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

Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu ||2.5.128|| api ca – sañcārī syāt samonā vā kṛṣṇa-ratyāḥ suhṛd-ratiḥ | adhikā puṣyamāṇā ced bhāvollāsā itiryate ||128|| "If the love for a friend ( with similar devotional feelings) is the same as or less than the love for Krishna, then it is a sancari bhava; but if this love grows to the point … Continue reading BHAVOLLASA RATI – permanently yours, dear Svamini

Recently during a discussion, I realized how uselessly I wasted my time on Facebook. Again. It was again a discussion about highly elevated topics where someone again tried in a kind of “hidden way” to discredit my Gurudeva and my parivar…(at least it felt to me like this). It wasn´t the first time someone did … Continue reading Licking the honey-jar

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 athānarthānāṁ nivṛttih. te cānarthāś caturvidhāḥ duṣkṛtotthā sukṛtotthā aparādhotthā bhaktyutthāś ceti. tatra duṣkṛtotthā durabhiniveśa dveṣa rāgādyāḥ pūrvoktāḥ kleśā eva. sukṛtotthā bhogābhiniveśā vividhā eva. te ca kleśāntaḥpātina iti kecit. aparādhotthā ityatra nāmāparādhā … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , third shower – anartha-nivṛtti (1)

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Second Shower of Nectar tato bhajana kriyā. sā ca aniṣṭhitā niṣṭhitā ca. tatra prathamam aniṣṭhitā krameṇotsāhamayī ghanataralā vyūḍha vikalpā viṣaya saṅgarā niyamākṣamā taraṅga raṅgiṇīti ṣaḍ vidhā bhavantīti svādhāraṁ vilakṣayati (5)     TRANSLATION: The next … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , second shower, part 5 – bhajana kriya

An introduction to Mañjarī-bhāva yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ spṛṣṭaṁ mokṣa-sukhād virajyati jhaṭity āsvādyamānād api premṇas tasya mukunda sāhasitayā śaknotu kaḥ prārthane bhūyāj janmani janmani pracayinī kintu spṛhāpy atra me O Mukunda, giver of liberation! Who in the world is there with the courage to pray for the gift of sacred love, of which … Continue reading Nectar from my Param Gurudeva – Sri Srimat Kunjabihari das Babaji

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Second Shower of Nectar tatra bhaktyadhikāriṇaḥ prathamaṁ śraddhā. sā ca tat tacchāstrārthe dṛḍha pratyayamayī. prakramyamāṇa yatnaika nidāna rūpa tad viṣayakatvaika nirvāha rūpa sādara spṛhā ca. sā ca sā ca svābhāvikī kenāpi balād utpāditā ca. … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , second shower, part 3 – SRADDHA

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Second Shower of Nectar tatrāvidyāsmitārāga dveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ. prārabdhāprārabdha rūḍha bīja pāpādayas tanmayā eva. śubhāni durviṣaya vaitṛṣṇya bhagavad viṣaya satṛṣṇyānukūlya kṛpā kṣamā satya sāralya sāmya dhairya gāmbhīrya mānadatvāmānitva sarva subhagatvādayo guṇāś ca 'sarvair guṇais … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , second shower, part 2