Lord Balarama – Tattva and Lila

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Hare Krishna I seek the blessings of all the devotees so that I can say something Tomorrow is Balram Jayanti So, as per the order of Vamshi Vadan Padu I will try to say something on the occasion of Balram Jayanti So, we will discuss some qualities of Balramji So, you can write B-A-L-R-A-M First of all, B stands for Bewildering This is the quality of Balramji that his Leela completely puts you in love If you have not heard the name of Balramji in any western country You call him for the festival of Balram Jayanti He says, what is the festival? He says, it is the birthday of God’s brother He does not understand Does God have a birthday? So, does God have a birthday? So, does God have a brother? So, does God have a birthday? There are different conceptions of birthday If we say birthday, then it is different according to different religions For example, if it is Buddhism Whose birthday? Nothing exists So, whose birthday is it? If it is Taoism In Taoism, everything is one So, today is everyone’s birthday If it is Impersonalism In Impersonalism, everything is one So, everyday is a birthday So, in different ways In modern science, there is no birth and there is no death So, what is a birthday? So, different people have different concepts But it is difficult for them to understand If there is God, then where is God’s brother? But we know that God does all kinds of rituals So, in Sakhiras, he does the rituals of brotherhood with Balramji So, let’s assume that Balramji is a person But his leelas are also very attractive Which of Balramji’s leelas are attractive? Yes, Krishan Prabhu Hare Krishna It seems that he was in a state of intoxication And in intoxication, he tortured Yamuna And even more graphic than that What did you say, Sangeetan? Yes, Duryodhan Guru Duryodhan, who was completely against the devotees of God He was trying to kill them He became their Guru So, some devotees are named in this con Duryodhan Das No, not Duryodhan Das Duryodhan Guru Das Actually, when Balramji gave training to Duryodhan Duryodhan’s name was Suyodhan But later he misbehaved so much that his name changed And from Suyodhan to Duryodhan So, Duryodhan Guru So, is there any other leela of Balramji which is attractive? Yes, Shri Hari Prabhu Yes Shastra says that one should always protect the Brahmin And in Shastra, we read in Indra’s story He was trying to take away the property of a Brahmin He felt so guilty And God killed a Brahmin Not even a Brahmin, but a Brahmin who was giving preaching on Vyasasana God killed such a Brahmin Anyone else? Yes, Madhavgopal Yes, he has come He is God, he has come, he is destroyed, he has come for Dushkrtam But when he wanted to destroy, he went on a pilgrimage Instead of destroying Anyone else? Anyone else? Yes When Arjuna took away Subhadra He was ready to attack Arjuna Yes, Shyamangal Guru Yes He also did Rastleela with the Gopis Yes, Vivekandru Yes It was his grandson’s wedding And in the middle of the wedding, he got angry And in anger, he picked up a donkey And hit Rukmi on one head End, knockout He died there So How is it? It seems that Balramji is short tempered God gets angry and gets angry very quickly How is it possible? Anyone else? Yes, Sachin Prabhu Yes, Haralakshan Prabhu Yes, he went from here to there He is very strange There are many Leelas One last? Anyone who has not answered till now? Tell Dhenukasura He has influenced Dhenukasura Yes, that’s true So Balramji’s works are really inspiring Especially, teaching Duryodhana Or doing Rastleela So, Jiva Goswami says In his Sandharma The absolute truth must have Inconceivable attributes That the ultimate truth Should have inconceivable attributes Otherwise, it is not called the ultimate truth Means, the works of the ultimate truth About the ultimate truth There should be such aspects Which are beyond our understanding If we understand everything about the ultimate truth Then our intellect Which is understanding the ultimate truth Will become the best If our intelligence can understand God Then our intelligence becomes God Because our intelligence becomes greater than God That’s why, in the ultimate truth There should be such attributes Which we could not understand And there are such works about Krishna Especially, Balramji’s Persons show us That we will fall in love So, Prabhupadaji’s life Once, in Vrindavan Prabhupadaji’s two elder disciples Had an argument Jamuna Mataji and Madhudvish Prabhu So, Madhudvish Prabhu On the basis of Shastras Was saying that Krishna and Balram have only one difference What is their difference? Their description Krishna is of Shyam description Like, there is a cloud His description is like that And Balramji’s