The Gopis ask the Flute: what sAdhanA did this flute do better than all of us to be blessed to be in touch with the lips of damodarA?
The flute answered thus (according to a Hindi poet):
"My sAdhanA was in no way different from that of a full-fledged, sincere and persevering spiritual aspirant. It started with my sacrifice and renunciation of my beautiful abode of bamboo bushes
where I had been enjoying with my near and dear ones. My body was subjected to severe austerity (it was cut to size). My mano-nAsa took place as my 'Man' - meaning also the maundage
(a unit of weight called 'MAN' in Hindi) was all removed from inside and I was made hollow.
I had also granti - Cheda i.e., my knots were cut (to make me, smooth). Last but not the least,
I always bowed to and accepted my Lord's desire as paramount. Whatever tune or Raaga my master wanted me to play, I played it and never exercised my own will in choosing the tune. It was only then that my master Krishna accepted me and took me to his lips".
How i wish that i could become such a flute that lord could play and
relieve me from this cycle of birth and death. hare Krishna
The flute answered thus (according to a Hindi poet):
"My sAdhanA was in no way different from that of a full-fledged, sincere and persevering spiritual aspirant. It started with my sacrifice and renunciation of my beautiful abode of bamboo bushes
where I had been enjoying with my near and dear ones. My body was subjected to severe austerity (it was cut to size). My mano-nAsa took place as my 'Man' - meaning also the maundage
(a unit of weight called 'MAN' in Hindi) was all removed from inside and I was made hollow.
I had also granti - Cheda i.e., my knots were cut (to make me, smooth). Last but not the least,
I always bowed to and accepted my Lord's desire as paramount. Whatever tune or Raaga my master wanted me to play, I played it and never exercised my own will in choosing the tune. It was only then that my master Krishna accepted me and took me to his lips".
How i wish that i could become such a flute that lord could play and
relieve me from this cycle of birth and death. hare Krishna
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