Hari-katha inspired by the Guru-varga
Today is Mokshada Ekadasi. We should hear the glories of this Ekadasi and try to keep them in our hearts. I request that my classes not be put on the Internet, or on Facebook. I have always requested this. Otherwise, we talk about Birmingham, or some other place, and then a big fight starts.
I don’t want to insult anyone. It is not my nature. But, I was bitter from my birth and am very hard. I am filled with fire. This is my nature. I am never sweet and I do not like sweets.
Therefore, I request, do not make any announcements here and there. If you like, you can hear, and if you do not wish to hear, then don’t listen, you can go home. I am not inviting you. I have no relation with anyone. I don’t like anyone. I like my Guru-varga and sastra and anyone who likes my Guru-varga and sastra, I have relation with them, otherwise, I have no relation with anyone. I came alone, I stay alone and I will go back alone from this world. No one is with me.
If anyone tries to control a stone, the stone has no problem. If you smash it to powder, it will again become stone. If you want to melt me and make me a liquid drink and consume me, it is not possible. I am not scared. But I request no one to make any announcements on Internet or here and there. I don’t like any kind of business. I do not give class for respect, name and fame, popularity, money, wealth, and so forth. Anything that comes in my heart, I express. If anyone wants, they can take it, and if they don’t want, they don’t have to take it. I have no problem. Don’t be disturbed. Wherever you find honey, you can go there and meet with those who are giving it. I have no tension. I never called anyone here. If you seriously like bhakti, bhajana, and Gurudeva and the Vaishnavas, then I am your servant. Otherwise, I have no relation with you. If you like your policies, marketing, and business, and try to control things like this, then know that I am not involved with anything you do. I do not like this. I don’t like propaganda, agents, politics, or having followers.
If anyone follows Guru-pada-padma, God will also follow him. Everyone will follow him. And if one has no love for Guru-pada-padma, then I have no relation with him.
Now, today is Mokshada Ekadasi. If anyone likes what I say, it is alright. If they don’t like it, that is also alright, but do not make announcements and do not destroy the lives of other people. People do not try to understand, they only criticized. Your life will become strange. I warn you, but I have no problem—you can do whatever you want.
There is a very nice history about Mokshada Ekadasi. This is the month in which Katyayani-vrata is followed. I did not write this. I did not write sastra. All Gaudiya-mathas, Vaishnavas, smartas, and bhaktas mark the time for Katyayani-vrata in their calendars. They mark the start and the end. They say, this is the month to follow Katyayani-vrata. Why is this? What is the special meaning? Why is this written? Whether they follow or not, it is their own headache, but they all write it. It is not my question whether they follow or not. But the vrata is called Katyayani. Why?
In this month, Siva Thakura requested, “O Sati, please don’t take any bad association, and do not doubt me. If you doubt me, it will be very bad, for I have relation with bhakti, the bhaktas, and Bhagavan.”
But doubt came to her. Srila Gurudeva explained many times, how Siva gave an asana in front of him for Sati and not on his left side. She suffered so much. Siva Thakura gave her many instructions and told her, “please try to follow this. Don’t doubt me. I am not acting against you. I’m always thinking of your welfare.”
But she was very disturbed and left Siva Thakura. She went to her father’s house. Her father was against Siva Thakura.
gurur na sa syat sva-jano na sa syat pita na sa syaj janani na sa syat daivam na tat syan na patis ca sa syan na mocayed yah samupeta-mrityum
One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death is not a spiritual master, a father, a husband, a mother, or a worshipful deity.
