SRI SAKHICARANDAS BABAJI in Imphal.

This keen mass- There is no doubt that Kulachandra Maharaja was

interest for Vraja's most defininitely touched by the mercy of Shrimati Radha-
important place is due to the rani, Who allowed him to reside at Her dear-most pond.
(1886-1965) mercy of their erstwhile king, He had been born and raised in a royal family, and
Shri Kulachandra Maharaja. became the king of Manipura, but still the circumstances
108 Shri Shrimad Sakhicharan das Babaji made his forced him to leave everything and end up at Shri
appearance in the Manipur-state of India, on Phalguni Radhakund where he gloriously passed away. For him
Krishna Trayodashi of 1886, while the Shravana destiny turned out to be directly handled by Shrimati
constellation was predominent. His parents were Radharani who allowed him to eternally remain in Her
initiated by a guru coming in the disciplic succession of transcendental realm of Vraja.
an authentic uninterrupted branch of the Shri Narottama Shri Kulachandra Maharaja's obstinacy in not having
das Thakur Mahashaya's sampradaya (school of Gaudiya- his kingdom come under the domination of the British
Vaishnava teachings). was frustrated when after being repeatedly humiliated by
Their son was a spiritual prodigy who was surprising him in combat, they beguiled him by keeping in front of
everyone with his highly developed natural gusto for their troops a herd of cows and calves. Because of his
associating with saints, Shri Hari-nama-sankirtan, devotion to the cattle, the king didn't risk hurting them,
studying the holy scriptures and other devotions. Such a and so it was a child's game for the opponent's armies to
natural inclination amplified in an incredible manner conquer him. When he was kept arrested in Delhi the
when, in his budding adolescence they had him initiated British let him choose his place of exile. As he expressed
in diksha-mantra by the great Gaudiya Vaishnava Saint to them his desire to live at Radhakund, they built there
and scholar Shri Hemeshvara Thakur who was in a strict for him a temple with mansions near the Gopi Kuwa,
sense also in the parivara of Shri Narottama. It is still the In the sixteenth century, two where he was transferred. From this time on the
custom today in Manipura that Gaudiya Vaishnava foremost disciples of Shri Manipuri community started flourishing at Radhakund.
parents have their children initiated into such a tradition Narottama das Thakur, namely, Still many of them are living there, engaged in deter-
between the age of ten and twelve. In this way, in case it Shri Ganganarayan Chakravarti mined devotions, and also throughout the year, excur-
is needed, their offspring can also take care of the deity- Thakur and Shri Ram Krishna sion-buses full of pilgrims are regularly arriving from
puja (worship) which is strictly followed in every house. Acharya, went to Manipura, and Manipura.
Due to his strong inclination for Vraja-bhakti our due to their mercy the King and Amongst all those devotees our Shri Sakhicharan das
young Shri Sakhicharan dasís ideal was to come and take his subjects were initiated into was to become a particularly blessed soul. Although with
residence in Vraja-mandala-bhumi, and in particular Gaudiya Vaishnavism. From body in Manipura, he was with heart in Vraja mandala,
Radhakund which had been and is still nowadays of then onwards all the successive always dwelling on the 26th pada of Shri Narottama das
special importance in Manipura. Because of such a close kings and the majority of the Thakur's book "Parthana" which he was singing with a
affinity, the Manipuris have even recreated two idyllic citizens have always been very sweet and pathetic voice :
tanks representing Shri Shri Radhakund and Syamakund Gaudiya Vaishnavas.
 ara ki eman dasha hobo, Gaudiya-Vaishnava scriptures, deity worship, of the spiritual world, it takes shelter of the wish
sab chadi vrindavana yabo smarana, etc... He was also famous for his yielding tree of Shri Krishna's lotus-feet."
