Antima-upadeśa · Final Instructions

I will not hear other talk. I will not speak other talk. I will speak about the most precious thing. I always pray for this. Aside from the talk I yearn to hear, all other words are useless.

How can I describe the Supreme Personality of Godhead? He is limitless. Who can know Him? The love the people of Vraja feel for Lord kṛṣṇa is eternal. It is the true reality. Always strive to attain that love.

Lord Kṛṣṇa is the pleasure of the cows, land, and senses, the moon of Gokula, and the root of transcendental bliss. He stays with many gopa and gopī friends, His home is Nandīśvara, and His name is Giridhārī. Please, in the company of the gopis, worship Him with love.

O brother, the truth of loving devotional service has already been explained to you. O brother, I will leave all material desires behind and, by my guru's mercy I will perfectly worship Lord Kṛṣṇa with pure love, and I will become His gopī- maidservant.

Follow the path of sincere devotional service. Stay among the devotees. Remember Kṛṣṇa and talk about Him. When loving devotion comes, your mind will become pure and all sufferings will flee from your heart.

Know that sense happiness is a calamity. Know that the material world is a dream. Know that this human life is the root from which devotional service may sprout. With love always worship Lord Kṛṣṇa. With love always hear His pastimes. To do anything else is to plunge a spear in your own heart.

If one decorates his body with the dust from Srimatī Radharāṇī's lotus feet, then it will be very easy for him to attain Lord Giridhārī. I congratulate such a great soul who takes shelter of Srimatī Radharāṇī's lotus feet and I say to him; Well done! Bravo! Excellent!

Glory, glory to She who is named Radha, whose home is Vṛndavana, and who is Lord Kṛṣṇa's treasury of blissful pastimes! Alas, destiny has cheated me, for my ears have not heard Radha's glories.

A person who, in the company of the devotees, again and again hears the stories of the pure love in the rāsa-dance pastimes will attain Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is dark as a monsoon cloud. A person averse to hearing these pastimes will never attain perfection. I refuse to hear the name of such an offender.

O brother, by chanting Kṛṣṇa's name I will attain Radha, and by chanting Radha's name I will attain Kṛṣṇa. Now I have briefly told you how to chase all sufferings from your heart. What contradicts my words will bring only pain.

Abandon false-ego, pride, company with materialists, and useless material knowledge, and worship the lotus feet of your spiritual master. Offer your home, friends, relatives, body and self to him. His words are supreme.

Always serve Sri Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva, who is a kalpa-vṛkṣa tree giving away the treasure of pure love. He is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, the prince of Vraja and the life of Srimatī Radharāṇī. Talk about Him is full of wonder.

Accepting the loving emotions of Sri Radha, and accepting Her bodily luster as the ornament of His limbs, Lord Kṛṣṇa descended to Navadvipa. Desiring to attain three things, He appeared in Saci's womb. He attained His desires in the company of His devotees.

Appearing in a fair-complexioned form, He made a great monsoon of spiritual love. In this way He attained His three desires. Why did Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of Radha, cry again and again? Only the devotees can know.

In private I will practice the nine kinds of devotional service and in this way I will attain perfection. I will always humbly pray for that. In public I will perform Hari-saṅkirtana, my heart overcome with love. Any activity that does not lead to My worshipable Lord is an obstacle.

When arrested by the highwaymen of material illusion, bound about the neck with ropes of lust, and about to take his last breath, the devotee of Lord Hari calls out for the Lord's help and is saved. O devotees, call out in this way, glorifying the nectar topics of pure love for Kṛṣṇa. Then the calamity of repeated birth and death will come to an end.

Hundreds and hundreds of women, children, and other relatives will someday die. Take care of yourself. I, who am very fallen, am already killed by sense gratification. I would not worship Lord Hari's feet. Now I have no protection.

I desire the association of Rāmcandra Kavirāja. Without his company the entire world is a desert. If I must take birth again, I would feel myself fortunate to have his association.

I will not describe the specific devotional activities of each devotee. Perform your devotional service carefully. Don't become angry. Don't find fault with others. Offer obeisances to the devotees' feet.

Sri Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu has enabled me to write these words. Without His mercy I am simply a fool who cannot distinguish right from wrong.

In his heart aspiring to attain the mercy of Śrīla Lokanātha Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, Narottama dāsa speaks this book, Sri Prema-bhakti-candrikā (The Moonlight of Loving Devotion).