Appearance, Form, Youth, Features of Srila Sukadeva Goswami!

Verse 1.19.26-28 (Shiva Prji):

* We are learning so many things about the great sage Sri Sukadeva Goswami (SG).
* In these string of verses, we learn so much about the form, age, features of SG.
* At just 16, he was already a liberated soul, son of Srila Vyasadeva.
* In his previous life, he was a parrot of Srimati Radharani who used to take messages from her to Sri Krishna.
* When she went back from this earth, she asked him to stay back here in the material world. Upon his request, she told him to stay there where SB is being spoken.
* He went to Kailash and in camouflage heard SB from Lord Siva, when Lord Siva was narrating it to Parvati.
* Story continues how the parrot reached Vyasadeva's ashram, went into his wife's mouth Itika, did not come out for many years, finally was born 16 years later and was a self realized soul.
* So we learn from this that hearing SB attentively and preaching SB is so very important, as it will liberate everyone who comes in contact with it, cause anyone who hears SB attentively attains his spiritual position and becomes eternal.


Verse 1.19.21 (Srinivas Pendyala Prji):

* The current context is how the rishi's assembled there were discussing among themselves that they will all wait until MP goes back to Godhead.
* There are innumerable Vaikunta lokas, as SP is mentioning here.
* 3/4th of this creation is spiritual world, and 1/4th is material world, of which, this universe is an iota...
* In the spiritual world, everything is so animate. No power or electricity is needed there. There are innumerable Vaikunta planets there.
* Topmost of which is Goloka Vrindavan.
* 2nd point: Liberation, going back to Godhead. There is birth, old age, death and disease in all the material planets. Only in the spiritual planets, there is none of these.
* 5 different types of liberation
* Of all these 5, Sayujya mukti is something that a pure devotee never looks or aspires for.
* Pure devotee actually refuses to accept any of these 5 different types of liberation, cause Love predominates all these, they only want to serve the Lord always.
* Unique feature of Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya - they are saving ppl from the devouring mouth of liberation. Cause they want us to lead on the exclusive path of devotional service, which is the highest stage of reaching the lotus feet of the Lord.
* 3rd point: MP was destined to go to Goloka. Not to any other spiritual planets, but to the Suprememost of all Vaikunta planets. Cause he was always in loving thoughts of the Lord.
* 4th point: We cannot see a pure devotee so easily.
* It is only a Vaisnava who can give us Krishna, no one else.