ilc cycs) mcans ilc pcison las cycs (lc is
noi blind) bui las closcd ilcm. Tlc woid navan (iunning) mcans piocccding
iapidly placing ilc lcci in an ovcisicpping, unconvcniional mannci. Tlcsc aic ilc
diicci mcanings. Tlis vcisc iclcis io a pcison wlo ialcs slclici ol dcvoiional
scivicc and is piaciicing ilc piimaiy angas. Tlc mcaning is ilai sucl a pcison
sullcis no loss ol icsulis noi is lc dcpiivcd ol ilc goal, cvcn il lnowing all ilc
angas ol bnaht, lc ncglccis io pciloim somc ol ilc sccondaiy angas as il ignoiani.
Closing ilc cycs docs noi mcan ignoiancc ol sciipiuic (snrut and smrt,
considcicd as onc's iwo cycs) loi ilai coniiadicis ilc diicci mcaning. Onc slould
caiclully considci ilc mcaning ol closing ilc cycs and iunning (inicniionally
ncglcciing somc ol ilc angas ol bnaht, and cagcily puisuing ilc goal). Tlis and
any aciions icsuliing liom ilai modc ol piogicss, docs noi allow ilc dcvoicc io
commii ilc iliiiy-iwo scva aparanas. Tlc vcisc dcsciibcs a pcison wlo las
sinccicly ialcn slclici ol ilc pioccss ol bnaht as ouilincd by ilc Loid Himscll. (In
ilai casc ilcic is no qucsiion ol inicniional scva aparana). Tlc iliiiy-iwo scva
aparanas, bcginning wiil cniciing ilc icmplc on a palanquin oi wlilc wcaiing
slocs, cic., slould ncvci bc inicniionally commiiicd. Ioi in ilc sciipiuics, a
pcison wlo inicniionally commiis a scva aparana is condcmncd as a iwo-lcggcd
animal: narcr apy aparanan bal hurya vpaa-pamsanan.
Il ilc nama aparanas ciilci long-sianding oi icccni, lavc bccn commiiicd
unconsciously (ilcii picscncc inlciicd by ilc cllcci, lacl ol advanccmcni), onc
slould clani ilc Namc consianily. ly ilai claniing, onc can aiiain sicadincss in
bnaht and giadually ncuiializc ilc ollcnscs. Il commiiicd in lull lnowlcdgc,
lowcvci, ilcic aic somc oilci pioccduics loi ilcii icmoval.
Sanu nna, oi ciiiicism ol Vasnnavas, is ilc liisi ol ilc icn ollcnscs
againsi ilc Holy Namc. Tlc woid ninda mcans animosiiy oi malicc. Il by clancc
ilis ollcnsc occuis, ilc pcison slould icpcni, Ol, I am sucl a low class pcison, I
lavc commiiicd an ollcnsc io a sainily pcison!` A pcison wlo las bccn buincd by
liic sccls iclicl in liic. Accoiding io ilis logic, lc slould nullily ilc ollcnsc by
lamcniing, icsolving io comc bcloic ilc Vasnnava, lalling ai lis lcci, and saiislying
lim by ollciing lis obcisanccs, piaiscs and icspccis. Il ilc Vaslnava is noi
saiislicd, ilc pcison slould icndci lavoiablc sciviccs io lim accoiding io lis
dcsiics loi many days. Somciimcs ilc ollcnsc is so giicvous ilai ilc Vasnnavas
angci docs noi dic.
In cxiicmc icmoisc, ilinling limscll mosi unloiiunaic and bound loi
millions ol ycais in lcll loi lis ollcnsc, lc slould givc up cvciyiling and ialc lull
slclici ol coniinuous nama sanhrtana. ly ilc divinc powci ol nama hrtana,
cciiainly, in iimc ilai pcison will bc dclivcicd liom lis ollcnsc.
Howcvci, lc slould noi jusiily limscll by aiguing ilai snastra says,
namaparanayuhtanam namanycva narantyagnam: Tlc Holy Namc alonc is
sullicicni io dclivci an ollcndci. So wlai is ilc nccd ol lumbling limscll by
ollciing icpcaicd icspccis and scivicc io ilc Vaislnava ilai lc las ollcndcd' Tlis
iypc ol mcnialiiy malcs lim guiliy ol luiilci ollcnsc. Noi slould onc bc ol ilc
mcnialiiy io ilinl ilai ilc ollcnsc ol sanu ninda disciiminaics bciwccn iypcs ol
Vaislnavas. Ii docs noi iclci only io onc wlo is lully and pcilccily qualilicd wiil
all ilc qualiiics mcniioncd in sciipiuic, sucl as mcicilulncss, ncvci laiming
oilcis, and loigiving io all living cniiiics. hrpaIur ahrta-ronas tthsun sarva
cnnam (Sl 11.11.29). A pcison cannoi minimizc lis ollcnsc by poiniing oui
somc dclcci in ilc dcvoicc. In answci ilc sciipiuics say: sarvacara vvarjtan
satnanyo bratya jagavancahan, cvcn a pcison wlo is ol vciy bad claiacici a
clcaici, dcvoid ol piopci bclavioi, malicious, dcvoid ol samsharas, and lull ol
woildly dcsiics, il lc suiicndcis io ilc Loid, musi bc considcicd a sadlu. Wlai io
spcal ol a puic Vasnnava.
Somciimcs a sciious ollcnsc las bccn commiiicd againsi a Vasnnava, bui
ilc Vasnnava docs noi bccomc angiy bccausc ol lis cxalicd naiuic. Siill ilc
ollcndci slould lall ai ilai dcvoicc's lcci and sccl ways ol plcasing lim io puiily
limscll. Tlougl ilc Vasnnava may loigivc ollcnscs, ilc dusi ol lis lcci docs noi
iolciaic ilc ollcnscs and dclivcis ilc liuiis ol ilc ollcnsc on ilc guiliy pcison. Ioi
ii is said:
scrsyam manapurusa-paa-pamsubnr
nrasta-tcjansu ta cva sobnanam
Tlosc wlo cnvy cxalicd sainis aic cciiainly diminislcd by ilc dusi ol ilcii
loius lcci. (Sl +.+.13)
Convcniional iulcs cannoi bc applicd, lowcvci, io ilc powcilul,
sponiancous, mosi clcvaicd man-abnagavatas wlo may somciimcs bcsiow
lailomlcss mcicy cvcn io ilc mosi undcsciv ing oi ollcnsivc. Ioi insiancc, ilougl
Jada llaiaia wasmadc io caiiy Ralugana's palanquin and ilc King lci loosc a
ioiicni ol laisl woids on lim, Jada llaiaia bcsiowcd lis mcicy. In a similai way,
Clcdiiaja, ilc Vasu wlo llcw in ilc sly, slowcd mcicy io ilc ailcisi lciciic
atyas wlo lad comc io do lim violcncc. In Malablaiaia ilcic is a sioiy ol low
Clcdiiaja, on ialing ilc sidc ol ilc dcmigods wlo wcic aiguing wiil somc
branmarsns, was cuiscd by ilcm io lall liom lis llying claiioi io Paiala-lola
wlcic lc coniinucd io pciloim lis blajana. Tlc sioiy mcniioncd lcic is noi
lound in Malablaiaia and ii is noi lnown wlcic ii is liom.] In ilc samc way, Slii
Niiyananda slowcd mcicy io Madlai, cvcn ilougl ilc mosi sinlul Madlai lad
injuicd His loiclcad causing blood io llow.
Tlc ollcnsc ol guror avajna, oi disicspcci io guiu, ilc iliid aparana, may
bc considcicd in ilc samc way as ilc liisi apaiadla.
Now wc'll considci ilc sccond aparana ol misundcisianding ilc posiiion
ol Vislnu, Sliva and dcmigods. Conscious bcings (cnatanya) aic ol iwo iypcs:
indcpcndcni and dcpcndcni. Tlc indcpcndcni bcing is ilc all-pcivading Loid
(snvara), and ilc dcpcndcni bcings aic ilc paiiiclcs ol consciousncss (jvas),
cncigics ol ilc Loid, wlo only pcivadc individual bodics. Islvaia claiianya is ol
iwo iypcs: onc is noi iouclcd ai all by maya, and ilc oilci, loi ilc Loid's
pasiimcs, acccpis ilc ioucl ol maya. Tlc liisi iypc ol snvara is callcd by sucl
namcs as Naiayana, Haii, cic.:
narr n nrgunan sahsat purusan prahrtcn paran
Ii is Haii wlo is diiccily ilc non-maiciial Loid iiansccndcnial io maiciial
naiuic. (Sl 10.SS.5)
Tlc sccond iypc ol snvara is callcd by sucl namcs as Sliva.
svan saht-yutan sasvat
tr-Ingo guna-samvrtan
Sliva voluniaiily acccpis ilc ilicc gunas and appcais io bc covcicd by
ilcm. (Sl 10.SS.3)
Tlougl Sliva appcais io bc covcicd by ilc gunas, onc slould noi ilinl
ilai lc is in ilc caicgoiy ol jiva loi Pranma-samnta says:
hsaram yatna an vhara- vscsa-yogat
sanjayatc na n tatan prtnag ast ncton
yan sambnutam ap tatna samupat harya
govnam a-purusam tam anam bnajam
Sliva is a iiansloimaiion ol ilc Loid, jusi as yoguii is a iiansloimaiion ol
mill. (Pranma-samnta 5.+5)
In ilc Puranas and oilci sciipiuics as wcll, Sliva is gloiilicd as Islvaia. In
ilc Pnagavatam ii is said:
sattvam rajas tama t prahrtcr gunas tar
yuhtan paran purusa cha nasya nattc
stty-aayc nar-vrnc-narct samjnan
srcyams tatra hnaIu sattva-tanor nrnam syun
Tlc iiansccndcnial Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad is indiiccily associaicd wiil ilc
ilicc modcs ol maiciial naiuic, namcly goodncss, passion, and ignoiancc, and jusi
loi ilc maiciial woild's cicaiion, mainicnancc and dcsiiuciion Hc acccpis ilc
ilicc qualiiaiivc loims ol lialma, Vislnu and Sliva. Ol ilcsc ilicc, all luman
bcings can dciivc uliimaic bcnclii liom Vislnu. (Sl 1.2.23)
In ilis slola ii is also gcncially undcisiood ilai lialma may also bc
considcicd as snvara. lui lialma's posiiion as islvaia oi loid slould bc
undcisiood as powci invcsicd in a jiva by ilc Supicmc Loid (snvara-avcsna)
bnasvan yatnasma-sahaIcsu njcsu tcjan
svayam hyat prahatayaty ap tava atra
branma ya csa jaga-ana-vnana-harta
govnam a-purusam tam anam bnajam
ly ilc bcsiowal ol powci by ilc Supicmc Loid, lialma is ablc io cicaic ilc
univcisc, jusi as ilc sun manilcsis a poiiion ol iis own ligli in cllulgcni gcms lilc
suiyalania, cic. (lialma-samliia 5.+9)
partnva aruno numas
tasma agns trayamayan
tamasas tu rajas tasmat
sattvam ya branma-arsanam
Wood is a iiansloimaiion ol caiil, bui smolc is bciici ilan wood. Iiic is
siill bciici, loi by ii wc can pciloim yajna. Similaily, passion (rajas) is bciici ilan
ignoiancc (tamas), bui goodncss (sattva) is bcsi bccausc by ii onc can comc io
icalizc ilc Tiuil. (Sl 1.2.2+)
Tlougl ilc modc ol passion is supciioi io ignoiancc, siill as in smolc onc
cannoi pciccivc liic, in in smolc-lilc iaja-guna, ilc liic-lilc cllulgcni Loid cannoi
bc icalizcd. In ilc liic-lilc modc ol goodncss onc can pciccivc ilc puic cllulgcncc
ol ilc Loid almosi lilc diicci icalizaiion. As liic, ilougl picscni wiilin wood,
cannoi bc pciccivcd, so in ilc modc ol ignoiancc, ilc Loid ilougl picscni, is noi
diiccily manilcsi. Jusi lilc cvcn in dccp dicamlcss slccp (susupt), ilc claiaciciisiic
ol tama guna, onc cxpciicnccs a lappincss almosi similai io ilc lappincss ol
icalizaiion ol ilc Loid in His impcisonal aspcci (nrbnca jnana suhna).
