atyadbhutair madana-keli-vilāsa-vṛndair
vṛndāvanaṁ madhurimāmbudhi-magnam īkṣe ||
I see Vrindavan, which is filled with the gold and black jewel light of some Divine Couple, that pair of effulgent entities who are more beautiful than ten million pairs of Kama and his wife Rati. This Vrindavan has been immersed in the ocean of sweetness that is their most amazing loving dalliances. (1.20)
gāḍhāsaktimatām apīha viṣayeṣv atyanta-nirvedato
brahmānanda-rasaika-līna-manasāṁ govinda-pādāmbuja-
dvandvāviṣṭa-dhiyāṁ ca mohanam idaṁ vṛndāvanaṁ svair guṇaiḥ
By its own virtues, this Vrindavan enchants the minds even of those who are deeply attached to sense objects, of those who valiantly practice yoga due to being completely hopeless about sense pleasure and have become intolerant of even the briefest thought of such pleasures, of those whose minds have become totally absorbed in the one undifferentiated taste of Brahman, and even of those whose intelligence is fixed on the lotus feet of Govinda Deva. (1.21)
tam apy anubhaven mahā-rasa-nidhiṁ yad-āvāsatas
tad eva paramaṁ mama sphuratu dhāma vṛndāvanam ||
May this supreme abode of Vrindavan, always manifest in my mind. Though its sweet perfection cannot be conceived even after studying the teachings of the Upanishads for a long, long time, one can intuit it as a great ocean of rasa just by living here. (1.22)
Photo of Surya Kund deities by Gopa Devi Dasi.
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