PRACCHANNA MĀNA DHAMMILLĀṀ SAUBHĀGYA TILAKOJJVALĀM KṚṢṆA NĀMA YAŚAḤ ŚRĀVA VATAṀSOLLĀSI KARṆIKĀM RĀGA TĀMBŪLA RAKTAUṢṬHĪṀ PREMA KAUṬILYA KAJJALĀM NARMA BHĀṢITA NIḤSYANDA SMITA KARPŪRA VĀSITĀM prachanna - hidden; māna - anger; dhammillāṁ - braid; saubhāgya - good fortune; tilaka -tilaka; ujjvalām - bright; Kṛṣṇa nāma - Kṛṣṇa's name; yaśaḥ - fame; śrāva - hearing; vataṁsa -decorations; ullāsi … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (The honey-like praises oozing from the lotus flower of love), verses 6 – 7

Śrīpāda Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī, in his form of a kiṅkarī, sees how wonderfully sweet is Rādhā's artful dancing and he (she) keeps his glance completely fixed on Her lotus-feet that shine like freshly blooming red lotus-flowers, of which each toe is a petal and each toenail shines like a moonstone. Śrīpāda Prabodhānanda Sarasvatī is enchanted by this … Continue reading The power of Radhika´s toenails

KAMPĀŚRU PULAKA STAMBHA SVEDA GADGADA RAKTATĀ UNMĀDO JĀḌYAM ITY ETAI RATNAIR NAVABHIR UTTAMAIḤ KḶṚPTĀLANKṚTI SAṀŚLIṢṬĀṀ GUṆĀLĪ PUṢPA MĀLINĪM DHĪRĀDHĪRĀTVA SAD VĀSA PAṬAVĀSAIḤ PARISKṚTĀM kampa - shivering; aśru - shedding tears; pulaka - goosepimples; stambha - stupor; sveda -perspiration; gadgada - faltering voice; raktatā - redness; unmādo - madness; jāḍyam - inertia; iti - thus; etaiḥ … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (The honey-like praises oozing from the lotus flower of love), verses 4-5

KĀRUṆYĀMṚTA VĪCĪBHIS TĀRUṆYĀMṚTA DHĀRAYĀ LĀVAṆYĀMṚTA VANYĀBHIḤ SNAPITĀṀ GLAPITENDIRĀM HRĪ PAṬṬA-VASTRA GUPTĀṄGĪṀ SAUNDARYA GHUṢṚṆĀÑCITAM ŚYĀMALOJJVALA KASTURĪ VICITRITĀ KALEVARĀM (2-3) (In the morning) Her body is bathed with waves of nectar of compassion, (at noontime with) a stream of the nectar of youth, and (in the evening with) floods of the nectar of elegance.  In this way … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (The honey-like praises oozing from the lotus flower of love), verses 2-3

Śrīmatī Rādhikā is eagerly hurrying to a forest bower to meet Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa has not yet arrived on that appointed place yet. Just to please Kṛṣṇa, Rādhikā begins to decorate the place, being sure that He will come soon. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī writes in 'Ujjvala Nīlamaṇi' (Nāyikā-bheda Prakaraṇa): sva vāsaka vaśāt kānte sameṣyati nijaṁ … Continue reading The YES swallows the NO

All these endless discussions on who is qualified for what and when... All these endless discussions on who will receive what and when... Everything depends on mercy. Especially the path of raganuga-bhakti. krsna-tad-bhakta-karunya-matra-labhaika-hetuka pusti-margataya kaiscid iyam raganugocyate || BRS 1.2.309 || “The mercy of Krsna and His devotees is the only cause of attaining raganuga-bhakti. … Continue reading Mercy is the alpha and the omega 

Srimati  Rādhika mercifully remembers Her hundreds of girlfriends who were searching for Her and Kṛṣṇa in the Rāsa night and She thus thinks: "Alas! How sweetly We are playing here! How sad that My girlfriends cannot relish this!" The līlā śakti (pastime potency) made Śrīmatī change Her mind, so that the pastimes of the Yugala … Continue reading Krishna surrenders to the kinkaris

Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja By Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. VERSE 1: MAHĀBHĀVOJJVALA CINTĀ RATNODBHĀVITĀ VIGRAHĀM SAKHĪ PRAṆAYA SAD GANDHA VARODVARTANA SUPRABHĀM Her transcendental form is born from the blazing thought-jewel of mahā bhāva, She is anointed with the excellent, nicely fragrant ointment of the love of Her girlfriends, and Her bodily luster is very effulgent.     Stavāmṛta … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (The honey-like praises oozing from the lotus flower of love), verse 1

It is the full-moon night in spring (vāsantī pūrṇimā) and when Śrī Kṛṣṇa sees the full moon rising in the sky He remembers Śrī Rādhā's face. In great secrecy He comes to Vṛndāvana and starts playing His enchanting flute there to attract the hearts and minds of the gopīs. Śrī Rādhā and the gopīs meet … Continue reading Srimati Radhika revives Her Beloved

I constantly remember the foot dust of Śrī Rādhikā, whose unlimited power instantly subdues even the Supreme Person (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), Who Himself cannot be easily seen even by the greatest devotees like Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Śukadeva Muni, Nārada Muni and Bhīṣma. Commentary: In this verse Śrīpāda is in his sādhakāveśa (external consciousness as a … Continue reading The glories of Radhika´s foot dust