hā hā prāṇeśvari! tuyā viccheda anale; niravadhi prāṇa mora dhiki dhiki jvalee duḥkha sāgara hoite uddhāra koriyā; śrī caraṇe rākho more kiṅkarī koriyāheno dina ki hobe tava śrī mukhera vāṇī; karṇete śunibo āra nūpurera dhvanitomāra lāvaṇyāmṛta nayana caṣake; kobe vā koribo pāna parānanda sukheāghrāna koribo tava aṅga parimala; pulake pūrṇita hobe mora kalevarakobe tavocchiṣṭāmṛta dibe … Continue reading O Queen of my life…make me your maidservant

VERSE 26 KVA JANO'YAM ATĪVA PĀMARAḤ KVA DURĀPAṀ RATI BHĀGBHIR APY ADAḤ IYAM ULLALAYATY AJARJARĀ GURUR UTTARṢA-DHURĀ TATHĀPI MĀM Where is a low fool like me? Where is this loving devotional service, that is hard to attain even by the loving devotees? Still I feel a new strong desire for this and this makes me … Continue reading Utkalika Vallari, verse 26

"I could not get aquainted with She who is everything to me! I never even think of the maidservice of Śrī Rādhā, to whom my merciful Guru has introduced me! My bodily consciousness is so strong, everything is adverse to the mood I desire! What a waste our life is when we don't even get … Continue reading Krishna says: “Wherever I hear the words ‘Śrī Rādhe Śrī Rādhe’ from anyone’s mouth, in that direction My mind runs!”

tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payo-dānābhisārādibhir vṛndāraṇya-maheśvarīṁ priyatayā yās toṣayanti priyāḥ | prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhī-kulād api kilāsaṅkocitā-bhūmikāḥ kelī-bhūmiṣu rūpa-mañjarī-mukhās tā dāsikāḥ saṁśraye "I take shelter of Śrī Rādhikā’s maidservants, headed by Rūpa Mañjarī, who always engage in serving betel leaves, massaging the feet, serving water, and arranging for the Divine Couple’s secret trysts. These maidservants are even more dear to the great … Continue reading Those who are most dear to the great Queen of Vṛndāraṇya (Śrī Rādhikā)

These days I was meditating quite a lot on how fortunate we are to be able to practice manjari bhava sadhana. Manjari bhava sadhana means everything is about our beloved Svamini Radhika [and to assist Her in pleasing Krishna]. Manjari bhava sadhana means to always identify our own selves as kinkaris (maidservants) of Srimati Radhika. … Continue reading Amazing grace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgBwS7VZhtA The crystal clear conclusion from this video is that bhakti starts with the receiving of the bhakti lata bija [and bhakti is not already "there" in the heart"]. The situation tad evam ananta eva jīvākhya taṭasthaḥ śaktayaḥ. tatra tāsāṁ varga dvayaṁ. eko vargaḥ anādita eva bhagavad unmukhaḥ anyas tu anādita eva bhagavat parāṅmukhaḥ svabhāvataḥ … Continue reading Bhakti comes from bhakti or how bhakti ENTERS into our hearts

No one but Dāsa Gosvāmī is so fixed in that desire for Śrī Rādhā's service! That should be our target! Such sincere eagerness cannot be found anywhere else! Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is an eternally liberated maidservant of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, so he is the greatest authority, the ācārya of the (Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava) sampradāya (tradition) and … Continue reading …to hold on to the lotus feet of Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

The mood of the maidservants is identical with Rādhārāṇī's mood. Just as Rādhikā is the personification of full mahā bhāva, so Her maidservants are the personifications of sevā rasa (the flavour of service). Their svarūpas (intrinsic conditions) are made of this service-flavour. No one understands Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa's wishes as well as they do, that's why they … Continue reading The most wonderful mood of Rādhikā´s kiṅkarīs