Dear Lord Maya Saha Ramaswa 15th April

DEAR LORD! MAYA SAHA RAMASWA!!

I hope you had good time yesterday celebrating Ram Navami. Jai Sri Ram! So, what we did yesterday was preparation for today’s Chanting. So whatever we do, day before, the activities, festivities that we take part in, hearing- Chanting we do or we may be doing some offenses, that is also possible. So, all that influences this morning’s Chanting. So be prepared, prepare for Chanting all the time.

We had good time here in Rajkot, as we installed Sri Sri Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman deities yesterday. Ram made His appearance. Lord incarnates, as deities are installed. Of course, we had lots of Kirtan. We had Kirtan-Mela. I also did Kirtan. Then I was also reading Bhagavatam ninth canto, where Sukadeva Goswami has narrated pastimes of Sri Ram. Srila Prabhupada always quoted this while defining Ram. Who is Ram? How is Ram? What Yogis do with Ram.

‘Smarante yoginaha anante’. Or ‘Anante yoginaha ramante’. He also used to add sattyanande yoginaha ramante. He also added lot of times, chidatmane yoginaha anante sattyanande ( Padma Purana) ramante – Yogis take pleasure, they wander in contemplating , meditating upon Ram. Ram is to be meditated upon. Or in other words Ram is to be remembered. Yogis always remember Ram. What kind of Ram? – anante. Ram is unlimited. Yogis meditate upon unlimited Sri Ram. Ram is also sattyanande. i.e. He is eternally blissful Himself & as one meditates upon Him, He makes them also blissful. Chidatmane – Yogis meditate upon Chidatmani. Atmani or Parmatmani that is Supreme Lord. Chidatmani that is full of knowledge. Sattyanande – sat chit anand Ram. Ram is sat – He is eternal. Ram is chit – Ram is full of knowledge . Ram is Anand- Ram is full of bliss. Ram is sattyanande chidatmani . So Yogis always take pleasure by meditating on such Ram.

It is also described as ramati ramayati iti Ramaha. ramati – He enjoys, He takes pleasure. Also, ramayati – He gives pleasure to others. That is Ram. He enjoys Himself & He becomes cause of others enjoyment.

Then we understand or Prabhupada mentions also, that there are three Rams. There is the Parashuram, Sri Ram & Balaram. So this three Ramas are also Krishna. They are portion or the portion of the plenary portion of Sri Krishna. There are different kinds of incarnations of Lord Sri Krishna. Parashuram is shakttyavesh avatar of Sri Krishna. Sri Ram is Leelavatar of Sri Krishna & Balaram is Svayam prakash of Sri Krishna.

Balaram is almost Krishna. Manifestation of Sri Krishna. These are three Rams. But then Sri Krishna is also Ram or Sri Krishna is original Ram.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

So this Ram in Mahamantra is Krishna. He is addressed as Ram or called as Ram. He gives pleasure or He takes pleasure & He also enjoys giving pleasure to others. Sri Krishna gives pleasure to others. Hence, He is also known as Ram or He is the original Ram. It is mentioned, thousand names of Vishnu is equal to one name of Ram & three names of Ram is equal to one name of Krishna. One name of Ram, ‘Hare Ram Hare Ram’ -that Ram, three names of Ram, is equal to one name of ‘Hare Ram’ – Sri Krishna.

As Krishna is Radha-Raman, He enjoys with Radha or He gives pleasure to Radha. As both of Them do, They wander, mingle, mix, associate & interact, that is why He is called as Radha-Raman. Radha does Raman with Krishna. There is ‘Hare Ram’. Ram also does His Raman. Ram also mingles, wanders, associates & reciprocates with Sita & so is known as Sita-Raman. So, Krishna is Radha-Raman & Ram is Sita-Raman. Krishna is Radha-Mohan & Ram is Sita-Mohan.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA
KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye
karṇa-kroḍa-kaḍambinī
ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām
cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ
no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī
(Vidagdha – Madhav 1.15)

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Krish-na’ have produced. When the Holy name of Krishna is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the Holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.”

This is Rupa Goswami’s famous prayer where he finds the Holy name. He says “O! I derive so much pleasure by Chanting ‘varnadwaye’. By Chanting these two syllables one is ‘Krush’ & other is ‘na’. It is also explained this ‘Krush’ part of the name of Krishna – ‘ya karshati iti Krishna.’ He attracts the living entities with first part of His name & then ‘na’ means He gives pleasure to that entity, devotee. That is why, early part of first half of mantra is also prayer, commentary by Gopal Guru Goswami, which says – ‘swa madhuryen mam chitta’ akarshaya’. O Lord! Please attract me. You are full of madhurya, You are full of sweetness, please attract me to You by Your madhurya, which is multifold such as Leela-madhurya, Rupa-madhurya, Prem-madhurya & Venu- madhurya.

Then second part of mantra is ‘ Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare’. So, when we say that Ram, then the commentary says ‘Maya Saha ramaswa’ – o Lord! Please enjoy me or enjoy with me. You always enjoy with Radha, You are also Radha-Raman, you are always enjoying in Yashoda’s association & association of Nandbaba & cowherd boys. So, Krishna not only does His loving dealings with Radha but also with His parents in ‘vatsalya’ bhav & friends in ‘sakhya’ bhav, so that is Raman. Whole world or ‘charachar’ is reciprocating with that & that is Raman. By doing that Raman, He gives them Anand. So when we pray by saying ‘Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare’ ( Maya Saha ramaswa) we are praying please enjoy me or enjoy with me. Me too! Me too! I am made for your enjoyment.

So Yogis – ramante anante sattyanande chidatmani. Yogis always meditate upon the Lord who is full of knowledge & ‘na’ full of pleasure. So, while Chanting ‘ Hare Ram Hare Ram, we are attempting to do Raman with the Lord. This Japa session is also attempt to do Raman with the Lord, reciprocation with the Lord , communicate with the Lord, reestablish our relationship with the Lord. This is Raman. ‘Krush’ part is attracting & then the pleasure.

We will conclude with the statement of Lord , said in Bhagavad Gita-

machhitta madgat pranaha
bodhayantaha parasparam
kathayantasha mam nittyam
tushanti Cha ramanti Cha.
(BG 10.9)

Lord said machitaha -. He introduces His devotees in this way with pride.

My devotees chetana , consciousness is glued to Me. Bodhayantaha parasparam. My devotees, they are always busy, they remind each other of Me & topic of their discussion is Me. Kathayantasha mam nityam – They always stay busy in Katha or Kirtan or naam-smaran. tushanti Cha ramanti Cha – They are always satisfied or Lord satisfies them, as they stay busy in naam-smaran.

Ramanti Cha – again this Raman, this is important word. They remain absorbed & stay busy in this activity. So this is Raman part. So we will stop here. I have to move to Baroda. See you Chanting another day.

Hare Krishna!