!! श्री श्री वेणु गीत !!
The Vrindavana forest was filled with transparent autumnal waters and cooled by breezes perfumed with the fragrance of lotus flowers growing in the clear lakes. Since autumn comes after the rainy season, the ponds and rivers are filled with pure water and the lotuses are in full bloom.... The bees are “kissing” the flowers as they fly here and there drinking nectar. The air is full and heavy with the fragrance of the various blossoms beli, cameli, juhi and others...
Intoxicated bees were humming here and there amidst the rows of lush green trees filled with beautiful fragrant flowers.... All the lakes, rivers and hills of the forest resounded with the sweet and melodious cooing of the flocks of various birds....
"Shri Krishna entered the forest of Vrindavana with the cows and cowherd boys and began to vibrate His transcendental flute..."
Madhupati Shri Krishna was very much pleased with the atmosphere of the forest, where flowers bloomed and bees and drones hummed very jubilantly....While the birds, trees and plants were all looking very happy, Shri Krishna, tending the cows and accompanied by Shri Balarama, who was playing his buffallo horn's flute and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute..."
The sound of the flute awakens feelings of love towards Shri Krishna and an intense desire to meet with Him... Shri Krishna controls all living entities with His flute... When the cows hear His flute song, they immediately come running toward Him... Even nature is controlled by Shri Krishna’s flute...As she hears the flute song, all the trees and flowers bloom out of season and create a beautiful atmosphere for loving exchange...
When the gopas hear Shri Krishna’s flute, they think it is beautiful, but the sound of Shri Krishna’s flute has a very different effect on the gopis... Actually, the cows, the gopas and the gopis are all hearing their own names in the sound of the flute... “Krishna is calling me!” Radha hears, “Radhe! Radhe!”. Lalita hears, “Lalite! Lalite!” and each of the cows is hearing her own name and thinking that Shri Krishna is calling her to Him...
Each gopi thinks that the flute song is a representative of Shri Krishna... Shri Krishna has sent the representative in the form of this song which enters their ears and steals their minds and hearts... Then the sound carries those minds and hearts back to Shri Krishna... When the gopis see that their minds and hearts have been stolen by Krishna, they want to run after the thief who has stolen them. Their only consideration is to pursue the thief...
Each gopi thinks that the flute song is a representative of Shri Krishna... Shri Krishna has sent the representative in the form of this song which enters their ears and steals their minds and hearts... Then the sound carries those minds and hearts back to Shri Krishna... When the gopis see that their minds and hearts have been stolen by Krishna, they want to run after the thief who has stolen them. Their only consideration is to pursue the thief...
Thus the gopies gathered at a place and they speak amongs themselves.
One gopi tells to all :
“Let’s go see Our Krishna entering the forest...”
“O Sakhi...How can we go? We can’t go. There are so many superiors here... We are newly married so we should be at home...”
“O Sakhi...Being in our husband’s home is like being in jail. And not seeing Shyamsundar when He is going to the forest is worse than being in jail.... Let us go at once and see Shyamsundar and drink the nectar coming from His eyes in the form of sidelong glances...” “O Sakhi...Don’t speak so loudly, If our mother and father in-laws hear us speaking like this, they will abuse us...”
“O Sakhis...If they scold, we don’t care. What can they do? Everyone is going to see Govind, whether they are old or young, or ladies or gentlemen, or brahmana or not brahmana.... Even the newly married daughters are going... Still, if my sister-in-law or mother-in-law hears that I want to go and see Mammohana she will forbid me... She herself is going but she will tell me to stay at home. She says there is a black snake on the road that will bite me and I will die from the poison....”
“O Sakhi...Anyone can drink this nectar by going close to Kanhaiya... Yet so many people are going to see Kanha... How can we be so shameless as to step in front of them as He passes? Let us rather go to a Kunja or see Him from a distance... Let us stand somewhere so that Krishna will also see us... We cannot get nearer to Krishna, but if He sees us, we can drink the nectar from His sidelong glances..."
“O Sakhi...We can go see Krishna from a distance, but how can we go and drink the adhara-sudh., the honey of Krishna’s lips...? Everyone will see us and we will become ashamed....” "O Sakhi...Don’t worry. When Shyamsundar looks at us from the corners of His eyes and begs our love from us, we will become mad.... Shyamsundar’s glance will remove all our shame. Let us go and then whatever has to happen will happen....”"O Sakhi...How will we bear this shame if our husbands, fathers-in-law and other relatives try to stop us, and our superiors in the community abuse us? I don’t think we should go...”
