English
Topic: Ram Katha Day 2
Date:16th April 2024
Speaker: HH Anant Krishna Maharaj
HG Padmamali Prabhu:
We have HH Ananta Krishna Goswami Maharaj with us to deliver today's Japa Talk. He is a great devotee of Lord. We welcome you all to this second session in this series of lectures on Sri Rama Navami. Maharaj is a very senior disciple of HH Radha Govind Goswami Maharaj. And he is very famous for his Rama Katha in ISKCON. Maharaj is connected to ISKCON Juhu. We have around 2-2.5 K devotees hearing this session today.
HH Anant Krishna Maharaj:
nama om vishnu-padayakrishna-preshthayabhutale
srimatebhaktivedanta-swaminitinamine
namastesaraswatedevegaura-vani-pracharine
nirvisheshashunyavadipashchatyadeshatarine
jayasri-krishna-chaitanya
prabhu nityananda
sri-adwaitagadadhara
shrivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
First of all, I want to pay my obesiancesunto Maharaj’s lotus feet and take his blessings. He gave a nice feedback for my Sannyasa initiation and he always gives me enthusiasm.HH Gaur Krishna Maharaj asked me to take blessings of Maharaj before taking Sannayasa. In Mira Road temple, I met Maharaj and asked for his mercy and he gave his personal association to me. In Juhu temple, he introduced me to HH Prahaladanand Swami Maharaj and furthertold Maharaj that I am aSannyasa candidate. I feel ashamed to speak in front of Maharaj but since this is a service to him, I will try to say something about Rama ji. It is just like showing a lamp in front of the sun. I will speak in my broken language.
Lord Rama appeared with his brothers in Ghatawangdynasty.Ghatawang’s son was Drigavayu, Drigvayu son’s was Raghu, Raghu’s son was Ajah, Ajah’s son was Dashrath Maharaj and Dashrath’s son was Sri Rama appeared with his four brothers who are part and parcels of Lord Vishnu which is calledas ChaturVyuh. He has presented his ideals in all his relations- as son and father, husbandand wife etc. He teaches the world through his actions.
ŚB 6.16.18-19
oṁnamastubhyaṁbhagavate
vāsudevāyadhīmahi
pradyumnāyāniruddhāya
namaḥsaṅkarṣaṇāya ca
namovijñāna-mātrāya
paramānanda-mūrtaye
ātmārāmāyaśāntāya
nivṛtta-dvaita-dṛṣṭaye
Translation
[Nārada gave Citraketu the following mantra.] O Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, who are addressed by the oṁkāra [praṇava], I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. O Lord Vāsudeva, I meditate upon You. O Lord Pradyumna, Lord Aniruddha and Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, I offer You my respectful obeisances. O reservoir of spiritual potency, O supreme bliss, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are self-sufficient and most peaceful. O ultimate truth, one without a second, You are realized as Brahman, Paramātmā and Bhagavān and are therefore the reservoir of all knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
He has presented his ideals in all his relations- as son and father, husband and wife, teacher and student, King and peopleetc. He teaches the world through his actions.
What is Ekashloki Ramayana? - Whole of Ramayana is said in just one shloka.
Answer: Whole of Ramayana is being explained in just one (Eka) shloka as given below:
adau Rama tapovananigamanam, Hathwamrugamkanchanam |
Vaidehi haranam, jatayumaranam, Sugreeva sambhashanam ||
vaalinigrahanam, samudrataranam, Lankapureedahanam |
Paschat Ravana Kumbhakarna hananam, EthatithiRamayanam ||
Translation
Sri Rama went to forest. He chased the deer. Sita was kidnapped, Jatayu was killed. There were discussions with Sugriva. Bali was killed. The ocean was crossed. Lanka was burnt and later Ravana and Kumbha karna were also killed. This is the story of Ramayanam.
