Friday, 26 February 2010 12:07 Written by TVD

In this life where we have very little time to understand greatest things of this world, sometimes out of ignorance we get caught up in things, which in reality have no value to us. The layers of misidentification which we duly carry, keep us in the deepest ignorance of our own self. The true nature of spirit is one which is full of love and bliss. One can truly realize this by acceptance of divine grace. When we start accepting the mercy of Lord and see in the light of  that knowledge and become grateful, then we get closer to the reality and see the world and its interactions in a transcendental vision. Then, we can really percieve the ignorance by which we were once covered and when one see others entangled in the same, one feels great compassion towards them. This is the nature of a saintly person (devotee) and his only mission is to lead people towards the real knowledge.

Lord Caitanya who is none other than Supreme Lord Krsna Himself,  is full of this compassion. Though He is beyond material contamination being Supreme Lord, still to show His incomparable compassion He appeared in the role of a teacher,  to teach this world how to perfect oneself by the simple process of devotional service. The following beautiful heart-melting song written by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura shows this mood of the Lord and His true devotee.

Translation of Song - Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu

1-2) Out of compassion for the fallen souls, Sri Krisna Caitanya came to this world with His personal associates and divine abode to teach saranagati, surrender to the almighty Godhead, and to freely distribute ecstatic love of God, which is ordinarily very difficult to obtain. This saranagati is the very life of the true devotee

3-4) The ways of saranagati are humility, dedication of the self, acceptance of the Lord as one’s only maintainer, faith that Krishna will surely protect, execution of only those acts favorable to pure devotion, and renunciation of conduct adverse to pure devotion.

5) The youthful son of Nanda Maharaja, Sri Krishna, hears the prayers of anyone who takes refuge in Him by this six-fold practice.

6) Bhaktivinoda places a straw between his teeth, prostrates himself before the two Goswamis, Sri Rupa and Sri Sanatana, and clasps their lotus feet with his hands. “I am certainly the lowest of men.” he tells them weeping, “but please make me the best of men by teaching me the ways of saranagati”

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LYRICS:

(1)

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu jīve doyā kori’

swa-pārṣada swīya dhāma saha avatari’

(2)

atyanta durlabha prema koribāre dāna

śikhāya śaraṇāgati bhakatera prāna

(3)

dainya, ātma-nivedana, goptṛtve varaṇa

‘avaśya rakṣībe kṛṣṇa’—viśvāsa, pālana

(4)

bhaki-anukūla-mātra kāryera svīkara

bhakti-pratikūla-bhāva varjanāńgikāra

(5)

ṣaḍ-ańga śaraṇāgati hoibe jāhāra

tāhāra prārthanā śune śrī-nanda-kumāra

(6)

rūpa-sanātana-pade dante tṛṇa kori’

bhakativinoda poḍe duhuń pada dhori’

(7)

kāńdiyā kāńdiyā bole āmi to’ adhama

śikhāye śaraṇāgati koro he uttama

 

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