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Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.11.26] 

TEXTS 41-42:

sakheti matva prasabham yad uktam
he krishna he yadava he sakheti
ajanata mahimanam tavedam
maya pramadat pranayena vapi

 

yac cavahasartham asat-krito 'si
vihara-sayyasana-bhojaneshu
eko 'tha vapy acyuta tat-samaksham
tat kshamaye tvam aham aprameyam

 

TRANSLATION:

Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You "O Krishna," "O Yadava," "O my friend," not knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times, jesting as we relaxed, lay on the same bed, or sat or ate together, sometimes alone and sometimes in front of many friends. O infallible one, please excuse me for all those offenses.

 

PURPORT:

Although Krishna is manifested before Arjuna in His universal form, Arjuna remembers his friendly relationship with Krishna and is therefore asking pardon and requesting Krishna to excuse him for the many informal gestures which arise out of friendship. He is admitting that formerly he did not know that Krishna could assume such a universal form, although Krishna explained it as his intimate friend. Arjuna did not know how many times he may have dishonored Krishna by addressing Him "O my friend," "O Krishna," "O Yadava," etc., without acknowledging His opulence. But Krishna is so kind and merciful that in spite of such opulence He played with Arjuna as a friend. Such is the transcendental loving reciprocation between the devotee and the Lord. The relationship between the living entity and Krishna is fixed eternally; it cannot be forgotten, as we can see from the behavior of Arjuna. Although Arjuna has seen the opulence in the universal form, he cannot forget his friendly relationship with Krishna. 

Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

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Dinesh
Blog:http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love

Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna

Official Name: Sri Vraja Dhama Mahimamrta (The Nectarean Glories of Vraja-dhäma)
Author: Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami

(1)
jaya radhe, jaya krishna, jaya vriindavan
sri govinda, gopinatha, madana-mohan

(2)
syama-kunda, radha-kunda, giri-govardhan
kalindi jamuna jaya, jaya mahavan

(3)
kesi-ghata, bamsi-bata, dwadasa-kanan
jaha saba lila koilo sri-nanda-nandan

(4)
sri-nanda-jasoda jaya, jaya gopa-gan
sridamadi jaya, jaya dhenu-vatsa-gan

(5)
jaya brishabhanu, jaya kirtida sundari
jaya paurnamasi, jaya abhira-nagari

(6)
jaya jaya gopiswara vrindavana-majh
jaya jaya krishna-sakha batu dwija-raj

(7)
jaya rama-ghata, jaya rohini-nandan
jaya jaya vrindavana-basi jata jan

(8)
jaya dwija-patni, jaya naga-kanya-gan
bhaktite jahara pailo govinda-caran

(9)
sri-rasa-mandala jaya, jaya radha-syam
jaya jaya rasa-lila sarva-manoram

(10)
jaya jayojjwala-rasa sarva-rasa-sar
parakiya-bhave jaha brajete pracar

(11)
sri-jahnava-pada-padma koriya smaran
dina krishna-dasa kohe nama-sankirtan

 

(1) All glories to Radha and Krishna and the divine forest of Vrindavana. All glories to the three presiding Deities of Vrindavana—Sri Govinda, Gopinatha, and Madana-mohana.

(2) All glories to Syama-kunda, Radha-kunda, Govardhana Hill, and the Yamuna River (Kalindi). All glories to the great forest known as Mahavana, where Krishna and Balarama displayed all of Their childhood pastimes.

(3) All glories to Kesi-ghata, where Krishna killed the Kesi demon. All glories to the Vamsi-vata tree, where Krishna attracted all the gopis to come by playing His flute. Glories to all of the twelve forests of Vraja. At these places the son of Nanda, Sri Krishna, performed all of His pastimes.

(4) All glories to Krishna's divine father and mother, Nanda and Yasoda. All glories to the cowherd boys, headed by Sridama, the older brother of Srimati Radharani and Ananga Manjari. All glories to the cows and calves of Vraja.

