VERSES 39-48: MAHĀBHĀVOJJVALA CINTĀ RATNODBHĀVITĀ VIGRAHĀ SAKHĪ PRAṆAYA SAD GANDHA VARODVARTANA SUPRABHĀ (39) KĀRUṆYĀMṚTA VĪCĪBHIS TĀRUṆYĀMṚTA DHĀRAYĀ LĀVAṆYĀMṚTA VANYĀBHIḤ SNAPITĀ GLAPITENDIRĀ (40) HRĪ PAṬṬA-VASTRA GUPTĀṄGĪ SAUNDARYA GHUṢṚṆĀÑCITĀ ŚYĀMALOJJVALA KASTURĪ VICITRITĀ KALEVARĀ (41) KAMPĀŚRU PULAKA STAMBHA SVEDA GADGADA RAKTATĀ UNMĀDO JĀḌYAM ITY ETAI RATNAIR NAVABHIR UTTAMAIḤ (42) KḶṚPTĀLANKṚTI SAṀŚLIṢṬĀ GUṆĀLĪ PUṢPA MĀLINĪ DHĪRĀDHĪRĀTVA SAD VĀSA PAṬAVĀSAIḤ … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verses 39 – 48}

VERSE 38: LĪLAYĀ KELI PĀTHOJAṀ SMITVĀ CUMBITA MĀDHAVE SMITVĀ BHĀLĀTTāA KASTŪRĪ RASAṀ GHRĀTAVATĪ SAKṚT When Kṛṣṇa smiles and playfully kisses the play-lotus, Śrīmatī also smiles, takes some musk from Her forehead and smells it once. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: Mādhava kisses the play-lotus as if He wants to kiss Śrīmatī's lotus face, and Śrīmatī takes the … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verse 38}

VERSE 37: SUBALA SKANDHA VINYASTA BĀHAU PAŚYATI MĀDHAVE SMERĀ SMERĀRAVINDENA TAMĀLAṀ TĀḌAYANTYATHA When She sees Mādhava placing His arm on Subala's shoulder, She smiles and strikes a Tamāla-tree with a blooming lotus flower. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: When Śrīmatī sees Mādhava placing His arm on Subala's shoulder She thinks it is a sign from Him that … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verse 37}

In today’s world, many Gaudiya Vaisnavas say, “We are practicing Krishna consciousness.” But what exactly is Krishna consciousness? According to the direct personal teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, “Krishna consciousness” describes a devotee who is both day and night physically and mentally absorbed in serving Radha-Krishna in Vrndavana like the Vraja-gopis. The following verse of Srinatha … Continue reading Sriman Mahaprabhu´s unique gift

VERSE 36: LĪLAYĀ YĀCAKAṀ KṚṢṆAM AVADHĪRYEVA BHĀMINĪ GIRĪNDRA GAHVARAṀ BHAṄGYĀ PAŚYANTĪ VIKASAD DṚŚĀ She is a proud girl who playfully ignores the beggar Kṛṣṇa, but who also gives a hint with a look from Her wide-open eyes to a cave of Govardhana Hill. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: This is an instance of vivvoka caused by pique. … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verse 36}

VERSE 34: vilokayatī govinde smitvā cāru mukhāmbujam puṣpākṛṣṭī miṣād ūrdhve dhṛta dormūla cālanā When slightly smiling Govinda sees Her beautiful lotus-face, She lifts Her armpits on the pretext of picking flowers. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: In Ujjvala Nīlamaṇi these movements are named svayaṁ dautyā, being one's own messenger by using physical expressions: aṅgulī sphoṭanaṁ vyja sambhramādy … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verse 34}

VERSE 33: madanonmādi govindam akasmāt prekṣya hāsinī lapantī rudatī kamprā ruṣṭā daṣṭādharāturā When She suddenly sees Govinda intoxicated by lusty desires She smiles, speaks, cries, shivers and angrily bites Her lips. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: In the following verses Śrī Raghunātha draws a sweet picture of all the different emotions the embodiment of mahā bhāva, Śrīmatī … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verse 33}

Practice of devotional service in 'MAÑJARĪ BHĀVA', that is, in the mode of single - minded servitude to Śrī Rādhā, the chief consort of Kṛṣṇa, is the special hitherto unoffered, generous contribution of Śrī Mahāprabhu in this dark age of Kali. We have said that in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam there is large description of the moods … Continue reading PRACTICE OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE IN MAÑJARĪ BHĀVA

HARIṆĪ HARIṆĪ NETRĀ RAṄGIṆĪ RAṄGIṆĪ PRIYĀ RAṄGIṆĪ DHVANINĀGACCHAT SURAṄGA DHVANI HĀSINĪ (31) She is called Hariṇī (golden girl) and Hariṇī-netrā (doe-eyed girl), Raṅgiṇī (playful girl) and Raṅgiṇī priyā (dear to Raṅginī), She comes when she hears Raṅgiṇī (calling Her) and She laughs when She hears 'Suraṅga'. Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā: In the Medinī Koṣa-dictionary it is … Continue reading “Śrī-Śrī Viśākhānandada Stotram – “Praises that delight Viśākhā”{verses 31 – 32}