Jagat

Dancing for Radha Raman in Vrindavan . Vrindavan Today . śyāma-prāṇa-mṛgaika-khelana-vana-śreṇī sadā śyāmalot- khelan-mānasa-mīna-divya-sarasī śyāmāli-sat-padminī | śyāmānaṅga-sutapta-hṛc-chiśiratā-kāri-sphurac-candrikā śyāmānanya-sunāgareṇa viharaty ekā mama svāminī || My Swamini is the forest where gambols the black buck of Shyam's life-breath ; she is the divine clear lake where glides the fish of Shyam's mind ; she is the lotus flower garden where plays the Shyam honeybee, and the brilliant moonlight that cools Shyam's burning, passionate heart. She alone dallies with Shyam, her peerless lover. This verse is unusual in the Vṛndāvana-mahimāmṛta because it does not fit the usual pattern of specifically mentioning Vrindavan by name. Instead Radha is herself identified with the forest in the first line where the word vana does appear. But throughout the verse, all the manifestations of Nature, whether the lakes or lotus flower garden, o...