Siva Thakura said, “O Sati, your father is asat-sanga. Don’t go there. They don’t like bhakti, the bhaktas and bhajana or Bhagavan. Don’t go there.” But she was careless. She was weeping. This is ladies’ nature. She neglected Siva Thakura and left him. Siva Thakura sent his sevakas, Nandi, Virabhadra, and so forth, to accompany her. Daksha, Sati’s father, abused Siva Thakura very badly when Sati arrived. He had great envy and anger towards Siva Thakura. Sati could not tolerate this. She had a relation with Siva Thakura, the pure devotee. She heard so much hari-katha from him. She then quit her body in a burst of flames. Siva Thakura heard of this and became furious. He said, “These people are against bhakti, the bhaktas and God. They are demons!” Then he manifested Virabhadra, who went with Nandi and many fearsome warriors devoted to Siva Thakura to the abode of Daksha. They destroyed the yajna. They ripped off the mustache of Bhrigu, and broke the teeth of Pusha, and Virabhadra cut off Daksha’s head. Siva Thakura is praised with the words:vaishnavanam yatha sambhuh
Why was he so angry today? Anyone who is against bhakti, the bhaktas, bhajana and God— how long should they be given a chance? Siva Thakura was ready to destroy everything. Lord Vishnu pacified Siva Thakura somewhat. Siva Thakura went to the body of Sati and, carrying her body in his arms, he began to dance. Siva Thakura became maddened. Why? He lost a dear bhakta. They did not respect the bhakta. They caused her to commit suicide in front of them. Before his own daughter, Daksha insulted Siva, her husband. Sati could not tolerate this. Siva Thakura carried the body of that great devotee, Sati, and carried her everywhere. Vishnu sent Sudarsana-cakra and told him to make Sati separate from Siva. Vishnu’s Sudarsana-cakra made Sati into 52 pieces and she fell in different places in India. Each place that a limb of her body fell became a holy place. Siva Thakura searched for where she had gone? Then he jumped in the Yamuna. His body is dark, therefore, when he entered the Yamuna, the water became black. In Madhava-mahotsava, Jiva Gosvami wrote this. He described that when Siva jumped in the Yamuna, the water of the Yamuna became black. He could not tolerate the separation of the bhaktas.‘duhkha-madhye kona duhkha haya gurutara?’ ‘krishna-bhakta-viraha vina duhkha nahi dekhi para’
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked, “Of all kinds of distress, what is the most painful?” Sri Ramananda Raya replied, “Apart from separation from the devotee of Krishna, I know of no unbearable unhappiness.”
Separation from the devotees is the greatest suffering. Sati would hear hari-katha and was favorable for bhakti with Siva Thakura. This month she became liberated and free from everything. One day, Bhagavati Yogamaya Paurnamasi said to Siva Thakura, “You should no longer lament in separation. You have pure knowledge. Sati gave up that asat-sanga and has taken birth in the Himalayas. She will perform bhajana there and her name will be known to many as Katyayani. She is mohini-maya and will be detached from everything. She will only be attached to you. She will not have doubt in you. She will be related to bhakti, bhaktas, and Bhagavan. She will give mukti or help to those who desire bhajana. Before, she was a little proud. But now, she realized her mistake and took birth again as Parvati.” On Mauni Amavasya, Siva Thakura broke his vow of silence. For many years, he had observed silence, being in complete samadhi. He followed the order of Vrinda-devi, Yogamaya Paurnamasi, and returned again to Vrindavana. Yogamaya Bhagavati gave him svarupa-siddhi and the form of the gopi in Vraja Bhumi. It is not that only the gopis do vrata. Siva Thakura would chant a mantra and then achieved a gopi-svarupa and was given the name Gopesvara, and he stayed in Vrindavana. Now, when someone worships Katyayani, Siva Thakura comes and makes them free from all obstacles. Sastra says:gurur brahma guror vishnur gurur devo mahesvarah guruh sakshat param brahma tasmai sri-gurave namah
