Dawn and Arrival of Mukharā
The sounds of cowherds churning milk and brāhmaṇas chanting the Vedas echoed throughout the town. The loud chanting of the brāhmaṇas competed with the cows anxiously calling their calves. In competition, the clamor of the … Read More
Performing Services for Rādhā
There were raised platforms for sleeping, eating and sitting at various places in the palace. Rādhā’s mañjarīs cleansed them with water and smeared sandalwood paste and other fragrant unguents on them. The mañjarīs would spread … Read More
Disguised as a sannyasi
Sri Radha was upset with Krishna. She ordered her friends to not let Him enter her pavillion. Krishna was sorrowful. How to pacify Her? Vrinda said to Krishna: “You disguise Yourself as a sannyasi and she … Read More
While the queens were lamenting for the dead body of the King
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.2.36 तत्र ह प्रेतबन्धूनामाश्रुत्य परिदेवितम् । आह तान् बालको भूत्वा यम: स्वयमुपागत: ॥ ३६ ॥ tatra ha preta-bandhūnām āśrutya paridevitam āha tān bālako bhūtvā yamaḥ svayam upāgataḥ Synonyms tatra — there; ha — certainly; preta-bandhūnām … Read More
The Mañjarīs’ Activities and Rādhā’s Abode
Prātaḥ-līlā (6:00 a.m.—6:24 a.m.) Śrī Rūpa-mañjarī and the other mañjarīs got up, bathed and anointed their bodies with sandalwood and unguents after Rādhā fell asleep in Her in-laws home. The mañjarīs wore Rādhā’s prasādi garlands, … Read More
Preach Krishna and Depend on Krishna, and Everything Will Be Fulfilled
Perhaps we are the only society who is proclaiming, “Here is God, Krishna. Take it.” We are the only society in the whole world. Otherwise they are all misled, all misled. Others may cooperate or … Read More