Lokanath Maharaj on following instructions of spiritual master
Maharaja asking should the class be in English? Then what about hindi bhasi devotees. Devotees arranged for hindi translation.
So we are reading from canto 3, chapter 24, verse 12.
brahmovaca
tvaya me ‘pacitis tata
kalpita nirvyalikatah
yan me sanjagrhe vakyam
bhavan manada manayan
Word for word:
brahma — Lord Brahma; uvaca — said; tvaya — by you; me — my; apacitih — worship; tata — O son; kalpita — is accomplished; nirvyalikatah — without duplicity; yat — since; me — my; sanjagrhe — have completely accepted; vakyam — instructions; bhavan — you; mana-da — O Kardama (one who offers honor to others); manayan — respecting.
Translation:
Lord Brahma said, “My dear son Kardama, since you have completely accepted my instructions without duplicity, showing them proper respect, you have worshiped me properly. Whatever instructions you took from me you have carried out, and thereby you have honored me.”
Purport:
Lord Brahma, as the first living entity within the universe, is supposed to be the spiritual master of everyone, and he is also the father, the creator, of all beings. Kardama Muni is one of the Prajapatis, or creators of living entities, and he is also son of Brahma. Brahma praises Kardama because he carried out the orders of the spiritual master in totol and without cheating. The conditioned soul in material world has disqualification of cheating. He has four disqualifications: He is sure to commit mistakes, he is sure to be illusioned, and he is prone to cheat others, and his senses are imperfect. But if one carries out the order of the spiritual master by disciplic succession, or parampara system, he overcomes the four defects. Therefore, knowledge received from the bona fide spiritual master is not cheating. Any other knowledge which is manufactured by the conditioned soul is cheating only. Brahm? knew well that Kardama Muni exactly carried out the instructions received from him and that he actually honored his spiritual master.
The conclusion of the purport: To honor the spiritual master means to carry out his instructions word for word.
brahmovaca
tvaya me ‘pacitis tata
kalpita nirvyalikatah
yan me sanjagrhe vakyam
bhavan manada manayan
Translation again Lord Brahma said, “My dear son Kardama, since you have completely accepted my instructions without duplicity, showing them proper respect, you have worshiped me properly. Whatever instructions you took from me you have carried out, and thereby you have honored me.”
Lord Brahma ki Jai! Kardam muni ki Jai! Very good combination, like father like son. Father is Brahma and the son is Kardam, Kardam muni, Brahma is not only father but is also a spiritual master of the whole world, he is also the first living entity, not only the architect and engineer of this world but also the spiritual master. Not only he deals with the matter but certainly very expert with the spiritual matter. Brahma is talking to Kardam muni, he apparently is very pleased with Kardam muni, he has met and he has come to acknowledge what he just now accomplished. And thank you, well done, take a picture, good boy. “tvaya me ‘pacitis tata,” tata he is addressing Kardam muni as tata or son. Oh! Child. Brahma also addresses Kardam muni as Manada, sambodana, Oh! Manad Oh! Giver of the respect. He was known for giving respect and in this case also Manayana, you have given respect to me. I have experienced it personally. Not only it’s for name, manada, or they call you manada but you are practicing, manayana, your activities are manayana, always respecting others. So hence you are manada manada manayana Oh! Tata, oh! Son Kardam muni, you have ‘pacitis, worshipped me. Not just by offering flowers, which is also done or offering garlands or offering prayers but how have you worshipped me. “yan me sanjagrhe vakyam,” mode of your worship is this “guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya.” I gave you some instructions, vayakas, and you have followed them, sanjagrhe, samyakprakaren, you have gone deeper into the details of that instruction and you have carried out my instructions. Kalpita, you have performed a good performance and the best thing is nirvyalikatah, your activities or what you followed my instructions “me vakyam” and they were followed without duplicity, no duplicity, no cheating of any kind, you were very sincere and straight forward and Srila Prabhupad writes in the purport, we are going back to that statement. Brahma praises Kardam because he carried out instructions of spiritual master in totol that is sanjagrhe, thats one thing and without duplicity, that is nirvyalikatah. So that activity was he brought it to completion, you didn’t leave in the middle and did it thoroughly, good job and it was without duplicity and Brahma is very very happy. Haibol! You are happy or not happy? (Devotees are happy) some of you are trying to go to bed. (Laughter). We have to do job of hearing, good job in totol and job of chanting, present in this purport. Purport after purport after purport nirvyalikatah. I will do it, I am doing it nirvyalikatah. When I read this verse, came across this word, yes, without duplicity, I was reminded of Srila Prabhupad. Myself, Kirtan Maharaj and Prithu Putra, when we had taken sannyasa, just took sannyasa in Krishna Balaram temple courtyard. Then we followed Srila Prabhuapad to his quarters and we were interested in changing our name or any change in our assignment or any other personal instructions. We were curious, so went in Prabhupad quarters and Prabhuapad said, “add swami to your name, no change in name and go.” He did not say to go to Africa, he sent us back to Bombay, we had come from Bombay, the Bombay bramhacharis and regarding instructions, he gave one. I remember one, I will never forget that one instruction that he gave.
