bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā bhagavan yadi syād
daivena naḥ phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ |
muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjaliḥ sevate’smān
dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣāḥ ||107||
Simple Meaning:
Youthful Krishna
O
Lord! If I am engaged in firm devotional service to You,then I can very easily
perceive Your divine youthful form. And as far as liberation is concerned, she
stands at my door with folded hands, waiting to serve me, and all material
conveniences of religiosity, economic development, and sense gratification stand
along with her.
Rasa-laden Meaning:
Shri Billavmangal ji Sees Krishna
Hearing
Shri Billavmangal ji’s entreaty Lord Krishna asks that even on perceiving me
standing right there in front of you why are you praying for a flash of My lila or divine play.
Billavmangal
ji says in reply “Lord! This mind is extremely fickle it does not stay
permanently lodged in Your lovely lotus feet therefore I am asking for firm
devotional service of Your auspicious feet. Grant me unwavering bhakti. Once my
religious devotion is firmly established then mukti or liberation will be ready
to serve me with folded hands.
'Shri Bhakti Rasamrit Sindhu'
yadi
bhavati mukunde bhaktir ānanda-sāndrā
karatala-kalitā sā mokṣa-sāmrājya-lakṣmīḥ(Bhakti Rasamrit Sindhu)
Anyone who possesses devotion for Lord Mukunda that is densely imbued with ecstasy holds in the palms of his hands the gifts of liberation, worldly influence, and wealth.
Shri Gadadhar Bhatt says:
ek ju meri akhiyan mein nisidyos rahyo
kari bhaun
gayi charawan jaat sunyo sakhi so dhau
kanhaiya kaun
The heart in which Your lila or divine play is ensconced
you do not leave that heart for even a moment.
haath
chhu daye jat hau, nibal jani kai mohe
hiradai
tean jab jahuge, sabal
badauango tohi..'
Leaving
my hand You go away, knowing that I am weak. I will acknowledge Your strength when
you will go and reside in the temple of my heart.
However,
this bhakti is not ordinary where there is observance of religious rites and
rituals, it is not even bhava bhakti. It is prema bhakti which has attained the
fully mature state of intense love, the highest form of devotion to God.( supreme
attachment to the lotus-feet of the Lord. This bhakti springs from the bottom
of the devotee's heart, no effort is needed, only a genuine, natural and spontaneous
longing to meet God exists.)Krishna can’t flee from the heart in which it rises
for even a moment.
Shri Krishna-Karshini, an Attractor for dark-hued Krishna
‘Shri
Krishna-Karshini’( how to be an attractor for Lord Krishna) is said to be the
topmost quality of the six qualities of uttama bhakti mentioned in ‘Bhakti
Rasamrit Sindhu.’ Pure devotional service passionately draws dark-hued Krishna
and imprisons him in the cave of one’s heart.
shrI-kRRiShNAkarShiNI--
kRRitvA
hariM prema-bhAjaM priya-varga-samanvitam |
bhaktir
vashIkarotIti shrI-kRRiShNAkarShiNI matA || 1.1.41 ||
‘Prema Bhakti as called Shri Krishna
Karshini for possessing the power of
attracting Lord Krishna, because such Bhakti charms dark-hued Krishna into
complete submission through endearing love and affection for Bhagwan Krishna
with His Entourage".
Shri
Billavmangalji is praying for this firm devotional service. This pure bhakti is
going to lead him to God realization, the realization of Brahman.
Lord Krishna Residing in Our Heart
Attracted
by the fragrance of this Krishna Karshini prema bhakti, Krishna Himself reaches
the lotus of one’s heart and relishes the rasa of that heart.
Apart
from service to Krishna, meditating upon, hearing and remebering His sweet
lilas or playful dalliances and the singing of devotional hymns other efforts
made by an individual to attract Krishna are extremely worthless for the bhakta.
Therefore,
the only prayer to Krishna is to grant us prema bhakti in His lotus feet which
are so rare to attain. No other ardent longing exists.
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