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Joining Sri Dham Parikrama His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
We have come here to do the parikrama of Sri Nabadwip Dham:
গৌর আমার যে সব স্থানে
gaura amara ye-saba sthane "In the company of loving devotees, I behold all the places my Gaurasundar roamed during His ecstatic Pastimes." "I will visit the places that my Gaura has viited—in sadhu-sanga. I will go there with sadhu-sanga—in good association."
সাধুসঙ্গে কৃষ্ণনামে—এই মাত্র চাই ।
sadhu-sange krsna-nama—ei matra chai I desire only to chant the Name of Krishna in the association of the sadhus. There is no other way to conquer samsara. (Sri Sri Prema-vivarta, 6.13) If you want relief from this illusory world, there is no other way to attain it except chanting the Holy Name in good association. In Satya-yuga, people lived 100,000 years, they practised meditation; in Treta-yuga, people lived 10,000 years, they made sacrifices; in Dvapar-yuga people lived 1,000 years and practised archan, puja; and the religion of Kali-yuga is only one—Nama-sankirtan (congregational chanting of the Holy Name).
krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam "Those of sharp intellect will worship Krishna who appears with a non-black bodily hue, who is armed and surrounded by His associates and servants, and who always chants the Holy Names." (Srimad Bhagavatam, 11.5.32)
শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য প্রভু জীবে দয়া করি' ।
sri-krsna-chaitanya prabhu jive daya kari' Being merciful to the souls, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu descends with His associates and abode. What is our weapons? Mridanga and karatals are our weapons. You must do the parikrama tomorrow in sadhu-sanga. From all over the world people come to do this parikrama for the four-five days with you all—they work all year, save money just to come here and do the parikrama, and you—
ভারত-ভূমিতে হৈল মনুষ্য-জন্ম যার ।
bharata-bhumite haila manusya janma yara "One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India should take advantage of his birth and bring benefit to all other people." (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila, 9.41) What does "benefit of others" mean? It means jive-daya—you must be compassionate to other souls. It is necessary to distribute the Holy Name door to door. Prabhupad (Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur) said that instead of making millions of hospitals and curing millions of patients, it is much better if you bring just one person averse to Krishna to this path. In this world, when you go to hospital because you have some headache, they will treat your headache, but next you will have pain in your arms—once you treat the pain in your arms, you will get pain in your leg; once you treat the pain in your leg, you will get pain in your back, and so on. Tell me, is it possible to be free of disease in this world? But if you chant the Holy Name in good association, if you want relief from all miseries (adhidaivik, adhibhautik, adhyatmik—miseries caused by nature, body, other souls), then you must only take shelter of the Lord, take shelter of Gauranga.
আশ্রয় লইয়া ভজে তারে কৃষ্ণ নাহি ত্যজে,
asraya laiya bhaje tare krsna nahi tyaje "Krishna never leaves those who have taken shelter in Him. All others simply die in vain." (By Srila Narottam Das Thakur, Prarthana, 17) It is necessary to take shelter of a real, bona fide guru and serve the Lord under his guidance. There are many gurus in this world, but there are many vitta-harankari gurus (who take away your wealth and material things) while the number of santap-harankari gurus (those who take away material suffering) is very small. It is said that both those who take disciples out of greed and affection and those who take initiation from such gurus go to hell. People do Kali-puja, Durga-puja, Laksmi-puja and always pray, "Dhanam dehi, vidyam dehi, rupam dehi, varyam dehi, kavitam, sundarim dehi"—they always think, "Give me, give me, give me," and what did Mahaprabhu say?
ন ধনং ন জনং ন সুন্দরীং কবিতাং বা জগদীশ কাময়ে ।
na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam va jagadisa kamaye "I do not want wealth, I do not want followers, I do not want beautiful women, I do not want to be a poet. I only want causeless devotion to Your lotus feet. Give me that kind of devotion to Your lotus feet so that I could do Your service life after life." (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Antya-lila, 20.29) "I only want causeless devotion to Your lotus feet. That is my only wealth."
