HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

Lord Balarama Appearance Day

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We would like to thank all of you for kindly coming and giving u your
aociation on thi aupiciou evening! "hi evening we are cele#rating the
appearance of Lord Sri Balaramji! $t i a mot important event #ecaue
without properly undertanding the mercy of Lord Balaram and
undertanding how to ac%uire Hi cauele mercy it i mot di&cult to
follow the path of true Bhakti! $n the Srimad Bhagvatam it decri#e on that
faithful evening of the wedding ceremony of 'audev and Devaki on the
chariot a (ama the #rother of Devaki wa driving her to 'audev) palace!
At that time a reounding and ominou voice appeared in the ky* +(ama
you are a fool! ,ou are taking uch nice care of your iter not knowing that
the eighth child the eighth on of your iter Devaki will #e the caue of your
death!- Ha. he #ecame very very much ditur#ed! When once conider
oneelf to #e thi material #ody which i the fundamental illuion of all
#ondage and u/ering within thi material e0itence then one perform even
mot a#omina#le1 atrociou activitie imply to protect the ene
grati2cation of thi dying #ody! 3ut of fear (ama took the hair of Devaki1
took hi word and wa a#out to ever her head from her #ody! "hi i the
nature of a peron who i too much controlled #y the ene! ,ou can never
trut them! 4ven if they appear to #e your #et well wihing loving friend
doing o many favor for you! $f you interfere in their ene grati2cation they
can turn againt you and #e your wort enemy! (ama wa acting like uch a
loving #rother! 5an you imagine thi geture he wa uch a powerful king he
had o many ervant1 o many charioteer #ut out of love for hi iter at
leat phyical love for hi iter he wa willing to take the poition of her
charioteer which i actually %uite a menial ervice! 6ut to pleae her1 jut to
make her feel very much comforted when going to a trange place like her
hu#and home!
So a one moment he wa going out of hi way to how hi love and repect
#ut a oon a he found out that hi iter wa a threat to hi ene
enjoyment at the ne0t moment he wa ready to ruthlely 789:8; cold
heartedly kill her! "hi i material life! "herefore +the hatra ay we can
only trut omeone whoe ene are alway controlled #y #eing engaged in
the loving ervice of the Lord-! Beide uch devotee we really never know
who i our friend and who i our enemy and who i jut uper2cially
appearing to #e our friend<
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So 'audev with o many argument trying to convince to top #ut (ama
#ecaue he wa o infatuated with fear he couldn)t hear the philoophy #ut
he wa a#le to hear negotiation! What wa the negotiation< $ will give you all
the children you have nothing to fear from your iter #ut the children $ will
give them all to you1 you can do whatever you like with them! And 'audev
wa uch a man of honor that he kept thi promie a painful a it wa1 uch
a man of virtue in thi day and age! Although it i e0plained in (aliyuga of
the four leg of religion truthfulne i only the one i urviving at all! 4ven
truthfulne i dwindling o much! "hat people would turn away from their
word o %uickly o whimically without even thinking twice if it i
convenient! But amongt civili=e people when you give your word you hould
die #efore you #reak it! Ha. when you make a vow you hould die #efore
you #reak it! "here i no dignity in depth triving and going on living without
maintaining very honora#le life! >ow a day1 people take vow #efore their
piritual mater and if it #ecome di&cult ha. $ will no longer keep thi vow
or if they meet ome#ody and they are little ome more inpired #y oh? $ like
him #etter! Ha.!"hi i uncivili=ed concioune! $f we actually want to
attract the heart of (rna we have to live #y our vow live #y our word and
'audev wa uch a e0treme e0ample of thi!
When the 2rt child wa #orn 'audev #rought the child to (ama here he i
your! (ama* you are uch an honet peron! $ have nothing to fear from
thi child $t) the eighth #ut due to that when 'audev wa walking away
with the child he already had e0perience of (ama one minute he wa o
nice to Devaki and in the econd he i ready to kill her! He wa thinking you
can)t trut any#ody who doen)t controlled their mind and ene! He may
#e aying nice thing now however he do tomorrow and ure enough due to
evil aociation then very hortly after that he killed the child in prion
'audev and Devaki! And in that prion i0 children were #orn! 5onecutively
and each one (ama would #rutally1 cold #loodedly murdered right #efore
their eye!
