Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure)
by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja | 2010 | 179,005 words
This page relates ‘Finding Shrimati Radharani’s Nose Ring’ 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.
Finding Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s Nose Ring
Narottama dāsa Thākura, Śyāmānanda Prabhu and Śrīnivāsa Ācārya were great devotees who on the order of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī started distributing the books of the six Gosvāmīs all over India.
The King of Viṣṇupura had invited Śrīnivāsa Ācārya in his royal palace in West Bengal. While Śrīnivāsa Ācārya was staying there, he went into a deep samādhi for three to four days, causing his servants to think he had left this world. All became worried and started lamenting deeply.
The news reached Rāmacandra Kavirāja who was the nearest and dearest disciple of Śrīnivāsa. He immediately rushed to the King’s palace in Viṣṇupura.
Seeing his spiritual master, he understood that he was in deep samādhi. Offering his obeisances, Rāmacandra quietly sat down next to Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and became absorbed in meditation. Understanding the inner mood of his guru, he entered into the pastimes of the Divine Couple.
He saw that everyone was busy searching for something. Rādhikā’s nose ring had fallen into the water and everyone was busy trying to find it.
Śrīnivāsa Ācārya in his form as a mañjarī, under the guidance of his Guru Manjāri, was also engaged in searching everywhere for the nose ring.
Rāmacandra Kavirāja had entered into the same līlā in his mañjarī svarūpa and also began searching. He quickly found the nose ring under a lotus leaf and offered it to his Guru Māṅjāri who passed it through the chain of different gopīs and mañjarīs and finally into the hands of Śrīmatī Rādhīkā.
Śrī Rādhā became overjoyed. She wanted to know who had found her nose ring. Her maidservants told her it was this new gopī who had located the nose ring.
Radhīkā became very pleased with Rāmacandra Kavirāja in his mañjarī form.
After some time, both Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and Rāmacandra Kavirāja came back into bahir-dāsa or external consciousness. All the assembled Vaiṣṇavas became very happy. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura prays:
दया कर श्रि आचार्य प्रभु श्रिनिवास
रामचन्द्र-सन्ग मागे नरोत्तम दासdayā kara śri ācārya prabhu śrinivāsa
rāmacandra-sanga māge narottama dāsaŚrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu Daya Karo More 6
Be merciful, O Prabhu Śrīnivāsa Acārya! Narottama dāsa begs for the company of Rāmacandra!