{"id":3447,"date":"2011-03-01T13:50:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T08:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2011-03-01T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T08:50:45","slug":"let-all-our-senses-soak-in-gouranga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_books\/sri-bishnupriya-in-gambheera\/let-all-our-senses-soak-in-gouranga\/","title":{"rendered":"Let all our senses soak in Gouranga"},"content":{"rendered":"

On hearing this song, Priy\u0101ji was overwhelmed with blissful prem. The depth of sakhi Amit\u0101\u2019s Gour-prem mesmerized her. She had no word to express her gratitude.\u00a0 Priy\u0101ji\u2019s eyes became prem\u0101nanda personified -they were radiating so much loveliness! Restraining her tears, she hugged Amita with one hand; and placed the other \u00a0hand under her chin. With a love-choked voice she said, \u201cSakhi! I wish I had even one drop of the fathomless Gour-prem that you possess!\u00a0 Ahh! How blessed would I have felt! You see the world Gour-full, wherever you gaze, you see Gour-vision, yes? When will I be so fortunate? \u201cPriy\u0101ji then turned to Kanchan\u0101 and cried, \u201cTell me Kanchane! Like Amit\u0101, if I too would have been so blessed to get Gour-darshan everywhere and in everything, then would your Nadiy\u0101-n\u0101gar Nabadweepchandra still remain in Neel\u0101chal?\u201d Speaking thus, Priy\u0101ji hid her face in her dear friend Kanchan\u0101\u2019s lap and started sobbing. Now Kanchan\u0101 could keep silent no more. The song of Gour-beauty and Gour-glory rang out musically from her sweet voice.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yath\u0101 r\u0101g<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

gour he !<\/span><\/p>\n

(taba) roop heri jobe, s\u0101dh hoy mone,<\/span><\/p>\n

(jodi) sarbendriya \u0101nkhi hoto,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0101mi por\u0101n bhoriy\u0101, roop nirakhiy\u0101,<\/span><\/p>\n

p\u0101it\u0101m such koto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(taba) gun shuni jobe, mone bh\u0101bi \u0101mi,<\/span><\/p>\n

(jodi) sarbendriya hoto k\u0101n,<\/span><\/p>\n

por\u0101n bhoriy\u0101 guna-g\u0101th\u0101 shuni,<\/span><\/p>\n

jur\u0101to mor pr\u0101n.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(taba) gun gahi jobe, mone hoy mor,<\/span><\/p>\n

(jodi ) sarbendriya hoto jihb\u0101,<\/span><\/p>\n

moner s\u0101dhete g\u0101hit\u0101m gun,<\/span><\/p>\n

uchchaihsware nishi dib\u0101.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(taba) shon\u0101r ange, moh moh kore,<\/span><\/p>\n

satata padma gandha,<\/span><\/p>\n

mone bh\u0101bi \u0101mi indriya sakali,<\/span><\/p>\n

(keno) hoy n\u0101 n\u0101sik\u0101 randhra?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(taba) sri anga m\u0101dhuri, parasho l\u0101lase,<\/span><\/p>\n

(jabe) twak hoy l\u0101l\u0101yito,<\/span><\/p>\n

mone bh\u0101bi \u0101mi, sarbendriya jodi<\/span><\/p>\n

twake hoto parinoto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(\u0101mi) por\u0101n bhoriy\u0101 anga \u0101lingiy\u0101,<\/span><\/p>\n

jud\u0101t\u0101m hrdi jw\u0101l\u0101,<\/span><\/p>\n

sob such bhuli parasher sukhe,<\/span><\/p>\n

hoit\u0101m \u0101mi bhol\u0101.<\/span><\/p>\n

(\u0101mi) such n\u0101hi p\u0101i, ekendriyo sebe,<\/span><\/p>\n

tom\u0101r m\u0101dhuri r\u0101shi,<\/span><\/p>\n

ekoi samaye, sarabo indriy\u0101<\/span><\/p>\n

b\u0101d s\u0101dhe keno \u0101shi?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0101mi ei bor ch\u0101i, ekendriya dw\u0101re,<\/span><\/p>\n