description Is white Like summer In summer, when clouds come They are white So, in the clouds, both the colours of God are visible So, he was saying that There is only one difference in their description So, Jamuna Mataji said, No Only Lord Krishna is Radharani’s husband He is Radharani’s devotee Balramji is not He said, No, there is only one difference In their description He said, you see the play Balramji does not play with Radharani So, the argument increased So, then There was one of Prabhupadaji’s elder disciple Tamal Krishna Maharaj He went to him Tamal Krishna Maharaj also got bewildered He also did not know what to do So, he went to Prabhupadaji And he told Prabhupadaji So, Prabhupadaji Jamuna Mataji is saying Madhudvish Prabhu is saying There is only one difference In Krishna and Balramji’s description Prabhupadaji said, That is right But Jamuna Mataji is saying Only Krishna is Radharani’s devotee Not Balramji He said, That is right But Prabhupadaji, both cannot be right At one time, Prabhupadaji said That is right Tamal Krishna Maharaj Got bewildered again But Prabhupadaji, what is right You decide that So, Prabhupadaji In a humorous way Wanted to say That our materialistic logic Cannot be applied on spiritual people Once, someone asked Prabhupadaji What is the relation Between Balramji and Radharani Prabhupadaji said Absurd question This is a useless question Useless question So, that is why Our materialistic logic Can be applied on spiritual people And when Leela comes As far as Acharya has applied logic We can apply that much But after that We only relish it We only enjoy it Balramji was showing his teeth And God broke his teeth Devotees laugh We only enjoy it We don’t have to analyse it Okay Especially When there is love There is no analysis For example There is a hero’s fan And when that hero Fights One hero beats 10-15 people What is the logic in it How is it possible But there is no logic There is no logic We only enjoy it So, when there is love There is no analysis And if we do analysis It is to increase the taste But if there is doubt There is no analysis So, that is why Balramji shows us Through his deeds That we can’t understand him Only we have to relish his pastimes That’s all But still According to our Acharya We can understand him a little So, this A Is a Latin word This word is used by Satyaraj Prabhu For Balramji It is called alter ego Alter ego means Another ego of the same person It is a Latin word It is said that Balram is the Alter ego of Krishna And Nityanand Prabhu is the alter ego Of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Alter ego means The same person but different personality Same person but different personality Alter A-L-T-E-R-E-G-O Alter ego means For example If a person has a mental illness Like schizophrenia So, what happens He acts like two personalities Sometimes like one person Sometimes like another person Loudly Schizophrenia Split personality So, in split personality There are many movies Novels There is a very famous novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll was A very compassionate person He used to give you medicines with love He used to cure you Mr. Hyde was very merciless He was a sinner He was like Dr. Jekyll during the day And at night He was like Mr. Hyde He was the same person He had a mental illness Similarly, God blesses everyone So, God also blesses The split personality We know that Mr. Balram Serves God in five rasas The predominant one is Sakhi Ras It has a simple leela And in Vatsala Ras He protects God as his elder brother Then In Dasya Ras He serves God in different ways He comes in Shanta Ras He has different leelas Sometimes he serves God Sometimes he doesn’t And then In Madhuri Ras He serves God as his younger brother So, he serves God in all the rasas But Mr. Balram His personality is Mr. Balram is God’s elder brother So, in a way His position is authoritative So, Krishna Krishna enjoys a special rasa By having his own expansion Oppose his views And act in a way Opposite to his plan So, what God is doing Mr. Balram works against it And then God convinces him Or somehow God takes care of everything If you want to oppose God Then who can oppose So, this way God Enjoys a different rasa That’s why he is called Alter Ego So, what are the leelas When Balramji opposed God Yes Subhadra’s defeat Balramji was ready to attack Arjun But God Fell at his feet Subhadra wanted Balramji to marry Arjun Then Balramji calmed down Did he oppose any other leela Yes Madhavgopal film Pandavya Oh, he was eating mud So, Balramji told Krishna That Krishna has eaten mud So, Balramji Opened his mouth Krishna said, I have not eaten mud Balramji said, Is your elder brother lying Krishna said, Yes, he always lies Balramji got angry