Considciing ilc iaiivas in ilis way, wc can undcisiand ilc conclusions.
Tlc conscious bcings wlo aic dcpcndcni on ilc Loid, jvas, aic ol iwo
iypcs: ilosc wlo aic noi covcicd by ignoiancc and ilosc wlo aic covcicd, dcvaias,
mcn and animals. Tlc uncovcicd jvas aic ol iwo iypcs: ilosc undci ilc inllucncc
ol ilc Loid's asnvarya snaht, and ilosc uninllucnccd by ilai snaht. Tlosc noi
inllucnccd by ilc Loid's asnvarya snaht aic bioadly iwo iypcs: ilosc piaciicing
jnana wlo mcigc inio ilc Loid (a lamcniablc
condiiion), and ilosc piaciicing bnaht wlo icmain dillcicniiaicd liom ilc Loid
and iasic ncciaican bliss (a non-lamcniablc siaic).
Tlosc wlo aic inllucnccd by ilc aislvaiya slalii aic ol iwo iypcs: ilosc
absoibcd in jnana bclonging io ilc spiiiiual splcic (cg. ilc Ioui Kumaias), and
ilosc absoibcd in ilc lunciions ol cicaiion, cic. ol ilc maiciial splcic (lialma,
cic). Tlus onc may considci ilai Vislnu and Sliva aic non-dillcicni, bcing ilc
samc snvara cnatanya.
A dcvoicc wlo is wiiloui maiciial moiivaiion (nsnhama) musi disccin
wlo is woiily ol woislip oi noi on ilc basis ol nrguna and saguna, ilai is, wiil
no maiciial qualiiics (Vislnu) and wiil a ioucl ol maiciial qualiiics (Sliva,
lialma, cic.). lcing dillcicni iypcs ol cnatanya, lialma and Vislnu aic
complcicly disiinci, lialma is jiva and Vislnu is snvara. Somciimcs, lialma and
Vislnu aic dcsciibcd as idcniical in ilc Puianas. Onc slould, lowcvci, undcisiand
ilis siaicmcni by ilc cxamplc ol ilc sun (Vislnu) and ilc jcwcl suryahanta
(lialma) wlicl is invcsicd wiil ilc ligli ol ilc sun. Suiyalania is lilc a
magnilying glass wlicl ialcs ilc iays ol ilc sun and manilcsis ilc lcai ol ilc sun
by buining papci, cic. In ilis way only, lialma is considcicd non-dillcicni. In
somc manahaIpas, cvcn Sliva is a jva lilc lialma invcsicd wiil powci by ilc
Loid:
hvacj java vscsatvam narasyohtam vncr vct
As in lialma's casc, somciimcs a paiiiculai jiva ialcs ilc iolc ol Sliva.
Tlus, Sliva is somciimcs classcd wiil lialma in sucl siaicmcnis as:
yas tu narayanam cvam
branma rura avatan
samat vcnava manycta sa
pasanna bnavc nruvam
A pcison wlo considcis Naiayana as cquivalcni io lialma, Sliva and ilc
oilci dcvaias is a low iascal. (Har Pnaht VIasa 1.73)
Tlosc wlo lavc noi iloiouglly icscaiclcd in ilc maiici say ilai Vislnu is
ilc Loid, noi Sliva; oi ilai Sliva is ilc Loid, noi Vislnu. Tlai sincc I am a
dcvoicc ol Vislnu, I will noi givc icgaid io Sliva, oi visa vcisa. Sucl pcoplc,
dclibciaicly involving ilcmsclvcs in sucl aigumcnis, also commii nama aparana.
Il sucl ollcndcis can bccomc cnliglicncd by a dcvoicc wiil iloiougl lnowlcdgc
ol ilc maiici, ilcn ilcy can icalizc in wlai way Sliva and Vislnu aic non-
dillcicni. Wiil ilis icalizaiion, and by pciloiming nama hrtana, ilc pcison can
nullily lis ollcnsc.
Snrut snastra nna s tnc jourtn ojjcnsc oj srcspcct jor snrut scrpturcs
,vcas), conscrng tnat tncy o not mcnton anytnng about bnaht an arc
tnus onIy gIorjc by vorIIy-mnc pcopIc. |j onc commts tns ojjcnsc, onc
obtans rcIcj vncn onc nas tnc jortunc to uncrstan tnc subjcct propcrIy jrom
a hnovIcgcabIc cvotcc. 1nc snruts vcry mcrcjuIIy ncIp tnc most unquaIjc
pcopIc, not joIIovng any vcc ruIcs or rcguIatons an bInc by matcraI
csrcs to comc to tnc patn oj bnaht. Commsson oj tnc jourtn ojjcnsc s
nuIIjc by usng tnc samc moutn tnat crtc,c tnc snastra ,sucn as tnc
snruts, propounng harma an jnana). Onc snouI prasc tnc samc scrpturcs,
as vcII as tnc practtoncrs oj tnosc scrpturcs ,cg. pcrjormcrs oj harma an
jnana), an pcrjorm Iou cnantng oj tnc HoIy Namc. |n tnc samc vay onc
snouI uncrstan tnc commsson an nuIIjcaton oj tnc otncr sx ojjcnscs.
Ncxi aic ilc anartnas aiising liom bnaht. As many wccds giow along wiil
ilc main plani, along wiil blalii ilcic appcais acquisiiion ol maiciial wcalil and
oilci laciliiics, woislip and icspcci by oilcis, a comloiiablc posiiion and lamc
(Iabna, puja, pratsntna). ly ilcii naiuic, ilcy lavc ilc powci io inllucncc ilc
lcaii ol ilc dcvoicc, cxpand, and iciaid ilc giowil ol ilc main plani inicndcd loi
culiivaiion (bnaht).
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Ioui iypcs ol anartnas lavc bccn mcniioncd, namcly, ilosc aiising liom
picvious sinlul aciiviiy, liom picvious pious aciiviiy, liom nama aparana, and
liom culiivaiion ol bnaht. Tlcy lavc livc giadcs ol anartna nvrtt (nullilicaiion):
limiicd io onc anartna (chacsnavartn), allcciing many anartnas
(banucsnavartn), almosi complcic (prayh), complcic (purna), and absoluic
(atyanth). Tlus immcdiaicly alici siaiiing pciloimancc ol dcvoiional aciiviiics
(bnajana hrya), ilcic is nullilicaiion bui ii is limiicd, accoiding io ilc lamous
logic: Tlc iown buincd, ilc cloil is ioin. In oilci woids, wlcn wc lcai ilai a
iown buincd, wc can imaginc ilai somc ol ii musi siill bc cxisiing, oi il a cloil is
ioin, ilc picccs aic siill cxisiing. ly coniinucd piaciicc, wiil ilc appcaiancc ol
nsntna, ilc ciadicaiion is pcivasivc (allcciing many anartnas). Wiil ilc
appcaiancc ol rat oi bnava, ilc ciadicaiion is almosi complcic. Wiil ilc
appcaiancc ol prcma, ilc ciadicaiion is complcic. Wiil ilc aiiainmcni ol ilc
Loid's associaiion, ilc ciadicaiion is absoluic, wiil no possibiliiy ol ilcii
icappcaiancc. Tlus il onc ilinls ilai ilc lollowing occasional cpisodcs dcmon-
siiaic anartna aiising cvcn alici aiiaining ilc loius lcci ol ilc Loid, by onc's
iniclligcncc lc slould iliow oui ilai ilougli liom lis mind.
In ilc casc ol Cliiialciu's wlo lad alicady aiiaincd ilc loius lcci ol ilc
Loid, lis accidcnial mana aparana io Sliva was appaicni, noi ical, loi ilcic was
no ill cllcci liom lis misialc. loil as an associaic ol ilc Loid, and assuming ilc
loim ol a dcmon (Viiiiasuia) lis wcalil ol prcma was siill cvidcni.
Tlc causc ol ilc appaicni ollcnsc ol Jaya and Vijaya was a manilcsiaiion ol
ilcii pcisonal dcsiic siimulaicd by prcma. Tlc iwo dcsiicd in ilis way: O Piablu!
O Loid ol Loids! O Naiayana! You dcsiic io ligli bui wc do noi scc a suiiablc
opponcni loi You. All ilosc availablc aic ioo wcal. Tlougl wc aic siiong, wc aic
noi inimical io You. Somclow oi oilci, malc us inimical io You, and icalizc Youi
dcsiic io ligli. Wc, bcing Youi laiillul scivanis, cannoi iolciaic io scc any lacl
wlaicvci in Youi pcilcciion. Diminisl Youi qualiiy ol allcciion loi youi dcvoiccs
and lullill oui piayci.`
Tlc ciadicaiion ol ilc anartnas aiising liom picvious sin is as lollows. Wiil
ilc pciloimancc ol bnajana hrya, ilc ciadicaiion is almosi complcic, wiil ilc
appcaiancc ol nsntna ciadicaiion is complcic, and wiil ilc appcaiancc ol asaht ii
is absoluic.
Tlc ciadicaiion ol anartnas aiising liom bnaht is as lollows. Wiil ilc
pciloimancc ol blajana liiya, ciadicaiion is limiicd. Wiil ilc appcaiancc ol
nsntna ii is complcic, and wiil ilc appcaiancc ol rucn ii is absoluic. Tlc wisc
scll-icalizcd souls lavc concludcd ilis by iloiouglly considciing all maiicis.
Onc may iaisc ilc objcciion ilai ilcsc siagcs ol cxiinguisling anartnas do
noi apply io dcvoiccs, quoiing lundicds ol vciscs liom slasiia sucl as:
amnan samnara ahnIam sahr
aya cva sahaIa Iohasya taranr
va tmrajarIamna jayat
jagat mangaIam narcr nama
As wiil ilc suniisc, all dailncss is dcsiioycd, in ilc samc way, wiil onc
uiiciancc ol ilc Holy Namc all sins aic dcsiioycd. All gloiics io ilc Holy Namc
wlo bcsiows sucl auspiciousncss on ilc wlolc univcisc! (Slii Sliidlai Swami)
na n bnagavann agnattam am
tva-arsanan nrnam ahnIa-papa-hsayan
yan-nama sahrc cnravanat
puhaso p vmucyatc samsarat
O My Loid, simply by sccing You, onc is immcdiaicly liccd liom all
maiciial coniaminaiion. Tlis is noi impossiblc bccausc, wlai io spcal ol sccing
You pcisonally, mcicly by lcaiing Youi Holy Namc oncc only, cvcn a canaIa can
obiain libciaiion liom ilc maiciial woild. (Sl 6.16.++)
Oi ciiing Ajamila's casc, wlcic simply by lis uiiciing ilc Loid's namc oncc
in nama-abnasa, all anartnas, cvcn up io avidya (ignoiancc, ilc iooi causc ol
maiciial bondagc), wcic icmovcd and lc aiiaincd ilc loius lcci ol ilc Loid.
Tlis is all iiuc. Onc slould lavc no doubi ilai ilc Holy Namc las in all
cascs sucl incsiimablc powci. Howcvci, ilc Holy Namc, bcing unlappy wiil
ollcnscs commiiicd againsi ii, docs noi manilcsi iis complcic powci in ilc
ollcndci. Tlis is indccd ilc icason sinlul icndcncics coniinuc in ilc ollcndci. Siill,
ilc scivanis ol dcail lavc no powci io aiiacl sucl a pcison (as in Ajamila's casc).
sahrn manan hrsna-paaravnayor
nvcstam ta-guna-rag yar na
na tc yamam pasa-bnrtas ca ta-bnatan
vapnc p pasyant n carna-nshrtan
Alilougl noi laving lully icalizcd Kiislna, pcisons wlo lavc cvcn oncc
suiicndcicd complcicly unio His loius lcci bcing somcwlai aiiiacicd by His namc,
loim, qualiiics, and pasiimcs lavc ilus pciloimcd ilc iiuc mcilod ol aioncmcni.
