20260113 Śrī Caitanya-śīkṣāmṛta in Śrī Māyāpur, India #JayapatakaSwamiArchives

Be sure to subscribe to our channel. We publish new videos every day. Don't forget, grab your smartphone and download the Lava Mantra app and stay in touch. Guru Maharaj's message is your advice. The following is a Sri Caitanya Sheikh Shamrita class given by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaj on January 13, 2026 in Sri Ramayapur, India.

Hare Krishna Dear devotees, today we will continue with the reading from Sri Chaitanya Shikshamrita Vaishala Sachidananda Bhakti Vinath Thakur Continuing on the subject matter of Sakyaras, quotation from Bhakti Rasamruta Sindhu 3 point what's that number in Bengali? 86 to 96. The Anubhavas pleasing Krishna by wrestling, playing ball and dice, riding on each other's shoulder, stick fighting, sleeping and sitting with Krishna on a bed, seat or swing, telling pleasing jokes, playing in the water and singing and dancing with Krishna are the activities Anubhavas common to all types of friends. Prabhupada's translation of the above mentioned verse from Bhakti Rasamruta Sindhu Krishna played with his intimate friends sometimes by fighting or wrestling with their arms, sometimes by playing ball and sometimes playing chess. Sometimes they carried one another on their shoulders and sometimes they exhibited their expertness by whirling locks. And the coward friends used to please Krishna by sitting together with him on the couches or on swings, by lying together on the beds, by joking together by swimming in the pool. All these activities are called Anubhava. Whenever all the friends would assemble in the company of Krishna, they would immediately engage in all these functions, especially in dancing together.

I say that I hear someone ask one who starts to read other Acharya's worse.

So here you can see that like how someone asks when can we start to read other Acharya's works? Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu is written by Rupa.

Goswami and that was translated by Baba.

And that was translated by Srila Prabhupada. Nectar of devotion as nectar of devotion.

So here our translators giving Prabhupada's translation.

So here our translator is giving Srila Prabhupada's translation and.

Saw the Ardvidos Acharyas they saw the with Bhakti Rajamita Sindhu.

So that shows that our previous Acharyas they show us Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu and that is also. And that's also given by Srila Prabhupada. Bihat Bhagavad Amrita is also published by the bpt.

I shall natural devotion, he said, will be presented in the future Lead us into the Sanskrit and the Ruddhu.

Bhakti Rasam nectar of devotion would be also presented as Bhakti Rasamruta Sindhu by the BBT in Sanskrit and word to word translation.

So you know the essential things all against us. And we'll have all these other things also.

So the essential things Srila Prabhupada gave us in the future we'll have the other things also.

Friends of Ka, they engage in different activities which are their Anupabala.

So here it is stating in Sakirasa how the friends of Krishna they are engaged in different Anubhavas.

They dance together. They all together play chess together.

They dance together. They play ball together. They play chess together.

Elias starts rustling and sweating.

So they do various sports such as swinging, wrestling and swinging told us that.

Rising and swimming rise down the sports.

Prabhupada told us that wrestling and swimming are Vaishnava sports.

And we were doing that in the Mayapur.

And we were doing that in Mayapur.

They and the Ganges.

Swimming in the Ganges.

And wrestling.

And wrestling. Jai.

One time Bhakti church he went to tv. I challenged the person one time Bhakti.

Charu Maharaj was defeated. And I challenged the person who defeated Bhakti Charu Swami. Remembering that he was remembering that.

I was defending him.

I was defending him. All right.

These are very blissful, very blissful things.

So they've been very blissful things.

I'm.

Now physically invalid and many things I cannot do. And many things I cannot do.

But all you can say that eternally, these friends of Krishna, they do this.

But we can see that eternally the friends of Krishna, they do this.

Hare Krishna.

Hare Krishna.

Are these friends blessed?

Are these friends blessed? Yes. Yes. Guru Maharaj. How many think they are. Okay.

Wow.

Wow. Pleasing.

