sādhaka-rūpeṇa yathāvasthita-dehena | siddha-rūpeṇa antaś-cintitābhīṣṭa-tat-sevopayogi-dehena | tasya vrajasthasya nijābhīṣṭasya śrī-kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhasya yo bhāvo rati-viśeṣas tat-lipsunā | vraja-lokās tv atra kṛṣṇa-preṣṭha-janās tad-anugatāś ca tad-anusārataḥ Sādhaka-rūpa refers to the physical body of the practitioner. Siddha-rūpa refers to the body which is suitable for one’s desired service, and which has been developed by internal meditation. One serves with a … Continue reading From caterpillar to butterfly

VERSE 3:      TAVĀRAṆYE DEVI DHRUVAM IHA MURĀRIR VIHARATE SADĀ PREYASYETI ŚRUTIR API VIRAUTI SMṚTIR API ITI JÑĀTVĀ VṚNDE CARAṆAM ABHIVANDE TAVA KṚPĀṀ KURUṢVA KṢIPRAṀ ME PHALATU TARṢA VIṬAPĪ O Vṛndā-devi! The śrutis (Upaniṣads) and smṛtis all proclaim that Kṛṣṇa Murāri always sports in your forest Śrī Vṛndāvana with His dearest Śrī Rādhikā! Knowing this, … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 3

VERSE 2: aye vṛndāraṇya tvaritam iha te sevana parāḥ param āpuḥ ke vā na kila paramānanda padavīm ato nīcair yāce svayam adhipayor īkṣaṇa-vidher vareṇyāṁ me cetasy upadiśa diśaṁ hā kuru kṛpām O Vṛndāvana dhāma! Who in this world did not attain the topmost bliss from  serving you?  Therefore I offer my obeisances unto you with … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 2

bhavatīm abhivādya cāṭubhir varam ūrjeśvari varyam arthaye bhavadīyatayā kṛpāṁ yathā O Ūrjeśvari (Rādhikā, the goddess of the Kārtika-month)! I pitifully  pray to You for this benediction: May Bakāntaka (Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Bakāsura), be more kind to me, knowing me to be Yours! (Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari, verse 20) Makaranda Kaṇā Vyākhyā: The loyalty of … Continue reading RĀDHĀ NIṢṬHĀḤ (Loyalty to Rādhā)

Sri Sri Vilapa Kusumanjali, vers 96 tavaivāsmi tavaivāsmi  na jīvāmi tvayā vinā iti vijñāya devi tvaṁ naya māṁ caraṇāntikam I am Yours, I am Yours! I cannot live without You! O Devi!  Knowing this, please take me to Your lotus feet! Explanations: In the verses of 'Vilāpa Kusumāñjali' Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī perceives his own … Continue reading Exclusive shelter at Radhika´s Lotus Feet

Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari A Vine Of Eager Aspirations After The Service Of Śrī-Śrī-Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. By Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī With 'Makaranda Kaṇā-Vyākhyā' (Commentary called 'A drop of the honey from this vine of eagerness')by Rādhākuṇḍa Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja āsīd  yasmād utkalikā vallarir esa karkaśa citta grāva nitānta druti hetuḥ. śrī rādhā-govinda pādābja … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Utkalika Vallari – verse 1

One who wants to worship the Supreme Lord must first of all take shelter of the lotus feet of Śrī Guru. bhajana-sādhana is far removed from one who does not take shelter of the lotus feet of Śrī Guru, because this is the gate through which one enters the path of bhakti. This does not … Continue reading THE NECESSITY OF TAKING SHELTER OF ŚRĪ GURU’S LOTUS FEET   

Svāminī goes to Nandīśvara, the abode of the king of Vraja and his son Śrī Kṛṣṇa. How dear this abode is to Svāminī! The cows are mooing and the whole town is filled with the sounds of cowherders, reciters and artists. This place is even greater than Govardhana Hill, which is praised by all the … Continue reading When Radhika only just sees Nandīśvara-hill…