Re: Cowherd Boys Friendship towards Krsna

Following is the response I am giving to the discussion on my Facebook about this matter.

First of all let me state that I am not interested in revealing or discussing Shrila Swami Prabhupada's siddha deha either publicly or privately because he himself has not directly given the eternal name of his siddha deha and thus there will be no direct reference to back up my own realizations. My own internal visions and realizations during Bhajana clearly reveal to me that Shrila Swami Prabhupada is in sakhya bhava but I do not want to impose this on others due to lack of direct proof which I cannot provide to satisfy everyone. So if I discuss this in public and even if I reveal the eternal name of Shrila Swami Prabhupada's siddha deha according to my realizations, many will only brush it aside as speculation and will commit offenses against my own visions and realizations. That is why it is said aapanaara bhajana kathaa, na kaha yathaa tathaa .. "Do not speak here and there about your internal realizations during Bhajana and keep them confidential." Thus, I do not want to discuss it. I will only say the following in this regard.

Shrila Swami Prabhupada clearly addresses Lord Krishna as his brother in the cowherding pastimes in the following verse which was composed by Shrila Swami Prabhupada on Sep 13, 1965, in a very intimate early song, which describes his own internal Bhajana and his actual relationship and mood with the Lord. There is no other direct reference in his writings to prove otherwise or opposite to what he has revealed in this song. The Gopis in madhurya rasa do not normally address Lord Krishna as a brother nor do they pass the entire day with Lord Krishna while tending the cows. Sakhya rasa is very very sublime.

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tomaaara milane bhaai aabaar se sukha paai
gochaarane ghuri din bhor
kata bane chutaachuti bane khaai lutaaputi
sei din kabe habe mor

8) "O my dear brother (BHAAI)! In Your company I will experience great joy once again. Wandering about the pastures and fields, I will pass the entire day with You in tending the cows. Joking with You and frolicking throughout so many forests of Vraja, I will roll upon the ground in spiritual ecstasy. When, oh when will that day be mine?"

Song Name: Krsna Tava Punya Habe Bhai, Official Name: Bhagavan Krsner Pada, Padme Prarthana (Prayer unto the Lotus
Feet of Krsna), Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (on board the ship Jaladuta, September 13, 1965)

This was also the opinion of the Shiksha Gurudeva of Shrila Swami Prabhupada, Shrila Bhakti Rakshaka Shridhara Goswami, who knew Shrila Swami Prabhupada much much better than anyone else, right from his grihastha days.

Though I may not agree 100% with everything written in the article, I accept most of the conclusions in the O My Friend pdf article written by Babhru dasa prabhu. It is available at http://nitaai.com/omyfriend.pdf. One will find a lot of clear and unrefutable scriptural proof and reasoning in this article establishing Shrila Swami Prabhupada eternal form as a cowherd boy in Vraja. Please read this article if you want to know more about this matter.

I also have my own realiztion that Shrila Swami Prabhupada's intimate, blissful and jovial relationship with his Godbrother Shrila Akinchana Krishna dasa Babaji, who is also in Sakhya rasa, is deeply related to both of their eternal forms in Sakhya rasa.

Again, this is all that I have to say in this matter publicly and privately since this subject matter is very intimate and has no direct scriptural proof of Shrila Swami Prabhupada revealing his own spiritual identity. If you want to discuss it further, please do so on your own webspages, forums or blogs. I am grateful to all devotees who have contributed in this regard. Gaurahari bol! All glories to Shri Guru Paramparaa!

Daaso'smi, Tridandi Bhikshu, Bhaktiratna Sadhu.

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