Wow.

Okay. Pleasing Krishna by wrestling. Wow. Killer of Agar, with your fists you clenched and arms itching for battle, you wander amongst your friends praising your own prowess. But tell me, aren't you now standing here helplessly having given up your fighting pastime because of the action of my fierce wrought like arms? Prabhupada's translation of this verse. Regarding their wrestling, one friend once asked Krishna, my dear friend, O killer of the Aga demon, you are very proudly wandering among your friends trying to exhibit your arms as very strong. Is it that you are envious of me? I know that you cannot defeat me in wrestling and I also know that you were sitting idly for a long time because you are hopeless of defeating me.

So I was. See how the friends think. Not only they're ill with Krishna, maybe.

They'Re better like this. The friends, they don't only think that they're equal with Krishna, they think they are better.

And so Krishna, everybody instructs him as the.

Krishna, everybody respects him and in Vaikuntha as the supreme personality of Godhead.

In this material world, Allah devotees are religious, you know, like Allah Adbar.

In the material world, those who are devotees, those who are religious, they do things like Allahu Akbar. Actually Krishna likes a break.

He likes to have some devotees who are so non envious, so dedicated that they can live all these things.

He wants devotees, those who are so envious, so dedicated, they can do all this and still they can do all these things. This is out of love for Krishna. So.

We can. What they do with Krishna, it's so.

Amazing what they do with Krishna.

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Another verse from Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu the activities of Srihrita friends older than Krishna are giving advice on what should be done and what should not do. Engaging Krishna in beneficial acts and walking in front of Krishna, putting tambula in Krishna's mouth, applying tilaka and smearing sandalwood on his body and painting designs on his face are the activities of the Saka friends younger than Krishna. Prabhupada's translation of the above mentioned verse from Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu all the friends were very daring and would risk any difficulty because they were confident that Krishna would help them to be victorious in all adventures. They used to sit together and advise one another what to do, sometimes inducing one another to be engaged in welfare work. Sometimes they would offer betel nuts to one another, decorate one another's face with tilaka and smear pulp of chandana on one another's bodies. Sometimes for the sake of amusement, they used to decorate their faces in strange ways.

So Prabhupada mentioned this. I do this.

The Prabhupada mentioned mentions these activities in different ways.

Expands on it a bit.

Expands on it a bit and expands on it a bit.

But you can see that the friends of Krishna and Rajan, they see Krishna eagle as.

So here we can see that the friends of Krishna and Braja, they see Krishna as equal. As their friends they are friends.

The activity with Krishna is based on its civilization.

The activities with Krishna is based on this reciprocation.

The other boys in addition to other Activities. They walk in front of Krishna to protect him.

The other boys, they do the other activities. Inducing others to do other activities. They walk in front of Krishna to protect him.

They may give the Krishna advice or they may give what to do, what not to do.

They may give Krishna advice, what to do, what not to do.

Yeah. Younger friends, they do different sevas.

The younger friends, they do different sevas.

So it's like this. All the friends are tiger and Krishna. Tying the Krishna, wrestling with Krishna.

So like this, the friends are playing with Krishna. What was the second one? Decorating Krishna and wrestling with Krishna. Doing different activities and doing different activities.

Krishna is the center.

Krishna is the center.

So what I mean big do said no. What the supreme prince of Yoga does.

So people say, oh, what does what the supreme personality of Godhead does?

On some airplanes travel, people are reading magazines. Some airplanes several hours.

Okay. Some people, while we are traveling in the airplanes, we see people are reading different magazines and we can see it's about cinema, artists, all the gossip, rumors, all different kind of things, gossips, rumors and different types of things.

And people all they just put their consciousness to Krishna. Their life would be perfect.

People, if they just put their consciousness towards Krishna then their life would be perfect.

Why is the youth giving all their attention to these temporary figures are just going to die.

