Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Pranati
nama om vinsu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktisiddhanta-sarasvatiti namine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, who is very dear to Lord Krnsa, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
sri- varsabhanavi-devi-dayitaya krpadhaye
krsna-sambandha-vijnana-dayine prabhave namah
I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Varsabhanavi-devi-dayita Dasa [another name of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, who is favored by Srimati Radharani and who is the ocean of transcendental mercy and the deliverer of the science of Krsna.
madhuryojjvala-premadhya-sri-rupanuga-bhaktida-
sri-gaura-karuna-sakti-vigrahaya namo 'stu te
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, the personified energy of Sri Caitanya's mercy, who deliver devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of Radha and Krsna, coming exactly in the line of revelation of Srila Rupa Gosvami.
names te gaura-vani-sri-murtaye dina-tari,
rupanuga-viruddhapasiddhanta-dhvanta-harine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the per sonified teachings of Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the fallen souls. You do not tolerate any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated by Srila Rupa Gosvami.
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[Srila Prabhupada:] ...my Guru Maharaja condemned this policy. Mana tumi
kisera vaisnava: "What kind of Vaisnava you are?" Pratisthara tare nirjanera
ghare: "And simply for cheap popularity, 'Oh, he is a Vaisnava. He is
chanting. All right.' " Pratisthara tare nirjanera ghare tava hari...,
nirjanera ghare. No botheration, because if there is no preaching, there is
no botheration. You can sit down and show people, "I have now become a very
liberated soul," and chant and meditate. That means sleeping. This sort of
business is condemned by my Guru Maharaja. Pratisthara tare nirjanera ghare
tava hari-nama kevala. This is simply cheating. He did not approve this kind
of business. He did not approve. He wanted to see that everyone is engaged
in preaching work, some sort of preaching work, either indoor or outdoor.
When you are indoor you have to be busy writing articles for a magazine and
proofread and so many things indoors. And outdoors you have to go door to
door, make them members, make them interested in this movement, collect
money for expenses, outdoor. Preaching, you have to meet opposing elements.
So many will criticize, so many will attack. Nityananda Prabhu was hurt
personally, but still, outdoor. This is missionary work, not that "Whenever
I find some opportunity, go to some solitary place and sleep." This is not
missionary life.
So we should adjust things, not that "All right, it is going on. That's
all." You have got very responsible business, this Krsna consciousness. It
is genuine, it is authorized, and Lord Caitanya wants us to do it all over
the world. The things should be adjusted and keep us always alive to our
self responsibility. That is missionary life.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11,
1971
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A nice book on Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur (Thanks a lot Guru Prabhu - for sharing this URL)
The size of the book is around 200MB - so please check whether you can download this amount of data.
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