nama om visnu-padaya
krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
namas te sarasvate
deve gaura-vani-pracarine
nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
I offer my
respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krsna, having taken shelter of his lotus
feet.
Our respectful obeisances unto you, O
spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the
message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, whichh are
filled with impersonalism and voidism.
Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
(jaya)
sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda
sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda
Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu,
His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu,
and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is
always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are complete when we say, sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu
nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. As
preachers of the Krsna consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting this Panca-tattva mantra; then we
say Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama Rama, Hare Hare. There are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,
but these are not considered in the chanting of the Panca-tattva mantra,
namely sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara
srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is known as maha-vadanyavatara,
the most magnanimous incarnation, for He does not consider the offenses of the
fallen souls. Thus to derive the full benefit of the chanting of the maha-mantra
(Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama
Rama, Hare Hare), we must first take shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
learn the Panca-tattva mantra, and then chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.
That will be very effective.
Purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
hare krishna hare
krishna
krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare
The transcendental vibration
established by the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method of reviving
our Krsna consciousness. As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krsna
conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time
immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by the material atmosphere. The
material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called maya, or
illusion. Maya means "that which is not." And what is this
illusion? The illusion is that we are all trying to be lords of material
nature, while actually we are under the grip of her stringent laws. When a
servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, this is called
illusion. In this polluted concept of life, we are all trying to exploit the
resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more
entangled in her complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard
struggle to conquer nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory
struggle against material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our Krsna
consciousness.
Krsna consciousness is not an
artificial imposition on the mind; this consciousness is the original energy of
the living entity. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this
consciousness is revived. And this process is recommended for this age by
authorities. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by chanting
this maha-mantra, or the Great Chanting for Deliverance, one can at once feel a
transcendental ecstasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. And when one
is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding -- surpassing the stages
of senses, mind, and intelligence -- one is situated on the transcendental
plane. This chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare
Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is directly enacted from the spiritual
platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of
consciousness -- namely sensual, mental, and intellectual. There is no need,
therefore, to understand the language of the mantra, nor is there any need for
mental speculation or any intellectual adjustment for chanting this
maha-mantra. It springs automatically from the spiritual platform, and as such,
anyone can take part in the chanting without any previous qualification, and
dance in ecstasy. We have seen this practically. Even a child can take part in
the chanting, or even a dog can take part in it. Of course, for one who is too
entangled in material life, it takes a little more time to come to the standard
point but even such a materially engrossed man is raised to the spiritual
platform very quickly. When the mantra is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord
in love, it has the greatest efficacy on the hearers, and as such, this
chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that
immediate effects can be achieved. As far as possible, chanting from the lips
of nondevotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has
poisonous effects. The word Hara is the form of addressing the energy
of the Lord, and the words Krsna and Rama are forms of
addressing the Lord Himself. Both Krsna and Rama mean
"the supreme pleasure," and Hara is the supreme pleasure
energy of the Lord, changed to Hare in the vocative. The supreme
pleasure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord. The material energy,
called maya, is also one of the multi- energies of the Lord. And we,
the living entities, are also the energy -- marginal energy -- of the Lord. The
living entities are described as superior to material energy. When the superior
energy is in contact with the inferior energy, in incompatible situation
arises; but when the superior marginal energy is in contact with the superior
energy, called Hara, the living entity is established in his happy, normal
condition. These three words, namely Hare, Krsna, and Rama,
are the transcendental seeds of the maha-mantra. The chanting is a spiritual
call for the Lord and His internal energy, Hara, to give protection to the
conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for
its mother. Mother Hara helps the devotee achieve the grace of the supreme
father, Hari, or Krsna, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants
this mantra sincerely. No other means of spiritual realization, therefore, is
as effective in this age as chanting the maha-mantra: Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
(jaya) radha-madhava
(jaya) kunja-vihari
(jaya) gopi-jana-vallabha (jaya) giri-vara-dhari
(jaya) jasoda-nandana (jaya) braja-jana-ranjana
(jaya) jamuna-tira-vana-cari
Krsna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, the holder of the great hill named Govardhana, the beloved son of mother Yasoda, the delighter of the inhabitants of Vraja, and he wanders in the forests along the banks of the River Yamuna.