21 Apr 2025 morning – Sri Siksastaka and the Bhakti Process (English) | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • The Siksastaka highlights sambhanda-jnana (relationship knowledge), abhidheya (process) and prayojana (goal) of sadhana-bhakti.
  • Song: Sri Krsna Bhajane Jadi.
  • Verse: dhana, jana nāhi māgoṅ, kavitā sundarī…(CC Antya-lila 20.30).
  • We should pray for ahaituki-bhakti, unmotivated devotional service.
  • Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami expresses his mood of separation after Mahaprabhu’s departure.
  • Verse: kāhāṅ mora prāṇa-nātha muralī-vadana (CC Madhya-lila 2.15).
  • Song: Sri Gusvastakam.
  • Bhagavatya Parampara and Pancaratrik Parampara.
  • Mantra: tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva — tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva — tvameva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvameva — tvameva sarvaṃ mama devadeva.
  • Verse: tyaktva su-dustyaja-surepsita-rajya-laksmim… (SB 11.5.34).
  • Verse: āmnāyaḥ prāha tattvaṁ harim iha paramaṁ sarva-śaktim rasābdhiṁ…(Dasa-mula tattva: invocation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura).
  • Verse: namami devam karuna-nidhanam tamala-varnam suhitavataram (Padma Purana).
  • Verse: avaiṣṇava-mukhodgīrṇaṁ pūtaṁ hari-kathāmṛtaṁ, śravaṇaṁ naiva kartavyam (Padma Purana).

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