11. Who are
the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas?
By Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī
Devotees of Viṣṇu are
called Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of Kṛṣṇa are called Kārṣṇas, and the devotees of Śrī
Rādhā [Gaurī] {white woman} are called Gauḍīyas
[Gaurīyas].
Lord Gaurāṅga’s devotees, who are under the
shelter of parakīya-mādhurya-rati and who follow Śrī Rūpa, are called Gauḍīyas.
The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas follow Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, the incarnation of
Lalitā. Therefore they can be defined as followers of Śrī Svarūpa and Śrī Rūpa.
Therefore Mahāprabhu commented to Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Prabhu, “This is the
behavior of your Gauḍīya devotees.”
The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas
are interested in mañjarī-bhāva, and Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, Śrī Rādhā-Gopīnātha,
and Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana are their worshipable Deities.
[…]
Generally, Lord Gaurāṅga’s
devotees are known as Gauḍīyas [Gaurīyas], and the devotees in Gauḍadeśa
(Bengal) are also called Gauḍīyas, just as the devotees in Utkala [Oḍissa] are
called Oḍiyās.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => 11. Who are the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas?
Dandavats.com:
words on square brackets “[]” and the following note: ***Phonemes [r] and [ḍ]
are both retroflex and sound almost similarly. Gaurīyas and Gauḍīyas are
homonyms.
Source: Amṛta Vāṇī - Nectar of Instructions
for Immortality, by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, ed.
Touchstone Media, 2016, VedaBase 2017.1.
David Britto: Gaurī means "white woman", NoD 22.38.
“Parakīya-rasa,
or paramour love, is prevalent in Kṛṣṇaloka, where Lord Kṛṣṇa lives.” SB
4.20.35-6. The Parakīya-rasa
is explained by Rūpa Gosvāmī on SB
10.33.37.
Compilation, bold highlights, note and title: David Britto, August 04,
2017.
I invite the readers to, please, tell me about possible mistakes on
translation, grammar or typing.
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