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(1/12) Your Sreyo Must Become Your Preyo

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Vaishnav-seva programme in Begampur (Hooghly),
Early February 2019, part 1
Translated from Bengali

 

Jay Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Visva-varenya Srila Guru Maharaj ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj ki jay.
Jay saparikara Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu ki jay.
Jay Om Vishnupad Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad ki jay.
Om Vishnupad Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay.
Sachchidananda Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur ki jay.
Sarvabhauma Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj ki jay.
Rupanuga-guru-varga ki jay.
Namacharya Haridas Thakur ki jay.
Vrinda Devi, Tulasi Devi, Sri Bhakti Devi ki jay.
Sri Shyama Kunda, Radha Kunda, Sri Giri Govardhan ki jay.
Sri Mayapur Dham, Sri Nabadwip Dham, Sri Vrindavan, Mathura ki jay.
Sri Purusottam Ksetra ki jay.
Baladev Subhadra Jagannathjiu ki jay.
Akar Math-raj Chaitanya Math ki jay.
Mayapur Yogapith ki jay.
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math ki jay.
Tandiya sakha-math-samuha ki jay.
Sri Mather sevak-vrinda, bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Ananta-koti Vaishnav-vrinda ki jay.
Sri Gaudiya Acharya-vrinda ki jay.
Tridandi-pad-gan ki jay.
Saparsada Sriman Nityananda Prabhu ki jay.
Saparsada Sriman Mahaprabhu ki jay.
Bhakta-prabara Prahlad Maharaj ki jay.
Suddha-bhaktir-vighna-vinasa-kari Bhagavan Nrisinghadev ki jay.
Sri Sada-Siva Gangadhar jiu ki jay.
Giriraj Govardhan ki jay.
Jay Samagata Sri Gaura bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
All the assembled, all the worldwide devotees ki jay.
Harinam sankirtan ki jay.
Jay Sri Begampur-tatha, Hooghli samasta-bhakta-vrinda ki jay.
Jay Jay Sripad Sanath Prabhur matri-devir tirobhav-tithi-bara maha-mahotsav ki jay.
Harinam sankirtan ki jay.
Jay Nitai Gaura premanande Hari bol

Devotee: Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj ki jay. Harinam sankirtan ki jay. Gaura premanande Hari bol.

vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams cha
sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunath-anvitam tam sa-jivam
sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-chaitanya-devam
sri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams cha

'I worship the holy lotus feet of my initiating and instructing Sri Guru as well as all predecessor gurus, all Vaishnavs, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami, their dear associates Raghunath and Jiva, Advaita Prabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Krishna Chaitanyadev along with all His near and dear ones, and Sri Radha–Krishna along with Their associates headed by Lalita and Visakha.'

om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
chaksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah

'I offer my obeisance to Sri Guru who has opened my eyes, rescuing me from the illusory darkness of ignorance by applying the potent kajal of knowledge upon my eyes.'

gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam
chintyachintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam
govindabhidham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakty anvitam-sundaram
vande visva-gurun cha divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam

'I offer my obeisance to him who perfectly fulfils his Gurudev's most cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his Gurudev's associates; who is expert in all conceivable and inconceivable aspects of Vedic knowledge; who is the pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu's line; who is known as "Govinda" (Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj); whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is infused with pure devotion; who is the Guru of the entire universe; and who is the giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord.'

devam divya-tanum suchanda-vadanam balarka-chelanchitam
sandrananda-puram sad-eka-varanam vairagya-vidyambudhim
sri-siddhanta-nidhim subhakti-lasitam sarasvatanam varam
vande tam subhadam mad-eka-saranam nyasisvaram sridharam

'I worship Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, the bestower of all auspiciousness, my only shelter and the master of all renunciates. He is my Lord who possesses a transcendental form, whose face expression is very grave, who is clad in the holy clothes the colour of the newly risen sun. He is an abode of intense joy, the only genuine master whom one can accept and surrender to, and an ocean of divine knowledge of renunciation. He is a repository of holy scriptural teachings and pastimes of the highest devotion and a great follower of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad.'

vanchha-kalpatarubhyas cha krpa-sindhubhya eva cha
patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah

'Again and again I offer obeisances to the Supreme Lord's devotees, who are saviours of the fallen, oceans of mercy and wish-fulfilling trees.'

vrndayai tulasi-devyai priyayai kesavasya cha
krsna-bhakti-prade devi satyavatyai namo namah

'Again and again I offer obeisances to Vrinda Devi (Tulasi Devi), who is very dear to Lord Kesava, who bestows devotion to Krishna and is known as Satyavati.'

