Those who have left all worldly duties behind to serve Mukunda and who, being fully surrendered to Him, are engaged in His bhajana, are not indebted to their parents, elders, and demigods. They are not indebted to anyone because they are engaged in the service of Bhagavān Mukunda.
September 26, 2000 Mathurā
The gopis are not satisfied in their mood of separation; they cannot be satisfied. Their desire is this: “Krsna should come directly in front of us – face to face – so that He can put His very soft and gentle lotus feet on our breasts.” They lament that because their breasts are very hard, they must place His lotus feet there with the utmost gentle care. To whose lotus feet are they referring..?
I want that all my daughters and children should speak very boldly – jumping like lions and roaring like lions on the head of an elephant. (Then, pointing to other ladies in the audience:) You, you and you. I don’t want (now speaking in the tone of a shy kitty cat:) mew, mew, mew. You should be ready to preach my mission throughout the world. That is why I told you to practice. Then, someday, when you become expert, you should preach like lions – like me – everywhere…
On Raganuga-bhakti – We become happy to see this… Only Rupa Manjari and Rati Manjari are present on this occasion. Srimati Radhika’s head is in the lap of Krsna. If both were lying down, as the babajis say, it would not be possible for Her head to be on Krsna’s lap. Actually Krsna is sitting, and Srimati Radhika is lying down with Her head on His lap. Krsna has Her head in His hand…
In a faultless manner, the people of the nation, as well as all respectable leaders, must increase the pressure on the government to stop cow slaughter. Otherwise, not only the government, but the entire nation will have to suffer the horrible result…
…If, by remembering a deer, Bharata Mahārāja became a deer, then why won’t we be like the gopas and gopīs if we are always thinking about them? Surely it will be. This remembering is called aṣṭa-kālīya-līlā. We don’t know all these things, but we think of ourselves as uttamā, uttamā-mahottamā Vaiṣṇava. We should try to realize that we are nothing; we should think that we have not even reached the platform of a kaniṣṭha Vaiṣṇava.
If anyone hears Kṛṣṇa’s glories, these will make one’s life restless and one will feel a heat within. This heat is intolerable, for it is transcendental. One won’t be able to tolerate it when it becomes too hot, and will fall senseless. Kṛṣṇa’s glories go inside and produce great heat, stealing the strength of the senses and making one as if paralyzed. One will fall senseless, as if one has been shot by a poisonous arrow. The body will then be injured. Kṛṣṇa-kathā is ārdra-jalpitaṁ, very sweet at the time of drinking, but later it is very painful. One cannot tolerate or digest this. One may think, “I will keep this with me.” But it is not possible. One behaves as if crazy and mad, always talking, whether alone or with many people, being no longer shy or considerate of any worldly concerns. Then one prays:
kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana
kāhāṅ karoṅ kāhāṅ pāṅ vrajendra-nandana
kāhāre kahiba, kebā jāne mora duḥkha
vrajendra-nandana vinu phāṭe mora buka
Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 2.16-17
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to express His mind in this way: “Where is the Lord of My life, who is playing His flute? What shall I do now? Where should I go to find the son of Mahārāja Nanda? To whom should I speak? Who can understand My disappointment? Without the son of Nanda Mahārāja, My heart is broken.”
mādhava, bahuta minati kori toya, dei tulasī ṭīlā,
deho samarpinu, doyā jāni nā chāḍabi moya
Śrī Vidyāpati
O Mādhava, with this offering of a tulasī leaf and sesame seeds, I beseech You and pledge my body in Your service. I know Your compassion is such that You will not reject me.
This rasa is sweet and full of nectar. Hearing topics of Kṛṣṇa, this position of restlessness will come. When the vraja-gopīs meet with Him and see His restless eyes, it is like they are arrested in His prison. Now they are prisoners without any chance of leaving. He steals everything. Gambhīra-vilāsa-mantharam—Kṛṣṇa came and embraced them, but they have no sense, they don’t know anything. Kṛṣṇa is surprised. He embraces, kisses, and massages them, but sees that they are not inside their bodies. Internally, they are meeting with Kṛṣṇa. When their external sense comes back, they want to walk, but can’t. While walking, they smile, and take the wrong path. They don’t know when or what they are singing, or for how long. Sometimes they dance, but for how long, there is no guarantee. They are very restless, moving here and there.
One sakhī prays to another, “Friend, why is your condition like this? You are very restless. Sometimes you are senseless, sometimes you cry, sometimes you weep, sometimes you laugh, smile, dance, talk, walk, sit—you are always restless. Why is your condition like this? Who has made you like this?” (CLICK ON THE TITLE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE)