Prakrita Rasa Sata Dushani 3

Prakrita Rasa Sata Dushani - Lion Like Verses Condemning Material Speculations 3

• Originally Written By Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja
• Translated By Jagannath Swami

Verse 42

One who has no love for God sees no point in considering God’s name and form as the secret of the universe; thus, they cast aside the opportunity to know what ecstasy is.

Verse 43
Unwavering in devotional service because of not being deluded by the impersonalist thinkers who consider the personalism of God to be an illusion, they purposely try to smash the love that a devotee has for God by saying that God’s supremely opulent form of transcendental love is like any other form graspable by the wild animals and wild humans devoid of transcendental reasoning skills.

Verse 44
No quality that belongs to the modes of nature can be used to describe what it is like to personally behold the magnificence of God and the luminosity which He adds to everything He does.
Verse 45
A devotee should solely repeat Krishna’s divine names and should meditate as eternity meditates on Krishna’s form which is free of all of the contaminations connected to decaying bodies of matter.
Verse 46
Progressively entering the stainless realm of Goloka by avoiding anything other than the divine qualities of Krishna’s divine pastimes, free from matter are they who think and feel with their soul tendencies.
Verse 47
When captivated by transitory appearances, the qualities of sinners are most delightful to the living entity unaware of anything outside of its immediate sphere of influence.
Verse 48
Beaten by the stick of anarthas, remain fixed and steady in God consciousness, and prema shall soon arrive.
Verse 49
While inundated by the sicknesses of the conditioned, it is advisable to remain detached from the singing of songs related to the conjugal lila, for only the perfected understand their true meanings.
Verse 50
Too intimate to be discussed, the path of purification is needed to burn away all desires for sex life in this world of mundane affairs.
Verse 51
All material attributes are wholly unrelated to God. Therefore, why try to tie Him down with metaphors that are vaguely reminiscent of what a lover of this world says to the personified forms of maya devi?
Verse 52
A guru who is in alignment with the rupanugas is incapable of harming the community of Vaishnavas in any way, be it through speech, deed, or transcendental commentary.
Verse 53
A disciple never finds fault in the real guru, and a guru is likewise incapable of judging the works of the previous acharyas because of being eternally spotless and pristine.
Verse 54
A genuine follower of bhakti does not need to invent new words to describe the philosophy of Vaishnavism because it was formed and fashioned by rose like hearts. Some preferring to throw thorns in front of where people are going, all pain and suffering disappears just by listening to the authorized message of the Bhagavatas.
Verse 55
Rupanugas see every person as they are in their spiritual nakedness, and thus refrain from giving instructions which are too elevated for worldly minded individuals.
Verse 56
It is most wise to step aside when wanting to give false commentaries and systematically destroy the lineage of paramahamsas just for the sake of an increased reputation.
Verse 57
Grabbing all of the fruits off of the tree of bhakti for cheap adoration, rupanugas are insightful due to seeing the dire need to systematically elevate the soul to the spiritual sky through strict discipline and adherence to the ways of transcendence.
Verse 58
Pretenders and cheap sentimentalists are poor funds of knowledge concerning overcoming obstacles and anarthas, and thus should be avoided at all costs of personal sanctity and sanity.
Verse 59
The science of rasa is the property of the mahajanas and is completely blocked out of view for those who still just want to see the personification of sin everywhere.
Verse 60
Unqualified to receive higher instructions until having climbed out of the furnace of heavenly and hellish pleasures, work day and night towards making oneself qualified to hear rasa katha.
Verse 61
While stuck with having a weak faith in Lord Chaitanya and the type of Krishna Consciousness which He decided to preach, the mysteries of raganuga bhakti are that grace consumes all impurities in an instance of sheer joy and ecstasy without limit.
Verse 62
Though possessing little faith in anything that is factually transcendental, attaching oneself to God is the prime business of all living entities.
Verse 63
When rati is within the jiva soul’s heart, the tendency to never neglect the association of devotees who have great faith in Govinda is most manifest. Though rasa may sometimes be given to the weak minded, they often fail in sustaining that original gift of grace over and above a few miserly years of failed attempts and shifting successes.
Verse 64
One knows that one is swimming in an ocean of rasa when unable to look upon any living entity as one’s disciple or servant. Humility is what makes rasa alive and living.

Verse 65
Though such Vaishnavas are completely desireless when it comes to gathering a following of fellow devotees around them, all conditioned minds feel immediate relief when able to hear the realizations emanating from the lotus hearts of the paramahamsas.
Verse 66
When prone to abandon all spiritual practices, bhava and all pleasant things of the soul are sure to leave your personal abode. Even the most elevated never completely abandon their duties and obligations towards humanity at large.
Verse 67
Following the logical sequence of progressive spiritual realization, a guru is there for the express purpose of pointing out where everyone should be heading as they yearn for more and more moments of intimacy with the primeval Godhead.
Verse 68
Only when fully immersed in the ocean of rasa for years on end can one be eligible to one day understand even a fragment of the immensity of Lord Chaitanya’s contribution to the world and to Himself.

Verse 69
Once steadily flowing with each wave of devotion that hits the deep surface of eternity, one’s spiritual form will be intuitively perceived.
Verse 70
A life of materialism can only be overcome by having a very strong faith in the holy names which are reservoirs of spiritual consciousness.
Verse 71
If ignorant of the importance and vitality of the holy names, then at once remove yourself from inquiring into the most confidential of pastimes.
Verse 72
Free of lust when free of the propensity to criticize those who love the name as much as they do God, the raptured are single in purpose and know where they are going when chanting His most significant of names.
Verse 73
Trying to imitate Krishna in His rasa lila by pretending to be an incarnation of God, you are no better than a dog in need of a beating due to excessive pride and an inflated view of self.
Verse 74
The Lord’s pastimes only appear in the hearts of the purified because those reservoirs of mercy are continually engaged in preaching the glories of Lord Chaitanya’s program of vaidhi bhakti followed by the resolute path of raganuga bhakti.
Verse 75
The holy name is ultimately the sole object of mercy capable of delivering the worst of sinners and the greatest of saints.
Verse 76
One can sing about the exploits of Radha Krishna in Vrindavana for all of one’s life, but if lust has not been removed, the revelation of one’s eternal spiritual relationship with Govinda will still be a matter of idle talk and lucrative business.

Verse 77
Attentively hearing about every aspect of devotional service is the remedy for eternal afflictions, and is what can turn the life of any jiva around so as to direct him to the lotus feet of those who are always chanting whether it pours or shines.

Verse 78
The eagerness exhibited by the jiva to hear from the guru about Krishna is the sole qualification needed to keep on walking towards the eternity of Krishna Consciousness that stares everyone in the face when everyone is looking for the higher taste that is uncontaminated and unadulterated love of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Thus ends this treatise.