Is our guru Brahma, Siva or Vishnu? No. Guru has all the power and qualities and specialties of Brahma within him. One who is like this is sad-guru. Guru also has all the power of Siva. Gurur devo mahesvarah. Mahesvara has power to destroy anarthas, false ego, prarabdha and aprarabdha. He has the power to destroy all of this. Guru has this power of Siva Thakura. When anyone comes to guru, guru can clean and purify that person at once. He gives special power and says, “From today you are the servant of God—not maya. Serve God, the Supreme Lord Sri Hari. Chant harinama, follow bhajana, follow Ekadasi, take maha-prasada, be vegetarian.” Guru destroys all your bad tendencies. If guru does not have this power, then that person who comes to him will turn back. Instead of going back to God and back to home, they will go back to maya. Sad-guru has the full power of Vishnu to maintain. Sitting in one place, he maintains all disciples and all temples with his mercy and power. The householders will cook, offer arati, offer bhoga, maintain themselves with some business, and engage that money in service. Without this mercy of sad-guru, one cannot do bhajana. Sad-guru gives all energy, power and taste. This, however, is not enough. It is next said, ‘guruh sakshat param brahma.’ Parabrahma, Paramesvara—all his power is in sad-guru. That sad-guru is jagad-guru. He does not make disciples. He makes others into gurus. He gives them responsibility. He says, “Take care of others. Help the jivas. Bring them to the path of bhakti. Bring them to the lotus feet of God. This is your service. If you take this responsibility, then you are my true follower. And if you do not do this—if you take everyone into maya, you are maya-dasa. If you bring anyone to Krishna, then you are krishna-dasa.” This is sad-guru. This is the month of Katyayani. Devi Subhadra, Yogamaya herself, took birth in this month. First, she was born from Yasoda Mata’s womb and when she came to the jail and Kamsa tried to kill her, she did not show her svarupa as Yogamaya, but her svarupa as Mahamaya, Durga. She kicked Kamsa and filled him with fear by telling him that his killer had been born elsewhere. Later, Yogamaya came as Subhadra, the younger sister of Krishna, born from the womb of Devaki. She is always present between Balarama and Krishna. When sad-guru comes, he connects them to Yogamaya, who gives them entrance and permission to serve Krishna. The previous Ekadasi was Utpanna Ekadasi—Ekadasi’s birth day. How can we achieve mukti? Siva Thakura came to Vrindavana and prayed to Bhagavati Paurnamasi, and she gave him mukti from everything. Agra haya mukti tabe sarva bandhana nasa tabe se haite pare sri krsnera dasa. Without mukti, we cannot be the servant of God. We are arrested inside maya. We cannot get liberation from maya. One cannot perform bhajana when present with maya. Maya is on one side and bhajana is on one side. We need mukti from maya. Who will give us this? Therefore, today, in this Vrindavana, Ekadasi-devi promises, “If anyone likes krishna-bhajana, if anyone likes bhakti, if anyone likes serving God—I promise to free them. I promise to give them mukti.”nirodho ‘syanusayanam atmanah saha saktibhih muktir hitvanyatha rupam sva-rupena vyavasthitih
Liberation is the permanent situation of the form of the living entity after he gives up the changeable gross and subtle material bodies. Liberation is becoming present in one’s eternal spiritual form. This is mukti. Mukti means not only to be free of everything. It means to be situated in bhakti and in one’s eternal form, as a servant of Krishna. This is mukti. If we do not understand our eternal form and service, then we have not achieved mukti. Our svarupa is krishnera nitya-dasa. We are Krishna’s eternal servants. When we are always engaged in Krishna’s service, 24 hours a day, and always have this desire to serve more, then we have achieved mukti. If we do not receive mercy, we will go on parikrama one day and then not have the strength to the next day. We go to mangala-arati one day, and the next day, we will not go. Svarupena avasthitih. Mukti means to be free from everything and then to have desire to always serve. When a person desires to always serve, you should understand that that person is following his svarupa-dharma. Such a person is never hopeless, weak, tired, or disturbed. He is always enthusiastic.utsahan niscayad dhairyat tat-tat-karma-pravartanat sanga-tyagat sato vritteh shadbhir bhaktih prasidhyati
Progress in bhakti may be obtained by the following six practices: (1) enthusiasm to carry out the rules which enhance bhakti, (2) firm faith in the statements of the sastra and the Guru whose words are fully in line with the sastra, (3) fortitude in the practice of bhakti, even in the midst of obstacles, or patience during the practice stage of bhakti, even when there is delay in attaining one’s desired goal, (4) following the limbs of bhakti such as hearing (sravana) and chanting (kirtana) and giving up one’s material sense enjoyment for the pleasure of Sri Krishna, (5) giving up illicit connection with women, the association of those who are overly attached to women and the association of mayavadis, atheists and pseudo-religionists, and (6) adopting the good behavior and character of pure devotees.