atha natva mantra-gurun gurun bhagavatarthadan
vyasan jagad-gurun natva tato jayam udirayet

'Before reciting scriptures that can conquer material world, let us offer obeisances to our initiating Guru, to the Guru who teaches us the meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam, to Sri Vyasadev and all gurus in the universe.'

jayah sa-parikara sri-sri-guru-gauranga-gandharva-govinda-sundar-padapadmanam jayastu

'All glory to the lotus feet of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva-Govindasundar and all Their associates.'

vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau

'I worship Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Jiva Goswami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami.'

sri-krsna-chaitanya prabhu nityananda
sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi gaura-bhakta-vrnda

hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

[His Divine Grace chants kirtans and then addresses the assembled devotees.]

মূকং করোতি বাচালং পঙ্গুং লঙ্ঘয়তে গিরিম্ ।
যৎকৃপা তমহং বন্দে শ্রীগুরুং দীনতারণম্ ॥

mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim
yat krpa tam aham vande sri-gurum dina-taranam

'The dumb can speak, the lame can climb a hill – all it takes is mercy from gurudev.'

(Bhavartha Dipika)

First, I am offering my full obeisance at the lotus feet of my Divine Master Om Vishnupad Jagad-guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, begging him for his causeless mercy and aspiring to serve him. After that, I am offering my full obeisance to all the assembled guru-varga, all my godbrothers, to all the listeners, to all the motherly lady devotees. I am also offering my full obeisance at the holy lotus feet of my Param Gurudev Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad, the guardian of Sri Chaitanya Math and Gaudiya Math.

We are gathered here today on the occasion of the departure of Nilma Devi, Sripad Sanath Prabhu's mother. Desiring to give her benefit, devotees have arranged fora vaishnav-seva in her honour, and we have thus received this opportunity to be present here today. We consider ourselves very fortunate because it is very difficult to get Vaishnavs' association. Vaishnavs and sadhus spend their lives only in Hari-kirtan. We must take shelter of a guru who always speaks about the Lord, who always glorifies the Lord. Such gurus always speak about Lord Krishna; they never speak about material things (gramya-katha, gramya-varta), never criticise or gossip about other people. Such gurus take the souls who have turned away from the Lord and engage them in the service of the Lord – they strive to take conditioned souls living in illusory bondage and turn them back towards the Lord (awaken their interest in Krishna).

We must try to practise what such devotees teach, what our Gurupadpadma teaches, what our Param Gurudev Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj teaches, what Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad teaches – we must genuinely follow their guidance.

You are very fortunate that you have all come to this line and have gathered here today. There is one thing that Srila Prabhupad said that you all should remember. He said that until and unless you become liberated from this world of Maya, you will not be able to serve Sri Nam Prabhu (the Holy Name of the Lord). When he explained service to Sri Nam Prabhu, he spoke about Nama-rupa, Nama-lila, Nama-parikara, Nama-vaisistya. We have heard before about Nama (Name), rupa (beauty), guna (qualities), lila (pastimes), parikar (associates), vaisistya (paraphernalia), but he spoke about Nama-nama (the Name of the Name), Nama-rupa (the beauty of the Name), Nama-guna (the qualities of the Name), Nama-lila (the pastimes of the Name), Nama-parikara (the associates of the Name), Nama-vaisistya (the paraphernalia of the Name).

Srila Prabhupad said that when you hear Krishna-kirtan, you cannot but chant the glories of the Lord, and when you chant about the glories of the Lord, you cannot but remember the Lord. It must be genuine hearing. In other words, it is necessary to learn to love that which is beneficial for you. There are two things, preyo (প্রেয়, what you like, what gives you pleasure) and sreyo (শ্রেয়, what is good for you). Your sreyo must become your preyo: you must learn to derive happiness from that which is good for you. Always remember this.

 

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READ OTHER PARTS:

1) Your Sreyo Must Become Your Preyo
2) Joy in Sadness
3) Who Will Understand?
4) Vaishnavs' Dignity
5) Read and Absorb
6) Sincere Self-Realisation
7) Mahaprabhu's Conception
8) Gist of Spiritual Life
9) Prison of Misconception
10) Learn and Live the Ideal
11) Service Alertness
12) Be Attached and Detached

 

 


 

'Please Forgive My Offence'
'Everybody is different, and ego can come easily through some aparadh: service aparadh, Vaishnav aparadh, etc. Actually, when we go too close, it is very difficult, that is why we sing every day, 'Vando muni savadhana mate, I carefully offer my obeisance.''

Service to the Lord is based on faithful following of one's Guru and the Vaishnavs.

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