Brihad Bhagavatamrta – Part 1 – Establishing the essence of Mercy – By HH Bhanu Maharaj @ ISKCON Japan on Dec 4, 2017.

So, this is the presentation of Brihad Bhagavatamrita a very large work written by Sanatana Goswami. It’s actually two stories, two big stories. So, it’s actually part one and part two but part two actually is quite long so usually they divide that into two parts also, so we end up with three volumes in the BBT edition.

So, it’s largely story, but there are some, we can say, theological or philosophical points that come up during the story. We’ll see that the conclusion of both of the parts is the same, that Radha and the Gopis are the greatest devotees. So of course, the means of doing it is a little, we can say, indirect.

The first story is Narada Muni who goes searching here and there to see who has the most mercy of Krishna. So, the title of the first part is “Establishing the essence of mercy” or we say, finding who has the highest mercy that’s what it means, essence of mercy, who has got the highest type of mercy and the second part is called the description of Goloka. So, in that story, Gopakumar, who is just a person born in Vrindavan, a little cowherd boy and he gets a mantra from his guru, a Krishna mantra, and then he wanders around here and there and then eventually he goes to different higher planetary systems and finally he gets to Goloka.

So, it’s a long walk because it’s a basic story. it’s kind of a story. So, he starts out, Sanatana Goswami starts out with the Mangalacharan or verses to invoke auspiciousness. So, he begins to glorify Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, why because, he manifests the highest prema, that is the prema of the Gopis and of course, we see many examples in the Chaitanya Charitamrtra how Lord Chaitanya expresses the mood of Radha. So actually, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna himself, he’s an avatar of the Lord. But then Krishna also desires to reveal the Gopis’ love to the material world. So therefore, he becomes Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. And in that, he manifests the Gopis’ love. So, by the mercy of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, by his influence, then we can realize that type of love even over Kali Yuga fallen souls.

So, Krishna’s essence is said to be sweetness. So, he expresses very intimate love for his devotees. So of course, he has love for Yasoda and Nanda, love for the Gopis, love for the cowherd boys, all very intimate and sweet. But how to communicate that very highest aspect of God to the people of Kali Yuga who are most fallen. So, he comes as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who is actually what we call a hidden avatar. He hides his aspect as Supreme Lord, and he appears like an ordinary human being. At the same time, he manifests the love of Radha and the mood of Radha and of course we know that Radha is the most merciful of all devotees. So, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu manifests that mercy. So, this becomes Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s prominent feature, instead of sweetness it is mercy.

So, mercy is not just to deliver people from material world, but to give them the highest type of prem, that is Radha Krishna prem. So, in this way, Sanatana Goswami glorifies Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for revealing Radha and Krishna to the people of Kali Yuga.

So, if the excellence of Radha and the Gopis’ love for Krishna is revealed, then this also reveals Krishna’s excellence. In other words, if we find all wonderful qualities in the Gopis, who are the greatest servants of Krishna, then we also find similar qualities in Krishna. So, as I said, this first part is related or described in order to show how Krishna gives the most mercy to the Gopis and to Radha.

So, mercy is given in response to excellence, the more excellent one is as a devotee, the more mercy you get. So, if the Gopis get the most mercy, that means they must be the highest devotees with the most wonderful qualities and then this reveals that the Lord has the greatest love for them. So therefore, Krishna can be glorified as having the most excellent prema and that is manifested in relation to the Gopis. So that is mainly the purpose of this whole first story [Laughs].

So of course, this first section is divided into chapters. So first there is how the mercy of Krishna is manifested on earth planet. So, there are stories of how Narada Muni wanders around the earth and he finds examples of mercy there. Then later he goes to higher planets and shows his mercy there. But to begin with, he offers the Mangalacharan and he glorifies Krishna, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Radha, Vrindavan, Jamuna, Govardhan, Prema Bhakti, and the Holy Name. These are the things he glorifies at the beginning. So, after all this glorification, then he begins the story.

