Bhajana-Rahasya
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya | 2010 | 123,965 words
The Bhajana-rahasya Text 32, English translation, including commentary (vritti). The Bhajana-rahasya is a compilation of verses describing the mercy of the eight pairs of names (Yugala-nama) of the Maha-mantra. This is text 32 belonging to the chapter “Dvitiya-yama-sadhana (Pratah-kaliya-bhajana)” representing the first six dandas of the morning: approximately 6.00 a.m.–8.30 a.m.
Text 32
Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.234) states:
अतः श्री-कृष्ण-नामादि न भवेद् ग्राह्यम् इन्द्रियैः
सेवोन्मुखे हि जिह्वादौ स्वयम् एव स्फुरत्य् अदःataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥThe tongue and the other material senses cannot perceive Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s name, which appears automatically only on the transcendental senses of one in whose heart the desire to serve Śrī Kṛṣṇa has arisen.
नाम, रूप, गुण, लीला इन्द्रिय-ग्राह्य नय
सेवा-मुखे कृपा करि’ इन्द्रिय उदयnāma, rūpa, guṇa, līlā indriya-grāhya naya
sevā-mukhe kṛpā kari’ indriya udaya
Commentary: Bhajana-rahasya-vṛtti:
It is the natural tendency of one who has the desire to serve Śrī Kṛṣṇa (sevonmukha) to be engaged in chanting Śrī Bhagavān’s holy name, which is His intrinsic form. The holy name Himself appears and begins to dance on the tongue and other senses of one who has a tendency towards nāma-sevā, in other words, an inclination for chanting. The Supreme Lord’s name can appear even on the tongues of animals. Examples of this are Bharata Mahārāja when he was leaving his deer body, and the elephant Gajendra when he was being pulled into the water by the crocodile.