{"id":212,"date":"2012-02-16T13:19:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T03:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glancesideways.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:26:56","slug":"the-hungry-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glancesideways.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/16\/the-hungry-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hungry Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This is a graphic made from appropriating\u00a0Jim Phillips screaming hand graphic for Santa Cruz skateboards. I first saw these graphics as a teenager in the 80s looking through skate fashion magazines of my father. As the fashion move through its wave of nostalgia the Santa Cruz brand has become popular again.
Seeing this iconic image I was instantly reminded of \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b’s\u00a0sloka, and thought it deserved a contextual remix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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tu\u1e47\u1e0de t\u0101\u1e47\u1e0davin\u012b rati\u1e41 vitanute tu\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101val\u012b-labdhaye
kar\u1e47a-kro\u1e0da-ka\u1e0dambin\u012b gha\u1e6dayate kar\u1e47\u0101rbudebhya\u1e25
sp\u1e5bh\u0101mcheta\u1e25-pr\u0101\u1e45ga\u1e47a-sa\u1e45gin\u012b vijayate sarvendriy\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e41
k\u1e5bti\u1e41no j\u0101ne janit\u0101 kiyadbhir am\u1e5btai\u1e25 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47eti var\u1e47a-dvay\u012b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do not know how much nectar the two syllables \u2018K\u1e5b\u1e63-\u1e47a\u2019 have produced. When the holy name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.\u201d<\/p>\n~ \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b’s Vidagdha-m\u0101dhava (1.15),<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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As an image I feel it also perfectly describes the hunger needed when \u00a0chanting japa as the following sloka explains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Krishna-bhakti-rasa-bh\u0101vit\u0101-mati\u1e25
kr\u012byat\u0101\u1e41 yadi kuto \u2019pi labhyatetatra
laulyam api m\u016blyam ekala\u1e41
janma-ko\u1e6di-suk\u1e5btair na labhyate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPure devotional service in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness cannot be had even by pious activity in hundreds and thousands of lives. It can be attained only by paying one price\u2014that is, intense greed to obtain it. If it is available somewhere, one must purchase it without delay\u201d<\/p>\n~ \u015ar\u012b Chaitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta Madhya 8.70<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Purport:<\/strong>
Real devotion to Krishna is very rarely attained. If you see that type of devotion anywhere, purchase it with your hankering, your laulyam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only your hankering can give you your share of that property. That is the only price for that, otherwise you cannot achieve it after even billions of lifetimes of merits. So hunger is necessary for that; and hunger will come if you make your stomach empty first. \u00a0First take some purgative and cleanse yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then gradually hunger will come. This cleansing means s\u0101dhu-sa\u1e45ga. Through devotional association you will get everything.<\/p>\n~ \u015ar\u012bla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Gosw\u0101m\u012b Mah\u0101r\u0101j<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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