29/10/23 morning – First Verse of Damodarastakam (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- Meaning of ragatmika: spontaneous attachment to Sri Krsna.
- The eleven senses: five senses of action, the five senses of acquiring knowledge, and the mind.
- All eternal associates of Sri Krsna have ragatmika for Bhagavan, including Hanuman.
- The eternal associates in the mood of Vraja have rasika-raga, vraja-ragatmika by Sri Krsna.
- The five main rasas and the seven secondary ones.
- In Damodarastakam you learn, step by step, about the rasas.
- Srimad Bhagavatam is the ripened fruit of the Vedas, pure nectar that comes directly from the mouth of Sukadeva Gosvami.
- Relationship between guru and disciple, between Visvanatha Chakravati Thakura and Baladeva Vidyabusana Prabhu.
- The spiritual name is the name of the soul, varying according to the eleven humors and the five stages.
- We must understand what the sahajiyas say to be able to cut through this philosophy.
- Everyone should study the book Upadesamrta, by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
- Jiva Gosvami says that tattva-siddhanta is the foundation, the strong base that enables us to taste madhurya-rasa.
- Explanation of the first verse of Damodarastakam. “Namami” means bow.
- There are two Damodaras, that of mother Yasoda and that of Srimati Radhika.
