It is nightfall and Śrīpāda Prabhodhananda Sarasvati Thakur, in the form of a maidservant, is engaged in Śrīmatī's service while She stays at Her in-laws' place, Yāvat. In a distant forest Śyāmasundara plays His flute. This sweet flute-song is like a mantra which attracts everyone's minds. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī says: rādhā dhairya dharādharendra damane dambholir … Continue reading The best doctors to cure Śrīmatī Rādhikā

One summer-evening Śrī Raghunātha dāsa sits on the bank of Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa, anxiously weeping and desiring Śrīmatī's devotional service. Then he suddenly sees Śrī Rādhikā with Her sakhīs on the bank of the kuṇḍa with the Lord of their life, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. How charming Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa's beauty is! All around there are many blooming lotus … Continue reading Beautiful Radhakunda

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das verse 3 NIBHṚTA VIPINA LĪLĀḤ KṚṢṆA VAKTRAṀ SADĀKṢṆĀḤ PRAPIBATHA MṚGA KANYĀ YŪYAM EVĀTI DHANYĀḤ KṢAṆAM API NA VILOKE SĀRAMEYĪ VRAJASTHĀPY UDARA BHARAṆA VṚTTYĀ VAṀBHRAMANTĪ HATĀHAM O Daughters of the deer! You are extremely blessed, because while you wander in this forest your eyes … Continue reading A feast for the eyes

Sri Sri Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi VERSE 18: VAIDAGDHYA SINDHUR ANURĀGA RASAIKA SINDHUR VĀTSALYA SINDHUR ATI SĀNDRA KṚPAIKA SINDHUḤ LĀVAṆYA SINDHUR AMṚTA CCHABI RŪPA SINDHUḤ ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ SPHURATU ME HṚDI KELI SINDHUḤ When will Śrī Rādhā, Who is an ocean of cleverness, an ocean of anurāga rasa, an ocean of motherly affection, an ocean of very … Continue reading ŚRĪ RĀDHĀ EMBODIES THE SEVEN OCEANS

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das verse 2 yad-yatnataḥ śama-damātma-viveka-yogair adhyātma-lagnam avikāram abhūn mano me | rūpasya tat smita-sudhaṁ sadayāva-lokam āsādya mādyati hareś cartair idānīm ||2|| Through the efforts of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī my mind has become equipoised (śama), controlled (dama) and absorbed in transcendence through the practice of … Continue reading Purity by mercy

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das verse 1 ābhīra-pallī-pati-putra-kāntād āsyābhilāsātibalāśva-vāraḥ | śrī-rūpa-cintāmaṇi-sapti-saṁstho mat-svānta-durdānt-hayecchur āstām ||1|| May my uncontrollable mind mount the horse of spotless thoughts about Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, which is mounted by the strong desire to serve the lover of the son of the lord of the village … Continue reading To serve the lover of the son of the lord of cowherders

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Third Shower of Nectar, last part nanvevaṁ - na hyaṅgopakrame dhvaṁso mad dharmasyoddhavāṇvapi' iti 'viśeṣato daśārṇo'yam japa mātreṇa siddhida' ityādi vākya balena tat tad aṅgānām ananuṣṭhāne vaikalyādāv api vā jāte nāmāparādha prasajjeta. maivam. nāmno … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , third shower – anartha-nivṛtti (2)

śaśaka-bhṛd-abhisāre netra-bhṛṅgāñcalābhyāṁ diśi vidiśi bhayenodghurṇitābhyāṁ vanāni | kuvalaya-dala-koṣāṇy eva kḷptāni yābhyāṁ kim u kila kalanīyo devi tābhyāṁ jano'yam O my Goddess! When You go out to meet Kṛṣṇa in the moonlit night, Your eyes fearfully move in all directions, like bumblebees turning the whole forest into blue lotus petal-interiors. Is this person not to be … Continue reading Radhika´s love-journey (abhisara)

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. Śrī Raghunātha, suffering the pangs of separation from Śrī Rādhā, cries and sighs on the bank of Rādhākuṇḍa: "O Svāmini! I cannot … Continue reading Gurudeva´s drops of nectar