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July24,2010
The above incident is indicative of the undesirable human attribute of over
confidence. On the same lines Maya makes us feel confident about our
interactionswithher.Astimegoesby,we becomeadequatelyconvincedabout
ourskilltodealwithMaya.Maya,interestinglyallowsus todefineourownrules
and play with her, as if teasing us repeatedly to indulge in her. Once we are
sufficiently off guard, Maya presents her real form, that of an insurmountable
ogresstous.WhenwewonderWhereisthebeautifuldamselwhomademefeel
sogoodsometimeback?TheogresswouldreplyThatwasactuallyme,Maya
andnowyouarejustreadytobedevouredbymeThatswhatisMaya,That
whichisnot!.ThusoneshouldlearnnottoindulgeinMayamorethankneelevel
elseonewouldbeinrealtrouble.
RupaandSanatanaopenedtheirheartstoLordChaitanyaMahaprabhu.Theytell
theLordthattheyhadbeencheatingtheworldandalsothemselvesallthiswhile.
AlthoughtheywouldrenderservicesoftheSrimadBhagavathambyinvitinghigh
classBrahmanasand giveawayhugedonations, theywere howeveremployed
withNawab HusseinShah who was a repository ofall the demoniac qualities.
Theirmundane dealings included causing harm to people, forcefully collecting
taxesandahostofunpardonablesins,whichtheyhadcommittedknowinglyand
unknowingly.Theyfelt thatthemagnitudeoftheirsinswassohigh thattheydid
not deserve pardon. Their spiritual life and their mundane dealings did not
reconcileandthiswastheirdilemma.BeittheoceanorbeitMaya,ifonegets
engulfed in oneof them,noamountof personal expertiseorwit can save the
individual;helpneedstoreachhimfromtheoutsidetosalvagehim.Rupaand
Sanatanabelievedthattoelevatethemfromtheirfallencondition,therewasnone
otherthanSriChaitanyaMahaprabhuwhocoulddoit.TheyrequestedtheLordto
uplift themand therebyestablishHissupremacyin thethreeworlds.Lookingat
theexampleofRupaandSanatana,onecangaugetheextentoftheirhumility.
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RupaandSanatanacitetheexampleofthedwarfwhotriedtosethisfootonthe
moon.Althoughpossibilityofthisdesirebeingfulfilledisanimpossibility,itisvery
muchpossiblethatthemooncanbathethedwarfwithitsmoonlight.Thishappens
withthemercyofthemoononly.OnsimilargroundsalthoughRupaandSanatana
were analogous to that dwarf who tried to scale the moon , Lord Chaitanya
Mahaprabhuwho was analogous to themoon could stillshowerHis causeless
mercyanalogoustothemoonlightonthetwobrothersandthussavethemfrom
perennialdoom.
Hearing the extremely humble prayers of the two brothers, Sri Chaitanya
MahaprabhuproclaimedthatHewouldinitiatethetwobrothersonthatveryday.After initiating the two brothers,RupaandSanatana,ashismaiden sermon to
them,theLordaskedthetwobrotherstorelinquishtheiroverladenhumility.Itis
oftenseenthatinourownspiritualliveswehavebeenwarnedagainstfalsepride
andinspiteofourefforts,falseprideraisesitsuglyhead.Inthiscase theLord
advicesthetwobrothersonjustthereversethatistogiveuphumility.Onecan
thusestimatethelevelofhumilityofthetworoyalbrothers.TheLordexclaimed
that seeing the humble nature of Rupa and Sanatana, His heart melted and
emotionsofecstasyemergedonHisdivineform.TheLordsaidIhavecometo
Ramkeliespeciallytoseeyoubothandtosalvageyou.Youbothhavebeenmy
eternalservantsanditisonlynowthatwehavemetinthisparticulararrangement.
YouwouldbeelevatedandupliftedbyLordKrishnaandthereisnodoubtabout
this.In this way Rupa and Sanatana were blessed by the Supreme Lord Sri
ChaitanyaMahaprabhu.AftertheirdeliverancebytheLord,RupaandSanatana
wentback to the court of theNawabmuch relieved.SriChaitanyaMahaprabhu
decidedtoproceedtowardsVrindavanafromKanaeNatashala.
