Thursday, January 26, 2006

Shri Gokulnathji's Hasya Prasangs - Prasang 10

Experience of Shri Purushottam (Shri Purushottam no Anubhav):

Once a Vaishnav said .. Je Raj, Aapshri (you) are complete purushottam (Aapshree purna purushottam cho). To this Shri Gokulesh said that the love and faith that you have in me is Purna Purushottam.

Vivechan - This Vachnamrut is the bringer of a very deep secret (bahu Rahasya Suchak Che). Bhakti (devotion) is not the subject of Buddhi (mind), but it is a subject matter of the heart. Therefore, a person without knowledge can be devotional, but a person without a heart cannot be devotional. A person with a heart is complete with all knowledge. (Hradaysheel manas sarva gnan parangat che) The heart of a beloved experiences the qualities of complete purshottam in their beloved. Those who are into rationalising things with their mind and intellect cannot understand this talk (Buddhivadi Aa vaat na samji shake). Prabhu resides in all his glory in a temple, but the way in which the heart of the person who sees/experiences purshottam in that svaroop is exactly how their aasakti is in that svaroop. In this there is no relationship of knowledge, therefore Mahaprabhi is saying that ... Gnaninaamapi vakyena na bhaktam mohayishyati The words of a gnani never deludes (puts that soul in illusion) a bhaktiman jeev. This means to say that a person who is hradaysheel never gets attracted by the words of a gnani in such a way that he would do his dealings with his prabhu based on the words of a gnani. Truly, one who has experienced prabhutva (divinity) in Mahaprabhuji and other swaroops, for them, even the criticism of divine swaroops never put them off (kadi chalayman thata nathi). Listening to Shishupals insults (cursing) did not deter the faith of all those devotees, such as, Bheeshma, Vidurji, etc. who were sitting in the assembly (sabha), from Shri Krishna.

On the contrary, it was Shishupal himself who got destroyed. Therefore those with heart do not have the hankering/desire/attachment towards knowledge (hradaysheel ne gnan no moh nathi hoto). But, they have the desire/hankering only for their beloved prabhu. Giving them the advise of knowledge (gnan) is like poisoning them (temne gnan no updesh jher che). Remembering the prasang of Shri Gopijan and Uddhav at this point provides clarity (in this matter). In front of the love-filled hearts of the Gopijan, Uddhavjis gnan had melted away. Knowledge belonging to a person who has a heart full of prem also melts away inside that love-filled heart and gets destroyed. Besides Prabhu, one should not be conscious of any other issues, this is Phal dasha. In Phal dasha who would want/wish to stop experiencing or enjoying the taste of the phal (fruit) and take up the empty shell of gnan (phal dashama phalno anubhav ke swad chakhvano chodi ne gnan na thothane kon chahay). Pushtimarg is not a marg, but it is the phal. It is the fruit with the divine taste from the vales of the heart and that is Pushti-Pushti. Means, Prabhu appears, by his grace literally close to the bhakt. (Etle, prabhunu bhakt pase krupa karine sakshat prakat thavu)

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