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Lect LA 1969-01-05 Purport to a Song by Narottama dasa Thakura
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ANNOUNCER: Next is a purport to
a song by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded in January of
1969 in Los Angeles.
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PRABHUPĀDA: This is a song
sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura.
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He says, “When that day
will come, that I shall sing
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simply Lord Caitanya’s name and
there will be shivering on my body?”
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gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka-śarīra
[Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura]
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Pulaka-śarīra means
shivering on the body.
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When one is factually situated
in the transcendental platform,
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sometimes there are
eight kinds of symptoms:
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crying, talking like a madman,
and shivering of the body,
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dancing without any
care for any other men…
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These symptoms
develop automatically.
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They are not practiced artificially.
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So, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura
is aspiring for that day.
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Not that one has to
artificially imitate.
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That he does not recommend.
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He says, “When that day will
come, so that simply by uttering
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the name of Lord Caitanya there
will be a shivering on my body?”
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Gaurāṅga bolite habe pulaka-
śarīra, and hari hari bolite:
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“And as soon as I shall chant
‘Hari Hari,’ or ‘Hare Kṛṣṇa,’
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there will be pouring down
of tears from my eyes.”
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Hari hari bolite nayane
ba’be nīra; nīra means water.
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Similarly, Caitanya Mahāprabhu also
said that “When that day will come?”
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We should simply aspire.
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But if, by Kṛṣṇa’s grace,
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that stage we can reach, these
symptoms will come automatically.
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But Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura
says that it is not possible
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to reach that stage without being
freed from material affection.
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Therefore he says, āra kabe
nitāi-cander, koruṇā hoibe:
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“When that day will come
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when Lord Nityānanda’s mercy will
be bestowed upon me so that…”
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Viṣaya chāḍiyā.
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āra kabe nitāi-cander koruṇā hoibe
saṁsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha’be
[Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura]
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Saṁsāra-bāsanā means the
desire for material enjoyment.
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Saṁsāra-bāsanā mora
kabe tuccha ha’be:
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“When my desire for material enjoyment
will be insignificant, nonimportant.”
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Tuccha; tuccha means a thing which
we calculate no value: “Throw it away.”
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Similarly, a spiritual advancement
is possible when one is convinced
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that “This material world and
material happiness is no value.
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It cannot give me
any real bliss of life.”
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This conviction is
very much necessary.
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saṁsāra-bāsanā mora kabe tuccha ha’be
[Narottama däsa Öhäkura]
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And he also says that “When I shall be free
from the desires of material enjoyment,
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then it will be possible to see
the real nature of Vṛndāvana.”
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Viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe
śuddha ha’be mana:
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“When my mind will
be completely purified,
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uncontaminated from the
material contamination:
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At that time it will be possible for
me to see what is Vṛndāvana.”
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In other words, one cannot go to
Vṛndāvana by force and live there,
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and he will achieve that
transcendental bliss; no.
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One has to make his mind
freed from all material desires.
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Then one can live at Vṛndāvana
and relish its residential benefit.
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Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says that.
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Viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe
śuddha ha’be mana:
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“When my mind will be freed from the
contamination of this material enjoyment
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and I shall be purified, then it will be
possible for me to see Vṛndāvana as it is.”
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Otherwise it is not possible.
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And he says again that to
go to Vṛndāvana means
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to understand the transcendental
pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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How this will be possible?
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So he says, rūpa-
raghunātha-pade hoibe ākuti.
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Rūpa… Rūpa Gosvāmī…
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Beginning from Rūpa Gosvāmī down
to Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī…
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There were six Gosvāmīs:
Rūpa, Sanātana, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa,
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Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, Jīva Gosvāmī,
Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
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So he says, rūpa-raghunātha-pade.
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Beginning from Rūpa Gosvāmī down
to Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī: pade.
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In their lotus feet—
at their lotus feet.
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“When I shall be eager to be
attached at their lotus feet…”
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Rūpa-raghunātha-
pade, hoibe ākuti.
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Ākuti, eagerness.
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What is that eagerness?
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That means to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
through the guidance of the Gosvāmīs.
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One should not try to understand
Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa by his own effort.
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That will not help him.
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As these Gosvāmīs, they have given us
direction, just like Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu,
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so one has to follow, step-after-
step, how to make progress.
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Then there will be a fortunate day
when we shall be able to understand
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what is the, I mean…, pastimes or
loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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Otherwise, if we take it as ordinary boy
and girl reciprocating their loving feelings,
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then we will misunderstand.
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Then there will be the production of
prakṛta-sahajiyā: Victims of Vṛndāvana.
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So, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura
is giving us the direction:
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How one can reach the
highest perfectional stage
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of associating with
Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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The first thing is
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that one should be very much
attached to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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That will lead us.
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Because He came to deliver the
understanding of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Therefore one should first of all
surrender to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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By surrendering to Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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Nityānanda Prabhu will be
pleased, and by His pleasing,
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we shall be freed
from material desires.
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And when material desires are no more,
then we shall be able to enter Vṛndāvana.
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And after entering Vṛndāvana, when
we are eager to serve the six Gosvāmīs,
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then we can reach the platform
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to understand the pastimes
of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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