16 Jul 2025
(Śrī Rādhā Viṣāda Yogaḥ)
| Verses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-24 | 25-38 | ||
25) Daiva pātre'pyahaṃ bhaktā – pātre tvaṃ bhakta dohade |
Mānavī mānava śreyaḥ – kṛte bhakti tamārthinī ||
[Since we both are in the roles of devotee and Divine Preacher, I have to treat you as a devotee only so that you can stand as the ideal devotee for all the other devotees. Therefore, there is necessity of My testing of your level in the devotion. I have to decide whether your devotion is in the human level or divine level. If your devotion is in the human level, I will preach you just the basics of the spiritual knowledge so that you can stand as an example for the development of devotion of normal human beings. If your level of devotion is in the divine level, you will stand as an example for the climax devotees.]
26) Ādye prema prati prema, pare prema sthiraṃ sadā |
Na parīkṣā puraḥ paścāt,–trimūrtyākhyā tridhā kṛtā ||
[In the first type of the level of human devotion, love is shown if the same love returns back, which means that “I love you if you love me in return similarly”. In this level, there is no need of conducting any test. It is called ‘Business Devotion’, which is like the customer giving Rs. 50 to the shopkeeper and taking 1 Kg of sugar in return from the shopkeeper. In the second type of the level of divine devotion, love is always shown irrespective of any return or no return. There are three tests in the divine devotion named after the Divine Trinity of Brahmā, Vishnu and Shiva.]
27) Ādyāyāṃ maunamevāsyā, prati spandana maśnnute |
Daśa bhāgeṣu bhakteṣu,–bhāga eko' vaśiṣyate ||
[In the first Brahmā test, God keeps silent for the love expressed to any extent by the devotee. 90% of the devotees will run away and only 10% devotees remain at the end of this test. After this first test, only 10 devotees out of the 100 devotees will remain for the second test. God keeps silent for the love of the devotee showing negligence towards the devotee. Even if the devotee asks God for just ten rupees, God will not respond to the prayer of the devotee. In this test, silence will be shown by God towards the devotee.]
28) Dvitīyāyāṃ vinā dānam, tataścādhika māhṛtam |
Bhāge'smin daśamaṃ śiṣṭam, bhūṣanāni hṛtāni te ||
[In the second Vishnu test, God not only refuses to respond positively, but also gives negative response. Here, God not only refuses to give the ten rupees asked by the devotee, but also steals a hundred rupees from the devotee. After this test, out of the 10% remaining devotees, again 90% of them will run away. It means that out of 10 remaining devotees, only 1 devotee remains. In this test, loss will be done to the devotee (Yasyānugrahamicchāmi, tasya vittaṃ harāmyaham – Vishnu Purāṇam).]
29) Tṛtīyāyāyāṃ mahā hiṃsā, svapnātītā yayā naram |
Āviśya tanmayo Datto, viparītaṃ phalaṃ śṛtam ||
[In the third Rudra test, God gives unbearable torture to the soul so that the leftover last one devotee also runs away. In this test, the devotee weeps due to torture (Rodayati iti Rudraḥ). Therefore, no devotee of ordinary human level can even dream about the final test of God Datta. But, if the devotee stands firm in this test also and continues to love God Datta without shaking in anyway, God Datta will be extremely pleased to merge with such devotee to make him/her the human incarnation. The salvation given by God Datta is always reverse, which means that the soul will not merge in God Datta, but, God Datta will merge with such devotee, who passes the final test.]
30) Rādhe! Guptaṃ samaṃ divyā – parīkṣāyāṃ parājitā |
Bhavatī pātratassarva – parājaya nivedinī ||
[O Rādhā! Even you were tested by Me at the divine level. Hence, I did not tell you that I created several Krishnas having My form and I did not reveal that I have not multiplied Myself as real Krishnas in this Raasaa-dance. The reason is to test you whether you will continue to love Me, the Sadguru or God in spite of My exposed defects. You acted as if you have failed in this test just to show to the world of devotees that even the devotees of very high level can also fail in My tests. This is not your real failure, which is a failure shown through your role (Rādhā) only and not the failure of the actress (Goddess Anaghā or Mahā Māyā) of the role.]
31) Ajñāna mubhayossāro, vidyunmegha miva śritaḥ |
Tava me viditaṃ sarvam, Sadgurorjñāna vistaraḥ ||
[Due to your strong ignorance-black cloud, you don’t know all the details about you and about Me. Such state is as per the requirement of your role, which is a devotee. But, still, the basic essence of the details strikes the consciousness of your real self like the lightening. As per the requirement of My role as Sadguru, I am fully aware of all the details even though I also maintain My ignorance for the sake of entertainment from this world-drama.]
