Issue No.

262 r Ram Ekda 23 October 2011 Circulation 5,000

Best of Kings
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Spotless Literature
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja
The Interrogation
from Srila Jiva Goswamis Gopal Champu
BEST OF KINGS
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
People should not expect that even in the Krishna Consciousness Society there will be utopia. Because Since
devotees are persons, therefore there will always be some lacking but the difference is that their lacking,
because they have given up everything to serve Krishnamoney, !obs, reputation, wealth, big educations,
every one of these everythingtheir lackings have become transcendental. "his is because, despite everything
they may do, their topmost intention is to serve Krishna. #ord Krishna says in the Bhagavad$g%ta &'.()*, +,ne
who is engaged in devotional service, despite the most abominable action, is to be considered saintly because
he is rightly situated.- "he devotees of Krishna are the most exalted persons on this planet, and are better than
kings, all of them. So we should always remember that and, like the bumblebee, always look for the nectar or
the best .ualities of a person. /ot like the utopians, who are like the flies, and who always go to the open sores
or find the faults in a person, and because they cannot find any utopia, or because they cannot find anyone
without faults, they want to become void, merge, or become nothing. Such people they think that is utopia
means to become void of a personality. So if there is are sometimes slight disagreements between devotees, it
is not due to impersonalism, but it is because they are persons, and such disagreements should not be taken
very seriously. "he devotee is always pessimistic about the material world, but he is very optimistic about the
spiritual life. so 0n this way, you should consider that anyone engaged in Krishna1s service is always the best
person. &#etter, Bombay, 2 3ebruary 4'56* 7
SPOTLESS LITERATURE
Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami !ahara"a
Sriman 8ahaprabhu1s opinion is that 9r%mad Bh:gavatam is the spotless proof, and it contains prema$
bhakti$tattva has been said here. ;nd we accept 9r%mad Bh:gavatam in that manner. <e never aspire for any
other literature. Prema=bhakti will be developed only by hearing 9r%mad Bh:gavatam, and thereby you will be
able to con.uer the uncon.uerable that uncon.uerable is Krishna. >ow is Krishna is con.uered? >e is
con.uered only by bhakti.
/ow Currently, the d:modara$m:sa month is going on. <e are daily chanting d:modar:@Aakam. 8other
Bashoda binds >im. <ho else can bind him? >e only becomes bound up only by the rope of love, the rope of
prema=bhakti. 8other Bashoda has such devotion, such bhakti, Cuddha$v:tsalya, mother Basoda binds >im
because she has such pure, loving devotion, v:tsalya$rasa, so she could bind.... .uote... that by with such bhakti
he becomes bound up. By such bhakti >e becomes con.uered and such bhakti you can develop only by
hearing 9r%mad Bh:gavatam. Bou may not do any other s:dhana, only hear 9r%mad Bh:gavatam, and follow
the process of CravaDam. Parikshit 8ahara!a didn1t do any other s:dhana. >e constantly heard the Bh:gavatam
for seven days continuously, with concentrated attention, putting full faith in it, from the lips of Shukadev
Eoswami and he achieved the supreme perfection. "hat is the result of attentively hearing the 9r%mad
Bh:gavatam. 7
3rom an undated lecture on 9r%mad Bh:gavatam 4.5.6F.
TE INTERROGATION
from Srila Jiva Goswamis Gopal Champu
adho$mukh%$kGtya bal:d udHkhalaI
niviCya tasyopari caJcalek@aDam
k%C:ya sarpir dadataI prasHK sutaI
v%k@ya smitaI pr:pa tath: ca vismitam
<hen 8other Bashoda saw that her son had used his might to turn over a particular mortar, sit upon it and give
away the butter to the monkey, she was surprised as she smiled mildly.
gha pratasthe kta!mo"am tmaja
dhartu prasr e"a nirk"#a $dravat
prasiddhir e" kha%u %okata& ata
dor mata hartari bhartari dvayam
0n order to catch her son who had acted like a thief, she sneaked towards him. >e however, saw
her coming from a distance and ran away in a !iffy. 0n fact, isn1t it well known amongst everyone
that a thief has hundreds of eyes, whereas the guardian has only two?
sa khalu dpta kh-mgas tu navantn tpta paa-veita-yaim et dv
drutam eva khm rha
"he proud monkey who by now was fully satisfied by the butter he had received, suddenly saw a
stick wrapped in a cloth in the hands of 8other Bashoda coming towards him, and he made no
mistake in .uickly climbing up a tree branch.
atha dravanta sutam anvagt pras&
prasna!v"'i!pratha!kea!(andhan)
kva #si re $oravareti ja%pit
ntisphua-krandana-hsa-sundaram
Seeing her son running away too, 8other Bashoda started chasing him. 0n this chase, flowers
started showering from her hair. She immediately said, +<here do you think you1re running
away, , king of thieves?- >earing this, he simultaneously cried mildly while simultaneously
displaying a beautiful smile.
toka dhartu s sampe*pi ghra
dhvant tat prpa dhvan na mt
prga+$anta v#u!vegt prat$
stokmbhoda yadvad ambhoda-vth
;lthough she was running close to him, she could not catch him, !ust as a huge mass of clouds in
the west blown eastward by the winds cannot catch up to a small cloud situated in the east.
atha pura!dvra na mtur gamana!dvram iti matv pa%#ana!grahi%as tad!diam
eva jagrha) janan tu tadn tatrjanat jnat tam evnu#tavat) tata $a,
#addravat p"'ham ank"am-as
tad na %e(he pthuko janan#
#ad (ha#d vk"itavn sa pa$t
tad taysau !aghe kare"a
#ooking at a particular gate, and thinking that this is not a gate used by 8other Bashoda, he ran
swiftly in that direction. 8other Bashoda too followed him, in places where nobody was present.
