http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysffUcE0QyU Baba: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and AC Bhaktivedanta Swami… They are also in one place (MEANING: They have their rightful place in Gaudiya Vaishnavism) … Because there is school and there is college. Higher and higher. Therefore, harinama chanting and sankirtana is for everyone. Everyone needs this for heart-cleaning. And then higher is the college, … Continue reading Respect ALL Vaishnavas

VERSE 6: niravadhi saviśākhā śākhi yūtha prasūnaiḥ srajam iha racayantī vaijayantīṁ vanānte aghavijayi varoraḥ preyasī śreyasī sā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, Who is the beloved at Kṛṣṇa's excellent chest, Who is the source of all auspiciousness for Kṛṣṇa, and Who picks flowers from the trees of the forest … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 6

VERSE 5: vraja kula mahilānāṁ prāṇa bhūtākhilānāṁ paśupapati gṛhiṇyāḥ kṛṣṇavat prema-pātram sulalita lalitāntaḥ sneha phullāntarātmā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, who is the very life of all the Vraja-gopīs, who is loved by the cowherd queen (Yaśodā) as much as Kṛṣṇa is, and whose heart blossoms of the very … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 5

ati caṭulataraṁ tāṁ kānanāntar milantaṁ vraja nṛpati kumāraṁ vīkṣya śaṅkākulākṣī madhura mṛdu vacobhiḥ saṁstutā netra bhaṅgyā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, who looks at the whimsical prince of Vraja (Kṛṣṇa) with anxious, fearful eyes when She meets Him in the forest, and who praises Him with soft, sweet words … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 4

sarasija vara garbha kharva kāntiḥ samudyat taruṇima ghanasārāśliṣṭa kaiśora sīdhuḥ dara vikasita hāsya syandi bimbādharāgrā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, whose bright luster belittles that of the whorl of the best of lotus flowers, whose nectarean adolescence is scented with the camphor of youthfulness, and whose Bimbafruit-like lips show … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 3

sphurad aruṇa dukūla dyotitodyan nitamba sthalam abhivara kāñcī lāsyam ullāsayantī kuca kalasa vilāsa sphīta muktāsara śrīḥ snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, whose buttocks are adorned with a brightly shining crimson garment and an excellent sash of blissfully dancing bells, and whose pitcher-like breasts are beautified by a string of … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 2

Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 1: rasavalita mṛgākṣī mauli māṇikya lakṣmī pramudita muravairi prema vṇpī marālī vrajavara vṛṣabhānoḥ puṇya gīrbāṇa valli snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, Who is the crown-jewel of all rasika, fawn-eyed goddesses of fortune, who is the swan in the lake of blissful … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 1

Śrī Śrī Vraja-Vilāsa-Stava - A praise of the manifestation of the Vraja-pastimes (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 38: tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payo-dānābhisārādibhir vṛndāraṇya-maheśvarīṁ priyatayā yās toṣayanti priyāḥ | prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhī-kulād api kilāsaṅkocitā-bhūmikāḥ kelī-bhūmiṣu rūpa-mañjarī-mukhās tā dāsikāḥ saṁśraye "I take shelter of Śrī Rādhikā’s maidservants, headed by Rūpa Mañjarī, who always engage in serving betel leaves, massaging the feet, serving water, … Continue reading My personal True North