Radhanath Swami: Today we are celebrating Pushpa Abhishek- our annual flower festival. So the brahmacharis have selected this particular verse to give us a deeper sense of the profound form of meditation that you are all immersed in at this…
vande taà çrémad-advaitä- cäryam adbhuta-ceñöitam yasya prasädäd ajïo ’pi tat-svarüpaà nirüpayet I offer my respectful obeisances to Çré Advaita Äcärya, whose activities are all wonderful. By His mercy, even a foolish person can describe His characteristics. jaya jaya çré-caitanya jaya…
Reciprocation between Lord and His devotees The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna Chaitanya, reveals His most extraordinary and merciful lila to the extent He loves His devotees and of course there is no extent because the love between the…
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nityānandau sahoditau gauḍodaye puṣpavantau citrau śan-dau tamo-nudau (Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 1.2) Translation I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Sri Nityanand Prabhu who have risen like the sun and the moon…
“he kåñëa karuëä-sindho déna-bandho jagat-pate gopeça gopikä-känta rädhä-känta namo ‘stu te” “ayatäà suratau paìgor mama manda-mater gaté mat-sarvasva-padämbhojau rädhä-madana-mohanau” “dévyad-våndäraëya-kalpa-drumädhaù çrémad-ratnägära-siàhäsana-sthau çrémad-rädhä-çréla-govinda-devau preñöhälébhiù sevyamänau smarämi” “çrémän räsa-rasärambhé vaàçé-vaöa-taöa-sthitaù karñan veëu-svanair gopér gopénäthaù çriye ‘stu naù” This is the verse…
Glories, glories to Sri Radharani, the beloved of Madhava and most worship-able of the cowherd girls of Gokula Mandala! Decorated by the dress of Lord Damodara’s increasing ecstasy, You are the lady of the house of Lord Hari and the…
