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March 2004 Meditation - Nectars



Revati - Sun, 21 Mar 2004 05:58:43 +0530
GAURANGE MRADIMA SMITE MADHURIMA NETRANCALE DRAGHIMA
VARKSOJE GARIMA TATHAIVA TANIMA MADHYE GATAU MANDIMA
SRONYAM CA PRATHIMA BHRUVOH KUTILIMA BIMRADHARE SONIMA
SRI RADHE HRDI TE RASENA JADIMA DHYANESTU ME GOCARAH


“O Sri Radhe! May the softness of Your golden body, the sweetness of Yours smiles, the wideness of Your eyes, the volume of Your breast, the thinness of Yours waist, the slowness of Your steps, the wideness of Your hips, the crookedness of Your eyebrows, the redness of Your cherry-lips and the numbness of Your rasika heart be manifest in my meditation.”

Srila Rupa Gosvamipada writes in Ujjvala Nilamani (srgara bheda, 46)

maurccham apnuvati pravisya madhupair gitam kadambatavim
nama vyaharata hareh priasakhi vrndena sandhuksita


“When Radhika enters a Kadamba forest on the bank of the Yamuna, where bumblebees are singing, She faints, but Her girlfriends revive Her by loudly singing Hari’s name to Her.”

The kinkaris chant the sixteen-words, 32 syllables of Krishna-Mantra to Sri Radhika, of which there is the following sweet- word-for-word explanation:

EKADA KRISNA VIRAHAT DHIYAYANTI PRYIA SANGAMAM
MANO VASPA NIRASARTHAM JALPATIDAM MUHUR MUHUR
HARE KRISNA HARE KRISNA KRISNA KRISNA HARE HARE
HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE


“ Once, Radhika tried to stop the tears She cried out of separation from Krishna by meditating on Him and constantly repeating these names of Him: hare krishna, hare krishna, krishna krishna, hare hare, hare rama, hare rama, rama rama, hare hare.Hare nama sravana matrena mama mano harasi: “ Hare! You steal My mind when I simply hear You name.” krishna vamsi vadyena grhad vanam mamakarsasi “Krishna! By playing Your flute You attract Me from My house into the forest.” hare lajja dharyadhikam harasi “Hare! You steal My shame and My patience!” krisna sanga saurabhyena mamakarsasi “Krishna! You attract Me with Your bodily fragance!” krisna sanga lavanyena pralobhya mamakarsasi “Krishna! With Your bodily luster You attract Me and make Me greedy!” krishna sarvadhikanandena pralobhya mamakarsasi “Krishna! With Your supreme bliss You attract Me and make Me!” hare sva bahu nibaddham mam puspa-sayyam prati nayasi “Hare! You bind Me in Your arm and take Me to a bed of flowers!” hare tatra nivesitaya me antariyam balat harasi “Hare! There You take off My undergarments!”

Extracted from Sri Sri Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi