26/03/22pm – Glories of Srivasa Thakura (English translation) – Vrindavana

-Srivasa Thakura is present in all lilas of Bhagavan in all yugas.
-Lila of Mahaprabhu asking Srivasa Thakura as how he entered into bhakti-marga.
-4 types of jivas having sukriti who enter into bhakti.
-Srivasa Thakura’s katha of how Mahaprabhu came as brahmana & warned him of his death, his Bhagavatam hearing from Devananda Pandita & Mahaprabhu protecting him.
-Lila of Srivasa Thakura making his family remain silent after his son’s death during Mahaprabhu’s nama-sankirtana.
-Lila of Mahaprabhu teaching a lesson through the dead son of Srivasa Thakura.
-Jivas wander in kala-samudra making relations & leaving them like a bundle of grass in the ocean.
-Devananda Pandita & his disciples’ offence towards Srivasa Thakura.
-Grantha-bhakta one can follow only if one recognises bhakta-bhagavata.
-Lila of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvatipada asking a person to go to Vaishnava dasa, a gardener in Lord’s service to know Bhagavatam & not to pandita.
-Srila Gour Govinda Svami Maharaja says bhakta-bhagavata is jivanta-bhagavata.
-Take shelter of Mahaprabhu & read Bhagavatam with Vaishnavas.
-Vakresvara Pandita giving mercy by his association to Devananda Pandita.
-Respecting different types of sadhakas, devotees & about types of bhaktas.
-It’s difficult to take uttama-mahabhagavata’s association & understand him with examples from Srila Gaurakishora dasa Babaji Maharaja’s pastimes.
-Madhyama-bhagavata’s characteristics are prema, maitri, kripa & apeksha.
-Uttama-bhagavata’s categories & how they behave in prema.
-Even if one gets darshana of uttama-bhagavata one will get prema.
-Examples of Sukadeva Gosvami & katha of a vaishnava king by whose darshan papi in naraka attained Vaikunta from sastra.
-Story of Narada Rishi’s conversation with a pandita & a cobbler on Lord’s activity of passing an elephant through needle to tell about faith.
-Do bhajana by entering into sastra-siddhanta which helps the mind to get fixed.