Saṁsāra-dāvānala PRABHUPADA´S SONG
September 2, 2015 in Articles, Caitanya Priya Das by Nityananda Rama dasa
Saṁsāra-dāvānala PRABHUPADA´S SONG.
Saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka,
PRAYERS TO THE REAL GURU by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, Guruv-aṣṭaka prayers.
When we hear this song, wherever we are and we hear this melody, we automatically associate it with Srila Prabhupada and we meditate on it.
And that should be like that for ISKCON as long as ISKCON EXISTS.
This is the true glorification ceremony for Srila Prabhupada, Jaladuta ceremony, … etc.
Great sports stars when they retire, their shirts, their numbers are removed from the team in his honor.
As each nation has its national song and when this sound all are filled with respect and pride,in the same way this song Saṁsāra-dāvānala should be the hymn of ISKCON dedicated exclusively in honor to Srila Prabhupada.
The GBC should show their love and gratitude to Srila Prabhupada legislating unequivocally that in ISKCON the gurv-aṣṭaka song, the Saṁsāra song is sung and it will be sung forever,only and exclusively in honor of Srila Prabhupada, the savior of all the suffering souls of this Kali-yuga.
This should be a clear RECLAIM of any devotee in gratitude to whom all of us we owe our lives.
Therefore this Gurvaṣṭaka, saṁsāra-dāvānala, we have to sing. (SB 1.3.26 — Los Angeles, October 1, 1972)
If any authority doubt about this then he is not an authority.
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“ONE WHO DOES NOT ACTUALLY POSSESS THESE QUALITIES SHOULD NOT TRY TO ENGAGE HIS FOLLOWERS AND DEVOTEES IN OFFERING HIM GLORY FOR THEM,” (SB 4.15.23)
“TO BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN…”(Upadesamrta five)
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1.“SO, IT´S NOT A PRABHUPADA´S SONG.”,
“it´s NOT ONLY a Prabhupada´s song”
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2.BUT,FOR US IT´S A PRABHUPADA´S SONG.
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3.BUT IT´S NOT ISKCON SO-CALLED “GURUS” SONG .
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Upadesamrta five:
-“INTELLIGENTLY, ONE MUST SELECT PROPER PERSONS WITH CAREFUL DISCRIMINATION.”
-“TO BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN…”
-In order to INTELLIGENTLY apply the sixfold loving reciprocations mentioned in the previous verse,
ONE MUST SELECT PROPER PERSONS WITH CAREFUL DISCRIMINATION.
-In this verse Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advises the devotee
TO BE INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
the kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, madhyama-adhikārī and uttama-adhikārī.(Upadesamrta five)
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SB 4.15.23 :Srila Prabhupada’s PURPORT
ONE WHO DOES NOT ACTUALLY POSSESS THESE QUALITIES
SHOULD NOT TRY TO ENGAGE HIS FOLLOWERS AND DEVOTEES IN OFFERING HIM GLORY FOR THEM,
EVEN THOUGH THESE QUALITIES MIGHT BE MANIFEST IN THE FUTURE.
IF A MAN WHO DOES NOT FACTUALLY POSSESS THE ATTRIBUTES OF A GREAT PERSONALITY
ENGAGES HIS FOLLOWERS IN PRAISING HIM
with the expectation that
SUCH ATTRIBUTES WILL DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE,
THAT SORT OF PRAISE IS ACTUALLY AN INSULT.”
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1.FIRST:
.Someone as Jayadvaita Swami, and anyone closely related to him,says about the gurv-aṣṭaka song:
“SO, IT´S NOT A PRABHUPADA´S SONG.”
.An immediate answer of any devotee:
“Of course,Prabhú, I know that this song was not specifically written TO Srila Prabhupada FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Prabhu I understand so far,but thanks for the help.”
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Also they say THIS SONG IS FOR ALL THE PARAMPARA NOT ONLY FOR SRILA PRABHUPADA.
Answer:
Of course for all the great acharyas, liberated souls, “the parampara system of pure devotees”, “a devotee on the topmost platform, the mahā-bhāgavata stage, and a paramahaṁsa-ṭhākura, a spiritual form only fit to be addressed as paramahaṁsa or ṭhākura.”.(CC Madhya 25.9)
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This song gurv-aṣṭaka prayers ,according to Srila Prabhupada,was written, was composed and dedicated by Srila Viśvanātha Cakravartī THAKURA, a great liberated devotee, to his guru Srila Narottama dasa THAKURA,and describes the qualities of a devotee of the highest degree, paramahamsa-thakura, as Srila Narottama dasa Thakura.
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“Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura has taught very, very nicely about guru.
He is example, practical example of guru-bhakti, Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura accepted his guru, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura.”
Arrival Address — Los Angeles, June 20, 1975:.
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Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura describes THE REAL GURU in this way. SB 5.14.13, Purport
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Prabhupāda:
“This song is offering obeisances PARTICULARLY to the spiritual master, and
THE SYMPTOMS of the spiritual master are described in this prayer.”
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