Lvcn in dicams, sucl pcisons do noi scc Yama oi lis scivanis caiiying nooscs. (Sl
6.1.19)
Tlougl ilis is iiuc, ilcy lavc no mcans ol puiilicaiion oilci ilan
bccoming licc liom nama-aparana. Ciiing ilc Padma Puiana in ilc discussion on
ilc icn ollcnscs ilc Har Pnaht VIasa says:
namno baIa yasya n papa-bunr
na vyatc tasya yamar n sunn
Commttng sn on tnc strcngtn oj tnc HoIy Namc, onc cannot bc purjc cvcn
by practcng tnc rcguIatons oj yoga, ctc. jor tnousans oj ycars. ,HPV 11.28-)
In ilis vcisc ilc woid yama (yamar) iclcis io ilc iulcs and icgulaiions
(yama, nyama, cic.) ol yoga snastra. In oilci woids, ilougl ilc aparan is licc
liom Yama, ilc loid ol dcail, yama (oilci mcans ol puiilicaiion) cannoi licc lim
ol anartna.
Tlc casc ol ilc ollcndci losing ilc mcicy ol ilc Namc is similai io a
suboidinaic wlo is ollcnsivc io lis vasily wcalily and capablc masici (ilc Holy
Namc). Hc is dcnicd piopci caic, and is iicaicd indillcicnily by ilc masici. As a
icsuli ilai pcison comcs io sullci povciiy and disiicsscs ol all soiis. Ii slould bc
lnown ilai a masici ncglccis a scivani wlo is ollcnsivc and no onc clsc is capablc
ol lclping lim (laima, jnana, yoga, cic.). Il ilc ollcnding scivani again puis
limscll ai ilc bccl and call ol lis masici, ilc masici giadually slows mcicy, and
ilai pcison's sullciings aic sicp by sicp climinaicd. In ilc samc way, ilc ollcnding
dcvoicc will ai liisi sullci somc misciics. As lc pciloims sinccic scivicc io ilc
dcvoiccs, ilc sciipiuics, and spiiiiual masici, ilc Namc will again giadually
manilcsi mcicy and giadually climinaic lis cvil icndcncics. Tlus onc cannoi aiguc
againsi ilc giadual climinaiion ol anartna.
Somconc may aiguc ilai, I lavc ncvci commiiicd any ollcnscs. Onc slould
noi malc sucl siaicmcnis. Tlougl ilc ollcnsc may noi lavc bccn donc icccnily, ii
may lavc bccn donc in ilc pasi, bui onc can inlci ilc cxisicncc ol ollcnscs by ilcii
cllcci. Tlc cllcci ol ollcnsc is ilai a pcison will noi manilcsi any sympioms ol
picma by pciloimancc ol nama hrtana.
ta asma-saram nrayam vatcam
ya grnyamanar nar-nama-ncyan
na vhryctatna yaa vharo
nctrc jaIam gatra-runcsu narsan
Onc's lcaii is cciiainly siccl-liamcd il, wlcn claniing ilc Holy Namc,
ilcic is no clangc in ilc lcaii, icais in ilc cycs oi sianding ol laiis on ilc body.
(Sl 2.3.2+)
Sccing ilc lollowing vcisc liom Pnaht-rasamrta-snnu anoilci doubi
aiiscs:
hc tc parana vprcnra
namno bnagavatan hrtan
vngnnant nrnam hrtyam
prahrtam nyanayant n
Ol loicmosi ol branmanas, wlai aic ilc ollcnscs againsi ilc Nomc oli ilc
Loid wlicl canccl ilc icsulis ol all onc's pciloimanccs, and lcad io a maiciial
conccpiion cvcn ol iiansccndcnial iopics' (Pnaht-rasamrta-snnu)
|n otncr vors, rcpcatcIy ncarng an cnantng tnc Lornamc snouI gvc
prcma, scrvng tnc sacrc trtnas snouI bcstov pcrjccton, tastng rcpcatcIy
tnc gncc, mIh an bctcI prasaam snouI cstroy aII csrcs jor scnsc
cnjoymcnt. So vnat arc tnc gravc ojjcnscs vncn canccI tncsc rcsuIts an causc
aII tncsc sprtuaIIy potcnt actvtcs to appcar matcraI` 1ns vcry startIng an
unncrvng qucston s bcng rasc. |j tns s, so ocs t joIIov tnat a pcrson vno
commts a nama aparana bccomcs avcrsc to tnc Lor an 1nus cannot cvcn
tahc sncItcr oj guru or pcrjorm cvotonaI actvtcs`
Tlis is iiuc. As duiing a sciious lcvci, losing all iasic loi lood, a pcison
linds ii impossiblc io cai, so a pcison wlo commiis a sciious ollcnsc loscs scopc
loi lcaiing, claniing and pciloiming dcvoiional aciiviiics. Tlcic is no doubi
aboui ilis. Howcvci, il ilc lcvci lcsscns wiil iimc, somc iasic loi lood dcvclops.
Lvcn ilcn, nouiisling loods lilc mill and iicc cannoi givc ilcii lull powci ol
nouiislmcni io ilc pcison sullciing liom clionic lcvci. Tlcy bcsiow somc
bcnclii, bui cannoi iclicvc lim ol lis wasicd condiiion. An invalid's dici and
mcdicinc can, lowcvci, wiil iimc, icsioic lim io lis picvious lcalily condiiion. A
ilai iimc ilc lull poicncy ol noimal lood can bc uiilizcd by ilc body. In ilc samc
way, alici a long pciiod ol sullciing ilc cllccis ol aparana, ilc inicnsiiy icduccs
somcwlai and ilc dcvoicc dcvclops a liiilc iasic. Again ilc dcvoicc bccomcs
qualilicd loi bnaht. Rcpcaicd doscs ol lcaiing and claniing ilc Loids's Namc and
pciloimancc ol oilci dcvoiional pioccsscs, giadually cvciyiling is icvcalcd in
piogicssion. Tlc sainis lavc dcsciibcd ilis piogicssion as lollows:
aau srana tatan sanusango tna bnajana-hrya
tato nartna-nvrttn syat tato nstna rucstatan
atnasahts tato bnavas tatan prcma bnyuancat
sanahanamayam prcmnan praurbnavc bnavct hraman
Siaiiing wiil laiil, lollowcd by associaiion, bnajana hrya, anartna nvrtt,
nsntna, rucn, asaht, bnava and prcma. (llalii-iasamiiia-sindlu 1.+.15-16)
Somc noi only supposc ilc picscncc nama aparana duc io ilc abscncc ol
sympioms ol prcma and iiaccs ol sinlul aciiviiy in dcvoiccs wlo aic piaciicing ilc
dcvoiional pioccsscs sucl as liitana. lui ilcy also supposc ilc abscncc l
dcsiiuciion ol ilc icaciions ol picvious laima (prarabna) by obsciving ilc
picscncc ol oidinaiy maiciial disiicsscs. Howcvci, Ajamila namcd lis son
Naiayana and callcd ilai namc many iimcs cvciy day in wlai las bccn ascciiaincd
io bc in an inollcnsivc mannci. Siill, lc did noi manilcsi ilc sympioms ol prcma,
moicovci, lc was also inclincd io sinlul iclaiion wiil a piosiiiuic. Yudlisiliia lad
aclicvcd ilc associaiion ol ilc Supicmc Loid Himscll and was ilus cciiainly licc
liom pasi laimic icaciions. Siill, lc lad io sullci many appaicnily oidinaiy
maiciial misciics. As a iicc bcais liuii only in ilc piopci scason, ilc Holy Namc,
ilougl plcascd wiil an ollcnsclcss pcison, will icvcal iis mcicy io lim only in duc
iimc. Ioi ilc dcvoicc, accumulaicd sins commiiicd duc io picvious bad labiis
lavc no cllcci lilc ilc biic ol a scipcni wiiloui lis poison langs. Tlc siclncss,
lamcniaiion and oilci sullciings undcigonc by dcvoiccs aic noi ilc icaciions io
sins in picvious lilc (prarabna). Tlc Loid Himscll las said:
yasyanam anugrnnam
narsyc ta-nanam sanan
tato nanam tyajanty asya
svajana unhna- unhntam
Giadually, I ialc away all ilc wcalil ol ilc pcison wlom I lavoi. lcing
pcnnilcss and mosi misciablc, lc is icjccicd by lis lamily and iclaiivcs. (Sl
10.SS.S)
nrnanatva mana rogo ma anugrana Iahsanam
Tlc pcison wiiloui ilc scvcic malady ol maiciial posscssions is ilc objcci ol My
mcicy.
Tlus, ilc masicilul Loid, wlo always aiicnds io ilc wcllaic ol His dcvoicc,
wiil ilc plan io incicasc ilc dcvoicc's lumiliiy and longing loi ilc Loid, bcsiows
on lim all soiis ol sullciing as His mcicy. Having no icsulis duc liom picvious
acis, lc cannoi bc said io bc sullciing ilc cllcci ol sinlul aciions liom picvious
livcs.
Tlus cnds ilc Tliid Slowci ol Ncciai ol %&'()"*& +&'&,-#.# by
Malamalopadlyaya Sliimai -Vislvanaila Claliavaiii dcsciibing ilc miiigaiion
ol all inauspicious clcmcnis.
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Picviously, in ilc discussion ol ilc iwo iypcs ol bnajana hrya, ansntnta
and nsntnta, six iypcs ol ilc ansntnta bnajana hrya wcic dcsciibcd. Wiiloui
dcsciibing nsntnta bnajana hrya, anartna nvrtt was discusscd. lccausc ii says in
Snrma Pnagavatam:
srnvatam sva-hatnan hsrnan
punya-sravana-hrtanan
nry antan stno ny abnaran
vnunot sunrt satam
nasta-praycsv abnarcsu
ntyam bnagavata-scvaya
bnagavaty uttama-sIohc
bnahtr bnavat nastnh
Loid Kiislna, wlo is allcciionaic io His dcvoiccs and siiuaicd in ilcii
lcaiis, dcsiioys all inauspicious clcmcnis ol ilosc wlo lcai iopics aboui ilc Loid.
Wlcn ilc inauspicious clcmcnis lavc bccn gcncially dcsiioycd by dcvoiional
scivicc, sicady dcvoiion io ilc Loid appcais. (Sl:1.2.17-1S) Tlc liisi vcisc
(srnvatam sva-hatnan...) iclcis io ilc siagc ol ansntnta oi unsicady blalii, loi
nasth bnaht oi nsntnta bnaht malcs iis appcaiancc laici in ilc sccond vcisc.
Abnaran vnunot (dcsiiuciion ol inauspicious clcmcnis) wlicl appcais bciwccn
ilcsc iwo siagcs, iclcis io ilc siagc ol anartna nvrtt. Tlc woids nasta-praycsv
abnarcsu (inauspiciousncss is almosi dcsiioycd) mcans ai ilc siagc ol nsntna,
only a small poiiion ol anartnas icmains. Tlus, Tlc piopci oidci accoiding io
Snrma Pnagavatam is bnajana hrya, anartna nvrtt, nsntna. Tlcicloic in iis
piopci placc, nsntnta bnaht will bc discusscd now.
Nsntna mcans io bc cndowcd wiil ilc qualiiy ol sicadincss, oi non-
movcmcni (nasncnaIyam). Tlougl a pcison iiics loi sicadincss cvciy day, wlilc
ilc anartnas aic siill picscni, lc will noi aiiain sicadincss. Tlis is duc io ilcsc livc
pcisisicni obsiaclcs: Iaya (slccp), vhsncpa (disiiaciion), apratpatt (indillcicncc oi
disinicicsi in spiiiiual iopics), hasnaya (icndcncy iowaid bad labiis) and
rasasvaa (iasic loi maiciial cnjoymcni). Alici ilc siagc ol anartna nvrtt, wlcn
ilcsc obsiaclcs aic almosi complcicly dcsiioycd, onc aclicvcs sicadincss. Tlus, ilc
sympiom ol nsntna is ilc abscncc ol ilc abovc mcniioncd obsiaclcs.
Laya iclcis io ilc icndcncy io slccp duiing hrtana, snravana and smarana
(japa), in oidci ol incicasing icndcncy. Vhsncpa iclcis io disiiaciion iowaid
mundanc iopics wlilc pciloiming scivicc (i.c., gossiping wlilc doing japa).
