Tattva-viveka

prema guru

Premanandini - October 19, 2008 11:00 pm

a nice story that i just heard in a class of sripad narayan maharaj:

 

Vrindadevi comes to Srimati Radhika, who is asking her:" Oh, my dear friend, where are you coming from, what have you done?"

Vrindadeva answered:" I come from your kunda and I was watching your beloved there....."

"Really, what did he do?"

 

"He was taking dancing lessions"

Srimati Radhika became suspicious:" Dancing lessions??? from whom??? who is his teacher???"

 

"it is you- he is seeing your picture in every leaf and in every krpa and he dancing after them - trying to reach you......

you are his guru - and he is your dancing disciple....."

 

radhikera prema guru ami sisya nata

Swami - October 19, 2008 11:41 pm
a nice story that i just heard in a class of sripad narayan maharaj:

 

Vrindadevi comes to Srimati Radhika, who is asking her:" Oh, my dear friend, where are you coming from, what have you done?"

Vrindadeva answered:" I come from your kunda and I was watching your beloved there....."

"Really, what did he do?"

 

"He was taking dancing lessions"

Srimati Radhika became suspicious:" Dancing lessions??? from whom??? who is his teacher???"

 

"it is you- he is seeing your picture in every leaf and in every krpa and he dancing after them - trying to reach you......

you are his guru - and he is your dancing disciple....."

 

radhikera prema guru ami sisya nata

 

 

Very sweet. Referenced from Cc 1.4 with a citation from GVL.

Syamasundara - October 20, 2008 8:02 am

Wow! I came across that very verse this morning! But it was Adi lila 4th chapter. Is that what you mean by 1.4?

Swami - October 20, 2008 11:49 am
Wow! I came across that very verse this morning! But it was Adi lila 4th chapter. Is that what you mean by 1.4?

 

 

1=adi 4=chapter 4

Premanandini - October 20, 2008 3:05 pm
Very sweet. Referenced from Cc 1.4 with a citation from GVL.

 

What/ who is GVL please????

Premanandini - October 20, 2008 3:06 pm
What/ who is GVL please????

 

ok i speculated- the only thing that comes in my mind that would fit: gopi vastraharan lila????

Swami - October 20, 2008 3:54 pm
ok i speculated- the only thing that comes in my mind that would fit: gopi vastraharan lila????

 

 

Well let's say you made a semi educated guess. No harm, but you were wrong. Its Govinda-lilamtra. It is sometimes abbreviated in this way. Understandably hard to guess. Krsnadasa Kaviraja makes the statement about Radha's prema and Krsna's discipleship and then cites Govinda-lilamrta as evidence. See Cc 1.4.124-125