Qualification for Siddha Praṇālī

Qualification for Siddha-praṇālī - Lobha (greed) for kṛṣṇa-līlā-kathā

Beschreibung von Harinam cintamani

Bhaktiviond Thakur (BVT) sagt in Harinam cintamani:

rādhā-kṛṣṇa aṣṭa-kāla yei līlā kare /
tāhāra śravaṇe lobha haya ataḥpare // HNC_15.64 

lobha ha-ile guru-pade jijñāsā udaya /
kemane pāiba līlā kaha mahāśaya // HNC_15.65 

gurudeva kṛpā kari karibe varṇana /
līlā-tattve ekādaśa bhāva-saṅghaṭana // HNC_15.66 

prasanna ha-iyā prabhu karibe ādeśa /
ei bhāve līlā-madhye karaha praveśa // HNC_15.67 

śuddha rūpe siddha bhāva kariyā śravaṇa /
sei bhāva svīya citte karibe varaṇa // HNC_15.68 

"Greed - lobha rises like a queen - lobha kore haya ataḥpare
listening to the games of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa  - tāhāra śravaṇe līlā rādhā-kṛṣṇa
according to the eight stages of day and night - aṣṭa-kāla yei // HNC_15.64 

Because of this greed, the disciple asks at the feet of the guru - lobha udaya ha-ile guru-pade jijñāsā 
"How is it possible for me to participate in such games, o great soul, tell me" - kemane pāiba līlā kaha mahāśaya  // HNC_15.65

By his grace guru describes you - līlā-tattve ekādaśa bhāva-saṅghaṭana
the principles of the games together with the 11 spiritual qualities - līlā-tattve ekādaśa bhāva-saṅghaṭana // HNC_15.66

The master (guru) is pleased with him and gives him instructions - prasanna ha-iyā prabhu karibe ādeśa
on how to participate - madhye karaha praveśa
with (the 11) bhava in the (eternal) games - ei bhāve līlā // HNC_15.67

Hearing about the perfect (11 - ekādaśa) bhava - siddha bhāva kariyā śravaṇa
and about the form of the guru (in līlā, i.e. his eternal form (e.g. of sakhi) ) - guru bhava
when one's ekādaśa-bhava  enters citta (consciousness) - sei bhāva svīya citte
this stage is called the stage of acceptance - varaṇa-daśā - karibe varaṇa // HNC_15.68

The stage of acceptance (of initiation received from the guru)
in relation to the ekādaśa bhava
that encompasses the group of which he is a member - encompassing the chain of guru sakhi (siddha-praṇālī) beginning with one's own guru up to a personality in the Caitanya-līlā 
who is himself a Gopī-group leader in the Krishna-līlā.

Śrī Caitanya-śikṣāmṛta, Part 6, chapter 5 

sādhaker jokhon rāganugā mārga lobha hoy,
tokhon sad-gurur nikaṭa prārthanā korile tini sādhaker
ruci parīkṣā koriyā tāhār bhajan nirṇoyer
saṅge saṅge siddha-deher paricaya koriyā diben 

When the sadhaka's lobha for raganuga path is awakened,
he approaches his gurudeva with great humility and ask for instruction.
If he does so, the guru first examines the disciple's taste and then, 
along with devising the appropriate bhajan introduces him to his own siddha identity. 

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