Sri Krishna's instructions to Sanatan
Sanatan Şiskşa - Sri Krshna Caitanya's instructions to Sanatan Goswami
Vers 1-6
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya- devaḿ taḿ karuṇārṇavam
kalāv apy ati-gūḍheyaḿ bhaktir yena prakāśitā
I offer respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,
who is an ocean of mercy in this age of Kali
who manifested the confidential divine devotional service – bhakti.
jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya nityānanda
jayādvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
All glories to Krişna-Cetanya, Nityananda, Adveta and the devotees’ group of Gora (the Golden).
eita kahiluń sambandha-tattvera vicāra
veda-śāstre upadeśe, kṛṣṇa — eka sāra
(Śrī Caitanya said) I have thus described the analysis (vicāra) of the philosophical principle (tattva) regarding the relations (sambandha) (with Krişna)
All the Vedic literature instructs that Krişna is the only (eka) essence (sāra).
ebe kahi, śuna, abhidheya-lakṣaṇa
yāhā haite pāi — kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa-prema-dhana
Now I will talk about the means (abhidheya) whose simptom (lakṣaṇa)
is to get Krişna and the love treasure for Krişna
kṛṣṇa-bhakti abhidheya, sarva-śāstre kaya
ataeva muni-gaṇa kariyāche niścaya
All revealed writings say that divine devotional service Krişna is the mean.
therefore all wise persons are firmly fixed (in bhakti).
śrutir mātā pṛṣṭā diśati bhavad ārādhana-vidhiḿ
yathā mātur vāṇī smṛtir api tathā vakti bhaginī
purāṇādyā ye vā sahaja-nivahās te tad-anugā
ataḥ satyaḿ jñātaḿ mura-hara bhavān eva śaraṇam
The revealed writings, like a mother, when are asked about the object of veneration- śruti mātā pṛṣṭā vidhiḿ ārādhana
mention You (Krişna) - diśati bhavad
as a mother instructs (her children) - yathā mātur vāṇī
The writings that revealed the historic deeds (regarding the avatars of the Supreme Lord and His devotees) – smṛti
like a sister say the same - bhaginī vakti tathā
and thus led by the Puranas, like brother and sister – ataḥ purāṇādyā ye vā sahaja-nivahās
followed by these (the revealed scripture – şruti) - te tad anugā
they certainly know the truth - eva satyaḿ jñātaḿ
that you are the shelter, oh the one that killed the Mura demon (Lord Krişna) - bhavān śaraṇam mura-hara
Re: Sri Krishna's instructions to Sanatan
Vers 7-8
advaya tattva kṛṣṇa svayaḿ bhagavān
svarūpa śakti rūpe tāńra haya avasthāna
Krişna is the Supreme Lord Himself - kṛṣṇa svayaḿ bhagavān
(and) philosophical principle of knowledge nondual (means in Him there is no contradiction, as it is the material energy) - tattva jñāna advaya
His internal energy is a form of manifestation of His- śakti svarūpa rūpe haya avasthāna tāńra
Tika:
In the next verse Şri Cetanya explains the way this internal energy is manifested:
svāḿśa-vibhinnāḿśa-rūpe hañā vistāra
ananta vaikuṇṭha-brahmāṇḍe karena vihāra
(Krişna) expands (Himself) in forms which are Himself (they belong to the category “Supreme Lord” – bhagavan -tattva) - vistāra hañā rūpe sva-aḿśa
and in deviated forms (as the spiritual souls or the material energy) - vibhinna-aḿśa
On the unlimited spiritual planets and the material universes, where He makes His plays - ananta vaikuṇṭha brahmāṇḍe karena vihāra
Tika:
În Bhagavad-gita Şri Krişna confirmă aceste lucruri:
bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ / khaḿ mano buddhir eva ca
ahańkāra itīyaḿ me / bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
This my material energy has eight divisions, as follows
earth bhūmi) water (āpa) fire (anala) air (vayu) space or eter (khaḿ)
mind (mana) intelligence (buddhi) and certainly the false ego (ahań-kāra)
apareyam itas tv anyāḿ / prakṛtiḿ viddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāḿ mahā-bāho / yayedaḿ dhāryate jagat
Oh, most powerful (Arjuna) you should understand that this (material energy described previoiusly) is inferior,
but beyond this there is another energy of Mine, superior, who are the living beings - jiva bhutam
who were given the univers.
The nature of the material, external energy (bahiranga şakti ) is to be inert and thus being inferior (apara).
The marginal energy – the souls (tataşta şakti) is superior (para) to the external (material) energy due to the presence of consciousness.
And this superiority of consciousness is expressed by the sustenance and acceptance of this material world, to get pleasure out of it.
Re: Sri Krishna's instructions to Sanatan
Dandvat Prabhu!
Thanks for this thread. Just a quick question, isn't there another site on the net that has this info? If yes, you could just post the link to that instead of typing everything out post by post here. Just a thought...
Hair Bol!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
satay
Dandvat Prabhu!
Thanks for this thread. Just a quick question, isn't there another site on the net that has this info? If yes, you could just post the link to that instead of typing everything out post by post here. Just a thought...
