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Raho dasyam tasyah kimapi Vrishabhanorvajavari
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Ya sah putryah poorna pranaya rasamortheryadhi labhe
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Tadha nah kim dharmaih kim suraganaih kincha vidhina
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Kimeesena Shyamapriya milanayatnairapicha kim
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Sri Radhika is the daughter of King Vrishabhanu, the most eminent person in Vraja. If we attain the opportunity to serve Her in solitude, then why should we associate ourselves dharma, Gods, Brahma and Siva? In fact, what is the use of meeting even Shyamsunder?
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-Verse 115 Sri Radhasudhanidhi
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This verse conveys the bhava that the confidential seva of Mother is the highest; superior than scriptures or meeting Gods, even Krishna. Sri Hitaharivamsa says that Sri Radha's confidential rasa sakhi sits on the throne of Her powers. This service is higher than even Sri Krishna. The embodiment of Sri Radha hladini, our Nanna, is such a confidential sakhi
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Nanna's life is being constantly in Radha bhava. In this state he attains rasa siddhi which is abode karma, man's dharma and God's dharma. He glows with that rasa. He accepted all of us and gave us Radha rasanidhi even while speaking ordinary matters. He made the rasa tattwa which is unattainable to Brahma and Shiva so easy and provided to us through his conversations. Radha's tattwa is above Vedas. He gave us such a Supreme Mother in the form of Chinnari and also installed Her in our heart. Without our realizing it, he introduced the flow of rasa through us. 'What we cannot attain even after several years of sadhana, She grants within a few moments.' We don't know what penance we did that She gave us Her beloved sakhi as our Nanna.
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Never be satisfied. Our goal is as vast as Hers.' ' If You go alone, we will not agree. We also must come with You'. We can understand who Nanna is by his grace only. Even Krishna cannot go near Her unless he becomes a sakhi. Narada needs Her permission to enter Nikunj dham. Brahma, whose life span is 12960000 crores of years, said that his life span is not enough to speak about Her greatness. Nanna tells such a Mother that 'we won't agree if You go alone'! He includes us with him and says 'we also must come with You.' Is this possible unless his love and mercy towards human beings is overflowing?
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Nanna said that a 'rasa yogi is one who can provide rasa also. Who can provide this rasa? 'I will ask Her about my dear ones. 'Mother, please accept them also.' By these words, Nanna gave us the boon that if we do incessant dhyana, he will take us near Her. He also told us the path to follow. He told us to lead our life with the bhava that 'Mother, You are leading me and I will follow. I will remain in the world in this kaliyuga but You must be in my heart. With this bhava, sinners also become virtuous by the rays of Sri Radha's love and spread them all over the world. This really means thousand Radhas from one Radha.
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As a part of uplifting human lives, Nanna invoked Uparadhadevi (Radhamahalaxmi) into the divine bodies of Hanumayamma garu and Anjani amma garu. 'Whenever that Mother comes, she puts her hand below my chin like this...She never forgets.' Once he said that Uparadha has almost all the attributes and powers which Radhaji has. Uparadha, the representative of Radhaji appreciates the works which Nanna does with such love and diligence and hence fondly puts her hand under his chin.
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'Tatsukhena sukhitwam'- Nanna handed us this privilege by following it in his life. When a devotee Narayana died, he clarified that when someone is in trouble, it is your duty to help him if you are in sakhi's path. Nanna was so involved. 'I asked them to find out what his family needs. We must consider his family as ours now and arrange whatever they need. That is how a sakhi must be. That is our duty.'
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'Every thought, every heart and every mind must reflect Mother. What more can we say? This is the final message.' Nanna spoke to everybody who came near him. All his talks lead towards rasa tattwa. He never spoke about any topic except Mother. He granted us the fortune of recording his speeches during the last two years. His talks constitute the contents of these books. The great sentence that 'every thought, every heart and every mind must reflect Mother' is the essence of everything that Nanna spoke to us. No wonder he said 'what more can we say? This is the final message.'
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Nanna, kindly grant us the ability to move in the path of love and dhyana taught by you with ananya nishta. Bless us so that we are in a receiving state to absorb the flow of rasa provided by you.
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When somebody sees God externally, in an idol, he weeps when the idol is separated from him. When you install God in your heart and see him within you, you will never weep due to agony of separation from him. Nanna is the inseparable attribute of Radha rasa. Radhasakhi has no separation from Radha. 'Rasa preethi is very typical. You have attachment in detachment and detachment in attachment; separation in oneness and oneness and separation. This is represented in Her leelas. To make us realize how unbearable the separation from God is, he expressed the attribute of separation from Her many times. Surprisingly, at those times, Nanna actually experienced grief of separation from Her. Only Radha and Radhasakhi can play such leelas of rasa belonging to rasa dham.
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Nanna will never leave the devotees who took Sri mantra from him and move on the path taught by him. He is always with them, guiding them and teaching them that 'unless you develop detachment towards the world, you cannot attain inwardness. Without inwardness, you cannot attain Her darshan.'
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It may seem that some topics are repeated in these volumes, like the story of Rehman or the Jaipur king or dhyana yoga. Though the topic is the same, he narrates with a different bhava each time. The Rasikacharya infuses bhava into us through his words. That is why each time seems better than the previous one and filled with more bhava. We must always keep this in mind.
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'When we move in Her path, She will lift us, however small we may be. If you think that it is because of your greatness, you will fall. He always includes himself with us. It is a fact that he is above the basic desires, ego, pride and prejudice and attachments. Yet he mildly cautions us 'we must behave like this.you must not allow ego to conquer you'. Whenever we request him not to include himself with us, he says 'I must speak like that only.'
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It is only through his words that we are able to write about or loving Nanna in these volumes of 'Our Association with Nanna'. It is indeed our fortune granted by him. When Nanna and Anjani amma are always with us, guiding us, what more can we ask for?
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This divine book filled with Nanna is printed by his loved devotees. I pray that they attain his grace.
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Nanna's words in my dhyana on 26.3.2000 at 0500a.m. 'I am with you' were spoken with so much love. Nanna is everything in my life.
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Na jeevithlakshyamu neeve
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Na sarva sukhambulu neeve
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Nee divyadarsana phalame
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Na janma sarthakamamma
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You are the goal of my life; You are the happiness in my life; Your divine presence makes my life fruitful.
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Always at the lotus feet of Radhasakhi
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Rasamani
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