Nishanta lila Padavali Kirtan Lila smaran blends nicely with Sriman Gaurasundar’s Goloka-prema-dhana sankirtan. In order to assist the Lord’s preaching, many Gaudiya Mahajanas recorded Vrindavan’s lila rasa in the form of padavali kirtan. A pada is a song composed in Bengali verse describing the Lord’s form, pastimes or mellows. Lila smaran is usually performed to…
Nishanta lila Overview Ashta-kala lila smaran is also sometimes called daṇḍa atmikā sevā, or devotional meditation in which each unit of time (a daṇḍa = 24 minutes) is assigned to a particular pastime. One can thus know at any given moment during the day what pastimes the Divine Couple are engaged in. There are six dandas…
Nishanta lila Verses 111-117 Rādhā and Krishna’s pangs of separation Verse 111 After leaving Rādhā, Krishna feels melanchoy and struggles anxiously along, watching in every direction. Chandravali’s sakhis lie in waiting on the left, and the senior gopa-community are ahead. Krishna anticipates Jatila’s arrival from the West, and his eyes look back to Rādhā who…
Nishanta lila Verses 106-110 Rādhā and Krishna separte eachother Verse 106 In this way, as Sri Krishna exchanges madhura rasamaya katha with Rādhā and the sakhis, everyone forgets once again the pressing need to return home. Verse 107 Thus Vrinda Devi anxiously signals to an elderly female monkey named Kakkhati. Verse 108 Understanding what to…
Nishanta lila – Verses 98-105 Krishna’s speach Verse 98″ Just look! The sun’s proud mistress, the lotus, addresses the lily: ‘Your husband the moon is the chief of the brahmin community, the destroyer of peoples’ sins, and peaceful by nature. But after drinking the varuni wine of the western sky, he was dispossessed of his…
Nishanta lila Verses 92-97 Khandita-bhava and mana lila The sinful sun Verse 92 Lalita is angry with the newly risen sun for spoiling Rādhā Krishna’s enjoyment. Thus she insults Surya Deva: Verse 93 “Hey Radhe, just look! Even though the sun became a leper for upsetting the amorous pastimes of every romantic couple, he still…
Nishanta lila Verses 82-91 The manjaris clean the ananga’s battlefield Verse 82 Now the manjaris collect the previous night’s seva paraphernalia. Someone carries a golden lota, someone picks up a golden-handled chamara, another manjari takes a jeweled mirror, another picks up the colorful chandan box and the jeweled pan containers, while another seva dasi takes…
Nishanta lila Verses 79-81 Rādhā and Krishna leave the Kunja Verse 79 As Sri Krishna notices Vrishabhanu-nandini’s restless eyes and beautiful face lighting up with fear, he (mistakenly) covers himself with her deep blue orana and quickly rises from the flower bed.Verse 80 Putting on each other’s garments in their hurry, Rādhā and Krishna hold…
Verses 72-78 The daylight only darkens the pure hearts of the Vraja sundaris Verse 72 Seeing Rādhā Krishna sinking deeper into their lilamrita sindhu, and seeing the sakhis and manjaris intoxicated and blind due to prema, Vrinda becomes apprehensive! Verse 73 Thus she turns to her trained shari named Shubha, who is expert in averting…
Vers 71 The means to overcome worldly attachment Thus, as the sakhis and manjaris completely submerge within the prema sukha sagara (the joyful ocean of prema) of Sri Sri Rādhā Govinda’s vilasa madhuri (sweet loving-play) the urgency of returning home is forgotten! Here is the means to overcome worldly attachment. By contemplating Rādhā Krishna’s lilas…