Srimad Bhagavatam 2.3.21 | HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj | ISKCON Chennai | 12 June 2026
jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-vihārī
gopījana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī
yaśodā-nandana vraja-jana-rañjana
yamunā-tīra-vana-cārī
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
Jaya Prabhupāda Jaya Prabhupāda
Prabhupāda Jaya Prabhupāda
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine
namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe
jaya śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare
ŚB 2.3.21
भार: परं पट्टकिरीटजुष्ट –
मप्युत्तमाङ्गं न नमेन्मुकुन्दम् ।
शावौ करौ नो कुरुते सपर्यां
हरेर्लसत्काञ्चनकङ्कणौ वा ॥ २१ ॥
bhāraḥ paraṁ paṭṭa-kirīṭa-juṣṭam
apy uttamāṅgaṁ na namen mukundam
śāvau karau no kurute saparyāṁ
harer lasat-kāñcana-kaṅkaṇau vā
Synonyms
bhāraḥ — a great burden; param — heavy; paṭṭa — silk; kirīṭa — turban; juṣṭam — dressed with; api — even; uttama — upper; aṅgam — parts of the body; na — never; namet — bow down; mukundam — Lord Kṛṣṇa, the deliverer; śāvau — dead bodies; karau — hands; no — do not; kurute — do; saparyām — worshiping; hareḥ — of the Personality of Godhead; lasat — glittering; kāñcana — made of gold; kaṅkaṇau — bangles; vā — even though.
Translation
The upper portion of the body, though crowned with a silk turban, is only a heavy burden if not bowed down before the Personality of Godhead who can award mukti [freedom]. And the hands, though decorated with glittering bangles, are like those of a dead man if not engaged in the service of the Personality of Godhead Hari.
Purport
As stated herein before, there are three kinds of devotees of the Lord. The first-class devotee does not at all see anyone who is not in the service of the Lord, but the second-class devotee makes distinctions between devotees and nondevotees. The second-class devotees are therefore meant for preaching work, and as referred to in the above verse, they must loudly preach the glories of the Lord. The second-class devotee accepts disciples from the section of third-class devotees or nondevotees. Sometimes the first-class devotee also comes down to the category of the second-class devotee for preaching work. But the common man, who is expected to become at least a third-class devotee, is advised herein to visit the temple of the Lord and bow down before the Deity, even though he may be a very rich man or even a king with a silk turban or crown. The Lord is the Lord of everyone, including the great kings and emperors, and men who are rich in the estimation of mundane people must therefore make it a point to visit the temple of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and regularly bow down before the Deity. The Lord in the temple in the worshipable form is never to be considered to be made of stone or wood, for the Lord in His arcā incarnation as the Deity in the temple shows immense favor to the fallen souls by His auspicious presence. By the hearing process, as mentioned hereinbefore, this realization of the presence of the Lord in the temple is made possible. As such, the first process in the routine work of devotional service — hearing — is the essential point. Hearing by all classes of devotees from the authentic sources like Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is essential. The common man who is puffed up with his material position and does not bow down before the Deity of the Lord in the temple, or who defies temple worship without any knowledge of the science, must know that his so-called turban or crown will only succeed in further drowning him in the water of the ocean of material existence. A drowning man with a heavy weight on his head is sure to go down more swiftly than those who have no heavy weight. A foolish, puffed-up man defies the science of God and says that God has no meaning for him, but when he is in the grip of God’s law and is caught by some disease like cerebral thrombosis, that godless man sinks into the ocean of nescience by the weight of his material acquisition. Advancement of material science without God consciousness is a heavy load on the head of human society, and so one must take heed of this great warning.