ara kobe shri rasa mandale; expertise in singing songs describing the
gadagadi dibo kutuhole transcendental pastimes of Shriman Ma- taha vistarite hoiya phale prema phala;
haprabhu and Shri Shri Radha-Krishna. His iha mali sece sravana kirtanadi jala. (155)
ara kobe govardhana giri; heart was so much radiating devotion for Their
dekhabo nayana yuga bhori Lordships with a natural increase in quality and "Thus situated at Shri Krishna's lotus-feet, this
shyamakunde radhakunde snana quantity of the above mentioned devotions, that creeper further develops and finally gives the
kori kobe judabo parana even his eating and sleeping reduced considera- fruit of Prema (divine love for Shri Shri Radha-
bly, being almost forgotten by him. Krishna). Although remaining still in the
ara kobe yamuna jole; In Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya-lila, material world, such a premika gardener-votary
majjane hoibo niramale chapter 19, it is mentioned: continues to hear, chant (and remember) about
sadhu sange vrindavana vasa; Shri Shri Radha-Krishna."
narottama dasa kore asha mali hoiya kore sei bija aropana; At one point his eagerness for travelling to
shravana kirtana jale koroye sechana. (152) Vraja-mandala and remain there to do bhajan
"Alas! When shall I be able to leave everything increased in such a way, that in 1921 when he
behind and just go to stay in Vrindavana? When "When the seed of raganuga-bhajan appears in was 35 of age, he left home and arrived in
shall I ecstatically roll around with eagerness on his heart, then a votary becomes like a gardener Radhakund to never leave it. Finding a place in
the Shri Rasa-mandala? When shall I fill my eyes and waters it by hearing and chanting (and Shri Jiva Goswami's Ghera (by the side of Shri
by contemplating Mount Govardhana? When remembering) about Shri Shri Radha-Krishna." Shyamakunda and Shri Lalita kunda), he
shall I bathe in Radhakund and Shyamakund to continued his bhajan with even more eagerness
calm my heart? When shall I plunge into the upajiya barhe lata 'brahmanda' bhedi jay; accompanied with dispassion. Firm in his
immaculate water of the Yamuna? When shall I 'viraja' 'brahmaloka' bhedi 'paravyoma' hoy. conviction that without taking "vesha" (initiation
reside in Vrindavana in the association of saints? (153) as a monk-babaji) he would not be able to
These are the aspirations of Narottama dasa." quickly advance in bhajan, he started to search a
The devotional creeper of Shri Sakhicharan "Consequently such a seed sprouts as a vesha-Guru. A long period of time passed, but
dasaís spirituality was healthily growing day after creeper which crosses over the universe, the our Shri Sakhicharan dasa couldn't make up his
day, diffusing its intoxicating flavour of sweet viraja ocean, the Brahman-effulgence and the mind to choose one, and so he became very
devotions to the lotus-feet of Shriman Ma- spiritual world." desperate. To solve this dilemma he began
haprabhu and Shri Shri Radha-Krishna. praying day and night to Shrimati Radharani, so
Consequently he was only subsisting of devo- tabe jay tad upari 'goloka vrndavana'; that She may give him some kind of indication.
tional activities, like congregational chanting of krsna charana-kalpavriksha kore arohana. But although his plea was heart rending and long
Shri Shri Radha-Krishna's holy names, attending (154) lasting, it wasn't successful in invoking any
patha (spiritual discourses given by erudite "When such a creeper arrives at Goloka- response from Shrimati Radharani whatsoever.
saints), studying Shrimad Bhagavata and allied Vrindavana which is situated at the highest pitch
He then felt so miserable and dejected that he love for himself, or Shrimati Radharani are (prema-bhakti) he was a saint already beatified
decided to end up his life by fasting. present, then just by seeing Them, one gets by prema-bhakti.
