®r… ®r… Guru Gaur€‰gau Jayataƒ
®r… ®ik€€ka
Emanated from
the lotus mouth of
®r… Caitanya Mah€prabhu
With the ®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam by
®r…la Bhaktivinoda µh€kura
Verses related to
®r… ®ik€€ka
cited from
®r… Caitanya Carit€mta
®ik€€kam songs from
®r… Bhaktivinoda µh€kura's
G…t€val…
With the Vivti (commentary) by
®r…la Prabhup€da
Bhaktisiddh€nta Sarasvati µh€kura
Relevant verses
cited from
®r…la Bhaktivinoda µh€kura's
Bhajana Rahasya
illuminating comments by
®r… ®r…mad
Sv€m… Bhaktivedanta N€r€yaŠa Mah€r€ja
Table of Contents
Introduction...............................................
Preface(to Hindi edition).......................
Prayers to Lord Caitanya........................
What is the most excellent form of spiritual practice?
Translation..................................................
Ma‰gal€caraŠa ..............
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam................................
(A) The Absolute Truth:
(1) Prominence of the Personal feature .................
(2) Four features of the Absolute Truth..........
(3) Sarva ®aktim€n and ®akti
(B) The Lord's potencies:
(1) Antara‰g€ ®akti...........................................
(2) Taasth€ ®akti.........................................................
(3) Bahira‰ga ®akti.....................................................
(4) Acintya bhed€bheda Tattva....................
(C) The process by which Hari K…rtana becomes
successful for the J…va:
(1) The meaning of the J…va as marginal potency...
(2) The process of conquering m€y€.........................
Seven excellent results of ®r… KŠa Sa‰k…rtana:
(1) Ceto darpaŠa m€rjanam .....................
(2) Bhava mah€d€v€gni nirv€paŠam................
(3) ®rey€h kairava candrik€ vitaraŠam.................
(4) Vidya vadh™ j…vanam ............
(5) šnand€mbudhi vardhanam ..................................
(6) P™rŠ€mtasvadanam ...............................
(7) Sarv€tma snapanam ...................
®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses................................
®ik€akam Song #1................................................
Vivti(Commentary)..................................................
®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses.......................................
Why is the practice of n€ma s€dhana so accessible?
Translation................................................................
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam........................................
Offences are of ten kinds:......................
®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses.............
®ik€akam Song #2................................................
Vivti (Commentary)................................
Mukhya and GauŠa N€ma:
The meaning of Durdaiva:
N€m€par€dha, N€m€bh€sa, and ®uddha N€ma:
The process to attain freedom from N€m€par€dha:
Niyamitaƒ SmaraŠe na K€laƒ:
®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses....................
Nija-sarva-aktiƒ-tar€rpit€:
Niyamitaƒ SmaraŠe Na K€lah:
Durdaivam-…damih€jani-n€nur€gaƒ:
What is the process of chanting the holy name?
Translation.....................................................
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam.............................
(1)TŠ€d api sun…cena
(2)Taror api sahiŠun€
(3)Am€n…
(4)M€nada
®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses........................
®ik€akam Song #3............................................
Vivti(Commentary).............................................
®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses..............................
K…rtan…yaƒ sad€ Hariƒ:
What is the desire of the s€dhakas?
Translation ...........................................................
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam.................................
®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses.....................
®ik€akam Song #4..........................................
Vivti(Commentary)......................................
®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses..............................
What is the svar™pa of the s€dhaka?
Translation................................................................
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam........................................
®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses..............................
®ik€akam Song #5...........................................
Vivti(Commentary).............................................
®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses............
What are the external symptoms of perfection?
Translation...................................................................
®ri Sanmodana Bh€yam........................................
Nine characteristics of bh€va:
Constitutional nature of bh€va:
Anubh€vas of bh€va bhakti:
S€ttvika bh€vas of bh€va bhakti:
®ri Caitanya-carit€mta verses...............................
®ik€akam Song #6.............................................
Vivti(Commentary).......................
®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses.....................................
What are the internal symptoms of perfection?
Translation.......................................
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam.....................................
Development of prema from rati to mah€bh€va:
®ri Caitanya-carit€mta verses...........................
®ik€akam Song #7.........................................
Vivti(Commentary)........................................
®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses...................................
Steadiness in perfection
Translation....................................................
®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam...........................
Significance of ®r… ®ik€€ka:
Benediction for the readers of ®r… ®ik€€ka:
N€r€yaŠa Mah€r€ja's concluding words:
®ri Caitanya-carit€mta verses.................
®ik€akam Song #8.....................................
Vivti(Commentary)....................................
Summary of ®r… ®ik€€ka:
®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses.......................
Concluding words by ®r…la Nar€yaŠa Mah€r€ja: