Now about Shri Acharyaji Mahaprabhu’s sevak Jiyadas Suri Kshatri, who lived in Agra, the sentiment of his story is described here.
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): In the Divine Play, Jiyadas is the sakhi of Shri Yamunaji. Her name is Syama. Syama has five sakhis, whose names are told here. Kaveri Sakhi manifested as Purushottamdas. Manohar Sakhi manifested as Chabildas. Hira Sakhi manifested as Krishnadas. Chabidhama Sakhi manifested here as Harji. Manjuki Sakhi manifested here as Mathuramall. Now, the way these six obtained Shri Ladilesji by serving him in the Divine Play is described here.
Prasang 1 – Jiyadas Suri’s Seva of Shri Ladilesji
Now Shri Acharyaji placed Shri Ladilesji upon the head of Jiyadas Suri Kshatri. Then he came to Agra. From morning till evening, Jiyadas engaged his mind in seva with full focus, performing tanuja, vittaja, and manasi seva. By practicing such devotion, such longing (viraha) arose that his body left him. In this way, Shri Ladilesji received seva from Jiyadas for four prahars (a full day and night).
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): This shows that Jiyadas was an exalted devotee. He became absorbed in the Divine Play. Thereafter, he no longer looked towards worldly or Vedic matters.
Afterwards, Jiyadas had two sons, Purushottamdas and Chabildas. For some days they performed seva. But these two brothers had no descendants.
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): This shows that after the body of Jiyadas departed, both brothers left worldly dealings and fixed their minds on seva of Shri Thakurji.
When they realized that their end was near, the two brothers placed Shri Ladilesji upon the head of their maternal uncle, Krishnadas Chopra Kshatri. Then Krishnadas Chopra performed seva properly for some time. Later, when a plague came, all members of Krishnadas’s household died. He alone remained.
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): This shows that the family was not divine. Therefore, none became sevaks. Whatever wealth was divine was accepted by Shri Thakurji. The rest remained worldly. Later, in Agra, Pathans came and plundered the village, killing many. In that calamity, when Krishnadas had Shri Ladilesji, all his wealth was looted.
Then Krishnadas’s friends Harji and Mathuramall, who were sevaks of Shri Acharyaji, gave him shelter. Krishnadas went to live with them. Mathuramall performed seva for three days, then left his body and attained Bhagavad-prapti. Afterwards, Harji and Krishnadas together performed seva. Later, Krishnadas’s body departed and he attained the Divine Play. Afterwards, Harji performed seva of Shri Ladilesji for one and a half years. After that, he brought Shri Ladilesji to the house of Shri Gusainji in Shri Gokul.
Thus Jiyadas was such a blessed sevak of Shri Acharyaji. He was a recipient of divine grace. The full extent of his varta cannot be told, so only this much is said here.
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): Later, when Harji’s body weakened, the great sons of Shri Garidharji—Shri Damodarji, Shri Murlidharji, and Shri Gopinathji—installed Shri Thakurji in their house in Shri Gokul with all seva materials, clothes, and ornaments. Then, with longing (viraha), Harji left his body.
Thus, these six were recipients of Shri Acharyaji’s divine grace. They were related to the Divine Play, and therefore in one single birth they attained the Lord.
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