(11/13) Bogus Kirtan – Bogus Devotion

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Tarakeshwar, 10 February 2021, part 11

Yesterday I told devotees not to make too many things – just make some luchi and aloo-dum. But then they force me to take it, too, and I get a problem if I eat it. I can take one piece, it is sufficient.

Devotee: Will you take rice then?

No, no, I will not. I took rice last night, and my legs are paining today.

বিষয়ে ভুলিয়া অন্ধ হইনু দিবানিশি ।
গলে ফাঁস দিতে ফেরে মায়া সে পিশাচী ॥

visaye bhuliya andha hainu divanisi
gale phasa dite phere maya se pisachi

‘Day and night I live in darkness, forgetting myself in material life – this Witch Maya has put a noose round my neck.’

মায়ারে করিয়া জয় ছাড়ান না যায় ।
সাধুকৃপা বিনা আর না দেখি উপায় ॥

mayare kariya jaya chhadana na yaya
sadhu-krpa bina ara na dekhi upaya

‘It is impossible to conquer illusory environment and break free from it. I see no other way to get relief except by sadhus’ mercy.’

অদোষ-দরশি প্রভু পতিত-উদ্ধার ।
এইবার নরোত্তমে করহ নিস্তার ॥

adosa-darasi prabhu patita-uddhara
ei-bara narottame karaha nistara

‘O Master, you never see any fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!’

(Prarthana, Srila Narottam Das Thakur)

Srila Narottam Das Thakur sang this kirtan… You can read these kirtans from time to time and try to understand their meaning. Read Sri Gaudiya Gitanjali, it will be good for you.

Before, one person used to come here with his party and do kirtans. Is it still going on or has it stopped?

[Devotees explain what is going on, saying that the party comes to chant for money, dressed as Radha and Krishna.]

Just think about what is going on!… And if I come and ask somebody for one or two sacks of potato, they will not give it. They do not want to serve the Lord. People cannot understand this… If you follow such kirtan singers, they will tell you that you can eat meat and fish. That is why it is said:

কটি জন্ম যদি করে শ্রবণ-কীর্ত্তন ।
তবু না পায় ব্রজের নন্দের-নন্দন ॥

koti janma yadi kare sravana-kirtana
tabu na paya vrajendranandana

‘Even if you practise listening and chanting for millions of lives, you will not get Krishna, the Son of King of Vraja.’

অসাধুসঙ্গে ভাই কৃষ্ণনাম নাহি হয় ।
নামাক্ষর বাহিরায় বটে তবু নাম কভু নয় ॥

asadhu-sange bhai krsna-nama nahi haya
namaksara bahiraya bate tabu nama kabhu naya

‘Brother, the Name of Krishna cannot be chanted in bad association: it may certainly sound like the letters of the Name, but it can never be the Name proper.’

(Sri Sri Prema-vivarta, Srila Jagadananda Pandit)

People chant those kirtans going house to house for their own purpose. When it comes to the service of the Lord, there is karma-misra bhakti (devotion mixed with material desires), jnana-misra bhakti (devotion mixed with the desire to know something) and jnana-sunya bhakti (devotion devoid of any pursuit of knowledge). We are interested in jnana-sunya bhakti, not jnana (knowledge) – we must renounce knowledge. Karma-misra bhakti means that you serve the Lord hoping to get something in return, but the Lord says:

কৃষ্ণ কহে,—“আমা ভজে, মাগে বিষয়-সুখ ।
অমৃত ছাড়ি’ বিষ মাগে,—এই বড় মূর্খ ॥
আমি—বিজ্ঞ, এই মূর্খে ‘বিষয়’ কেনে দিব ?
স্বচরণামৃত দিয়া ‘বিষয়’ ভুলাইব” ॥

krsna kahe,—“ama bhaje, mage visaya-sukha
amrta chhadi’ visa mage,—ei bada murkha
ami—vijna, ei murkhe ‘visaya’ kene diba?
sva-charanamrta diya ‘visaya’ bhulaiba”

‘Krishna says, “They worship Me desiring material happiness – leaving aside nectar, they ask Me for poison. They are big fools, but I am intelligent: Why will I give these fools material things? Instead, I will give them the nectar of My lotus feet and make them forget the material world.”’

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 2.22.38–39)

So, if you practise bogus kirtan, you will not get any result. People do this to earn money; it is business.

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