suddhabhakti

  (1) hari he! ami sei dusta-mati, na dekhiya anya gati, taba pade lo'yechi sarana janilama ami, natha, tumi prabhu jagannatha, ami taba nitya parijana Oh my dear Lord Hari! I am most fallen, and seeing no other alternative, I have fully taken shelter at Your lotus feet. Oh Lord! Now I have finally understood that You are Jagannatha, Lord of the Universe, whereas I am but Your eternal servant. (2) sei dina kabe ha'be, aikantika-bhave jabe, nitya-dasa-bhava lo'ye ami mano-rathantara jata, nihsesa koriya swatah, sevibo amar nitya-swami When will that day come when I take on the mood and behavior of Your un-alloyed eternal servant? Then, all other distracting desires of my mind will automatically become totally exhausted, and I will be able to whole-heartedly render service to my eternal Master. (3) nirantara seva-mati, bahibe cittete sati, prasanta hoibe atma mor e bhaktibinoda bole, krishna-seva-kutuhale, cirodina thaki jena bhor My soul will become fully satisfied when that...

  Upakhyane Upadesa Instructive Stories from  Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura 🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆🔆 Honey and the Foolish Bumblebee Once a bumblebee saw a transparent glass bottle full of honey, and it wanted to enjoy the contents. Without realising that the honey was covered by the glass bottle, the foolish bee tried again and again to relish it. Sitting upon the bottle, the bee concluded finally that it had relished the honey. In fact, it could not even touch the honey, not to speak of relishing its sweetness. The bee was simply self-deceived.                             PURPORT The materialistic persons and commonplace so-called vaisnavites believe that they have relished the nectar of devotion. In fact, they can not even discover the source of transcendental mellows of devotion, Lord Krishna.  In modern times, some people while listening to chanting and performing musical recitatio...