verse 3
tan-mata-putrayor vidvan samvadah kathyatam tayoh
sudha-saramayo 'nyo 'pi krsna-padabja-lubdhayoh
Therefore, O best of sages, please narrate more of the nectarean conversation of both mother and son, who were greedy for the honey of Sri Krsna's lotus feet.
DIG-DARSINI-TIKA: Sri Janamejaya says, "Mother and son were greedy for the honey of Sri Krsna's lotus feet. Please narrate their nectarean conversation, which is filled with many sweet stories and sub-stories. Why? Because you are the person most conversant with the topic discussed by these rasika devotees, who are skilled in relishing the transcendental mellows of loving relationship with the Lord."
...here is the essence of the human predicament. really what we're interested in is loving relationships. and as we progress in the yoga process we are eager to purify our interest in loving relationships and to ultimately direct out love and devotion to the Supreme and His associates...
Once, in Badger, Srila Gurudeva asked us what it is that we need to survive? well we scrambled and hemed and hawed and came up with, uh, sadhu sanga? hmm, your instructions? Guru seva?
and Gurudeva said, No. wrong.
you need food.
oh, yeah, we thought.
and Gurudeva said, yes. we could not live long without food. and what else is a neccessity?
now we got the way this conversation was going and we said, Water!
Yes, gurudeva said, you can only live about 3 days without water. and what else do you need?
Air! its Air! yes, said srila gurudeva you can only live a few minutes without air. You see the body is made from earth so it needs food that is from the earth.
and the body is 3/4 s water so it needs water.
and there are so many airs in the body so it needs air.
but the soul is made of another substance.
the soul is made of prema.
so prema is required.
love and affection are required
and
without love,
we
wouldn't
last a moment!
...that is the way of bhakti....
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