Tears of Love for the Six Goswamis

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Today I went to the temple of Venu dasa to participate, sing and speak some Gaura Kathaa, on his kind invitation on the day of his mother's death which was ten years before. It was very ecstatic. The devotees sang some nice kirtana to begin with. Then I sang Naama Kirtana. Gauranga dasa was playing the mridanga nicely.  Then I spoke on the glories of the Bhishma Panchaka vow in the holy month of Kartik which is ongoing right now. I explained them some deep points about some pastimes since the assembled devotees (around ten of them) were hearing very attentively. They are a very simple group of devotees but are very attached to Naama Sankirtana, which is the only qualification required in this world to succeed after death. Gauranga dasa asked the question about how to make a success of this human form of life in the shortest time, I replied with the Navadvipa Dhaama Mahaatmya verse...gauraanga bhajile dushta bhaava dure jaaya, svalpa dine vraja dhaama raadhaa krishna paaya..."The worship of Lord Gauraanga and His Holy Names, Form, Pastimes, Associates and Abodes will grant us Vraja Dhaama in a very few days." This is the essence of Kali Yuga..kali paavana gaura raso hi rasah. At the end I sang Damodarashtakam which was so blissful. Then Gauranga dasa sang the beautiful kirtana...hari haraaya namah krishna yaadavaaya namah...in the traditional Bengali tune. I especially like the verses in this song glorifying the six Goswamis. My eyes lit up with bliss when he started singing those verses which are my favorites. While singing, I realized that the six Goswamis revealed the eight-fold eternal pastimes of Shri Shri Radha Krishna in Vraja because they themselves were directly participating in those Pastimes as Manjaris. I could behold their lotus feet. Tears started flowing. I felt an intense desire to rush to Tota Gopinatha temple and behold the forms of Shri Shri Shri Radha Gopinatha Lalita. I realized that while crying, I was praying to the Lord to please allow me to feel like this (same attraction for Him) always (24 hours). I also felt very humbled at all the respect the assembled devotees were showing me while singing the Vaishnava Thakura verses. I mentally offered my respect to the lotus feet of all the assembled Vaishnavas. I will stop now. Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams!

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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