Nabadwip - 9 Islands - Navdha Bhakti: 2021

When Sita Ram was here in Modadruma Dvipa, Sita Devi saw Lord Ramachandra smiling. She asked, "My Lord why are you smiling?" Lord said, "In the upcoming Kaliyuga I'll appear and to spread the holy names of Krishna. And now in this incarnation I'll banish you to the forest and worship your golden form. Similarly in Kaliyuga I'll leave home and take sanyas, you'll workship my golden form.

Sita Devi didn't like the idea very much, she asked, "Why would you want to do that? Why do you want your wife and mother to cry forever?" Lord Rama replied "Sita, you're my internal potency, nothing is unknown to you. When I especially favour someone, I reciprocate with them. There is sambhoga and there is vipralambha. The devotees want sambhoga, but I give them vipralambha and increase their love even more, and then they love me like never before."

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Pañcaveni

Nityananda spoke, “Listen everyone! This is Pañcaveni, where five rivers join the Ganges.

The Bhagirathi mixes with the
Mandakini and
Alakananda, and
the SarasvatRiver flows here hidden from view.
From the west, the Yamuna flows along with the Bhogavati. The Manasa-ganga also quickly flows there.

This place is called Maha-Prayaga by the rsis, who performed millions of sacrifices here along with Lord Brahma. The glories of this place are incomparable. If one takes bath here, he will not take another birth. Who can describe the glories of this place? All other tirthas become like dried up rivers in comparison. One who leaves his body here on the earth, in the air, or in the water will attain Çré Goloka Våndävana.

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