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Obstacles in Bhakti
exhausted; he thinks, “Now no more running. I shall go to Vrindâvan and
settle there.” He comes to Vrajadhâm and starts with his devotional
practice. But he does not attain anything. When his pride is entirely
vanquished – even the feeling that “I am performing bhajan” is crushed –
then he realizes that Sri Krishna’s kripâ is the real thing. When he reaches
this firm conclusion, then he floats in tears and cries out piteously – “O
Govinda, I beg for Your mercy. My endeavors are too less. Depending on my
strength I will achieve nothing. Oh! Lord of the poor! O protector of Your
refugee! O Savior of the fallen! My dear One! I take Your shelter in every
respect. Please have mercy on me.” Then Sri Govinda sees that his devotee
is devoid of false ego and his heart is pure – how much he is anxious for
Him! At that moment Sri Govinda’s kripâ-shakti descends and floods the
devotee’s heart with bhakti-ras and makes it worthy of beholding the
enchanting form of Sri Govinda Who is intense prem, eternal, conscious and
bliss personified. Sri Govinda appears before the sâdhak. The devotee is
liberated forever from the clutches of ignorance, illusion, all sufferings and
the cycle of birth and death. He is now under the protection of the
embodiment of Amritam (sweet nectar) and attains supreme peace.
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