Appearance o5 Lord Balaram (010"136) !o (01#21#0)
But the eventh child wa a divine incarnation the very 2rt e0panion of the
Supreme @eronality of Aodhead Sankarhan appeared within the wom# of
Devaki! How #rilliant and e/ulgent he wa and how joyful he wa! She
could undertand that divinity ha entered into my wom#! Ha. at that time
Lord Sri (rna He called upon Hi ,ogamaya potency and He intructed her
that $ want you to tranfer thi #eautiful child who wa none other than
Balaram My original e0panion the 2rt of all incarnation of Aodhead to the
wom# of Rohini from the wom# of Devaki! See 'audev had everal wive
two of which were Devaki and Rohini! >ow at the time when (ama wa
perecuting o much 'audev and Devaki and put them in prion 'audev
entruted hi other wife Rohini to live in the cowherd village of hi dear mot
friend >anda Maharaj! So he wa living in Aokul along with >anda and
,ahoda and under the protection of the 'rajavai he wa living in a very
very happy life! So thi child wa tranfer to her wom#! And it wa on the full
moon night of the month of Sravan that thi #eautiful child wa #orn Sri
Balaramji!
When we peak of 'ihnu "attva Balaram) preence i mot important! $t i
decri#ed in the Bhagvat1 in the Brahma Samhita1 in the 5haitanya*
charitamrit* +krihna tu #hagwan wayam!- "hat (rna i the original form
of the a#olute truth! +Aovindam Bdi*puruCaD tam ahaD #hajBmi!- He i the
EAdipurua) the original peron! >ow when (rna in the piritual world in
Aoloka 'rindavan when He want to enjoy trancendental lila 2rt He
e0pand Himelf to a 'ai#hava @rakah a Baladev! +Baladev i the original
ervitor Aodhead!- He i (rna Himelf appear to erve (rna and how doe
He appear to erve (rna<
Balaram+i7. 2ni8ue 9er.onali!y (01#21##) !o (01#"1##)
Balaram i uni%ue there wa no other peronality like Him #ecaue Sri
Baladev Balaramji1 He take part in all the 2ve raa intimately with Sri
(rna! A Shanta raa1 it i Balaramji who e0pand Himelf through Hi
energy to create Aoloka 'rindavan! "he piritual world of Aoloka i the
e0panion of the energy of Balaram the land which i an all of the
urrounding imply o/ering the mot weet and loving ervice to the Lord!
Balaram alo e0pand Himelf through Hi energy a (rna) crown1 a
(rna) Fute1 a (rna) leeper1 a (rna) cloth1 a all of (rna)
ornament! $t i all Balaram Himelf jut appearing in thee mot wonderful
form jut to give pleaure and ervice to Sri (rna and to ait to Him in
attracting the heart of all living #eing in #eautiful decorated form! Ha.
you ee (rna i all attractive! "he upreme pleaure of Lord (rna) Fute to
attract everyone) heart! So when Balaram) appear i the mot #eautiful
crown1 the mot #eautiful Fute1 the mot #eautiful jewel the mot #eautiful
lightning golden colored dhoti! He ait (rna #y decorating Hi #ody in
uch a way that Hi attraction #ecome more attractive to attract the heart
of all! So thi i how Balaramji appear in the Shanta raa! A far a Daya
Raa whatever Balaram doe i in the mood of the menial ervant imply
trying to pleae Sri (rna Hi #rother! A Sakhaya raa He appear a (rna)
friend! "hey wretle together1 they play together1 they dance together1 they
herd the cow together1 they argue together and they 2ght together! Why<
All in the mood of jut giving pleaure to (rna! 6ut to upply ervice to the
Lord and #ecaue Balaramji i (rna) elder #rother He alo ha 'atalya
Raa relationhip #ecaue a elder #rother ometime He take that poition*
+(rna1 it late go home1 it time to wake up!- Ha. +(rna1 Aopal today i
your #irthday you can)t go out and play you mut tay home!- Sometime in
the foret he would when there wa danger! He would #e very protective like
a parent to Lord Sri (rna #ecaue i!e! the way an elder #rother i uppoed
to #e! And in Madhya raa conjugal love you ee Balaram1 can)t directly take
part in that lila with (rna #ecaue it) em#arraing when (rna i dancing
with Aopi for the elder #rother to #e there whoe kind of like a parent
Balaram doen)t want to create an uncomforta#le ituation o He e0pand
Himelf a Anangamanjari! How clever Balaramji i #ecaue Radha and (rna
their relationhip i the ame a the peak the ultimate and loving
reciprocation in Madhurya Raa and #ecaue o many ecrete grandioe
#etween Radha and (rna take place! Radharani i very much afraid
Balaram! And out of great repect Balaram i very much afraid of Radharani
#ecaue He know what Her relationhip i with (rna! So "hey more or le
have their eparate lila in o many way! But till Balaram want to ait
the love a/air of Radha and (rna! So He appear a Anangamanjari who
happen to #e Radharani) younger iter and He live in the ame houe
are! And He i actually the mot intimate con2dential iter aociate of
Radharani and He i contantly playing with Radharani and making all
wonderful arrangement for Her to meet with (rna! So in thi way Balaram
He provide ervice to (rna in all the 2ve primary Raa and He i purely
uni%ue in thi manner!