<hen he ran without looking behind, he could not be caught by his mother. >owever, when he
fearfully looked behind, she .uickly caught him by the hand.
sa $a tathpi.
ak"i- drava!gam#a sk"i-
rodana krud!uda#a!pra-odanam
$%ana vapu"i dhr"'#a!p%ana
savn avinaya na mavn
;s soon as this happened, the two eyes of Krishna became moist and started acting as his aides
in trying to find a way out of this situation. >e also began crying in order to mitigate the anger of
8other Bashoda. >e also manifested convulsions in his body in order to protect his audacity.
nirmame prasa(ham am(a# mukha
sammukha nijaior #ad #ad
sarpir!arpita!vi%epana tad
rka"ya tad aghukad ea #a
<henever 8other Bashoda tried to forcibly pull his face towards her, he hid it in order to conceal
the butter, and in this way tried to make his face look dry.
tata $a.
va"'i $ed (ata (havn gha!mu"'i
#a"'im ka%a#a mat!kara!m"'m
ittham u$$akitite kama%k"e
t !ahau ni!a!ahau vra!a-r!$
"hereafter, she instilled fear in him by saying, +Before you steal in your own home, take a look
at thisL-, and she showed him the stick. Seeing that her lotus$eyed son was terrified, she then
gave up the stick.
m meti vadat tena, $ora $oreti g&!ka%im
rahas saha s rj+ sahas sahastanot
aho rjsi $or-, $ors tvat!pit!gotraj&
ity dy a#akalan mt iun gavya-#ori"
The conversation thereafter was as follows,
Krishna: !other" #lease $o not beat %e with that stic&.'
!other: (ou)re a thief" (ou)re a thief" Not onl* that, *ou)re the &in+ of all thieves"'
Krishna: Thieves are born in the fa%il* of *our father, not %ine"'
<hile speaking cleverly in this way, 8other Bashoda smiled a little.
ki $a.
dadhi!ma-a& katha kha-o/ da-o*#a parameitu&
ghta kya ka prdd% asau yena vinirmita
Thereafter,
!other: ,ow $i$ the -ot containin+ the *o+urt brea&.'
Krishna: It)s a -unish%ent in/icte$ b* the 0u-re%e 1or$.'
!other: 2ho +ave the +hee to that %on&e*.'
KrishnaM +>e who created the monkeyL-
a0ke svdu0kram ittha sad tva
#aj+0g#a %ek"i hai#a0gavnam)
eva $ora0kram am( iu ta
praty kroanty rdra-#itt babhva
!other: I have %* $oubts that *ou alwa*s ta&e awa* an$ eat this butter, which is an
i%-ortant -art of all sacri3ces.'
<hile chastising him like this, she became choked with emotions.
tata& sa!saram(ha vihas#a, sarahas#am u$#atm, dam(ha $a mu$#atm iti mtr
p"'a& s"'a!rodana!netra& putra uv$a.
tva## ud(ha'a pradravant#m a0ghr#& ka'aka!gha''ant
asphu'ad dadhi!ma-as#a gha'a&, k mama dh"'at/
ko*#am a!nirdi"'a& pravi"'a& sadma mu"'a#e
k"'a& sarpi&!parm"'o ma#, k mama du"'at/
tathpi tvm tta!#a"'i d"'v dudrava $oravat
tva punar m vth bhtam api dudrotha nirdayam
Thereafter, she s%ile$ in an an+r* wa* an$ tol$ 4rishna,
!other: 5ive u- all *our secrec*, an$ tell %e the truth"'
4rishna then starte$ cr*in+ an$ re-lie$ as follows,
KrishnaM +, 8otherL <hen you ran for protecting the milk from getting spilled over, your foot
dashed against one of the pots and broke it. <hat mischief have 0 done in that? 8oreover, that
monkey, who was inspired by the Supreme #ord himself, started stealing butter from our home.
<hen 0 was taking back the butter from him, you saw me. /ow tell me, what mischief have 0
done in that? Seeing that you were carrying that heavy stick in your hands, 0 had no option but to
run away. >owever, you still continued running after me like a heartless person.-
atha snutpam iva mt prha&re v#o-yuktimattama #orottama' tva narottama-!to(pi
vnara-priyo vnara-praktir evsi sutas tu sa-bhaya sabhaya-pradnam apy uv#a&tato
vanam eva praviya sthsymi
Thereafter, !other (asho$a who was la%entin+ her actions a little sai$ sincerel* to her
son,
!other: O %ost e6-ert lo+ician of all" O best a%on+st all thieves" 7lthou+h *ou are
the son of 8ra9ara9 Nan$a !ahara9a, *ou still show a:ection for the %on&e*s. (our
nature is 9ust li&e a %on&e*. !a*be *ou shoul$ sta* in a forest.'
KrishnaM +0f this is so, if you think that 0 am a monkey, then so be itL 3rom today 0 shall go to
the forests and live with them.-
atha mt sabhaya #intitavat) ko !nyt) kuryd apda mn tarhi tan-nibandhana
bandhanam eva sandheyam
,earin+ this, !other (asho$a thou+ht in her %in$, !a*be he %i+ht en$ u- $oin+
e6actl* that. In or$er to -revent hi% fro% esca-in+ to the forest, it is better to tie hi%
u- to a -lace.'
In this wa*, !other (asho$a tie$ her son to the %ortar. "
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