Mana\u1e25 \u015aik\u1e63\u0101 – <\/strong>Verse 4 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> asad-v\u0101rt\u0101-ve\u015by\u0101 vis\u1e5bja mati-sarvasva-hari\u1e47\u012b\u1e25 (\u201cO mind! Reject the prostitute of mundane talk who steals one\u2019s intelligence. Do not listen to talk about mukti<\/em>, which is like a tigress who will completely devour your very existence. You must even abandon any attachment towards Lak\u1e63m\u012b-pati which leads you to Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha. You should simply worship R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in Vraja, who will award you the gem of attachment for Them.\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Bhajana-darpa\u1e47a Bh\u0101\u1e63ya<\/strong><\/p>\n This \u015bloka<\/em> indicates the obstacles in the attainment of prema<\/em>:<\/p>\n VERSE MEANING:<\/strong><\/p>\n he manah! mati-sarva-svahara\u1e47\u012b asad-v\u0101rt\u0101-r\u016bp\u0101 ve\u015by\u0101 u sarv\u0101tma-gilin\u012b mukti-vy\u0101ghr\u012bra kath\u0101 ni\u015bcaya-r\u016bpe parity\u0101ga kara. ara-u bali, para-vyoma-gati-d\u0101yin\u012b-r\u016bp\u0101 lak\u1e63m\u012b-patira sambandhe rati ty\u0101ga-p\u016brvaka sva-ratida \u015br\u012b-\u015br\u012b-r\u0101dh\u0101-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47ake vraje bhajana kara. <\/em>(4)<\/p>\n \u201cO mind! Abandon the prostitute of mundane talks who steals one\u2019s intelligence, and talks about mukti<\/em> are like a tigress who will devour your very existence. Also, you must even reject any attachment in relation to Lak\u1e63m\u012b-pati leading to Paravyoma (Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha). You must engage in bhajana in Vraja of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and the Divine Couple will award attachment to Themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n Just as a prostitute takes away all the wealth of a lusty man, similarly, mundane topics take away one\u2019s intelligence. Intelligence that is used to attain spiritual progress is the j\u012bva\u2019s<\/em> only wealth. This is everything for a person who has a tendency towards bhajana<\/em>. Mundane topics simply take that away. Any discussion in relation to temporary objects is asat<\/em> (pointless). Discussing those \u015b\u0101stra<\/em> that award trivial benefits, the thirst for wealth, associating with women, associating with persons attached to women etc. are pointless affairs. The practice and desire for such activities is called v\u0101rt\u0101<\/em> (mundane topics or talks). In relation to intelligence, R\u0101ya R\u0101m\u0101nanda says:<\/p>\n k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-bhakti-rasa-bh\u0101vita-mati\u1e25 (\u201cIf that intelligence which is absorbed in the rasa<\/em> of k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a<\/em>–bhakti rasa<\/em> is available anywhere, then let it be purchased. The only price is greed, for it cannot be attained by performing pious deeds even for millions of lifetimes.\u201d – Pady\u0101vali <\/em>12.14)<\/p>\n Here, the word mukti<\/em> refers to brahma-nirv\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> (union with Brahman) or sayujy\u0101-mukti<\/em> (liberation by merging into Brahman). Sayujy\u0101-mukti<\/em> easily extinguishes the \u0101tm\u0101\u2019s<\/em> existence completely; the existence of Brahman is supported, but it is just like the logic of the kha-pu\u1e63pa<\/em> (a flower growing in the sky). In reality, Bhagav\u0101n, who is the possessor of all potencies, is the Supreme Truth (parama-tattva<\/em>). Bhagav\u0101n\u2019s potency is eternal. Therefore, this potency, or cit<\/em>, manifests Bhagav\u0101n\u2019s pastimes (l\u012bl\u0101<\/em>); acit<\/em>, or m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>, manifests the unlimited universes, as well as both the subtle and gross bodies of the bound j\u012bvas<\/em>. As the ta\u1e6dasth\u0101<\/em> (or j\u012bva-\u015bakti<\/em>), she manifests all the unlimited j\u012bvas<\/em> and is constantly expanding and serving Bhagav\u0101n.