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And it i e0plained thi i happening in Aoloka 'rindavan1 when for the
purpoe of creation from (rna He 2rt e0pand a Balaram! Grom Balaram i
the e0panion of Sankarhan1 Aniruddha1 @radhumnya and 'audev! Grom
that 5aturvyHha i the e0panion of >arayan the Lord of 'aikuntha! Grom that
e0panion i e0panded the econdary @radumya1 Aniruddha1 'audev and
Sankarhan! Grom that Sankarhan i incarnated Adihankar who i the
original Lord Shiva! Actually ytematically we can undertand that I
+vaihnava nama yatha ham#hu!- "hat Shiva i the greatet the upreme
mot of all 'aihnava why #ecaue he i an e0panion of the original
piritual mater Balaram! >ow that ame Shankarhan alo e0pand Himelf
when it) time for creation a (aranodakhayee 'ihnu1 Mahavihnu from
Mahavihnu ha.! "he planet emanate from Hi #ody the univere He
enter into each univere a Aar#hodakhayee 'ihnu and then He enter
into the heart of every living #eing a (hirodakhayee 'ihnu! And all of the
variou incarnation it come in thi world! Mayavatara1 'arahavatara1
>arainghavatara1 'amanavatara1 Ramavatara they are all incarnation of
that (hirodakhayee 'ihnu! So in thi way we can undertand that Balaram
i the ource of all incarnation!
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But He i alway in the mood of ervitor #ecaue +He i the Supreme
@eronality of Aodhead in the mood of ervitor! He i conidered to #e the
original piritual mater!- $n Aoloka 'rindavan we alway ee in picture
(rna alway hold Hi Fute and Balaramji alway hold plough! "hi i very
igni2cant alo why it i (rna carry Hi Fute< "o imply attract and charm
the heart of all living #eing to Hi loving ervice! And why Balaramji carrie
plough< What to we do with a plough< We clear the road! We prepare the
2eld o that the eed will grow! 4ither ue of plough for that purpoe in
agriculture or even to make road to clear the o#tacle o original piritual
mater Balaramji i peroni2ed with Hi plough for the purpoe of 2rt of all
the guru plough our heart! Hi word are like plough to make our heart
nice and oft o that the eed of devotion can grow and #e attracted to the
weet ound of (rna) Fute! >ow we mut undertand that when the dirt of
the ground i very dry! $t ha to #e ploughed and that plowing it) not a very
pleaura#le thing for the earth the ground ha #eing ripped the part! 6ut
#eing ripped and ripped and ripped! Ha. o thi i the purpoe of a guru1 to
weep our heart apart until it #ecome very oft to jut plough it1 plough it
and plough it until all the hardne due to the fale ego and pride and illuion
and lut and anger and greed! He ha to make our heart oft for the eed of
love can grow in it! "hat) would Balaram) plough i for! "hrough Hi
repreentative the piritual mater He often and prepare the 2eld of our
heart for the eed of love to #e attracted to the weet Fute of Sri (rna! And
a far a clearing the road the piritual mater clear all o#tacle from our
piritual path jut like one ue a plough for that purpoe! And the piritual
mater i conider to #e the repreentative of Sri Balaramji in all of the
wonderful incarnation of the upreme Lord that the principle incarnation
we 2nd that Balaram preent a >arayan1 Balaram appear a Shankarhan1
Shehanaga He #ecome the Lord) #ed! La0mi i maaging Hi feet and
Balaram i Hi #ed1 Hi reting place!
La>man7. )er3ice A!!i!ude (012=1=#) !o (013"13=)
$n the Avatar of Sri Ramachandra Balaramji appear a Hi younger #rother
La0man and what wa La0man) contant meditation< +Simply to #e the
ervant of Rama1 alway wanting to erve!- He wa o an0iou to erve that
He wa doing all the ervice! $t i decri#e ha. $t i the tory of how Sita
Devi when he married Ram he came #ack to Ayodhya! Ha.And he
wanted to have nice1 intimate1 con2dential lila with Ram and do nice ervice
for Him #ut wherever he wa La0man wa right their He wa jut guarding
Rama Hi #ow and arrow and anything Rama needed He wa jut #efore He
could even think of what He needed! La0man anticipated it and headed it
right their! And Sita wa thinking that you know1 what i thi< $ can)t even #e
alone with my hu#and! $ have nothing to do for Him! "hi La0man i doing
everything! So he approached Ram and he told Him that Sri Rama pleae
may #e you can ak La0man to do omething ele and go omewhere ele
for ometime and Rama wa thinking how can $ do that< $f $ take Sita) ide
La0man will #e angry! $f $ take La0man) ide Sita will #e angry! So1 $ can)t
make deciion in thi regard o let u take thi matter to our Auru 'ahita
Muni he will! "hi i the function of a Auru to make deciion that no #ody
ele like to make! 7Laughing; $t) not an eay jo#! So Rama and La0man and
Sita came together #efore 'ahihta Muni and Rama Said1 everyone #oth of
you tell 'ahihta Muni what i your pro#lem! Sita aid1 that when $ married
Srirama in Mithila $ took a vow that $ would erve Him :8 hour a day! $ would
never $ would never leave Him! $ would alway #e in Hi ervice #ut $ can)t
even keep my vow #ecaue thi La0man He i doing everything! And
La0man1 He aid* from the day $ wa #orn $ wa erving Rama like thi! "hi i
all $ know! $ have nothing ele in my life! How can he take away My ervice<
So 'ahihta Muni he had to try to atify everyone! So He e0pertly e0plained
that whenever Rama i at home in Hi private 5ham#er Sita hould #e in
charge of all ervice and whenever He leave Hi home and He goe out to
2ght #attle or He goe to the tate houe then La0man hould alway #e
their and jut erve! So Sita wa very happy! But La0man wa not happy at
all #ecaue thi i Balaramji1 thi i La0man jut imply no other1 no other
purpoe to Hi e0itence e0cept pleaing Srirama and erving Srirama!
