Srivas Thakur Appearance Day Lecture by HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Maharaj 22 March 2025
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śrīvāsa paṇḍita, āra śrī-rāma paṇḍita dui bhāi — dui śākhā, jagate vidita
-- CC Adi 10.8
Translation --
The two brothers Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita and Śrī Rāma Paṇḍita started two branches that are well known in the world.
pañca-tattvātmakaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ bhakta-rūpa-svarūpakam
bhaktāvatāraṁ bhaktākhyaṁ namāmi bhakta-śaktikam
-- CC Adi 7.6
Translation --
Let me offer my obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has manifested Himself in five as a devotee, expansion of a devotee, incarnation of a devotee, pure devotee and devotional energy.
Commentry by Maharaj --
In pancha tattva mantra, we get to know the names of pancha Tattvas. But in this verse we get to know about the pancha tattvas.
Lord krsna expands himself in 5 Tattvas -
- Bhakta Roopa - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Lord krsna)
- Bhakta Swaroopa - Prabhu Nityanand (Lord Balaram)
- Bhakta Avatara - Advaita Acharya (Maha Vishnu)
- Bhakta Shakti - Gadadhar Pandit (Radharani)
- Bhakta Akhyam (known as) - Srivas Pandit (Narad Muni)
Sri krsna is both Avatar and Avatari
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is also Avatari
Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā -
This scripture articulates the characters who transdent from krsna lila into Gour lila as it is.
This scripture is written by Sri Kavi Karnapura.
Narad Muni had incarnated as Srivas Thakur in Gour lila.
Sri Srivas Thakur had appeared on krsna pakhsha chaitra month, astami at Sylhet (Srihut)(in Bangladesh).
Wife of Srivas Pandit, Malini was Ambika in krsna lila.
Whenever Nimai Pandit used to see Srivas Thakur, he used to offer respectful obisennces to him.
Srivas Thakur always prayed that may the young Nimai Pandit become a great devotee of krsna.
Srivas Thakur said to Nimai Pandit that the ultimate goal of Knowledge is to become devotee of krsna --
बहूनां जन्मनामन्ते ज्ञानवान्मां प्रपद्यते ।
वासुदेव: सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभ: ॥
-- BG 7.19
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ
Translation --
After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.
When Chaitanya Mahaprabhu returned to Navadweep from Gaya after taking initiation from Ishvara Puri, there was a transcendental change in him.
Everyone thought he has got mad or diseased, but Srivas Thakur assured him by saying that he too wants to get mad like him. He had turned into a great vaishava.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu established the reality of Nityanand Prabhu when Srivas Thakur said this sloka --
Gopis explaining the transcendental appearance of Lord krsna --
बर्हापीडं नटवरवपु: कर्णयो: कर्णिकारं बिभ्रद् वास: कनककपिशं वैजयन्तीं च मालाम् ।
रन्ध्रान् वेणोरधरसुधया पूरयन्गोपवृन्दै- र्वृन्दारण्यं स्वपदरमणं प्राविशद् गीतकीर्ति: ॥
-- SB 10.21.5
Translation --
Wearing a peacock-feather ornament upon His head, blue karṇikāra flowers on His ears, a yellow garment as brilliant as gold, and the Vaijayantī garland, Lord Kṛṣṇa exhibited His transcendental form as the greatest of dancers as He entered the forest of Vṛndāvana, beautifying it with the marks of His footprints. He filled the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips, and the cowherd boys sang His glories.
Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami said, there are 4 places where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu always appears -
- In the home of Sachi Mata where she use of Workship
- The place where Nityanand Prabhu use to dance
- In the home of Raghav Pandit
- In the home Srivas Thakur where they use to do kirtan.
Gopal chappal got diseased when he did offences to Srivas Thakur. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu didn't forgive him and sent him to Srivas Thakur for mercy.
When we read about the various lilas in Sastra, we should take learning from them and try to implement them in real life. We should not imitate them in us as it is.
This is because the various characters in lilas are lord krsna's own parshads and our position is very different as compared to them.
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