\u00a0 Those who hate Bhagav\u0101n, or who are averse to His most charming divine pastimes, pretend that they have destroyed the results of their karma, <\/em>extinguished their existence and merged into Brahman. They think they are happy in discussing this \u2013 but this is just like a prisoner who commits suicide in order to attain happiness. One should carefully reject talk of mukti<\/em> of all types, which means discussing various types of mukti-s\u0101dhana<\/em> (methods how to attain mukti<\/em>), up\u0101sana<\/em> (methods of worship to attain mukti<\/em>), as well as rejecting the association of those who are endeavouring to achieve it. Concerning this topic, \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa has said:<\/p>\n bhukti-mukti-sp\u1e5bh\u0101 y\u0101vat pi\u015b\u0101c\u012b h\u1e5bdi vartate (\u201cHow can the bliss of bhakti<\/em> ever arise in the heart while the witch of sense-enjoyment and mukti<\/em> remains there?\u201d \u2013 Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-sindhu<\/em> 1.2.22)<\/p>\n \u015br\u012b-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-cara\u1e47\u0101mbhoja-sev\u0101-nirv\u1e5bta-cetas\u0101m (\u201cDevotees whose consciousness is absorbed in the bliss of service to the lotus feet of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a never have any desire for mok\u1e63a<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-sindhu<\/em> 1.2.25)<\/p>\n Para-vyoma (Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha) is the dh\u0101ma<\/em> of Bhagav\u0101\u1e47, where N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a resides and ai\u015bvarya<\/em> (the mood of awe and reverence) predominates. By service to Lak\u1e63m\u012b-pati, the four types of liberation are attained, namely s\u0101m\u012bpya<\/em> (associating with the Lord), s\u0101r\u1e63\u1e6di<\/em> (having the same opulence as the Lord), s\u0101lokya<\/em> (residing on the same planet) and s\u0101r\u016bpya<\/em> (having a similar form as the Lord). In this regard, \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa says:<\/p>\n atra ty\u0101jyatayaivokt\u0101 mukti\u1e25 pa\u00f1ca-vidh\u0101pi cet sukhai\u015bvaryottar\u0101 seya\u1e41 prema-sevottarety api kintu premaika-m\u0101dhurya ju\u1e63a ek\u0101ntino harau tatr\u0101py ek\u0101ntin\u0101\u1e41 \u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101 govinda-h\u1e5bta-m\u0101nas\u0101\u1e25 siddh\u0101ntatas tv abhede \u2019pi \u015br\u012b\u015ba-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-svar\u016bpayo\u1e25 (\u201cAlthough the five kinds of mukti<\/em> have been described as worthy of abandoning, s\u0101lokya<\/em>, etc. are not antagonistic to bhakti<\/em>. There are two types within these kinds of liberation: sukhai\u015bvaryottar\u0101<\/em>, predominated by awe, and prema-sevottar\u0101<\/em>, predominated by prema<\/em>. The first is not accepted by those who are desire to serve the Lord. But those who are exclusively attached to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a who enjoy the sweetness of prema<\/em> never accept the five types of mukti<\/em> at all. Among those exclusive devotees, those whose hearts have been stolen by Govinda are the greatest. Even the mercy of \u015ar\u012b\u015ba (Nar\u0101ya\u1e47a) cannot steal their minds. According to siddh\u0101nta<\/em>, the forms of \u015ar\u012b\u015ba and k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a are non-different, yet according to rasa<\/em>, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s form is superior. That is the nature of His rasa<\/em>.