2014-07-19
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.47-52 - Only By Serving Devotees we can get Krishna Prema (download mp3)
by Rohini Priya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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Srimad Bhagavatam 10.47.47-52 - Only By Serving Devotees we can get Krishna Prema (download mp3)
by Rohini Priya Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
www.iskcondesiretree.net
SB 10.47.47
param saukhyam hi nairasyam
svairiny apy aha pingala
taj janatinam nah krsne
tathapy asa duratyaya
Translation:
Indeed, the greatest happiness is to renounce all desires, as even the prostitute Pingala has declared. Yet even though we know this, we cannot give up our hopes of attaining Krsna.
Purport:
The story of Pingala is narrated in the Eleventh Canto, Eighth Chapter, of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
SB 10.47.48
ka utsaheta santyaktum
uttamahsloka-samvidam
anicchato ’pi yasya srir
angan na cyavate kvacit
Translation:
Who can bear to give up intimate talks with Lord Uttamahsloka? Although He shows no interest in her, Goddess Sri never moves from her place on His chest.
SB 10.47.49
saric-chaila-vanoddesa
gavo venu-rava ime
sankarsana-sahayena
krsnenacaritah prabho
Translation:
Dear Uddhava Prabhu, when Krsna was here in the company of Sankarsana, He enjoyed all these rivers, hills, forests, cows and flute sounds.
SB 10.47.50
punah punah smarayanti
nanda-gopa-sutam bata
sri-niketais tat-padakair
vismartum naiva saknumah
Translation:
All these remind us constantly of Nanda’s son. Indeed, because we see Krsna’s footprints, which are marked with divine symbols, we can never forget Him.
SB 10.47.51
gatya lalitayodara-
hasa-lilavalokanaih
madhvya gira hrta-dhiyah
katham tam vismarama he
Translation:
O Uddhava, how can we forget Him when our hearts have been stolen away by the charming way He walks, His generous smile and playful glances, and His honeylike words?
SB 10.47.52
he natha he rama-natha
vraja-natharti-nasana
magnam uddhara govinda
gokulam vrjinarnavat
Translation:
O master, O master of the goddess of fortune, O master of Vraja! O destroyer of all suffering, Govinda, please lift Your Gokula out of the ocean of distress in which it is drowning!
Purport:
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti presents the following insight into this scene: Someone might propose to the gopis, “Why don’t you just go somewhere else? Leave Vrndavana, and then you won’t have to see these rivers, mountains and forests. Cover your eyes with your garments, use your intelligence to lead your minds to some other thought, and thus forget Krsna.” The gopis answer this suggestion in the previous verse by stating, “We no longer possess our intelligence, for Krsna has taken it away by His supreme beauty and charm.”
Now in the present verse the feelings of the gopis become so strong that they disregard Uddhava and, turning toward Mathura, address Krsna Himself with humble cries. They address Krsna as Vrajanatha because in the past young Krsna performed many inconceivable pastimes to protect His beloved village people, such as lifting Govardhana Hill and destroying many monstrous demons. In this heartrending verse, the gopis cry out to Krsna to remember the wonderful, sweet relationship they once enjoyed together as innocent village people. Indeed, Sri Krsna would lovingly take care of His father’s cows, and the gopis appealed to Him to remember these duties and return so He could resume them.
