Re: Inner Meaning of Guruji's Prayer

Dear Vaisnavas,

      Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my respectful obeisances!

      Although it is high level devotion that is being discussed here, I couldn't help but write just one thing. Why do devotees want to go to the abode of the Lord? The question wants an explanation from the words of Jiva Gosvami in the Priti Sandarbha. He says that when one can directly see the Lord, seeing him outside the heart is better than seeing him inside the heart. The first is possible in its fullest extent when one is in the Abode of the Lord and the second is possible everywhere and anywhere. But when the Lord is seen outside, then that takes preference over seeing him inside.

      Anuccheda 8


    When one directly see the Supreme Personality of  Godhead, seeing Him outside the heart is better than seeing Him within the  heart. In Shrimad-Bhagavatam (12.9.5) it is said:
    

grihitvajadayo  yasya
    shrimat-padabja-darshanam
manasa yoga-pakvena
    sa bhavan  me 'kshi-gocarah


    "O Lord whom Brahma and the demigods saw in  their hearts advanced in yoga, You have now come before my  eyes."

    Shrila Shridhara Svami comments:

    "This verse means:  `O Lord whom Brahma and the demigods saw in their hearts advanced in yoga, You  have now come before my eyes. What boon is greater than this?"

    In  Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.12.12) it is also said:
    

yat-pada-pamshur  bahu-janma-kricchratah. . .


    "Who can estimate the transcendental  fortune of the residents of Vrindavana? They were personally visualizing the  Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, He whom many yogis cannot find even  after undergoing severe austerities, although He is sitting within the  heart."*

    In Shrimad-Bhagavatam (1.6.33) Shrila Narada Muni  says:
    

pragayatah sva-viryani
    tirtha-padah  priya-shravah
ahuta iva me shighram
    darshanam yati  cetasi


    "The Supreme Lord Shri Krishna, whose glories and  activities are pleasing to hear, at once appears on the seat of my heart, as if  called for, as soon as I begin to chant His holy activities."*

    Evenb  though can always see the Lord within his heart, Shrila Narada Muni preferred to  see Him outside the heart. This In described in these words of  Shrimad-Bhagavatam  (11.2.1):
    

govinda-bhuja-guptayam
    dvaravatyam  kurudvaha
avatsin narado  'bhikshnam
    krishnopasana-lalasah


    "Eager to worship Lord  Krishna, Narada stayed, O best of the Kurus, at Dvaraka, which is always  protected by Lord Krishna's arms."

    This verse was spoken by  Markandeya Muni to Shri Narayana Rishi.

    I saw this only yesterday just while flipping through various sections of Nitaai Veda. So I thought it was apt to put it here.

Your servant,

Srinath

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