Such a person will always be engaged in tat-tat-karma-pravartanat, the service of God, tat, and tat, the Vaishnavas. He will always have enthusiasm to serve them. He will avoid all bad association. If one is in asat-sanga, doubt will come. When you have doubt, it means you are going out. You will be outside, not inside. First, we must have mukti. This Ekadasi is called Mokshada Ekadasi. After mukti, the jiva will have no more tension. He will always feel that he is Krishna’s servant. He will say, “I am guru-dasa, and I am vaishnava-dasa. I am bhakta-dasa. I am bhakti-dasa.” And very special people will say, “I am gopi-dasa.” But many people cannot think like this. “How will I be gopi-dasa?” they think. They have no problem being Hanumana-dasa, or anything else, but they will not be gopi-dasa. If they say ‘Radhe Radhe, it is a big problem for them. Katyayani-vrata is not some lady-program. It is not only for young girls who go, do some puja, and get their cloth stolen. Siva Thakura himself came to Vrindavana and to the bank of Yamuna after Sati left her body. He jumped in the water of the Yamuna and followed this vrata. He came here and jumped in the Yamuna. The water of Yamuna became black, and Yamuna-devi ran away. She was afraid, “Why has this person come?” Vrinda-devi asked her, “What is the problem?” “I will not stay here longer,” said Yamuna-devi. “Why?” “Siva has come.” Then Vrinda-devi said, “Don’t worry.” She took Siva out, and gave him mantra. Vrinda-devi sent Siva Thakura to the Himalayas to perform austerities. She told him, “There you will be cooled, and free from all worry. You will not think of Sati, Parvati, or bahiranga-sakti.” After realization, Siva Thakura came and achieved svarupa-siddhi. Then he is Gopesvara Mahadeva. Before he did not have this position. This Ekadasi gives mukti. This is on one side. On the other side, there is the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The Pandavas, and the Kauravas have assembled for war. How did the fight start? The root cause was that Duryodhana desired to steal Draupadi. He thought, “She is a very nice lady—a fire lady. I like this.” He wanted to control Her and keep with him. He wanted to make her his maidservant and his sakti. He could not tolerate that she was with the Pandavas. However, Draupadi was not on the Pandavas side, nor the Kaurvas side. She is always on Krishna’s side. She has love for Krishna. Her name is Krishna. She always worshiped Krishna and served Him. The Pandavas, therefore, have no tension. But Duryodhana had tension. Duryodhana made a plan to engage all the power of the demons in his evil cause. Making friendship with them, the demons, he endeavored to kill the Pandavas; to kill Krishna; and to steal Draupadi. He ordered his brother, “Duhsasana, go and pull her here by the hair, she is my dasi. I will make her naked, and put her on my lap in front of everyone.” This was his desire. This is not any principle of human life. In the open assembly of the Kings, he wanted to make her naked, and have her sit on his lap. Who could think like this? It was Duryodhana’s evil nature to think of himself as supreme. Was this due to his anarthas? Was it ignorance? What was this? He was filled with kama, lust—that which makes a person think, “Whatever there is to enjoy in the world must be mine.” Ravana and Hiranyakasipu also thought like this. All demons think like this. At the battlefield, the army of the Kauravas were on one side and the army of the Pandavas were one the other. Krishna was in the middle with Arjuna. Krishna told Arjuna how to become free of everything. The seekers of Maya were in front of him. Why? Only for the purpose of enjoying maya. They fought only for this. The two sides were about to destroy everyone. One side wanted to follow adharma, irreligion, and on the other side, they were saying, your nature is very black and poisonous. Krishna took them all to Dharma-kshetra.dharma-kshetre kurukshetre samaveta yuyutsavah mamakah pandavas caiva kim akurvata sanjaya
(Dhritarashtra said:) O Sanjaya, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do, having assembled at the sacred land of Kurukshetra, desiring to fight?