Anyway1 La0man love Sita a much a He love Rama! She wa the mother
of Hi life! She wa the Aodde of Hi life and a the younger #rother of
Rama La0man had to contantly carry out Hi order! And Rama gave Him
very di&cult order!
3ne time Rama told La0man that we are in the foret of Dandaka Aranya1
Sita want me to catch thi golden deer! ,ou mut tay here and take care of
her! ,e1 $ am ,our o#edient ervant! $ will tay and $ will guard Sita! So Rama
went and you know the tory how Rama hot Hi arrow on thi deer knowing
ultimately that he wa an Aura! And the deer wa the demon Maricha called
out* La0man help me? La0man help me? And Sita aid* La0man? Ram) in
trou#le go help Him! La0man aid* Rama i not in trou#le! Who can harm
Rama< She aid* >o1 He i in trou#le! Ao? Ao? Ao? Said* But He ha given Me
an order! He ordered Me not to leave you! $ mut tay here! She aid* you1
ha. you jut want to ee Rama in trou#le! ,ou want to ee Him dead! So that
you can enjoy me and when La0man heard thi He aid* >o1 >o1 >o1 not like
that! >ot like that! "hen he aid* Ao1 help Him! He went to help Him and
when He went Ravana came and tole Sita away! And then Ram and La0man
came #ack Rama aid* Why did you leave Sita< ,ou know there i no danger!
Said* What can $ do< "hen they came #ack and Sita wa gone! Rama Said*
La0man how would ee what you have done! $ wa jut trying to follow ,our
order! $ told you to tay! Sita told Me to go! Being a ervant i not alway an
eay thing! Sometime our #rahmachari they one authority give you one
intruction and another authority give you another intruction! And you
wonder what to do! But even Aod ha that pro#lem! 7Laughing; o why do
you think you houldn)t have that pro#lem< La0man i Aod! So you hould #e
grateful to follow on Hi foottep! And you try to pleae one! 7>ot audi#le
#lank;! "hi i (rna) mercy!
Another time poor La0man1 not poor La0man #ut in one ene ye He wa
feeling poor! Sita1 after they detroyed Ravana) army he wa #rought #ack
from Srilanka to Ramewaram and they had her on a #eautiful chariot1 a
palan%uin! "hey had her on a palan%uin when they were #ringing her #ack to
Rama on a palan%uin! Rama ee Sita on a palan%uin! Rama ay* tell Sita
he houldn)t #e on a palan%uin! She hould #e walking! La0man think* oh?
She i the godde of fortune! She i the mother of My life! She i the mother
of My life! $ hould tell her to walk< Rama aid* tell her walk! So La0man goe
and Sita devi* you have to get o/ your palan%uin and walk! She often walked!
She didn)t mind! $t wa very painful for La0man to have to ay thi! And then
he come #efore Rama after almot of year of eparation! ,ou can imagine
thi grand reunion #etween Sita and Rama! And what doe Rama do< He
ay* the La0man1 $ can)t take thee women #ack! She ha #een with another
man! And Sita when he hear thi he jut tart to weep! She tart to cry!
She ay* Rama if $ knew ,ou will going to deal with me like thi why didn)t
,ou tell me thi year ago that wouldn)t have to thi #ig #loody war with o
many million of people killed! $ would commit uicide lat year! $f $ knew you
didn)t want me #ack! "here i no point in me living anymore! La0man1 he
aid* $ want you to collect wood and make a funeral 2re and light it! $ am
going to enter into the funeral 2re! La0man ay* ha. you have #een tart
a funeral 2re< So He could walk into he aid ye and He looked at Rama! He
aid1 Rama1 ,ou don)t her to do thi do ,ou< Rama jut go*ahead! All thi
collecting Hi wood He aid He i weeping! He i crying! He i in utter ditre
that He ha to #e a part of thi lila! So He #uilt a funeral 2re and He light it!
>ow He #uilt it 2rt and then Sita tand right on the wood! And he ay*
La0man light it! And He look at Rama! Rama ,ou don)t want Me to light it to
,ou! Rama ay* light it! 7Laughing; So you can imagine He i trying to #e a
good ervant! He light it! And then of coure we know that when He lit it!
Ha. Agni Dev proved the utter chatity of Sita and then he wa proven
chate #y the 2re! And then he came #ack and wa accepted #y Rama!
>ow few year later1 there ome needle goip that why thi Rama He i
allowing an unchate women to live in Hi houe< A man wa arguing with
hi wife! Said* you e0pect to me to #e o foolih i Rama to have an unchate
women like you live in my houe< So when Rama heard thi He wa thinking
for the dignity of the kingdom there can #e no upicion a#out Me! So He
told La0man* $ want ,ou not to ay anything to Sita #ut to take her on ,our
chariot and #ring her into the jungle and #anih her! Bring her to the Arama
of 'almiki Muni leave her their! "ell her you jut going to take on a vacation!
She alway like to viit #ig aint! She alway like to go to foret! "ell her
,ou taking on vacation1 leave her their1 come #ack! She i #anihed for life!
When he get their then ,ou have to tell her! La0man wa $ have to do thi
now< 7Laughing; what a ervant He wa? He wa #reaking Hi heart! Here He
wa driving Sita on the chariot knowing that he wa going to #e #anihed
from her #eloved Rama for the ret of her life! And a He wa driving the
chariot tear would Fowing from Hi eye! He wa weeping and crying! Sita
jut looked at Him! La0man what) wrong with ,ou< Why do you crying< We
are jut going on a nice e0curion to the foret to viit 'almiki Rihi! $t) a
pleaura#le e0perience! Why ,ou are crying< And he could undertand
La0man had to tell her that $ am taking you #ecaue Rama doen)t want you
anymore! $ am taking you for life long #anihment to the foret! And Sita with
the heavy heart tear Fowing from her eye he imply aid* if that i the will
of my Lord Rama then let me #e #anihed! $f that i how can #et erve Him
and pleae Him let me #e #anihed! "hi i the love of Sitadevi! Meanwhile
thi wa going on a He wa driving Sita to the foret to #e #anihed for life
He made a vow* $ am never going to #e the younger #rother again1 too much
trou#le1 too much urrender! 7Laughing; >e0t incarnation $ am going to #e
Rama) older #rother! So he appeared a Balaram older #rother! And then if
(rna told him to do omething and He liked it He would do it! He didn)t like
it! He would jut take the role of 'atalya Raa a a parent and ay (rna! $
am orry #ut not like that!
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And e0ample of thi wa at the very tart of the #attle of (uruhetra #ut for
ome inconceiva#le merciful reaon! Balaram wa dear friend with
Duryodhana! Ha. vaiCJavera kriyBmudrB vijKe nB #ujhBya! "hat 'aihnava i
a very di&cult to undertand and Balaram i the original guru and it i aid I
+don)t try to undertand the mind of your Auru jut try to follow hi
intruction!- So here i the original Auru! He wa the teacher of
Duryodhana! He ued to teach him how to 2ght with clu# and he wa Hi
favorite tudent! So when the #attle of (uruhetra tarted (rna took the
ide of the @andava! Balaram couldn)t take the ide of @andava #ecaue
(rna a on that ide! He didn)t want to 2ght againt (rna! But at the ame
time #ecaue of Hi natural a&nity for Duryodhana He didn)t want to 2ght
againt Duryodhana! >ow (rna wanted Balarama to 2ght with Hi ide! So
what to Balaram do< He aid* $ am not going to have anything to do with thi
foolih war! $ am going on pilgrimage! $ am ,our elder #rother! ,ou can)t tell
me what to do! $ am going on pilgrimage! So during the whole #attle of
(uruhetra you don)t hear a word a#out Balaram He wan)t anywhere
around! He wa ome where in South $ndia jut doing yatra! 7Laughing; He
went to Badrinath1 kedarnath1 6amunotri1 Aangotri! He went all the holy
place in the north1 in the outh every where! And after He heard that the
whole war wa 2nihed then He came to (uruhetra to ee! Ha.So we 2nd
how Balaram in 'rindavan i called upon #y the name of Dauji mean the
older #rother! But we mut undertand that all of thee wonderful #eautiful
lila they are all orchetrated for the pleaure of the Lord! $n the piritual
world there i in2nite very agatedne 78L9LM; and all of that very
agatedne i imply e0preion of the love of (rna for Hi devotee and
love of the devotee for (rna!