The common man, if he has no time to worship the Lord, may at least engage his hands for a few seconds in washing or sweeping the Lord’s temple. Mahārāja Pratāparudra, the greatly powerful king of Orissa, was always very busy with heavy state responsibilities, yet he made it a point to sweep the temple of Lord Jagannātha at Purī once a year during the festival of the Lord. The idea is that however important a man one may be he must accept the supremacy of the Supreme Lord. This God consciousness will help a man even in his material prosperity. Mahārāja Pratāparudra’s subordination before Lord Jagannātha made him a powerful king, so much so that even the great Pathan in his time could not enter into Orissa on account of the powerful Mahārāja Pratāparudra. And at last Mahārāja Pratāparudra was graced by Lord Śrī Caitanya on the very grounds of his acceptance of subordination to the Lord of the universe. So even though a rich man’s wife has glittering bangles made of gold on her hands, she must engage herself in rendering service to the Lord.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj:
So, these verses continue to show how we have to engage in the service of the Lord. Otherwise, our bodies are useless. So, we use the head to offer respects to the Lord. So, this is actually one anga of bhakti called Namaskar. And we engage the body. And what do we do? We lower the body in front of the Lord. And this is an expression of our humility and our willingness to serve the Lord. We do so physically by putting ourselves in a lower position.
So, though this is material in one sense, the scriptures advise that when we do the Namaskar, we also have to mentally bow down [Laughs].
So, there is, in the definition of the Astanga Pranama, that is, using eight limbs to bow down. So, you touch your feet and your knees and your hands on the ground but you also have to use your voice. So, you utter prayers. So, we have the Namaskar prayers, Nama Om Vishnu-padaya, etc. This is actually offered when you offer respects. All these Namo prayers, ah. Namo Maha-vadanyaya etc. Actually, it is a respect prayer, a Namaskar. So, we use the voice and we use the mind.
So thus, in the Namaskar anga, we use the body, the mind and words. So this is a very powerful way of expressing our service to the Lord. And we will see in Bhagavatam, when the devatas approach the Lord, or the Lord appears and the great king sees the Lord, what do they do? They offer Namaskars, they offer prayers and they lower themselves on the ground. So this is an expression that we are willing to serve the Lord. So normally, the king does not serve anybody, everybody serves him. So to get a king to serve somebody else is not very proper. And of course, if someone does that, then they have a fight. They have a big battle and somebody wins and then maybe they have the force to serve [Laughs].
So, in the material world, the king is served by everybody, he serves no one. But unless that king bows down before the Lord and becomes servant of the Lord, everything is useless. So therefore, the crown or the turban on his head is just a burden. It doesn’t really mean anything. So, we have nice examples of this in the Bhagavatam. All the great kings, the descendants from Manu, great devotees like Yudhishthira, Dhruva, etc., they all bow down to the Lord. So, they may be rulers of Bharata-Varsha, they may be rulers of all the Varshas, on the Jambu-dwipa. Or they may rule all of the different Dwipas. But they all bow down to the Lord. This is the system of rulership set up by the Lord. Only those who are already devotees get appointed to become Manu or his descendants. So, they are ideal kings. So, if one does not surrender to the Lord, and one simply has all power, then one becomes corrupted. And thus we see, all these powerful leaders who are atheistic, their kingdoms crumble away. So, their display of power is very temporary.
The second example here is the hands. The hands should be engaged in service to the Lord. The word here is saparyā. So the two hands should be engaged in service to the Lord. And if the two hands are not serving the Lord, what are they? Sava, that means dead. Part of the dead body [Laughs]. So, they may be decorated with gold bangles, but if they don’t serve the Lord, they are hands of a dead person. So, no matter how hard we try to decorate the hands or the head or whatever, and show our position and power, it’s all meaningless if we don’t serve the Lord.
So, we will see in the Bhagavatam, from third canto onwards, the various Manus and their descendants, the kings are described. And one of the purposes of all these descriptions is to show that, even these persons who were great devotees also perished. One of the topics of the Puranas and Bhagavatam is to describe the Manus and their descendants. And of course, this is some arrangement of the Lord to establish Dharma in the world. But then the scripture also says, yes, even these persons all passed away, finished. And what remains after that? So, only a story, katha, that’s what remains of that person [Laughs]. So, the person strives throughout their life and then all that’s left after some years is a story about them, that’s it [Laughs]. Of course, because these are stories, they are considered devotees and the Lord, then we also hear them and there’s nothing wrong with that. But as far as position in the world is concerned, that is finished. So, if these great devotees and descendants of Manu are simply become stories, what to speak of the people who are not devotees, who are great kings? It’s worthless. Those stories are not worth listening to at all.
