(1) (\u201cO my brother mind, with these pleasing words, I grasp your feet and pray to you \u2013 always abandon pride and develop great and unparalleled attachment to the guru, the pasturing grounds of Vraja, the cowherd folk that reside there, the devotees, the br\u0101hma\u1e47as<\/em>, one\u2019s mantra<\/em>, the Holy Name, and the shelter of the ever youthful Divine Couple of Vraja.)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u015br\u012b-guru-cara\u1e47ebhyo nama\u1e25 \u015br\u012b-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-caitanya-candr\u0101ya nama\u1e25 \u015br\u012b-\u015br\u012b-r\u0101dh\u0101-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101bhy\u0101\u1e41 nama\u1e25 Falling and offering da\u1e47\u1e0davats<\/em> at the feet of the world-renowned \u015ar\u012bla Raghun\u0101tha D\u0101sa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, who severed all his worldly ties and took refuge in \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012bman Mah\u0101prabhu, and who was taught all the secrets of bhajana<\/em> by \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Svar\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhu on the order of \u015ar\u012bman Mah\u0101prabhu, I have written a commentary on the book Mana\u1e25 \u015a\u012bk\u1e63\u0101<\/em>. These twelve \u015blokas<\/em> are the very life and wealth of the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas. \u015ar\u012b D\u0101sa Gosv\u0101m\u012b has instructed the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas by targeting his own mind.<\/p>\n In the course of attaining great fortune, a j\u012bva\u2019s<\/em> faith in topics concerning \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a arises, and whatever are his most important duties are all described within this booklet.<\/p>\n he sv\u0101nta \u2013 he bhr\u0101ta\u1e25 mana\u1e25! tom\u0101ra cara\u1e47a dhariy\u0101 k\u0101kuti-v\u0101kya \u0101mi tom\u0101ra nika\u1e6da ei pr\u0101rthan\u0101 kari ye \u2013 tumi \u015br\u012b-guru, \u015br\u012b-vraja-dh\u0101ma, \u015br\u012b-vraja-v\u0101si-ga\u1e47a, su-jana, bh\u016b-sura-ga\u1e47a, sva-mantra, \u015bri-hari-n\u0101ma u \u015br\u012b-vraja-yuva-dvandvera \u015bara\u1e47\u0101pattite dambha parity\u0101ga-p\u016brvvaka atyanta ap\u016brva-rati vidh\u0101na kara. <\/em>(1) \u201cO my consciousness, O brother mind! I grasp your feet and with these words of appeal, I offer this prayer unto you \u2013 giving up pride (dambha<\/em>), develop immense (ati\u015baya vidh\u0101n kara<\/em>) and unparalleled attachment (ap\u016brva<\/em>–rati<\/em>) towards \u015ari Guru, \u015ari Vraja-dh\u0101ma, the respected Vraja-v\u0101sis, the su-janas<\/em>, the bh\u016b-sura-gana<\/em>, sva-mantra<\/em>, \u015br\u012b-hari-n\u0101ma<\/em> and the shelter of the ever youthful Divine Couple of \u015ar\u012b Vraja (Vraja-yuva-dvandver \u015bara\u1e47\u0101patti<\/em>).\u201d<\/p>\n 2)<\/strong> Vraja-dh\u0101ma<\/strong> <\/em>(The holy land of Vraja):<\/strong> Gokula, Nand\u012b\u015bvara, Govardhana, \u015ay\u0101ma-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, Y\u0101va\u1e6da etc. and all the places of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s l\u012bla<\/em> in Vraja-ma\u1e47\u1e0dala.<\/p>\n 3) Vraja-v\u0101sis <\/em>(The residents of Vraja):<\/strong> All the devotee-j\u012bvas<\/em> who reside in Vraja in order to render service to \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Only pure devotees are Vraja-v\u0101sis, because they reside in Vraja either in body or mind. They are uttama-bh\u0101gavatas<\/em>.<\/p>\n 4) Su-jana<\/em><\/strong> (The devotees):<\/strong> Those devotees within the samprad\u0101ya<\/em>, who may not reside in Vraja in their svar\u016bpa<\/em> (spiritual form), yet they are samprad\u0101yika<\/em> and devotees of Bhagav\u0101n. They are madhyama-bh\u0101gavatas<\/em>.<\/p>\n 5) Bh\u016b-sura-ga\u1e47a<\/em><\/strong> (The Demigods who reside on earth):<\/strong> Those br\u0101hma\u1e47as<\/em> fixed in var\u1e47\u0101\u015brama<\/em> who teach Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava dharma<\/em>. They are kani\u1e63\u1e6dha Bh\u0101gavatas<\/em>.<\/p>\n 6)<\/strong> Sva-mantra<\/strong><\/em> (One’s mantra):<\/strong> Bhagav\u0101n\u2019s mantra attained from \u015ar\u012b Guru.<\/p>\n 7) Hari-n\u0101ma<\/em><\/strong> (The holy name of Hari):<\/strong> \u015ar\u012b Hari, \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u0101nta, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, \u015ar\u012b Govinda etc. are all primary Names. Patita-p\u0101vana, Param\u0101tm\u0101 etc. are indirect names. One should take shelter of the primary Names.<\/p>\n 8)<\/strong> Vraja-yuva-dvandver \u015bara\u1e47\u0101patti<\/strong><\/em> (Surrender unto the Youthful Couple of Vraja):<\/strong> The exclusive mood of surrender to the feet of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a.