Someone posted a fairly mistranslated section of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana´s tika to Tattva Sandarbha, Anuccheda 32, to make the "glorious" point that we all fell down into the material world because we have become "envious" of Krishna. This respected person wrote: "Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana expresses the opinion in his commentary to this anuccheda (32) that first … Continue reading Envious of Krishna?

It is a fascinating thing. Once in a while, the old discussion comes up again. Did we fall from the spiritual world or not? Actually, Sri Krishna answers this question perfectly in His own powerful words: Bhagavad-gita 8.15 mām upetya punar janma / duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ / saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ The mahātmas, having attained … Continue reading The charm and superiority of dahi-vada over fall-vada

Śrī-Śrī Caitanyāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 4: ANĀVEDYĀṀ PŪRVAIR API MUNI-GAṆAIR BHAKTI NIPUṆAIḤ ŚRUTER GŪḌHĀṀ PREMOJJVALA RASA-PHALAṀ BHAKTI LATIKĀM KṚPĀLUS TĀṀ GAUḌE PRABHUR ATI KṚPĀBHIḤ PRAKAṬAYAN ŚACĪ SŪNUḤ KIṀ ME NAYANA ŚARAṆĪṀ YĀSYATI PUNAḤ Will the son of mother Śacī, who very mercifully revealed in Bengal the vine of devotion, which bears the fruits … Continue reading Śrīman Mahāprabhu – mercy without any limit

Śrī-Śrī Prema Pūrābhidha stotram - "Praises like a stream of love" (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 1: MADHU MADHURA NIŚĀYĀṀ JYOTIR UDBHĀSITĀYĀṀ SITA KUSUMA SUVĀSĀḤ KLṚPTA KARPŪRA BHŪṢĀ SUBALA SAKHAM UPETĀ DŪTIKĀ NYASTA HASTĀ KṢAṆAM API MAMA RĀDHE NETRAM ĀNANDAYA TVAM O Rādhe! When You go out to meet Kṛṣṇa in a sweet moonlit spring-night, … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Prema Pūrābhidha stotram (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verse 1

Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Honey-sweet praises, oozing from the lotus-flower of love" with commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa's Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/honey-sweet-praises.pdf Śrīpāda Raghunātha has named this stava premambhoja marandākhya stavarāja, or the king of praises, that oozes like honey from the lotus flower of divine love. This is the … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī)

VERSE 11: CAITANYA CANDRA MAMA HṚT KUMUDAṀ VIKĀŚYA HṚDYAṀ VIDHEHI NIJA CINTANA BHṚṄGA RAṄGAIḤ KIṀ CĀPARĀDHA TIMIRAṀ NIVIḌAṀ VIDHŪYA PĀDĀMṚTAṀ SADAYA PĀYAYA DURGATAṀ MĀM Oh Moonlike Lord Caitanya! Please make my lily-like heart blossom and make it beautiful by making the playful bumble bees of meditation on You enter into it! Oh merciful Lord! I … Continue reading Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verses 11- end

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das VERSE 4 MAN MĀNASONMĪLAD ANEKA SAṄGAMA PRAYĀSA KUÑJODARA SAṄGA LABDHAYOḤ NIVEDYA SAKHY ARPAYA MĀṀ SVA SEVANE VĪṬĪ PRADĀNĀVASARE VRAJEŚAYOḤ O sakhi! The King and Queen of Vraja, who are manifest in my mind, have met in the kuñja after great effort. Please engage … Continue reading Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verses 4 -10

guru-mukha-padma-bākya, hṛdi kari mahāśakya, āra nā kariha mane āśā | Prema Bhakti Chandrika The words from Śrī Guru’s lotus mouth have great power. Take them into your heart and rely upon nothing else. After beautiful girls have bathed, dressed and anointed themselves, they decorate themselves with tilaka, jewels and pearls. Śrī Rādhikā's mahā bhāva-body is … Continue reading Gurudevas´s drops of nectar