ChatGPT said: Bīja-mantrat krīṁ (krim, krīṃ) hör hemma bland de så kallade śakti-bījamantran i hinduismen. 👉 Det associeras framför allt med Kālī – särskilt hennes form som Kālikā, den mörka och tidstranscenderande modern. K står för Kālī eller Kāma-kalā (skapelsekraften). R står för eld/agnī, förbränning och transformation. Īṁ är kraften (śakti), ofta tolkad som månsval…
amṛta-ratnāvalī śrī-śrī-kṛṣṇa praṇamya acyutānandaṁ gokulānanda-nandanam | amṛta-ratnāvalī-granthaṁ mukundaḥ kriyate’dhunā1 || “Having bowed to Acyutānanda, the joy of Gokula, the Amṛta-Ratnāvalī text is now composed by Mukunda.” jaya jaya śrī-kṛṣna caitanya rasa-sindhu jaya jaya nityānanda jaya dīna-bandhu jaya rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa raghunātha śrī-jīva gopāla bhaṭṭa dāsa raghunātha jaya śrī kavirāja ṭhākura kṛṣṇadāsa tomāra karuṇā-bale kariye prakāśa…
Answer to Objection 2 sakala-vaiṣṇavā eva guravaḥ. tatra dīkṣā-guravaḥ śikṣā-guravaś ca viśeṣataḥ santi tayor eva kāryam. yadi tāv alpa-balau tathāpy anya-mahatām mukhāc chikṣā viśeṣaṁ jñātvāpi gurave deyam. tad eva guruṣu paṭhanīyaṁ na tu gurau helā kartavyā, yathā sneha-bhājana-putro’rthopārjanaṁ pitre dattvā prārthya ca svayaṁ bhuṅkte. yadi svayam ānīya khādati, tataḥ kuputraḥ pāpī syāt. tasmāt sarvatra vaiṣṇavānāṁ…
Answer to Objection 1 Atra Vicārosti (Now the conclusions are presented) (1) idānīṁ pūrva-pakṣāṇāṁ prathamataḥ krameṇa siddhāntān ākarṇayantu. Kindly listen to the conclusions concerning the first objection. vaiṣṇavāḥ sarve samā iti satyam, kintu ye balābalaṁ na jānanti, viṣayiṇaḥ svalpa-buddhayaḥ kevalaṁ bhikṣukād api krūra-veśād api bibhyati, te kathaṁ tejaso balābalaṁ svalpāgni-mahāgni-viśeṣa-bhāvaṁ jñāsyanti? te sama-vyavahāram eva kariṣyanti,…
Atha Pūrvapakṣān Vivṛṇoti (Thus the Points are Revealed) (1) prathamaṁ bhāgavatāstān pūrva-pakṣān samākarṇayantu sudhiyo nirmatsarāḥ. śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma-balāt kalau sarva eva vaiṣṇavāḥ samāḥ kṛṣṇopamā iti smṛtiḥ prasiddhaiva atra nyūnātiriktatā kvāpi kvāpi dṛśyate. kim etam. (1) The objection is thus – Bhāgavatas, or Vaiṣṇavas, are those persons who are non-envious, possess a pure intelligence and chant kṛṣṇa–nāma. Kindly…
Āsvāda-vistāriṇī Bhāṣya (‘The commentary that expands transcendental relish’) śrī-caitanya-caraṇa-kamala bhṛṅgāra śrī-khaṇḍa-vāsī śrī-narahari sarakāra ṭhākurāya namaḥ I offer obeisance unto Śrī Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura, who is like a bee at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya. Śri Kṛṣṇa Bhajanāmṛtam (1) vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ prāṇa-sarvasvam īśvaram sarvāvatāra-kāruṇya-niḥsīma-karuṇaṁ prabhum I offer respects unto the most merciful of all avatāras,…
An Analysis of the Qualification for Bhakti by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura karma-jñāna virāgādiceṣṭāṁ hitvā samantataḥ śraddhāvān bhajate yaṁ śrī-caitanyam ahaṁ bhaje “I worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is always served by faithful devotees who have completely given up the pursuits of fruitive activity, impersonal knowledge and dry renunciation.” In the first chapter we discussed the…
An Analysis of the Natural Attributes of Bhakti by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura śuddha-bhakti-svavhāvasya prabhāvān yat-padāśrayāt sadaiva labhate jīvas taṁ caitanyam ahaṁ bhaje “I worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By taking shelter of His feet, the living entity forever obtains the potency issuing from the very nature of unalloyed devotion.” Śuddha–bhakti manifests along with six symptoms: (1)…
An Analysis of Semblance of Bhakti by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura yad bhaktyābhāsa-leśo ’pi dadāti phalam uttamam tam ānanda-nidhiṁ kṛṣṇa caitanyaṁ samupāsmahe “We worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is an ocean of transcendental bliss. Even a faint trace of devotion unto Him yields the highest result.” My dear devotees, in the previous chapter we discussed the…
The Intrinsic Nature of Bhakti by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura yugapad rājate yasmin bhedābheda vicitratā vande taṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ pañca-tattvānvitaṁ svataḥ praṇamya gauracandrasya sevakān śuddha-vaiṣṇavān bhakti-tattva vivekā khyaṁ śāstraṁ vakṣyāmi yatnataḥ viśva-vaiṣṇava dāsasya kṣudrasyākiñcanasya me etasminn udyame hy ekaṁ balaṁ bhāgavatī kṣamā “I offer obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is naturally manifest with His four primary…