So, in any case, the only value of living a human life ultimately is, that we take to serving the Lord. Otherwise, we are living just like animals. So, that was described previously. We gave an example of the dog and the camel, etc. And then your senses are like ear holes of a snake, they are useless [Laughs]. So, taking a human body is considered to be a great good fortune, a great treasure. Also very rare. So, one should take advantage of that and practice spiritual life, that was the teaching of Prahlada. Even from five years old, you should begin serving the Supreme Lord. So, we should not waste our life away.
But, as we have also considered, it’s not that everybody becomes a devotee. And thus, we have secondary processes, which are also recommended in the scripture like Karma Yoga. But, if we get faith and we begin to practice Bhakti, then even that becomes useless. So, this is the message given in Srimad Bhagavatam. We always have to consider Bhakti as the main process. Certainly, we have to take care of our body, we have to eat, etc. As a devotee progresses, these things become less important. If a person is at the very beginning of devotional service, then of course, these are more important. So, we have a choice. We can start taking care more of our body and our occupation, our varna, etc., and less attention to Bhakti. But, this will slow down the process. The other choice is to tolerate situation and continue the process of Bhakti more and more. So, this is the choice of a devotee.
In the purport, Prabhupada mentions, the third class devotee, second class devotee, first class devotee [Laughs]. So, first class devotee doesn’t make distinctions, second class devotee makes distinctions, therefore he preaches. So, he preaches to the third class devotee or the non-devotee who is not an atheist. So, what should he preach to that third class devotee? So, the second class devotee is largely, we can say a Madhyama Adhikari. Which means he is practicing pure Bhakti. So, then he encourages those in third category, the Kanisthas to practice pure Bhakti rather than mixed Bhakti. Even in preaching to the less advanced people, we are not trying to encourage them to mix their Bhakti and practice Varnashrama, etc, we are telling them to rely on Bhakti. That’s our main principle.
Okay. Hare Krishna!
Q & A :
1.) Maharaj, in the beginning of the class, you were saying regarding this, paying obeisances. See, we have Radha Krishna deities, Gaura Nitai and Jagannatha Baladeva Subhadra, all the tattvas are one. So, sometimes different devotees suggest or say to offer obeisances in a different way. Like see, Gaura Nitai is there, and when one offers obeisances, what mantra one is supposed to chant actually? Sometimes people will say, chant Guru’s Pranama Mantra, then deity’s Pranama Mantra, and sometimes people say, no, chant directly the mantra, the deity’s mantra. So, what exactly one should do actually?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj : In front of the Lord?
Devotee: Yeah. Like we have Gaura Nitai deities, we have Radha Krishna Lalita Visakha, we have Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra Maharani. So, now how one should pay obeisances? What mantra one should chant, actually?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: So, technically, you offer prayer to that deity. Offer respects to Krishna. So, when the Lord appears before Dhruva, or Prthu, or whatever, what do they do? They offer respects to the Lord, Namo songs [Laughs]. Of course, we can say, well, if we are going to approach the Lord, we have to approach through Lord Caitanya. If we are going to approach the Lord Caitanya, we have to approach the Guru or Guru Parampara. So, then you are stuck with a whole series of prayers [Laughs]. But, if you have the deity there, then you offer a separate prayer for Lord Caitanya, a separate prayer for Krishna, and a separate prayer for Gurus [Laughs].
Devotee: It was also suggested that, you know, as we have a separate altar for Gaura Nitai, Radha Krishna and Jagannatha Baladeva Subhadra, it was said that, you know, first chant the mantra of Guru, because through Guru only, we can pay obeisance to the deities.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: What’s that?
Devotee: Through the Gurus, Guru only we can pay, we can approach the deities. So, sometimes it is said that, first chant the mantra of the Guru, then chant the mantra of the deities.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Can. But then the question will come, which Guru? Then someone will say, what about Prabhupada? So then, three generations down, you have to chant five prayers, and then get to Prabhupada, then get to Krishna. So, it becomes a little complicated.
