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Song Name: Vaco Vegam Manasah Krodhavegam
Official Name: Upadesamrta
Author: Rupa Goswami
Book Name: Upadesamrta
Language: Sanskrit
LYRICS:
(1)
vāco vegaḿ manasaḥ krodhavegaḿ
jihvāvegamudaropasthavegam
etān vegān yo viṣaheta
dhīraḥ
sarvāmapīmāḿ pṛthivīḿ
sa śiṣyāt
(2)
atyāhāraḥ
prayāsaśca prajalpo
niyamāgrahaḥ
janasańgaśca laulyaḿ ca ṣaḍbhirbhaktirvinaśyati
(3)
utsāhānniścayāddhairyāttattatkarmapravartanāt
sańgatyāgāt sato vṛtteḥ
ṣaḍbhirbhaktiḥ prasidhyati
(4)
dadāti pratigṛhnāti guhyamākhyāti
pṛcchati
bhuńkte bhojayate caiva ṣaḍvidhaḿ prītilakṣaṇam
(5)
kṛṣṇeti yasya giri
taḿ manasādriyeta
dīkṣāsti cet praṇatibhiśca
bhajantamīśam
śuśrūṣayā bhajanavijñamananyamanya-
nindādiśūnyahṛdamīpsitasańgalabdhyā
(6)
dṛṣṭaiḥ svabhāvajanitairvapuṣaśca
doṣair
na prākṛtatvamiha bhaktajanasya
paśyet
gańgāmbhasāḿ na khalu budbudphenapańkair
brahmadravatvamapagacchati nīradharmaiḥ
(7)
syāt kṛṣṇanāmacaritādisitāpyavidyā-
pittopataptarasanasya na rocikā nu
kintvādarādanudinaḿ khalu saiva juṣṭā
svādvī kramādbhavati tadgadamūlahantrī
(8)
tannāmarūpacaritādisukīrtanānu-
smṛtyoḥ krameṇa rasanāmanasī niyojya
tiṣṭhan
vraje tadanurāgijanānugāmī
kālaḿ nayedakhilamityupadeśasāram
(9)
vaikuṇṭhājjanito varā madhupurī tatrāpi rāsotsavād
vṛndāraṇyamudārapāṇiramaṇāttatrāpi govardhanaḥ
rādhākuṇḍmihāpi gokulapateḥ premāmṛtāplavanāt
kuryādasya virājato giritaṭe sevāḿ vivekī n kaḥ
(10)
karmibhyaḥ parito hareḥ priyatayā vyaktiḿ yayurjñāninas
tebhyo jñānavimuktabhaktiparamāḥ premaikaniṣṭhāstataḥ
tebhyastāḥ paśupālapańkajadṛśastābhyo'pi
sā rādhikā
preṣṭhā tadvadiyaḿ tadīyasarasī tāḿ
nāśrayet kaḥ
kṛtī
(11)
kṛṣṇasyoccaiḥ praṇayavasatiḥ
preyasībhyo'pi rādhā
kuṇḍaḿ
cāsyā munibhirabhitastādṛgeva
vyadhāyi
yat preṣṭhairapyalamasulabhaḿ kiḿ punarbhaktibhājāḿ
tat premedaḿ sakṛdapi saraḥ snāturāviṣkaroti
TRANSLATION
1)
A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the
actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified
to make disciples all over the world.
2)
One's devotional service is spoiled when he becomes too entangled in the
following six activities: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more
funds than required; (2) over-endeavoring for mundane things that are very
difficult to obtain; (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters;
(4) Practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of
following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the
rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or
whimsically; (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and (6)
being greedy for mundane achievements.
3)
There are six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service:
(1) being enthusiastic, (2) endeavoring with confidence, (3) being patient, (4)
acting according to regulative principles (such as śravaṇaḿ
kīrtanaḿ viṣṇoḥ
smaraṇam [SB 7.5.23] — hearing, chanting and
remembering Kṛṣṇa), (5) abandoning
the association of nondevotees, and (6) following in
the footsteps of the previous ācāryas.
