SB 4.9.13 – The experience of Krishna is the ultimate doubt destroyer – Let the holy name give us that experience

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attachment. Thank you. … … … … … … … Guru Maharaj is praying about how the lord’s form is the ultimate form so he says in this universe there are many different forms Tiriyan is animals Naga is trees Dwija is birds Sarasrupa is reptiles so he’s talking about the 8.4 million species by referring to their representatives by referring to some of them … … … … … … … sometimes they manifest sometimes they do not … … … … … … … over the universe and this is caused by the material energy, Mahadha, the great material energy which comes from Mahatattva, but now that I have seen your form my dear lord, but after this I understand, O Param, O Supreme Lord, there is nothing Param, the word Paramparam creates a nice poetic feel over here and it says that actually my dear lord, there is nothing beyond me, Paramparam Vedmi Kriyatravadah, so different people may argue about what is the ultimate truth, what is the most attractive form, is form real or is there some reality beyond the form, is that formless reality the highest reality, so different people have different arguments about what is the ultimate truth, but my dear lord, now that I have experienced your form, I am beholding your supreme all attractiveness, now I have no doubt about what is the ultimate reality, so Nathah Paramparam Vedmi Kriyatravadah, so I know that there is no more arguments left, so Krishna also talks about this in the Bhagavad Gita in 2.52 and 53, when he says that actually, Da Temo Kalilam, and goes beyond the forest of delusion and says, Uthavise Shuddha Sucher, whatever one has heard and whatever one will hear, nothing will shake a person, so here hearing refers to the hearing of Vedic sound vibration that glorify Swarga and other such material pleasures, the point is that different philosophers can debate about what is the best thing, what is the highest reality, but once one experiences the beautiful form of Krishna, then there is no doubt about what is the highest reality and one becomes completely satisfied, one becomes completely fulfilled, one becomes completely doubt-free and joyful, so Sanatana Goswami explains how experience is the highest of Pramanas, so mantra meditation is an opportunity for us to experience Krishna and many times we may have certain doubts about this philosophical point or that thing and that may check us in chanting, so we understand that we can intellectually try to resolve doubts, but the experiential resolution of doubts will be far deeper and far more fulfilling for us and that experiential verification can’t happen if we don’t let ourselves have that experience, to let ourselves have that experience we need to chant sincerely, attentively, fervently, wholeheartedly, prayerfully, putting aside our doubts, we cannot get rid of our doubts, but we can keep them in a state of suspended judgment, neither taking them positively nor negatively, neither saying they are right nor wrong, just focus on, put them aside, suspend judgment and focus on chanting, at least during the time of chanting let us suspend judgment of all our doubts and focus on gaining the experience, and the more we relish the joyful remembrance of Krishna, the more we will also be able to say this, naatah paramparamedhi mitravadah, my dear lord, now there is no argument, now I have experienced, relished your sweetness, your beauty and there is no higher reality my dear lord, so this is what chanting can offer us and we can let the holy name give us the supreme gift, if we plunge ourselves in the course of meditation without letting anything hold us back, thank you,