As he was already nourishing himself with less beatified with prema-bhakti. (234)" All this was the wish of Shrimati Radharani
than the minimum, so when he completely So following Shrimati Radharaniís order, he Who, out of Her infinitely condense mercy, let
stopped eating and drinking, his physical and took the dress and vows of a babaji-monk from him remain manifest in Vraja-bhumi for the
mental conditions became greatly upset. After a the designated Shri Bhagavan das Babaji, and benefit of the not yet accomplished practitio-
fews days there was no more difference for him from then onwards became known as Shri ners, blessing them in this way through his
between sleep and wakefulness, and his body was Sakhicharan das Babaji. Although having transcendental association and exemplary
becoming more and more weak. The seventh automatically become a siddha premika bhakta demonstration of this important limb of manjari-
day, when he was at the point to give up the (devotee perfected by prema-bhakti-shakti) by bhava-raganuga-bhakti.
spirit, Shrimati Radharani in person appeared to Shrimati Radharani's personal audience, without From the accounts that follow it can be
Him, and told him to take "vesha" from Shri engaging in Shri Shri Gaura-Govinda's ashtaka- understood that Baba was a realised soul, with a
Bhagavan das Babaji, the head "pujari" (priest) lina lila smarana manasi seva in a strict, completely spiritualised psycho-physical body,
of the Shri Shri Radha-Gopinatha temple (at systematic and elaborate way, still Baba's desire capable of doing feats not possible for ordinary
Radhakund). was to engage in a fully-fledged practise of such votaries. Shri Rupa Goswami gives the definition
That prema-bhakti (love divine of Shri Shri a predomimant devotional limb of the manjari- of a siddha premika bhakta:
Radha-Krishna) which is usually granted after bhava-sadhana-bhakti complex which is meant to
practising the related type of bhakti-yoga reach manjari-bhava-sadhya-prema-bhakti, so he avijnatakhila klesha sada
(discipline of raganuga-devotions) for a long approached his vesha-guru with the intention of krishnashrita kriyah
period of time, is instantly granted just by seeing learning it from him. siddhah syuh santata prema
Shrimati Radharani, and it became the case of But as Shri Bhagavan dasa Babaji was too saukhyasvada parayanah.
our lucky Shri Sakhicharan das. Shrila Sanatana busy with his services in the Shri Shri Radha-
Goswami has written in his Shri Brihad Bhaga- Gopinatha temple, not having any spare time for (Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, 2/1/280)
vatamrita (2/5/233/234): teaching him, he told him to learn it >from Shri
sa radhika bhagavati kvacid ikshate prema tad Narottama dasa Babaji and Shri Radhika das "Siddha premika-bhakta mahatmas are liberated
anubhavam ricchati murtiman sah. cet krishna Babaji, two advanced Manipuri bhajanandi- from all psycho-physical sufferings, they
chandrasya mahavataras tadrig nija prema devotees who were living in Shri Lokanatha constantly depend on Shri Krishna's transcen-
vitanakari syad va kadachid yadi radhikayah Goswami's bhajan-kutir near Kadamba Khandi dental pastimes, and eternally taste the bliss of
premanubhutim tad upaityathapi. at Khadiravana. prema-bhakti (love divine for Shri Shri Radha-
"Just by seeing Shrimati Radharani Bhagavati, Thus for the sake of relishing the smarana- Krishna) which is the ultimate goal of life for a
who is the very personification of prema-bhakti, limb of manjari-bhava raganuga bhakti in living entity."
one gets the experience of prema-bhakti. (233) If practise, Baba started his apprenticeship, with So Baba was engaged in his lila (pastime) of
such a great avatara (divine descent), the moon- an ideal advantage, since instead of an ordinary learning from his two Manipuri shiksha-gurus
like primary Personality of Godhead Shri Krsna practitioner who had not yet reached siddhi how to systematically remember Shri Shri Gour-
(Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) who distributes divine Govinda's pastimes. The source of knowledge for
this type of transcendental meditation was a Shri Sakhicharan dasa Baba's unusual ascetic visits to his two shiksha gurus of Khadiravana,
Gutika (manual) based on the style of bhajan disposition and boundless transcendental worship of his Govardhana-shila, ect..
