(With rare video footage of Srila Prabhupada installing Gaura-Nitai and performing initiations in Australia.)
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Narada Muni Bajay Vina
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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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(Purport by Srila Prabhupada)
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"This is a song sung by Bhaktivinoda Thakura. The purport of this song is that the great soul Narada Muni is playing on his stringed instrument, called the vina, and vibrating 'Radhika-ramana', one of Krishna's names. So, as soon as he plucks the strings and chants, all the devotees immediately respond to him, and it becomes a very beautiful vibration. Amiya-dhara, barise ghana. As the singing goes on with the stringed instrument, it appears that there is a shower of nectar, and all the devotees then dance in ecstasy to the fullest extent of their satisfaction. Then, as they dance, it appears that they become intoxicated by drinking the beverage called madhuri pura. And as one becomes almost mad by drinking, similarly, all the devotees became mad in ecstasy. And some of them are crying, and some of them are dancing, and some of them, although they cannot dance publicly, are dancing within their hearts. Then Lord Siva embraces Narada Muni and begins to dance and cry out in ecstasy, and when Lord Brahma sees Lord Siva dancing with Narada Muni, he joins in and says, 'All of you kindly chant 'Haribol! Haribol!' Then gradually the king of heaven, Indra, also joins in with great satisfaction and begins to dance and to chant 'Hari hari bol!'
"In this way, by the influence of the transcendental vibration of the holy name of God, the whole universe becomes ecstatic, and Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, 'When the whole universe becomes ecstatic in this way, my desires are satisfied, and I therefore pray unto the lotus feet of Rupa Gosvami that the chanting of harinama may go on nicely like this forever.'"
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All glories to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
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