Man Mana bhava mada bhakto, mad-yaji mam namaskuru.
You do these four things in the world, all those four items and he said do this, do these four things and do it without duplicity and you will be successful. To give instructions, it takes little time, takes 30 seconds to say, but then to follow that instruction, it takes a life time, lifetime preparation, it’s a life time task. Do it without duplicity, remembering, remembrance of the lord, becoming devotee of the lord, worshiping the lord and offering obeisances unto lord. Do this, without duplicity, so many other things could be said, without this, without that, without this flaw or that defect, anartha, this aparadha, no no chant Hare Krishna and be happy, chant 16 rounds daily, your name is such and such before that I will follow four regulative principles and contract is signed, ok, you are initiated now. That takes only one minute but to follow that instruction in totol and without duplicity, it could take bahu nama janma nama, chanting the holy name.
“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare”
We always say this, known thing, as soon as someone begins Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, in the class everyone else fills in the blanks, we know the mantra but then how we chant, how much we chant? Chanting 16 rounds, so we follow the instruction so when we get to chant 16 rounds are above the main instruction which we get some general instruction, some specific instructions, chant 16 rounds daily is common instruction given to all of us. Srila Prabhupad writes just follow one instruction, infact whole life is meant for just to follow that one instruction, chant Hare Krishna. “Harer nameva kevalam” nothing is more important (laughs), you chant Hare Krishna, you are also seva yogam kuru, one of the prayer is please make me fit for seva, you are chanting, chanting but you are begging for service. You have chanted and chanted and chanted but not rendered service, your chanting is incomplete, you have not done in totol. I used to chant like that when I was new devotee, I would like to sit around the area of temple and not so much eager to go out, go here, go there. My parents were not very happy . Brahma is happy with Kardam muni (laughs) and even Prabhupad gave me the name, not my siksha guru also, he gave me name that you are Samadhi dasa (laughter). Samadhi is not like real Samadhi, kind of absorption, no activity. You are Samadhi das.
So on chanting, from chanting comes, from name comes the form of the Lord, in spiritual technology, from Sabdha comes Rupa, from name comes form. In the beginning, there was a word and that word was recalled, Sabdha, from Sabdha comes form, so nama, rupa , guna, lila and dham. From “Name to Dham,” this activity also, you chant the holy name, you follow instruction of chanting the holy name of the Lord and the desired result expectation is that chanting of holy name gives you dham from nama to dham going back to home, we are going back to home, devotees in the west, they talk in English, we are going back to Godhead, home, with guitar and that we are going back to Godhead, we are going, so this going back to Godhead, from nama to dhama, we get the name to chant the holy name of the lord but then when we have to keep chanting and chanting and chanting till we realize that name is non different from the Lord. Oh! This name is the Lord.
“Nama chintamani caitanya rasa vigraha nitya suddha mukta abhinatvam, abhinatvam nama namino”
Infact this is the whole work, we have to keep chanting and of course and just recite the words within first six months, ofcourse, life in Krishna Consciousness we may come front with these words. You have learned by heart and it is just on the tip of your tongue, say it grammatical, you have to break it down, break it to the roots of this, this path.
“Bhaj Govindam bhaj govindam muddha matee”
But you are forgetting you are doing all this “Nahi nahi lakshati dukram karne” what you should be doing is “bhaj govindam” these are the verses we should understand and realize, we should worship Govinda. So chanting and chanting and chanting, keep chanting till you drop dead. Miles to go before we sleep, miles to go before we sleep, let us wish all the best miles to go before we sleep, it doesn’t refer this sleep is not (makes snoring sound) sleeping, sleeping is death. Miles to go before we sleep, long way to go, long way to go, long way to go, don’t stop. Uttistha, jagrata. Keep going you have this boon of human form of life, keep going, moving and he also reminds, the woods are lovely dark and deep, the woods were, world is woods, jungle, concrete jungle of Delhi and Noida, concrete jungle, the woods are lovely, dark, deep and appealing and griller, this, that but don’t get distracted in the world, the woods are lovely, dark and deep, miles to go, do not forget, miles to go before you sleep, miles to go before you sleep.