These six principles undoubtedly assure the complete success of pure devotional
service.
4)
Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence,
inquiring confidentially, accepting prasāda and
offering prasāda are the six symptoms of love
shared by one devotee and another.
5)
One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one should offer humble obeisances to the devotee who has undergone spiritual
initiation [dīkṣā] and is engaged in
worshiping the Deity, and one should associate with and faithfully serve that
Pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional
service and whose heart is completely devoid of the propensity to criticize
others.
6)
Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa
conscious position, a pure devotee does not identify with the body. Such a
devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view. Indeed, one
should overlook a devotee's having a body born in a low family, a body with a
bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body. According to
ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in the body of a pure
devotee, but despite such seeming defects, the body of a pure devotee cannot be
polluted. It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges, which sometimes during
the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud. The Ganges waters do not
become polluted. Those who are advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe
in the Ganges without considering the condition of the water.
7)
The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Kṛṣṇa
are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy. Although the tongue of one
afflicted by the jaundice of avidyā [ignorance]
cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting
these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue, and
his disease is gradually destroyed at the root.
8)
The essence of all advice is that one should utilize one's full time —
twenty-four hours a day — in nicely chanting and remembering the Lord's divine
name, transcendental form, qualities and eternal pastimes, thereby gradually
engaging one's tongue and mind. In this way one should reside in Vraja [Goloka Vṛndāvana
dhāma] and serve Kṛṣṇa
under the guidance of devotees. One should follow in the footsteps of the
Lord's beloved devotees, who are deeply attached to His devotional service.
9) The holy place known as Mathurā
is spiritually superior to Vaikuṇṭha, the
transcendental world, because the Lord appeared there. Superior to Mathurā-Purī is the transcendental forest of Vṛndāvana because of Kṛṣṇa's
rāsa-līlā pastimes. And superior to
the forest of Vṛndāvana is Govardhana Hill, for it was raised by the divine hand of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
and was the site of His various loving pastimes. And, above all, the
superexcellent Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa
stands supreme, for it is overflooded with the
ambrosial nectarean prema
of the Lord of Gokula, Śrī
Kṛṣṇa. Where, then, is that
intelligent Person who is unwilling to serve this divine Rādhā-kuṇḍa,
which is situated at the foot of Govardhana Hill?
10)
In the śāstra it is said that of all types
of fruitive workers, he who is advanced in knowledge
of the higher values of life is favored by the Supreme Lord Hari.
Out of many such people who are advanced in knowledge [jñānīs],
one who is practically liberated by virtue of his knowledge may take to
devotional service. He is superior to the others. However, one who has actually
attained prema, pure love of Kṛṣṇa,
is superior to him. The gopīs are exalted above
all the advanced devotees because they are always totally dependent upon Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
the transcendental cowherd boy. Among the gopīs,
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
is the most dear to Kṛṣṇa. Her kuṇḍa [lake] is as profoundly dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa as this most beloved of the gopīs. Who, then, will not reside at Rādhā-kuṇḍa and, in a spiritual body
surcharged with ecstatic devotional feelings [aprākṛtabhāva],
render loving service to the divine couple Śrī
Śrī Rādhā-Govinda,
who perform Their aṣṭakālīya-līlā,
Their eternal eightfold daily pastimes. Indeed, those who execute devotional
service on the banks of Rādhā-kuṇḍa
are the most fortunate people in the universe.
11)
Of the many objects of favored delight and of all the lovable damsels of Vrajabhūmi, Śrīmatī
Rādhārāṇī is certainly the
most treasured object of Kṛṣṇa's
love. And, in every respect, Her divine kuṇḍa
is described by great sages as similarly dear to Him. Undoubtedly Rādhā-kuṇḍa is very rarely attained
even by the great devotees; therefore it is even more difficult for ordinary
devotees to attain. If one simply bathes once within those holy waters, one's
pure love of Kṛṣṇa is fully
aroused.
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UPDATED: July 4, 2009