When Lord was going to Chitrakoot via Prayagraj,and asked Khevat to take him to Chitrakoot. Khevat was a nice devotee of Lord. Khevat says that your lotus feet’s dust is very rare and my boat will be collapsed and my business will be collapsed. He should let him wash his feet. Because dust of his Lotus feet is so powerful.That even a stone turned into a very beautiful lady
What if something happened to my boat this is the only means of existence for me
Thus let me wash your feet first
Shloka
You can kill me but I want to wash your feet. How is this devotee. Rama said all three of you argued and now he is also doing that. So what can I do.
Shloka
Kausalya was not happy when Sita wanted to go to forest. She asked how will she survive in the jungle
Shloka
How will she face all the animals, monkeys. She never kept her feet on ground till now. Sita said tha where Sri Rama will stay there I will stay. So even Laxman didn’t listen. So he is also making this hatha. If you don’t want to wash you feet then you can go to a ghat where you can cross Ganga where you can cross my going across the river. So Rama ji said show me. So Kevat said that this is daytime if I show that path then who will travel from boat. Then Rama ji said what can I do? So kevat said I will show you that path in the evening and if you go in the daylight then customers will go away. But Rama said it is very difficult and sita is with me. He said I will show that path in evening only. So sita is very soft how will she cross? So he said if you are so admandant to go then why don’t you let me wash your feet.
Shloka
From whose feet ganga originates, whose feet have all the dhams and worlds. He agrees and says plz wash my feet. Then Kevat enthusiastically fills water from ganga in wooden vessel- khat ka vessel he brought. So this will examine that the lotus dust is actually very magically. Si Kevat kisses his lotus feet. So demigods are seeing at the bhagya pf this kevat. While washing his lotus feet and then he puts it on the ground and it get dirty again and then he again washes. He says that keep one feet in the wooden pot and one in my lap. Then Rama said I will fall. Kevat said Lord plz keep your hand on my head. Then he does the same. Watching this demigods recite the glories of his fortune. Then he takes the charanmrita. Nishad also use to serve Lord and saw that they used to sleep on ground and said wring words to Kaikeyi. He said that are you a kasiyi and the Laxman consoles him and says that whatever Lord wants this what destiny is we hv to accept it. Gaur Krishna Mahraj says that you have put mercy onme and when you embraced me I am glorified. Earlier people used to take bath whenever they saw my shadow also. So this is fortune. So he goes with them in Kevat. He says Kevat that it has a lot of holes to see where can we take this boat. So I am seeing the path how can we cross the path. Lord Rama says plz go faster I have to go far and then finally he makes him reach the destination and Rama ji stands on sand with sita ji and laxman ji. And Rama said that we have to give something to him. I don’t have anything to him. I f someone gives Tulasi to Lord, he gives everything to him. Sita mata understood him.
Sholoka
So just like rupagoswami understood CM. So similarly she gave her ring to Lord and he is very merciful, he wanted to give something.
Shloka
No one is as merciful as Rama. Kevat did a lot for Lord Rama. Rama said that I am giving you my most valuable thing, I and you hv same class. You don’t give anything when I go at your ghat, plz let me across. Rama ji smiled and asked him to keep this. Kevat says that when you come back you will again give me a chance to serve again. Even the hotels say the same thing. He says that you have increased my fortune. Whatever you give me I will then accept your gift. Now don’t give me anything. He is very intelligent and Ram ji understands that. Everything works under his guidance. Under your guidance only I could row this boat.
Shloka
Shloka
Everything is provided by you. Everything is yours. Ramji insisted to take that ting said you also have a family, so you should accept. He doesn’t accept. We perform our duties in material world just to attain Perfection by having connection with the Supreme personality of Godhead He sits in samadhi after Lord went for 14 years. He left everything and sat in samadhi. And gives everything in the service of Lord. When he returned back, he could a opportunity to serve again. And when this Kevat had attained that position then he felt no need to execute his duties any further.
I repeatedly thank HH Lokanatha swami Maharaj and HH Gaur Kishore das maharaj for this opportunity to serve
Let’s thank maharaj by chanting
We shall stop here and meet tmrw.