@lorie. o5 Lord Ai!yananda (01=#126) !o (01$01#3)
And of coure in the ne0t incarnation He alo appeared a older #rother1 Lord
>ityananda! When Lord Sri 5aitanya Mahapra#hu appeared He appeared
along with Lord >ityananda who although not #orn in ame family an
e0panion of Balaram1 'ivaroop appeared directly a the elder #rother of Sri
5aitanya Mahapra#hu #ut the original form of Balaram appeared a
>ityananda who wa older #rother in another way! He wa the Aod #rother of
Lord 5aitanya) guru! Sri 5aitanya Mahapra#hu accepted initiation from
$wara @uri who accepted initiation from Madhavendra @uri and >ityananda
@uri wa a direct diciple of Madhavendra @uri! "herefore He wa the elder
god #rother! He wa actually Aod uncle of Lord 5aitanya! "herefore1 He had
a uperior poition #ut what wa Lord >ityananda) contant meditation<
+Simply the ervice of Lord 5aitanya-! "here wa no ervant who could e%ual
Lord >ityananda @ra#hu #ecaue he had undertood the mot intimate
meditation of the Lord) heart which wa to deliver to divine mercy of the
Holy >ame to everyone and to anyone without dicrimination! Lord
>ityananda @ra#hu who wa Balaram Himelf wa uch a ervant that
although he wa completely renounced and wa living jut like a Sanyai one
day Lord 5aitanya told Him* ,ou hould marry! $ hould marry< 7Laughing; He
undertood why He hould marry #ecaue Lord 5aitanya i a Sanyai He had
to uphold the very very high tandard! And there were certain place that if
He went He would #e critici=e for going! But what a#out thoe people of
thoe place! Should they #e not given the opportunity to urrender to the
Holy >ame< So Lord >ityananda if He accepted the poition of a Arihatha
no#ody would critici=e Him where ever He went! $n fact he appeared a an
Avaduta for that purpoe imply for the ervice of the Lord! So we 2nd in
5haitanya*charitamrit1 5aitanya*#hagvat that Sri 5aitanya Mahapra#hu! He i
preaching to #ig #ig high people Sarva#houma Bhattacharya1 @rakahanada
Sarawati1 (ing @rataprudra1 #ig #ig leader of the Buddhit1 #ig #ig leader
of the Mulim! He wa preaching to them1 5hand (a=i1 #ig politician1 #ig #ig
cholar1 great great Sanayi! And preach to the people in general #ut Lord
>ityananda @ra#hu He wa preaching to the mot fallen1 inful cla1 uch a
6agai and Madhai! "he two mot inful creature in all of the creation even
,amaraj couldn)t keep track of the %uantity of in of 6agai and Madhai! But
Lord >ityananda wa very an0iou! $f $ can make thee two people
'aihnava #y invoking the Holy >ame in their life that $ can do the greatet
ervice for Lord 5aitanya! $ can glorify Sri 5aitanya Mahapra#hu in uch a
way that the whole world will undertand! And he went to them! And He wa
willing to #e ver#ally a#ued1 #laphemed1 phyically aaulted! And even
while tanding with hi whole #ody and hi whole dre drenched in #lood!
He didn)t care anything #ut the ervice of Lord 5aitanya! My dear #rother $
don)t mind if ,ou hit Me on the head1 $ don)t mind that you are trying to kill
me! $ only mind that you are going to have to u/er the cone%uence of all
your in pleae take the name of (rna! "ake the name of Aauranga*
#haja gaurBNga kaha gaurBNga laha gaurBNgera nBme
ye jana gaurBNga #haje ei amBra prBJa re

But He knew that Radha and (rna #oth appeared in the form of Sri
Aauraundar! Sri (rnacaitanya Radha (rna nahi anya! "hat Radha and
(rna appeared in the one form of Sri Aauranga Mahapra#hu! So they chant
the name of Aauranga if they worhip Aauranga1 if they meditate on
Aauranga if they #ecome devotee of Aauranga then they are all
automatically worhiping with pure heart without any miconception Radha
and (rna 'rindavan wa non di/erent o thi wa >ityananda @ra#hu
geniu how to #ring everyone to Aoloka 'rindavan to the mercy of the name
of Aauranga! And he would go into the lowet place to e0tend that Sri
5aitanya Mahapra#hu @ra#hu Himelf jut to clarify any dou#t that may #e
in the heart of the devotee! He aid if Lord >ityananda i going into a
houe of protitution and to #rothel or into a #ar you hould know that He i
only go there to deliver the fallen oul! He i potle in Hi character! And
He wa wiling to accept1 a houehold life! He wa willing to accept #rutality1
#lapheme1 condemnation1 miundertandment #ecaue He undertood thi
i the way $ can #et erve My mater! >ityananda1 Balaram i the original
Auru1 howing u #y Hi e0ample how to #e a ervant of Auru and how to #e
the ervant of the Lord! "o #e willing to accept any inconvenience1 any
humiliation1 any pain even up to death1 to erve the miion of our Auru
Maharaj1 to erve the miion of the Lord i!e! the e0ample of Lord >ityananda
@ra#hu #ecaue it i aid that the #et mater i imply the one who i the
#et ervant! A mater never think him elf a mater1 a mater think
himelf ervant! 4ven Aod think Himelf a ervant! (rna i the upreme
enjoyment #ut what i that enjoyment< +Simply giving enjoyment to Hi
devotee-! +So therefore in the piritual realm of concioune everyone i
ervant no one i mater! But ome one take the poition of a mater jut to
erve you #y howing you how to erve i!e! Lord Balaram "attva!-
/(a! @i3e. Br.na -(e @rea!e.! Cn+oymen!.< (01$01#=) !o (01$61#")
So on thi day of Sri Balaramji) appearance thi hould #e our meditation!