What's the use of giving attention to these temporary figures? Who's going to die? Defeating Krishna in battle, pulling him by his cloth, snatching flowers and other things from his hand, being decorated by Krishna and hand to hand combat and other are the activities of the Priyasakas friends the same age as Krishna. Prabhupada's translation of the above mentioned verse from Bhakti Rasamruta Sindhu. Another business of the friends was each of them wanted to defeat Krishna. Sometimes they used to snatch his clothing and snatch away the flowers from his hands. Sometimes one would try to induce another to decorate his body for him. And failing this, they were always ready to fight, challenging one another to combat in wrestling. These were some of the general activities of Krishna and his friends.

Ajat Prabhupada is generalizing friends.

So Prabhupada is generalizing the friends. But Bhakti Veena Thakur is describing the there are different kinds of friends. Srila Prabhupada simplified it.

I don't think that Saharus Suhas. As in devotees.

I wonder maybe the Sruhats, Sakas, Priya Sakas Priya Narmasakas, they're not mentioned because maybe the western devotees they might not be able to digestla Prabhupada. He just called them friends. We can see that there are different varieties of friends.

No contradiction.

There is no contradiction.

Hare Krishna.

Hare Krishna.

I used to take Fisherman's Friend. My doctor said Fisherman's Friend. I got licorice. I shouldn't take licorice.

So I used to take Fisherman's Friend. And my doctor told me that Fisherman's Friend has liquor rice. So I can't take that.

I'm telling him that he's against other lozenges than me. That's how they hurt.

So I told him to find some of the lozenges that doesn't have liquors.

Now he's telling me to clear my throat.

Now he's telling me to clear my throat.

Does any of you know any cure for the throat?

Tell me if any of you know any cure for that, Please tell me. Ginger. Shivas are saying ginger. Oh, you were taking that yesterday. Okay, okay, okay. We'll continue. Go and get Prabhu. Okay. Prabhupada's translation. Carrying messages among the young Gopis of Braj Encouraging their love for Krishna Taking Krishna's time during fun quarrels with when the Gopas are present and Krishna is not present Showing scale at siding with the chief Gopis when Krishna is present but the Gopis are not and whispering in each other's ears are the activities of the Priya Narmasakas. Another important pastime of the friends of Krishna was they served as messenger to and from the Gopis. They introduced the Gopis to Krishna and canvassed for Krishna. When the Gopis were in disagreement with Krishna these friends would support Krishna's side in his presence. But when Krishna was not present they would support the side of the Gopis in this way. Sometimes supporting one another Supporting one side, sometimes the other. They would talk very privately with much whispering in the ears Although none of the business was very serious.

Krishna was it all Narma Priya Priya Narmasakas. Priya Narmasakas how they were engaging these confidential activities.

So the Pre and Narmasakas they are engaged in these confidential activities.

So some of them are very expert.

Someone will be very expert.

And they would whisper something.

They would whisper something to a Gopi.

And that she would be very much affected by this and she would be.

Very much affected by this.

Like this. Not this whole display of spiritual activities.

Like this. This whole display of spiritual activities.

Art Tenzinis are Priyan Narmasakas. They were helping Khajna and his Transient activities like this.

So like this, the Priya Naramasakas, they are helping Krishna in his conjugal activities with the Gopis decorating Krishna with forest items and jewels, singing and dancing with music in front of Krishna, caring for the cows, massaging Krishna's body, fanning him are some of the activities of the peer friends. Vyasyas share in common with the Dasas Prabhupada's translation of the above mentioned verse. The servants of Krishna were sometimes engaged in collecting flowers, decorating his body with valuable ornaments and trinkets. Excuse me, dancing before your throat. Okay, we'll continue. Dancing before him, singing, helping him hurt the cows, massaging his body, preparing flower garlands and sometimes fanning his body. These were some of the primary duties of the servants of Krishna. The friends and the servants of Krishna were combined together in serving him. And all of their activities are known as Anubhava. In this Rasa Sakyasa, all transitory emotions where bachari bhavas are present except for ferocity, fear, trasa and laziness Alasya when disconnected Ayoga, all the vivachari bhavas manifest except intoxication, mother joy, harsha, pride, Garva, sleep, nidra and patient Vritti. When connected Yoga, all emotions appear except death, exhaustion, Klama disease, forgetfulness, Apa smriti and humility. Dinata.

