Jagat

raṭan vṛndāraṇye'tyaviratam aṭaṁs tatra parito naṭan gāyan premṇā pulakita-vapus tatra viluṭhan | truṭat-sarva-granthīḥ sphurad-atirasopāsti-paṭimā kadāhaṁ dhanyānāṁ mukuṭa-maṇir eṣo'smi bhavitā || Wandering without cease in the land of Vrindavan, loudly calling out in ecstasy, dancing and singing out of love, rolling on the ground, hairs standing on my body in bliss, having cut asunder all the knots of material attachment and having become expert in manifesting the worship of the rasikas, when will I become the crest jewel of the most fortunate? Bhakti is the path of ecstasy. The greatest good fortune is to attain the goal of prema-bhakti. One who has prema purifies himself and the whole world. No one is more fortunate than the person who has attained the loving service of the Divine Couple in the eternal Vrindavan. This is the truth of the Bhagavatam, where Krishna tells Uddhava, vāg gadgadā dravate yasya cittaṁ rudaty abhīkṣṇaṁ hasati kvacic ca v...

soḍhvā pāda-prahārān api ca śata-śataṁ dhik-kṛtīnāṁ ca koṭīḥ kṣut-tṛṭ-śītādi-bādhā-śatam api satataṁ dhairyam ālāmbya soḍhvā muñcan śokāśru-dhārām atikaruṇa-girā rādhikā-kṛṣṇa-nāmāny udgāyan karhi vṛndāvanam ativikalo’kiñcanaḥ sañcarāmi || When will I roam through Vrindavan bereft of all possessions, taking shelter of the virtue of patience bearing hundreds and hundreds of kicks, millions of reproaches, and the countless obstacles that arise from hunger, thirst, heat and cold? When will I roam through Vrindavan, releasing torrents of tears of grief, as I loudly sing the names of Radha and Krishna in a voice that excites their compassion? (1.23) Commentary Perhaps more than any other image coming from those presented by Prabodhananda and his followers is this one, of near madness in absorption in the nitya Vrindavan while living in this world, in the bhauma Vrindavan. This verse illustrates the characteristics of the devotee resident of Vrindavan. There are so many q...