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Japa Talk Date- 9th May 2025 Speaker- Guru Maharaj Theme- Appearance Day of Rukmini Maiya Sub-theme: Lord’s Hladini potency You are all very loving devotees. You reside in Kaundinyapur. Do not know this is the result of which of our good deeds that we are associated with Kaundinyapur Dham. This is the birth place of Queen Rukmini. Rukmini Maiya ki Jai! She eternally resides here. We should not think that because Lord Dwarkadhish kidnapped Rukmini and took Her with Him, so now Rukmini does not reside in Kaundinyapur and now this Dham is ‘Rukimini-less’. We might think like that, ‘once upon a time Rukmini used to reside here, but now this Dham is devoid of Rukmini’. But this thinking is not correct. Rukmini is Lord's potency and is equivalent to the Lord. She is not any ordinary woman. She is eternal consort, eternal wife of the Lord. She is Hladini potency, pleasure potency. She is not ordinary soul. We, souls are also Lord's potency but we are Tatastha Sakti, marginal potency. Rukmini is Lord's internal potency. The potency becomes a person. Rukmini Maiya ki Jai! Sub-theme: Eternal pastime of Rukmini Maiya Tomorrow we will celebrate the appearance day of Rukmini Maiya. The pastime of Rukmini's birth is also eternal. This is difficult to understand. Rukmini takes birth all the time, just as sun rises all the time. Sun rises in one country after another, then the next, then the next, like that. Similarly, Rukmini Maiya's birth pastime is eternal. Here on this planet, She took birth around five thousand and two hundred years ago. So, Her appearance pastime is eternal. Even in the present time She is appearing somewhere. In this material world, we are all trapped in dualities. One duality is day and night, or past and present is a duality, but in the spiritual world, there is no past and future. There is only present. So, Rukmini took birth here and in present She is taking birth somewhere. So as the birth pastime is eternal, Rukmini Haran (kidnapping) pastime is also eternal. Therefore, this Kaundinyapur which is related to these eternal pastimes is also eternal. Sub-theme: Transcendental appearance A few days back we celebrated Sita Navami. Day after tomorrow we will celebrate Narasimha Caturdashi. These days are named after the appearance of the Lord’s incarnation or His potencies. Just like tomorrow is Rukmini Dvadasi. Which Purnima? Gaur Purnima. Gaur Purnima ki Jai! Krsna Astami ki Jai! Rukmini Dwadasi ki Jai! So, Rukmini appeared here. This appearance or birth is not like our birth. Krsna's birth or Radha's birth or Rukmini's birth is transcendental. janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna Translation- One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna. [Bg. 4.9] Rukmini's birth is also transcendental and not material. If it was a material birth then there would be death as well. Rukmini took birth here; so, ‘did She die as well?’ Rukmini neither takes birth nor dies. Rukmini Maiya ki Jai! I have not read it anywhere, but when She was born, demigods must have appeared in the sky. sūta uvāca yaṁ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṁ sāma-gāḥ dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yogino yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ Translation- Sūta Gosvāmī said: Unto that personality whom Brahmā, Varuṇa, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise by chanting transcendental hymns and reciting the Vedas with all their corollaries, pada-kramas and Upaniṣads, to whom the chanters of the Sāma Veda always sing, whom the perfected yogīs see within their minds after fixing themselves in trance and absorbing themselves within Him, and whose limit can never be found by any demigod or demon — unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead I offer my humble obeisances. [ŚB 12.13.1] Demigods must have sung the glories of Rukmini and must have showered flowers. Heavenly damsels must have danced; many musical instruments must have been played. Sub-theme: Gopis’ reappearance as Queens of Dwarka In Rukmini's pastime we see that Rukmini also got the chance to listen Krishna-katha or pastimes of Dwarkadhish. And after hearing again and again the pastimes of Dwarkadhish, She made up Her mind that ‘if I get married, I will marry only Dwarkadhish’. Sukadeva Goswami says ‘mano dadhe’ tāṁ buddhi-lakṣaṇaudārya- rūpa-śīla-guṇāśrayām kṛṣṇaś ca sadṛśīṁ bhāryāṁ samudvoḍhuṁ mano dadhe Translation- Lord Kṛṣṇa knew that Rukmiṇī possessed intelligence, auspicious bodily markings, magnanimity, beauty, proper behavior and all other good qualities. Concluding that she would be an ideal wife for Him, He made up His mind to marry her. [ŚB 10.52.24] ‘Mano dadhe’, Rukmini made up Her mind. She made up Her mind because in Vrindavan at the bank of Yamuna there is one ghat called Chirghat. All the gopis of Vrindavan, including Radharani, Chandravali were worshipping Katyayani Devi and praying kātyāyani mahā-māye mahā-yoginy adhīśvari nanda-gopa-sutaṁ devi patiṁ me kuru te namaḥ iti mantraṁ japantyas tāḥ pūjāṁ cakruḥ kumārikāḥ Translation- Each of the young unmarried girls performed her worship while chanting the following mantra. “O goddess Kātyāyanī, O great potency of the Lord, O possessor of great mystic power and mighty controller of all, please make the son of Nanda Mahārāja my husband. I offer my obeisances unto you.” [ŚB 10.22.4] They prayed 'O Katyayani Devi, we want the son of Nanda Maharaj, as our husband, patim me kuru te namah; we offer you obeisances again and again, nanda gopa sutam