Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das verse 2 yad-yatnataḥ śama-damātma-viveka-yogair adhyātma-lagnam avikāram abhūn mano me | rūpasya tat smita-sudhaṁ sadayāva-lokam āsādya mādyati hareś cartair idānīm ||2|| Through the efforts of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī my mind has become equipoised (śama), controlled (dama) and absorbed in transcendence through the practice of … Continue reading Purity by mercy

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das verse 1 ābhīra-pallī-pati-putra-kāntād āsyābhilāsātibalāśva-vāraḥ | śrī-rūpa-cintāmaṇi-sapti-saṁstho mat-svānta-durdānt-hayecchur āstām ||1|| May my uncontrollable mind mount the horse of spotless thoughts about Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, which is mounted by the strong desire to serve the lover of the son of the lord of the village … Continue reading To serve the lover of the son of the lord of cowherders

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, last part nanvevaṁ - na hyaṅgopakrame dhvaṁso mad dharmasyoddhavāṇvapi' iti 'viśeṣato daśārṇo'yam japa mātreṇa siddhida' ityādi vākya balena tat tad aṅgānām ananuṣṭhāne vaikalyādāv api vā jāte nāmāparādha prasajjeta. maivam. nāmno … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , third shower – anartha-nivṛtti (2)

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