20200916 Zoom Session with Utkala Devotees

The following is a Zoom Session with His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on September 16th, 2020 in Śrī Dhāma Māyāpur, India. Zoom Session with Utkala Devotees.

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale
śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine

namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe
nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande śrī-guruṁ dīna-tāraṇam
paramānandaṁ mādhavaṁ śrī caitanya iśvaram

Hariḥ oṁ tat sat!

Jayapatākā Swami: Whatever I say, will you translate into Odiya? When the lunar month and the solar month unite every 32 months there is an additional month. That month did not have a name. Because in that month there is no puṇya work done. That is why the smārtas say it is mala, unclean. That month personified went up to Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa said, “I will give you shelter. And from today on your name will be Puruṣottama month. And you will be the king of all months.” All the months whatever puṇya-karma is done cannot be compared to even 1/16th of the benefit of Puruṣottama month. This Puruṣottama month is for doing devotional service If we observe this month then we can go back to Vaikuṇṭha or Goloka-dhāma at the end of this life. This month has special benefits. This month, those who are initiated and chant 16 rounds and eat kṛṣṇa-prasāda, if they observe this month, they will live their life very peacefully and then go back to Godhead at the end of life. In this month, every day we should offer a ghee lamp and worship Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. If for some reason you cannot offer a ghee lamp, an oil lamp can be offered. There is a mantra that is to be chanted in this month 33 times. Those who are not initiated, they don’t chant 16 rounds, in this month better to be a vegetarian and try to eat kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Those who chant, they should try to increase their rounds. Those who are not chanting, they should try to chant one or two or four eight gradually. In this month everyone should try to be vegetarian. They should not eat meat, fish, egg, garlic, onion. In this month, to avoid mustard seed oil. In this month one should not sleep on the bed and not eat anything other than kṛṣṇa-prasāda. Should avoid telling lies. And one should not criticize the devotees. This way, now those who are initiated, they can offer worship with 16 upacāras to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Those who are not initiated, they can just do ārati. At the end of the month then one should offer prasāda to some brāhmaṇas. And 33 make mālpuas and offer as donation to a gṛhastha-brāhmaṇa. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa are the Deities of this month. Like in the Dāmodara month it is baby Kṛṣṇa and Mother Yaśodā are the special Deities. Do any one have any questions?

If you can you should do some charity and distribute prasāda which will be very good.