devi patim me kuru te namah.' They worshiped Katyayani Devi for thirty consecutive days. They used to take bath in Yamuna and worship Katyayani Devi. Katyayani listened their prayers and as a result all the Gopis, including Radharani and Chandravali got Krsna as their husband. Katyayani was pleased and it was certain that Radharani, Chandravali and Gopis will be married with Krsna. There were millions of Gopis and out of them 16108 gopis were selected and it was certain that these 16108 Gopis will become the queens of Krsna. So, they take birth again at different places across Bharat-varsh. Lord's marriage did not take place in Vrindavan. jaya jayojjwala-rasa sarva-rasa-sar parakiya-bhave jaha brajete pracar Translation- All glories, all glories to the mellow of conjugal love, which is the most excellent of all rasas and is propagated in Vraja by Sri Krishna in the form of the divine parakiya-bhava [paramour love]. [Sri Vraja-dhama-mahimamrita Text 10, by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami] There is Parakiya bhava, paramour love in Vrindavan and Svakiya bhava is in Dwarka, Lord's pastimes with His own wives! In Vrindavan His consorts were wives of other men. There Lord was Upapati. In Dwarka He makes 16108 Gopis as His wives. He lives with them in 16108 palaces. So, among these 16108 queens Rukmini was the special queen. Therefore, She is called as ‘Patarani’, the chief queen. Sub-theme: Chandravali becomes Rukmini In Vrindavan Chandravali Gopi is a very prominent Gopi. Have you heard her name? She is equivalent to Radharani. There are two wings having two different bhava, moods- Vamangi, the left wing Gopis and the right wing Gopis. Srimati Radharani is Vamangi, left wing Gopi. Chandravali is a very simple and calm Gopi and is right wing Gopi. As her name suggests Chandra-avali, she is very soft. There is difference between hot sunrays and cool moon rays (chandra). Similarly, Chandravali is always cool like moon. But Radharani and the gopis of Her group sometimes have fierce mood. Premna gati ahir iva, ahi means snake. Vamangi Gopis have walk like a serpent, not simple straight forward. So, this Chandravali Gopi appears as Rukmini and Radharani appears as Queen Satyabhama. There is full description of who from Vrindavan Lila appears as who in Dwarka Lila. Sub-theme: Importance of sravanam Such Chandravali appears here as Rukmini and She gets chance to listen Lord's pastimes. Her father King Bhismak was the king of Vidarbha and his capital was Kaundinyapur. In his court many rajarsis and maharsis used to come. First, they would visit Dwarka and then come here and narrate all the pastimes of Dwarkadhish. Narada Muni also used to come. When he used to narrate Dwarkadhish katha, Rukmini also used to listen it. Every soul loves the Lord. All of you also love the Lord. Every soul has love for the Lord, but it is dormant. It just needs to be awakened and revealed. And how will it happen? nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema ‘sādhya’ kabhu naya śravaṇādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya Translation- Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens. [CC Madhya 22.107] Soul's love for the Lord awakes just by hearing about His name, form, qualities, pastimes, etc. It is shown in this pastime that Rukmini also listened Lord's pastimes and with that She developed love for the Lord and She made up Her mind 'I want Dwarkadhish as my husband '. While listening this we should be careful that Rukmini is not an ordinary being and it is not that She had no love for Krsna and when She listened His pastimes, She developed love for Hiim. But from this pastime we must understand that yes this is possible. This pastime shows that you must listen to the pastimes of the Lord, and you will develop the love for Krsna. Sub-theme: ISCKON Kaundinyapur This Dham where we are building and establishing this temple ISKCON Kaundinyapur, with that we are establishing Bhagavat Dharma. World do not know where and when Rukmini appeared. It is possible that even the people here may not be aware of this. We need to begin from here. We have to remind the world about this Dham and even when Rukmini appeared. Therefore, we are establishing this temple. There must be lot of katha-kirtan in this Dham, so that whoever will come here, will develop his love for the Lord. They will give up the false love of the world and will start to have the true love for Dwarkadhish. Rukmini is Hladini sakti, Lord's internal potency. We living entities are also the potency of the Lord. Potency is feminine. We souls are prakriti and therefore we are feminine. In the material world there is only one purusa and that is govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Brahma Samhita]. So as in this Dham Rukmini listened Lord's pastimes and made up Her mind that ‘if I get married, it will be none other than Lord Dwarkadhish’. Similarly, all of us, the living entities, who are females, for us also by hearing lila-katha, Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, we should made up our mind, who is our husband? Krsna! And if we have to marry then it should be with Krsna. Are you ready to take such Sankalpa? So, pray to the Lord that just like He kidnapped Rukmini He may kidnap you also and take you back to His abode. From here Lord took Rukmini to Dwarka and marriage ceremony took place there in Dwarka. In fact, no need to wait. Wherever you are, there also marriage can take place. Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!

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