VERSE 12: UJJṚMBHAMĀNA RASA VĀRINIDHES TARAṄGAIR AṄGAIR IVA PRAṆAYA LOLA VILOCANĀYĀḤ TASYĀḤ KADĀ NU BHAVITĀ MAYI PUṆYA DṚṢṬIR VṚNDĀṬAVĪ NAVA NIKUÑJA GṚHĀDHIDEVYĀḤ When will the auspicious glance of the young goddess of the bower-cottage of Vṛndāvana, Whose restless eyes are swaying on the waves of the swelling ocean of rasa, Kṛṣṇa's limbs, fall on me? … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 12

The vine of devotion, which Śrīman Mahāprabhu gave to the people of the world, yields the fruit of brilliant rasa, the amorous love of Vraja, particularly the rasa of the most confidential personal service of Śrīmatī Rādhārānī, named mañjarī-bhāva-sādhanā.This great gift was not given before by any other descension of God; even the wise men … Continue reading The mercy of the Lord completely erases the candidate’s unworthiness.

VERSE 11: YAT PĀDAPADMA NAKHACANDRA MAṆI CCHAṬĀYĀVISPHŪRJITAṀ KIM API GOPA VADHŪṢV ADARŚPŪRṆĀNURĀGA RASA SĀGARA SĀRA MŪRTIḤSĀ RĀDHIKĀ MAYI KADĀPI KṚPĀṀ KAROTU When will that Rādhikā, Who is recognisable amongst the gopīs by the effulgence coming from the moonstone like toenails on Her lotus-feet, and Who is the very form of the essence of rasa and … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 11

VERSE 10: KENĀPI NĀGARA VAREṆA PADE NIPATYA SAṀPRĀRTHITAIKA PARIRAMBHA RASOTSAVĀYĀḤ SA-BHRŪ-VIBHAṄGAM ATI RAṄGA-NIDHEḤ KADĀ TE ŚRĪ RĀDHIKE NAHI NAHĪTI GIRAḤ ŚṚṆOMI O Śrī Rādhike! O jewel of play! When will I see You frowning Your eyebrows and hear You saying "no no!" (although You are actually very happy) when Kṛṣṇa, the best of lovers, falls … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 10

VṚNDĀNI SARVA MAHATĀM APAHĀYA DŪRĀD VṚNDĀṬAVĪM ANUSARA PRAṆAYENA CETAḤ SAT TĀRANĪ KṚTA SUBHĀVA SUDHĀ RASAUGHAM RĀDHĀBHIDHĀNAM IHA DIVYA NIDHĀNAM ASTI O Mind! Leave all great things (or persons) far from you and go to Vṛndāvana with love, for there is a divine jewel, a nectar-stream of good moods named Rādhā there, Who redeems the sincere … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 9

A spiritual vision saves the life of a devotee who feels separation from the Divine Couple, and when there is any delay in that vision it becomes very difficult to tolerate the resultant misery. The stories we hear in the confidential rāgānuga Vaiṣṇava history about Rūpa Gosvāmī's strong yearning for Rādhā and Mādhava's service and … Continue reading Deep Loving Thirst

The desire to serve in one's siddha deha in the wake of the gopīs' feelings will remove the hardness from the heart and cause it to melt. Just as hunger helps one enjoying one's dishes, similarly the desire to serve in the wake of the feelings of the kiṅkarīs helps one to relish the sweetness … Continue reading Snippets Of Nectar

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī anxiously prays to the beloved friends of Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava and tells them of his painful love-in-separation. The aspirant devotee can only understand this by awakening his svarūpa. How sweet is that feeling: "I am a maidservant, dedicated to the devotional service of Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava!" Bhāva (feeling) makes the stream of thoughts in … Continue reading Being absorbed and the mercy of the great saints

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī is painfully eager and thus he laments out of strong desire for the service of Śrī-Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava. The aspirants will also get some of this eagerness while hearing and chanting the great words of the Gosvāmīs. He submits his heart's anxious prayers to the feet of his beloved deity. I have no … Continue reading How eagerness enters our heart

Śrīman Mahāprabhu's gift is revealed through the ācāryas. This Rādhā-dāsya is an unprecedented gift of mercy. The conditioned souls are floating in the ocean of material existence, but by some stroke of good luck some of them receive the mercy of guru and Kṛṣṇa in the form of the seed of the vine of devotion. … Continue reading Spiritual Self-identification