"O Sakhi...There is no harm in going because Baladeva is also there along with so many other boys... If Kanhaiyaa is alone, then we will be criticized, but Kanhaiyaa is with Baladeva, so no one will think badly of us... Baladeva is like our own father or elder brother. And so many of Their companions are also there. We should have no shame...”“O Sakhi...Yes, we can go there, but I think that when we see Krishna, we will be so attracted that we will become mad and lose our patience... Anyway, let us go. Whatever happens will not be in our control...”
First Some of the gopis says that they should not go to see Shri Shyamsundar and drink the nectar of his lips, but then they decide that they should go and watch Shri Shyamsundar and Balarama from a distance by concealing themselves in the bushes...
In this way, they will see Shri Shyamsundar and Balarama playing and see how beautiful Shri Shyamsundar is...They will also be able to hear His flute song and see Him dance, and then they will return to their homes....
Thus they remembered His charming activities, His artistically curved eyebrows, His compelling glance filled with love, and His sweet, mild smiling... Their hearts became filled with an intense desire to meet with Shyamsundar... They completely lost control of their minds and at once they arrived before Shri Krishna within their hearts. Their voices became choked up with ecstasy and thus they were unable to describe Him...
The gopis began to see Shri Shyamsundar within their minds. Accompanied by His cowherd boyfriends, Shri Shyamsundar entered the charming forest of Vrindavana.... His head was decorated with a peacock feather... He wore yellow “Karnikara” flowers over His ears, a golden yellow garment on His body, and a beautiful, fragrant vaijayanti garland about His neck... Shri Shyamsundar exhibited His supremely captivating appearance, just like the best of dancers performing upon a stage...
He filled up the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips... The cowherd boys followed behind Him singing His glories which purify the entire world. In this way, the forest of Vrindadavana manifested even greater splendor than Vaikuntha, due to being beautified by the marks of Shri Shyamsundar’s lotus feet....
Shyamsundar has already entered the forest and they cannot actually hear the flute song, but they hear it in their minds.... As they went on describing the sound of the flute, they entered a state of ecstatic trance and became completely absorbed in thoughts of Shri Shyamsundar.... Within their hearts, they began to embrace Shri Shyamsundar who is the embodiment of all rasa and the reservoir of supreme spiritual bliss....
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.7)
The gopis began to speak among themselves:
”O Sakhis! We think that for those who have eyes, there is but one thing which is a suitable object of vision... Success of the eyes lies in beholding this object alone; we know of no other. And what is that most precious object of attainment for the eyes?...
...It is the vision of the two sons of Maharaja Nanda, Shri Krishna and Shri Baladeva, accompanied by the gopas, as They enter the forest taking the cows, or as They bring them back to Vrindavana...They hold Their flutes to Their lips and look upon us with mild smiles and amorous sidelong glances filled with love. At that time, we drink the sweetness of Their faces.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.8)
“O Sakhi! When dark-complexioned Shri Shyamsundar, dressed in yellow garments, and fair-complexioned Baladeva, dressed in blue garments, decorate Themselves with newly grown mango blossoms, peacock feathers, clusters of flowers, and garlands of multicolored lotuses and lilies, Their appearance becomes astonishing...
...They sit down right in the middle of the assembly of cowherd boys and sing the sweetest of songs....O Priya Sakhi! At such times, They look just like two incomparably beautiful and expert dancers performing on a dramatic stage... What am I to say of the splendor of Their appearance at such times?”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.9)
“O My Dear Sakhis!... Although the flute is male, we cannot imagine what sort of sadhana and bhajana he must have performed in his previous births that in our very presence it is drinking the nectar of Damodara’s lips, which rightfully belongs to us alone....He is not even sparing a drop of that rasa for us. On the pretext of their blossoming lotus flowers, the rivers, which have nourished the flute with their water (rasa), are exhibiting symptoms of ecstatic horripilation...
...The trees, who are forefathers of the flute, are equal to the best of men.... Seeing their descendant filled with such intense love for the Shri Damodar, they have become overjoyed, and tears of ecstasy are flowing from their eyes.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.10)
“O Sakhi! This Shri Vrindavana, which is even greater than Vaikuntha, is enhancing the fame of the Earth planet... This is due to being splendidly decorated with the marks of the lotus feet of Manmohana, the son of Yasoda... When Manmohan plays a melody on His flute, which captivates the three worlds, the peacocks become intoxicated and begin to dance to its tune...
