Remembering Guru-Vaishnav-Bhagavan

Book, Sreela Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

  • Remembrance of guru-vaishnav-bhagavan will remove all obstacles to bhajan and bestow the desired devotional objective. But the problem is this - a conditioned soul cannot remember Them with the material mind as They are beyond the comprehension of material mind and intellect.

    harih nirguna sakshat prakrirteh parah.

    ‘Sri Hari, the Supreme Lord, is transcendental and as such, beyond material comprehension. We cannot remember guru-vaishnav-bhagavan, cannot sing Their transcendental infinite glories and cannot even pray for Their grace without Their causeless mercy.’

    pranatabhigamyam murhairavedyam

    ‘They are accessible to the completely surrendered soul, not accessible to the ignorant, unsurrendered soul.’ Nobody can comprehend Their transcendental qualities with a challenging mood. A surrendered soul can have realisation of Their transcendental qualities as per the degree of their submission. No wise person, who has got a glimpse of the concept of ultimate reality, can say that his realisation is perfect and complete.

    jananta eva janantu kim vahooktya na may prabhoh
    manasho vapusho vacho vaibham tava gocharah
    Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.38

    Lord Brahma pronounced “I do not want to make a pompous display of words. Some persons may pretend or think that they know Your glories and the glories of Your entourage, but I say with assertion that they are not accessible to Me.”

    It is not possible for me, a conditioned soul, to narrate the infinite transcendental attributes of His Divine Grace, Most Revered Param-Guru-Padpadma 108 Sri Srimat Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur and his personal associates. Whatever we, the enslaved jivas, say from our limited knowledge and imperfect submission, instead of glorifying, we may mar the dignity of their transcendental attributes. Yet, in spite of our deficiency, if we have humility, guru-vaishnav-bhagavan will forgive our offences and out of causeless mercy, will accept us as their servitors. The moment we become proud and arrogant, we shall fall from devotional life and all our efforts will be futile, as pompous efforts have no connection with the Supreme Lord and His devotees.

    It is the order of my most revered divine Master, Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimat Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj to recite what I have heard so far from the lips of guru and vaishnavas to purify my mind and to get devotion to Sri Krishna. So, wherever I go, I try to obey the direction of my divine master to recite the sayings of guru, vaishnava and authentic scriptures, although I have my own drawbacks.

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