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There are two words, gosvami and go-dasa. Persons who are servant of their senses, they are called materialistic go-dasa, and persons who are master of the senses, they are called gosvami

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You cannot become master. Actually, you become master of the senses when you are actually servant of Kṛṣṇa—otherwise it is not possible. There are two words, gosvāmī and go-dāsa. Persons who are servant of their senses, they are called materialistic go-dāsa, and persons who are master of the senses, they are called gosvāmī.

Caitanya Mahāprabhu has made easy to become such kind of great soul simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura, at the end he says, hā hā prabhu nanda-suta, vṛṣabhānu-sutā-juta. Again the sutā, the son, son of Nanda, and Rādhārāṇī, the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, They are standing. Kṛṣṇa . . . Vaiṣṇava, they do not worship Kṛṣṇa alone without Rādhārāṇī.

They do not worship Rāma without Sītā. They do not worship Nārāyaṇa without Lakṣmī. Because the Lord and the energy must be there. We don't say . . . we don't believe that God is without any energy. No. "Hare Kṛṣṇa." First the energy is addressed, Harā, Hare, then Kṛṣṇa.

So here also, Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura prays, "My dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are now present before me with Your internal potency, Your pleasure potency, Rādhā. So I am surrendering unto You." Hā hā prabhu nanda-sutā. And "Don't neglect me because I am so sinful, my past life is so black. Don't neglect me. Please accept me. Don't kick me away. I surrender unto You." This is the purport of this song.

So this instruction should be taken by all of us. The purificatory process is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. And as soon as our heart is purified, we completely become convinced that, "The Lord is Supreme. I am His eternal servant. I have forgotten this. Servant . . . my servitorship is there, but instead of serving the Lord, I am serving my senses. That's all.

I have never become the master. I am not master of my senses, I am the servant of my senses. That is my position." So why not becoming the servant of the Supreme instead of serving on the servant of the senses?

You cannot become master. Actually, you become master of the senses when you are actually servant of Kṛṣṇa—otherwise it is not possible. There are two words, gosvāmī and go-dāsa. Persons who are servant of their senses, they are called materialistic go-dāsa, and persons who are master of the senses, they are called gosvāmī. Gosvāmī.

They control the senses. The tongue wants to eat something which is not . . . "Oh," he controls. "Oh, tongue, you cannot taste these things. It is not kṛṣṇa-prasāda." Therefore he becomes gosvāmī, master. He does not allow the tongue to eat any nonsense thing except kṛṣṇa-prasāda. He cannot allow his senses, his anything, for sense gratification. Only for the service. That is called devotional service.

Page Title:There are two words, gosvami and go-dasa. Persons who are servant of their senses, they are called materialistic go-dasa, and persons who are master of the senses, they are called gosvami
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2022-09-21, 15:38:44
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