Śrī Rādhā Devī uvāca:-
[Shri Rādhā Devī spoke:-]
32) Atra tiṣṭhāmyataḥ Kṛṣṇa!, Brūhi māṃ dharma eṣa kaḥ |
Saputrā gopikāḥ kanyāḥ, dūṣitāssṛṣṭa jīvibhiḥ ||
[O Krishna! You are correct. Because of my consciousness only, I am still sitting here without going to my native place. Still, I have some questions provoked by my mind. Tell me, how are You justified by creating new human beings having Your form to be used for romancing with the Gopikas, who are duly married and have children? Also, it is injustice to spoil even the unmarried Gopikas (This same question was asked by King Parkshit to Sage Shuka.).]
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]
33) Rādhe! Nāṭakamevedam, kalaye pāpine puraḥ |
Yuga sandhi kṛtaṃ pūrvam, naivaṃ dharmabalāt Priye! ||
[O Darling Rādhā! All this dance in Bṛndāvanam is a big drama. This drama is enacted in Bṛndāvanam at this fag end of Dvāpara age. This divine play is meant for the souls of sinful Kali age, which has already cropped into this Dvāpara age making border between two ages. This drama was not played in any age earlier because of strong justice existing in those earlier times.]
34) Rāmo'ha mṛṣayo Gopyaḥ, Sarve jārāḥ kalau khalāḥ |
Daṇḍa tyāgaḥ parā prāptiḥ, Moho duṣkarmaṇi sthitaḥ ||
[In My previous incarnation as Rama, I advised sages to be born as Gopikas in this time and I am born as Krishna. In the coming Kali age, almost all souls irrespective of gender are going to be horrible sinners fascinated for the illegal relationships, which are condemned by justice. The advice for such sinners entering Dushpravrutti leaving Pravrutti will be to divert their bad qualities towards God so that they will have triple benefits of i) escaping the serious punishments in hell, ii) attaining salvation and iii) continuing their bad qualities simultaneously.]
35) Duṣkarma Bhagavat saṅgāt, kalyāṇa guṇa mohataḥ |
Dharmātmā bhavati kṣipram, pravṛttaḥ paramicchayā ||
[When the bad qualities are diverted towards God like dancing with God, lot of fascination will be developed towards God. Due to such intensive fascination, there will be interest to study the qualities of God in which His liking for justice and His dislike for injustice will impress on the minds of the associated sinful souls. They become fond of justice shortly and result as the perfect followers of Pravrutti. Later on, if these souls in Pravrutti are interested in the Nivrutti also, they can even reach the abode of God by their further efforts.]
36) Pravṛttir niyatā dharmyā, Nivṛttistu yathepsitā |
Svecchayā saṅgatā Daivam, arthavādaḥ parā gatiḥ ||
[Pravrutti, which is worldly life with justified worldly bonds, is mandatory for every soul. Hence, God changes the soul from Dushpravrutti, which is the worldly life with unjust worldly bonds, to Pravrutti. Since Nivrutti is optional, those souls interested in God will have to make further individual efforts to reach God, the goal of Nivrutti. Actually, God helps the soul till it reaches Pravrutti from Dushpravrutti and the soul is leftover at the stage of Pravrutti only. The next optional step of Nivrutti or merge with God in the upper energetic world (Paraṃjyotirupasampadya, svena rūpeṇābhi niṣpadyate, nirañjanaṃ sāmyamupaiti divyam - Veda) after salvation from all the worldly bonds, is attained by those souls of Pravrutti, who develop mad fascination for God through their individual efforts. The advice that the soul in Dushpravrutti will attain salvation directly just by diverting its bad qualities to God is purely a beneficial-meritorious-lie called arthavāda, which is the attraction for the initial step to be taken by the soul showing the final utmost fruit as the fruit of the initial step itself.]
37) Arthavāde śiśurbhuṅkte, paṇḍitassatya kevalaḥ |
Gururvadati cāsatyam, kriyālābhāya śṛṇvataḥ ||
[Arthavāda is a lie told to do good benefit of encouragement in right progress. It is not a sin. Instead, it is a merit. A mother tells her child that if the child eats food, the moon will come down. Though this is a lie, it is told for the benefit of the child to make it eat the food. A scholar (Paṇḍita) does not care for the practical benefit of the disciples since he simply preaches the theoretical truth irrespective of the practical progress of the disciple. A preacher (Guru) takes more care about the practical progress of the disciple so that the disciple practically climbs at least the very next step for the sake of which the preacher does not mind to tell a lie for the practical benefit of the disciple.]
38) Purā yajñāpsaro vṛttam,–vaidikaṃ bhāryayā saha |
Idamindrāgni śabdārthāt, duṣpravṛtteḥ pravṛttigaḥ ||
[In the ancient days also, this type of plan was propagated by the Veda. The Veda says that a sinner interested in Dushpravrutti can get most beautiful heavenly dancers for illegal sex in the heaven after death if he performs the sacrifice (Yajña), which is the worship of God called as Indra, Agni etc. Indra means ruler (Idi – aiśvarye) and agni means the first (Agni – agri). While doing sacrifices, the sinner gets absorbed in God and slowly understands that God is the embodiment of justice and thus, turns into a righteous soul of Pravrutti in course of time. Since the wife of the sinner also participates in the sacrifice, she also becomes a virtuous soul of Pravrutti.]
(To be Continued…)
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