निन्दन्तं पुलकोत्करेण विकसन्नीपप्रसून-च्छविं प्रोर्ध्वीकृत्य भुजद्वयं हरि हरीत्युच्चैर्वदन्तं मुहुः । नृत्यन्तं द्रुतमश्रु-निर्झरचयैः सिञ्चन्तमुर्वीतलं गायन्तं निजपार्षदैः परिवृतं श्रीगौरचन्द्रं नुमः ॥ १ ॥ nindantaṁ pulakotkareṇa vikasan-nīpa-prasūna-cchaviṁprordhvīkṛtya bhuja-dvayaṁ hari harīty uccair vadantaṁ muhuḥ |nṛtyantaṁ drutam aśru-nirjharacayaiḥ siñcantam urvītalaṁgāyantaṁ nija-pārṣadaiḥ parivṛtaṁ śrī-gauracandraṁ numaḥ || 1 || We praise Śrī Gauracandra, whose handsome body is adorned with hairs bristling in spiritual ecstasy, mocking … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī-Rādhā-Rasa-Sudhā-Nidhiḥ, verse 1

Svāminī puts all the preparations on golden plates and covers them with sheets. She has full faith that Tulasī and the other maidservants will feed Kṛṣṇa as if She Herself is doing it. mad vidhānām nija sakhīnām means 'Your girlfriends, of whom I am one!' The practicing devotee should also immerse himself in that rasa. … Continue reading Trust should be placed in the spiritual body

In his transcendental visions Śrī Raghunātha dāsa relishes the flavours of ornamenting Svāminī and when this vision disappears he prays for devotional service. For the benefit of the neophytes in rāgānugā-bhakti he has revealed the expertise of these ornamenting-services through his prayers. The neophyte should not serve as he likes it; he should serve according … Continue reading The sane process of balanced detachment and sincere selfless devotion

Śrī Raghunātha's svarūpāveśa is very vivid, and in this absorption he prays to Svāminī for Her devotional service. How wonderful is his savour of these visions! How agitated he is when he loses this consciousness again! Those who have attained perfection have nothing else but experience, and those who are advanced in bhajan also experience … Continue reading To love Rādhā more than Kṛṣṇa (rādhā snehādhikā)

Śrīmat Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī attains a virtual succession of relishable devotional services to Svāminī. The devotees that are fixed in smaraṇa will also attain these relishable services within their minds. When smaraṇa becomes deep it is called dhyāna, or meditation. This dhyāna or nidhidhyāsana is the best means of meeting the Lord face-to-face. In the … Continue reading How to attain spotless bliss

Without worshiping Śrī Rādhā's lotus feet and taking shelter of Her divine abode, Kṛṣṇa's sweetness cannot be relished. Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa writes in his Sva Saṅkalpa Prakāśa stotram (1):anārādhya rādhā padāmbhoja reṇum anāśritya vṛndāṭavīṁ tat padāṅkāmasambhāṣya tad bhāva gambhīra cittān kutaḥ śyāma-sindho rasasyāvagāhaḥ "Without worshiping the dust of Rādhā's lotus feet, without taking shelter of … Continue reading Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness can only be really be tasted by serving Śrī Rādhikā

In this Vilāpa Kusumāñjali Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī offers flower-like lamentations at Śrīmatī's lotus feet and renders loving devotional service to Her. With love-steeped minds and eyes the rāgānugā-devotees should see and relish the picture drawn with bhāva of the intense suffering the maidservant goes through day and night when she is separated from her … Continue reading More on the special mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu