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June 2003's Meditations -



Hari Saran - Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:44:21 +0530
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baraNe taDita bAsa tArAbalI
kamala maJjarI nAma |
sADe bAra barSa bayasa satata
svAnanda-sukhada-dhAma || 1 ||

“Having a complexion like lightning, wearing a dress ornamented with stars, my name is Kamala Manjari. I am eternally twelve and half years old, living in the abode of Svananda Sukhada.”


karpUra sebA lalitAra gaNa
rAdhA yuthezvarI hana |
mamezvarI-nAtha zrI nanda-nandana
AmAra parANa dhana || 2 ||

“I am engaged in serving camphor in the group of Lalita, and Radha is my yuthesvari. Sri Nanda-nandana is the lover of my mistress and the treasure of my life.”


zrI rUpa maJjari prabhRtira sama
yugala sebAya Aza |
abazya se-rUpa sebA pAbo Ami
parAkASThA su-bisbAsa || 3 ||

“I long to serve the Divine Couple like Sri Rupa Manjari and others. Certainly I will attain service like this, that is the pinnacle of my aspiration and my firm conviction.”


kabe bA e dAsI saMsiddhi labhibe
rAdhA-kuNDe bAsa kori |
rAdhA-kRSNa-seba satata koribe
pUrba smRti parihari || 4 ||

“When will this maidservant attain the perfection she longs for, living on the banks of RAdha Kunda? Then I will always engage in serving Radha and Krishna, having forgotten all memories of the past.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Siddhi-Lalasa

Picture's name: Mukha Carita
Artist : Vrindavana das


Your servant
Hari Saran das
Hari Saran - Sun, 29 Jun 2003 04:52:37 +0530
From Canto VIII of the Gita Govinda:


antarmohan amaulighur
nanachalan mandaravibhram sana
stambhakar shanadrip tiharshana
mahamantrah kurangidrisam

dripyaddana vaduyama nadivishad
durvaraduh khapadam
bhramsah kamsaripor vipolayatu
vah sreyamsi vamsiravah

"The sound of Krishna's flute charms the entire creation, animate as well as inanimate. The deer-eyed gopis of Vraja are so fascinated "herewith that mandara flowers which decorate their coiffure fall. May the sound of Krishna's flute, the enemy of Kamsa and saviour of gods, bless you all!"
Hari Saran - Sun, 29 Jun 2003 05:06:40 +0530
From Canto XI of the Gita Govinda:


hara valitara lakanchana kanchidama
keyura kankana manidyu tidipitasya
dvare nikun janila yasya harim nirikshya
vridavatimatha sakhi miyam ity uvacha

manju tarakunja talakeli sadane
vilasa ratirabha sahasita vadane
pravisa radhe madhava samipamiha

navabhavada sokadalala sayanasare
vilasa kuchakala satara lahare
kusuma chayarachita suchiva sagehe
vilasa kusuma suku maradehe

Noticing Hari at the entrance of the bower, Radha, who decked herself with beaming ornaments, felt abashed. But her sakhi thus exhorted her:


"Enter, sweet Radha,
the bower of Madhava.

Seek delight, O thou,
whose bosom laughs
with the foretaste of happiness.

Enter, sweet Radha,
the bower graced
with a bed of asoka leaves.

Seek delight, O thou,
whose garland leaps
with joy on the breast.

Enter, sweet Radha,
the bower illumined
with gay blossoms.

Seek delight, O thou,
whose limbs far excel
them in softness."


Source :
http://www.goloka.com/docs/gita_govinda/gi...govinda_10.html