So, like many scriptures, it’s a story within a story [Laughs]. So, it initially starts with Jaimini speaking to Janamajaya, who was the son of Pariksit. So, Jaimini had recited to him the Mahabharata and of course, Jaimini is famous for one thing, and that is not very devotional, it’s Karmakanda[Laughs], Karmamimamsa philosophy, which is atheistic [Laughs]. But he also was a disciple of Veda Vyasa, and he was given the Sama Veda, he was the Acharya for the Sama Veda, and then he made a whole group of disciples learn the Sama Veda, and they passed it down into the future Sama Veda and of course, Sama Veda is considered to be the best of the Vedas, also said in the Bhagavad Gita. So, Veda Vyasa also recognized good qualities of Jaimini [Laughs] to give him the Sama Veda[Laughs]. So though apparently, he looks as if he is atheistic, because he is propounding the Karmakanda section of the Vedas, and worship Devatas, and goes to Svarga loka, he is actually doing this, as Shankaracharya is taking the service of spreading Mayavad philosophy on the order of the Lord, so it’s a plan of the Lord more or less! So, he does this – propagates Karmakanda and Karma Yoga as a step towards Bhakti and it also mentions that he has glorified Jagannath in some of his works. So therefore, he is portrayed here as a great devotee in the Brahad Bagavatmrta.

So Janamajaya was the son of Pariksit, he was also a great devotee, and he is described in the Bhagavatam for his snake yagya [Laughs], the sacrifice of the snakes, he tried to take revenge on all the snakes, kill all the snakes through a big sacrifice [Laughs]. But then he was stopped, he wasn’t allowed to kill all the snakes. So, he, as a son of Pariksit, he was a great devotee, and when he heard the Mahabharat, he began to inquire, tell me more, tell me more stories about Krishna.

So then, Jaimini begins to say, well ok, there’s a conversation between Pariksit and his mother Uttara, they begin to talk, so Jaimini is relating a conversation between Pariksit and his mother Uttara. So then actually it’s the story of Pariksit to his mother, this whole story of Narada Muni is, Pariksit’s conversation within this conversation of Jaimini and Janamajaya [Laughs].

So, Uttara begins to speak to Pariksit. So, Uttara requests Pariksit to extract the essence of what Sukadeva taught to Pariksit. Of course, Sukadeva recited the whole Bhagavatam to Pariksit, it’s a very big work. So, she wants the final essence of everything of Bhagavatam and as compared to, we have the milk ocean, and they churned the milk ocean, and they got nectar, that was the essence of the milk ocean. So, she wants the final conclusion of everything. So, she gets a little more specific about what she wants and then the story begins.

Ok, so Pariksit describes how there was a group of sages at Prayag, which is the Allahabad, Triveni, which is the confluence of the three rivers, Sarasvati, Ganga and Jamuna, which is very famous as a Theertha pilgrimage place. And it is famous for bathing in the month of Magha, that is in January month, the coldest month. To go there and take a bath is considered to be very, very pious, and especially we have the Kumbh Mela there, etc. So even if it’s not Kumbh Mela, if you go there and take a bath, it’s considered to be holy punya. So it’s even mentioned in the Nectar of Devotion, it talks about bathing in the cold water in the Magha month, it’s considered, if you follow scripture, that’s good for you. So, the sages took their bath, and they were very happy, and they were seated in front of the deity of Madhava, there’s a famous deity up in Bindu Madhava there. So, they were all very satisfied, and they praised each other, oh you got the greatest mercy of the Supreme Lord Krishna, etc. They praised each other.

And then, at that time, a Brahmana, a wealthy Brahmana appeared, and he began to worship Salagrama Shila, and he distributed prasadam to everybody. So not only he was pious, but he was worshipping the Supreme Lord. So, Narada began to praise him, oh you’re the greatest devotee, etc.…like that, and he was a good example, because though he was wealthy, he used that wealth to serve the Lord. The Brahmanas who would come to bathe, they just bathed in the river, but he actually was a devotee, worshipping the Lord, and then with his money, he would distribute prasadam to all the needy people. So, he was a devotee, and he was also detached from his wealth. But then the Brahmana said, well actually I’m not such a great devotee, there’s a king, a local king, his worship is supreme, he’s got a huge temple, Vishnu, and he has all lot of wealth and he’s using all that wealth to worship the Supreme Lord in a very grand way. So, the king was a great devotee, and all the citizens were also devotees, it was an ideal kingdom.