(jobe) anubhabi taba sanga,<\/span><\/p>\n

(mor) anyendriyo, rodh kore diye,<\/span><\/p>\n

(tumi) koro mor sane ranga.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

sarbendriyo diye, ekoi samaye,<\/span><\/p>\n

seb\u0101 n\u0101hi kor\u0101 jay,<\/span><\/p>\n

apuron rohe hridoyer s\u0101dh,<\/span><\/p>\n

(mor) jay n\u0101ko h\u0101y h\u0101y !<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

sarbendriyo mor, ek hoye j\u0101k,<\/span><\/p>\n

(\u0101mi) je seb\u0101 jokhon kori,<\/span><\/p>\n

harid\u0101siy\u0101r jeebonero s\u0101dh,<\/span><\/p>\n

pur\u0101o gourahari.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meaning – \u00a0O Gour, when I behold your gorgeous beauty I wish all my organs would become eyes so that I could see you to my heart\u2019s content and go mad in ecstasy. When I hear your excellences I wish all my organs would transform into ears so that your glory would soothe my heart. When I sing your glory I wish all my organs would become tongues so that I could loudly glorify you all day and night. Your golden form is agog with the fragrance of lotuses \u2013 O why don\u2019t all my organs transform into nostrils? You are so gorgeous that I crave to touch you \u2013 O why do all my organs not become skin so that I could embrace your sweet self? I would be so immersed in bliss that I would have forgotten everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your sweetness is so immense that I am not contented to relish it with one sense organ alone, since the moment I start savoring your sweetness, the other sense organs pose obstacle. When I behold your beauty, I am so spellbound that my tongue refuses to chant your sweet name. Similarly your fragrance enchants me such that I cannot keep my eyes open to take your darshan. Alas! It is impossible to serve you simultaneously with all the senses! Therefore I pray to you – please let me relish your loveliness to my heart\u2019s content with at least one sense organ. Poet Harid\u0101si begs that let all her organs merge into the one that is serving you according your wish and pleasure, so that she may serve you to the fullest extent.<\/span>[1]<\/span><\/span><\/a> Please fulfill her wish.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Priy\u0101ji is still lying in Kanchan\u0101\u2019s lap. Darling Kanchan\u0101! Her Gour-prem is so deep! Her Gour-anur\u0101g is so serious! Priy\u0101ji was wonderstruck and full of prem\u0101nanda. She lifted herself and most lovingly took both her sakhis in tight embrace. Her face was bathed in tears of prem. She hid her face in Kanchan\u0101\u2019s bosom and silently shed copious tears. She had lost all capacity to speak. Her tears flowed like the torrential rain in the month of Shr\u0101van and seemed to flood with Gour-prem the Gour-home that was now devoid of Gour.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We learn from Priy\u0101ji the manner of exclusive Bhajan, steadfast Bhajan, and the result of such deep Bhajan.\u00a0 Priy\u0101ji is revealing to us that, in Kaliyug our Bhajan has to be soaked in tears. However we must note that like Priy\u0101ji our tears have to be silent; we should not cry loudly and beat our chests. Our hearts must palpitate loudly and cry out silently in Gour-viraha. It should wrench in pain that will bring the pleasure of prem, just like tasting hot sugarcane juice. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some moments passed in this manner. Although it was only evening time, the Mah\u0101gambheer\u0101 Mandir of Nadiy\u0101 was silent. The servants, animals and birds were all expressing their solidarity with Priy\u0101ji in her viraha and assisting her in Aik\u0101ntiki Bhajan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a long time Priy\u0101ji controlled her feeling of Gour-viraha and gradually came to her external sense. Taking Kanchan\u0101\u2019s both hands in her own, she spoke very softly in a tear-choked voice.\u00a0 She cried in prem, \u201cbeloved sakhi Kanchane! You are the instructress of Gour-prem! From where did you learn such beautiful words? Why, I never knew such sweet bh\u0101v before ! Today I learnt \u0101tmanivedanam<\/span>[2]<\/span><\/span><\/a> from you. O sakhi! I choose you to be my Guru for Gour-prem. You took so much mercy on me and soothed my scorching heart by your sweet Gour-kath\u0101. Had you not been so merciful I would have long ago drowned myself in the Gang\u0101.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Priy\u0101ji\u2019s humility was such that Kanchan\u0101 started wondering what to reply. Instead of giving Kanchan\u0101 a chance to reply, Priy\u0101ji folded her palms and begged her to sing one more Gour-song. Kanchan\u0101 was visibly embarrassed. She said, \u201cSakhi! If you embarrass me in this manner I will not be able to do anything for you. I am merely your maid servant who does your bidding. Since you command me to sing, I shall obey you. Please listen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

[1]<\/span><\/span><\/a> For example, when we utter the sweet name of\u00a0 Gourasundar, we feel so blissful that we cannot keep our eyes open and take darshan. His loveliness stupefies All other organs too and they cannot function.\u00a0 Therefore the poet is praying, \u201c Dear\u00a0 Gourahari , please make all the organs merge into my tongue when I chant your Holy Name so that my tongue\u00a0 become s extremely powerful and it can serve you to the best of its capacity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/span><\/span><\/a> Total self-surrende<\/span>r<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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