Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das 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 eva gṛhānte. sevāparādhāntu nāmabhis … Continue reading ANARTHA NIVRITTI – Cessation of All Unfavourable Elements.

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das 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 stage is bhajana-kriyā, or the … Continue reading BHAJANA KRIYA – Devotion in practice

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das tataś cāśrita guru-caraṇasya tasya jijñāsyamāṇasya sadācārasya tacchikṣayaiva sajātīyāśaya snigdha-bhaktyabhijña sādhu-saṅga bhāgyodayaḥ TRANSLATION: After attaining faith, one takes shelter of a Guru and inquires about the rules and regulations of the devotional process. By following … Continue reading SADHU SANGA – Holy association

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das 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. TRANSLATION: First śraddhā, or … Continue reading SRADDHA – Faith

Sri Krsna-karnamrtam by Srila Bilvamangala Thakura (Nectar to the ears of Lord Krsna)  cintāmaṇir jayati somagirir gurur me śikṣā-guruś ca bhagavān śikhi-piñcha-mauliḥ | yat-pāda-kalpa-taru-pallava-śekhareṣu līlā-svayaṁvara-rasaṁ labhate jaya-śrīḥ ||1|| All glories to Cintāmaṇi and my initiating spiritual master, Somagiri. All glories to my instructing spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who wears peacock feathers in … Continue reading Beautiful Sri Krishna

In his transcendental visions Śrī Raghunātha dāsa constantly experiences the sweetness of the Divine Couple. There are no words to express this experience, but he tries as well as he can. The sweetness of God cannot be explained by writing books, therefore the writers of the scriptures call it mūkāsvādanavat: A dumb person can relish … Continue reading The sweetness of the Divine Couple

Svāminī's curly braid resembles a big dark cloud and Hari sits behind Her, slowly arranging that hair. Each hair is dearer to Him than millions of lives! He pours His whole life-airs into them! There is no limit to His ecstasy when He obtains the service of His beloved and His shivering hands are studded … Continue reading Radhika chastises Krishna with Her play-lotus

Śrī Raghunātha perceived the watersports of the Divine Couple. After playing in the water of Rādhākuṇḍa, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and Their girlfriends come back on the shore and the mañjarīs anoint Them with oil, massage Them, bathe Them again, arrange Their hair and change Their clothes. Śyāmasundara will singlehandedly decorate Śrī Rādhā in a kuñja … Continue reading Krishna expertly decorates Radhika

Śrī Raghunātha sees the Yugala Kiśora playing in the water of Rādhākuṇḍa with Kundalatā as the referee. Nāndīmukhī and Dhaniṣṭhā are also there. "What shall We play?" - "Water sports!" The mañjarīs change the participants' clothes, dressing Śrī Rādhikā and Her girlfriends in thin white sārīs and Śyāmasundara in a thin bathing-dress. Kundalatā sets the … Continue reading Divine water sports

Several devotees asked me to share something to read about "manjari-bhava". I compiled some nice verses and made them into a PDF together with the commentaries of Srila Ananta das Babaji and Srila Ananda Gopal Goswami. Vraja Vilasa Stava, verse 38 (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payo-dānābhisārādibhir vṛndāraṇya-maheśvarīṁ priyatayā yās toṣayanti priyāḥ | prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhī-kulād api kilāsaṅkocitā-bhūmikāḥ … Continue reading About manjari-bhava