SB 4.9.11 – Devotional service in association enables us to transcend all misery

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Srimad Bhagavatam 4911 Bhaktim mohu pravahatam tvaime prasango bhūyādananta-mahatāma-malāśayānāṁ yenaṁ yasa ulyvanna-mūḍhya-sanāṁ bhavādhiṁ ye śivabhavad-gūr-kathāṁ hṛty-pāṇya-muktaḥ So here the Lord Maharaj is now expressing the aspiration of his heart after expressing how everything else is futile, speaking for worldly pleasure, heavenly pleasure or even the pleasure of liberation, how all that is insignificant as compared to the joy of devotional service. Now he is aspiring, begging to the Lord for the association of devotees because that association enables one to practice devotional service. So he is saying bhaktim mohu pravahatam that one can constantly perform devotional service tvaime prasango after you in prasanga in the association of intimate devotees, prasanga bhūyādananta-mahatāma-malāśayānāṁ O Unlimited, O Supreme Lord Ananta bhūyād, bhūyād means he is expressing his desire, let it be it’s like in the prayer, he says let this happen so like that he is saying may this happen bhūyādananta-mahatāma-malāśayānāṁ So whose association he wants? Mahatāma, mahatāma is Mahatmas the great souls, those who are connected with the supremely great soul that is Krishna, the greatest soul amalāśayānāṁ and what kind of devotees? pure-hearted devotees who are themselves a relation the nectar of Krishna-katha amalāśayānāṁ so what will happen if I am able to practice devotional service in the association of such pure-hearted devotees then yenaṁ yasa-olbhayaṁ purvesaṁ bhavāti anjasād anjasā means easily the same word anjasā is also used by Prahlāda Mahārāja in his prayers anjasād karem he says easily are we able to cross over it is very difficult to cross over the material existence he says it can be crossed over easily by the glory of by the practice of devotional service so he is himself contrasting this anjasā with ulbanaṁ and urvesaṁ ulbanaṁ means it is terrible what kind of danger can befall us in this material existence disease, accident disgrace misunderstanding scandal anything can happen in this world but ulbanaṁ, urvesaṁ actually there are so many apart from birth only disease, death apart from ādhyātmikā, devotikā, dedication there are also the constant dangers created by by the anarthā, lust, anger, greed, envy, pride, illusion and this is just the material ocean bhavābdhiṁ anjasā ulbanaṁ urvesaṁ devābdhiṁ anjasā easily we are able to cross over because ultimately it is our consciousness which is central and if our consciousness is caught in material things then whatever happens in the material level rocks us and knocks us down but if our consciousness is absorbed in Krishna as is possible if we hear Krishna kathā tentatively then the material problems will come but they will not rock or knock us we will be situated at a far higher level and yes we will be concerned but we will not be disturbed we will be able to intelligently respond to them and by avoiding negative reactions which complicate our situation implicate us in karma we will be able to march ahead nishye bhavad guna kathā amṛta pā namatthaha that nishye I will be able to cross over bhavad guna amṛta bhavad guna kathā amṛta your guna and kathā the nectar of that the nectar of the amṛta of your qualities and your activities pā namatthaha, I drink that and by that I will become intoxicated when one is intoxicated by Krishna then one cannot become intoxicated by māyā and if we are not intoxicated by māyā then māyā cannot make us suffer because the sufferings will come but we cannot have our consciousness in that suffering because our consciousness is protected by the remembrance of Krishna and it is this opportunity for protecting our consciousness from the inevitable sufferings of material existence that is offered to us by the process of chanting so when we treasure this opportunity and relish it understanding what it is offering us then we can set aside all the thoughts and the problems and the troubles that are distracting us and focus wholeheartedly on taking shelter of the holy name