Chanting, chanting, chanting what so we have to go in Abhinatva Nama Namino, abhina nama of the Lord is nondifferent from the Lord. Rrupa of the Lord, nama, rupa is same. Oh! Here is the Lord you come in front of the deity, it’s very easy. Here is the Lord, here is the Lord but “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare” here is the Lord, here is the Lord, here is, this is the Lord, this Hare Krishna Hare Krishna is the Lord. No less than Lord, standing in front of us and this Hare Krishna Hare Krishna is the form and Quality of this Lord. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Lord is not different from Radha Parthasarthi Lord, Radha Shyamsundar Lord, Radha Gopinath Lord, Lord Radha Gopinath is Hare Krishna, Radha Gopinath is Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Radha Govind is Hare Krishna, Radha Govind is Hare Krishna. So we get the instructions to follow that in totol.
Oh! Have you seen God? I just started preaching, finally I started preaching and I as I was going door to door in society around Juhu in Mumbai. People would ask you are talking, have you seen God and I used to say come on I have just joined! (laughter). At least give me six months, you know, Dhruva Maharaj had six months. Dhruva Maharaj took six months and Siddartha Buddha, he took six years and I was having six days or six weeks. I was thinking, I was thinking very soon, very soon, one of these days, one of these months, one of these years I am going to see him; I want to see him (singing). Who is that? Oh! My Lord. Oh! My sweet Lord! I want to see you, I want to see you. I used to think soon I am going to see him; soon I am going to see him. One time I am going to see him, but yes goal is to see him, why not, goal is to see him and so we are chanting and from chanting, darshan will be possible, form, from nama comes rupa, realization of the holy name “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare.”.
To live, you are suppose to do just chanting. It doesn’t require anything more than that. Do this perfectly without duplicity, so we have one life time, not six days or six months or six years, we have one life time, we have one life time, we have one life time to realize this, you have one life time. Srila Prabhupad used to act like a business man. Business man thinks that I am going to do my business in this life, profits in next life, he doesn’t, he never thinks like that. Business in this life and profit also in this life. Phata-phat he wants, on the spot he wants. So like business man within this life time, we have to achieve the goal of human form of life. Everyday, everyday some progress or some tangible progress has to be made, how far I am or how close I am to my goal. Goal of life this Prem pumartho mahan.
The love of Godhead and for that simhavalokan, simha – avalokan, simha lion, avalokan see. He is the king of the forest, he is vanraj so he is known for infact what a simha does he goes some distance walking, going going in forest he stops and he reviews how far I am? Where I am standing now? He takes stalk of the situation and then he goes forward moves moves forward and then he stops the lion is known for this. Then again he does his avalokan simhavalokan. All great people follow the example of sihma, lion. Reviewing simhavalokan and then he goes and stops and reviews and then he proceeds. He doesn’t do the rat race. Rat is not known for this. Rat is busy, busy, busy, never stops, he has one hole, he is busy making another hole from one hole to another hole. And he was not happy with one hole, he has now two, he is not happy with third hole. Parbhupad talks people he has one house not happy with one house, another house, another here there another and they are running between one house to another house from house to bussines, from business to house, from house to house so like rat just like a rat. Someone has made this observation what does lion do? So he is glorified for his simhavalokan. But the rat is condemned for his rat race. The way rat runs the way the whole world is running, you can’t, could you ever stop the rat. Hye! Master rat shake hand, rat will never stop for shake hand.(devotee says) cat comes and gobbles. Rat runs back and forth, back and forth, rat race, racing like a rat, rat mentality behind the body rat has own mentality. That mentality is moving the rat back and forth, back and forth. They have four legs and Srila Prabhupad said modern people they have vehicle with four wheels they are moving on wheels they are moving on four wheels.
So kardam muni, he has followed intructions of Brahma. Similarly Brahma had expections from his sons. He gave birth to his four kumars, his sons four kumars. Brahma had created this world, the housing society, bijali, sadak, pani, whole lighting, sun the day time is light, night time night lamp moon. Air circulation vayu devata is given charge ok! Indra he will do the raining part. So all this is there but there is no population, no population everything is empty. So Brahma instructed four kumars ok go ahead now and fill up this universe create now, creation give birth to lots of children four kumars were not interested they said not going to do this surrender to this and how did Brahma respond or react? Response is one thing and reaction is another. He kind of reacted he became angry and he could not contain that anger, anger came from his forehead and he heard some crying, who was this? (Devotees -Rudra). Rudra Ok could you create why not and Shiva started the creation rudra and there were eleven Rudrani, the whole population but like “like father like son” anyways he is also vaishnava we don’t want to do offence but the mode of ignorance whole creation whole population was ignorant and full of ignorance and Shiva was playing din din…din damru and they all would get into action .What does a person in mode of ignorance do? (Devotees answering) Sleep ok, bad habits, destruction destruction. Ok this is what I was looking for ignorant person destroys his time by sleeping or destroys his health by eating. He destroys others becomes terrorist (laughs). So that’s what goes on.