So, Narada went there, and he saw all of this, and he began to praise the king, and he said, you’re the greatest devotee of the Lord. But then the king said, no, I’m not so great, the devtas are greater recipients of the Lord’s mercy, they’re greater devotees. I have a temporary body, I’m going to die in a few years, and my wealth is very limited [Laughs]. The devatas get much more mercy than I do, they’re the real objects of the Lord’s mercy. They have effulgent bodies, and they’re always worshipped by human beings, so they’re in a much higher position. So, they’re sinless, they’re fixed in goodness, they’re free from distresses, birth, old age, disease, and always happy. They’re free to act in any way, they’re free to travel anywhere and they have the power to give, so when the devotees worship them, they give anything and among them, Indra is the head of devatas, so he gets the most mercy and the mercy is manifested in the form of Vishnu. Vishnu became the form of Vamanadeva and was born in the heavenly planets and he became the younger brother of Indra. So he’s called Upendra, Upa-Indra, that means little Indra [Laughs]. So therefore, the Lord has a very intimate relationship with Indra, so that means he’s got much more mercy than we get.

So, Narada Muni goes off to Svargaloka very eagerly to see Indra and see how much mercy he has. So, Narada begins to praise Indra as the greatest recipient of mercy. The Lord became his younger brother, and Indra is able to worship him directly and the Lord gives him personal protection. So that’s very, very great mercy, personal association with the Lord. So, Indra said, no, no, not so good [Laughs]. So, Indra says, actually I’m not so secure in my position after all, because the demons come. So, demons like Bali come and they steal the kingdom and among the Devatas, there’s always rivalry. So, it’s not so peaceful after all and we see the Lord doesn’t favor us after all he went and took the Sudharma Hall from the heavenly planets. He stole the Parijataka from Indra [Laughs]. He took it away like this. He doesn’t show us much mercy at all and as Krishna, he stopped the worship of Indra even and he burned down the Khandava forest, which was Indra’s forest and of course the Lord is in Svarga Loka, but he accepts the worship and then he disappears, you don’t see him anymore. So, the Lord isn’t in Svarga, because sometimes he goes to Ram Priya, which is the Vaikuntha within the material world. There’s a Vaikuntha above Brahma Loka. He sometimes goes there and sometimes he’s in Dhruva Loka and sometimes he’s in Sveta Dvipa and of course he’s in Dwarka, and Purwa, and Vrindavan, or Indraprastha, and all these other places as well. So, he’s not permanently situated with Indra. So actually, there’s a Vaikuntha planet above Brahma Loka there, created by the Avatar called Vaikuntha who’s one of the Manvantra Avatars. He created a planet up there, so the Lord stays there and here’s Dhruva Loka, just above Svarga Loka, we have Dhruva Loka, so that’s where Dhruva went, and the Lord resides with Dhruva there and then we have Bhu mandala here, Mount Meru in the middle, and we have all the oceans, including the Milk Ocean, and in the Milk Ocean we have Sveta Dvipa and in Sveta Dvipa we have this Vishnu form, kshirodakasaayi Vishnu. Kshirodaka Vishnu. So Kshirodaka means the Ocean of Milk. So he’s sleeping on the Milk Ocean Or he has an island in the middle of the Milk Ocean, Sveta Dvipa, the White Island. So, he’s not permanently in Svarga Loka, he’s in other places.

Devotee: (What are those) numbers ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Oh, those are Yojanas.

Devotee: Level from.. ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: From Buh mandala, 100,000 Yojanas to Svarga, and above that, 3,800,000 Yojanas to Dhruva Loka and above that, 10 million Yojanas, above that is Mahara loka, 80 million Yojanas Tapa loka, and 120 million Yojanas Satya loka.

Devotee: One Yojana is.. ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: 8 miles. and the total is 250 million Yojanas, from the bottom level to all the way up to Bhu mandala, all the way to the top of the Universe.

Devotee: In Vedic planetarium they said, Dhurva is fixed, and everything rotates.. ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Well, Dhruva.. Dhurva loka is directly above Mount Meru.

Devotee: It’s like a chandelier ? Prabhupad said that, where Dhurva is at the top and everything..

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj:  Well, above that we have all the other planets, like Swarga loka, we have Venus, Mercury, the Sun and the Moon, they’re all different orbits, all are rotating around Dhruva because Dhruva is in the middle, just above the Mount Meru.