propounded by the famous accomplished 19th eagerness, demonstrated so evidently by his When Shri Chudachanda of Manipura built a
century saint, Govardhana's Shri Krishna das marathons betveen Radhakund and Kamyavana, temple at Radhakund, at his request Baba
Babaji. he allowed him to take it, on the condition that installed in it the deities of Shri Shri Radha
The distance from Radhakund to Khadiravana he brings it back after 15 days. Shri Sakhicharan Vraja-Mohan and also started serving them daily
is about 25 kms and although in a skeletal dasa Baba happily returned to Radhakund, according to the prescribed rules of worship.
condition Baba walked that far, as many times as copied it within 12 days, and again walked all the In 1930, on the ninth day of the bright fort-
it was necessary for him to completely memo- way back to Kamyavana to return it to the Baba. night of the month of Bhadra (Au-
rised the Gutika. As he had taken a vow to not Apparently satisfied, he then completely gust/September), Baba's shiksha-guru Shri
spend even one night out of Radhakund, he memorised this Gutika, and became absorbed in Narottama das Babaji passed away to join Shri
walked back the same day to always return its remembrance day and night. To keep his Shri Gaur-Govinda's prakat-lila (earthly
before nightfall. Dissatisfied in tasting the body and soul together he was depending only manifested transcendental pastimes). Baba's
practise of remembering the Gutika so far, he on madhukari, that is to say, he followed the rule other shiksha-guru, Shri Radhika das Babaji, was
started to eagerly search for a more detailed of daily begging food from only seven houses. so close to his dearmost friend Shri Narottama
Gutika, and came to know that in Kamyavana a When he was lucky he would receive the das Babaji, that out of complete dejection for his
grand-disciple of Govardhana's Shri Krishna das customary piece of roti (flat bread) given to the loss, he gave up all food and drink and conse-
Babaji was the custodian of an archaic one. He mendicants by the Vrajavasis, but sometimes he quently also joined him after only two days.
then immediately started, and walked all the way would come home with an empty bag. In this Deprived of his two siksha-gurus Shri Sakhicha-
to Kamyavana which is at a distance of 42 kms latter case he would not bother at all, but ran das Babaji's heart started now to burn with a
from Radhakund, to get this Gutika. At first the instead gladly take it as Shrimati Radharani's luminous fire of transcendental love in separa-
Babaji was reluctant to lend it to him, but when mercy in conceding him some more time to tion from them. Thinking that they had left him
Baba begged his clemency in allowing him to absorb himself in the remembrance of Shri Shri because he was an offender, he gave up eating
keep his vow of not spending the night anywhere Gaur-Govinda's transcendental pastimes, and he and drinking, and started imploring Shrimati
outside of Radhakund, he consented, telling him would go drinking only Shri Radhakund water, Radharani to let him also join Her. For an entire
to bring it back after 3 days, which he did. or even fast totally. Later he revealed to his month he daily sipped only one spoon of
After mastering this Gutika Baba felt unsatis- disciples that when he was only drinking Shri Giriraja's charanamrita. His already emaciated
fied and went back to ask for another one. But Radhakund water, or abstaining even from doing body became now as dry as a bone, and seeing
not even this new Gutika could make him happy, that, the "sphurti" (samadhi is transcendental that he would pass away, his associates started
and so he again walked back to inquire if there visions), were even much more vivid. to arrange for Shri Hari-nam sankirtana.
was not a better one. At this point there was no Baba's body was emaciated, frail and light as a At that time Shri Karunamayi (infinitely
other choice for the Baba of Kamyavana than to feather. Although situated on the level of merciful Shrimati Radharani) appeared in his
give him his best Gutika, although he had never uninterrupted Shri Shri Gour-govinda lila- bhajan-kutir, holding a golden tray with the most
lent it to anyone else before. This Gutika was his smarana-manasi-seva, he also continued all of delicious types of prasada, and told him:
life and soul, but only because he was struck by his external devotions, like paying respectful "Resume your eating by taking this prasada!"