Vishnu what does visnu do? His children what they do? Vishnu does maintenance and his devotees’ vaishnavs are also known for maintanances, goodness comes from Vishnu and his devotees. So Brahma creates, which is easy, not really! Easiest is destruction and the tough thing to do is to maintain. The toughest task is with Vishnu and vaishnavas. If you are into destruction then you better be follower of Shiva, not vaishnava. So Shiva’s creation was ferociously destructive, destroying. Brahma had just now created the world and before it existed for some time before the pralaya. But all these follower of Shiva creation of Shiva in the beginning of creation they started destruction and Lord had to give stop stop stop, hold on. Ok take this mala and keep chanting.
“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare.”
“Pancha mukhe Mahadeva Ram Ram Hare Hare” So he was given this task, so Shiva is sitting and chanting and he is waiting for his time mahapralaya, destruction, one of the activity he does he took to work it and so four kumars had refused the production of praja and this shiva was very enthusiastic but praja he produced was into destruction. These two children they had not done one did not want to do anything other one did destruction and now Kardam muni, Manu Maharaja, Svaayambhu Manu, who is svayambhu svayambhu is Brahma and from Brahma svaayambhu, svaayambhu is Manu and his daughter Devahuti married to kardam muni, nine daughters and one wonderful son that they had given birth to so things are moving in right direction. Brahma is happy with this service. The instruction that is mentioned here “yan me sanjagrhe vakyam” I have given you instructions to fill up this universe with people manusha or praja. Kardam muni is prajapati. So he has followed that instruction to full satisfaction of Brahma and he is now personally thanking Kardam muni for following that instruction fully well and without duplicity and by this activity you have worshipped me, manad manayan you have respected me by doing this activity. This is act of respect not just praise with the words which could be cheap, well done for the activity translating that activity into action.
So you have not only praised me but you have, through your service you have pleased me and your activities significant point is your activity were “yan me sanjagrhe” without duplicity and in the purport srila prabhupad is pointing out.
Duplicity is cheating, dictionary meaning of duplicity duplication ,duplicitor person, ,meaning is deceptiveness in behaviour, deceptivity, deceptiveness in behaviour or speech, other meaning of this word duplicity could be more clear, sneaky, double deed, double facets “dil sacha aur chehara jhuta” it could be other way round chehara could be jhuta and dil could be sacha so, double facets and deceitful. Example is also of our, not our sampradaya putna, putna is known for deceit. Anartha that putna had by hearing the pastime of killing putna, we become free from duplicity, decietful, this sneaky, double facet mentality just by hearing that pastime one becomes free from that anartha, duplicitors.
In sastra, in Caitanya Caritamrita, vipralipsa, brahm, pramad and karnapatav these are the four defects Prabhuapad has quoted those four defects in the purport Caitanya Cartamrita in very beginning so many authorities all over the world are always talking , talking, talking but they have four defects, brahm that is illusion, pramad that is mistake, that we make mistakes from the heart, vipralipsa cheating, lipsa desire vipra here doesn’t mean vipra also means learned here it means ,cheating propensity, cheating desire to cheat , karmapatav your senses are imperfect, so these four defects Srila Prabhuapad says if you want to be free from these four flaws, four defects then you connect yourself with parampara coming from Brahma and as you hear from Brahma, down in line, when you hear you are free from these four defects and certainly the importance of instructions which are free from duplicity, certainly importamt to follow these instructions like kardam muni has pleased Brahma then we could also please our spiritual master.
Srila Prabhuapd ki jai …..
Param Puja Lokanath Maharaj ki jai ………
Jagat Guru Srila Prabhupad ki jai…
/strong“me vakyam”Prabhuapad he wants, on the spot he wants. So like business man within this life time, we have to achieve the goal of human form of life. Everyday, everyday some progress or some tangible progress has to be made, how far I am or how close I am to my goal. Goal of life this talks people he has one house not happy with one house, another house, another here there another and they are running between one house to another house from house to bussines, from business to house, from house to house so like rat just like a rat. Someone has made this observation what does lion do? So he is glorified for his