So, then Indra says, I’m not the greatest recipient of mercy, Brahma is the greatest recipient of the Lord’s mercy. He’s the son of Vishnu [Laughs]. Brahma comes out of the navel of Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, so son of Vishnu. And of course, Brahma is empowered to create and destroy the material world. So, the Lord has given him great responsibility. Indra doesn’t create, destroy, he just manages a little bit [Laughs]. So he hasn’t got as much responsibility, therefore not much mercy [Laughs]. And within one day of Brahma, we have 14 Indras. So there’s 14 Manvantara periods, and each Manvantara period is 71 yuga cycles. There’s an Indra, after that, that Indra is finished. Then another 71 yuga cycles, another Indra appears, like this. So, 14 times in one day of Brahma, we have a new Indra.

Devotee: One Manavantra.. one Indra ? Like you said, 14 Manus are there, so in one Manvantara period, one Indra, so we have 14 Indras ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Yes. So Indra last for 71 Yuga cycles – one Indra, then he is  finished with his post. So in one day of Brahma – ofcourse Brahma life is so long,  therefore so how many Indras ? In the whole 100 years of Brahma ?  360 times 100 times 14 Indras That’s a lot of Indras, so Brahma is much greater, much greater responsibility, much greater life, etc. So, greater recipient of mercy.

And the Mahapurusha, this is one form of the Lord, is always visible on Brahma Loka. Indra said, you know, the Lord’s not always here, he goes other places, but he’s always visible on Brahma Loka. Brahma is non-different from Vishnu, you know Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are equated. He is also a Guna avatar. So, he’s kind of almost equal.

So, then Narada Muni is very enthusiastic, and he goes to Brahma Loka [Laughs], from Swarga Loka. So, he sees the Mahapurusha, this huge form of Vishnu with a thousand heads accepting the offerings that the priests are giving, the devotees are giving to Vishnu. So, Narada Muni praises Brahma because this is the highest place because the Lord resides there all the time. But then Brahma says, no, that’s, you’re exaggerating [Laughs], it’s not true [Laughs]. I’m not non-different from the Lord, I’m only a servant of the Lord. And I’m also subject to maya. I become proud and I have this ahankara, false identity, I think I’m the controller and creator. And I always fear that my planet is going to get destroyed because he knows after one hundred years, even Brahma Loka disappears, so he’s always in anxiety about the destruction of Brahma Loka.

So of course, when Brahma says this, in one sense it’s true because he’s obviously the servant of the Lord, but at the same time when he says I’m in maya, it’s more or less a mission of humility. Now of course, Brahma did try to fool Krishna, and he stole all the calves and the cowherd boys, but that is taken as an example of not maya, but yoga maya, will of the Lord. And because he is a great devotee, he is given the responsibility of manifesting all the Vedas through his mouth. And it’s also said of course that when Brahma’s life is finished and his planet is destroyed, then Brahma goes to the spiritual world. So, then he couldn’t be in maya, because he was in maya, he couldn’t go to the spiritual world. But he understands his position is not so great, he’s also a small devotee. So, he says I worship the Lord in order to get out of this material world, so I can’t be equated with the Lord at all.

Devotee: I think Lord instructs him that, give up this body, give up this body. Because he goes in maya or darkness or something ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: That’s not a real body, that’s an identity. The body is referred to as his identity, because he created it, and he had thoughts like that. Okay, give up that, those thoughts. So, it’s not a real body, giving up the body.

Devotee: Maharaj you said something about Mahapurusa, what is that ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: It’s kind of like that, it’s a form of Vishnu, but it’s a universal form, of course it’s imaginary, but the Lord can take any form he wants. So, he takes a very grand form on Brahma Loka. I would say a spectacular form [Laughs]. So, he says, I’ll offend the Lord because I give benedictions to demons like Hiranyakasipu and Ravana. So, he gave the benediction to Hiranyakasipu that no one could kill him, etc. you know. That’s why.  Similar to Ravana, Ravana made a request, so he also said, okay, no one can kill you. So then eventually the Lord had to come and kill. So that, he says, I’m going to offend the Lord by doing this. So he also says, the Lord accepts these offerings, not because he’s affectionate to me, but simply because he’s trying to protect the Vedic injunctions, you offer that the Lord should accept. So, he’s accepting it as a duty, more or less.  So, even I appoint Devatas, and the Devatas also offend the Lord. I appoint them and they start offending the Lord. So not only Indra is one fourteenth of a day of Brahma, but all the other Devatas also get replaced [Laughs]. They are all posts. So, Indra offended the Lord by all the rain on Govardhan Hill.

