Great dynasty of Lord Ramacandra

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Date- 12^thApril 2024  Speaker – Ananga Mohan Prabhu Theme- Great dynasty of Lord Ramacandra DakshineLakshmano, YasyeVame Cha Janakathmaja, PurathoMaruthirYasya Tham Vande Raghunandanam. Translation: I salute that Rama who is surrounded by Laxmana on the right, Sita on the left and Hanuman in the front. First of all, I want to thank Guru Maharaj and his dear disciples. Please accept my humble obeisances. From few days Prabhu is asking me to come here and take blessings from all of you. So, Rama Navami is on 17th April. Lord Rama will appear. So, to prepare for that and to get ready to welcome the Lord in our hearts, we are going to discuss today. So, first of all when we talk about the Lord, we know that Lord Krishna is the source of all incarnations. etecāṁśa-kalāḥpuṁsaḥ kṛṣṇastubhagavānsvayam indrāri-vyākulaṁlokaṁ mṛḍayantiyugeyuge Translation: All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord ŚrīKṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists. [SB.1.3.28] And Lord says in Bhagavad Gita paritrāṇāyasādhūnāṁvināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāyasambhavāmiyugeyuge Translation: To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. [BG 4.8] According to Jayadeva Goswami's song and according to Sastras there are many incarnations of the Lord, like purusavatar, gunavatar, lilavatar, saktyavesa avatar, manvantar avatar, and yugavatar. So, in the song of Jayadeva Goswami in the list of incarnations like Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Krsna, Buddha and Kalki and in this list comes Lord Rama.Krishna is Lila Avatar and Lord Rama is Maryada Purushottam Avatar and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is AudharyaPurushottamAvatar. Sub-theme: Brief information of Ramayana In Valmiki Ramayan, there is special mention about Lord Sri Rama. The meaning of Ramayana is Rama Ayana, means Rama's path, the path on which Sri Rama walked is known as Ramayana, just as Uttrayana and Daksinayana are of Sun god. So,Rama yuktaayana is Ramayana. Ramayana is compiled by Valmiki Muni. In other sasras also like Vayu Purana, Garuda Purana, Padma Purana, and Visnu Purana in this sasaras also there is description of Lord Rama and about His pastimes and His dynasty. In the Valmiki Ramayan there are 24,000 verses. It is written in Karun rasa and it is having 500 chapters. And it is sapta-gandha Ramayana; it is written in seven parts. Therefore, whenever we hear about Sri Rama, we feel that Lord Rama should come in our home and in our heart, and we should respect Lord Sri Rama. So, if we want to know about Lord Rama, about His appearance, there is clear mention in Valmiki Ramayan that Rama will appear in Surya dynasty. We know that when Lord Rama appeared in Surya, sun dynasty, Sun God was present above Ayodhya for many months. There was no night, because in his dynasty the Lord appeared. ShantakaramBhujagashayanamPadmanabham Suresham VishvadharamGaganasadrishamMeghavarnamShubhangam। Lakshmikantam KamalanayanamYogibhirdhyanagamyam Vande VishnumBhavabhayaharamSarvalokaikanatham॥ Translation: I bow to Lord Vishnu the preserver and the protector of the universe, who is peaceful, who reclines on the great serpent bed, from whose navel springs the Lotus of the creative power, who is the Supreme Being, who supports the entire universe, who is all-pervading as the sky, who is dark like the clouds and has a beautiful form. The Lord of Lakshmi, the lotus-eyed One, whom the Yogis are able to perceive through meditation, salutations to Lord Vishnu who removes the fear of worldly existence and who is the Lord of all worlds. [Vishnu Shantakaram Mantra] When Lord appeared in Sun dynasty, it is said that Sun God was so happy, that for three months he was present above Ayodhya. So today we are going to discuss about the ancestors of Lord Rama which is mentioned in Ramayana. Sometimes we feel that we love Lord Ramchandra and Sita, and He should reside in our hearts. So, if we want Lord Rama to reside in our heart then our heart should be that much pure. When our heart, our mind and especially our consciousness will be fully surrendered- savaimanaḥkṛṣṇa-padāravindayor vacāṁsivaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane karauharer mandira-mārjanādiṣu śrutiṁcakārācyuta-sat-kathodaye mukunda-liṅgālaya-darśanedṛśau tad-bhṛtya-gātra-sparśe ’ṅga-saṅgamam ghrāṇaṁ ca tat-pāda-saroja-saurabhe