Gita Govinda -Jayadeva 10

Gita Govinda -Shri Jayadeva Gosvami

INTRODUCTION

The substance of Shri Gita-govinda

The Upaniñads proclaim that the indwelling Lord (paramätmä) is only attained by whom he desires to be attained. näyam ätmä pravacanena labhyo na medhayä na bahunä çrutena yam evaiña våëute tena labhyas tasyaiña ätmä vivåëute tanüà sväm   BhagavänShri Kṛṣṇa is the embodiment of eternal concentrated bliss (änanda). The conditioned living entity, though searching exclusively for this happiness, is always unsuccessful. However, his good fortune arises when he witnesses the internal emotional ecstasies of the pure devotees. On that day, bliss personified begins to search for him. Pure devotion (prema) is characterized by its power to attractShri Kṛṣṇa. The practising devotee may be sitting in his home, but once his heart is infused with devotion, blissfulShri Kṛṣṇa, who is always greedy for the taste of prema, becomes anxious for his association. As if an offender, Kṛṣṇa will approach his devotee in a humble mood and meekly supplicate him with the same entreaty, “Kindly accept me as your servant and decorate my brow with the soft buds of your lotus feet.” This is the essential message of all the Vedic scriptures. “Just as the Absolute Truth is far away, he is also very near.”