Devotee: They can chant the Diksha Guru Pranam Mantra. They can chant their Diksha Guru Pranam Mantra?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Could. But then someone will say, why not Siksha Guru? He is of equal importance.
2.) Maharaj, this offering of obeisances to these deities, it comes under which anga of Bhakti? We have nine angas, principle angas of Bhakti, nava-vidha Bhakti. It comes under which category?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Probably under Pada-sevanam.
Devotee: But again, you know, when one pays obeisances, there is a prayer we chant, but it again comes under Vandana also. Vandana?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Vandana, it could be Vandana also.
Devotee: So, that means the combination of Pada-sevana and Vandana both?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Yeah.
3.) Hare Krishna Maharaj. Maharaj, this paṭṭa-kirīṭa so this is an external, maybe because of the position of the person that he has, that he receives respect from so many people. But we see that even if one is, one may be insignificant in material life, but he still may consider him as the center of the universe or that he is the most important person. So, basically this would refer to the sense of false ego that one has about how important he is. And that is what he actually surrenders to the Supreme Lord that it is not me, but it is the Supreme Lord. I mean, this point of a silk turban, it can, can it also refer to the false ego of the person, even if he is not so important in the society, or he is not important otherwise?
Yeah. So, this verse is not only referring to kings or people with gold bracelets [Laughs]. Everybody has their own sense of self-importance, which may be signified by their turban or their decorations or their dress or whatever. Yeah, but even if one is not wealthy and doesn’t have good clothing, everybody has their false ego obviously [Laughs]. And thus many people, not even rich people, even poor people, refuse to come to temple and bow down [Laughs]. So, everybody is attached to their material body and identifies with that body, and if they identify that body as being independent of the Lord, then they don’t bow down [Laughs].
4.) We have this ahara nidra bhaya maithunam ca. So, once one advances in spiritual life, these things must be reduced. So question is, this has to be reduced artificially or voluntarily?
We have conduct in tamoguna, rajoguna and sattvaguna. And if we’re in tamoguna, we don’t have any control of sleep and eat or whatever. It’s all uncontrolled. If we get to sattvaguna, then eating, sleeping, etc., are all very regulated according to scripture. And that allows us to have a very peaceful mind, so we can concentrate on spiritual activities. So, as one advances through the gunas, one gets more control. If we take to devotional service, we surpass the gunas. So, then we should be free, completely [Laughs]. So, in one sense, yes, on the spiritual level, the soul doesn’t have to eat or anything. However, as devotees, we still have, we’re still stuck in our material bodies. But, in devotional service, we’re not concentrating on processes of renunciation. Rather, the process of renunciation is sahaj, or natural, according to our advancement. So, in that sense, yes, as one advances, then one has less need of these material things like eating and sleeping, etc. However, according to the particular body, some bodies needmore sleep and some less sleep. So, we can’t put a single standard for everybody. Nor can we judge completely that because a person eats less and sleeps less, he’s more advanced. He may not be [Laughs]. Well, if we see the example of the Goswamis in Vrindavan, etc., they didn’t sleep much, they didn’t eat. That’s natural. It wasn’t that they were trying to cultivate that.
5.) Hare Krishna Maharaj, nowadays AI Kirtan has become very popular. Even we see ISKCON AI Kirtans online. What impact does AI Kirtan does on our consciousness than listening Kirtan from a devotee? Artificial Kirtan. AI generated music Kirtan.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: What is, how does it affect Kirtan?
Devotee 1: [Not audible].
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Oh. Yeah, but the Kirtan itself is the voices are all artificial?
Devotee 1: Artificial, yes.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Okay. Voicing is artificial. We have examples of that? We have examples of that? Where? Yeah. Oh, I see. Okay.
Devotee 1: What is the impact?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Yeah.
Devotee 2: Maharaj, there is an app. There are many apps. One of them is suno.ai. So in that we can put a prompt for the style and in the lyrics we can put Hare Krishna Mantra, Mahamantra. And then we can give some more prompts and create. It will create an entire Kirtan with Hare Krishna maha mantra. Male voice, female voice. Different styles of music.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Okay, yeah. So, we can say it’s all made by electronical stuff. Yeah. So, in one sense, if it’s completely artificial, then we have to be very careful about the effect. Because then we can have some automatic machine that just makes up new sounds and whatever. It makes, puts Hare Krishna in there and puts the thing on it like that. And the only effect is that someone may hear it and it could have an effect. Just like Ajamila chanted Narayana. So, someone says Haram, meaning something else and it’s a different [Laughs]. It can have some very indirect effect.