...Seeing and hearing this, all the birds, animals and other moving living entities on Govardhana Hill become stunned silent and remain sitting or standing without moving, forgetting all their activities.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.11)
“O Sakhi! When our dearmost Nanda-nandana Shyamsundar dresses Himself in a most extraordinary fashion and plays upon His flute, then even the foolish deer, hearing the melody of the flute, approach Nanda-nandana along with their husbands (who are known as the krishna-sara deer) and begin to glance upon Him very affectionately with their large eyes. We know the meaning of their glancing...
...With their enormous eyes, expanded like the petals of a lotus flower, they are offering worship at the lotus feet of Shri Shyamsundar and accepting His invitation, which He extends by casting loving, sidelong glances....Truly, the lives of these deer are blessed. (Although we are gopis of Vrindavana, we are not able to offer ourselves freely to Krishna in the same manner as the deer, for our husbands and elders restrain us and beat us – what an absurdity!)"
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.12)
“O Sakhi! Not to speak of the deer, when the wives of the demigods see Shri Krishna..., who is a treasury of all beauty and character and a festival of bliss for all young women, and when they hear the sweet, variegated melodies He plays upon His flute,.... their intelligence becomes stunned and they fall down unconscious in their airplanes, right in front of their husbands...
...How do I know this, O friend..? Just hear! When their hearts become possessed of an intense desire to meet with Shri Krishna, they become so bewildered that they cannot even detect that the flowers braided in their hair are falling upon the surface of the earth.... What’s more, they don’t even know that their saris are slipping from their waists and falling to the ground”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.13)
“O friend! Why are you speaking about the devis...? Have you not seen the cows? When our dearest beloved Shri Gopala fills the holes of the flute with the sound flowing from His mouth and the cows hear that sweet music, they turn their ears upward and indiscriminately drink that nectar with the cups of their ears... In this way, they are tasting the sweetness of that music....
...Why is that so, O friend..? Taking beloved Gopala into their hearts through the doorway of their eyes, they seat Him there and embrace Him within their minds... Just see for yourself, the truth of my words! Tears of joy are gushing out from their eyes. The condition of their calves is indeed strange.... Even though milk is flowing automatically from the udders of the cows, the calves, while in the midst of drinking that milk, suddenly hear the sound of the flute. At that moment the calves are neither able to spit out nor swallow the milk which they have taken in their mouths.... They also take Shri Krishna within their hearts and embrace Him.... By obtaining the touch of the soft limbs of Shri Krishna, their eyes overflow with tears of joy, and they stand still, exactly as they were.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.14)
“O Sakhi! Never mind this ordinary talk about cows and calves.. Have you not seen the birds of Vrindavana? To call them birds is certainly a mistake... Truly speaking, most of them are exalted Rishis and Munis... They are sitting quietly in the beautiful green trees of Vrindavana, upon branches that are sprouting many charming new blossoms... But these Rishis and Munis do not close their eyes...
...They gaze continuously with unblinking eyes at the sweetness of Govind’s form, and taking in His sidelong glances laden with love, they become delighted... Ignoring all other types of sounds, they begin to hear Govind’s captivating voice and the music of His flute which enchants the three worlds... My Dear Sakhi! How fortunate their life is. (Alas! How unfortunate we are... Our birth has become spoiled, our eyes useless... Where lies our fortune to behold the beautiful form of Krishna.?)”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.15)
“O Sakhi! Why do you speak of the devis, cows and birds? They are all animate living beings.... Have you not seen the inanimate rivers? By the whirlpools that are seen in them, it is understood that within their hearts surges an intense desire to meet with Shyamasundara.... The flow of the rivers has been stopped by this intense emotional agitation...
...They have also heard the sound of our beloved Shyamsundar’s flute.... Just see! Just see! With the arms of their waves, they have caught hold of His lotus feet and are presenting offerings of lotus flowers... They are embracing His lotus feet just as if they were offering their hearts to Him.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.16)
“O Sakhi! These rivers also belong to our Vrindavana... Therefore, it is not very astonishing that they have offered their everything at the lotus feet of Shri Ghanshyam.... Please consider the clouds for a moment. When they see the prince of Vraja, Shri Ghanshyam, and Shri Balarama, accompanied by the cowherd boys, herding the cows in the heat of summer, and when they hear Shri Ghanshyam playing very sweetly on His flute, their hearts overflow with love....
