{"id":10798,"date":"2020-08-20T10:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=10798"},"modified":"2020-08-11T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:28:09","slug":"sri-sri-radha-rasa-sudhanidhi-verse-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/sri-sri-radha-rasa-sudhanidhi-verse-13\/","title":{"rendered":"\u015ar\u012b-\u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101 Rasa Sudh\u0101nidhi, verse\u00a013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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V\u1e5aND\u0100VANE\u015aVARI TAVAIVA PAD\u0100RAVINDA<\/span>
\nPREM\u0100M\u1e5aTAIKA MAKARANDA RASAUGHA P\u016aR\u1e46AM<\/span>
\nH\u1e5aDYARPITA\u1e40 MADHUPATE\u1e24 SMARA-T\u0100PAM UGRA\u1e40<\/span>
\nNIRV\u0100PAYAT PARAMA \u015a\u012aTALAM \u0100\u015aRAY\u0100MI<\/span><\/p>\n

O Queen of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana! When Madhupati (K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the rasika bee) holds Your most cooling lotus-feet, which are filled with the honey of nectarine love taste, to His heart He extinguishes the terrible fire of His desire. I take shelter of these feet!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u015aR\u012b R\u0100DH\u0100\u2019S COOLING LOTUS-FEET:<\/span><\/p>\n

Commentary: \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da suffers of separation from Sv\u0101min\u012b and humbly prays:<\/span>
\n\u201cO Sv\u0101mini! Cast Your favorable glance on Your lowly maidservant!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One may ask: \u201cSv\u0101min\u012b\u2019s compassion is unlimited, how can She stay at ease while Her maidservant suffers so much?\u201d<\/span>
\nThe answer to this question is:<\/span>
\nOne must experience separation in order to increase the happiness of union.<\/span>
\n\u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b teaches us:<\/span><\/p>\n

na vin\u0101 vipralambhena sambhoga pu\u1e63\u1e6dim a\u015bnute<\/span>
\nk\u0101\u1e63\u0101yite hi vastr\u0101dau bh\u016byan r\u0101go vivardhate<\/span>
\n(Ujjvala N\u012blama\u1e47i, \u015a\u1e5b\u1e45g\u0101ra bheda)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust as one can remove the dirt from a cloth with alkali and thus can not only give it its original color back, but can even make its color brighter than it was before washing it, so also one cannot nourish the experience of meeting without first feeling separation.\u201d<\/span>
\n(The word r\u0101ga means both \u2018colour\u2019 and \u2018love\u2019, Ed.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Not only that, the Gosv\u0101m\u012bs also say that the ecstasy of separation is superior to the ecstasy of meeting, and that is why there is so much separation experienced in the pure sweet pastimes of Vraja! The gop\u012bs all have mah\u0101bh\u0101va, so they are constantly feeling separation from K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, even when they are actually united with Him .<\/span>
\nEven the greatest saints feel themselves blessed when they can witness the gop\u012bs\u2019 love in separation. When Uddhava Mah\u0101\u015baya came to Vraja, he told the Vraja dev\u012bs: virahena mah\u0101bh\u0101g\u0101 mah\u0101n me\u2019nugraha\u1e25 k\u1e5bta\u1e25 (\u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavata 10.47.27) \u2013 \u201cYou have shown great mercy on me by exhibiting your ecstatic love in separation, O greatly fortunate girls! If you had not suffered so much out of separation, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a would never have sent me here to console you, and I would never have been able to see your astonishing love for Him!\u201d<\/span>
\nFeeling great separation \u015ar\u012bpada thinks: \u201cThere is no other recourse but to take shelter of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101\u2019s most cool lotus-feet!\u201d parama \u015b\u012btala\u1e41 tavaiva pad\u0101ravindam \u0101\u015bray\u0101mi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then a new pastime suddenly appears before \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da\u2019s love anointed eyes. He sees \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b sitting in a trystingbower, agitated by feelings of separation from K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Who is somewhat late for His appointment. \u015ar\u012bmati embraces Her girlfriends and laments as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