Krishna said, No, I am not lying Balramji opened his mouth He showed the whole universe So, in reality Did God eat mud or not Did God eat mud or not So, The answer to this Depends on whose party you are Krishna’s or Balram’s If we are in Balram’s party Then God ate If we are in Krishna’s party Then God did not eat Is there any other leela When Balramji opposed God Yes Both times They went on pilgrimage When they came The whole war was over Only Bhima and Duryodhana’s war was left They came first and tried to convince them They said As far as skill is concerned Talent is concerned Duryodhana’s virtue is there And as far as power is concerned Bhima’s virtue is there So, the war between you two Will be undecided No one will win So, there is no use of war At that time Krishna and God were calm Even Yudhishthira did not say anything Because they knew that They do not want to upset Balramji They remained calm When they left Bhima attacked His legs So, he got angry He was going to attack them again Then God convinced them That they have done a lot of atrocities So, it is right Is there any other time when they opposed God Yes Yes Very good example When Rukmini was killed Then God was in a dilemma That if They do something Then Rukmini will get angry And if they do something Then Balramji will get angry So, God remained calm So, if God is there Then he also has to Manage the relationship And to manage the relationship He has to work very carefully So, we are a small part of God So, we have to be very careful So, this Then we see That God, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Comes in the form of Nityananda Prabhu So, here also Nityananda Prabhu Nityananda Prabhu Yes, Pramod Prabhu Exactly I said Why are you living in Puri Go to Bengal and preach There is no need to come here Still he came Yes, Yogesh Prabhu Yes He said I lift God in my heart And that God is lifting you In his hands It is a torture And then Any other Leela Yes, Prem Yashroom Yes, exactly He said He is going to Vrindavan And then he told the story That he is going to Vrindavan So, in all three times Any other time Then he became a little pacifist Krishna was going to attack Then he said No, I will try to pacify Yes, Sangeetana Yes, Hindi, Hindi Hmm Hmm He praised Chaitanya Mahaprabhu That He put Chaitanya Mahaprabhu In Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Leela Just one point Every time Balramji knew Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s heart And that is why Even if Balramji Does things against Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Means he goes against What Bhagwan is saying But because of his feelings Bhagwan feels happy So, when Bhagwan says You stay in Puri, but you come back to Bengal He comes to Puri So, Bhagwan feels happy That is why he does that Like in Krishna Leela, Satyabhama, Dwarka Leela Sometimes she scolds Bhagwan Jaitilya, Kutilya scolds Bhagwan So, Bhagwan does different things Similarly, when Balramji goes against Chaitanya Mahaprabhu And then Bhagwan solves that matter So, Bhagwan does different things So, that is why Bhagwan says, there are three types of servants So, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is top class Because he knows the heart Uttamashchintitam kuryat Proktakari chamadhyama Because Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is top class He knows the heart And accordingly he does that So that Bhagwan’s Taste increases So, like this That Bhagwan has An expanded form But he is Bhagwan And does different things And of course, we know That this is Bhagwan’s first expansion And all Vishnu All Narayans, all Avatars Come later So, that is why this is Bhagwan’s First expansion And then Any other examples of opposition? Yes, in the Leela of Laxman Yes, Bhajwani Prabhu Later, Bhagwan kills the same Vrindavanji First, he says that his hair should not be cut And later, Bhagwan kills him Balramji So, it is a divine work of Bhajwani How is he in the form of Laxman? Opposition In the form of Laxman He is more or less His servant He opposes a little When Sita is asked to take her to the jungle Or make this for her Or make fire for fire test A little bit But in the form of Balramji, he is more of a servant In the form of Parityanprabhu And in the form of Balramji, he is not that much of a servant That’s a little He has a short temper Because of his nature He is not exactly opposing Bhagwan What did you understand? A little He will finish in half the grass And then Radhvidacharya says What is it? I am a poor Brahmin And whatever I can give I am giving it to you So, you be satisfied If you ask for more, Prabhupada says You are a reject Paramhamsa You are a Dhoongi Paramhamsa So, Prabhupada Nityanand Prabhu says Whatever you have asked for, you