And what did Yamaraja do? He took Sandipani muni’s son, the son of his guru, he stole him, took him away. It’s an offense. And Krishna had to go and rescue him, and he went down to Yama Loka and got him back.

And Kuvera had a follower called Shankachuda. Shankarachuda was his follower, a follower of Kuvera. And then Shankarachuda offended the Lord by trying to steal all the Gopis.

And then Varuna, he also stole Nanda Maharaj. So, he says, actually, you know, I give all these appointments to people, and not only I offend the Lord, but they also offend the Lord. I’m not a great devotee after all.

So, he says, Shiva was a greater recipient of mercy than I am. So, he’s really dedicated to the Lord’s lotus feet. He’s completely detached from everything in the material world. And he can award liberation. Brahma says, I aspire for liberation. Shiva, he can give liberation. And he says, even the Lord worships Shiva. So, he must be very great. And he has an abode beyond the material world. My abode, Brahma Loka, is at the top of the universe, but outside the universe is Shiva Loka. Of course, Shiva has an abode called Kailash in the Bhu mandala, but then he also has an abode in the spiritual realm, so he’s much greater.

So that’s end of the chapter, and it goes mercy beyond the material world. Mercy within the material world and then beyond the material world, to Shiva Loka. And so, the mercy is given to people beyond the material world.

And so, Narada went to Shiva Loka and sees Shiva dancing, glorifying the lord in ecstasy. And so, Narada begins to praise Shiva, that he is the great recipient of mercy. But then, Shiva says, no, I’m not the greatest devotee for receiving the mercy after all. I also desire the mercy of the Lord’s servants. And he says, actually, the Lord doesn’t take benediction from me. That’s just one of his pastimes.

So, one story is told in the Mahabharata, where Krishna worshipped Shiva, and then he got Samba as his son. Samba is actually an incarnation of Shiva also. So this, of course, is a pastime of the Lord, not actually that Shiva has more power or anything like that.

And also, there’s a story that Vishnu worshipped Shiva, and that’s how he got his Sudarsana Chakra. On the other hand, we know that eternally the Lord has Sudarsana Chakra as his servant in the spiritual world. So, these are just pastimes to engage Shiva. So, Shiva says, I also commit offenses because I give benedictions, which are very harmful. So, we know that Shiva is very easily pleased with his devotees when he gives benedictions. And then these persons who get the benedictions misuse them. In the case of Banasura, he got a benediction that no one could defeat him except by someone who was equal to Shiva. That was what Shiva gave him, a benediction like that. So then Banasura conquered everybody. He had 1000 arms, always restless, trying to fight with somebody. But then finally, Krishna had to come to defeat him, because no one else could defeat him.

So therefore, Shiva’s benediction was such that the Lord himself had to interfere and stop him. And later on, Krishna made him a devotee, an associate of Shiva. Krishna made Banasura an associate of Shiva. Ok, So ultimately, his boons are faulty, and they’re very destructive, even to the demons. The demons get bad results from his benedictions.

 So the king of Kashi was killed by Krishna, and then Sudakshina, his son, wanted to take revenge, so he worshipped Shiva. He wanted to get revenge for his father’s death and kill the killer of his father. So, then Shiva said, OK, you get the boon to produce a fire that could be used against any person who did not respect Brahmanas. So he tried to attack Krishna, but Krishna respects Brahmanas, so it didn’t act on Krishna at all and instead, the Sudarshan Chakra came and destroyed Kashi and destroyed Sudakshina.

