(7/7) Always Remember, Always Serve

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Krishna Janmastami Maha-Mahotsav
Kolkata-Worldwide, 12 August 2020, part 7

[His Divine Grace notices devotees and guests gathered at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math branch in Mauritius.]

Oh, there are so many devotees in Mauritius. Very nice. I am very happy to see you all. I know that you make this Janmastami festival every year, and I am very happy about that. May Krishna always bless you. I pray to Lord Krishna that He may engage you more and more in the service of the devotees.

Gurudev is always with you, and you are all in my heart. I am always with you too. Please accept me as your humble service and count me as your family member. This is my prayer to you all.

Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and you are devotees of the devotees of Lord Krishna. That is our prayer, that is our hope. Always give time for the service to Krishna. You will all go to your homes after this festival, but you must serve Krishna not for this moment only. Remember Krishna always, at every moment. Do not forget Krishna. Always remember Krishna, always chant His Holy Names and chant about His beautiful pastimes. This is our main engagement in life. You can chant Lord Krishna's Names and remember His beautiful pastimes. Always remember this. And you must serve under the guidance of Gurudev.

That is my main message to you all. I am very happy to see you all. I see that you have make good temple decoration. Thank you for everything. Hari bol!

জয় যশোদানন্দন কৃষ্ণ গোপাল গোবিন্দ ।
জয় মদনমোহন হরে অনন্ত মুকুন্দ ॥১॥
জয় অচ্যুত মাধব রাম বৃন্দাবনচন্দ্র ।
জয় মুরলীবদন শ্যাম গোপীজনানন্দ ॥২॥
হরে কৃষ্ণ হরে কৃষ্ণ কৃষ্ণ কৃষ্ণ হরে হরে ।
হরে রাম হরে রাম রাম রাম হরে হরে ॥

(jaya) yasoda-nandana krsna gopala govinda
(jaya) madana-mohana hari ananta mukunda [1]

(jaya) achyuta madhava rama vrndavana-chandra
(jaya) murali-vadana syama gopi-jana-nanda [2]
hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

ময়ূর-মুকুট পীতাম্বরধারী ।
    মুরলীধর গোবর্দ্ধনধারী ॥১॥

mayura-mukuta pitambara-dhari
murali-dhara govardhana-dhari [1]

"He wears a peacock feather crown and yellow garments. He holds the flute and lifts the Govardhan Hill!"

শ্রীরাধাবর কুঞ্জবিহারী ।
    মুরলীধর গোবর্দ্ধনধারী ॥২॥

sri-radha-vara kunja-vihari
murali-dhara govardhana-dhari [2]

"He is the beloved of Sri Radha and enjoys in the forest groves. He holds the flute and lifts the Govardhan Hill!"

জয় যশোদা-নন্দন কৃষ্ণ মুরারি ।
    মুরলীধর গোবর্দ্ধনধারী ॥৩॥

jaya yasoda-nandana krsna murari
murali-dhara govardhana-dhari [3]

"All glory to the son of Yasoda, Krishna, Murari. Glory to He who holds the flute and lifts the Govardhan Hill!"

জয় গোপীজনবল্লভ বংশীবিহারী ।
    মুরলীধর গোবর্দ্ধনধারী ॥৪॥ jaya gopijana-vallabha vamsi-vihari
murali-dhara govardhana-dhari [4]

"All glory to the beloved of the gopis, to He who enjoys playing His vamsi flute. Glory to He who holds the flute and lifts the Govardhan Hill!"

It is a very nice song. Those who worship Govardhan-sila can remember Govardhan-dhari, Krishna who is holding Giriraj Govardhan with His left little finger.

The difficulty is that people sometimes want to be Krishna... We sing, 'Yasomati-nandana Vraja-vara-nagara.' Do you know what 'nagar' means? What is the meaning of this word implied by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur? This word 'nagar' is acceptable only for Lord Krishna, not for anybody else. 'Nagar' means He who has many wives. But we want to be Krishna, so we keep many wives...

All right, it was very nice to meet you all. I will answer all your questions next Sunday.

[To devotees at one of the temples.] Are you making taler bora [তালের বড়া, palm fruit croquettes] today? It is made with palm fruit. I like palm fruit. You can make some fuluri [ফুলুরি, pakora, or croquettes] with it. Krishna likes palm fruit croquettes (taler bora). I do not know, you may not get it in your country though. Palm tree fruit (tal) is yellow inside and reddish outside. It is Krishna's favourite fruit. You can also make some laddus [ball-shaped sweets] and malpua [pancakes soaked in syrup]...

All right, thank you very much. It was very nice to see you all. My dandavats to you all. Mainly, I wanted to tell everyone today about Janmastami and what the meaning of Janmastami is. Hare Krishna. Dandavat.

Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay
Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa-kula-churamani Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay
Jay Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad ki jay
Om Vishnupad Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay
Sachchidananda Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur ki jay
Sarvabhauma Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay
Jay Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math ki jay
Chaitanya Saraswat Math all the assembled devotees ki jay
Chaitanya Saraswat Krishna-anusilana-sangha ki jay
Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission ki jay
Jay Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj ki jay
Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj ki jay
Srila Bhakti Vijay Trivikram Maharaj ki jay
Sripad Bhakti Nandan Sadhu Maharaj
Sripad Bhakti Vaibhav Parivrajak Maharaj ki jay
Sripad Bhakti Ujjval Sajjan Maharaj
Sripad Bhakti Rasik Sannyasi Maharaj
Sripad Puri Maharaj
All the assembled devotees ki jay
All the worldwide devotees ki jay
Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay
Harinam sankirtan ki jay
Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol

Dandavat, all the devotees.

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1) Prayerful Meditation
2) Misconceptions about Lord Krishna's Appearance
3) Entering Another Plane
4) Approaching Krishna's Pastimes
5) Account of Krishna's Appearance
6) Devotees' Character
7) Always Remember, Always Serve