<\/p>\n 9) Dambha<\/em><\/strong> (Pride):<\/strong> M\u0101y\u0101<\/em> (illusion), cala<\/em> (deception), avidy\u0101<\/em> (ignorance), kapa\u1e6dat\u0101<\/em> (dishonesty), asaralat\u0101<\/em> (calculation), \u015ba\u1e6dhya<\/em> (malice) etc. are dambha<\/em> (pride). In the cultivation of bhakti<\/em>, if one harbors other desires and aspirations other than those for the improvement of one\u2019s bhakti<\/em>, then that is dishonesty. Wherever j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em> or karma<\/em> prevail over bhakti<\/em>, then that is where the power of avidy\u0101<\/em> prevails. When there is any type of adverse mood in the cultivation of service towards \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, then that is the hiding place of m\u0101ya<\/em>. All this must be rejected. By practicing pure bhakti<\/em> to \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, all the evils of var\u1e47\u0101\u015brama<\/em>, the ardent desire for mundane things, and bewilderment concerning one\u2019s constitutional spiritual nature (svar\u016bpa<\/em>) are removed.<\/p>\n 10) Ap\u016brva-rati<\/em><\/strong> (Unparalleled attachment):<\/strong> \u0100tm\u0101-rati<\/em> (attachment to the \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>) is pure rati<\/em>. Due to his previous conditioning, the bound j\u012bva<\/em> takes shelter of matter and becomes attached to mundane objects. In pure k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-bhakti<\/em> there is only the state of \u0101tm\u0101-rati<\/em> since K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is the \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> of all \u0101tm\u0101s<\/em>. As much as this state (of attachment to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a) arises, it is known as ap\u016brva-rati<\/em> (unparalleled attachment).<\/p>\n 11) Ati\u015baya vidh\u0101na kara<\/em><\/strong> (Taking great care):<\/strong> One should try to follow this with great care. Indeed, one should not be of the mood that, \u2018Good fortune comes automatically.\u2019 The more strength is manifests from our \u0101tm\u0101<\/em>, the more our karma<\/em> will be destroyed, and this is due to the mercy of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and the s\u0101dhus<\/em>. There is no doubt about this.<\/p>\n In 1886 Bhaktivinoda Th\u0101kura wrote a Bengali commentary to \u015ar\u012bla Raghun\u0101tha D\u0101sa Gosv\u0101mi\u2019s Mana\u1e25 \u015a\u012bk\u1e63\u0101 (\u2018Teachings to the Mind\u2019) entitled \u2018\u015ar\u012b Bhajana-darpa\u1e47a Bh\u0101\u1e63ya\u2019 (\u2018A mirror that reflects one\u2019s bhajana\u2019). The \u1e6ch\u0101kura also wrote a Bengali prose version of Mana\u1e25 \u015a\u012bk\u1e63\u0101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[702],"tags":[2032,933],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9073,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3246\/revisions\/9073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ngurau go\u1e63\u1e6dhe go\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101layi\u1e63u sujane bh\u016b-sura-ga\u1e47e
\n<\/em>sva-mantre \u015br\u012b-n\u0101mni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-\u015bara\u1e47e
\n<\/em>sad\u0101 dambha\u1e41 hitv\u0101 kuru ratim ap\u016brv\u0101m atitar\u0101\u1e41
\n<\/em>aye sv\u0101ntar bhr\u0101ta\u015b ca\u1e6dubhir abhiy\u0101ce dh\u1e5bta-pada\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Bhajana-darpa\u1e47a Bh\u0101\u1e63ya<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>(Obeisance to the feet of \u015ar\u012b Guru)<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>(Obeisance to \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Caitanya-candra)<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>(Obeisance to \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a)<\/p>\n
\nVERSE MEANING:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\n1)<\/strong> \u015ar\u012b Guru<\/strong><\/em> (The spiritual master):<\/strong> D\u012bk\u1e63\u0101-guru<\/em> and \u015bik\u1e63\u0101-guru<\/em>. The second \u015bloka<\/em> clearly explains what type of rati<\/em> (attachment) is given by the guru.<\/p>\n
\nThe meaning of this instruction:<\/strong> Until karma<\/em> is eventually destroyed by the power of s\u0101dhu-sa\u1e45ga, \u015braddh\u0101<\/em> cannot appear. Until \u015braddh\u0101<\/em> appears, there is no benefit to spiritual instructions. When \u015braddh\u0101<\/em> appears, then one should take shelter of the d\u012bk\u1e63\u0101<\/em>–guru<\/em> and accept the yugala-mantra<\/em>. Having obtained the mantra, one should worship the d\u012bk\u1e63\u0101<\/em>–guru <\/em>and sik\u1e63\u0101-gurus<\/em> with \u0101tm\u0101-rati<\/em>. One should not consider the guru merely as a sage, but one should know that the guru is one\u2019s friend. One should treat the three kinds of Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas accordingly with affection and friendship. Cultivate attachment for the d\u012bk\u1e63a-mantras<\/em> and the Holy Name. Considering the yugala-tattva<\/em> (the Reality of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a) as the embodiment of one\u2019s very life, one should take shelter of Them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>