\u201d – Bhakti-ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-sindhu<\/em> 1.2.55-59)<\/p>\n In this regard, \u015ar\u012b Hari D\u0101sa has said:<\/p>\n ala\u1e41 tri-diva-v\u0101rtay\u0101 kim iti s\u0101rvabhauma-\u015briy\u0101 \u00a0<\/em>(\u201cEnough! What use is talk about the celestial abode or sovereignty over this earth! Even mok\u1e63a<\/em> and Lak\u1e63m\u012b are distant to me! My mind is only captivated by that cluster of bluish effulgence whose hue resembles a young tam\u0101la<\/em> tree and who resides within a niku\u00f1ja<\/em> situated on the shore of the Yamun\u0101.\u201d)<\/p>\n They award attachment to Themselves. \u015ar\u012b\u00a0\u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a are the \u0101tm\u0101<\/em> of all \u0101tm\u0101s<\/em>, and the natural constitutional position of the finite conscious j\u012bva,<\/em> who is eternally k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-d\u0101sa<\/em>, is \u0101tma-rati<\/em> (attachment towards the R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme \u0101tm\u0101s<\/em>). Although this rati<\/em> is the eternal dharma<\/em> of the j\u012bva<\/em>, in the state of bewilderment caused by m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>, he is covered with various desires caused by ignorance. In relation to this, \u015ar\u012b\u00a0I\u015bvara Pur\u012b has said:<\/p>\n dhany\u0101n\u0101\u1e41 h\u1e5bdi bh\u0101sat\u0101\u1e41 girivara-pratyagra-ku\u00f1jaukas\u0101\u1e41 (\u201cThose fortunate persons residing in the forests of the great mountains may experience transformations within their hearts due to the manifestation of a great festival of the mellows of truth and bliss. But for us, that cowherd boy, who has the effulgence of a great sapphire, who displays pastimes in the forest of V\u1e5bnd\u0101 with the cowherd maidens who are imbued with attachment and divine mellows, sports within our hearts and minds.\u201d \u2013 Pady\u0101vali<\/em> 75)<\/p>\n \u015ar\u012b M\u0101dhavendra Pur\u012b:<\/p>\n rasa\u1e41 pra\u1e63a\u1e41santu kavitva-ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101 \u00a0<\/em>(\u201cLet those attached to poetry glorify mundane rasa<\/em>. Let those devoted to the best of the Vedas<\/em> praise the nectar of Brahman. However, we will simply take refuge in He who holds the flute and wears a necklace of gu\u00f1j\u0101<\/em> berries.\u201d \u2013 Pady\u0101vali<\/em> 76)<\/p>\n \u015ar\u012b Kaviratna:<\/p>\n j\u0101tu pr\u0101rthayate na p\u0101rthiva-pada\u1e41 naindre pade modate (\u201cI never pray for the position of an earthly monarch, and the position of Indra does not please me. My intelligence is not fixed upon attaining yogic perfections, nor does not desire liberation. My mind runs after that pure Brahman who is entwined by the vines of the gop\u012bs<\/em> arms, who appears like a dark raincloud imbued with a lightning flash within the forests on the bank of the Yamun\u0101.\u201d \u2013 Pady\u0101vali<\/em> 78)<\/p>\n \u015ar\u012b M\u0101dhavendra Pur\u012b:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>ana\u1e45ga-rasa-c\u0101tur\u012b-capala-c\u0101ru-netr\u0101\u00f1cala\u015b (\u201cMay a particular cowherd boy, who is most expert in the rasa<\/em> of the god of love, who casts glances from the corners of His beautiful restless eyes, whose cheeks reflect the effulgence of His trembling makara<\/em>-shaped earrings, and who is anxious to enjoy the r\u0101sa<\/em> dance with a multitude of splendorous girls of Vraja, soon appear within my mind.\u201d – Pady\u0101vali<\/em> \u00a097)<\/p>\n Only through bhajana<\/em> of R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in Vraja can the inherent jewel of perfected attachment reawaken, and upon attainment and nourishment, the stage of mah\u0101-bh\u0101va<\/em> is eventually achieved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> 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\/3258"}],"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=3258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9082,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions\/9082"}],"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=3258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>kath\u0101 mukti-vy\u0101ghry\u0101 na \u015b\u1e5b\u1e47u kila sarv\u0101tma-gilan\u012b\u1e25
