PARAṀ TUṄGĀDYĀ YAUVATA SADASI VIDYĀDBHUTA GUṆAIḤ SPHUṬAṀ JITVĀ PADMĀ PRABHṚTI NAVA NĀRĪ BHRAMATI YĀ JANO'YAṀ SAMPĀDYAḤ SAKHI VIVIDHA VIDYĀSPADATAYĀ TAYĀ KIṀ ŚRĪ NĀTHĀ CCHALA NIHITA NETREṄGITA LAVAIḤ O sakhi Rūpa Mañjari! With her wonderful qualities Tuṅgavidyā has completely defeated the entire assembly of young women, headed by Padmā, and thus she can proudly wander among … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 8 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)

Rādhākuṇḍa Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja: Devotional service is the very life of bhakti, and the service of Rādhikā's kiṅkarīs is most luscious, because their mood is completely free from awe and reverence. This service is the heart of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī has said: "I desire Your (Rādhā's) excellent … Continue reading Loving service is the heart of bhakti

VERSE 7: KVACIT KUÑJA KṢETRE SMARA VIṢAMA SAṀGRĀMA GARIMA KṢARAC CITRA ŚREṆĪṀ VRAJA YUVA YUGASYOTKAṬA MADAIḤ VIDHATTE SOLLĀSAṀ PUNAR ALAM AYAṀ PARṆAKACAYAIR VICITRAṀ CITRĀTAḤ SAKHI KALITA ŚIKṢO'PY ANU JANAḤ O sakhi Rūpa Mañjari! When will Citrā-sakhī blissfully teach this maidservant how to paint wonderful pictures on the bodies of the eager, intoxicated young Couple of … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 7 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)

KVACIT KUṢJE KUṢJE CCHALA MILITA GOPĀLAM ANU TĀṀ MAD ĪŚĀṀ MADHYĀHNE PRIYATARA SAKHĪ-VṚNDA VALITĀM SUDHĀ JAITRAI RATNAIḤ PACANA RASAVIC CAMPAKALATĀ KṚTODYAC CHIKṢO'YAṀ JANA IHA KADĀ BHOJAYATI BHOḤ O! When, having learnt how to cook from Campakalatā, the supreme expert in the science of flavors, will I make my mistress along with all of Her sakhīs … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 6 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)

VERSES 4-5: MUDĀ VAIDAGDHYĀNTAR LALITA NAVA KARPŪRA MILANA SPHURAN NĀNĀ NARMOTKARA MADHURA MĀDHVĪKA RACANE SAGARVAṀ GĀNDHARVĀ GIRIDHARA KṚTE PREMA VIVAŚĀ VIŚĀKHĀ ME ŚIKṢĀṀ VITARATU GURUS TAD YUGA SAKHĪ KUHŪ KAṆṬHĪ KAṆṬHĀD API KAMANA KAṆṬHĪ MAYI PUNAR VIŚĀKHĀ GĀNASYĀPI CA RUCIRA ŚIKṢĀṀ PRAṆAYATU YATHĀHAṀ TENAITAD YUVA YUGALAM ULLĀSYA SAGAṆĀL LABHE RĀSE TASMĀN MAṆI-PADAKA HĀRĀN IHA MUHUḤ … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 4 – 5 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)

VERSE 3: ALAṀ MĀNA GRANTHER NIBHṚTA CAṬU MOKṢĀYA NIBHṚTAṀ MUKUNDE HĀ HETI PRATHAYATI NITĀNTAṀ MAYI JANE TAD ARTHAṀ GĀNDHARVĀ CARAṆA PATITAṀ PREKṢYA KUṬILAṀ KADĀ PREMA KRAURYĀT PRAKHARA LALITĀ BHARTSAYATI MĀM Once Mukunda flatters me in private and cries out: "Alas! Alas!", asking me to help Him untie the knot of Rādhā's causeless pique, so for … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 3 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)

NAVAṀ DIVYAṀ KĀVYAṀ SVAKṚTAM ATULAṀ NĀṬAKA-KULAṀ PRAHELĪ GŪḌHĀRTHĀḤ SAKHI RUCIRA VĪṆĀ DHVANI GATĪḤ KADĀ SNEHOLLĀSAIR LALITA LALITĀ PRERAṆA BALĀT SALAJJAṀ GĀNDHARVĀ SARASAM ASAKṚC CHIKṢAYATI MĀM O dear friend Rūpa Mañjari! When will Gāndharvā (Rādhikā), on the instigation of lovely Lalitā, shyly, joyfully, tastefully and affectionately teach me new divine poems, different kinds of self-made plays, … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 2 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)

ANĀRĀDHYA RĀDHĀ PADĀMBHOJA REṆUM ANĀŚRITYA VṚNDĀṬAVĪṀ TAT PADĀṄKĀM ASAMBHĀÑYA TAD BHĀVA GAMBHĪRA CITTĀN KUTAḤ ŚYĀMA-SINDHO RASASYĀVAGĀHAḤ How can anyone enter the Śyāma-ocean of rasa without having worshipped the dust of Śrī Rādhā's lotus feet, without having taken shelter of Vṛndāvana, where Her footprints lie, and without conversing with those persons whose hearts are deep with … Continue reading Sva Sankalpa Prakasa Stotram, verse 1 (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami)