Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure)
by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja | 2010 | 179,005 words
This page relates ‘Dancing of Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja’ of the book dealing with life and teachings of Srila Gurudeva, otherwise known as Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja. Srila Gurudeva is a learned and scholar whose teachings primarily concern the spiritual beauties of Bhakti—devotional service and the qualities and pastimes of Shri Krishna.
The Dancing of Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja
One day at the midday ārati Śrīla Gurudeva was in the Mathurā maṭha playing mṛdanga and singing, “Yaśomatī-nandana braja-vara nāgara…”
He was a very good singer but he was not so expert at playing the mṛdanga. Suddenly his gurudeva Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja came in, took the mṛdaṅga from his neck and started playing it and dancing ecstatically. Śrīla Gurudeva remembered this incident while we were on the ocean-side in Mauritius, 2009. He told me: “I had never seen such nice dancing and mṛdaṅga playing. This is only possible for Mahāprabhu and His eternal associates.”
Altough My dīkṣā-guru, nitya-līlā-praviṣṭha Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Mahārāja and nitya-līlā-praviṣṭha Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Mahārāja were also gifted singers, Śrīla Gurudeva was renowned throughout the Gauḍīya Maṭha for his sweet melodious bhajans and kīrtanas. He entusiastally led large kīrtana parties followed by enlightening lectures wherever he went.