Vyasadeva wanted to give Dhritarashtra suitable eyes to see the Mahabharata war, but Dhritarashtra declined the offer. Vyasa then gave transcendental vision to Sanjaya, enabling him to see the battlefield from a distance, and explain to Dhritarashtra what was going on at Dharma-kshetra, Kurukshetra. Long ago, Kuru Maharaja had performed austerities, to make a place that would be Dharma-kshetra, the field of religion—where one could go, and receive the appearance of dharma and the desire to follow dharma in his heart. Such a person would be freed from anarthas. Kuru Maharaja said with determination, “I will open a place of dharma in this life. He asked Brahma, where to go. Brahma told him to perform a yajna, and lord Vishnu will come with all His associates there. “Do abhisheka of Lord Vishnu, and when Yajnesavara Vishnu gives you mercy, that place will become Dharma-kshetra. Upon going there, a person will desire to follow dharma. By bathing there in Brahma Kunda, everyone will get liberation from maya, and will follow dharma.” Kuru Maharaja considered, “How to make a yajna-bhumi? First I must plow. I must clean and cultivate the land. I will perform 108 yajnas. Then Vishnu will come.” Kuru Maharaja began his work. As he plowed, Indra came and said, “O Maharaja, what are you doing? Why are you plowing with your own hands? Do you have no farmers or servants?” Kuru Maharaja said, “I’m making this place a dharma-bhumi. I will perform a yajna here.” Indra left and came again after 10 minutes. “Maharaja, why are you plowing?” he asked as if he had come for the first time. “Why are you doing this hard work? What is the purpose of this?” “I’m making a yajna-bhumi, a dharma-bhumi,” said Kuru Maharaja. Not long later, Indra came again and asked the same question he had asked the first and second times he had come. He came 100 times, to try and make Kuru Maharaja agitated. But Kuru Maharaja never became angry. When someone performs sadhana, if some anger fire comes within them, then all will be lost:kama esha krodha esha rajo-guna-samudbhavah mahasano maha-papma viddhy enam iha vairinam
This desire to enjoy sense objects, which indeed transforms into wrath, is born of passion. It is all-devouring and extremely formidable. Know it to be the primary enemy of the jivas in this world.
One who has no enemies in society, still has two enemies within himself. They are kama and krodha—lust and anger. Wherever there is lust, anger will be there also. A person plagued by lust will also have anger, and this anger will burn everything. But Kuru Maharaja had no anger fire and no lust. He was completely cool and clean. After being asked a hundred times by Indra, and not becoming agitated, Indra gave him blessings. Indra told him that his task receiving Vishnu, thus creating a holy place of dharma where those who came there would get mukti from anarthas, and develop the desire perform dharma. In this month, Mokshada Ekadasi comes. Today, Sanjaya told Dhritarashtra Maharaja, “The two sides assembled at Kurukshetra, ready to fight.” Dhritarashtra asked, “Why? What did they do next?” He was worried that going to Dharma-kshetra, his sons would lose the desire to fight with the Pandavas, and would desire to follow dharma. They might come to some agreement with the Pandavas and decide to share the kingdom. Dhritarashtra was worried about this. He was worried that Arjuna and the Pandavas would say, “We do not need to fight. We will take sannyasa and give everything to Duryodhana.” The blind king saw this to be an even bigger problem, for when an enemy remains alive, life remains dangerous. Sanjaya said, “You are Dhritarashtra. You forcibly want to keep the kingdom by a process of cheating. You are not only blind by birth, you are blind to dharma. You are blind in the realm of affection. You are completely blind in all respects. You don’t think about the sons of your brother. You are only blindly attached to your own sons. You are completely under illusion. You always want to steal others’ property. You worry the two armies have gone to Dharma-kshetra, thinking that your son’s mood may change and that they will begin to follow dharma and bhakti.” Krishna and gave the advice of Srimad Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna in that Dharma-kshetra. But, Arjuna could not hear His instructions. He was in the middle of both armies. Everyone was in front of him. Krishna gave advice, but how many people listen? Today is Mokshada Ekadasi, the appearance day of the Bhagavad-gita. What is the Gita?sarvopanisado gavo dogdha gopala-nandanau partho vatsah su-dhir bhokta dugdham gitamatam mahat
This Gitopanishada, the essence of all the Upanishadas, is just like a cow, and Lord Krsna, who is famous as a cowherd boy, is milking this cow. Arjuna is just like a calf, and learned scholars and pure devotees are to drink the nectarean milk of Bhagavad-gita.