śrīmat-tulasyārasanāṁ tad-arpite pādauhareḥkṣetra-padānusarpaṇe śirohṛṣīkeśa-padābhivandane kāmaṁ ca dāsyenatukāma-kāmyayā yathottamaśloka-janāśrayāratiḥ Translation: MahārājaAmbarīṣa always engaged his mind in meditating upon the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, his words in describing the glories of the Lord, his hands in cleansing the Lord’s temple, and his ears in hearing the words spoken by Kṛṣṇa or about Kṛṣṇa. He engaged his eyes in seeing the Deity of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’s temples and Kṛṣṇa’s places like Mathurā and Vṛndāvana, he engaged his sense of touch in touching the bodies of the Lord’s devotees, he engaged his sense of smell in smelling the fragrance of tulasī offered to the Lord, and he engaged his tongue in tasting the Lord’s prasāda. He engaged his legs in walking to the holy places and temples of the Lord, his head in bowing down before the Lord, and all his desires in serving the Lord, twenty-four hours a day. Indeed, MahārājaAmbarīṣa never desired anything for his own sense gratification. He engaged all his senses in devotional service, in various engagements related to the Lord. This is the way to increase attachment for the Lord and be completely free from all material desires. [ŚB 9.4.18-20] When we will completely surrender at the lotus feet of Sri Ramchandra, will hear about the Lord, will use our tongue only to speak Rama Katha, then only the Lord will reside in our hearts. Bhakti Vinod Thakur also sings - mama mana mandirerahaniśi-din kṛṣṇamurāriśrīkṛṣṇamurāri Translation: Please abide in the temple of my heart both day and night, O Krsna Murari, O Sri Krsna Murari! [Verse 1 from Song ‘Mama Man Mandire’ by BhaktivinodaThakura] If we want to bring Sri Rama in the temple of our heart, if we want to welcome Lord Rama in our heart then we must please Him. Sub-theme: Satyavadi, truthful King Harishchandra Therefore, today I thought to speak about two special personalities who came in the dynasty of Lord Sri Rama. This dynasty is very special. In this dynasty acaryas, special kings and Rsis appeared. Lord had to come in this dynasty because Lord loves this dynasty. Many kings appeared in this dynasty. They were preparing that Lord Himself should appear in their dynasty. So, one of these special kings was King Harishchandra. Srila Prabhupada also tells about King Harishchandra during his commentaries and room conversations. Those who are from India and those who are vaishnavas know about King Harishchandra, satyavadi Harishchandra. If anyone of you have ever went to Varanasi then you must have visited Harivashchandra Ghat.Out of 80 ghats there is one Harishchandra Ghat. So, all of us like to hear about acharyas or special personalities. Are you all ready to hear about Harishchandra? Even if some of you are not ready to hear, then also I will speak. So, I will tell in brief.This story is very big and beautiful. You know that Ramachandra had taken vow of Eka patnivrata, to have only one wife. King Harishchandra also had taken same vow. He got married with Taramati, a great vaishnavi. And from her he had one son whose name was Rohit. So, one day Harishchandra went to forest. There he saw that some mad elephants are attacking women. Those ladies became very bewildered and Harishchandra saved them. Those ladies were manasaputri, daughters of Vishvamitra, who appeared from the mind of Vishvamitra. Once Visvamitra came to visit King Harishchandra and said that ‘my daughters have accepted you as their husband. You are a king.You should accept them.’ Harishchandra said,‘I have taken vow of having only one wife. I cannot do this. Please give me any other service. I will definitely do it.’ So Vishvamitra Muni became very angry. We know that he becomes angry very quickly. Once Vishvamitra Muni went to heaven. Everyone was in the assembly. King Harishchandra had never spoken lie, no matter what is the situation. And that was his power. You know that in Kaliyuga, bull who is the personification of Dharma is standing only on one leg. And that leg is 'truth'. One must speak only truth. So, in that assembly everyone was talking about King Harishchandra. Vishvamitra Muni had anger for King Harishchandra, he was not happy with Harishchandra as something had taken place earlier, so Vishvamitra Muni said,‘I will test him, how much truth he speaks? How much strength is there in his words?’ So, one day he came to Ayodhya. Harishchandra was the king of Ayodhya at that time. Vishvamitra Muni came in the assembly of King Harishchandra and he said,‘I will accept your welcoming.’ So, as he was Rsi, a brahman, Harishchandra welcomed him very nicely. He said 'you ask anything, we want to serve you.' raghukularitisadachaliaaye,pranjaaye paravachannajaaye, in the dynasty of King Raghu, the sun dynasty, all kings were very fixed on their words. For that they used to be ready even to give their life. So, to test him,Vishvamitra said, ‘will you give promise that whatever I will ask you will give?’ King Harishchandra said, ‘yes definitely, we will give you whatever you ask for. This is the rule of our dynasty that whatever promise we have given, we will definitely fulfillthat. For that even if we have to give our life, we do that.’ Vishvamitra Muni said,‘whatever opulence you have, your wealth, your cattle, your kingdom, everything, you give it to me.' King Harishchandra said, 'okay, I am giving everything to you in charity.' So Vishwamitra said, 'Okay, then everything is mine now.' 'Yes, everything is yours.' Now Vishwamitra said, 'I am a brahmin, and I have accepted your charity. Now give me daksina.' King said, 'now I don't have anything. How can I give you dakshina?' Charity is not complete until you give daksina. This is the rule mentioned in scriptures. So, how much was this dakshina that is mentioned differently in different puranas. Therefore, I am taking the essence of that. He said, 'you give me thousand golden coins. And you go away from this area, because now it is not yours. It is mine. I will rule over it.' So Rsi started to rule over it and King Harishchandra left with his wife Taramati and Rohit, who was only 7 years old. And Vishvamitra Muni said, 'within three months you have to give these thousand gold coins to me.' King Harishchandra had nothing but only his wife and child with him and he left. This is very big pastime, but to make it short, then they came to Varanasi. Time was passing by. Vishwamitra Muni sent his servant to collect those gold coins from Harishchandra. In between this, Vishvamitra Muni took many exams of Harishchandra and by the blessings of the Lord, Harishchandra passed all those exams. He was surrendered at the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu and he was pure hearted. So, when the servant arrived, only two days were remaining from the three months’ time period. Taramati knew everything that her husband has tolerated all pains to fulfill his promise. So, she said that, 'you sell me'. Now if we will talk about this in Kaliyuga, then we may think this cannot happen. King Harishchandra said, 'how can I sell you?' So Taramati said, 'no, you must keep your words.' So, there was fun fair. Some says, it was market. So Harishchandra went on the stage with his wife and child. It was very painful situation. By going on the stage he announced,‘is there anyone who want to purchase my wife? She can become your servant.’ People became angry on him and started to blaspheme him, ‘what kind of person is this? He is selling his wife?’ That time one brahman came there. ‘I want to purchase your wife. What is the rate?’ So,Harishchandra asked, ‘how much you can give?' He said, 'I will give 250 gold coins.' Harishchandra said, 'No. I want 500 gold coins. Because I had promised somewhere and need to give that money there.' Then brahman said, 'no, this is not possible.’ Yet Harishchandra had to sell his wife. So he sold her and requested, 'please don't ask her to clean used pots and used clothes as she is a queen. She can help in all other works.' When Taramati was leaving, Rohit, who was a small child, also started to go with mother. Everyone knows that small kids need mother. So, the brahman said, 'okay, I will take this child also and I will give you 500 gold coins.' Then after this Harishchandra himself stood and asked, 'is there anyone who wants to purchase me?' So, one Chandala, who burns dead bodies, came. This was Varanasi, Kasi. His clothes were torn, but he had money. So, he purchased Harishchandra with 500 gold coins. So Harishchandra sent 1000 gold coins to Visvamitra through his servant. Many things happened in between this. Then one day, a snake bites Rohit. So,while carrying his dead body Taramati comes in crematorium. So, there Harishchandra was working. His beard was grown. His clothes were torn. While holding on stick, he used to collect cloth, one gold coin, rice and fruit from those