hare krishna
dandawat pranam,
plz accept my holy obesiances,
all glories to shrila prabhupada.
I want to know the meaning of this sloka and who said this & what is the significance of this sloka?
namo maha vadanaya krishna prema pradyayate
krishnaya krishna-caitanya namne gaura vise namah
namo brahmanda namo devaye gau brahmanda
hitaye ca jagathitaye krirshnaya govidaya namo namah
plz correct if there is any mistake. HARE KRISHNA.
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Hare Krishna Prabhuji. Dandavat Pranam. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Maral Mataji has already nicely explained the Shlokas. I would like to elaborate the meaning from Srila Prabhupada's Purport.
namo maha vadanaya krishna prema pradyayate
Krishnaya krishna-caitanya namne gaura vise namah || [Cc. Madhya 19.53]
Purport by Srila Prabhupada
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His mercy is that He directly gives this highest instruction -- what Krsna could not give, but Krsna Caitanya, or Krsna in His incarnation as Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He gave us. Therefore He is considered the most munificent, charitable personality, man of charity. Rupa Gosvami offered his respect, that namo maha-vadanyaya: "You are the greatest munificent personality." Namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te: [Cc. Madhya 19.53] "You are directly offering Krsna, which is very difficult to understand." It is very difficult to understand. "So many scholars, so many philosophers, so many great personalities, they could not understand Krsna, but Your mercy is so broad that You are directly offering Krsna." Therefore, maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te: "Directly You are giving Krsna, love of Krsna."
namo brahmanya namo devaye gau brahmanya
hitaye ca jagathitaye krishnaya govindaya namo namah || Visnu Purana (1.19.65)
SB 4.21.44
Purport by Srila Prabhupada
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped with the prayer namo brahmanya-devaya go-brahmana-hitaya ca. Thus it is clear that the Supreme Personality of Godhead respects and protects the brahmanas and brahminical culture, as well as the cows; in other words, wherever there are brahmanas and brahminical culture, there are cows and cow protection. In a society or civilization in which there are no brahmanas or brahminical culture, cows are treated as ordinary animals and slaughtered, at the sacrifice of human civilization. The specific mention of the word gavam by Prithu Maharaja is significant because the Lord is always associated with cows and His devotees. In pictures Lord Krishna is always seen with cows and His associates such as the cowherd boys and the gopis. Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, cannot be alone. Therefore Prithu Maharaja said, sanucaras ca, indicating that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always associated with His followers and devotees.
Your aspiring servant
Hari Bol
hare krishna dandawat pranam.
please accept my respectful obeisances.
all glories to shrila praphupada.
Thank you for the description.
HARI BOL.
You can also download the song book here Prabhuji,
http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=%2Fpdf%2F00...
Your servant,
hare krishna.
Thank you for the link.