®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€mta

 

 

®ik€˜€kam songs from

 ®r… Bhaktivinoda µh€kura's

 G…t€val…

 

 

With the Vivti (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........................

 

®loka One

 

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) Ta˜asth€ ®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… KŠa 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€mtasvadanam ...............................

            (7) Sarv€tma snapanam ...................

®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses................................

®ik€˜akam Song #1................................................

Vivti(Commentary)..................................................

®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses.......................................

®loka Two

 

Why is the practice of n€ma s€dhana so accessible?

 

Translation................................................................

®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam........................................

     Offences are of ten kinds:......................

®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses.............

®ik€˜akam Song #2................................................

Vivti (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-…damih€jani-n€nur€gaƒ:

 

 

®loka Three

 

What is the process of chanting the holy name?

 

Translation.....................................................

®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam.............................

     (1)TŠ€d api sun…cena

     (2)Taror api sahiŠun€

     (3)Am€n…

     (4)M€nada

®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses........................

®ik€˜akam Song #3............................................

Vivti(Commentary).............................................

®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses..............................

     K…rtan…yaƒ sad€ Hariƒ:

     

 

®loka Four

 

What is the desire of the s€dhakas?

 

Translation ...........................................................

®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam.................................

®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses.....................

®ik€˜akam Song #4..........................................

Vivti(Commentary)......................................

®r… Bhajana Rahasya verses..............................

 

 

®loka Five

 

What is the svar™pa of the s€dhaka?

 

Translation................................................................

®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam........................................

®r… Caitanya-carit€mta verses..............................

®ik€˜akam Song #5...........................................

Vivti(Commentary).............................................

®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses............

 

®loka Six

 

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€mta verses...............................

®ik€˜akam Song #6.............................................

Vivti(Commentary).......................

®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses.....................................

®loka Seven

 

What are the internal symptoms of perfection?

 

Translation.......................................

®r… Sanmodana Bh€yam.....................................

     Development of prema from rati to mah€bh€va:

®ri Caitanya-carit€mta verses...........................

®ik€˜akam Song #7.........................................

Vivti(Commentary)........................................

®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses...................................

 

 

®loka Eight

 

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€mta verses.................

®ik€˜akam Song #8.....................................

Vivti(Commentary)....................................

     Summary of ®r… ®ik€˜€ka:

®ri Bhajana Rahasya verses.......................

     Concluding words by ®r…la Nar€yaŠa Mah€r€ja:

Verse Index