She gave him faulty poetry to present to Nimai pandit so that Kesva Kasmiri would be defeated by the Lord and then be able to understand who is her Lord and Master. Where she receives her power. His offering of one hundred verses in praise of the Ganges was grammatically flawed by Her arrangement and the pandit was defeated by the Lord. In his defeat was his greatest victory. Surrender to love of God. Goddess Saraswati must have been so happy to be able to deliver one of her worshippers to the Lord. Her joy at being able to make this offering must have been very great. Krishna must have been so happy to see Saraswati happy. So the whole episode is simply bliss.
The path back to Godhead is through the devotee of the lord. The devotee is situated in the devotional energy of the Lord. The Lord's pleasure lies in His devotional energy. When the devotee brings Krishna's attention to someone who has attained their favor and well wishes Krishna's happiness lies in satisfying his devotee Krishna accepts that person as His devotee to please his devotee.
For the pandit, his life and soul was his service relationship with the Goddess Saraswati. The devotee he surrendered to was a Demigod. It was by pleasing Her that she made arrangements for him to return back to Godhead.
Such devotees of the Lord are the life and soul for the aspiring devotee. Their lotus feet are everything. A devotee like this is rare to find but they may be found anywhere. They are not limited to any class or rung of society They can be educated or not. A Demigod or a sudra. They are recognized by their uncommon devotion to God and their uncommon activities and realizations. They are the answer to our prayers.
Sarasvati is not a demigod, she is one of the 5 goddesses of prakriti. She emerged from the tounge of Krishna, and therefore she can grant the blessing of speech and learning. After having emerged, Krishna gave her as a wife (one of 3) to Visnu. As all of those supreme goddessess she is capable of giving the blessing of bhakti to Krishna. Most don't do that, but ask for learning. In this case, since Kesava Kashmiri was so dedicated to her, she offered her most supreme blessing of Krishna bhakti.
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Thank you. That makes so much sense. I should have researched more on Goddess Saraswati and I remember when I was writing I that I was deficient but since it is a journal and diary of sorts I just went ahead anyway without taking the time. Now I see Goddess Saraswati Herself is correcting me. I am so happy.
ReplyDeleteOnly a devotee or the Supreme Lord Himself can give bhakti. The essence is that by pleasing the Representative of the Lord the person becomes eligible for devotional service. There is no other way. Not by one's own efforts alone, knowledge, austerity, sacrifice etc., can Love of God ever be achieved. It is the greatest good fortune to find shelter of a representative of the Lord. One's life then becomes perfect.