{"id":1620,"date":"2009-01-26T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T15:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2009-01-30T10:49:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T05:19:38","slug":"please-ask-some-other-boon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/brihad-bhagvatamritam\/please-ask-some-other-boon\/","title":{"rendered":"BB 7.9 – Please ask some other boon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parikshit Mah\u00e2r\u00e2j said, “Mother! When N\u00e2rad heard this, he yelled, “Jai! Jai!” Then, strumming on his veen\u00e2<\/em> he sang ‘O Gokul-mahotsav[1]<\/sup><\/a>! O Yashod\u00e2-nandan! O Gopi-jana-manohar[2]<\/sup><\/a>!’ and many other sweet Braja-names of the Lord. Thus he started glorifying Sri Bhagav\u00e2n. The great sage had traveled to all the way from the Dash\u00e2shwamedh-gh\u00e2t of Pray\u00e2g right upto Dw\u00e2r\u00e2vati (Dw\u00e2rak\u00e2) and had spoken to so many devotees. He knew that all of them had obtained divine krip\u00e2<\/em> and were entirely devout in their own way. Yet now he wished to hear right from the ecstatic Sri Bhagav\u00e2n’s holy lips something that he had concealed in is heart. He knew that He is the crest-jewel of all generous people. He begged a supremely exquisite boon-his heartfelt wish – from Him. The holy sage said, ‘O Sri Krishna-chandra! You are bliss personified. By Your krip\u00e2<\/em>, let no one ever feel that he has had enough of Your bhakti<\/em> and krip\u00e2<\/em>. This is what I beg of You.’<\/p>\n

Sri Bhagav\u00e2n said, ‘N\u00e2rad! You are supposed to be the best of intellectuals! Yet, what sort of boon have you asked? Why, everyone knows that my bhakti<\/em> and krip\u00e2<\/em> are forever unsatiating. It is their nature. Bhakti<\/em> never quenches the devotee’s thirst, and he craves for more and more. It is the natural characteristic of bhakti<\/em> – so there is no point in praying specially for this. Dear sage! Starting from Pray\u00e2g you have wandered in many places and at last you have reached here. All the devotees that you heard and met are the recepinets of my krip\u00e2<\/em>. They have all received the auspicious benefits of my mercy and can deliver the world. Although they are different from one another depending on the type and amount of prem<\/em>, none of them is satisfied in any manner. Hence, please ask me some other boon.”<\/p>\n

(Commentary – N\u00e2rad had traveled from Pray\u00e2g to Dw\u00e2rak\u00e2. He had met and spoken to many devotees.\u00a0 The latter devotees were superior to the previous ones. At last he concluded that the Braja-gopis and Sri Radhik\u00e2 are the topmost devotees. Each devotee had gained the priceless gift of scaling the highest point in his or her own ras<\/em>. From this pont of view, they were absolutely devout. However, none of them were satisfied with their prem<\/em> and bhakti<\/em><\/a><\/strong>[A1]<\/a> <\/strong>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/sup><\/a> The Greatest Joy of Gokul (another name of Sri Krishna)<\/span><\/p>\n

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[2]<\/sup><\/a> The One Who steals the hearts of the Gopis<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parikshit Mah\u00e2r\u00e2j said, “Mother! When N\u00e2rad heard this, he yelled, “Jai! Jai!” Then, strumming on his veen\u00e2 he sang ‘O Gokul-mahotsav[1]! O Yashod\u00e2-nandan! O Gopi-jana-manohar[2]!’ and many other sweet Braja-names of the Lord. Thus he started glorifying Sri Bhagav\u00e2n. The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brihad-bhagvatamritam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1651,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions\/1651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}