VERSE 2: NA CĀNYATRA KṢETRE HARITANU SANĀTHE'PI SUJANĀD RASĀSVĀDAṀ PREMNĀ DADHAD API VASĀMI KṢAṆAM API SAMAṀ TV ETAD GRĀMYĀVALIBHI TANVANN API KATHĀṀ VIDHĀSYE SAṀVĀSAṀ VRAJABHUVANA PRATIBHAVAM I will not live in any other holy place for even a moment, even if there is a deity of Lord Hari there and even if I can lovingly … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 2

Let me have the greatest love for my guru, my initiation-mantra, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the greatest of all Lords, who has appeared from the womb of mother Śacī, Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, his devotees and his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, the king of hills Govardhana, Gāndharvikā's lake Rādhākuṇḍa, … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 1 – part 3

Let me have the greatest love for my guru, my initiation-mantra, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the greatest of all Lords, who has appeared from the womb of mother Śacī, Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, his devotees and his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, the king of hills Govardhana, Gāndharvikā's lake Rādhākuṇḍa, … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 1 – part 2

Śrīmatī sitting in a trysting bower, agitated by feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, Who is somewhat late for His appointment. Śrīmati embraces Her girlfriends and laments as follows: bandhura lāgiya seja vichāyaluṁ gāṅthiluṁ phulera mālā tāmbūla sājalum dīpa ujāraluṁ mandira hoilo ālā soi, pāche e sob hoibe ān! se heno nāgara, guṇera sāgara, kāhe na … Continue reading Srimati Radhika´s cooling lotus-feet

GURAU MANTRE NĀMNI PRABHUVARA SACĪGARBHAJA PADE SVARŪPE SRĪ RŪPE GAṆA-YUJI TADĪYA PRATHAMAJE GIRĪNDRE GĀNDHARVĀ SARASI MADHUPURYĀṀ VRAJAVANE VRAJE BHAKTE GOṢṬHĀLAYIṢU PARAMĀSTĀṀ MAMA RATIḤ Let me have the greatest love for my guru, my initiation-mantra, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the greatest of all Lords, who has appeared from the womb of mother … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 1 – part 1

VERSES 11-13: TVĀṀ NATVĀ YĀCATE DHṚTVĀ TṚṆAṀ DANTAIR AYAṀ JANAḤ SVA DĀSYĀMṚTA SEKENA JĪVAYĀMUṀ SUDUḤKHITAM NA MUÑCEC CHARAṆĀYĀTAM API DUṢṬAṀ DAYĀMAYAḤ TATO GĀNDHARVIKE HĀ HĀ MUÑCAINAṀ NAIVA TĀDṚŚAM PREMĀMBHOJA MARANDĀKHYAṀ STAVA-RĀJAM IMAṀ JANAḤ ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ KṚPĀ HETUṀ PAṬHAṀS TAD DĀSYAM ĀPNUYĀT This person bows down to You, holding a straw between his teeth and prays … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (The honey-like praises oozing from the lotus flower of love), verses 11 – 13

VERSES 8-10: SAURABHĀNTAḤ PURE GARVA PARYAṄKOPARI LĪLAYĀ NIVIṢṬĀṀ PREMA VAICITTYA VICALAT TARALĀÑCITĀM PRAṆAYA KRODHA SAC COLĪ BANDHA GUPTĪ-KṚTA STANĀM SAPATNĪ VAKTRA HṚC CHOṢI YAŚAḤ ŚRĪ KACCHAPĪ RAVĀM MADHYATĀTMA SAKHĪ SKANDHA LĪLĀ NYASTA KARĀMBUJĀM ŚYĀMĀṀ ŚYĀMA SMARĀMODA MADHŪLĪ PARIVEŚIKĀM She sits in the inner chamber of Her bodily fragrance on a sofa of pride, and She … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (The honey-like praises oozing from the lotus flower of love), verses 8 – 10

Śrī Śrī Vraja-Vilāsa-Stava - A praise of the manifestation of the Vraja-pastimes (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) With the commentary of Radhakunda Mahanta Pandit Sri Srimat Ananta das Babaji Translation: Sri Advaita das VERSE 106: rāgeṇa rūpa-mañjaryā raktīkṛta-muradviṣaḥ guṇārādhita-rādhāyāḥ pāda-yugme ratir mama May my loving attachment live in the lotus feet of Śrī Rādhā, Who is worshipped by all … Continue reading The glories of Radha Dasyam