who would come to burn dead body. Without this he was not letting them to do last rites. So, Taramati came with her son. Harishchandra said, 'my master has told that if anyone will not give this, then I cannot burn the body ' So like this he faced very tragic situations, but never gave up. So Taramati went to collect cloth, gold coin, rice and fruit. At that time, in Varanasi, many children were dying. So, everyone thought that this lady is pisachini and she is killing all children. So King's soldiers caught her. At late night, where is she going. She must be the one who is killing the children. So, they took her to Harishchandra and said she is having death sentence. And who will give this punishment, the helper is chandal will do this. So as per the order of his master, Harishchandra was going to cut Taramati's head with sword, but at that moment the brahman who had purchased Taramati, came there with his wife. Chandal also came with his wife. Chandal and his wife were Shankar and Parvati. And brahman and his wife were Narayana and Lakshmi. All demigods and Sapta-Rsis and even Visvamitra Muni came there and they were raising their hands and saying, ‘satyavati Raja Harishchandra ki Jay.’ So all of them are very pleased. Chanakya Pandit says Chalam vittamchalam chittam chalejIvitayauvane | ChalachalamidamsarvamkIrtiyasyasajIvati || Translation: The mind, the wealth, youth and life of people, all these are extremely perishable, but surely only the fame and glory achieved by a person is steady and unchangeable. [Quote by Chanakya pandit] If fame, glory is still there, then one can survive in any condition. Just as Prabhupada, his spiritual master Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur, our spiritual master, they are glorious. So, Satyavadi, truth-speaker like Harishchandra. Sub-theme: Kings from Sun dynasty brought Ganga on earth We know that later also in the dynasty of Ramachandra, everyone was very firm in keeping their words. So Harishchandra and all the kings who came in the dynasty of Ramachandra gave their life for the welfare of humanity. One more such personality was king Sagar. Sagar had 60 thousand sons. One day King Sagar was doing ashwamedha yajna. 99 ashwamedha yajna were done and this was the hundredth yagya. Indra stole the horse of this ashwamedh yajna and kept it in the asrama of Kapil Muni. When all the sons of king Sagar went to search the horse, they came to the ashram of Kapil Muni and they thought that this Muni has kidnapped the horse. They attacked on Kapil Muni. But just by the sight of Kapil Muni all of them turned into ashes. Then Anshuman, the grandson of King Sagar came to Kapil Muni and asked, ‘how they will be liberated?’ Kapil Muni said,‘from Vaikuntha Alaknanda, Ganga flows. By the pure water of Ganga these ashes will be washed out and they will be liberated.’ Anshuman gave his life to bring Ganga on earth for the liberation of his father and uncles and for the whole humanity. His son Janamejay and his grandson Dilip all of them gave their life. Then Bhagirath, the son of Dilip did very severe austerities and brought Ganga on earth. So, this whole dynasty of the Lord gave up everything for the service of the Lord and for humanity. So, if we also want the Lord to appear in our heart and if we want to please the Lord; we should also understand that we cannot be like them, the Mahajanas tarko ’pratiṣṭhaḥśrutayovibhinnā nāsāvṛṣiryasyamataṁnabhinnam dharmasyatattvaṁnihitaṁguhāyāṁ mahājanoyenagataḥsapanthāḥ Translation: ‘Dry arguments are inconclusive. A great personality whose opinion does not differ from others is not considered a great sage. Simply by studying the Vedas, which are variegated, one cannot come to the right path by which religious principles are understood. The solid truth of religious principles is hidden in the heart of an unadulterated, self-realized person. Consequently, as the śāstras confirm, one should accept whatever progressive path the mahājanas advocate.’ [CC Madhya 25.57] We can follow their footsteps, but we cannot imitate them. If we will keep ourselves pure by chanting the Lord's names and specifically only that Sri Ramachandra appears in the form of Gaura Chandra. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu went to South India in the area of Kishkindha. In Treta Yuga Lord Ramachandra shoot arrow at seven Tala trees. So, in Gauranga Avatar He hugged those trees. And as soon as Mahaprabhu hugged these Tala trees, these trees went back to Godhead. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's follower, Murari Gupta, who himself was Hanuman. If you will go to Mayapur Navadweep, then in between Chaitanya matha and our Mayapur temple, there is very beautiful residence of Murari Gupta. There we can see Sita Rama Lakshman Hanuman in the alter. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu Themselves are Shri Rama and Lakshman. Mahaprabhutells about five best things to perform in Bhakti. There are total 64 things to do, if anyone will do only these five things, then he will immediately receive love of Godhead. sādhu-saṅga, nāma-kīrtana, bhāgavata-śravaṇa mathurā-vāsa, śrī-mūrtiraśraddhāyasevana Translation “One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, reside at Mathurā and worship the Deity with faith and veneration. [CC Madhya 22.128] sakala-sādhana-śreṣṭhaeipañcaaṅga kṛṣṇa-premajanmāyaeipāṅceraalpasaṅga Translation “These five limbs of devotional service are the best of all. Even a slight performance of these five awakens love for Kṛṣṇa. [CC Madhya 22.129] If we will do these five things daily or even one of these five things, very seriously, then immediately we will achieve Krishna Prema. Therefore, Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu, who Themselves are Rama and Laxmana, how They will enter in our heart if our heart is not pure? Sub-theme: Understand the mercythat we are receiving daily We have lots of mercy of the Lord and that's why daily in the morning so many devotees gather together on zoom. Lord says- bahūnāṁjanmanām ante jñānavānmāṁprapadyate vāsudevaḥsarvamiti samahātmāsu-durlabhaḥ Translation: After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare. [BG 7.19] All of us will find the Lord in our life. Or if we are taking shelter of Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya Charitamrita, Caitanya Mangala; and all of you are so fortunate that your spiritual master who is the representative of the Lord jīveranistāralāgi’ sūtrakailavyāsa māyāvādi-bhāṣyaśunilehayasarva-nāśa Translation “ŚrīlaVyāsadeva presented the Vedānta philosophy for the deliverance of conditioned souls, but if one hears the commentary of Śaṅkarācārya, everything is spoiled. [CC Madhya 6.169] So, as per Caitanya Charitamrita, spiritual master is mercy personification of the Lord Krishna. He himself comes to bless us. And I am stunned to see the love of Lokanath Swami Maharaj for all of you, for us, that daily morning he chants with us. In any condition he encourages us, how we can achieve Krishna? Like, Ravana used to think always, what he is not having. It is mentioned in Ramayana that if one is having gratitude and service mood, that person will be very happy in any situation. Sometimes we do not understand the mercy we are getting. In Bengali it is said, ‘When we have teeth then we do not take care is them. And when we do not have teeth then we fix false teeth and then we have to take care of those false teeth.’ So, we are getting so much mercy and blessings. In Ramayana Lord Rama tellskritagyata, gratitude; He tells this through Laxman gratitude. What do we have? We have received spiritual master, sadguru, we have received Krishna. We have received Srila Prabhupad. We have received fortune of honoring Prasad and having Darshan. What else is there? The darshan of Lords beautiful form Dham Yatra, morning program, Katha Kirtan, so many festivals, kirtan, bhajan, what else do we need? If it is given in the scriptures that by achieving Krishna we will get everything, - tvamevamata cha pita tvameva tvamevabandhushchasakhatvameva. Tvameva vidya dravinamtvameva tvamevasarvam mama-dev-deva. Translation You are our mother. You alone are our father. You are our kinsman. You alone are our friend. You alone are īśvara. You are conversant with the Vedas. You are always meditated upon by persons of great magnanimity. If Krishna is everything and we are achieving Krishna, then why we need to run anywhere else? Sometimes we do not understand this. When by the mercy of the Lord and spiritual master we understand,‘how much blessings we are getting’, then we should do self-analysis. It is also given in the Ramayana that when Dasharath Maharaj thought that I should make Ramchandra the king, he announced this in Ayodhya. So loudly everyone chanted ‘Jaya, Jaya’; Dashrath Maharaj became happy from inside, but outwardly he said ‘looks like I don't have served you nicely. So loudly you are saying Jaya-dhvani and Raja Rama ki Jay.’ This comes in Ayodhya kanda in Adi khanda. So,he wanted to listen whether people are understanding my son or not. So, it is mentioned in Ramayana that each one of the Praja started to glorify the qualities of Lord Rama. When they started to glorify Lord Rama, they said many things like, He is dhira, santa, narasardula;narasardula means He is lion among the men. He walks like an elephant. Sastragya, sushila, ksamashila, dhairyashila everything is there in Lord Rama. One of those qualities is Lord do atma-samiksa, self-analysis. If anyone did a little service to Him, He becomes very grateful for him. As Lord says in Bhagavad Gita nehābhikrama-nāśo ’stipratyavāyonavidyate sv-alpamapyasyadharmasyatrāyatemahatobhayāt Translation In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.  [BG 2.40] ‘Even if someone does a little thing, I become indebted to him.’ Similarly, if we want that Lord should reside in our heart, then we should also become like Sagar, Bharat, Dilip, Anshuman, Bhagirath and Harishchandra. Don't know maybe some of you are like them, but that will be very special. We can follow the footsteps of the great kings. We can follow the rules given by Srila Prabhupad and our Guru Maharaj. We can keep ekadashi fasting, can chant minimum sixteen rounds daily, can take shelter of Shrimad Bhagavatam. We should maintain love for our god brothers and God sisters and all vaisnavas. We should maintain love for all living beings. And if we will do self-analysis once in a day, then we can understand how much mercy we are receiving. Yudhishthir Maharaj asks Lord Krishna, ‘who is most unfortunate person?’ Lord Krishna says, mam aradhyaduhkhartatkutumbaasaktahmanasahsatsangorahitomrtyur ..seva paricyuta,thse four kinds of people are very unhappy. Mamaradhyaduhkhartat, one who does not worship me, kutumbaasaktah, one who is attached to the bi-products of his body, satsangorahito, one who does not go for satsang, ..seva paricyuta, one who is not having spiritual master or mentor; but those who are vaishnavas, and vaishnavas are their family, who have taken shelter a spiritual master, he is very fortunate. Krishna is in our life. Devotees are in our life. We are having mentor and we do go in satsanga. True or not?Say loudly Hari Bol. So, if we have received all this, then we are very fortunate. Therefore, we do not need to see here and there.We just need to satisfy Lord Krishna in any situation. Prabhupada has given opportunities for this through ISKCON. We must say that, our spiritual master and all his god brothers and god sisters, they always want us to achieve Krishna. jogyatā-vicāre, kichunāhipāi, tomārakaruṇā-sāra karuṇānāhoile, kāndiyākāndiyā, prāṇanārākhiboāra Translation If you examine me, you will find no qualities. Your mercy is all that I am made of. If you are not merciful unto me, I can only weep, and I will not be able to maintain my life. [Verse 4 from Song ‘Gurudeva Krpa Bindu Diya’ by BhaktivinodaThakura] We do not have any qualification. We have mercy of Hari, Guru and Vaisnava. Through them we have reached at the lotus feet of the Lord and have received the fortune to love the Supreme Lord. We have to progress further so that we can love the Lord. One who will be successful in this attempt can help many people because Krishna is residing in his heart. brahmāṇḍatāriteśaktidhare jane jane e vedapurāṇeguṇagāyajevāśune Translation I have heard their glorification in the Vedas and Puranas, which proclaim that each one of His devotees has the sakti to deliver an entire universe. [Verse 7 from Song ‘Vrndavana Vasi Jata Vaisnavera Gana’ by Devakinandana Dasa Thakura] Every person can liberate the whole brahmanda. Therefore, I offer my most humble obeisances at the lotus feet of Loknath Swami Maharaj. I pray to Guru Maharaj that as he keeps smiling in every situation and keeps blessing us, he should always keep loving us. By his blessings one day we will understand how much mercy we are receiving from Lord Ramachandra, Lord Krishna and Lord Gauranga. Wishing all of you happy Rama Navami;I request all of you to please keep me also in your prayers on this Rama Navami occasion. Offer my humble obeisances to all vaishnavas. vancha-kalpatarubhyash ca kripa-sindhubhyaeva ca patitanampavanebhyovaishnavebhyonamonamah! Sri Siyavara Ramachandra ki Jay! Gaura premanande Hari Haribol!                          

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