Devotee 2 : Maharaj, you made a point of completely artificial, but the prompt is given by a devotee.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Yeah, yeah, yeah. But it may go further than that, where the robot may make everything up by itself.
Devotee 2: In this case, it is prompted.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Yeah, yes. But only the words maybe. This, of course, brings up the whole problem of electronic sound itself, to what extent we have Prabhupada lecture, but it’s actually not Prabhupada speaking. It’s a bunch of little mechanisms doing this and that and you’re hearing a sound, but it’s not actually Prabhupada speaking. So, it’s an electronic sound. And we have these little boxes that just keep repeating Japa or something like that. They’re actually just little mechanical things. I don’t know what they are, little chips like that with certain program in it. So, it’s like an imitation of somebody’s voice. So, then we question, what is the effect of that? Even recorded sound. So, we can say that atleast if you hear it and you get a message, that much you get. That, for instance, you can learn a sloka on Bhagavad Gita through an electronic thing. You can learn the verse that way [Laughs]. But as far as the actual person speaking, as you would if he was present, that’s completely zero. But even if you were to perfect the replication of sound so it sounds exactly like his voice, and then you were to analyze it with a computer, you’ll see the waves are all the same, etc. Even then, we would question, is it actually the voice? And we say, no [Laughs], ultimately not [Laughs]. And the reason is, when we’re talking about these messages, they are spiritual messages, spiritual people speaking, so therefore it has to be conveyed by a person. So, all the recorded mediums have some value, as I said, atleast intellectually or whatever, but ultimately we have to question how much spiritual input they actually have. Now, the interesting thing is, the name is most flexible. So, somehow, if you hear the syllables and it’s not connected with Krishna at all, or it’s material sound, still you get some effect [Laughs]. So, if a parrot says Hare Krishna, then still you get some effect [Laughs]. Or if the dog were to bark Hare Krishna, then you would still get an effect [Laughs].
Devotee 1: Maharaj, the danger of AI is that you know, now, because modern instruments and science are improving, in future they might use the Prabhupada voice to give some lecture of Prabhupada, which is not actually Prabhupada’s saying [Laughs].
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: You can make a new lecture of Prabhupada [Laughs].
Devotee 1: It’s dangerous, you know.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: [Laughs].
Devotee 1: They might change the philosophy.
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Of course [Laughs]. Of course, you can do that with books also. You just have a little book, you make your own book, put Prabhupada’s name on it also [Laughs]. And only some fools may think it’s Prabhupada’s speaking, lectures or whatever. So, there’s many ways of doing it. That is why ultimately we may have to come down to the direct message given by a direct person. Then atleast, unless we are in an illusion, then atleast we know that somebody is speaking directly [Laughs] in that message. Otherwise, we don’t have any proof of anything ultimately.
6.) Hare Krishna Maharaj, Mind is the only organ which is active all the time and moment to moment. How to engage this mind in Krishna service all the time?
So, it is recognized mind is difficult to control. And Arjuna also says this. It is very difficult to control the mind. But then what does Krishna say? If you don’t control the mind, you can’t advance. So, all you can do is practice controlling the mind. And you combine that with giving less temptation to the senses. But of course, in Bhakti Yoga, the process we control is not simply to stop the mind, but to engage the mind in thinking of Krishna. So, we have to practice thinking of Krishna. And the best practice of thinking of Krishna is to chant His name [Laughs].
7.) What book specifies about Diksha, Maharaj?
About Diksha. Oh. Of course, we have different types of Diksha. So, we have Vedic Diksha, which is Upanayanam. There are so many books on, that give you the procedures for Upanayanam. They are all there in the Smriti Sastras. However, for the Vaishnavas, there is Pancaratrika Diksha, which is important. That’s described in the Pancaratrika scriptures. Even that ceremony is a rather complicated thing. So, we say the essentials are covered in Bhakti Sandarbha.
