kvāpy ānuṣaṅgikatayodita rādhikākhyā vismāritākhila vilāsa kalā kalāpam kṛṣṇeti varṇa yugala śravaṇānubandha prādurbhavaj jaḍima ḍambara saṁvītāṅgīm O Kṛṣṇa! When You even casually hear Śrī Rādhikā's name You promptly forget all Your other artful plays! O Rādhe! Simply by hearing the two syllables Kṛ-ṣṇa Your body is pervaded by ecstatic symptoms like inertia! ŚRĪ YUGALA NĀMA RASA  … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 14

gopendra-mitra-tanayā dhruva dhairya sindhu pāna-kriya kalasa-sambhava veṇu nādam vidyā mahiṣṭha mahatī mahanīya gāna sammohitākhila vimohana hṛt kuraṅgām O Kṛṣṇa! The sound of Your flute is drinking the ocean of patience of the daughter of king Vṛṣabhānu (the friend of the cowherdking Nanda)! O Rādhe! You enchant the deer-like heart of world-enchanting Kṛṣṇa with the songs … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 13

nayana kamala mādhurī niruddha vraja nava yauvata mauli hṛn marālam vraja-pati-suta citta mīna rāja grahaṇa paṭiṣṭha vilocanānta jālam  O Kṛṣṇa! The swan-like heart of the crown jewel of Vraja's young girls (Rādhikā) is captured by the sweetness of Your lotus-like eyes! O Śrī Rādhike! The net of Your glances was expert in catching the heart … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 12

VERSE 11: prema mūrti-vara kārtika devī kīrti gāna mukharī-kṛta vaṁśam viśva nandana mukunda samajñā vṛnda kīrtana rasajña rasajñām O Kṛṣṇa! With Your flute You sing the glories of Kārtika-devī Rādhikā, who is the embodiment of pure love! O Rādhe! Your tongue always relishes the nectar of glorifying the name of world-delighting Mukunda! PĀRASPARIKA YAŚO-GĀNA  (Mutual … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 11

Without remembering God, the mind is lifeless and the dogs and jackals of lust and anger can freely play in it. The sweetest meditation is that of Śrī-Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa's pastimes. One should not try to remember these pastimes according to a regular schedule. This is a dead and stale practice. The experience must be spontaneous. … Continue reading …until we are there…

VERSE 10: svānta sindhu makarī-kṛta rādhaṁ hṛn niśākara kuraṅgita kṛṣṇām preyasī parimalonmada cittaṁ preṣṭha saurabha hṛtendriya vargām Oh Kṛṣṇa! You keep the Makarī-fish Rādhikā in the ocean of Your heart! Oh Rādhe! You keep the Kṛṣṇa-deer marked in Your moonlike heart! Oh Kṛṣṇa! Your heart is maddened with joy from catching the fragrance of Śrī … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 10

Disciple Number One: “My Gurudeva is the highest. He is a nitya siddha devotee who only descended for us.” Disciple Number Two: “My Gurudeva is the highest. He is a sadhana siddha devotee who attained perfection to save us.” Shastra: ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān nāvamānyeta karhicit na martya buddhyāsūyeta s arva devamayo guruḥ (Śrīmad Bhāgavata 11.17.27) … Continue reading “How the disciple should see Sri Gurudeva”

How the item of hearing can be best practised is described by Śrī Jīva Gosvāmīpāda —  tac ca nāma rūpa guṇa līlāmaya śabdānāṁ śrotra sparśaḥ...........tatrāpi śravaṇe śrī bhāgavata śravaṇaṁ tu parama śreṣṭhaṁ tasya tādṛśa prabhāvamaya śabdātmakatvāt parama rasamayatvāc ca tatra pūrvasmād yathā (Bhāg. 1.1.2) 'śrīmad bhāgavate mahāmuni kṛte kiṁ vāparair īśvaraḥ sadyo hṛdyavarudhyate'tra kṛtibhiḥ śuśrūṣubhis … Continue reading The practice of hearing

In his book Siddhānta Ratna, Śrīpāda Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa has written - eṣā tu bhaktis tan nitya parikaragaṇād ārabhyedānīntaneṣvapi tad bhakteṣu mandākinīva pracarati.........sā tathābhūtā nitya dhāmni nitya pārṣadeṣu nityaṁ cakāsti surasarid iva tad bhakta praṇālyā prapañce'vatarati: "This bhakti is being promulgated from the eternal associates of Śrī Hari down to the present day sādhaka bhaktas, like … Continue reading We need both, the mercy of Sri Guru and the Vaishnavas