uddāma smara-keli saṅgara bhare kāmaṁ vanāntaḥ khale kṛṣṇenāṅkita pīna parvata kuca dvandvāṁ nakhair astrakaiḥ tad darpeṇa tathā madoddhuram aho taṁ viddham ākurvatīṁ dūre svālikulaiḥ kṛtāśiṣam aho rādhāṁ kadāhaṁ bhaje O! When will I serve Śrī Rādhā, who enjoyed a great playful erotic battle of Cupid in the forest with Kṛṣṇa, who scratched Her huge, … Continue reading Sri-Sri Utkantha Dasakam – Ten Anxious Prayers for worshipping Srimati Radharani (5)

rāse prema-rasena kṛṣṇa-vidhunā sārdhaṁ sakhībhir vṛtāṁ bhāvair aṣṭabhir eva sāttvikatarair lāsyaṁ rasais tanvatīm vīṇā veṇu mṛdaṅga kiṅkiṇi calan mañjīra cūḍocchalad dhvānaiḥ sphīta sugīta mañju nitarāṁ rādhāṁ kadāhaṁ bhaje When will I serve Śrī Rādhā in the Rāsa-dance, when She is lovingly dancing with the moonlike Kṛṣṇa and She is surrounded by Her girlfriends? When She … Continue reading Sri-Sri Utkantha Dasakam – Ten Anxious Prayers for worshipping Srimati Radharani (4)

মনের স্মরণ প্রাণ, মধুর মধুর ধাম, যুগলবিলাস স্মৃতিসার । সাধ্য সাধন এই, ইহা বই আর নাই, এই তত্ত্ব সর্ববিধি সার ॥ ৬১ ॥ manera smaraṇa prāṇa, madhura madhura dhāma, yugala-bilāsa smṛti-sāra | sādhya sādhana ei, ihā bai āra nāi, ei tattva sarba-bidhi sāra || 61 || Smaraṇa is the life of the mind and the … Continue reading Thinking about Krishna (smaranam) – we are allowed to start somewhere

prema-bhakti-rīti yata,        nija granthe subekata, likhiyāche dui mahāśaya | yāhāra śrabaṇa haite,         premānande bhāse cite, yugala madhura rasāśraya || 9 || These two great souls have written books that clearly reveal all the practices of prema-bhakti. The minds and hearts of those who hear these descriptions float in premānanda and become vessels for yugala-madhura-rasa. (Prema … Continue reading The glories of reading the books of our Goswamis, part 2

The leaders of the eternally perfect mañjarīs, Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī and Labaṅga Mañjarī, who are Rūpa and Sanātana in Śrī Gaura's pastimes, are called yugala ujjvalamaya tanu by Srila Narottama das Thakur, the embodiments of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa's brilliant amorous love. The question may now be raised— 'Why would those who are Vraja's eternally perfect mañjarīs, now … Continue reading The glories of reading the books of our Goswamis, part 1

If there is no humility, then pride is coming – and that kills the life of bhajan. He who is proud cannot have bhakti. He is in samsara. The identification with the body is coming from so many lifetimes. Sanatana Goswami is saying that we should do our bhajan without pride. Even somebody who has … Continue reading Humility is the protection of our bhajan

Anuccheda 63 No One Falls from Vaikuṇṭha (3) No one falls down from that abode (tato’skhalanam). atho vibhūtiṁ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam śriyaṁ bhāgavatīṁ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṁ parasya me te 'śnuvate tu loke (Srimad Bhagavatam, 3.25.37) Sri Kapiladeva says:Thereafter, they do not hanker after any opulence stored for them by My maya, nor for the … Continue reading No One Falls From Vaikuntha – Bhagavat Sandarbha (Anuccheda 63)

mudā gopendrasyātmaja-bhuja-pariṣvaṅga-nidhaye sphurad-gopī-vṛndair yam iha bhagavantaṁ praṇayibhiḥ bhajadbhis tair bhaktyā svam abhilaṣitaṁ prāptam acirād yamī-tīre gopīśvaram anudinaṁ taṁ kila bhaje I daily worship Gopīśvara Sadāśiva, who was devotedly worshipped on the bank of the Yamunā by the loving gopīs who desired the jewel-like embrace of the arms of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the prince of Vraja, and … Continue reading Glorious Gopīśvara Sadāśiva

VERSE 3: śrīmat kuṇḍataṭī kuḍuṅga-bhavane krīḍā-kalānāṁ guruṁ talpe mañjula malli komala dalaiḥ klṛpte muhur mādhavam jitvā māninam akṣa saṅgara vidhau smitvā dṛgantotsavair yuñjānāṁ hasituṁ sakhīḥ param aho rādhāṁ kadāhaṁ bhaje "O! When can I serve Śrī Rādhā, who smiles and engages Her sakhīs, with a festival of sidelong glances, in ridiculing Mādhava, the teacher of … Continue reading Sri-Sri Utkantha Dasakam – Ten Anxious Prayers for worshipping Srimati Radharani (3)