26 Nov 2024 evening – Sri Bhagavat-saptaha, day 7: Nistha, the Spine of Spiritual Life (Hindi) | Bhuj, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Krsna is received as a dear friend by the trees and creepers of Vrndavana.
  • Trees and creepers cry out to Krsna not to be forgotten.
  • Visvanatha Cakravarti Pada describes Vrndavana with the humor of a family man, where the trunks of the trees are fathers, the branches are mothers, the leaves are sons and the fruits are daughters.
  • Family life is happy where all members are serving Gurudeva and Krsna, all tied by the thread of prema.
  • Srila Sukadeva Gosvami Pada, in Venu Madhuryam, describes the sweetness of Krsna’s flute and the incomparable beauty of Govinda’s form.
  • Topics on the three holy places, Vrndavana, Mathura and Dvaraka Puri, where Krsna manifests Himself in different moods.
  • The peacock feather and the flute are exclusive ornaments of Vrajendra-nandana Krsna, the Krsna of Vrndavana.
  • The different moods in the glorification of Krsna.
  • People with impersonal knowledge can only see the effulgence of the light emanating from Krsna.
  • Upon hearing the sound of Krsna’s flute, all the Gopis abandon their duties and run side by side towards Govinda.
  • A pastime in which Dronacarya calls the Kauravas and Pandavas for a test, and only Arjuna passes the test.
  • A wife’s chastity lies in her one-pointedness towards her husband.
  • The Tamal and Kadamba trees are always together in Vrndavana and thus represent the conjugal love of the Divine Couple Radha and Krsna.
  • ⁠Krsna declares that all gopis are chaste.
  • Story of a brahmana and his chaste wife, who asks not to be woken up in any way.
  • Story of the husband who, on the king’s orders, goes to the forest for five days and leaves a murti so that his wife can continue to serve him in his absence.
  • The song Gopi Gita and how the rasa-lila takes place.
  • Krsna orders the gopis to return to their homes, and even though they don’t want to, they return.
  • Krsna’s pastimes in Dvaraka with queens Satyabhama, Rukmini and the flower of the parijat tree.
  • Story of the very poor woodcutter who loses his axe.

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