(5) All glories to Radha's divine father and mother, Vrishabhanu and the beautiful Kirtida. All glories to Paurnamasi, the mother of Sandipani Muni, grandmother of Madhumangala and Nandimukhi, and beloved disciple of Devarshi Narada. All glories to the young cowherd maidens of Vraja.

(6) All glories, all glories to Gopisvara Siva, who resides in Vrindavana in order to protect the holy dhama. All glories, all glories to Krishna's funny brahmana friend, Madhumangala.

(7) All glories to Rama-ghata, where Lord Balarama performed His rasa dance. All glories to Lord Balarama, the son of Rohini. All glories, all glories to all of the residents of Vrindavana.

(8) All glories to the wives of the proud Vedic brahmanas. All glories to the wives of the Kaliya serpent. Through pure devotion they all obtained the lotus feet of Lord Govinda.

(9) All glories to the place where the rasa dance of Sri Krishna was performed. All glories to Radha and Syama. All glories, all glories to the divine rasa dance, which is the most beautiful of all Lord Krishna's pastimes.

(10) All glories, all glories to the mellow of conjugal love, which is the most excellent of all rasas and is propagated in Vraja by Sri Krishna in the form of the divine parakiya-bhava [paramour love].

(11) Remembering the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda's consort, Sri Jahnava Devi, this very fallen and lowly servant of Krishna sings the sankirtana of the holy name.

Listen:
Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna – Sung by Srila Prabhupada
Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna – Sung by HG Jai Sachinandana Prabhu
Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna – Sung by HG Sivarama Prabhu
Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna – Sung by HH Indradyumna Swami
Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna – Sung by HH Lokanatha Swami

Source : http://www.vaishnavsongs.com/jaya-radhe-jaya-krishna/#more-1789

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Yours
Dinesh
Blog:http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna

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To be in a mood of the Gosvamis Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:12 PM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, New Ekacakra, Slovakia, 2011) Srila Prabhupada was speaking about the Krsna-Balarama Mandir. He explained: "I want twenty five Gosvamis to stay here in this Krsna- Balarama Mandir! Twenty five men who are just like the six Gosvamis. I want them to stay here. When we are in that mood then we can serve Krishna! Unless we become absorbed in hearing and chanting just like the Gosvamis, then we will not be able to appreciate devotional service." Then we think that: " Our spiritual masters gave us all these responsibilities. We have to look after the deities and the temple… it's too much! He's just giving us too much headache!" And one will experience that devotional service is becoming a burden: "It's too much! All this service is too much! All this chanting is too much. Getting up too early is just too much!" So this will happen when we are not sufficiently absorbed in hearing and chanting, and that we will begin to experience devotional service as being mundane… although it is not!

Deeply absorbed Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:04 AM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, New Ekacakra, Slovakia, 2011) All these acaryas, wrote commentaries about so many scriptures, and if you look at these commentaries, you can see that they studied every verse very carefully. They read the verse and were thinking about it: "What does this mean?" So they spent a lot of time with the scriptures! Srila Prabhupada used to go to sleep at about 10.30 PM and rise at 12.30 AM, and then spend the night absorbed in scriptures. And of course, he was trying to enter deep into the scriptures and present the essence to the people of the world! But he was deeply absorbed, so that is the only way! We will never become Krishna Conscious if we don't become absorbed!

KKSblog.com - To be in a mood of the Gosvamis

When we like someone we'll start liking everything associated with
that person.Likewise if we dont like someone we hate everything that's
linked to that person. When we dont like someone,seeing things
associated with that person, brings us so much irritation.
A mother when she sees the dress of her child(in absence) thinks of
that child with so much Love. Same applies to husband/wife
relationships.
Now in Bhagavad Gita,Krishna says How He has manifested Himself as
material nature. So when we see the magnanimity and beauty of nature
we've to remember Krishna.
There's nothing in the entire cosmic manifestation without the
touch/control of Krishna.
Therefore,everything can be used to connect with Krishna, as it's
already connected to Him. Even though He is very far(Goloka),He's
near(everywhere) as well.

Hari Om Tat Sat!(this is done as a sacrifice to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead,Sri Krishna)

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Yours
Dinesh
Blog:http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

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