Hair Bol!
Dandavat,
I personally don't like some of the translations ... on that site.
Re: Sri Krishna's instructions to Sanatan
Vers 9-15
svāḿśa-vistāra catur-vyūha, avatāra-gaṇa
vibhinnāḿśa jīvatāńra śaktite gaṇana
The expansions of His personal forms are quadruple expansions (Sańkarṣaṇ, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Vāsudev)
and the multitude of forms that descend (in the material world)- svāḿśa-vistāra catur-vyūha, avatāra-gaṇa
the deviated forms are the living beings belonging to the category of (His) energy - vibhinnāḿśa jīvatāńra śaktite gaṇana
sei vibhinnāḿśa jīva dui ta' prakāra
eka 'nitya-mukta' eka 'nitya-saḿsāra'
These deviated forms, the living beings, are of two kinds - sei vibhinna-aḿśa jīva dui ta' prakāra
Some are eternally liberated (in the spiritual word), others are all the time in cycle of birth and death - eka 'nitya-mukta' eka 'nitya-saḿsāra'
nitya mukta nitya kṛṣṇa caraṇe unmukha
kṛṣṇa pāriṣada nāma bhuñje sevā sukha
Those who are eternally liberated are always inclined to the feet of Krişna - nitya mukta nitya kṛṣṇa caraṇe unmukha
They are called the associates of Krişna and taste the pleasure to serve (Him) - nāma pāriṣada kṛṣṇa bhuñje sukhasevā
nitya-bandha kṛṣṇa haite nitya-bahirmukha
'nitya saḿsāra', bhuñje narakādi duḥkha
Those who are indifferent toward Krişna are perpetually chained (to the material world) - nitya bahirmukha krishna haite nitya bandha
always in the cycle of birth and death - nitya-samsara
and experiment the hellish sufferings - bhunje duhkha narakadi
sei doṣe māyā piśācī daṇḍa kare tāre
ādhyātmikādi tāpa traya tāre jāri' māre
Because of this fault (indifference toward Krişna) the witch who governs the material world punish them - sei doshe pisaci maya tare kare danda
(and) burns them with the three types of sufferings beginning with those coming from the body and mind - tare jari tapa-traya mare adhyatmika-adi
kāma-krodhera dāsa hañā tāra lāthi khāya
bhramite bhramite yadi sādhu-vaidya pāya
tāńra upadeśa-mantre piśācī palāya
kṛṣṇa-bhakti pāya, tabe kṛṣṇa nikaṭa yāya
Becoming the servant of lusty desire and of anger, due to being pushed by them- dāsa kāma-krodhera hañā tāra lāthi khāya
They wander until they meet a spiritually realized person - bhramite bhramite yadi sādhu
Who, as a doctor through the mantras which give instructions - tāńra vaidya upadeśa-mantre
Take out the witch, who flies away - pāya piśācī palāya
And in this way one can obtained the divine service for Krişna - tabe pāya kṛṣṇa-bhakti
(and finally) goes (into the spiritual world) to Krişna - nikaṭa yāya kṛṣṇa
Re: Sri Krishna's instructions to Sanatan
Vers 16-17
kāmādīnāḿ kati na katidhā pālitā durnideśās
teṣāḿ jātā mayi na karuṇā na trapā nopaśāntiḥ
utsṛjyaitān atha yadu-pate sāmprataḿ labdha-buddhis
tvām āyātaḥ śaraṇam abhayaḿ māḿ niyuńkṣvātma-dāsye
Begining with lust, how many were not the desire which made me to suffer – kāma adīnāḿ kati na duḥ-nideśāḥ
And in how many ways I took their shelter - katidhā pālitā teṣāḿ
(and) they had no mercy on me - na jātā karuṇā mayi
I had neither shame nor peace - na trapā na upa śāntiḥ
Now I became intelligent (having discrimination power) - sāmprataḿ labdha-buddhis
And thus I renounced them oh, protector of Yadu dinasty (Krişna) - atha utsṛjya etān pate yadu
I came to take Your shelter to get rid of these fears - āyātaḥ śaraṇam tvām abhayam
Please engage me directly in Your service - niyuńkṣva mām ātma-dāsye
kṛṣṇa bhakti haya abhidheya pradhāna
bhakti mukha nirīkṣaka karma-yoga-jñāna
the loving service for Krişna is the essential goal (of life) - kṛṣṇa-bhakti haya abhidheya-pradhāna
the face of the service out of love (bhakti) cannot be seen (because of other goals like) - mukha bhakti nirīkṣaka
following the prescribed duties (karma), attaining the mystic powers and of liberation (yoga),
realizing transcendental knowledge (ghiana - jñāna) - karma-yoga-jñāna
Tika:
The fact that Bhakti is the essential goal of life, is mentioned in Şrimad Bhagavatam (1.2.6):
sa vai puḿsāḿ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati
That which is certainly- sa vai
the highest (transcendental) prescribed duty for the human kind - paro dharma puḿsāḿ
is the loving service for the Supreme Lord - bhaktir adhokṣaje
which is without cause (being the intrinsic nature of the soul) – ahaituky
uninterrupted (when becomes manifested ) - apratihatā
by which the soul becomes very happy – yaya atmā supra-sīdati
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18-19
ei saba sadhanera ati tuccha bala
krishna-bhakti vina taha dite nare phala
All these practices have an insignificant power.- ei saba sadhanera bala ati tuccha
without Bhakti for Krişna they are not able to give result - vina krishna-bhakti taha dite nare phala
Tika:
This is why many impersonalists use Bhakti-yoga to attain their purposes.
