31/03/22am – Janmady asya yatah sloka discussion (English translation) – Delhi

-Importance of tattva-siddhanta to enter rasa-siddhanta.
-Story of a person throwing a sheep in a river & all other sheeps follow it to signify how the general public don’t want to enter into siddhanta.
-By Bhagavan’s desire everything happens.
-Jivas enjoy the results of their karma. What one sows will one reap.
-Shyamasundaa-Krsna relishes rasa & makes bhaktas to relish.
-Brihad-chetana vs anu-chetana.
-Bhagavan is not rupavana (different from His rupa). Svayam rupa is Bhagavan.
-Sadhaka after reaching bhava-dasa gets Bhagavan’s darshana, feels humbled & says he made an offence in comparing Lord’s beauty with material things.
-Why did Srimati Radhika manifest many kanthas even though She can fulfill all desires of Krsna.
-Comparison of beauty of ladies in Svarga, Vaikuntha, Dvaraka, Goloka Vrindavana.
-Krsna is controlled by gopis only & He falls at their feet.
-All rasas manifested from shringara-rasa which manifested from Srimati Radhika.
-Story of an old lady searching for a lost needle under streetlight instead of her house to signify how brahmavadis search Bhagavan.
-In tattva-vichara the sloka says that Bhagavan creates, maintains & destroys universe & in rasa-vichara Bhagavan relishes & makes bhaktas to relish.
-Srimati Radhika’s beauty is 100 times more than Krsna’s.
-Krsna says He doesn’t stay in Vaikuntha, yogis heart but stays in a place where His bhakta glorifies Him.
-Yashoda-maiya by vatsalya-bhava bound Krsna & takes Krsna to feed food & Nanda Baba gives Krsna his remnants.
-Sambandhatmika & kamatmika-bhakti.
-Viraha & milana; ananda in them; milana in viraha, viraha in milana.
-Lila of Srimati Radhika feeling viraha of Krsna in spite of Her in His lap after Madhumangala says Madhusudhana is leaving.
-Description of Krsna’s beauty during His return from cow herding.
-Lila of Srimati Radharani going to Javata & thinking in bhava that Krsna is teasing Her by pulling Her cloth when Her cloth got stuck in thorns.