8.) When a Bhakta will be recognized as a Bhakta? When he will get the recognition as a Bhakta?
So, we would call a devotee, a real devotee, when he begins practicing pure Bhakti. So, the Kanishtha is called Vaishnava praya, almost a devotee. So, he is called almost a Vaishnava, because atleast he worships Supreme Lord. But he is not called a real Vaishnava, because he is worshiping the Lord, but he has all sorts of misconceptions. So, when he begins worshiping the Lord with proper knowledge, then he is practicing pure Bhakti, and he is called a devotee.
9.) Maharaj, a person is already chanting 16 rounds. What is the difference between before Diksha and after Diksha Maharaj?
So, there is not too much difference, because he made vows of chanting 16 rounds and following regulative principles. He is already following that. So, that doesn’t change. And he is already chanting Hare Krishna, so he doesn’t get the mantra anymore. He has already got it. So, of course, he gets some new beads, usually [Laughs]. And he gets a name. [Not audible]. And then, of course, he vows, but he is already doing it already. He is already doing it, but he is vowing to do it. At the same time, the difference is, he has accepted that devotee as an authority. However, as I said, he could have many authorities. And the Siksha Guru is equal authority. And he may already have a Siksha Guru. So, there is not too much change in that sense.
10.) Maharaj, during second initiation, what all does a devotee get?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj : So, what does he get? Yes, he gets secret mantras [Laughs].
Devotee : [Not Audible].
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj : Yeah, but you may have a thread already, if you are already a Brahmana or Kshatriya. Upanayanam taken when they are five years old. They have already got it.
11.) Hare Krishna, Maharaj. Maharaj, sometimes we see that some devotees have the ability to preach very nicely and influence lot of people. Some have the ability to speak very eloquently. Some have the ability to speak publicly and some don’t. So, do these abilities have any connection with their purity or strong sadhana of the devotee or these devotees naturally have this ability because of their past karma?
He is asking whether they speak publicly or not publicly. Is that dependent on their whatever? Yeah. So, that’s simply dependent on their own preference or their own abilities. Some people have more ability to study scriptures. Some have less ability. Some prefer to read Caitanya Caritamrta instead of Bhagavatam. Some may be more interested in doing kirtan than in sravanam. So, of course, an advanced devotee does everything, but he may still have a preference for one thing or the other. And, if he is very advanced, if he is in prema, he may not preach at all. So, it goes opposite direction [Laughs]. The more advanced, the less he preaches [Laughs].
12.) Maharaj, you just said that the best way to engage the mind in Krishna is to chant the holy name, but the mind is still wandering during chanting. So, why is this so and how do we fix this?
So, the mind is wandering even in chanting. This means we do have to practice more. That’s all.
13.) Hare Krishna Maharaj. Actually, Maharaj, there are 33 Sanchari Bhavas and one is called laziness. And Sanchari Bhava, main thing is to increase the Sthayi Bhava and merge into Sthayi Bhava. How laziness will increase the Bhava?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj : Oh, Sanchari Bhava.
Devotee: In the 33, one is called laziness, Maharaj. How laziness will increase the Sthayi Bhava?
HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: So, Sanchari Bhavas are minor emotions and related activities which constitute prema. So, they are described as like little waves when we have an ocean with big waves and the little waves kind of mix up, contradict. So, we have things like envy and fear, terror, pride, laziness or tiredness, death [Laughs], death-like symptoms. All of these are minor manifestations within prema. So, due to intense prema, then a person may not feel like doing anything. So, it is probably stimulated because of separation from Krishna. In the Nectar of Devotion, then Rupa Goswami, for each of these Vyabhichari Bhavas, then he gives examples, usually of some Gopis. So, these emotions like anger and pride and whatever, envy, etc., in the material world they have to do with tamoguna, but in the spiritual world, no, they are directly responses to some relationship with Krishna.
Devotees: Grantharaj Srimad Bhagavatam ki jai!!! HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj ki jai!!! Srila Prabhupada ki jai!!! Nitai Gaura Premanande Hari Haribol!!!