Krishna told Arjuna to be the calf. Krishna would milk the cow of all the Vedas and Upanishads, and would distribute nectar to everyone. If there is a very snigdha, sweet, soft, humble disciple, then Gurudeva will automatically speak hari-katha to that person. Just like when a cow sees her small calf, automatically milk flows from her udders. Today, Krishna gave the advice of the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna. People have trouble following. Thieves will not listen to hari-katha. They will come before hari-katha, leave during hari-katha, and will come back afterwards. Thieves only come to see how many people have expensive items, and when everyone is absorbed in hari-katha, they steal those things. They are looking only towards maya. Krishna said, “I am present here. Everyone here will get mukti. You have come to Dharma-kshetra, Kurukshetra. No one will leave this place. If you follow bhakti, you have life. And if you do not follow bhakti, you are dead. Not wounded, not injured, but dead. Being dead means that you will receive no more chance in this life. You will get kaivalya-mukti, brahma-nirvana. You will go to mahakal-puram. And those who follow bhakti will become liberated, and eternally related to Me.” Krishna says, “Calo! calo!” Why? Krishna gives all kinds of help. But still, people do not follow bhakti and neglect Krishna’s advice. These people only want to enjoy. Eighteeen akshauhinis were destroyed in the battle. Everyone was destroyed. Only Krishna, the Pandavas, Asvathama and one or two others remained. On one side, there is the advice of God, and on the other, there is the luring of maya—the ‘chip, chip’ singing of the mice. In the night, when the mouse sings and is joined by many other mice, he looks with his friends to see what to steal, and where to hide his loot. This is their activity. Krishna spoke the Bhagavad-gita in the middle of the battle place, on this day. Who heard the Gita? Sanjaya. Sanjaya repeated everything. Vyasadeva also heard the entire Gita, and wrote it down. This is called divya-netra, transcendental vision. If a sadhu has no transcendental vision, and no transcendental connection, how can he be realize anything in his heart? After bestowing mukti, Ekadasi-devi gives power to the spiritual senses. She gives them power to never be in maya. Gurudeva does this with the disciples who surrendered him.diksha-kale bhakta kare atma-samarpana sei-kale krishna tare kare atma-sama
At the time of diksha, guru gives the diksha-mantra, and offers his disciple to Krishna. He offers him for the service of Krishna.
Ekadasi-devi will make the senses very strong, and young, and able to serve Krishna. Then one will never return to bondage.seva sadhaka-rupena siddha-rupena catra hi tad-bhava-lipsuna karya vraja-lokanusaratah
One who has intense longing to attain ragatmika-bhakti follows in the footsteps of the Vrajavasis, who are devoted to raga-marga. With his external body (sadhaka-rupa) he should chant and hear according to the practice of raganuga-bhakti, and with his internally contemplated body (siddha-rupa) bestowed upon him by his guru, he should perform service.
One can endeavor for this after getting mukti from maya. If one does not have mukti, he will have no time to chant harinama, and will have no taste for bhajana. From Satya, Treta, Dvapara to Kali-yuga, it is very rare for people to follow pure bhakti. But now, when someone follows, others say, “Why are you following?” We go to the bank of the Yamuna, sing songs about krishna-lila, and pray to Radharani, Lalita, Visakha, and Govardhana. What is the problem? We don’t cut the heads of goats and bathe in their blood. We are not following any tamasika, rajasika, or sattvika-upasana. We are following only nirguna-upasana. Why do people have any problem with this? When someone has desire to follow anything good, many people will be against him.kaler dosa-nidhe rajann asti hy eko mahan gunah kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet
Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.3.51
My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.
In Kali yuga, harinama-sankirtana is everything. How can we chant harinama-sankirtana?ekaki amara, nahi paya bala, harinama-sankirtane tumi kripa kori’, sraddha-bindu diya, deho’ krishna-nama-dhane
We cannot do harinama-sankirtana alone. Chanting kirtana of maya is very easy. Today, we pray to Mokshada Ekadasi-devi that she will give us mukti from maya so that we can properly serve Krishna. May she give us entrance and permission to follow svarupa-siddha bhakti. Next year, if we have life still, then we will hear further explanations. At one time, we cannot digest everything. There are many things. Srila Gurudeva gives us a little bit more every year. If we received everything at once, we cannot digest it or tolerate it. Gaura premanande hari hari bol! Hari-katha spoken by Sripada Premananda Prabhu; rendition by Rasik Mohan Das This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.