To substantiate His statement Sri Krishna-Caitanya quotes Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.12):
naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta bhāva varjitaḿ
na śobhate jñānam alaḿ nirañjanam
kutaḥ punaḥ śaśvad abhadram īśvare
na cārpitaḿ karma yad apy akāraṇam
Liberation from any debts (and the peace that follows) without affection for the Infallible One - naiṣkarmyam apy varjitaḿ bhāva acyuta
It is not beautiful; either the transcendental knowledge is pure - na śobhate alaḿ jñānam nirañjanam
What to say about the repeated activities, which are not dedicated to the Supreme Controler - kutaḥ punaḥ karma na ca api arpitam īśvare
They are always useless and inauspicious - yad akāraṇam śaśvad abhadram
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20-21
tapasvino dāna-parā yaśasvino
manasvino mantra-vidaḥ su-mańgalāḥ
kṣemaḿ na vindanti vinā yad-arpaṇaḿ
tasmai subhadra-śravase namo namaḥ
Those engaged in austerities and charitable acts - tapasvinaḥ dāna-parāḥ
Those who became famous, those who practice meditation and those experts in mantras —yaśasvinaḥ manasvinaḥ mantra-vidaḥ
Without to dedicate them to the One - vinā arpaṇam yat
About is worth to hear and to show respect (the Supreme Lord) - su-bhadra śravase tasmai namaḥ namaḥ
Cannot really attain what is auspicious- na vindanti kṣemamsu-mańgalāḥ
kevala jñāna 'mukti' dite nāre bhakti vine
kṛṣṇonmukhe sei mukti haya vinā jñāne
The transcendental knowledge alone cannot give liberation - kevala jñāna nāre dite mukti
Without transcendental knowledge - vine jñāne
but practicing devotional service without attachment for Krişna- bhakti vinā unmukhe kṛṣṇa
one attains liberation (from the chain of suffering) - sei haya mukti
Tika:
Sri Caitanya says herein that by such bhakti, without attachment for the Lord,
one does not develop prema - divine love for the Lord,
and as such on cannot attain the Lord and His transcendental abode.
So by attaining the liberated stage one may go no further than
the Brahman effulgence area of the spiritual world.
Al long as one does not want the Lord, how can one get Him?
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22-23
Sri Caitanya quotes further from Bhagavat Puran (10.14.4):
sreyah-sritim bhaktim udasya te vibho
klisyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye
tesham asau klesala eva sishyate
nanyad yatha sthula-tushavaghatinam
For those who renounce the auspicious path of devotion to You, oh Great One – ye udasya sreyah sritim bhaktim te vibho
And only accept the great difficulties to get transcendental knowledge - kevala lklisyanti abdhaye bodha
Certainly they remain with nothing else but pain - eva na tesham sishyate anyad klesala
Like those who beat husks of rice - avaghatinam yatha sthula-tusha
This pain can be avoided and one can easily get liberation from illusion,
just by surrendering to Sri Krishna; in this connection Sri Caitanya quotes Şri Krişna (Bg 7.14)
daivi hy esha guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te
Certainly these My divine modes of nature are very difficult to surpass - hy esha daivi guna mayi duratyaya
(they are) My illusory energy - mama maya
Those who surrender to Me - ye prapadyante mam
certainly cross over this illusory energy - eva taranti te etam mayam
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24-26
'kṛṣṇa-nitya-dāsa' — jīva tāhā bhuli' gela
ei doṣe māyā tāra galāya bāndhila
The living entity has forgtten that he is an eternal servant of Krishna - jīva tāhā bhuli nitya dāsa kṛṣṇa
For this fault he is bound on the neck (by the chain) of material energy - ei doṣe tāra gela bāndhila galāya māyā
tāte kṛṣṇa bhaje, kare gurura sevana
māyā-jāla chuṭe, pāya kṛṣṇera caraṇa
Therefore if one worships Krishna and serves the spiritual master - tāte kare kṛṣṇa bhaje gurura sevana
the river of the illusory energy goes away and one gets the feet of Krişna - māyā-jāla chuṭe pāya caraṇa kṛṣṇera
cāri varṇāśramī yadi kṛṣṇa nāhi bhaje
svakarma karite se raurave paḍi' maje
If the followers of the four social and spiritual orders of life don’t worship Krishna - yadi se cāri varṇa āśramī nāhi bhaje kṛṣṇa
by performing their prescribed duty they will fall in the hell named Raurava - karite sva-karma paḍi maje raurave