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

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