Baba replied: "Dear Swamini! I am an offender well!" "Donít worry the least for that, Dhumra- was really sorry for not being able to read it any
and I don't want to maintain this body any raya will come and provide for it!î" After longer privately in his bhajan-kutir, due to his
longer, please take me with You!" But Shrimati reinsuring Baba in this way, Shrimati Radharani outburst of tears (of prema-bhakti) which would
Radharani answered: "Not now! For the moment then fed him with Her lotus-hand, and vanished. always spoil the book. Anytime he would open
you just remain and do bhajan!" Then She As predicted by Shrimati Radharani, Dhumra- the book and start to read from it, immediately
personally fed him with Her lotus-hand and left. raya, who was Baba's nephew and a railway this would happen. To remedy it he couldn't do
Complying with Shrimati Radharani's wishes, commissioner, came to see him. A long period of anything else than to close and put away the
Baba recommenced eating, and continued with time had passed from his last encounter with his book, so he was compelled to definitely give up
his bhajan as before. uncle and just at that particular required time he his attempts at reading it.
The next year, during the anniversary of his was urged by some unknown divine force to At the beginning of his vesha he was keeping
two shiksha-guru's disappearance, the fire of his leave everything and come to meet him. When body and soul together by begging from 7
transcendental love-in-separation from them he saw that Baba had no direct water-service houses. Later he reduced it to 5 houses and then
inflamed so much, that it became impossible for facilities he immediately had a well dug just in to 3 houses. Once during such a madhukari, it
him to extinguish it. As a result he again stopped front of his bhajan-kutir, although Baba didn't happened that in the first visited house the rotis
taking food and drink, resolute in his decision to even request him to have it done. It was (flat breads) were not yet baked, and although
join them. One month passed in this way, and impossible to get sweet water from any other Baba was requested to come back later, he didn't
when he was at the point to give up the spirit, well of the zone, but by Shrimati Radharani's do so because he had vowed to only go once to
Shri Vraja-mandala-bhumi in its divine lovely sweet kindness the water from Baba's well each house. At the second house he didn't get
aspect, revealed itself to him. He then saw again turned out to be very sweet. A servant also came anything because it was impure. At the third
graceful Shrimati Radharani coming to him to him, and in this way by Shrimati Radharaniís house there was a mahotsava (feast) going on,
while holding in Her lotus-hands a golden tray mercy there was no more problem for him to go and as the bhoga had not been yet offered to
with prasada. With Her delicious cuckoo-voice on undisturbed in his bhajan. Thakurji (God) the owner of the house invited
She told him: "Stop fasting! Go on with your Baba scheduled time for sleeping was from 11 him to be his guest and come back a little later
bhajan for a little while more, before I come pm to 2 am and his nama-sankhya was of over 3 to eat at the feast.
back to take you along with Me!" Baba replied: lakhs (192 rounds of the 108 mala, bead-rosary). As Baba told him that he never accepted
"Dear Swamini! How shall I continue in such a He used to be constantly engaged in lila-smarana invitations from anybody, the owner informed
desperate condition? My body is so weak that I while chanting and counting the Hare Krishna him that the offering of bhoga was just going on,
don't even have the strength to go and fetch Maha-mantra on his mala, even when he had it and very soon he would get some prasada to take
water from the neighbouring well, and there is deposited somewhere to do something else. This along with him. But Baba replied to him: "It has
no one to help me. Please just take me to Your was testified by many witnesses who saw and become late now and I didn't yet perform my
lotus-feet!"But Swamini told him: "You don't heard Baba's mala moving along in his bag when noon-time duties, I shall come back to your
have to worry about that! One servant will come ever he was separated from it. house another day.î The owner was mortified
to assist you, and a well will be dug just in front Shrimad Bhagavata had such a transcendental and told him: "Baba I cannot let you leave my
of your bhajan-kutir!î" Baba said astonished: effect on him that once he revealed to his house without prasada!" So somehow Baba
"But I don't have money for the digging of a disciple Shri Krishna dasa Madrasi Baba that he
submitted to his request and took with him the at 10 p.m. With such a diet he use to evacuate Once Baba announced to Shri Madan Mohan
prasada. only every three or four days. He maintained dasa Babaji that he will soon go to Shrimati
As it was late when he came back to his bha- such a standard of living till the end of his life, Radharani but this should remain a secret.
