Mahanidhi
Madan Gopal Das
#VrajaVasa
#PowerOfVrndavana #LivingInVrndavana #DhamaVasa
In
the beginning of the rasa lila, Bhagavan Sri Krishna says something very
special to Srimati Radharani. Krishna’s words are very inspiring and
encouraging to all the fortunate devotees now living in Vrndavana Dhama
performing Krishna bhakti bhajan, or to any devotees planning to live here in
the future.
The
great rasika acarya Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada mercifully reveals the golden
promise of parama bhakta vatsala, Bhagavan Sri Govinda Gopala thus:
“Acyuta
Sri Krishna says, ‘O Radha! You are always bathing in a matchless nectar of sweet
affection (anupama sneha amrta snana)! I want You to know something. It is my
unbroken vow and promise (me vratam abranam) that anyone who comes to My
Vrndavana and lives here, serving Me, doing bhakti bhajan, and looking and
searching for Me, I guarantee that I will keep that person deep in My heart.
And I will always look after his/her needs and take complete care of them. This
is My solemn promise.” (Krishna Bhavanamrta 19.2)
Jai
Sri Krishna! Great words of encouragement to live in Vraja doing Krishna bhakti
bhajan, and to come to Vraja for bhajan. Living in Vrndavana means being
accepted directly into the heart of Sri Krishna. He is personally saying that
here, and that He will take care of everyone in Vrndavana.
Krishna
is telling this to Radharani, the eternal Empress of Vraja, Vrndavanesvari.
Indeed, any Vrndavana nivasi Vaisnava will always cherish in their hearts this
most wonderful golden promise of satya-sankalpa, Syamasundara Bhagavan.
In
1958, to practice Vraja bhajan, Srila Prabhupada left everything he had in the
world to live in Sridhama Vrndavana. In that first year in Vraja, he wrote the
following emotionally packed poem “Vrndavana Bhajan”. Here are few pure
devotional effusions from that work which clearly reveal the extraordinary
power of living in Vrndavana and doing Krishna bhajan.
FUTILITY
OF PLAN MAKING
Srila
Prabhupada said:
“Again
and again making plans, and again and again they are destroyed.
Sometimes
he falls on the dry earth and sometimes in the mud.
In
this way the universe is filled with wandering jiva souls
who
finally by the grace of Guru and Krishna
get
bhakti, the eternal wealth.” (folio: EA 23-7)
RELATIVES?
ALL ARE BROTHERS
Srila
Prabhupada said:
“But
everyone is your relative, your brother on the spiritual platform
This
relationship is not tinged with the smell of maya.
The
Supreme Lord is the soul of everyone,
In
relation to Him, everyone in the universe is the same.
“All are
your relatives, brothers! All the billions of jivas.
When
seen in relation to Krishna they are all in harmony.
Forgetting
Krishna, the jiva [living entity] desires sense gratification,
And
as a result he is firmly grasped by maya!” (folio: EA 23-4)
ILLUSION
OF “MY FAMILY”
Srila
Prabhupada said,
“Everyone
has abandoned me, seeing me as penniless
Wife,
relatives, friends, brothers, everyone.
This
is misery, but it gives me a laugh. I sit alone and laugh.
In
this maya-samsara, whom do I really love?
“Where
have all my loving fathers and mothers gone to now?
And
where are all my elders, who were my own folk?
Who
will give me news of them, tell me who?
All
that is left of this family life is a list of names.
“Gaining
the wealth of Krishna bhakti,
then
he can give up all other so-called wealth,
Then
very easily he crosses over the ocean of samsara.
There
on the other side is unparalled spiritual variegatedness.
There
he enjoys eternal happiness and peace.” (folio: EA 23-2)