This is very general.

So this is very technical.

I don't know if anyone is trying to remember.

I don't know if anyone is trying to remember.

But you see there are stai Bhavas and transitary Bhavas.

You see there are stai Bhavas and transitory bhavas. So.

Some of the. I mean the staivas Sagarasa, the Stai Bhava is sakurasa Sagarasa, transitory bhavas.

In the Sakurasas they are transitory bhavas or transitory emotions or transitory emotions.

Some of those are present and some not.

With some of those present and some not.

So the here is being explained.

So here it's being explained.

That means that some people, some of Jayas, they have studied all this.

That means some people, some Acharyas, they have studied all this.

And so they see Krishna's activities very deeply.

So they see Krishna's activities very deeply.

You know what? See that? They have studied us exactly what Transitory emotions.

We have a Charibhava.

We have the charibhavas.

Yeah. So they have studied this and they see that in Sakya self, what are the transitory emotions? Vyabichari Bhavas what are present and what are not present.

So there's a science of Krishna consciousness.

So this is science of Ka consciousness.

The materialists, they don't understand that even the impersonalists, they can't understand that Krishna has so much variety.

The materialists, even the impersonalists, they can't understand that Krishna has so much variety.

And his different devotees, they also have so much variety.

And his different devotees, they also have so much variety. So if you're a friend of Krishna, what kind of friend?

There are different types of friends.

There are different types of friends.

Salt, how do I understand?

So this is very interesting.

So we know the science of Krishna consciousness.

So we know the science of Ka Consciousness.

Lord Chaitanya said Krishna Tatta Veda Sagaru.

Lord Caitanya said Krishna Tattva Veta she.

Guru Haiyoga people are, you know, it's almost non traditional.

So in Kaliyuga people are so mixed up. There is no traditional varanashrama system.

But Bhagavad Gita, 18th chapter, verse 40 to 8 60, Harakrishna tells us the most most confidential knowledge.

So in bhagavad Gita chapter 18, verse 42 and 1660, Krishna says this is the most most confidential knowledge.

Just work for me. Don't lie to me.

Just work for me and go back to me.

So that means that you don't. Anyone externally may be workers, they may be businessmen or farmers.

So externally that means externally people may be workers. They could be businessmen, farmers.

They will be dead and holiday. They sell the animals for slaughter.

Evangelist who sends the animal?

Dairymen.

Dairymen. Even the dairymen, they send their animals to slaughter.

Jesus Go Raksha.

But in the Bhagavad Gita it says Go Raksha.

Protecting the cows.

Protect the cows. Protecting the cows.

We never sell the cows.

We never sell the cows.

We never sell the bull.

We never sell the bull.

Somehow some hundreds of golds all died in Vietnam 18 months.

Okay.

Something about the CDC or the girl looking into Hare Krishna. So anyway, that's why I was encouraging the devotees to read Prabhupada books, get their degrees.

That's why I'm encouraging the devotees to read Srila Prabhupada's books and get the degrees.

They should know this.

They say, no, you should know about Krishna.

Only the Lord know about Krishna.

Only the devotees who know about Krishna.

Other people, it will go over their head.

Other people, it will go over their heads.

All right, thank you very much.

All right, thank you very much.

I offer you all my blessings.

I offer all my blessings. Krishna Matirastu Shla Guru Maharajaki Shishiradamada Sakirinda Maipur Chandra Ki Giriraj Maharajaki Shri Panchatatwa Ki Shishri Prahlad Nishinga Devaki Srila Prabhupada Ki Iskcon Guru Vrindaki the friends of Krishna Ki Nitai God Premanande Hari Harivo.

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