This is a song which a devotee is praying and asking his mind, bhajahū re mana. Mana means mind. Because, at the present moment, our mind is the driver, and this body is just like a car... In the Bhagavad-gītā also it is stated, bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā (BG 18.61). This body is a car made of this material nature. The living entity, what is said, "I," I am now seated on this car prepared by the nature, material nature. And the driver is the mind. And the driver is not in my control. The driver is taking me anywhere he likes. You see? I am... Personally, I am not able to drive. I have engaged one driver, which is called the mind, and this body is the car, and the mind is carrying me like driver anywhere it likes. So therefore the proprietor, I, I am, I am requesting the driver... When I am helpless, so I am requesting, "My dear mind," bhajahū re mana, "my dear mind..." Mana means mind. "You kindly worship Lord Kṛṣṇa." Śrī-nanda-nandana. Śrī-nanda-nandana means Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Vasudeva, and He was accepted by Nanda Mahārāja as his, what is called? Son who is accepted from others? So he, he was His foster father. So he's reques... "I am requesting that you worship Lord Kṛṣṇa who is abhaya-caraṇa." Abhaya-caraṇa means He's the fearless shelter. If we take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, then we become free from all anxieties. Just like a helpless child, when he's taken care of by his parents, he becomes careless, carefree, not careless, carefree. "Similarly, I am requesting, my dear mind, you do not drive in this way, dangerously. Please worship Lord Kṛṣṇa who is fearless shelter." Bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana-abhaya-caraṇāravinda re: "His lotus feet is fearless shelter." One who takes shelter... As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). Now, either you say Kṛṣṇa or you say Superconsciousness... Superconsciousness is impersonal conception of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is personal conception of Superconsciousness. Because Kṛṣṇa means He's not only superconscious, but He's supreme bliss and supreme knowledge—supreme knowledge means superconsciousness—and eternal, supreme consciousness, supreme bliss. That is the definition of Kṛṣṇa. Now, then the devotee says that durlabha mānava-janama sat-saṅge taroho e bhava-sindhu re. Now, this body, this human body, is durlabha. Durlabha means very valuable. It is obtained with, after a great struggle of existence. We have to come through so many species of life: aquatics, birds, then trees, then reptiles, then beasts... There are so many, so many. There are eighty-four lakhs, means 8,400,000 species of life, and we had to pass through by gradual evolution. This theory is accepted by Darwin also, evolutionary theory. So this human body is very valuable. So he requests, "My dear mind,..." Mind, of course, in the lower animal life the mind is there also. Also mind is not developed, but they have got mind. It is a... In the very lower animal living condition, the mind is not at all developed, but at least, in animal life there is mind. Now, the devotee requesting that "This life, this human form of life, is very valuable. Don't waste it. Don't waste it, but you just to make your life successful in the association of saints and sages."
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This is a song by which a devotee is praying and asking his mind, bhajahū re mana. Mana means mind. Because, at the present moment, our mind is the driver, and this body is considered just like a car. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is also stated, bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā. This body is a car made of material nature. The living entity, what is said, "I," I am now seated in this car prepared by material nature, and the driver is the mind. But the driver is not under my control. The driver is taking me anywhere he likes. Personally, I am not able to drive. I have engaged a driver, which is called the mind, who is carrying me (the soul) anywhere it likes. So therefore the proprietor, I, being helpless, request the driver, "My dear mind," bhajahū re mana, "My dear mind, you kindly worship Lord Kṛṣṇa." Śrī-nanda-nandana. Śrī-nanda-nandana means Lord Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Vasudeva, and He was accepted by Nanda Mahārāja as His foster father. "I am requesting that you worship Lord Kṛṣṇa who is abhaya-caraṇa." Abhaya-caraṇa means He's the fearless shelter. If we take shelter of Kṛṣṇa, then we become free from all anxieties. Just like a helpless child, when he's taken care of by his parents, he becomes carefree. "Similarly, I am requesting, my dear mind, you do not drive in this way, dangerously. Please worship Lord Kṛṣṇa who is fearless shelter." Bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana-abhaya-caraṇāravinda re: "His lotus feet is fearless shelter." One who takes shelter, as the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja. Now, either you say Kṛṣṇa or you say Superconsciousness. Superconsciousness is the impersonal conception of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is the personal conception of Superconsciousness. Kṛṣṇa means that He's not only superconscious, but He's supreme bliss and supreme knowledge-supreme knowledge means superconsciousness-and eternal, supreme consciousness, supreme bliss. That is the definition of Kṛṣṇa. Now, then the devotee says that durlabha mānava-janama sat-saṅge taroho e bhava-sindhu re. Now, this body, this human body, is durlabha. Durlabha means very valuable. It is obtained after a great struggle of existence. We have to come through so many species of life: aquatics, birds, then trees, reptiles, then beasts. There are so many, so many different forms of life. There are eighty-four lakhs (8,400,000) species of life, and we had to pass through all of them by gradual evolution. This theory is accepted by Darwin also, evolutionary theory. This human form of body is very valuable. So he requests, "My dear mind, ..." Of course, in lower animal life the mind is there also. Their mind is not developed, but they have got mind. In the very lower animal living condition, the mind is not at all developed, but at least, in animal life there is mind. Now, the devotee is requesting that "This life, this human form of life, is very valuable. Don't waste it. Don't waste it, but you just try to make your life successful in the association of saints and sages." Yes. "So you should not associate with anybody else, but associate only with saints and sages and make this valuable human form of life successful. Don't waste your time. Worship Lord Kṛṣṇa with the help of the saints and sages, and make your life successful." That he is requesting. "Don't drive me into the ocean in this irresponsible way." It is also requested that "We are like in the ocean of birth and death." This material cosmic situation is sometimes compared as the ocean, and these planets, they are compared as islands. But actually, the planets are islands in the air. Just like there are islands in the sea and ocean, similarly, these planets are islands in the air, and there are so many air islands.
| Page Title: | Sri-nanda-nandana means |
| Compiler: | Rishab |
| Created: | 19 of Nov, 2012 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=1, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 2 |