Jahnava Devi in the Name

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! As I was chanting yesterday, I realized myself offering prostrated obeisances to Shrimati Jahnava Devi. She was absorbed in divine love for Lord Nityaananda and Shri Shri Radha Krishna. She is so intimate to Shrimati Radhika as Her younger sister Ananga Manjari. It was Ananga Manjari who brought Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura to Rupa Manjari in Siddhi Lalasa...shri nitaai jahnava pada chaaya jaara aasha...Jahnava Devi is the most merciful eternal consort of the Lord. Her mercy is boundless. She made a blind man witness the Sankirtana. She was the leader of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas.

I pray that one day I will be actually able to serve the servants of Her servants and behold Her beauty like I did while chanting. She is residing at the center of Shri Radha Kunda in her own beautiful jewelled kunja (grove). We should pray to Lord Nitaai to grant us shelter of the lotus feet of Shrimati Jahnava Devi and vice versa.

Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.

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