Mukunda mala stotra 03: Remembrance of Krishna is the greatest achievement and the greatest blessing

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mukunda murdhna pranipatya yace

bhavantam ekantam iyantam artham

avismritis tvac-caranaravinde

bhave bhave me ’stu bhavat-prasadat

O Lord Mukunda! I bow down my head to Your Lordship and respectfully ask You to fulfill this one desire of mine: that in each of my future births I will, by Your Lordship’s mercy, always remember and never forget Your lotus feet.

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Mukunda Mala Stotra verse 3 Mukunda Murghna Pranipatya Jai Bhavantame Kantami Antamartham Avishmati Stupach Charanar Vinde Bhave Bhave Prasadat so this verse comes from Kulshikar Maharaj heart as he is expressing his intense desires to seek the constant remembrance of the Lord he is saying Mukunda Murghna Pranipatya Jai bow down Pranipatya is the word in the Bhagavad Gita which indicates to fall down without reservation so I bow down to you unhesitatingly and Bhavantam is a respectful address for person, unto you O Lord Ekantami Antamartham only one thing I ask you is exclusively Ekantami Antam this much what is that? Avishmati Stupach Charanar Vinde let your lotus feet let there never be forgetfulness freedom from forgetfulness so Smriti means remembrance Vismriti means forgetfulness and Avismriti means not forgetfulness so the double negative is a way to emphasize the positive for the soul in the spiritual world remembrance of Krishna is natural for the soul in the material world Vismriti forgetfulness of the soul is natural forgetfulness of his own spiritual identity and forgetfulness of Krishna is natural therefore Avismriti please bless me so that that which is naturally happening in the material world but that which is unnatural to the soul will stop happening to me now Bhave Bhave Mestu Bhavat Prasadat the mercy that I ask from you is this Bhave Bhave, even if I have to take birth again and again in this material existence I don’t mind it I can just remember you so actually remembrance of Krishna is the greatest achievement and the greatest blessing that we can experience within the material world it is the greatest achievement because it is the essential, indispensable prerequisite for the ultimate or the greatest achievement of developing love for God and returning back to Krishna developing love for God is a gradual process and returning back to Godhead is the ultimate destination so both of these are also achievements in their own way, developing love for God and returning back to Godhead but the achievement that is possible for us every moment is the achievement of remembrance of Krishna in fact in the moment that we remember Krishna we have achieved the greatest gain that is possible from that moment and the scriptures also say that in the moment that we have forgotten Krishna we have endured the greatest loss of course because remembering Krishna is neither a mechanical nor automatic activity unless we put our heart into the act of concentrating our mind on Krishna we cannot really invoke his remembrance and that’s why the remembrance of Krishna is also the greatest blessing we can try to mechanically force our mind on the holy name or any other aspect of Krishna to remember him but it is only when Krishna reveals himself through his manifestations and gives us a glimpse of his beauty, his sweetness his glory, then our mind gets latched and locked on Krishna so the holy name is the easiest and the best way by which we can remember Krishna and the more we concentrate on the holy name while chanting the more we are practicing remembrance of Krishna and the more we try from our side to achieve this remembrance of Krishna the more Krishna becomes pleased with us our sincere efforts even if they are not very successful and then he reveals himself through the holy name and captures our heart and then remembrance of Krishna becomes natural and joyful so chanting is the time when we too are offering this prayer to Krishna please let me remember you please let me concentrate attentively on your holy name as you reveal yourself to me so if we remember the glory of the remembrance of Krishna and the facility for remembering Krishna that the holy name provides then we can get the will to concentrate on chanting Hare Krishna Krishna Hare Krishna