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Locana dasa Thakura’s  Dhāmāli  (continued narrations) from Gadadhar Pran Das, whatsapp/email +91-7501237557

Gadadhar's writing style makes editing the spellings and so on difficult. I have decided to change my policy and just leave the Bengali words in the text without diacritics or italics. This policy began when I was halfway through this document, so please forgive the inconsistencies. When the book is published we will try to make things consistent. Sorry for the inconvenience. For other articles in this series, click here . People interested in communication with the author can write to gadadhar_das000@yahoo.co.in Chapter 25 Vishnupriya and Jahnava Devi’s Rāsa līlā Although the Rāsa līlā sankirtan that happens at midday in Vishnupriya’s gupta Vrindaban abode was previously described, in this chapter we will tell something about Her nocturnal Rāsa līlā . This spectacular event and the other madhura pastimes which precede and follow it all take place on a hidden island in the Ganga known as Gauranga sthali. In this chapter also the svārasikī story that we were foll...

Part I was here . Another Side of Thakur Bhaktivinoda, A Svārasikī Adventure (Part Two) by Gadadhar Pran Das [gadadhar̮das000@yahoo.co.in]. A svārasikī adventure is a lila meditation that follows the path of our yearning. In this segment, Vamsivadanananda Thakur continues his recitation of the Rāsa-līlā.  Sri Vamsivadana's Bhāgavata Discourse Continues Taking up from where we left off, Vamsivadana Thakur will now comment on the Bhagavatam's six verses that he just sang before Mahaprabhu and the bhaktas when the last chapter was ending. Vaṁśī uvāca: “Seeing the autumn's rising full moon awakens Krishna's romantic desires. So when arriving at the place called Rasouli, where a beautiful forest lies beside the Yamuna, Krishna plays His madhura madhura vaṁśī to lure the gopis' minds. The stirring vibration is tad-anaṅga-vardhanam as it ignites the flames of their kāma .” Let me explain this more clearly. In the Srutis it is said gāyantaṁ striyaḥ kāmaya...

In this chapter of Gadadhar Pran's presentation of his own unique bhajan path as it was inspired by his relation with Bhaktivinoda Thakur and the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition to which he belonged. This follows on the three chapters describing Vishnupriya's tattva and pastimes with Mahaprabhu. Gadadhar participates in his prana Gora's pastimes in various different svarupas and prakoshthas. His approach may seem different to many people, but as he has argued in earlier chapters of this essay, these are moods that have deep roots in the sampradaya. Srimati Vishnupriya's glories (1) Srimati Vishnupriya's glories (2) Srimati Vishnupriya's glories (3) N.B. When saying a svārasikī adventure, we mean a līlā meditation that follows the path of our yearning.  See Chapter 3 of this series . As we have been discussing Vishnupriya and Gauranga's madhura pastimes in the last three chapters, a desire is awakening to personally serve Priyaji. And an i...

As Vishnupriya and Gauranga's svakīyā and parakīyā pastimes in Goloka Nabadwip form a limitless ocean of madhura prema rasa , we hope to relish a few drops of its nectar in this chapter. When speaking about the svakīyā and the parakīyā rasa -relish, however, our Nadia Yugala's pastimes that take on a parakīyā flavor are definitely the most thrilling. And because Vishnupriya is Radha's prakāśa-vigraha , She also has millions of sakhi and dasi followers – just as Radha does. So the exciting adventures that they share with Gaurasundara in their Gupta Vrindavan abode resemble the way in which Radha-Krishna's aṣṭa-kāla līlās unfold – as they include vana-vihāra , holi, jhulan, jala-keli, Mahā-rāsa and the nikuñja-vilāsa pastimes – to mention a few. In the last chapter, Bhakti-ratnākara told that Gauranga can often be seen performing a different activity in various places within His opulent Goloka mansion; in the same way Vishnupriya can be in different places at th...