jan-kutir and he still had to perform his noon- finding it really suitable for his bhajan. Moved to tears Shri Madan Mohan dasa Babaji
time duties, he immediately sat down to start For a time his bhajan became disturbed when pleaded with him to stay, telling him that as a
them. But usually at this time he had already he found out that the milkman was sometimes young disciple he had still many doubts regard-
completed them and was taking prasada. So out diluting the milk with water. This made him a ing the performance of smaran-bhajan. Knowing
of habit his strictly programmed mind thought little worried, and he pondered as to how to in advance the moment of his disappearance,
of eating, and focused on the madhukari prasadi remedy such a mischief. But this problem was Baba then told him that he will quit in two years
puas (kind of soft cakes deep fried in clarified solved as one of his new disciples, Shri Madan and that during this period of time he should
butter). Becoming angry at his mind for being Mohan dasa Babaji, took charge by personally solve all of his doubts.
more attracted to the puas than to bhajan, Baba going to the milkman's house at the milking time Shri Sakhicharan dasa Babaji spent these two
then took the puas and threw them to the and collect the milk. last years of his life in seclusion. He would no
monkeys outside of his bhajan-kutir, thus As a siddha-mahatma expert in the devotional longer receive people. He used to lock himself
adressing his mind: "You wanted to eat instead limb of Shri Shri Gaur-Govinda lila-smarana- inside his bhajan-kutir and even his own
of doing bhajan, but now what will you eat?" manasi-seva, Baba attracted many candidates disciples could rarely see him as he would not
So Baba sat down again, performed his who took shelter of him in order to learn how to open to them; his intense transcendental feelings
madhyahna-yogapitha-seva with great vigour, practise this type of religious discipline. He used of separation from Shrimati Radharani would
and later drunk only some Shri Radhakund to give them spiritual guidance by also patiently not let him do so.
water. drawing for them colored diagrams (with Then two years later, one day he announced
Shri Satya Narayana of Calcutta came as detailed annotations) of the different shrines in to Shri Madan Mohan dasa Babaji that now he
usual to Radhakund for niyam-seva (October- the spiritual worlds of Shri Navadvipa and Shri would soon leave as predestined. Although
November), and upon seeing Baba's skeletal Vrindavana. requested by him to remain, Baba didnít even
appearance, he was moved and became worried Shri Vraja-bhushana dasa Babaji, who was a answer, knowing that his transcendental destiny
for him. He somehow convinced him to accept disciple of Shri Radha-Govinda dasa Babaji of was entirely in the hands of Shrimati Radharani
his contribution for a daily supply of half a liter Vrindavana's Harabari, took vesha from Shri to whom he was completely surrendered. Such a
of cow-milk, thinking in this way that Baba will Sakhicharan dasa Babaji after fixing his resi- decision was ultimately under Her control, She
get some more nutriment. But taking it as an dence at Radhakunda and was also taking had already made up Her mind about the
opportunity to have more time to absorb himself instructions from him in how to conduct his moment when he would join Her, and now that
in bhajan, Baba stopped completely his madhu- bhajan. Baba was so kind that he drew for him moment was very close.
kari, and started to subsist only on this milk. He an entire design-book full of such diagrams The following day, Baba started to reduce the
used to boil it, sometimes with a little tapioca which our Shri Gurudeva Krishna dasa Madrasi quantity of milk he was taking. Within a month
and raisins in it. He was taking half of the milk Babaji also reproduced for himself under Baba's his body became still more scrawny, and he was
after completing his Radhakund-Yogapitha-lila- auspices. now just lying on his bed, deeply absorbed in
manasi-seva (around 3 p.m.), and the other half Shri Shri Gaur-Govinda-lila-seva-smarana,
devoid of external consciousness. Shri Gopala sankirtana attracted Baba's consciousness with the help of the sakhis and then proceed to
dasji was at that time his personal servant, and outward, making him leave his deep state of Shri Radhakund, but by the powerful sound of
any time he would softly ask him close to the meditation. sankirtana you forcibly brought me back here.
ear, about the lila which was presently occuring, Shri Sanatana Goswami mentions in his Please, for now just stop doing Shri Hari-nama-
Baba would always precisely and vividly relate it Brihad-bhagavatamritam (2-1-1) that the sankirtana, and let me adjust my lila-smarana.
to him. congregational chanting of the holy names of When it will be allright, I shall give you a signal
Sometimes his transcendental state of divine Shri Shri Radha-Krishna is the most powerful to do your singing over again !"
love in separation was becoming so intense that limb of raganuga-bhajan: The following morning, which was the first
it was entirely scorching him, and he would day of the bright lunar quarter of the month of
exclaim out of transcendental humility: "Jale krishna shravanapasat tvam Ashadha (30th of June) in 1965, he asked them
gelo, jale gelo....: My body is burning, my body is niryato dhyanarajjubhih to lay him down in the dust. At 1 p.m, just when
burning...!" grahyastabhyasca niryato Shri Shri Radha-Krishna are having their
A day before his disappearance, knowing that namakirtana srikhalaih transcendental water-pastimes in Shri Radha-
he was on the verge to leave, he asked all of his tvadbhakti lolitenadya kund, Shri Sakhicharan dasa Baba left the body
disciples to be present. Summoned by him na marya jatu mokshyase to join Shri Shri Gaura-Govinda's prakat-lila, in
through a disciple our Gurudeva 108 Shri vrito dhrito'si gadham tvam the midst of the assembled devotees who were
Krishna dasa Madrasi baba who was at that time pitakauseya vasasi pathetically doing Shri Hari-nam sankirtana.
at the Vrindavan's Rama-Krishna-mission
hospital, came also. By Baba's wish a party of "O Krishna! The ropes of meditation have 108 Shri Sakhicharan dasa Babaji's main
kirtaniyas was gathered and Shri Hari-nam- liberated You from the cords of hearing, and the disciples are Shri Krishna dasa Madrasi Babaji,
sankirtana started. chains of the congregational chanting of Your Shri Achyuta dasa Babaji, Shri Vraja Mohana
While Baba was meditating on the holy name have liberated You from the cords of dasa Babaji and Shri Madan Mohana dasa
Madhyahna-lila (10.48 a.m to 3.36p.m), he meditation. Babaji.
suddenly saw in a sphurti (samadhi's transcen- As I am now perturbed by an increase of love
dental vision) how in Shri Shri Radha-Krishna's for You, so it is no longer possible for me to let
lila the sakhis were helping him to dress up in his you go. O one attired in golden silk, You are now
manjari-svarupa before accompaning Shrimati caught and tightly bound!"
Radharani to Shri Radhakunda for Her forenoon At the loss of the sphurti he started to weep,
time meeting with Shri Krishna. Seeing him in his heart overflooded with transcendental love in
such a state of deep transcendental trance, separation from Shrimati Radharani, yearning
completely devoid of external consciousness, the for the service of accompanying Her to Shri
kirtaniyas made the sankirtan reach a climax out Radhakund for meeting Her Prana-natha (Shri
of ecstatic devotional thrill. The superlative Krishna). In his intense transcendentally blissful
transcendental power of Shri Shri Radha- suffering in separation he thus addressed the
Krishna's Divine holy names emanating from the kirtaniyas: "I was going to be finished dressing