English
21 January 2024
Ayodhya Rama Mandir Inauguration
Speaker - HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Jiv Jaago, Lord Rama is calling you. Lord Rama is going to appear soon. Om namo bhagavate Sri Ramaya. We offer our respectful obeisances unto Sri Rama who is the Supreme personality of Godhead. Not only Lord Rama had appeared in this city, but Lord Rama, Lakshman, Bharata And Shatrughan all of them appeared. All of them are Lord himself.
tasyāpi bhagavān eṣa
sākṣād brahmamayo hariḥ
aṁśāṁśena caturdhāgāt
putratvaṁ prārthitaḥ suraiḥ
rāma-lakṣmaṇa-bharata-
śatrughnā iti saṁjñayā (SB 9.10.2)
Translation: Being prayed for by the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth Himself, directly appeared with His expansion and expansions of the expansion. Their holy names were Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna. These celebrated incarnations thus appeared in four forms as the sons of Mahārāja Daśaratha.
The Lord has appeared in four different forms namely, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughan. So this thiti is Rama Navami, Lakshman Navami, Bharata Navami and Shatrughan Navami alsoat Ayodhya, the place which can't ever be conquered by anyone else. They always emerge out as victorious since time immemorial. As we have Ayodhya in Spiritual world, similarly we have Bhauma Ayodhya, Ayodhya on this earthly planet.
To visit this Ayodhya means to take shelter of Lord Sri Rama. And if you have not visited this place yet even then you can meditate on the Lotus feet of Lord Rama. You can meditate on his words. You can sing the glories of the Lord's Lotusfeet or his glories.
Sri Ram Raksha Stotra 29
ShreeraamachandracharaNau manasaa smaraami |
ShreeraamachandracharaNau vachasaa gruNaami |
ShreeraamachandracharaNau shirasaa namaami |
ShreeraamachandracharaNau sharaNam pradhye |
Translation:
The two feet of Rama, I remember them in my mind, I praise them by my speech, I bow to them by my head I take resort in them.
You can place your forehead on this sacred dust of Sri Ayodhya Dham. And this way you can take the shelter of Lord Sri Rama. This is written everywhere here in Ayodhya - "Sri Rama Sharanam Gachami". Sri Krsna saysthis in the Bhagavad Gita and the same applies here also,
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ (BG 18.66)
Translation: Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.
This is true. Yesterday when I reached the airport named as Maharishi International Airport, there I saw a very big painting and in that painting we can see that even Lord Rama arrived in Pushpak Vimana. Even he is landing here. Lord Rama was Victorious and that’s why we celebrate Rama Vijaya Utsav. So Lord Rama always continues to be victorious. When Lord Rama reached Sri Ayodhya Dham, he was welcomed here. And the entire city of Ayodhya was decorated. Everybody assembled to receive him. Lamps were lit up. It's like a series of small suns welcoming the Lord.
Su Swagatam Sri Rama! Su Swagatam Sri Rama! So as we came out of the airport, the Padayatra devotees had reached here and they were performing Kirtan, singing the Hare Krsna Mahamantra and Ayodhaya Vasi Rama Bhajan. All Glories to Sri Gaur Nitai. They were on their Chariot. They are Lord Rama and Lakshmana themselves, they are Krsna and Balaram. And they have appeared as Gaur Nitai in Kaliyuga. And then we were walking around with them and they were being welcomed by the people. People were very happy to see them. I was thinking, look they are Lord Rama and Lakshmana themselves.
Jaya Jaya Jagannatha Sacira 5
vāsudeva ghoṣa bole kori joḍa hāt
jei gaura sei kṛṣṇa sei jagannāth
Translation:
Vasudeva Ghosa says with folded hands, He who is Gaura is He who is Krishna is He who is Jagannatha.
As if Rama and Lakshmana were being welcomed in the form of Gaur Nitai. When we were roaming around in the city of Ayodhya, I had a thought in a similar manner when Lord Rama appeared 10 lakh years back, Mother Earth got ready to receive Lord Rama or 500 years back she prepared herself to receive Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu or asSri Ayodhya Dham was decorated when Lord Rama and Lakshmana returned back after being Victorious.