Srila @ra#hupada ued to tell u that Bala mean1 piritual trength not
phyical trength and Rama mean one who take pleaure! So we hould
pray to Lord Balaram to give u the trength to overcome the o#tacle1 the
impediment on the piritual path and to carry out our ervice to the
'aihnava1 to the guru and to Sri Sri Radha and (rna! When Sri Balaramji
wa living in 'rindavan with (rna and the 'rajavai! $t i aid that one time
they were herding their cow and playing near the "alavana foret! And the
friend Stokakrna1 Su#ala Madhumangala they approached Balaramji and
(rna and aid in thi near #y foret "alavana there are very ripe1 deliciou
fruit growing on the tree every where! And they are o weet and o
deliciou and they are jut falling to the ground #ecaue no one i picking
them! Why< Becaue there i a demon hi name wa Dhenukaur! He i in
the form of an a! And he ha o many of hi aociate! And they are the
friend of (ama and they have a law that no one can take one fruit from thi
foret! "hey ent their fruit to (ama to enjoy and they ate the ret! And out
of fear no one ha gone their! But (rna and Balaram we would like to o/er
you thee fruit and enjoy them with you! >ow you may ak why the
cowherd #oy want to enjoy eating fruit< My devotee not uppoed #e
attached to fruit! Ha.(rna ay in Bhagavad Aita you houldn)t #e
attached to the fruit of your activitie! ,ou hould o/er them to (rna! So
why the cowherd #oy ay* let u all go there enjoy! Who know the anwer<
Why the cowherd the #oy aid* we are madden #y the mell of thee fruit
we want to go there and eat them1 let) all eat them together< $f a devotee
ha no tendency to enjoy for him elf want to o/er the fruit of everything
he doe and all of nature to (rna why they were o an0iou enjoy< Raie
your hand if you know the anwer! Ha. 7Devotee9 catur*vidha*OrP*
#hagavat*praBda; 7Laughing; ha.that) a good anwer! ,ou ee what give
(rna the greatet enjoyment< +"o ee Hi devotee enjoying-! "he cowherd
#oy they want to jut enjoy thee fruit like anything jut o that (rna will
ee them enjoying o that (rna will enjoy! "hey don)t care anything a#out
enjoying for themelve! "hey jut doing it for (rna! 6ut like if you love
omeone don)t you feel happine when they are enjoying< 6ut like if you
have a child and you ee the child crying i that give you pleaure< Ha. #ut
if you ee the child laughing and dancing it give you great pleaure! What)
give you more pleaure when @riyavrata) in a #ad mood or when he dancing
and miling< 7Devotee9 Dancing; Dancing! "hat) practical! $f you want to
make omeone happy you have to #e happy for them! Right< (rna Hi
whole life i imply dedicated to giving pleaure and love to Hi devotee! So
if you want to give pleaure to (rna you have to reciprocate #y howing Him
#y coming #efore Him in uch a way that you are happy!
We were dicuing thi jut morning! When we come #efore the deitie and
we are like thi ha.!! tired.ha. ,ou think (rna like to look at you like that
#ut even if you are tired $ am tired #ut $ am not going to let (rna know it!
Hari Bol. (rna think jut ee thi devotee o tired he i #ut he i jut to
make Me happy he i looking happy! Ha. thi i (rihna 5oncioune! So
the cowherd #oy they wanted to enjoy the fruit imply for (rna)1
enjoyment with not a pec of el2h motive themelve! And imilarly the
Aopi it i aid they were luty for (rna! "hey wanted to em#race Him1
enjoy Him #ut not the lightet intenion1 not even pec of motivation for
their own elf! "he imply wanted to dance with (rna for Hi enjoyment! And
they wanted to enjoy (rna #ecaue the more (rna aw that they were
enjoying Him the more He would enjoy! So the piritual world no one ha any
el2h intenion everyone i imply living for the pleaure of (rna!