Apratpatt iclcis io ilc occasional inabiliiy io pciloim hrtana, cic. in spiic ol ilc
abscncc ol Iaya oi vhsncpa. Kasnaya mcans ilc icndcncy io indulgc in angci,
giccd, piidc, cic duc io pasi bad labii. Pasasvaa iclcis io inabiliiy io absoib ilc
mind in hrtana il onc gcis ilc oppoiiuniiy loi maiciial scnsc plcasuic. Nsntnta
bnaht appcais in ilc abscncc ol ilcsc laulis. taa rajas-tamo-bnavan hama-
Iobnaayan ca yccta ctar anavnam stntam sattvc pras.at. Ai ilai iimc bcing
complcicly licc liom ilc inllucnccs ol tama and iaja guna, sucl as lusi, giccd and
oilci impuiiiics, ilc lcaii is saiislicd in a siaic ol goodncss. (Sl:1.2.19) Hcic ilc
woid ca is uscd in iis collcciivc scnsc io iclci io all ol ilcsc unwanicd qualiiics.
Tlus in ilc siagc ol nsntna ilc modcs ol ignoiancc and passion aic no longci
picscni. Howcvci, ilc woids ciaii anavnam (no longci allccicd by ilcsc)
indicaic ilai ilcsc impuiiiics aic siill picscni io somc sligli dcgicc ai ilc siagc ol
nsntna, bui do noi aci as an obsiaclc io bnaht. All iiaccs will bc icmovcd wlcn
onc icaclcs ilc siagc ol bnava.
Nsntna, sicadincss, is ol iwo iypcs: conccining bnaht diiccily (sahsnat-
bnahtr-vartan) and conccining clcmcnis lavoiablc io bnaht (bnaht-anuhuIa
vastur-vartn). Sahsnat-bnaht las unlimiicd loims, siill, ilcic aic ilicc basic
divisions: bodily, vocal and mcnial (hayh, vacnh, manas). Accoiding io somc
auiloiiiics, liisi onc aiiains sicadincss in bodily sciviccs, ilcn in vocal aciiviiics
(hrtana, cic.), and linally in mcnial aciiviiics (icmcmbciing, mcdiiaiion). Oilcis,
lowcvci, disagicc saying ilai cagcincss io scivc ilc Loid in a paiiiculai mannci
dcvclops liisi accoiding io ilc individual naiuics ol ilc dcvoicc, wlosc bodily,
vocal and mcnial siicngil may vaiy. Tlcii vcision is ilai ilcic is no sucl
piogicssion.
Llcmcnis lavoiablc io bnaht iclci io lumiliiy, giving icspcci io oilcis,
liicndlincss, and mcicilulncss. Howcvci, somciimcs sicadincss in sucl qualiiics
may bc sccn in a scll-coniiollcd dcvoicc wlo las no sicadincss in bnaht. Wlilc
clscwlcic, sicadincss in ilcsc qualiiics may noi bc pciccivcd in an aiiogani
dcvoicc wlo las aiiaincd sicadincss in bnaht. In spiic ol ilis, by ilc picscncc oi
abscncc ol sicadincss in bnaht iiscll (sahsnat bnaht), iailci ilan in ilc qualiiics ol
bnaht, lcaincd wisc mcn undcisiand ilc aciual picscncc oi abscncc ol nsntna,
sicadincss. Incxpciicnccd pciccpiion cannoi subsianiiaic ilc iiuil. Tlis is
conliimcd by ilc ciicd vciscs, bnahtr bnavat nasth, wiil ilc appcaiancc ol
nasnth-bnaht, taa rajas-tamo-bnavan...ctar anavnam, ilougl iiaccs ol ilc
qualiiics boin ol iaja and tama guna may bc picscni, ilcy no longci allcci ilc
dcvoicc.
In summaiy, wlai las bccn slown is ilai laxiiy oi inicnsiiy ol clloii and
dilliculiy oi casc in pciloimancc ol dcvoiional aciiviiics, sucl as lcaiing and
claniing is ilc ciiiciia ol disciiminaiing ilc iwo iypcs ol bnaht, namcly unsicady
and sicady.
Tlus cnds ilc Iouiil Slowci ol Ncciai ol %&'()"*& +&'&,-#.# by
Malamalopadlyaya Sliimai Vislvanail Claliavaiii wlcic ilc ncciai las bcgun
io llow.
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Wlcn ilc dcvoicc ialcs in lis lcaii ilc goldcn mcdallion ol bnaht, slining
cllulgcnily by ilc liic ol sicady piaciicc (nsntna) and piopcllcd by iis own cncigy,
iucli appcais in ilai bnaht. Wlcn a pcison dcvclops a iasic loi ilc aciiviiics ol
bnaht sucl aslcaiing and claniing, vasily gicaici ilan aiiiaciion loi anyiling clsc,
ilai is callcd rucn. Unlilc in ilc picvious siagcs, ai ilc siagc ol rucn consiani
pciloimancc ol dcvoiional aciiviiics lilc lcaiing and claniing docs noi icsuli in
cvcn ilc lcasi laiiguc. Pucn quiclly pioduccs an inicnsc addiciion io ilc aciiviiics
ol bnaht. Tlis is similai io ilc bialmana boy wlo, alici diligcnily siudying ilc
sciipiuics daily, in iimc giasps ilc mcaning, and ilcn linds no dilliculiy ai all in
applying limscll io siudy. Moicovci, lc dcvclops a plcasuic in ilc pciloimancc
lis iasl.
Tlc aciual conclusion can bc undcisiood by ilc lollowing cxamplc. Duc io
a dclcci in ilc livci, ilc abiliiy io iasic bccomcs allccicd and sugai candy bccomcs
disiasiclul. Sugai candy, lowcvci, is also ilc mcdicinc io cuic ilc dclcci.
Undcisianding ilis, an alllicicd pcison will ialc sugai candy daily ilougl ii may
bc disiasiclul and, cvcniually, as ii cuics lis siclncss, lc will dcvclop a ical iasic
loi ii. In ilis way, ilc jvas lcaii coniaminaicd by ignoiancc and ilc oilci hIcsnas
bccomcs cuicd by ilc mcdicinc ol lcaiing, claniing and ilc oilci dcvoiional
pioccsscs. Lvcniually, lc dcvclops a iasic loi ilcsc aciiviiics.
Pucn is ol iwo iypcs: ilai wlicl dcpcnds on cxccllcncc ol clcmcnis (vastu-
vasnsnty-apchsnn), and ilai wlicl docs noi (vastu-vasnsnty-anapchsnn).
Lxccllcncc ol clcmcnis iclcis io an cxccllcncc ol dciails in iclaiion io ilc Loid's
namc, qualiiics and loim, cic. Ioi insiancc, a pcison may only cxpciicncc plcasuic
liom hrtana il ii is plcasing io ilc cai and aiiisiically sung. Hc may only iclisl
iopics ol ilc Loid il ilcy aic dclivcicd slilllully wiil pociic oinamcnis and
qualiiics. Hc may only cnjoy dciiy woislip il all ilc implcmcnis, placc, and
maiciials aic accoiding io lis lancy. Tlis is similai io a pcison wiil a wcal
appciiic asling aboui ilc vaiiciy and qualiiy ol picpaiaiions in a mcal. Tlc causc
is a sligli impuiiiy in ilc lcaii ol ilc dcvoicc. Tlcicloic, il a pcison dcpcnds on
ilc cxccllcncy ol ilc maiciial clcmcnis ol hrtana, cic. io cxpciicncc a spiiiiual
iasic, onc slould undcisiand ilis as iaini ol impuiiiy in lis lcaii (osnabnas). A
pcison wiil ilc sccond iypc ol rucn will cxpciicncc gicai plcasuic cvcn liom ilc
bcginning ol any pciloimancc ol sravanam, hrtana, cic. Il, lowcvci, ilcic is
cxccllcncc ol ilc clcmcnis, ilcn lc bccomcs cxiicmcly joylul and ccsiaiic. Ii
mcans ilai lc las noi ilc sliglicsi iiacc ol impuiiiy in lis lcaii.
Ol liicnd, abandoning ilc ncciai ol Kiislna's namcs, wly aic you
cngagcd in usclcss ialls ol lamily puisuiis ol sccuiiiy and cnjoymcni' Wlai can I
say io you' I myscll am so wiclcd, ilougl I icccivcd ilc piccious jcwcl ol blalii
by ilc mcicy ol ilc spiiiiual masici, I am so unloiiunaic ilai I lcpi ii iicd in ilc
lcm ol my cloil. Noi lnowing iis valuc, I lavc bccn scaicling oui a ciaclcd
cowiic, a iiny spoi ol lalsc lappincss on ilc sloic ol ilc occan ol maiciial
cngagcmcnis. Wandciing lcic and ilcic, I lavc passcd ilc ycais ol my lilc in vain.
Noi piaciicing any aciiviiy ol blalii, I lavc simply displaycd lcilaigy. Alas! Sucl
am I oi my scnsc ol iasic ilai I licl up biiici-iasiing dccciilul piolanc gossip lilc
ncciai and icmain apailciic io lcai ilc namcs, qualiiics and pasiimcs ol ilc Loid.
How unloiiunaic I am! Wlcn I siaii io lcai aboui ilc Loid, I comloiiably lall
aslccp, and ai ilc oppoiiuniiy loi vulgai discussion, I piicl up my cais and
bccomc widc awalc. In ilis way, I lavc always coniaminaicd ilc asscmbly ol all
ilc dcvoiccs. Wlai sinlul acis lavc I noi pciloimcd, simply loi ilc saiislaciion ol
my insaiiablc bclly cvcn in my dccicpii old agc' I do noi lnow loi low long and in
wlai iypc ol lcll I will lavc io sullci loi all my aciiviiics.`
In ilis way icpcniing lis picvious siaic ol consciousncss, somc day ai somc
placc, ilc dcvoicc bccomcs lilc a bcc iasiing ilc ncciai ol ilc liuii ol ilc
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Alici ilis, wlcn ilc iasic loi ilc aciiviiics ol blajana (lcaiing, claniing,
cic.) icaclcs cxiicmc dcpil and Kiislnabccomcs ilc vciy objcci ol onc's
dcvoiional aciiviiics, oncaiiains io asaht oi aiiaclmcni. Ai ilc siagc ol asaht, ilc
dcsiic-ciccpci ol bnaht bcais clusicis ol buds lcialding ilc swili manilcsiaiion ol
ilc llowcis ol bnava and ilcn liuiis ai ilc siagc ol picma. Tlcdillcicncc bciwccn
rucn and asaht is ilis: rucn las bnajana, dcvoiional piaciicc, as ilc subjcci and
asaht las ilc Loid, ilc objcci ol bnajana, as ilc subjcci. Tlc siagc can bc dccidc
liom ilc amouni ol cacl componcni. Aciually, rucn and asaht lavc boil
componcnis, bui by ilc inicnsiiy ol oncoi ilc oilci, rucn and asaht bccomc
disiinguislablc liom cacl oilci. Asaht polislcs ilc miiioi ol ilc lcaii io sucl a
condiiion ilc icllcciion ol ilc Loid suddcnly sccms io bc almosi visiblc ilcic.
Ol! My mind is bcing ovciwlclmcd by maiciial dcsiics, lci mc lixii on ilc
Loid! In ilc siagc picvious io asalii, ilc dcvoicc, on icalizing lis mind las bccn
ovcipowcicd by maiciial objccis and dcsiics, by lis dclibciaic clloii, almosi
wiildiawslis mind and almosi lixcs ii on ilc Loid's loim, qualiiics and aciiviiics.
Ai ilc appcaiancc ol asalii, lowcvci, absoipiion ol ilc mind in ilc Loid is
auiomaiic, wiiloui clloii. A dcvoicc ai ilc siagc ol nislila cannoi dcicci low and
wlcn lis mind wiildiaws liom iopics ol ilc Loid's qualiiics, loims, cic. and lixcs
iiscll on maiciial allaiis. To ilcconiiaiy, a pcison ai ilc siagc ol asalii docs noi
pciccivc low and wlcn lis mind sponiancously wiildiaws liommaiciial iopics
and sponiancously absoibs iiscll in iopic ol ilc Loid. Onc bclow ilc lcvcl ol asalii
can ncvci lnow ilis. Tlis sponiancous lixaiion on ilc Loid, lowcvci, is ilc
sympiom olilc siagc ol asalii.