should give This is your dharma So, he picks it up and throws it down And then When he goes to the grass Nityanand Prabhu’s hand Radhvidacharya feels He starts dancing He goes mad He says I have gone mad It is a divine play But the point is He opposes the lord And pleases the lord That is his amazing quality So, L is L is loving So, even though he does Such strange things His heart is very soft And especially When he comes to Vrindavan As a messenger of the lord When he is sent to Vrindavan The way he Behaves with the people It is evident from that He asks Everyone Whether they are good or not He listens to Nanda Maharaj Yashoda And especially when there is Gopiya Gopiyas are very distanced from Krishna And then They start cursing Krishna Because Krishna had promised us That he will come here But he trapped us We are village girls That is why we are trapped And Krishna is having fun With the queens of Dwarka So, Balramji is listening And then Balramji Starts praising the lord And with that The Gopiyas’ mind Becomes peaceful So, one definition of Krishna consciousness Is to feel the presence of Krishna In his absence That the peak of Krishna Bhavna Is love and separation Meaning To feel his presence In the absence of the lord This is called Krishna Bhavna So, in this way They give the experience of Krishna Bhavna To the Gopiyas And Acharya Ganpat tells That the lord Is Krishna’s Gopiya And Balramji’s Gopiya When Duryodhana came, Krishna and Balramji were there And they were doing Rastlila with their Gopiyas So, when Balramji went back To Vrindavan He did Rastlila with his Gopiyas And Krishna’s Gopiya She saw how Balramji Was doing Rastlila She saw how Balramji was doing Rastlila She remembered Krishna And she was satisfied So, she did Rastlila with her Gopiyas But she satisfied all the Gopiyas And she gave the greatest love To all the Gopiyas And in this way She satisfied all So, even if Balramji Is doing amazing things And is very strong But still his heart is very soft Very Soft And he gives his love And we see his love Especially in Nityanand Prabhu’s Leela We see how he Gives his love So, Going ahead R is Reforming Reforming means To change for the better So, in their different Leelas When someone does wrong They either Punish him Or correct him And we see this especially In Romaharshan Soot’s Leela So, this Leela is very Misunderstood So, we will talk about this today When Balramji Went on Tirtha Yatra, he reached Naimisharanya And there were thousands of Rishis And they chose Romaharshan Soot Who was a disciple of Vyasdev To narrate a story And when Balramji came All the Rishis Stood up and Bowed to him Because they knew Balramji is Param Purushottam Bhagwan But Romaharshan Soot did not stand up He thought that I am sitting on Vyasasana So, there is no need to get up from Vyasasana And when Balramji bowed to everyone When he saw that Romaharshan Soot Did not get up He did not bow So, he started thinking So, it is not that Balramji Was so hungry for respect That if no one respected him, he was killed But, Bhagwan thought Actually, Bhagwan does not need Anyone’s respect Prahlad Maharaj says Naivaatmanah Prabhorayam Nijalabhapurno Maanam Janadavidushyah Karunobhrinite Yajjanobhagvate Viddhita Maanam Tachchaatmane Pratimukhasya Yathamukhasri He says Hey Bhagwan, you are complete I am Nijalabhapurno I am satisfied with myself So, you do not need to get anything from anyone Maanam Janadavidushyah Avidushyah Akambuddhi people When they respect you Karunobhrinite It is your mercy that they accept That is why When we say Humble obeisances When we bow to someone The one whom we are bowing He is not obliged to accept our humble obeisances If he accepts our humble obeisances Then he is being kind to us This is especially applicable to Bhagwan That is why Please accept When we bow to someone He accepts When someone favours us We say thank you We are requesting Please accept my humble obeisances Bhagwan is not obliged to accept He does not need our humble obeisances But when he accepts We are satisfied Because we are part of Bhagwan When a part of Bhagwan Satisfies a whole Then a part of Bhagwan is also satisfied That is why When we sing Bhagwan’s praises It is for our welfare The materialistic soul Wants to listen to his own praises But to listen to his own praises There are two big problems The first problem is That we don’t have many qualities To sing If we sing, how many qualities will we have? The second problem is Our qualities are lost Sometimes we sing well, sometimes we forget Sometimes we don’t remember Sometimes we are managing something And one day everything is in chaos Our qualities Are not under our control That is why When we try to enjoy our own qualities We become very dissatisfied And