In the similar way Narendra Modi ji and Yogi ji have tried to decorate this Ayodhya Nagari. And I must say it's a very successful attempt. Flowers, flags, lighting everything is amazing. Also the entry is restricted for the crowd. Tomorrow we will have the darshans of Lord Rama's young form. Though they were being worshiped here from time immemorial, still now the Lord is appearing in a new Deity form. So many incidents have happened for the past 1000 years.
When Srila Sukhdev Goswami was narrating Shrimad Bhagavatam, he narrated Lord Rama's Pastimes very briefly in just 2 chapters. Kings in Kaliyuga will not be very sophisticated. They will be cruel. Srila Sukhdev Goswami says that the Kings of Kaliyuga will be uncivilized, they will not work for the welfare of the society.They will have demoniac qualities dominated by the modes of passion and ignorance. They will exploit the citizens and not protect them. They will Mlecchas and Yavanas, but will be in the form of a King. They will be like Ravana. Ravana means one who makes the people cry because of taxes, exploitation, corruption.
strī-bāla-go-dvija-ghnāś ca
para-dāra-dhanādṛtāḥ
uditāsta-mita-prāyā
alpa-sattvālpakāyuṣaḥ
asaṁskṛtāḥ kriyā-hīnā
rajasā tamasāvṛtāḥ
prajās te bhakṣayiṣyanti
mlecchā rājanya-rūpiṇaḥ (SB 12.1.39-40)
Translation: These barbarians in the guise of kings will devour the citizenry, murdering innocent women, children, cows and brāhmaṇas and coveting the wives and property of other men. They will be erratic in their moods, have little strength of character and be very short-lived. Indeed, not purified by any Vedic rituals and lacking in the practice of regulative principles, they will be completely covered by the modes of passion and ignorance.
An ideal King should be like Sri Rama. He worked for the welfare of the people, and gave them the utmost priority as if they were his own children. So for the past 1000 years such exploitative Kings, murderer Kings, Kings in the mode of ignorance are present. The history has been the witness, how the Muslims and the British have destroyed the country. Our country became independent in 1947 by the sacrifice of several Indian freedom fighters. But this was just a formality it seems. People are yet not independent. So many years have passed, but what to speak of establishing a kingdom of Lord Rama.
His own birth place was under the rule of these Muslims. They had established a Mosque on the top of his birth place. Devotees of Lord Rama were bound up. They were worshiping Lord Rama in a small hut. It wasn't even easy to reach them. But some years back that Mosque was removed and there was a court case going on. The real authority for this place should be based on Ramayana. Instead of following Dharma,people were going against Dharma.
So a few years back, Lord Rama once again emerged Victorious in his homeland and at the same place where once there was Lord's temple, a new Temple had been constructed.I saw it yesterday, from far and the new deities that are installed. You might have seen his picture on the internet by now and tomorrow is that auspicious occasion for which lakhs of people are assembling here. Some are coming with Padayatra, others through private Jets, And flights etc.
As the demigods reach earth when the Lord appears, many Hare Krsna Devotees have also reached here and are performing Kirtan. So tomorrow we will continue to perform Hare Krsna Kirtan and Hare Krsna people are distributing Bhagavad Gita. Some of you had Sponsored Bhagavad Gita, those will be distributed here. Around 3-4 lakh Bhagavad Gita’s will be distributed. There is a huge Pandal where devotees will continue to sing, dance and feed Prasadam. They will continue to have this program for the next 20 years.
And what are you doing?Come!It's very cold here. Why am I wearing all this?It's not for a show, it's very cold here. We will be distributing around 10000 plates of Krsna/Rama Prasad. Tomorrow we will have Lord Rama's temple installation here and at the same time you can perform Hare Krsna Kirtan at your own homes, temples etc. You can distribute sweets and good news with all.
Hare Krsna!
