VERSE 10: KENĀPI NĀGARA VAREṆA PADE NIPATYA SAṀPRĀRTHITAIKA PARIRAMBHA RASOTSAVĀYĀḤ SA-BHRŪ-VIBHAṄGAM ATI RAṄGA-NIDHEḤ KADĀ TE ŚRĪ RĀDHIKE NAHI NAHĪTI GIRAḤ ŚṚṆOMI O Śrī Rādhike! O jewel of play! When will I see You frowning Your eyebrows and hear You saying "no no!" (although You are actually very happy) when Kṛṣṇa, the best of lovers, falls … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 10

VṚNDĀNI SARVA MAHATĀM APAHĀYA DŪRĀD VṚNDĀṬAVĪM ANUSARA PRAṆAYENA CETAḤ SAT TĀRANĪ KṚTA SUBHĀVA SUDHĀ RASAUGHAM RĀDHĀBHIDHĀNAM IHA DIVYA NIDHĀNAM ASTI O Mind! Leave all great things (or persons) far from you and go to Vṛndāvana with love, for there is a divine jewel, a nectar-stream of good moods named Rādhā there, Who redeems the sincere … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 9

A spiritual vision saves the life of a devotee who feels separation from the Divine Couple, and when there is any delay in that vision it becomes very difficult to tolerate the resultant misery. The stories we hear in the confidential rāgānuga Vaiṣṇava history about Rūpa Gosvāmī's strong yearning for Rādhā and Mādhava's service and … Continue reading Deep Loving Thirst