Laily in ilc moining, sccing anoilci dcvoicc, lc will bcgin ialling. Wlcic
aic you coming liom' You lavc, pcilaps, a snaIagrama snIa in ilc small casc
langing liom youi nccl' Youi ionguc is quivciing cvciy momcni liom iasiing ilc
ncciai ol Kiislna's namc as you clani solily. I don'i lnow wly you aicgiving youi
daislan io an unloiiunaic pcison lilc mc and giving mc ovciwlclming joy. Tcll
mc aboui all ilc loly placcs youlavc visiicd. Dcsciibc all ilc sainily souls you
lavc mci andwlai icalizaiions ilcy lavc blcsscd you wiil. In ilis way, you aic
pcilcciing youiscll and oilcis also.` In ilis way lc will spcnd somc iimc diinling
ncciai in iniimaic convcisaiion. Llscwlcic, sccing anoilci dcvoicc, lc will say,
Tlc cnclaniing sciipiuic undci youi aim is maling you appcai vciyclcgani, ilus
I can gucss you aic vciy lcaincd and icalizcd. Kindly icciic loi mc onc vcisc ol ilc
icnil canio and biing lilc io ilc claiali biid ol my cais awaiiing ilc iaindiops ol
youi ncciaican cxplanaiions.` Hcaiing ilc cxplanaiion, lisaii siands on cnd in
ccsiasy.
Going clscwlcic, sccing an asscmbly ol dcvoiccs, lc will say, Ol, ioday
my lilc will bc succcsslul, loi ilc associaiion ol dcvoiccs will dcsiioy all my sins.`
Tlinling in ilis way, lcwill pay icpcaicd obcisanccs io ilcm lalling lilc a siicl on
ilccaiil. lcing wclcomcd wiil allcciion by ilc mosi ciudiicmalablagavai, ilc
ciown jcwcl ol all dcvoiccs, lc will sii bcloiclim in ciouclcd posiuic. Hc lumbly
bcgs liom lim wiil icais in lis cycs, Ol masici, you aic ilc ciown jcwcl ol
plysiciansablc io ciadicaic ilc giavc maiciial discasc allliciing ilcliving cniiiics in
ilc ilicc woilds. I am ilc mosi lallcn and dcpiavcd pcison. Plcasc ialc my pulsc
and diagnosc my malady andadvisc mc wlai mcdicinc and dici io ialc. ly ilai
miiaclc diug, givc my dcsiicd nouiislmcni.` Ovcijoycd wiil ilc mcicilul glancc
ol ilai malablagavai and lis iiiclling ncciai ol swcciwoids, lc will icmain a lcw
days io scivc ilc dcvoicc's loiuslcci.
Somciimcs wandciing in ilc loicsi absoibcd in cmoiion, obscivingilc
movcmcnis ol ilc animals and biids, lc will iniuiiivclyinicipici ilcm as signs ol
mcicy oi punislmcni ol Kiislna upon limscll. Il Kiislna is slowing His mcicy
io mc, ilcn ilcaniclopc in ilc disiancc will comc iowaids mc ilicc oi louisicps. Il
Hc is noi slowing mcicy, ilc aniclopc will iuin away.` On ilc ouisliiis ol a
villagc, sccing a small bialmanaboy playing icminding lim ol ilc clild saini,
Sanala, lc willcnquiic liom lim, Will I scc Viajcndia Kumaia'` No.` Hcaiing
ilai simplc syllablc, lc will dclibciaic onwlcilci io ialc ilc answci on lacc valuc
oi sccl a dccpcimcaning.
Rcmaining in lis lousc, wiil a woin lacc lilc a miscily wcalily mciclani giccdy
loi iicasuic, lc will bc absoibcd in ilougli all day, wlilc dicaming, sianding, oi
siiiing. Wlcic am I going' Wlai am I doing' How will I gci my lands on my
dcsiicdobjcci'` Wlcn aslcd by lis iclaiivcs wlai is ilc maiici, lc will somciimcs
aci lilc a muic, ai oilci iimcs lc will lcign noimaliiy. His liicnds will apologizc,
Rcccnily lc's bccomcscaiici-biaincd.` His nciglbois will concludc lc is an idioi
by biiil. Tlc lollowcis ol mimamsa (plilosoply ol Jaimini) will considci lim a
lool. Tlosc wlo siudy Vcdania will considcilim illusioncd. Tlc piaciiiioncis ol
pious aciiviiics will say lc is misguidcd. Tlc dcvoiccs will say lc las aiiaincd ilc
csscniial iiuil. Tlc ollcndcis will say lc is a picicndci. lui ilai dcvoicc, oblivious
ol icspcci and disicspcci, laving lallcn inio ilc cuiicni ol ilc gicai cclcsiial iivci
ol aiiaclmcni (asaht) io ilc Loid, will simply coniinuc in ilc samc mannci.
Tlus cnds ilc Sixil Slowci ol Ncciai ol Madluiya Kadambini by
Malamalopadlyaya Sliimai Vislvanail Claliavaiii discussing cnclanimcni ol
ilc lcaii. %&'()"*& +&'&,-#.#
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Wlcn asalii aclicvcs cxiicmc maiuiiiy ii is callcd rat oi bnava. llava is
ilc immaiuic (budding) siagc ol ilc ilicc sat-c-anana cncigics olilc Loid's
svarupa-snaht. sann, samvt and nIan. In oilci woids, bnaht aciually bcgins
iomanilcsi liom ilc siagc ol blava. Ii is ilus ilc blossoming llowci ol ilc dcsiic-
ciccpci ol bnaht. Iis ouicilusici is ilc qualiiy ol suurIabna (iaicly aclicvcd), and
iis innci lusici is mohsna Iagnu hrta (dciidcs cvcn ilc conccpiion ol libciaiion).
Jusi onc aiom ol blava upioois ignoiancc complcicly. Moicovci, ilc piolusc
iclcasc ol liagiancc sol ilc llowci ol blava inviics Madlusudana and causcs Him
io appcai ilcic. Wlai moic can I say' Sccnicd by ilc liagianccs ol bnava, all ilc
cmoiions ol ilc lcaii bccomc lilc ilc oil ol liquilicd bunclcs ol scsamc sccds, ai
oncc lii io smcai on all ilc limbs ol ilc Loid. Ai ilc appcaiancc ol blava, cvcn a
canaIa bccomcs woiily ol icspcci liom Loid lialma and oilcis.
Ai ilai iimc, lis cycs lully long io iuin iowaids Viajcndia Nandana io licl
ilc blaclncss ol His limbs (unyama Ina), ilc iosy luc ol His lips and cyc-iims
(arunma), ilc wliic biilliancc ol His moon-lilc iccil slining in His smiling lacc
(navaIma), and ilc ycllow luc ol His cloiling and oinamcnis (ptma). Tlcy
ilcnbcgin io bailc lis body in piolusc siicams ol icais. Lilc lc is iunning lcic
and ilcic, licczing iis moiion ai cvciy momcni and iaising lis cais, Hc longs loi
lis cais io bc dccoiaicd wiil ilc caiiings ol ilc song ol Kiislna's lluic, ilc
jingling ol His anllcis, and ilc swcci inionaiion ol His voicc (sausvarya) almosi
lilc a diicci oidci io scivc His loius lcci. Tlcn ilinling low ilc longcd loi ioucl
ol ilc Loid's icndci lands (hsnaIya-sparsna) musi bc, lis body ciupis in ccsiasy.
His nosiiils opcn widc icpcaicdly and inlalc, anxius io cxamincilc liagiancc ol
ilc Loid's body (saurabnya). Ol, will I cvci bc ablc io iasic ilc ncciai ol ilc
Loid's lips'` Iccling lilc lc las aiiaincd ilai iasic (rasana), lis ionguc lccls gicai
joy and lc licls lis lips. Somciimcs, lccling lilc lc las obiaincd diicci icalizaiion
ol ilc Loid in lis lcaii (spnurt, lc lccls unlimiicd lappincss in lis mind. Tasiing
ilc iaic iicasuic ol ilc swccincss (manurya) ol ilc Loid, lc bccomcs dcliiious.
Tlcn, ai ilc disappcaiancc ol ilai lccling, lc plungcs inio giicl. In ilis way, ii is as
il lcis dccoiaiing lis body wiil ilc iliiiy-ilicc sympioms ol sancnar-bnava. In
ilc siaics ol walclulncss, slccp and dccp slccp, lis iniclligcncc bccomcs icsoluicly
lixcd as ilc pilgiim on ilc pail lis icmcmbiancc ol Kiislna. His scll-conccii
(anamta, I) almosi givcs up ilc maiciial body ol ilc sadlal as ncailylilclcss and
piaciically cnicis inio a siddla-dcla (spiiiiual idcniiiy) accoiding io lis dcsiic io
scivc ilc Loid in a spccilic mannci. His scnsc ol posscssivcncss (mamata, minc)
bccomcs lilc a bcc io iclisl ilc ncciai ol ilc Loid's loiuslcci. Having obiaincd ilc
mosi piccious jcwcl ol bnava, ilc dcvoicc iiics io lidc ii lilc a misci liom ilc
oidinaiy pcoplc. Howcvci, ilc laomus logic says a biigli lacc icvcals liddcn
wcalil (ilc lacc is ilc indcx ol ilc mind). Tlus, advanccddcvoiccs will iccognizc
lis inicinal siaius as lc bccomcs ilc icsidcncc ol sucl wondcilul qualiiics as
icnunciaiion and iolciancc wlicl manilcsi ilcmsclvcs ai ilc siagc ol bnava.
Common pcoplc, bcing unablc io disccin ilcsc qualiiics, will concludc ilai lis
mind is disiiacicd oi mad.
1ns stagc oj bnava s oj tvo typcs. tnat arsng jrom raga bnaht an tnat
arsng jrom van bnaht. Pnava arsng jrom raganuga bnaht, bcng
cxccssvc nquaIty ,jat) an quantty ,praman), s vcry tnchor ntcnsc. |t s
cnaractcr,c by an abscncc oj avc anrcvcrcncc vtn a prcomnancc oj tnc
jccIng tnat tnc Lor s onan cquaI or Iovcr IcvcI. 1nc sccon typc arsng jrom
van bnaht, bcng somcvnat Icsscr n quaIty anquantty tnan tnc jrst, vtn
a typc oj ajjccton jor tnc Lor mxc vtn pcrccpton oj tnc Lor as tnc aII-
mgnty Go, s not so tnch. 1nosc tvo typcs oj bnava arc tastc n tvojjcrcnt
vays n tnc tvo typcs oj ncarts posscssc oj tvo typcsoj sprtuaI csrcs n tvo
typcs oj cvotccs.
As ilcic aic dillcicni dcgiccs ol iliclncss in ilc juiccs olmango, jacl liuii,
sugai canc oi giapcs, ilcic aic dillcicnidcgiccs ol swccincss ol bnava. Tlus ilcic
aic livc iypcs ol dcvoiccs accoiding ilc bnava in wlicl ilcy aic aciing: slanias
(ncuiial admiicis), asas (scivanis), sahnas (liicnds), ptr (cldcis), prcyas
(lovcis), aciing in ilc livc dillcicni bnavas. Tlai is, ilc snantas aic aciing in snant
(pcacclulncss), ilc asas in prt (allcciion), ilc sahas in sahnyam (liicndslip), ilc
ptr in vatsaIyam (paicnial lovc), and prcyass in pryata (conjugal lovc).
Tlcn again, ilcsc livc blava, by ilcii own cncigy, obiain vbnava,
anubnava, sattvh, vyabncnar as ilcii subjccis along wiil ilcii opulcnccsand
bccomc ilc lings lnown as silayi blavas. Tlcsc livc stnay bnavas by mixing wiil
ilcsc clcmcnis iiansloim inioilc livc rasas. snanta, aysa, sahnya, vatsaIya and
ujjvaIa.
Tlc sliuii icxis dclinc iasa as ilc vciy csscncc ol ilc Loid: raso va san
rasam ny cvayam Iabnv anana bnavat, ilc Loid is iasa iiscll (rasa-svarupa, and,
aiiaining ilai iasa, ilc jiva bccomcs blisslul. As waici is picscni in all ilcsiicams,
iivcis and ponds, bui is pcisonilicd in ilc occan, iasa is picscni in all ilc avaiaias
ol ilc Loid, bui docs noi icacl pcilcciion in any ol ilcm. Railci, ii aiiains iis
absoluic climax in Viajcndianandana, Kiislna, ilc son ol ilc Kingol Viaja. Wlcn
blava liisi maiuics and bcgins io iinsloiminio picma, ilai vciy Viajcndianandan,
Wlo is ilc pcisonilicaiion ol iasa, is diiccily icalizcd by qualilicd dcvoiccs.