...The clouds begin to hover above them... By extending their body, the new black clouds (shyamaghana) become an umbrella to give shelter to their friend Ghanashyama... Moreover, when the clouds begin to rain tiny drops of water upon them, it seems that they are showering them with beautiful white flowers. Yet this is but a pretext; for by doing so, they are, in fact, offering their life and their everything”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.17)
“O Sakhis! We consider the young aborigine women (Pulindis) to be truly blessed and successful because they possess extraordinary attachment (anuraga) for Shri Krishna within their hearts... When they see our dearmost beloved Krishna, then an intense desire to meet with Shri Krishna is aroused within their hearts... Their hearts are struck with the disease of love. At that time, they smear their breasts and faces with the reddish kumkuma powder collected from the grass of Vrindavana...
...The beloved gopis of Krishna adorn their breasts with this kumkuma powder... It then becomes affixed to Shri Krishna’s lotus feet... When Shri krishna walks about Vrindavana, the grass becomes covered with this powder... The supremely fortunate Pulind girls then smear their breasts and faces with this powder... In this way they alleviate the anguish of their love.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.18)
“O Sakhis! This Giriraja Govardhana is the best of all the devotees of Shri Giridhari...How fortunate he is indeed! Have you not seen how elated he is to obtain the touch of the lotus feet of Shri Giridhar Prana-vallabha, dearer to us than life, and those of Shri Baladeva who is nayanabhirama, the source of delight for the eyes? Who can adequately praise his fortune...
...Just see how graciously he receives all the cows and cowherd boyfriends of Giridhari and Balarama... He supplies cool, clear and sweet water for bathing and drinking, soft green grass for the cows, caves for them to rest in, and fruits and roots for them to eat. Truly, this Giriraja Govardhana is blessed.”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.19)
“O Sakhis! The movements of these two youths (Krishna and Balarama), one dark and one fair (Shyama-Gaura), is certainly unique... On Their turbans, They have rolled up one type of rope for binding the legs of the cows at the time of milking... On Their shoulders, They hang another type of rope for catching the cows who run away...
They play on Their flutes and sing sweet songs with the cowherd boys as They lead the cows from one forest to another... At such times, to say nothing of the human beings, even the other moving living entities such as the animals and birds, as well as the rivers, become stunned and the nonmoving trees shiver with ecstasy... What more shall I tell you of the extraordinary wonders of the flute.?”
Shrimad Bhagwatm (10.21.20)
Thus, Everyday the gopis, being deeply immersed in prema, discuss among themselves the innumerable pastimes of Shri Krishna who plays in the forests of Vrindavana... By doing so, they enter a state of ecstatic trance of meditation upon Him... In this way, the pastimes of the Lord continuously manifest within their hearts.
While Shri Krishna was engaged in tending the cows in the forest of Vrindavana or on Govardhana Hill, the gopies in the village were always absorbed in thinking of Him and discussing His different pastimes... This is the perfect example of Krishna consciousness: to somehow or other remain always engrossed in thoughts of Krishna.
The vivid example is always present in the behavior of the gopies; therefore Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu declared that no one can worship the Supreme Lord Shri Krishna by any method which is better than the method of the gopies...The gopies were not born in very high brahmana or kshatriya families; they were born in the families of vaisyas, and not in big mercantile communities but in the families of cowherd men... They were not very well educated, although they heard all sorts of knowledge from the brahmanas, the authorities of Vedic knowledge... The gopies only purpose was to remain always absorbed in thoughts of Krishna.
---------!! Jay Jay Shri Gopinath Shyamsundar !!----------
This Divine Venu Geet's Source is "SRIMAD BHAGWATAM"
by disciples of
Shri A. C. Vedanta Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
And
"VENU-GITA"
by
Shri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaj
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Mukesh K. Agrawal
"Shri Shri Venu geet is sung by the Gopis in praise of Shri Shyamsundar and his flute... It is an account of the Gopis reacting to the sound of Shri Shyamsundar's flute as he herded cows in the surrounding forest of Vrindavan... Shri Venu Geet vividly describes Shri Shyamsundar, the natural surroundings of Vrindavan, River Yamuna, trees, bamboo bushes, birds, deers, clouds, apsaras and simple women, and of course the cows and calves responding to the song of love that the flute brings to those receptive to it...."
"In order to bestow mercy upon the devotees as well as the conditioned souls, Shri Krishna manifests His humanlike form and performs such extraordinary pastimes that anyone who hears them becomes exclusively devoted unto Him."
(quoted in CC, Adi-lila 4.34)
“I repeatedly offer my respects to the dust from the feet of the women of Nanda Maharaja’s cowherd village... When these gopis loudly chant the glories of Shri Krishna, the vibration purifies the three worlds.”
Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.47.63)
Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.47.63)
!! जय जय श्री श्यामसुन्दर जी !!
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