\n<\/em>api tyaktv\u0101 lak\u1e63m\u012b-pati-ratim ito vyoma-nayan\u012b\u1e41
\n<\/em>vraje r\u0101dh\u0101-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47au sva-rati-ma\u1e47idau tva\u1e41 bhaja mana\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n
\n1) Mati-sarva-svahara\u1e47\u012b asad-v\u0101rt\u0101-r\u016bp\u0101 ve\u015by\u0101 <\/em>(The prostitute of mundane talk who steals one\u2019s intelligence): <\/strong><\/p>\n
\nkriyat\u0101\u1e41 yadi kuto\u2019pi labhyate
\ntatra laulyam api m\u016blyam ekala\u1e41
\njanma-ko\u1e6di-suk\u1e5btair na labhyate <\/em><\/p>\n
\n2) Sarv\u0101tma-gilin\u012b mukti-vy\u0101ghr\u012bra kath\u0101 <\/em>(Talks about mukti<\/em> are like a tigress who will devour your very existence): <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>t\u0101vad bhakti-sukhasy\u0101tra katham abhyudayo bhavet<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>e\u1e63\u0101\u1e41 mok\u1e63\u0101ya bhakt\u0101n\u0101\u1e41 na kad\u0101cit sp\u1e5bh\u0101 bhavet<\/em><\/p>\n
\n3) Vyoma-nayan\u012b lak\u1e63m\u012b-pati-rati <\/em>(Attachment to Lak\u1e63m\u012b-pati leading to Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha): <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>s\u0101loky\u0101dis tath\u0101py atra bhakty\u0101 n\u0101ti virudhyate<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>s\u0101loky\u0101dir-dvidh\u0101 tatra n\u0101dy\u0101 sev\u0101-ju\u1e63\u0101\u1e41 mat\u0101<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>naiv\u0101\u1e45g\u012b kurvate j\u0101tu mukti\u1e41 pa\u00f1ca-vidh\u0101m api<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>ye\u1e63\u0101\u1e41 \u015br\u012b\u015ba-pras\u0101do \u2019pi mano hartu\u1e41 na \u015baknuy\u0101t<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>rasenotk\u1e5b\u1e63yate k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-r\u016bpam e\u1e63\u0101 rasa-sthiti\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>vid\u016bratara-v\u0101rtin\u012b bhavatu mok\u1e63a-lak\u1e63m\u012br api
\n<\/em>k\u0101linda-giri-nandin\u012b-ta\u1e6da-niku\u00f1ja-pu\u00f1jodare
\n<\/em>mano harati kevala\u1e41 nava-tam\u0101la-n\u012bla\u1e41 maha\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n
\n4) Sva-ratida<\/em> (The Divine Couple award attachment to Themselves): <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>saty\u0101nanda-rasa\u1e41 vik\u0101ra-vibhava-vy\u0101v\u1e5bttam antar-maha\u1e25
\n<\/em>asm\u0101ka\u1e41 kila vallav\u012b-rati-raso v\u1e5bnd\u0101\u1e6dav\u012b-l\u0101laso
\n<\/em>gopa\u1e25 ko \u2019pi mahendran\u012bla-rucira\u015b citte muhu\u1e25 kr\u012b\u1e0datu<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>brahm\u0101m\u1e5bta\u1e41 veda-\u015biro-nivi\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e25
\n<\/em>vaya\u1e41 tu gu\u00f1j\u0101-kalit\u0101vata\u1e41sa\u1e41
\n<\/em>g\u1e5bh\u012bta-va\u1e41\u015ba\u1e41 kam api \u015bray\u0101ma\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>sandhate na ca yoga-siddhi\u1e63u dhiya\u1e41 mok\u1e63a\u1e41 ca n\u0101k\u0101\u1e45k\u1e63ate
\n<\/em>k\u0101lind\u012b-vana-s\u012bm\u0101ni sthira-ta\u1e0din-megha-dyutau kevalam
\n<\/em>\u015buddhe brahma\u1e47i ballav\u012b-bhuja-lat\u0101-baddhe mano dh\u0101vati<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>calan-makara-ku\u1e47\u1e0dala-sphurita-k\u0101nti-ga\u1e47\u1e0da-sthala\u1e25
\n<\/em>vrajollasita-n\u0101gar\u012b-nikara-r\u0101sa-l\u0101syotsuka\u1e25
\n<\/em>sa me sapadi m\u0101nase sphuratu ko \u2019pi gop\u0101laka\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n