So, Shiva says also, I’m actually influenced by Ahankara, and I’m in charge of Tamo guna, so I’ve got a very bad job [Laughs]. This actually is an exaggeration again, because we know that Shiva is a form of Vishnu, so he’s never affected by Ahankara or Tamo guna. But he’s in close contact, and he manages Tamo guna, so in one sense, it’s not such a nice job. And also, the Lord ordered Shiva to produce the Mayavada philosophy. So therefore, Shiva manifested himself through Shankaracharya, and Shankaracharya spread this Mayavada philosophy, which is offensive to Vishnu. And Shiva said, well, I give liberation, but devotees hate liberation, so how can that be a very nice thing? Bestowing liberation is not a big blessing, it’s a curse, because it’s rejected by the devotees. So therefore, Shiva says, I’m not the greatest devotee at all. He says the devotees of Vaikuntha are the best.

So, we will stop here. Second half tomorrow.

Okay, any questions?

Q & A

1.Was Banasura a devotee of Shiva to begin with?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj:  More or less, Yeah, Yeah.

Devotee: But he also became a devotee of Siva ?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Oh ya. He got a blessing after he got defeated by Krishna, he said OK, you can serve Shiva [Laughs].

Devotee: Banasura is eternally servant of Shiva?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: I guess, yes, after that point.

2. Is this the story of where Brugu Muni goes to different places…?

That’s different. That’s Brugu Muni. This is Narada Muni.

3. How did Sanatana Goswami get this story? Where? How?

Oh, I think it’s a story. It is not that actually, he saw Narada Muni do this, but he made this story to illustrate certain points in our theology.

4. Sanatana Goswami kind of not made it up, but he spoke as to show people? Or?

Yeah, Well we can say he composed it. Work is not scriptural story from some source, but you see, all of these examples given in this conversation are scriptural. He’s taking scriptural information and then sticking it in a story form. And then He’s using Narada Muni as the person to do it. And all of the qualities that are explained here, the glorification of each devotee is actually true. And also the limitations, we can say, of each devotee is also true. Like Shiva’s got some pluses and minuses, Brahma’s got pluses and minuses, Indra’s got pluses and minuses. They’re all true as well.

5. When you say that Shiva can give the blessing of liberation. But is that an exaggeration? Or Is that the truth?

In one sense, yes. We see that there’s a quote that only Vishnu gives liberation. However, later on, we see when Gopakumar goes beyond the material world, then he goes to the abode of Shiva, which is like the Brahma Jyoti, and there is Shiva sitting there in charge of it. So in one sense, he is in charge of it. But all the power of Shiva to give liberation is ultimately given by Vishnu.

So in that sense, Indra gives rain, but Indra has no power on his own. It’s actually through the power of the Lord that Indra can give rain or whatever.

6. There is a story that Vishnu worships Shiva. But when you look at the whole scriptures, so in there it is always that Shiva worships the Lord, right?

So that was explained here, it’s just like a pastime of the Lord to glorify his devotees. So, it’s just a small part.

7. Maharaj, can you explain about Rama Priya which you mentioned in beginning ?

Yeah, that’s the same as the name of the Vaikuntha in the material world. Which is above Brahma loka.

8. The four Kumaras are Shaktiveshara. Are they teaching Jnana Yoga?

No, we haven’t talked about it. Yeah, we haven’t talked about it, but anyway.

Translator Devotee: Oh, you haven’t talked about it yet?

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Not yet.

Devotee: It was in the picture, so I’ve been wondering about it for a while now. Oh, okay.

HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj: Yeah, they teach Jnana Yoga, but they’re actually devotees. In Shanta rasa, kind of getting up to Dasya rasa also, a little bit.

9. Maharaj, in Laghu Bhagavatamrta, written by Rupa Goswami, there is description of something like this?

No, that’s actually a little bit different. That is more to explain the different expansions of the Lord, like Guna Avatar, Leela Avatar, Shakti avesh Avatar, Yuga Avatar, etc. All the different types of avatars, basically. That’s the main subject matter there.

10. Is Laghu Bhagavatamrta explains Jnana yoga?

No, Bhakti, its there, glorifying Radha and Krishna.

11. Shiva has 55 qualities, and Jiva has 50 qualities. What is the difference of that 5 ?

Oh, well, one of the main qualities of Shiva, he doesn’t have a material body. He has a body which is eternal. So, it’s Satcidananda. And he has greater powers than Jivas.

Devotees : HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj Ki.. Jai !!