(1) 1) O my Lord Hari! \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosw\u0101m\u012b, in the form of the spiritual master, spoke these instructions into my ears: “Try to understand my words, O you who beg for the gift of the holy name! You will then develop attraction for singing the holy name.<\/strong><\/p>\n (2) 2) “Following the scriptural rules and regulations, engage your tongue and your mind in carefully cultivating Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a’s n\u0101ma (holy names), r\u016bpa (divine forms), guna (transcendental qualities), and sucarita (wonderful pastimes). This should be done according to the recommended order of ascending progression.*<\/strong><\/p>\n (3) 3) “Always dwelling in the holy land of Vraja, become a practitioner of r\u0101g\u0101nug\u0101-bhakti (spontaneous loving devotion) while engaging in smara\u1e47a (remembrance) and k\u012brtana (glorification). Spend every moment of your time in these ways. Just accept this as the essence of all instructions.”<\/strong><\/p>\n (4) 4) O R\u016bpa Gosw\u0101m\u012b! When will you, out of your causeless mercy, enable this poor wretched soul to reside in Vraja? You are a r\u0101g\u0101tmika devotee-an eternally liberated, intimate associate of R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. This humble servant of yours desires to become a loyal follower of your lotus feet.<\/strong><\/p>\n * This song is based on the eighth verse of Upade\u015b\u0101m\u1e5bta – tan n\u0101ma-r\u016bpa-carit\u0101di…<\/p>\n Bhaktivinoda’s phrase krama-vidhi anusari indicates the properly ascending progression of the s\u0101dhaka through the levels of \u015braddh\u0101, s\u0101dhu-sa\u1e45ga, bhajana-kriy\u0101, anartha-niv\u1e5btti, ni\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101, ruci, \u0101sakti, bh\u0101va and prema, as described in the Bhakti-Ras\u0101m\u1e5bta-Sindhu.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[295],"tags":[297,2025],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094"}],"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=5094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8672,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5094\/revisions\/8672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhari he!<\/em>
\n\u015br\u012b-r\u016bpa-gos\u0101i, \u015br\u012b-guru-r\u016bpete,<\/em>
\n\u015bik\u1e63\u0101 dila mora k\u0101ne<\/em>
\n“j\u0101no mora kath\u0101, n\u0101mera k\u0101\u1e45g\u0101la!<\/em>
\nrati p\u0101’be n\u0101ma-g\u0101ne<\/em><\/p>\n
\nk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101ma-r\u016bpa- guna-sucarita,<\/em>
\nparama jatane kori’<\/em>
\nrasan\u0101-m\u0101nase, koraho niyoga,<\/em>
\nkrama-vidhi anusari’<\/em><\/p>\n
\nbraje kori’ b\u0101sa, r\u0101g\u0101nug\u0101 hoiy\u0101,<\/em>
\nsmara\u1e47a k\u012brtana koro<\/em>
\ne nikhila k\u0101la, koraho j\u0101pana,<\/em>
\nupade\u015ba-s\u0101ra dharo’ “<\/em><\/p>\n
\nh\u0101! r\u016bpa-gos\u0101i, doy\u0101 kori’ kabe,<\/em>
\ndibe dine braja-b\u0101sa<\/em>
\nr\u0101g\u0101tmika tumi, tava pad\u0101nuga,<\/em>
\nhoite d\u0101sera \u0101\u015b\u0101<\/em><\/p>\n