ধন জন আর কবিতা সুন্দরী
dhana jana ara, kavita-sundari, "When will I declare that I do not desire wealth, followers, erudition, beautiful women, or any other bodily pleasure? O Gaurahari! Birth after birth, please give me unconditional devotion to Your feet." ("Kabe habe bolo se dina amar" by Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur) Who can do kirtan? Who has the right to do kirtan?
তৃণাদপি সুনীচেন তরোরিব সহিষ্ণুনা ।
trnad api sunichena taror api sahisnuna "One who is humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than a tree, who gives honour to others without desiring it for himself, is qualified to always chant the Holy Name of Krishna." (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Antya-lila, 6.239)
তৃণাধিক হীন দীন অকিঞ্চন ছার ।
trnadhika hina, dina, akinchana chhara "Give up your false ego, and always consider yourself lower than grass, poor, needy, and mean. Practise tolerance like a tree. Give up vengeance and nurture others. Live without causing anxiety to others; do good unto others without considering your own happiness." Sri Siksastakam Giti, 3 What do the people of this world understand?... There are many religious sampradayas in this world—aul, baul, kartabhaja, neda, darvesh, sani, sahajiya, sakhibekhi, smarta, jata gosai, ativadi, churadhari, gauranga-nagari. We never want to associate with these thirteen sampradayas...
অন্যাভিলাষিতা-শূন্যং জ্ঞান-কর্ম্মাদ্যনাবৃতম্ ।
anyabhilasita sunyam jnana-karmady anavrtam "The highest devotion is that which satisfies Lord Krsna, free from the coverings of any pursuits such as action, knowledge." (Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhuh, 1.1.11)
অন্য অভিলাষ ছাড়ি, জ্ঞান কর্ম্ম পরিহরি,
anya abhilasa chhadi, jnana karma parihari "The topmost process of devotional service is to worship the Lord with body and mind, giving up desires for fruitive activities and mental speculation. One should serve Lord Krsna in the association of devotees without worshipping any demigods." (Sri Sri Prema-bhakti-chandrika, 13, Srila Narottam Das Thakur) Service to the Lord in the association of devotees—that is the topmost devotion. That is why Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur first started this parikrama with a few devotees from the Gaudiya sampradaya. Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj wrote about his Gurudev (Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur),
জয়রে জয়রে জয় গৌর-সরস্বতী ।
jayare jayare jaya gaura-saraswati 'All glory, all glory to Sri Gaura–Saraswati, the holy embodiment of mercy in the line of Sri Bhaktivinod Thakur'.
প্রকাশিলে গৌরসেবা ভূবনমঙ্গল ।
prakasile gaura-seva bhuvana mangala 'Revealing service to Sri Gaura, which spreads auspiciousness in this world, you presented devotional teachings (bhakti-siddhanta) that radiate self-effulgent pure transcendental knowledge'. Srila Prabhupad revealed the service of Gauranga Mahaprabhu all over the world. In his time, there came so many digpals (great personalities); among them there was Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Srila Prabhupad, there was Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and after them our Gurupadpadma, Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, who travelled all over the world and preached the message of the Lord, sang the glories of the Lord. We do not have the qualities and qualifications that they had,
তৃণাদপি সুনীচেন তরোরিব সহিষ্ণুনা ।
trnad api sunichena taror api sahisnuna "One who is humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than a tree, who gives honour to others without desiring it for himself, is qualified to always chant the Holy Name of Krishna." (Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Antya-lila, 6.239) Humble as a blade of grass, tolerant as a tree, they chanted the glories of the Lord, the glories of the Holy Name all over the world, and you can see now that every year, day after day, people come from all over the world to participate in this Nabadwip Dham parikrama. You have also come from different places in West Bengal to take part in this Nabadwip Dham parikrama, and really, you are all very fortunate, there is no doubt about it—you are very fortunate to have come and joined this Nabadwip Dham parikrama. If you cannot walk properly, you can go by rikshaw, that is sufficient for you. Gurudev said also that if even those who have no legs sit in their room, if they stay back at the temple, but they think about the Nabadwip Dham parikrama, they too will get the result of doing Nabadwip Dham parikrama—in other worlds, those who cannot walk, who have too much difficulty, or those whose legs are broken, if they sit in their room, if they stay here and think about Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama, they too get the benefit of doing the parikrama. Nitai Gour premanande Hari Hari bol!
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