Raghunath Das's instructions to the mind
I have started making video lectures on the Manaḥ-śikṣā by Raghunath Das Goswami. These are being posted on my YouTube channel . I found this translation on the internet and made a few changes. Manaḥ-śikṣā by Raghunath Das Goswami gurau goṣṭhe goṣṭhālayiṣu sujane bhū-sura-gaṇe sva-mantre śrī-nāmni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-smaraṇe sadā dambhaṁ hitvā kuru ratim apūrvām atitarāṁ aye svāntar bhrātaś caṭubhir abhiyāce dhṛta-padaḥ ||1|| O mind, I grasp your feet and beg you with sweet words: Please cast away all hypocrisy and develop intense, unprecedented love for the spiritual master, Vrajabhumi, the people of Vraja, the Vaishnavas, the brahmins, your initiation mantra, the holy name, and in remembering the fresh young couple of Vraja, Radha and Krishna. na dharmaṁ nādharmaṁ śruti-gaṇa-niruktaṁ kila kuru vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pracura-paricaryām iha tanu | śacī-sūnuṁ nandīśvara-pati-sutatve guru-varaṁ mukunda-preṣṭhatve smara param ajasraṁ nanu manaḥ ||2|| O mind, don’t concern y...