insecure Dissatisfied because we don’t have many qualities How many qualities will we have? And insecure because We don’t know when we will be able to do If someone does a better job than us Then he will leave That is why a devotee does not enjoy his own qualities He enjoys the praises of Bhagwan Bhagwan’s qualities are infinite His praises are infinite Not only that Bhagwan’s qualities will remain with him That is why I am saying that If you accept someone’s praises Then it is your compassion Because The people who respect you So what happens with that? When a person stands in front of a mirror And adorns himself Then the reflection in the mirror Adorns itself Similarly When we praise Bhagwan Then we become satisfied That is why Bhagwan does not need anyone’s respect But we need to Respect Bhagwan And when Rohmaharishan Did not respect Bhagwan Then Bhagwan was not bothered But Bhagwan was thinking about two things First This person Has become proud That he is not Respecting Bhagwan For example, if I sit on an asana Then I have become great If he is not respecting Bhagwan Then it is not right for him And second This person Is at the level of a politician He should have an ideal behaviour His behaviour Everyone will learn from his behaviour That What is the right behaviour If this person Does not have The right behaviour Then he will become A wrong ideal for everyone And if he becomes a wrong ideal Then the whole society Will be mislead So that is why There are two things Knowledge And second Behaviour So Between these two What is more important Both are important But if we compare Behaviour is more important How do we know a devotee Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says Yes So behaviour We know a devotee by his behaviour Knowledge is also important But if there is knowledge and not behaviour And such a person Will be given a high position Then people will think that knowledge is important But behaviour is not important And this wrong example Will go to the whole society So that this wrong example Will not go to the society That is why he decided to punish him And now You can punish him But what was the need To kill him Because when Bhagwan Teaches something Then he teaches With extreme examples He teaches such examples That will be remembered forever No one will forget it So that is why he decided That the more knowledge There is in reality The more responsibility To behave properly Devamukh Maharaj says In Vedic culture knowledge was known Knowledge was valued Not for its informational content But for its transformational content Means Information Knowledge should not increase When there is knowledge Then behaviour should change Like we say In the twelfth chapter Advaita, Sarva, Bhutana, Maitra, Karuna So the devotee of Bhagwan His behaviour should be ideal So if he is not ideal Then it is wrong for the whole society So that is why he decided That we have to teach That if somebody has knowledge But he does not have behaviour Then that is a very bad Example for society And that is why he decided To kill him And what did he do? He just took a trun And touched him And as soon as he touched His soul left his body He died We see that it seems very strange But there are many such examples When Bhagwan With extreme Deeds Gives us a message Is there any such Leela When Bhagwan gives us a message Yes Yogesh To kill Dhobi The first karate chop Cut off So To Dhobi Bhagwan was showing Everything is mine If somebody does not give me Then he will be punished Sir Lakshman Prabhu Yes It is told that Madhubi Devi was a 90 years old woman And she saw him Only once Not even a full glance But still she said That you cannot live with me Sanand Chetan Prabhu What is the extreme example What is he teaching For example The point is To teach something Bhagwan does very extreme things And he teaches Yes Why Because he arrested Samba No The point is We are talking about punishment Yes Yes So in one sense that is Somewhat reasonable Because we see He arrested his prince With ill-behaviour He attacked with 6 warriors So we can say It is right to attack A big punishment for a small mistake Is there any such example Yes Very beautiful example Govind Ghosh Govind Ghosh He had kept Haritaki One day he got late So the next day he gave it He asked how did you get it I kept it yesterday He said if you want to keep it Then you become a householder I have a good horse So here You can consider Keeping it as a householder So here We see one extreme A big punishment for a small mistake And the second extreme Is there any other example Kalinga He was insulting Balramji See if there is a small mistake Now we will see the second extreme That If someone does a small thing God blesses him a lot Putana She came to kill him But she saw that he is giving her milk God took her away Fruits She gave him fruits She gave him jewellery But most importantly she gave him Krishna Prem And a famous example Sudama How is that related Tal tree She sent him God remembered that this tal tree She had served me She came there and gave him But a little more extreme He did a lot of sins But he did a small service See what extreme we are seeing A small sin and a lot of punishment But the second He did a lot of sins but did a small good deed God blessed him a lot Yes Parthitra A small He tore a cloth and bandaged God Punishment or mercy Two more examples Jagai Madai Yes Madai did a little Jagai was beating him He stopped him Then he gave him God’s blessings Famous example from 6th canto Jamel He called his name once And he was saved from death What we can see from these two examples When Krishna wants to do something We say He did a small service And he got a big fruit He called Narayan’s name once And he was not calling Narayan He was calling his son But he saved him from death There is an example in shastras He says Haram He was beating him He was abusing him But God took the name of Ram And saved him So this is one extreme For a small For devotion God gives a big reward Another extreme For a small God gives a big reward So what shloka says about God Kusumad api komalam Vajrad api kathoram So God’s nature He does different things at different times So sometimes people say If we are taking God’s name Then why doesn’t God bless us If we take his name once Then we are doing 16 times Nothing is happening But then If we want extraordinary mercy Then we should be ready for extraordinary punishment also Because both are Aspects of the same Lord If we want extraordinary grace Then we see in other religion God gives extraordinary punishment So it is better to do ordinary sadhana bhakti And And we Progress slowly Sadhana bhakti is not ordinary But we don’t demand extraordinary mercy Because God does both He gives extraordinary punishment Extraordinary grace also So this message He wants to give Acharya is very important And if acharya is not right Then that person Deserves punishment So that’s why Vaishnava etiquette Should be followed very carefully Krishna Swaminarayan says If a devotee comes And you don’t know Who he is Then it is better to over respect Than under respect If you don’t know Then it is better to respect less Because less respect can lead to crime So this is very important He teaches So this is reforming And A is Almighty He is Param Purushottam Bhagwan And very powerful We have already discussed about many leelas Where he shows his power In which leelas First He tore the whole world Then he took Hastinapur Balramji has two weapons Which are they? Hull and Plough Plough and Club Club So he With his plough When earthquake comes But when Bhagwan Put his plough He tore Hastinapur So there was no earthquake There was nothing He trembled So everyone was scared Then Kauravas came And first of all They kept Lakshmana in front And said you take him Be calm So Bhagwan One thing about Balramji He gets very angry When he gets angry He shows his power What is the meaning of Balram Who takes Ram in the form of power Who takes Anand In the form of his power What other leelas When he shows his power Dhenukasura He came to kick But Bhagwan caught him And made him spin When he was spinning He died Later he threw him Balramji is also like this There are boys If they want fruit They throw it And eat it But Balramji caught Asura And threw the tree And the tree fell Asura fell Asura died The tree fell And the Gopas started eating Perfect example of Two birds in one arrow He killed Asura And served the Gopas Any other leela Yes He broke his collarbone In one punch And killed him Pallambasura Pallambasura came in the form of Gopas And then He thought to kill Balram And then Krishna When he lost to Krishna He took Balram Balramji thought Why is he taking him so far Suddenly Balramji saw He was a good boy How did he become a bad boy How did he become a bad boy His beautiful Gopas Became evil demons Balramji got fascinated For some time And then he killed him And then he died Similarly In Guru Pooja Guru is Avidya Vinashayati When Guru’s name is mentioned He kills the Dhanuka in our heart Pallambasura So Any other leela When he shows his power Yes you told Yes Kalingaraj It is told in Krishna book When Kalingaraj was beaten He thought that he should not retaliate Then he will get more beating So he got beaten and ran away He did not retaliate All other kings also ran away Any other In the form of Anandshesh In the form of Anandshesh Ilawal and Balawal Balawal and one more Balawal and Ilawal They were big demons They were very powerful They were flying in the