CC daily 49 – M 192-196 – Treasure and seek shelter of divine verses

Thank you so the more we rub the more we more there is rubbing then just as from the sandalwood the sasar, the essence comes out and becomes accessible similarly and the gandabade the essence of the sandalwood, the sandal, the fragrance the aroma increases similarly similarly so same happens when we contemplate on this verse so taste in spiritual things requires sustained contemplation sometimes we just go into a kirtan and everybody is dancing exuberantly and we all start dancing and we get swept up by ecstasy that is good, it's wonderful when we have when we experience the exuberance of ecstasy at those occasions but more often the ecstasy of devotion the sweetness of devotion is subtle it is not so exuberant it is deeper and we have to actually deepen our connection and absorption in Krishna so only when we enter into the mood of Shastra, enter into the mood of whatever is the devotional activity going on then we start relishing it, so similarly with this verse, if you just recite the verse once, ok, it's a nice verse, some nice thoughts we'll think but when we start repeating repeatedly reciting the verse then in one sense that verse is rubbing against our consciousness again and again and just as gashite gashite it says by rubbing again and again malayasaara gandana gandavadi, so just as the fragrance of sandalwood increases, similarly the sweet import of this verse increases by grinding it, by rubbing it against our consciousness that means by contemplating it by reciting it, by thinking of it from different angles, so this is one example he gives then Mahaprabhu gives another example to talk about the glory of this verse and he says ratna gana madhi aiche kaustubha mani rasa kavya madhi taiche ae shloka gani ratna gana madhi aiche among the jewels aiche kaustubha mani, just as kaustubha is the greatest among all jewels, similarly rasa kavya madhi among the poetry on rasa on the exalted mellows of devotion taiche ae shloka gani, so among them ae shloka gani, I count this verse to be among the greatest so Mithun Mahaprabhu is giving such a such a insightful comparison the kaustubha is a jewel which is worn by the lord kept on his chest, always very close to Sri Vatsa and it's considered to be the most fortunate, the most exalted among all jewels so if we consider the different verses to be like jewels then, means every verse is precious every verse is so much storehouse of treasure and nectar but among them this verse is supreme so why it is supreme when we recite the verse we see that actually it conveys the supreme emotion of love it conveys the love in separation at it's zenith at it's greatest intensity and that's why it is rasa kavya madhe taiche ae shloka gani among rasa kavya this is the greatest ae shloka kahiyache radhatha kurani tandra krupaya sphuriyache madhavendra vani so ae shloka kahiyache so what is so special of this shloka, why is it considered to be the top most like the top most jewel because the top most devotee has spoken it kahiyache, who spoke this radhatha kurani krishna is thakur and his consort radha is thakurani tandra krupaya sphuriyache and it was by her mercy tandra krupaya sphuriyache sphuriyache means it spontaneously manifested it manifested as a as a special mercy sphuriyache madhavendra vani so it manifested in the vani, in the tongue of madhavendra puri because of the special mercy of srimati radharani bhakti we will discuss this later in the relevant section that bhakti is not just a feeling in our heart, bhakti is a manifestation of radharani when radharani becomes pleased and manifests in our heart then devotional emotions come in our heart, so here it is said that tandra krupaya sphuriyache so when madhavendra puri speaks such exalted emotions, how is it possible it is by the mercy by the inspiration, by the sphurti given by radharani, radhatha kurani that this verse came through, manifested to us in this world through madhavendra vani through the words through the speech of madhavendra puri keeba gaurachandra eeha kareya swadhan eeha swadhite aranahi chau thakjan so he says, keeba gaurachandra eeha, so apart from him, this was the only person, keeba gaurachandra gaurachandra is lord chaitanya eeha kareya swadhan gaurachandra was able to relish this and apart from him no fourth person could relish this verse he says kareya swadhan now, what does it mean, no other fourth person, so three people are radharani herself, madhavendra puri and lord chaitanya mahabhrama now, certainly when we recite the verse and meditate on the verse, we can also feel some glimpse of ecstasy but actually, it is infinitesimal fraction of the ecstasy that is felt by the lord and his exalted devotees and his consort, so as compared to that, the ecstasy that we feel is so small, that it is like they have not tasted it only so in that sense he is saying, the import of this verse nahi chau thagani nahi chau thagani there is no fourth person who can recite it shesha kaale shloka pathite pathite siddhi prapti haila puri shlokera sahite shesha kaale e shloka so, at the end of his life, shesha kaale at the end of his life e shloka pathite pathite madhavendra puri would recite this verse again and again and again siddhi prapti haila puri shlokera sahite so siddhi prapti puri, he attained the perfection of life, he attained the abode of unending love, he attained krishna loka how? puri shlokera sahite shlokera sahite with this verse, so with this verse means, this verse was his companion which granted him remembrance of krishna, which granted him attainment of krishna krishna says in the bhagavad gita that we should remember him at the time anta kaale cha maameva smaran muktva kalevaram so we have to remember him at the time of death, and if we do that muktva kalevaram yaha prayati samadbhavam yaha tinasthyatra samshayaha such a person will surely come to me office, there is no doubt krishna is sitting and lord chaitanya also states this, so krishna said that if you remember me you will come to me now how do you remember krishna? there are different ways there are different ways in which you can remember someone can behold the beautiful form of krishna as a deity or as a picture someone can hear krishna katha, madhavendra puri took the shelter of this verse, this verse was his companion shlokera sahite with this shloka he attained siddhi attained perfection, so this shloka as he recited patite patite it flooded his consciousness with remembrance of krishna, with devotion for krishna and in that way it transported him to krishna such is the glory of this verse, what that verse is and what its importance, we will try to glimpse according to our small capacity in our.