Tlus cnds ilc Scvcnil Slowci ol Ncciai ol %&'()"*&+&'&,-#.# by
Malamalopadlyaya Sliimai Vislvanail Claliavaiiidiscussing llowing ol cicinal
bliss.
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Iiom ilc ciccpci ol blalii, wlicl liisi spiouicd iwo lcavcs duiing sanana
bnaht, many smooil pcials now suddcnly appcai in ilc loim ol anublavas (ilc
sympioms ol ccsiasy) aiiaclcd io ilc llowci ol bnava. Tlcsc anubnavas aic lillcd
wiil ilc dcvoiional pioccsscs, sucl as lcaiing and claniing, and slinc biillianily
ai cvciy momcni. Iiisi loiming ilc llowci callcd bnava, ilcy linally biing loiil ilc
liuii callcd prcma. lui wlai is mosi asionisling aboui ilc ciccpci ol bnaht is,
ilougl iis lcavcs, buds, llowcis and liuiis maiuic inio ilc succccding loim, ilcy
do noi givc up ilcii oiiginal loims. Togcilci ilcy slinc in ncwci and ncwci ways.
Tlc dcvoicc's innumciablc -ctta vrtt- ilouglis wcic picviously bound
iiglily by ilc iopcs ol aiiaclmcni io lamily, iclaiivcs, lousc and piopciiics.
Howcvci wlcn prcma appcais, ii casily liccs ilc ilouglis liom all ilosc
aiiaclmcnis. ly iis inlcicni powci, prcma iiansloims ilosc maiciial cmoiions,
inio spiiiiually blisslul clcmcnis, as il submciging ilcm all in a dccp wcll ol
iiansloiming ncciai. Similaily, all ilc aiiaclmcnis bccomc spiiiiualizcd. Tlcn,
wiil ilosc iocs ol spiiiiual aiiaclmcni, picma binds ilc spiiiiualizcd cmoiions io
ilc swccincss ol ilc Loid's namc, loim and qualiiics. Picma manilcsis iis biilliancc
in ilis way and immcdiaicly puis all maiciial idcals (purusnnartna) io slamc as ilc
sun puis io slamc all ilc consicllaiions in ilc sly. Tlc ncciai wlicl comcs liom
ilc liuii ol prcma las ilc csscniial qualiiy ol conccniiaicd bliss (sanranana), and
iis ouisianding nouiisling piopciiy is iis powci io aiiiaci Kiislna
(hrsnnaharsnan. Wlcn ilc dcvoicc bcgins io iasic ilai ncciai, lc docs noi ialc
lccd ol any obsiaclcs. Lilc a misci lcvciisl loi iicasuic, lilc a ilicl wlo las losi
all scnsc ol disciciion oui ol absoipiion in lis job, ilc dcvoicc loscs all scnsc ol
scll-consciousncss. -Somciimcs, ilcic is an impaiicncc loi obiaining ilc Loid,
lilc a lungci wlicl cannoi bc saiislicd cvcn by caiing ilc mosi iasiy loods day
and nigli. Tlcdcvoicc buins lilc ilc sun by ilai anxiciy. Hc is sooilcd only by
iasiing ilc loim, qualiiics and swccincss ol ilc Loid, wlicl malc a momcniaiy
appcaiancc, lilc ilc coolncss ol a ilousand moons.
Tlc prcma wlicl cxisis in ilc dcvoicc, ilc icccpiaclc ol picma, is vcy
asionisling in ilai simuliancously cvcn iis sliglicsi incicasc piciccs ilc dcvoicc
lilc a slali in ilc loim ol anxiciy by wlicl ilc dcvoicc ai cvciy momcni longs loi
ilc diicci daislan ol ilc Loid, and ai ilc samc iimc, by ilc inicnsc manilcsiaiion
ol ilai picma, ilai slali is buincd by ilc icalizaiion (spnurt) ol ilc loim,
pasiimcs and swccincss ol ilc Loid. Siill lc icmains unsaiislicd.
Simuliancously, ilis prcma, aiising liom iis own icscivoii, incicascs
sliglily, and ilc dcvoicc longs loi diicci coniaci wiil ilc Loid ai cvciy momcni.
Tlis lanlciing buins lilc a conllagiaiion and icais lis body lilc a slaip aiiow. ly
ilc inicnsiiy ol lis longing loi ilc Loid lc icmains unsaiislicd wiil ilc
momcniaiy vision ol ilc Loid's loim, qualiiics and swccincss.
Hc considcis liicnds as usclcss as a diy, ovcigiown wcll, and lis lousclold
bccomcs lilc a iloin-lillcd loicsi. (lcavy blow) Iood bcomcs ioially disiasiclul.
Piaisc liom oilci dcvoiccs is lilc ilc biiing ol a snalc. Daily duiics bccomc
dilliculi io pciloim lilc dcail. All ilc limbs ol lis body bccomc lilc an
unmanagcablc buidcn.Tlc consolaiion ol lis comiadcs is lilc poison. Lvcn
ilougl lc icmains consianily awalc, walclulncss is an occan ol icpcniancc, and
lis slccp sccms io bc simply llccing (dcsiioying) liom lilc. His body sccms ilc
iaici ol clasiiscmcni loi ilc Loid. His lilc aiis bccomc as lilclcss as ioasicd giains.
Wlai lc picviously iool as lis lilc's goal is abandoncd as gicai calamiiy. Lvcn
ilinling ol ilc Loid icais lis body asundci.
Tlcn picma, assuming ilc loim ol a magnci, aiiiacis blacl Kiislna and
malcs Him appcai io ilc dcvoicc loi a momcni. Ai ilai iimc, all ilc scnscs ol ilc
dcvoicc (cycs, nosc, cais, ionguc, scnsc ol ioucl) bccomc ilc icccpiaclcs ol all ilc
auspicious qualiiics ol Kiislna. His supicmc bcauiy, liagiancc, mclody,
youillulncss, iasiincss, audaiya and laiunya. Iiom iasiing ilc cxiicmc swccincss
and cvci-licslncss ol ilcsc qualiiics ol ilc Loid, a gicaici longing, wlicl ai cvciy
momcnincicascs, is boin in ilc dcvoicc bccausc ol lis picma. Pociic woids aic noi
adcquaic io dcsciibc ilc occan ol iianccndcnial bliss wlicl appcais ai ilis iimc.
A iiavcllci on a dcscii pail, buincd by ilc sun's iays duiing ilc loi scason,
linds slclici in a cool placc supplicd wiil a lundicd vcsscls ol icc-waici liom a
divinc pool undci ilc sladc ol a vasi banyan iicc dcnscly ianglcd wiil bianclcs.
An clcplani caugli in a loicsi liic wiiloui cscapc is linally bailcd by unlimiicd
waici liom a banl ol iain clouds. A pcison alllicicd by moiial discasc and ciaving
saiislaciion, diinls ilc ncciai, iasics iis cxquisiic swccincss, and cxpciicnccs
unboundcd bliss. Tlis cannoi bc compaicd...
Tlcn Loid icvcals liisi His bcauiy (saunarya) io ilc cycs ol ilc dcvoicc in
ilis icmailablc condiiion. On accouni ol ilc swccincss ol ilai bcauiy, all ilc
scnscs and ilc mind ialc on ilc qualiiy ol cycs, and obsiaclcs, sucl as paialysis,
slaling and icais, aic gcnciaicd. Iiom ilis ilc dcvoicc swoons in bliss. To
consolc ilc dcvoicc, ilc Loid ncxi icvcals His liagiancc io ilc nosiiils ol ilc
dcvoicc, and all ilc dcvoicc's scnscs ialc on ilc qualiiy ol ilc nosc io smcll.
Again ilc dcvoicc swoons in bliss. Tlc Loid ilcn icvcals His sonoious voicc io ilc
dcvoicc's cais: Ol My dcvoicc, I am undci youi coniiol. Don'i bc ovciwlclmcd,
bui lully saiisly youi dcsiic by iclisling Mc. All ilc scnscs bccomc lilc cais io lcai
and, loi ilc iliid iimc, ilc dcvoicc lainis. Ai ilc bcginning ol ilc swoon, ilc Loid
ilcn mcicilully givcs ilc ioucl ol His loius lcci, His lands and His bicasi io ilc
dcvoicc, and icvcals His licsl youillulncss (sauhaumarya) io ilc dcvoicc. To
ilosc in ilc mood ol sciviiudc, Hc bcsiows His loius lcci on ilcii lcads, io ilosc
in ilc mood ol liicndslip, Hc giasps ilcii lands wiil His. Ioi ilosc in ilc mood
ol paicnial allcciion, Hc wipcs away ilcii icais wiil His own land. Ioi ilosc in
conjugal mood, Hc icwaids ilcm wiil His cmbiacc, ioucling ilcm wiil His
lands and clcsi. Tlcn ilc dcvoicc's scnscs all ialc on ilc scnsc ol ioucl and ilc
dcvoicc lainis loi a louiil iimc in a dccp swoon. Ai ilc siaii ol ilc swoon, ilc
Loid ilcn icsioics lim by giving ilc iasic (saurasya) liom His own lips. Tlis,
lowcvci, is icvcalcd only io ilosc in ilc conjugal mood. Tlc dcvoicc's scnscs ialc
on ilc scnsc ol iasic and lc lainis loi a lilil iimc. Tlis blisslul swoon is so dccp
ilai ilc Loid musi icvivc lim by bcsiowing His auarya (gcnciosiiy). Auarya
iclcis io ilc siaic in wlicl simuliancously all ol ilc Loid's qualiiics (His bcauiy,
liagiancc, sound, ioucl and iasic) suddcnly manilcsi ilcmsclvcs io ilc dcvoicc's
vaiious scnscs.
Ai ilai iimc, prcma, wlicl undcisiands ilc will ol ilc Loid, incicascs io
ilc cxicmc and ilcic is a coiicsponding cxiicmc incicasc in ilc ciaving.
Tlai prcma picsidcs as a moon ovci ilc occan ol bliss and simuliancousy ii
incicascs lundicds and lundicds ol wavcs and ii agiiaics and cicaics an almosi
dcsiiuciivc liiciion in ilc dcvoicc's lcaii. Ii ilcn bccomcs ilc bcauiilul iuling
dciiy ol lis mind in ilai condiiion...
Tlis incicascd prcma, wlicl usually coniiols cvciyiling as ilc moon
picsidcs ovci ilc occan, ilcn sccms io wiildiaw iis powcis. Ii cicaics in ilc
dcvoicc's lcaii an almosi dcsiiuciivc liiciion andicaiing amongsi ilc simuliancous
iasics, a conllici ol a lundicd wavcs in ilc occan ol bliss. Tlcn again, prcma
assumcs ilc iolc ol iulci, ilc picsiding dciiy, and manilcsis iis spccilic powci
wlicl allows ilc dcvoicc io cxpciicncc ilc dillcicni iasics simuliancously and
wiiloui conllici. Onc slould noi ilinl ilai ilc dcvoicc will noi bc ablc io
cxpciicncc wiil lullncss ol all ilc iasics bccausc ol ilcii muliiiudc wlicl may
causc diluiion ol ilc vciy iasics. Railci, all ilc scnscs aiiain ilc inconccivablc,
asionisling, cxiiaoidinaiy qualiiy io pciloim ilc lunciions ol ilc oilci scnscs io
appicciaic ilc Loid's vaiious qualiiics. In ilis way, ilcy can cxpciicncc moic
inicnscly ilc iasic. In ilcsc maiicis, onc cannoi usc maiciial aigumcnis cvolvcd
liom maiciial cxpciicnccs. Tlc inconccivablc condiiions ol icma aic noi subjcci
io mundanc logic (acntya.....Lvcn il ilc dcvoicc wislcs io iclisl all iypcs ol
swccincss, ol saundaiya, cic., all ai oncc, bui lilc a claiala biid wans io diinl all
iaindiops by lis bcal wlicl is impossiblc. Tlc dcvoicc iiics io cxpciicncc ilc
swcci iasics ol ilc Loid's bcauiy, liagiancc, sound, ioucl, iasic and audaiya all ai
oncc lilc ilc cnataha biid wlo iiics io caicl all ilc iain diops in lis bcal. Tlcn
ilc Loid, sccing ilai all cannoi lind ioom in His dcvoicc, considcis, "Wly am I
lolding so many wondcilul qualiiics wiil My scll." To lci ilc dcvoicc also paiialc
ol ilcm all, ilc Loid manilcsis is hrpa snaht (also callcd anugrana), ilc
supciinicndcni ol all ilc slaliis, by wlicl ilc dcvoicc bccomcs aiiiaciivc cvcn io
ilc Loid. Tlis slalii is siiuaicd lilc an cmpicss ilc middlc ol a loius wlosc cigli
pcials aic ilc cigli snahts ,vmaIa, utharsnn, jnana, hrya, yoga, pranv, satya, an
san). Tlis anugrana dccoiaics iiscll in ilc cycs ol ilc Loid and ii appcais in
dillcicni loims as vaisalya (allcciion) in iclaiion io His dcvoiccs in ilc mood ol
scivani, cic. (asa, sahna, cic.). In somc cascs ii appcais as laiunya (compassion).