bandhura l\u0101giya seja vich\u0101yalu\u1e41 g\u0101\u1e45thilu\u1e41 phulera m\u0101l\u0101<\/span>
\nt\u0101mb\u016bla s\u0101jalum d\u012bpa uj\u0101ralu\u1e41 mandira hoilo \u0101l\u0101<\/span>
\nsoi, p\u0101che e sob hoibe \u0101n!<\/span>
\nse heno n\u0101gara, gu\u1e47era s\u0101gara, k\u0101he na milalo k\u0101na<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI made the bed for My lover and strung a flower garland for Him. I prepared betel-leaves and I lit the lamps. I made the bower house very beautiful; but, O My friend, all this will turn out different\u00acly! I will not meet My hero, Who is an ocean of attributes!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u015b\u0101\u015bur\u012b nanade, v\u0101ncan\u0101 koriy\u0101, \u0101ilu\u1e41 gahana vane<\/span>
\nbo\u1e0do s\u0101dha mone, e r\u016bpa yauvane, milabo bandhura sane<\/span>
\npath p\u0101ne c\u0101hi, koto na rahibo, koto prabodhibo mone,<\/span>
\nrasa \u015biroma\u1e47i, \u0101sibo ekhoni, d\u012bna ca\u1e47\u1e0d\u012b d\u0101sa bha\u1e41e<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI deceived My mother in law and My sister in law to come into the deep forest, and with great effort I decorated My youthful beautiful body to meet My lover. I\u2019m looking down the road for Him to come, telling My mind that this crown-jewel of relishers will certainly come now. Thus sings the wretched Ca\u1e47\u1e0d\u012b D\u0101sa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As a maidservant, \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da pacifies virahavati, separated R\u0101dh\u0101, saying: \u201cStay calm a little! Your lover will come just now!\u201d And indeed, after a slight delay K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a arrives. Although R\u0101dhik\u0101 blooms up of joy when She sees Her lover coming, She becomes proud because of Her natural v\u0101mya svabh\u0101va (unsubmissive nature) which makes Her pull Her veil over Her face and turn Her back on Her lover. Vidagdha r\u0101ja (K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the king of clever pranksters) tries to pacify Her by using so many clever words. Sitting at Her beautiful feet, He prays to Her with folded hands: \u201cLift Your face and look at Me, O R\u0101i! Give up Your pride and look at Me once, then the darkness in My heart will be dispelled! R\u0101i! How much more will You test Me? Take My flute if You want, as long as I can touch the dust of Your lotus-feet! You are the ointment of My eyes, that are absorbed in staring at You, and You are the thief of My heart! The creator has given You the most beautiful form, qualities and tender youthfulness in the whole world! O beautiful girl! Why should You be miserly when You possess all this wealth of beauty?\u201d<\/span>
\nToday the jewel of lovers is not able to soften \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b\u2019s heart. His heart is burning severely with lust as He thinks to Himself: \u201cLet Me see what happens if I touch Her beautiful feet just once?\u201d When He thinks like that, a wave of bliss flows through His heart. \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101 sits on a jewelled throne, keeping Her feet on a footstool.<\/span><\/p>\n

K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a tries to please Her and catches these feet to place them on His head, but at the same time \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b pulls Her feet back, so that they end up on K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s chest. \u015ar\u012bmat Kavi Kar\u1e47apura describes how beautifully \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b\u2019s footlac then shines on \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s chest:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u015br\u012bvatsasya ca kaustubhasya ca ram\u0101 devy\u0101sya garh\u0101karo<\/span>
\nr\u0101dh\u0101 p\u0101da saroja y\u0101vaka raso vak\u1e63a\u1e25-sthalastho hare\u1e25<\/span>
\nb\u0101l\u0101rka dyuti ma\u1e47\u1e0dal\u012bva timirai\u015b chandena vand\u012bk\u1e5bta<\/span>
\nkalindy\u0101\u1e25 payas\u012bva p\u012bba vikaca\u1e41 raktotpala\u1e41 p\u0101tu vah<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMay the lac on R\u0101dh\u0101\u2019s lotus-feet, that sticks on Hari\u2019s chest and that defeats the beauty of the \u015ar\u012bvatsa sign, the Kaustubha gem and the goddess of fortune there, that is praised by the rising sun at the end of night, and that looks like a big blossoming red lotus-flower in the water of the Yamun\u0101, protect You!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u015ar\u012b Hari has extinguished the burning fire of lust in His heart by keeping Her cool lotus-feet to it. The word madhupati in the text means \u2018relishing bee\u2019. A bee\u2019s heart is soothed by a cooling drink of honey, but this bee (Madhupati K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a) is cooling Himself off by keeping lotus flowers to His chest. These are extraordinary lotus-flowers! Normally a lusty man feels even more agitated by the fire of lust when he sees a lotus-flower, which may remind him of his beloved\u2019s feet, but K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a extinguishes the strong fire of lust in His heart with the cooling touch of \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101\u2019s lotus-feet, that are filled with the sweetest nectar-stream of love. Nectar is both cooling and intoxicating. The word makaranda rasa (honey juice) in the text can also indicate a love called madhu sneha, which is defined by \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b in \u2018Ujjvala N\u012blama\u1e47i\u2019 as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

