yugala-kiśora prema,        lakṣabāṇa yena hema, hena dhana prakāśila yāṅrā | jaya rūpa! sanātana,        deha more prema-dhana, se ratana mora gale hārā || 10 || Victory to Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana, who have revealed the treasure of yugala-kiśora-prema, purer than gold heated a hundred thousand times. Please give me this treasure and I shall wear … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī-Prema-Bhakti-Candrikā, verse 10

Kṛṣṇa's birthday festival takes place on the eighth day of the dark lunar quarter of the month of Bhādra, corresponding with the month of August, sometimes September. Siddha Śrī Kṛṣṇa dāsa Bābājī here narrates both the celebration in Navadvīpa in Gaura-līlā and the celebration in Vraja in Kṛṣṇa-līlā. On the first day of the dark … Continue reading Śrī Janmāṣṭamī Līlā

prema-bhakti-rīti yata,        nija granthe subekata, likhiyāche dui mahāśaya | yāhāra śrabaṇa haite,         premānande bhāse cite, yugala madhura rasāśraya || 9 || These two great souls have written books that clearly reveal all the practices of prema-bhakti. The minds and hearts of those who hear these descriptions float in premānanda and become vessels for yugala-madhura-rasa. Yugala-Madhura-Rasāśraya … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī-Prema-Bhakti-Candrikā, verse 9