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Jan. 2004 Meditations - Vrndavana Mellows
Gaurasundara - Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:00:20 +0530
rAdhA-kRSNa-vilAsa-pUrNa-su-camatkAraM mahA mAdhurI-
sAra-sphAra-camatkRtiM hari-rasotkarSasya kASThA parAm
divyaM svAdya-rasaika-rAmya-subhagAzeSaM na zeSAdibhiH
seZair gamya-guNaugha-pAram anizAM saMstaumi vRndAvanaM
"Day and night I offer my humble prayers to the abode of VRndAvana, which is full of splendor due to the transcendental pastimes of ZrI ZrI RAdha and KRSNa, which is the topmost abode of the transcendental mellos of ZrI Hari’s devotional service, which is enriched with the most relishable exalted rasa, and which even the supreme controller, ZeSa, and the demigods are unable to fully glorify."
- ZrI vRndAvana mahimAmRta 1.4
Gaurasundara - Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:03:00 +0530
aty-AzcaryA sarvato ‘smAd-vicitrA
zrImad-rAdhA-kuJja-vAtI cakAsti
Adyo bhAvo yo viSuddho ‘ti-pUrNas
tad-rUpA sA tAdRzonmAdi-sarvAH
"The most enchanting grove of ZrI RadhA is much more beautiful than this visible world. It is sanctified and exactly resembles the highest original mood of zRngAra-rasa, the conjugal mellow. Anything related to this abode of RadhArAnI certainly bewilders everyone."- zrI vRndAvana mahimAmRta 1.9
Gaurasundara - Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:45:29 +0530
rAdhA-kRSNa-rahasya-dAsya-rasa eveSTaH pum-arthi mama
tyaktvA sarvam ahaM kadApi niyatam vatsyAmi vRndAvane
itthaM syAd api vAci yasya paramAsaktasya gehAdike
nAsaktAv api saktatA-parihRtau taM pAti vRndATavi
"My desired goal of life is to obtain the wonderful loving service of ZrI ZrI RAdhA and KRSNa. When will I give up everything and perpetually live in VRndAvana? If a person who is attached and unable to give up his body, house, and so on declares in this way, then the abode of ZrI VRndAvana will certainly protect such a person." - zrI vRndAvana mahimAmRta 1.94
Gaurasundara - Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:51:49 +0530
nilayanAya nikuJja-kuTI-gatAM
vara-sakhI-nayaneGgita-sUcitAm
su-militAM hariNA smara rAdhikAM
anu ca tAM parirambhita-cumbitAM"Just meditate on ZrI RAdhA, who is embraced and kissed by Her beloved ZrI Hari, who with the help of the gopIs, spotted Her in the grove of VRndAvana as She was about to run away."
- zrI vRndAvana mahimAmRta 2.75
Gaurasundara - Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:53:12 +0530
svantar-bhAva-virodhinI vyavahRtiH sarvA zanais tyajyatAM
svAntaz cintita-tattvam eva satataM sarvatra sandhIyatAm
tad-bhAvekSaNataH sadA sthira-care 'nyA dRk tiro-bhavyatAM
vRndAraNya-vilAsinor nizi divA dAsyotsava sthIyatAm
One by one, give up all activities that are averse to your internal mood. Always meditate on the subject matter that is firmly fixed in your heart. Consider all animate and inanimate living entities of VRndAvana to be absorbed in thoughts of ZrI ZrI RadhA and KRSNa, and in this way always reside in VRndAvana in a festive mood in the service of the youthful divine couple." - zrI vRndAvana-mahimAmRta 3.1
Gaurasundara - Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:04:16 +0530
mithaH kamala-kairavAdy-udita-hAsam aGge kSipan
mukhena dizI mudraNA-yuji kRtAmbu-gaNdUSakam
samukSya jita-kAzi tat kvacaa magnam utthApayad
dvayaM taraNijAmbhasi sphurati gaura-nIlaM mahaH
Sometimes ZrI ZrI RAdhA and KRSNa joyfully throw lotus flowers at each other, sometimes They spit water from Their mouths onto the closed eyes of each other, sometimes They splash the waters of the YamunA like torrents of rain, and sometimes one lifts the other out of the water - in this way the fair and dark-complexioned divine young couple of VRndAvana enjoy Their pastimes in the waters of the YamunA. - zrI vRndAvana-mahimAmRta 3.70
Gaurasundara - Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:40:37 +0530
aty-uccaiH prasarat-parAga-paTalaM proDDIyamAna-dvijaM
vAtonmAdam itas tato 'ti-madhurodArAntarIyojjvalam
yasyA gAdham agAdham antar udayat-kuJjAmbu sA rAdhikA-
kRSNAnanda-vivardhinI bahu-sukhaM kRSNA prapuSNAtu vaH
May the YamunA River, which constantly increases the happiness of ZrI ZrI RAdhA and KRSNa, and where birds are flying about everywhere, where the fragrance of flowers fills all directions, and where many beautiful VRndAvana forest groves are reflected in the waters, maintain you by awarding you happiness. - zrI vRndAvana-mahimAmRta 3.73
Gaurasundara - Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:47:32 +0530
snigdha-svarNa-su-gaura-sundara-vapur lAvaNya-vanyA-kRtA-
dvaitaM nUtana-yauvana-pratipadAzcaryAGga-bhaGgI-zatam
zyAmendu-prathamAnurAga-vahalormIbhir mahAndolitaM
zrI-vRndAvana-kuJja-vIthiSu kadA divyaM tad IkSe mahaHWhen will I see the effulgent transcendental queen ZrI RAdhA wandering about in the groves of VRndAvana? Her bodily hue is just like gold, and She possesses charming beauty. She is the personification of unique transcendental love of God. She is expert in Her youthful emotions, and She is completely bewildered by the waves of Lord KRSNa's transcendental ocean of intense attachment.
- zrI vRndAvana-mahimAmRta 3.80
Gaurasundara - Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:03:03 +0530
ekaM vIkSya jihreti yasya kavarIm anyAn mukhaM mohanam
kiJcid vakSasijau dRzau kim api yad dAntAdharaM kiJcana
kiJcid yad-dyuti-maJjarIr iti mahAzcaryaM nikuJjodare
zyAmoraH-sthala-bhUSaNaM sphuratu me tad dhAma-gauraM mahaH
On seeing KRSNa's hairdo RAdhA feels embarrassed, and on seeing RAdhA's beautiful face KRSNa feels embarrassed. In this way on seeing RAdhA's breasts KRSNa feels embarrassed, and on seeing KRSNa's eyes RAdhA feels embarrassed. On seeing Her teeth and lips He feels embarrassed, and on seeing His glittering effulgence She feels embarrassed. May the fair-complexioned ZrI RAdhA, who is just like an ornament on the chest of KRSNa, manifest within my heart. - zrI vRndAvana-mahimAmRta 3.81