mad\u012byatv\u0101ti\u015baya bh\u0101k priye sneho bhaven madhu<\/span>
\nsvaya\u1e41 praka\u1e6da m\u0101dhuryo n\u0101n\u0101 rasa sam\u0101h\u1e5bta\u1e25<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMadhu sneha is that kind of self-manifest sweet love that consists of different mellows and that makes the lover think \u201cK\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is Mine!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Candr\u0101val\u012b has gh\u1e5bta sneha (love like clarified butter) and R\u0101dh\u0101 has madhu sneha (love like honey). Because R\u0101dhik\u0101\u2019s lotus-feet contain different mellows, they are called rasaugha in the text. When sneha increases in intensity it is called m\u0101na:<\/span><\/p>\n

snehas t\u016btk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dat\u0101v\u0101ptya m\u0101dhurya\u1e41 m\u0101nayan navam<\/span>
\nyo dh\u0101rayaty adak\u1e63i\u1e47ya\u1e41 sa m\u0101na iti k\u012brtyate<\/span>
\n(Ujjvala N\u012blama\u1e47i)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen sneha increases it shows an ever fresh sweetness. It makes the beloved crooked and unsubmissive and this is called m\u0101na\u201d. Rasar\u0101ja (K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a) soothes His heart by being touched by this excellent sneha rasa. He manages to soothe R\u0101dh\u0101\u2019s pique by keeping Her feet to His chest and \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da is so fortunate to relish the sweetness of Their amorous meeting. Suddenly the vision slips away from \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da, whose heart then begins to burn in the fire of separation once more. Desiring the shelter of R\u0101dh\u0101\u2019s cooling lotus-feet to extinguish that burning fire, he says: \u201cThose same cooling lotus-feet, that extinguish the fire of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s lusty desires, are the only means to pacify the pain of separation that I feel!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

he v\u1e5bnd\u0101vane\u015bvari! hari citta manoh\u0101ri,<\/span>
\nnitya nava nayan\u0101bhir\u0101ma<\/span>
\nhe bh\u0101nu kulacanda, tomara pad\u0101ravinda,<\/span>
\nprem\u0101m\u1e5bta makaranda dh\u0101ma<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO Queen of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana! O enchanter of Hari\u2019s heart who gives ever new pleasure to the eyes! O moon of Mah\u0101r\u0101ja V\u1e5b\u1e63abh\u0101nu\u2019s dynasty! Your lotus-feet are the abode of the nectarean honey of love!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

ugra smar\u0101nala t\u0101pe, utt\u0101pita hoy yabe,<\/span>
\n\u015br\u012b harira sarvendriya ga\u1e47a<\/span>
\nsmara t\u0101pa nirv\u0101pane, h\u1e5bde dhare se cara\u1e47e,<\/span>
\nmadhupati vrajendra nandana<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen all the senses of the Hari bee, the prince of Vraja, are burning in the horrible fire of lust, He holds Your feet to His chest to extinguish that fire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

he r\u0101dhe! du\u1e6d\u012b pada, bhakta ko\u1e6di sampada,<\/span>
\nsarva \u015bre\u1e63\u1e6dha sukha niketana.<\/span>
\nbha\u1e47e \u015br\u012b prabodh\u0101nanda, sei se param\u0101nanda,<\/span>
\np\u0101da padme loinu \u015bara\u1e47a<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cO R\u0101dhe! Your feet are the treasure of all the devotees and they are the highest abode of bliss! \u015ar\u012b Prabodh\u0101nanda takes shelter of these lotus-feet while singing this in topmost bliss!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 V\u1e5aND\u0100VANE\u015aVARI TAVAIVA PAD\u0100RAVINDA PREM\u0100M\u1e5aTAIKA MAKARANDA RASAUGHA P\u016aR\u1e46AM H\u1e5aDYARPITA\u1e40 MADHUPATE\u1e24 SMARA-T\u0100PAM UGRA\u1e40 NIRV\u0100PAYAT PARAMA \u015a\u012aTALAM \u0100\u015aRAY\u0100MI O Queen of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana! When Madhupati (K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the rasika bee) holds Your most cooling lotus-feet, which are filled with the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 01:38:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}