Jagat

Rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhi . We have been doing the wonderful descriptions of Radha's abhisāra in verses 19-22. Five or six people are coming every day, from a pool of about 10 or 15. Ananda Kumar Tiwari is the main man, though. He is so enthusiastic, it warms the heart. Just enough time to share some of it. The abhisāra descriptions, though, fit in nicely with the theme of the poem that I wrote the other day. Ananta Das seems to say almost the exact same things as he describes how the kinkari serves Radha from beginning to end of the abhisāra . First by making Radha conscious enough to go after she hears the flute to protecting her on the way: "No, swamini, you are going too fast. Wait for me, I can't keep up. Besides, if you go too fast, you might fall and hurt yourself. What if you scratch your feet, which are Govinda's very life?" dṛṣṭvaiva candrakam atīva-camatkṛtāṅgī veṇu-dhvaniṁ kva ca niśamya ca vihvalāṅgī | sā śyāmasundara-guṇair anugīyamānaiḥ...

I am reading a nice little book called Nilachale Vraja Madhuri by Rasika Mohan Vidyabhushan. It imagines the conversations between Svarupa Damodar, Ramananda Ray and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the Gambhira. Here is a section that I would like to share (translated from Bengali) ================================== Mahaprabhu: "Svarupa ! It is true that Radharani's abhisar is amazing. On the one hand, she is so eager, on the other so fearful. It seems that she is manoeuvering her way through the problems presented by these conflicting emotions to make her way toward Krishna. It is a very bold action on her part." Svarupa Damodar: "Yes, Prabhu, you are right. This is why extreme courage is an important aspect of the abhisar. It is quite a problem, indeed. Radha is so eager to meet with Krishna, and yet the elders in her home and the neighbors in the village are all watching over her. No one's eyes are closed in sleep, so how will she ever get to see her Shyamasundar? Fa...