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Song Name: Madhurer Sthayi Bhava
Official Name: Rupanuga Bhajana Darpana Song 9
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Gitamala
Language: Bengali
LYRICS:
(1)
madhurera sthāyī bhāba labhe jate abirbhāba
boli tāhā śuno eka-mane
abhijoga o biṣoya sambandhābhimāna-dwoya
tadīya biśeṣa upamāne
(2)
swabhāba āśroya kori' citte rati abatori
śṛńgāra rasera kore puṣṭi
abhijoga ādi choya anye rati-hetu hoya
braja-debīra
tāhe nāhi dṛṣṭi
(3)
swataḥ-siddhi
rati tāńre sambandhādi-sahākāre
samartha koriyā rākhe sadā
kṛṣṇa-sebā binā tāńra
udyamo nāhika āra
swīya sukha ceṣṭa nāhi kadā
(4)
ei rati prauḍha hoya mahā-bhāba dāsa pāya
jāra tulya prāpti āra nāi
sarbādbhuta camatkāra
sambhogecchā e prakāra
barṇibāre
bākya nāhi pāi
TRANSLATION
1)
Madhura rati, or conjugal
affection, is the stayi bhava
of the madhura rasa. Now
please hear with rapt attention as I explain the sequence of its development.
The seven causal ingredients are: 1) Abhiyoga
(expression of heartfelt emotions as joking complaints) 2) Visaya
(the five sense perceptions of Krsna, namely sound,
touch, form, taste and smell) 3) Sambandha (Krsna's relatives and family members) 4) Abhimana (the feeling that Krsna
is one's own) 5) Tadiya Visesa
(Krsna's personal specialties, like His footprints,
favorite pastures, etc.) 6) Upama (poetic comparison
of Krsna to other things) 7) Svabhava
(love that arises naturally without external stimulus)
2)
Rati develops in the heart of the practicing devotee
when all these features act together under the shelter of the 7th ingredient svabhava, and thus the conjugal mellow becomes nourished.
However, all the Vraja gopis
have natural rati as their svabhava,
so for them there is no need of stimulation by the first six above-mentioned
ingredients headed by abhiyoga.
3)
The natural, spontaneous transcendental rati of the gopis is so strongly fixed up that they merely take help
from the above-mentioned six ingredients, instead of depending on them for
stimulation. Except for Krsna's service, there is no
question of their ever performing any other endeavor. Indeed, it is verily
impossible for them to strive for their own personal happiness at any time,
even to the slightest degree.
4)
When this type of pure attachment becomes most matured, then the final stage it
attains is called maha-bhava . . . the most exalted,
sublime form of transcendental ecstasy. There is no comparison anywhere to such
bliss. Their desire for this type of selfless union is the most wonderful thing
to observe, and it really makes one astonished even to think of it. Therefore,
I can certainly find no suitable words to describe the manifestation of this
topmost divine grace called maha-bhava.
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UPDATED: July 4, 2009