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So the cowherd #oy they have made thi re%uet to (rna and Balaram! Let
u go together #ecaue of we go with ,ou nothing can harm u! So Balaramji
He went to the "alavan foret and He went to the #ig tall "al tree and tarted
haking it He wa very powerful and He love to e0hi#it Hi feet) of piritual
trength! And a He wa haking at the tree1 the #ig "al fruit would falling to
the ground and all the cowherd #oy would jut running down and o/ering
them to Balaram and o/ering them to (rna and "hey were all eating
together having a wonderful time! "hey were o happy together thi i
'rindavan #eing happy together1 giving pleaure to (rna and Auru #y
enjoying praad together! Soon we will have thi opportunity if $ ever tart
talking! 7Laughing; So then Baladev enjoying there wa one peron that
didn)t enjoy at all! He wa very angry1 Dhenukaur! "hi i the nature of
Aura! "he more they ee the devotee happy the more they want to detroy
them1 enviou people they hate to ee other people happy! "hey want to
enjoy the fruit for themelve e0cluively! Dhenukaur couldn)t tolerate that
they were enjoying what wa meant for him! So he came charging1
creaming like an a! He wa #ig like mountain then he approached Balaram
and the trength of an a! A oon a hind leg he turned around and with
all of hi mighty he tarted kicking Balaram at the chet! And Balaram jut
tood their1 calmly tolerating thee maive #low! And then Balaram jut
wa thinking what i thi< "hi demon mut come to an end #ecaue he i
trying to enjoy the fruit of Hi a#ode! "alavan wa Hi a#ode! He conidered
thi i mine! And whatever fruit are here are mine to enjoy! "hi ound
familiar< "hi i my houe and whatever i in thi houe i mine to enjoy! "hi
i what we called Dhenukaura concioune! Another word anyone who
think like thi i an a! >o o/ene or anything! >ot that any of you think
like thi #ut it i true! What i an a think< An a work hard all day!
Goooo.fooooo.!foooo foaming at the mouth they #urden on him for what<
for little ene enjoyment and he think that what $ work for the fruit of my
action are mine to enjoy! "hi i animal concioune! But Balaram who wa
repreented #y piritual mater 7>ot Audi#le; a like %uality in our heart!
And don)t think it) alway o nice1 at leat to our mind! Ha. the piritual
mater learn to teach u that all the fruit of our action1 all the fruit of thi
world are meant for (rna) atifaction and through Hi word and through
Hi intruction in o many way He i trying to kill thi Dhenukaur a who
i living within the heart of all of u! "hat what i the Dhenukaur a< "he
tendency to want to #e the controller1 to think that thi i mine to enjoy! Ha.
So Balaramji took Dhenukaur #y the hand1 leg and tarted whirling around
threw him in the tree! And he wa dead! And in the ame way the piritual
mater ometime he jut throw u around and we get all dieaed trying to
follow hi intruction #ut ultimately what i the purpoe to kill the a in our
heart< And in that pure heart like the cowherd #oy we imply o/er all the
fruit to (rna! We enjoy with (rna! 4verything i (rna)! So after Balaramji
killed Dhenukaur o many other ae tarted coming charging at Him and
He and (rna in the ame way taking all of them and then #ut He oon all of
the ae would dead like a panoramic cene of dead ae and then the
cowherd #oy and (rna and Balaram form that day on live happily ever
after eating the fruit of "alavan! +So in the ame way Sri Balaramji wa
repreented #y Aurudev if we jut allow Him to kill the ae of el2h deire
in our heart then we can eternally enjoy with (rna in the piritual world of
love!- And thi i the great #oon of Sri Balaramji! So we hould contemplate1
meditate on how to properly receive the mercy of Balaram #y receiving the
mercy of our piritual mater Hi divine repreentative #y imply accepting
hum#ly! Spiritual mater Balaram want nothing for themelve! 4verything
they are doing for u! We are performing a few auteritie! Srila @ra#hupada
my guru maharaj what little ervice can $ ever do for him< And what he done
for u1 he riked hi life! He gave every movement of hi time in every way to
jut try to help u #ecome Aod concioune he tell with o many pro#lem
o many pro#lem of health and o many pro#lem of management1 o many
pro#lem of everything! He wouldn)t give up at any tiny could have jut gone
to 'rindavan and lived happy life! Where he wa e0periencing the ultimate
happine #ecaue he wa acri2cing everything for u and more than
anything ele that won the heart of (rna! So on Balaram) appearance day
it i a mot aupiciou time to remem#er the mercy of our piritual mater
and reciprocate with love and devotion!