Śrī Rādhā is the ocean of vātsalya. Vātsalya means love for the poor and the fallen. Just as Śrī Rādhā is an inexhaustible storehouse of amorous rasa, She is also a great ocean of vātsalya-affection. The writers of the rasa śāstras (aesthetic scriptures) say that the vātsalya rasa is not compatible with the madhura rasa, … Continue reading Śrī Rādhā is the ocean of vātsalya

Śrīmatī is the only ocean of anurāga. ānurāga means mahā-bhāva. ānurāga is ever-fresh and ever-astonishing. Śrīmatī thinks Kṛṣṇa's sweetness is ever fresh and She always has more taste for His sweetness, so She always relishes it. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī writes in His 'Ujjvala Nilamaṇi' (Sthāyibhāva 104): ko'yam kṛṣṇa iti vyudasyati dhṛtim yas taṇvi karṇaṁ viśan … Continue reading Śrīmatī Rādhā is the only ocean of anurāga (mahā-bhāva)

Śrīmatī Rādhā is: (1) vaidagdhya sindhuḥ - An ocean of cleverness. This means rasa pāṇḍitya - She is learned in the science of taste. She even teaches rasika śekhara, the king of relishers Śrī Kṛṣṇa, expertise in the amorous mellow. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself admits in 'Caitanya Caritāmṛta': rādhikāra prema - guru; āmi - śiṣya naṭa; … Continue reading Śrīmatī Rādhā is an ocean of cleverness

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī writes in his Prīti Sandarbha that, along with a desire to please the deity, there is also a natural desire to have an intimate relationship with Him and to attain Him. The devotee who is fixed in smaraṇa attains direct association with his chosen deity within his mind. Just as the devotees … Continue reading Devotion with spiritual attachment

Śrīmatī's dressing and ornamentation is completed, and Her girlfriends and Her maidservants are now serving Her some sweetmeats. The maidservants know that Īśvarī doesn't eat anything else but Kṛṣṇa's remnants, so they mix some nectarine remnants from Kṛṣṇa's last meal with these sweets. It is as if Svāminī directly tastes the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's lips … Continue reading Only the remnants from Kṛṣṇa’s meal

VERSES 6-7: hāra maṣjīra keyūra cūḍā nāsāgra mauktikaiu mudrikādibhir anyaiś ca bhūṣitā bhūṣaṇottamaiu (6) sudīpta kajjaloddīpta nayanendīvara dvayā saurabhojjvala tāmbūla maṣjula śrī mukhāmbujā (7) She is adorned with the best necklaces, ankle bells, armlets, bangles, rings and a splendid pearl hanging at the tip of Her nose. Her two-blue lotus-eyes are decorated with blazing eyeliner … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā” {Verses 6 – 7}”

VERSE 4: dvikalendu lalāṭodyat kasturī tilakojjvalā sphuṭa kokanada dvandva bandhurī kṛta karṇikā Her forehead that looks like the moon in the second day of the waxing quarter, is beautified by brilliant musk-tilaka, and Her ears are beautified by earrings made of blooming red lotus flowers. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: In Śrī Govinda Līlāmṛta (11,106) Rādhikā's forehead … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā” {Verses 4 – 5}

Anon APRIL 9, 2018 AT 14:29 About siddha-pranali, is it something that is eternally existing, our identity, or is it something that our guru gives us? Does our guru simply create the 11 points of our manjari identity and then tell us to meditate on it, and thus gradually through meditation we CREATE that identity? … Continue reading Questions about Siddha Pranali – again.

chinna svarṇa sadṛkṣāṅgī rakta vastrāvaguṇṭhinī nirbandha baddha veṇīkā cāru kāśmīra carcitā Her body shines like lacerated gold, She is covered by a red veil, Her braid is carefully bound and She is anointed with beautiful vermilion {3}. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: When a goldsmith cuts gold with a sword the inside of the gold shines even … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā” {Verse 3}

jayati śrīmatī kācid vṛndāraṇya vihāriṇī vidhātus taruṇī sṛṣṭi kauśala śrīr ihojjvalā All glories to some beautiful girl, who sports in Vṛndāvana, and who is the treasure of beauty of the Creator's brilliant creation of young girls in this world! Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: From this second verse onwards, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa describes the forms, qualities and … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā” {Verse 2}