10/11/24 – Sanketa (English translation) | Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

0:00:03 – Sanket means to give signals; Krishna always gives signals to the Gopis; the place of nishanta-lila (the end of the night); nisha – night; anta – end; Radha and Krishna go to rest; to fall into a deep sleep; Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur sings this song about how to wake the Divine Couple; Vrinda-devi first gives a signal to the birds; each sakhi has her own service; Bhaktivinoda Thakur is Kamala Manjari; it is Vrinda-devi’s duty to wake Them; she gives a signal to the rooster, then a sakhi curses the rooster; then she gives a signal to the monkey.
0:08:05 – Gurudev tells a story of how he once lay down on the roof of a temple and fell asleep, and then a monkey started pulling his chadar.
0:09:25 – Vrinda-devi gives a signal to Shuke and Sari; Jatila means the first ray of sunlight; then Radhika wakes up frightened, thinking her mother-in-law has come; the meaning of mangala-arati.
0:12:05 – Krishna gives signals: if He strokes His hair, the meeting is in Keshava-kunja; if He twirls a green leaf, then it is in Harit-kunja (from the word ‘green’); and all this is arranged by Yogamaya.
0:13:15 – Shukadeva Gosvamipada says to Parikshit Maharaja (10.29.1) that Krishna manifests His lilas through the energy of Yogamaya; this is an expansion of Radhika.
0:15:01 – The sound “klim”; the flute; this sound is given by the Guru along with the mantra; when they hear this sound: Mother Yashoda begins to prepare prasadam; the cowherd boys think Krishna is calling them to play; the gopis abandon their household chores and run; their minds and hearts are captivated by transcendental love; Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that Krishna’s flute follows in the footsteps of Radhika; this is described in the grantha “Sri Bhagavatarka-marichi-mala.”