Desirable (CC and Other Books)
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
Devotees also offer their respects to Hanumān, who always remained a servant of Lord Rāma. The great devotee Hanumān prayed:
- bhava-bandha-cchide tasyai spṛhayāmi na muktaye
- bhavān prabhur ahaṁ dāsa iti yatra vilupyate
"I do not wish to take liberation or to merge in the Brahman effulgence, where the conception of being a servant of the Lord is completely lost." Similarly, in the Nārada-pañcarātra it is stated:
- dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣeṣu necchā mama kadācana
- tvat-pāda-paṅkajasyādho jīvitaṁ dīyatāṁ mama
"I do not want any one of the four desirable stations. I simply want to engage as a servant of the lotus feet of the Lord." King Kulaśekhara, in his very famous book Mukunda-mālā-stotra, prays:
- nāhaṁ vande tava caraṇayor dvandvam advandva-hetoḥ
- kumbhī-pākaṁ gurum api hare nārakaṁ nāpanetum
- ramyā-rāmā-mṛdu-tanu-latā-nandane nābhirantuṁ
- bhāve bhāve hṛdaya-bhavane bhāvayeyaṁ bhavantam
"My Lord, I do not worship You to be liberated from this material entanglement, nor do I wish to save myself from the hellish condition of material existence, nor do I ever pray for a beautiful wife to enjoy in a nice garden. I wish only that I may always be in full ecstasy with the pleasure of serving Your Lordship." (MM 4) In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also there are many instances in the Third and Fourth cantos in which devotees pray to the Lord simply to be engaged in His service, and nothing else (SB 3.4.15, 3.25.34, 3.25.36, 4.8.22, 4.9.10 and 4.20.24).
Page Title: | Desirable (CC and Other Books) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Serene |
Created: | 11 of Aug, 2012 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=8, OB=10, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 18 |