air Balramji Grabbed him with his donkey Grabbed his chest Killed him Killed him They were very powerful And then One more It is told When Bheem killed Keechak Keechak Which kingdom In Aghyatvas In Nivrata Raj Then all the ministers came And said that Keechak was so powerful That only four people Could kill him Bheem, Shalva, Krishna And Balram All the warriors of that time Believed that Balramji was very powerful He is very powerful And specially In destroying demons He shows his power And last M Master He is our master Guru is Balramji’s opponent This is the most important For us Balramji Balramji It is told that Devaki’s son Had six children They were killed Then Balramji came Then they moved to Rohini’s house And then Krishna appeared So these six sons of Devaki They were Marich Marich is not a demon Marich is a sage He is one of the deities So he was His son And Marich Is the ruler of mind So the six sons of Marich Are compared to the six Vastanas arising from the mind So Kama, Krodha, Lobha Mohamad and Matsarya So when Devaki’s womb Is like a sadhak’s heart So first of all The six Anarthas Should be destroyed Only when the six Anarthas are destroyed The work is not completed Then Guru appears in that heart And when Guru appears in that heart He is Balramji And after appearing in that heart He cleanses the heart And after cleaning the heart When the heart is ready For entering God Then there God enters So this Balramji Actually First of all When our Anarthas Are destroyed Then there is a strong attachment towards Guru And that attachment towards Guru Turns into an attachment towards God So Balramji Represents Guru Balram has another meaning Bala Ram So Bala means power And Ram means happiness So Balramji His representative Guru He gives us strength So that the temptations of Maya The temptations of Maya We cannot say no to them When Maya proposes She proposes so fast That we are not able to say no So Balramji gives us the strength To say no to Maya So he gives us strength Ram means when we serve God So Balramji Balramji gives us happiness in that service Ram And with that we are able to serve God So they do both Anarthani vritti and Artha pravritti Balramji does both He gives us the strength To say no to Maya And to say yes to Krishna He gives us Ram in the service of Krishna He gives us happiness So when we can pray to Balramji We can pray How We can pray If we have any problem That we are not able to say no He can give us the strength To pray And if we are not able to get Interest in Bhakti We can pray for that One more weapon of Balramji Is A donkey A plough So what do we do with the plough With the plough We plough the field So the heart of the seeker Is like the field And the instructions of the Guru Are like the plough of Balramji So the instructions of the spiritual master Plough the heart of the disciple And only when the Heart is ploughed Can grains grow over there I will speak in English It is only from Broken clouds That rains come It is only from broken Soil that grains come It is only from broken grains That bread comes It is only from broken bread That nourishment comes And it is only in a broken heart That devotion manifests So he is an expert In using broken things When the clouds break That’s when it rains When the land looks good There is no crop The land has to be broken Cut That’s when the grains come When the grains are full You can’t make anything When the grains are grinded That’s when From broken grains only Bread comes That’s how flour is made And chapati also looks good But it has to be broken That’s when we get satisfaction Similarly, the heart If that heart is Filled with our own desires Then God doesn’t enter When the heart is broken Then There God manifests Like When King Janak of Mithila Was farming Who manifested from there? Sita Mata Similarly, from Balram Ji’s throat Devotion manifests When devotion is pure God manifests in that heart Like When we are doing sadhna bhakti Till the time we are On the level of sadhna bhakti We are in the control of Balram And when we go from sadhna bhakti To raga nuka bhakti Then Balram Ji hands us over to Radha Rani That’s when Guru That’s when we go to the internal power So Guru, till the time we are in the external power He guides us How to do bhakti And when we go to the level of raga nuka Then Radha Rani guides us So from Guru’s Updesh only our heart is joined There bhakti manifests After bhakti, God manifests So in this way We can pray to Balram Ji That he give us the power That we also Be in bhakti And not be able to speak the words of Maya Any comments? Shyamrukh Pramod Would you like to add something? Gaulida Pramod Shri Balram Ji Ki Shri Balram Jayanti Mahamahotsav Ki Shri Prabhupada Ki Shri Prabhupada Ki Shri Gaur Preman