When theLordresumedhisonward journey fromKanaeNatashala,He realized
thathewas being copiously followed byasea ofhumanity.On theirmeeting ,
SanatanahadwarnedtheLordtogotoVrindavanaalonebecause,theholyland
ofVrindavanashouldbeenteredbypeoplewhoaredeservingandtakingmany
people to the place isnot onlygoodfor Vrindavanabut alsowas notgood for
people who were not the right candidates to enter Vrindavana. Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu concluded that it would not be appropriate for him to enter
Vrindavana from Kanae Natashala because He was being followed by a real
throng.EnteringintoVrindavanawithsomanypeoplecouldspelldoom.HenceSri
ChaitanyaMahaprabhucalledoffhistourtoVrindavanaandreturnedtoPurifrom
KanaeNatashala.RupaandSanatana,afterresumingtheirpositionsinthecourt
oftheNawabwerebusierinconductingYagyasandsacrificesandwerehardly
seen in the courtattending to theirmundane duties.Theway the two brothers
conducted the sacrifice was markedly notable. They had appointed two
Brahmanastoperformthesesacrifices.TheBrahmanaswereinstructedthusthat
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thesacrificesshouldbeconductedsolavishlythatalltheiraccumulatedwealthgot
consumed in the course of the whole process. Who could actually depute
somebody to bring about ones own devastation by way of squandering their
wealthinthisway?
Once Srila Prabhupada was travelling to Hyderabad by train in the 1st Class
compartment.Hewasaccompaniedby hisclosestdisciplesSriTamaalKrishna
Maharaj and Sri Giri Raj Maharaj, both who were already initiated into the
renounced order of life by Srila Prabhupada. As they were traveling, two
passengers happened to peep into the cabin of Srila Prabhupada. These
passengers immediately took the liberty to enter the cabin and prostrate SrilaPrabhupada.AstheybentovertoreceivetheblessingsofSrilaPrabhupada,they
exclaimedSwamiji, pleasebless us.As iswell known,SrilaPrabhupada was
promptinhisreply.HequippedIfI blessyou,youwouldbecomelikethesetwo
persons sittingbymy side. The two shocked passengers raised their eyes in
anticipation,onlyto findtheirgazefallingatSriGiriRajMaharajandSriTamaal
KrishnaMaharajwhoweredressedinsaffronrobes,withtheirheadsshaved,with
tilak extendingway beyond their foreheads and both of them holding the staff
usuallyadornedbysaintsoftherenouncedorder.Thetwopassengerssoongot
back to their erect positions and smiled back at Srila Prabhupada with a
thoroughly confounded countenance and with no further desires promptly
disappeared.Thisleftthethreesaintsinsplits.HoweverSrilaPrabhupadahada
greatteachingdeliveredtousthroughthiswit.TheblessingofatrueSanyaasiis
actually supposed to introduce one to Sri Krishna and thereby the blessing
transformstheMayainfectedindividualintoaGodrealizedIndividualwhosonly
businessistoserveKrishna,
SanatanaGoswamispentallhistime insacrificialoccupationsandhadstoppedattendingthecourtaltogetheralthoughhewasstillemployedastheministerintheNawabs court. Nawab Hussein Shah had no clue about the whereabouts ofSanatana Goswami. The Nawab soon found out that Sanatana Goswamiwasbusy in rendering service toSrimad Bhagavatham. One day asSanatana and
Rupa Goswami were busy with the functions at their homes, the Nawabunceremoniously barged into the house which startled the assembly of theBrahmanasandtheotherlearnedguests.TheNawabdemandedanexplanationfrom the two brothers for having so conspicuously absent from the court.SanatanaGoswamirepliedpromptlythathewasservingsick!!ThispuzzledtheNawabnoend.ThisfurtherinfuriatedtheNawab.HoweverhevaluedtheservicesofRupaandSanatanaandwaspatientlyawaitinganappropriateexplanationfromthetwobrothers.HoweverboththebrotherswerenotinamindsettorespondtotheNawabsimpliedretributions.
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