06/07/23 evening – Mahaprabhu and the Bhatta family (English translation) – Delhi | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Actually we don’t know what is bhakti, Krishna, karma, jnana.
One can hear harikatha only after hearing it directly from the lotus mouth of the Guru, just as Prahlada Maharaja heard it from Narada Muni – sabda-brahma.
Mahaprabhu appreciates the illiterate young man because he followed his Guru’s instructions, even without knowing how to read properly, and all the tattvas appeared in his heart.
Sweet dialogue between Mahaprabhu and the illiterate youth.
Sloka: nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23)
Only with surrender – atma nivedana – the Lord bestows the mercy of bhakti to realize the Lord.
The Lord resides only in the heart that is pure and tender.
The illiterate youth received Mahaprabhu’s boon to stay with Him during the four months of Caturmasya.
About the lila of how the Lord decided what time of life each living being would have; the man and the donkey.
Rarer than attaining the human form of life is attaining association with a pure devotee.
During the four months of Caturmasya, Srimam Mahaprabhu stayed in the house of Venkatta Bhatta, who formerly worshiped Laksmi-Narayana.
Mahaprabhu jokes with the Bhatta family that Laksmi is chaste but wants to be with Krishna.
Types of tapasya (austerity).
About the tapasya that Laksmi does.
The many forms of Krishna.
Four special and unique qualities of Krishna: rupa-madhurya, venu-madhurya, lila-madhurya and prema-madhurya.
In tattva siddhanta Narayana and Krishna are not different, but in rasa siddhanta They are different.
Why was Laksmi unable to enter the rasa dance? Because She does not accept leaving Her body and taking birth in the body of a gopi and from the womb of a gopi.
Krishna only accepts gopis.
Lord Shiva also tried to enter the rasa dance.
After listening to Mahaprabhu’s harikatha, the Bhatta family understood that Krishna is the Supreme Lord and they stopped worshiping Laksmi-Narayana.