Wlcn ii appcais io in iclaiion io ilc dcvoiccs in conjugal mood iiis lnown as
ctta-vravn aharsnan snaht (wlicl mclis ilc lcaii ol Kiislna and aiiiacis
Him). Somciimcs accoiding io ilc dillcicni moods ol ilc dillcicni dcvoiccs ii is
lnown by oilci nams also. ly ilis hrpa-snaht, ilc all-pcivading clcmcni ol ilc
Loid's licc will inllucnccs ilc lcaii and causcs gicai asionislmcni cvcn in ilosc
icalizcd souls wlo aic lully scll-saiislicd atmaramas. ly ilis cncigy, ilc onc
qualiiy callcd bnahta vatsaIya (allcciion loi His dcvoiccs), lilc an cmpcioi, iulcs
ovci all auspicious, spiiiiual qualiiics sucl as satya, snaucna, aya and tapas
mcniioncd in ilc Iiisi Canio ol Snrma Pnagavatam.
Tlc cigliccn condcmncd qualiiics ol illusion, lazincss, ciioi, inicnsc lusi,
licllcncss, aiiogancc, cnvy, violcncc, cxciiion, lamcniaiion, disloncsiy, angci,
longing, lcai, paiiialiiy, and dcpcndcncy on oilcis aic noi picscni in ilc body ol
ilc Loid. ly ilc agcncy ol ilis blalia vaisalya, lowcvci, cvcn ilcsc qualiiics
bccomc picscni ai iimcs in vaiious avaiaias, sucl as Rama and Kiislna, and aic
appicciaicd by ilc dcvoiccs. lui now ilcsc laulis bccomc cxccllcni qualiiics.
Attanng tnc povcr to tastc compIctcIy tnc bcauty, jragrancc, ctc. oj tnc Lor,
an tastng cacn onc, tnc cvotcc asccns to ngncr an ngncr pcahs oj
astonsnng cxpcrcncc. Hs ncart mcIts on nccssant rcaI,aton oj tnc Lors
unncar oj bnahta vatsaIya. 1nc Lor, spIayng Hs voncrjuI naturc, says,
"On bcst oj cvotccs, many brtns you navc gvcn up vjc, nousc an vcaItn jor
tnc sahc oj My scrvcc. You cnurc tnc mscrcs oj coI, vn, nungcr, tnrst
an pan, toIcratc tnc contcmpt oj otncr mcn, tahng to a Ijc oj bcggng. |n
paymcnt jor aII your sacrjcc, | cannot gvcn you anytnng. | navc bccomc your
cbtor. Sncc Iorsnp ovcr tnc vnoIc cartn n tnc post oj cmgo an mystc
povcrs arc unsutabIc jor you, nov can | gvc tncm to you` Onc cannot gvc
grass an strav, tnc cnjoymcnt oj covs, to a sprtuaI pcrsonaIty sucn as you.
1nougn | am unconqucrabIc, toay | navc bccn conqucrc by you. | am tahng
sncItcr oj tnc crccpcr oj your gcntIcncss."
Acccpiing ilc swcci, allcciionaic woids ol ilc Loid as ilc oinamcnis ol lis
cais, ilc dcvoicc says, "Ol my Loid, my masici, ol occan ol unlailomablc mcicy!
You glanccd upon mc wlilc I was bcing biiicn by an aiiay ol ciocodilcs, ilc
inliniic misciics ol cndlcss biiils and dcails amidsi ilc iciiilying cuiicni ol
maiciial cxisicncc.Ol Loid, iiansccndcnial io all ilc maiciial plancis, Youi buiici-
lilc lcaii mclis as ii is lillcd wiil mcicy. In ilc loim ol spiiiiual masici, You
dcsiioy ignoiancc and lusi! ly manilcsiing ilc Sudaisana Clalia ol Youi
wondcilul loim, You lavc piciccd ilosc ciocodilcs and liccd mc liom ilc
cluiclcs ol ilcii iccil. To lullil my dcsiic io scivc Youi loius lcci as a maidscivai
(dasi, You placcd ilc syllablcs ol Youi maniia in my cais. You dcsiioycd my
sullciing, You puiilicd mc by ilc pioccss ol consiani lcaiing, claniing, and
icmcmbciing Youi qualiiics and namc. You madc mc undcisiand low io pciloim
scivicc io Youiscll iliougl ilc associaiion ol Youi dcvoiccs. I am uniniclligcni,
ilc lowcsi ol ilc low, and cvcn onc day lavc noi donc You scivicc. Sucl a miscily
scllisl pcison dcscivcs io bc punislcd. Coniiaiy io ilis lowcvci, slowing Youi
vciy scll io mc, You lavc madc mc diinl ncciai. You lavc moiiilicd mc by saying
ilai You lavc bccomc my dcbioi. Now I am ilinling wlai io do. Would I bc
picsumpiuous io asl You io paidon all my ollcnscs livc, scvcn, cigli, a ilousand
oi a million' I can dcliniicly say ii musi bc moic ilan a iiillion. Jusi lci all ilc
icaciions io my pasi aciiviiics, inicnsc and long-sianding, sullcicd and io bc
sullcicd in ilc luiuic, icmain.
Picviously, I compaicd Youi dail limbs io ilc monsoon cloud, io ilc bluc
waici lily and io ilc sappliic; I compaicd Youi cllulgcni lacc io ilc moon, and
Youi icndci lcci, io ncwly spiouicd lcavcs. Now ilcsc analogics sccm lilc a pilc ol
buincd musiaid sccds compaicd io a goldcn mouniain, oi lilc a clicl pca in
compaiison io a iouclsionc, lilc a jaclal in compaiison io a lion, oi a mosquiio
in compaiison io Gaiuda. ly my pooi iniclligcncc, I lavc clcaily commiiicd
ollcnsc io You. Sucl inapi pociiy mcani as piaisc unio Youiscll is acccpicd by ilc
common pcoplc. lui alici sccing ilc opulcncc ol ilc Sii Muiii loi a wlilc I lavc
jusi bccomc slamclul and lilc an impaiicni cow my voicc woidings will noi dclilc
ilc dcsiic ciccpci ol youi bcauiy wiil ilc iccil ol compaiison. I am lilc an
unsciilcd cow ilicaicncd by ilc suddcn appcaiancc ol Youi loim. lui I cannoi
dclilc ilc dcsiic iicc ol Youi bcauiy cvcn wiil my dcsiiuciivc compaiisons."
In ilis way, ilc dcvoicc piaiscs ilc Loid, and ilc Loid bccomcs moic
plcascd wiil ilc dcvoicc. Tlcn Hc icvcals all ilc lavoiablc accouiicmcnis
ncccssaiy loi ilc dcvoicc's paiiiculai iclaiion io ilc Loid, imbucd wiil cxccllcni
rasa: Slii Viindavana, ilc dcsiic iicc, ilc mana yoga ptna, ilc mosi dcai dauglici
ol Viislablanu, Hci associaics sucl as Laliia and lci manjaiis, His own liicnds
sucl as Subala, ilc cows mainiaincd by Him, ilc Yamuna Rivci, Govaidlana,
loicsis sucl as llandiia, Nandislvaia Hill, all ilc moilcis, lailcis, bioilcis,
liicnds and scivanis ilcic, and ilc oilci viajavasis. Tlc Loid submcigcs ilc
dcvoicc in ilc cnclaniing iidal wavc ol bliss and ilcn disappcais wiil His
cniouiagc.
Rccovciing consciousncss alici somc momcnis, ilc dcvoicc, anxious io scc
ilc Loid again, opcns lis cycs, and noi sccing ilc Loid, lc bcgins ciying. "Was I
mcicly dicaming' No, no, I was noi dicaming, bccausc I lavc nciilci diowsincss,
noi any coniaminaiion in my cycs liom slccp. Was ii somc lallucinaiion' No, loi a
lallucinaiion could ncvci givc ical bliss. Oi was ii liom somc dclcci in ilc mind'
No, bccausc all ilc sympioms ol unsicady mind aic abscni. Was ii ilc lullillmcni
ol somc maiciial dcsiic' No, no maiciial lancy could cvci appioacl wlai I lavc
sccn. Was ii a momcniaiy mcciing wiil ilc Loid' No, bccausc ii is complcicly
dillcicni liom all picvious visions ol ilc Loid ilai I icmcmbci." In ilis way, ilc
dcvoicc icmains in uncciiainiy. Lying upon ilc dusiy caiil, lc piays consianily
loi ilc samc cxpciicncc. Noi obiaining ii, lc lamcnis, wccps, iolls on ilc giound,
wounds lis own body, lainis, iccovcis, siands, siis, iuns aboui, and wails lilc a
madman. Somciimcs lc icmains silcni lilc a sagc and somciimcs lilc a social
mislii, lc lails io pciloim lis daily obligaioiy duiics. Lilc a pcison posscsscd ol
spiiiis, lc ialls incolcicnily. Unio a dcvoicc liicnd wlo comcs asling piivaicly
wlai is ilc maiici, lc cxplains wlai lc las cxpciicnccd. Hc iccovcis loi a
momcni, and ilc liicnd cxplains, "Tlai was, by good loiiunc, a diicci mcciing
wiil ilc Loid." Saiislicd wiil ilai cxplanaiion, lc bccomcs lappy.
Tlcn again lc lamcnis, "No longci do I lavc ilai associaiion. Was ii a
slowci ol mcicy liom somc gicai dcvoicc ol ilc Loid upon ilis unlucly soul' Oi
was ii by mcic clancc, oi was ii ilc icsuli ol somc pasi loncsi cndcavoi' Oi
pcilaps ii was simply ilc causclcss mcicy ol ilc Loid. ly somc indcsciibablc
loiiunc I lavc aiiaincd ilc Loid, bui ilcn, bccausc ol a giavc ollcnsc, I lavc losi
Him again. Wiiloui lilc, wiiloui iniclligcncc, I cannoi ascciiain ilc iiuil. Wlcic
slall I go' Wlai slall I do and low' Wlom io asl' I am complcicly vacani,
wiiloui soul, wiiloui slclici, scoiclcd by a conllagiaiion. Tlc ilicc woilds sccm
io bc dcvouiing mc. Giving up ilis woildly associaiion, I will livc in soliiudc loi
somc iimc."
Doing ilis, lc lamcnis luiilci. "Ol loius-laccd Loid, You aic posscsscd ol
siicams ol ncciai, bcdcclcd wiil liagiani gailands wlicl sccni all ilc loicsis,
aiiiaciing swaims ol vibiaiing bccs! Jusi loi a momcni may I scivc Youi Loidslip
again' Having oncc iasicd Youi swccincss, I cannoi aspiic loi anyiling clsc.`
Hc bcgins io ioll on ilc giound, bicailc lcavily, laini, and losc lis mind.
Suddcnly sccing ilc Loid cvciywlcic, lc icjoiccs, cmbiaccs, laugls, danccs and
sings, and wlcn ilc Loid disappcais again, lc bccomcs illcd wiil icmoisc, and
wccps. lclaving in ilis way, lc wiildiaws lis vciy lilc sympioms and lc loscs
awaicncss ol wlcilci lc las a ody oi noi. Tlcn, noi awaic ilai lis maiciial body
las passcd io ilc clcmcnis, lc undcisiands only ilai lis dcsiicd Loid, ilc occan
ol mcicy, las manilcsicd Himscll. Lngaging lim in scivicc, Hc is lcading lim io
His own lousc. Tlus ilc dcvoicc icaclcs ilc linal goal.
aau srana tatan sanu sangotna
bnajana hrya tato nartna nvrttn
sya tato nstna rucs tatan atnasahts
tato bnavas tatan prcmabnyuacat
Irst appcarsjatn, tncn assocaton vtn cvotccs, cvotonaI actvtcs, cIcarng
oj obstacIcs, stcancss, tastc, attacnmcnt, bnava an jnaIIy prcma.
Tlc siagcs ol dcvoiion mcniioncd in ilis vcisc lavc bccn dcsciibcd as ilcy
aic. Sncna, mana pranaya, raga, anuraga, and malablava, succcssivcly spccializcd
iasics, aic piogicssivcly liglci liuiis on ilc ciccpci ol blalii. lccausc ilc maiciial
body ol ilc dcvoicc cannoi iolciaic ilc liiciion ol cxiicmcs ol all ilosc iasics, ilcy
aic noi manilcsicd in lis body. Tlus ilcsc iasics lavc noi bccn dcsciibcd lcic.
Pucn, asaht, bnava and prcma, wlicl can bc cxpciicnccd, lavc alicady bccn
dcsciibcd. Tlc sciipiuial quoiaiions lavc noi bccn supplicd, lowcvci, as ilis
would cicaic an obsiaclc in compiclcnsion ol ilosc siaics. Tlcy aic upplicd now.
rucn:
tasmns taa Iabna ruccr manamunc
pryasravasy ashnaIta matr mama
O gicai sagc, as soon as I goi a iasic ol ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad, my aiicniion io lcai ol ilc Loid was unllincling.` (Sl 1.5.27)
asaht:
guncsu sahtam bannaya
ratam va pums muhtayc
Tlc siaic in wlicl ilc consciousncss ol ilc living cniiiy is aiiiacicd by ilc
ilicc modcs ol maiciial naiuic is callcd lilc. lui wlcn ilai samc consciousncss is
aiiaclcd io ilc Supicmc Pcisonaliiy ol Godlcad, onc is siiuaicd in ilc
consciousncss ol libciaiion.` (Sl 3.25.15)
bnava:
prya sravasy anga mama bnava ratn
Tlus lisicning aiicniivcly, my iasic loi lcaiing ol ilc Pcisonaliiy ol
Godlcad incicascd ai cvciy sicp.` (Sl 1.5.26)
prcma:
prcmatbnara nrbnnna
puIahangot nrvrtan
anana sampIavc Iano
napasyam ubnayam munc
O Vyasacva, at tnat tmc, bcng cxcccngIy ovcrpovcrc by jccIngs oj
nappncss, cvcry part oj my boy bccamc scparatcIy cnIvcnc. Pcng absorbc
n an occan oj ccstasy, | couI not pcrccvc ctncr myscIj or tnc Lor. ,SP
1.6.17)
sympioms ol rucn:
ta yc pbanty avtrso
nrpa ganna harnas
tan na sprsanty asana
trn ubnaya soha monan
Tlcy diinl wiil aiicniivc cais, wiiloui bcing saiis-licd, O King, and ilcy
aic noi iouclcd by lcai, lamcniaiion and illusion.` (Sl +.29.+0)
sympioms ol asaht:
srnvan subnaran ratnanga pancr
janman harman ca yan Iohc
gatan naman ta artnahan
gayan vIajjo vcarc asangan
An iniclligcni pcison wlo las coniiollcd lis mind and conqucicd lcai
slould givc up all aiiaclmcni io maiciial objccis sucl as wilc, lamily and naiion.
Hc slould wandci liccly wiiloui cmbaiiassmcni, lcaiing and claniing ilc loly
namcs ol ilc Loid, ilc bcaici ol ilc claiioi wlccl.` (Sl 11.2.39)
sympioms ol bnava:
yatna bnramyaty ayo branman
svayam aharsasannnau
tatna mc bnramyatc cctas
cahrapancr yarccnaya
O bialmanas, as iion aiiiacicd by a magnciic sionc movcs auiomaiically
iowaid ilc magnci, my consciousncss, laving bccn clangcd by His will, is
aiiiacicd by Loid Visnu, wlo caiiics a disc in His land. Tlus I lavc no
indcpcndcncc.` (Sl 7.5.1+)
sympioms ol prcma:
cvam vratan sva prya nama hartya
jatanurago ruta ctta uccan
nasaty atno rot raut gayaty
unmaavan nrtyat Ioha banyan
Wlcn a pcison is aciually advanccd and ialcs plcasuic in claniing ilc
loly namc ol ilc Loid, wlo is vciy dcai io lim, lc is agiiaicd and loudly clanis
ilc loly namc. Hc also laugls, ciics, bccomcs agiiaicd and clanis jusi lilc a
madman, noi caiing loi ouisidcis.` (Sl 11.2.+0)
momcniaiy vision ol ilc Loid:
pragayatan sva varyan
tartna paan prya sravan
anuta va mc sagnram
arsanam yat cctas
Tlc Supicmc Loid Kiislna, wlosc gloiics and aciiviiics aic plcasing io
lcai, ai oncc appcais on ilc scai ol my lcaii, as il callcd loi, as soon as I bcgin io
clani His loly aciiviiics.` (Sl 1.6.33)
associaiion ol ilc Loid:
pasyant tc mc rucrany amba santan
prasanna vahtraruna Iocanan
rupan vyan vara praan
saham vacam sprnanayam vaant
O My Motncr, My cvotccs aIvays scc tnc smIng jacc oj My jorm, vtn cycs
Ihc tnc rsng mornng sun. 1ncy Ihc to scc My varous transccncntaI jorms,
vncn arc aII bcncvoIcnt, an tncy aIso taIh javorabIy vtn Mc. ,SP 3.25.35)
Tlc dcvoicc's icaciion io associaiing wiil ilc Loid:
tar arsanayavayavar uara
vIasa naschsta vama suhtan
nrtatmano nrta pranams ca bnahtr
anccnato mc gatm anva prayunhtc
Upon sccing ilc claiming loims ol ilc Loid, smiling and aiiiaciivc, and
lcaiing His vciy plcasing woids, ilc puic dcvoicc almosi loscs all oilci
consciousncss. His scnscs aic liccd liom all oilci cngagcmcnis, and lc bccomcs
absoibcd in dcvoiional scivicc. Tlus in spiic ol lis unwillingncss, lc aiiains
libciaiion wiiloui scpaiaic cndcavoi.` (Sl 3.25.36)
vaso yatna parhrtam maramaannan (Sl 11.13.36)
Tlcsc vciscs ialcn liom Pnagavatam slould bc considcicd.
Tlc subsiancc ol ilis is as lollows.Ananhara is ol iwo iypcs: ananta
(consciousncss ol I) and mamata (consciousncss ol minc). ly jnana ilcsc iwo aic
dcsiioycd and libciaiion is aiiaincd. ly diicciing ilcsc iwo iowaids body (I am ilis
body), lousc (ilis is my lousc), cic. bondagc icsulis.
I am ilc lollowci ol ilc Loid. I am ilc scivani ol ilc Loid. Tlc Loid wiil
His associaics, an occan ol swccincss wiil His loim, qualiiics and pasiimcs is io
bc scivcd by mc. Il onc ilinls in ilis way, idcniilying oncscll as ilc Loid's scivani
and maling ilc Loid along wiil His associaics aic ilc objcci ol onc's posscssion, ii
is callcd prcma. Prcma is in ilis way disiinci liom boil bondagc and libciaiion,
and is piopcily callcd ilc ciown jcwcl ol all luman goals. Tlcic is a scqucncc in
ilis.
Wlcn ilc maiciialisiic aspcci ol alania and mamaia is cxiicmcly dccp, onc
icmains lixcd in ilc cyclc ol biiil and dcail. Wlcn a paiiiclc ol laiil, by good
loiiunc is boin and onc ilinls ol bccoming a Vasnnava and sciving ilc Loid, ilc
maiciialisiic aspcci bccomcs sliglily spiiiiualizcd (ganna) and ilc jva bccomcs
qualilicd loi dcvoiional scivicc. Ai ilc siagc ol sanu sanga, ilc spiiiiualizaiion
bccomcs moic condcnscd and lis maiciial aiiaclmcnis aic atyanth. Ai ilc siagc
ol ansntnta bnajana hrya, ilc spiiiiualizaiion ol I and minc is spccilic, localizcd
in onc placc, wlcicas ilc maiciial aspcci is siill in lull loicc (puina).

Ai ilc siagc ol nstna, spiiiiualizaiion bccomcs dcicciablc in many placcs,
and ilc maiciialisiic inllucncc is siill piomincni (prayh). Ai ilc siagc ol rucn,
spiiiiualizaiion ol I and minc bccomcs dominani, ncaiing complciion (piayili)
and ilc maiciialisiic conccpi ol I and minc bccomcs localizcd in cciiain issucs. Ai
ilc siagc ol asaht, ilc spiiiiual aspcci ol I and minc bccomcs complcic (purna)
and ilc maiciial aspcci bccomcs a iiacc (ganna). Ai ilc siagc ol blava, ilc
spiiiiual aspcci bccomcs iloiougl (atyanth) and ilc maiciial aspcci bccomcs lilc
an cmpiy sladow. Ai ilc siagc ol picma, ilc spiiiiual aspcci bccomcs cxiicmcly
inicnsc (paramatyanth) and ilc maiciial aspcci is complcicly abscni.
Ai ilc siagc ol bnajana hrya, mcdiiaiion on ilc Loid is momcniaiy wiil a
iingc ol maiciial iopics. Ai ilc siagc ol nisila mcdiiaiion, ilcic is a iiacc (abnas)
ol oilci iopics. Ai ilc siagc ol rucn, oilci iopics aic abscni and ilc mcdiiaiion is
long lasiing. Ai ilc siagc ol asaht, mcdiiaiion bccomcs vciy dccp. Duiing blava,
mcdiiaiion is mailcd wiil ilc Loid. Ai ilc siagc ol prcma, in coniiasi io simply
sccing ilc Loid, ilcic is diicci associaiion wiil ilc Loid.
manurya varncn hrsna
catanya unata rasan
yam nnotu manury
maya haambana jagat

Tlc cloud banl las lilicd ilc iasa liom ilc occan ol swccincss pcisonilicd,
Slii Claiianya Malapiablu.May ilc swcci banl ol clouds saiisly ilc iliisiy woild
by disiiibuiing ilai iasa.
Rcmaining consianily wiil dcvoiccs, lc siis wiil ilcm convcising aboui
ilc ncciaican pasiimcs ol ilc Loid iclisling and gloiilying ilcm again and again,
io ilc cxclusion ol all oilci iopics. Hc cnicis ilc sacicd dlam and bccomcs lixcd
in ilc puic unalloycd scivicc ol ilc Loid (scva-nislila). Ignoiani pcoplc ilinl lc
is going ciazy.
Hc aiicmpis io lcain ilc ncw dancc sicp ol ilc dcvoiccs' joylul pioccss ol
mcdiiaiing on and sciving ilc Loid, and iucli, ilc dancc insiiuciicss, ialcs lim
by ilc iwo lands io pcisonally icacl lim. Tlus, lc bcgins io cxpciicncc
cxiiaoidinaiy, unimaginablc bliss. Wlo can dcsciibc in wlai icalm ol bliss will lc
icsidc wlcn, in iimc, lc is madc io dancc by ilc iwo lcad misiicsscs ol dancc,
blava and prcma'
Tlus cnds ilc Liglil Slowci ol Ncciai ol !"#$%&'" )"#"*+,-,
by Malamalopadlyaya Sliimai Vislvanail Claliavaiii discussing ilc
aiiainmcni ol iasic loi dcvoiional scivicc.