GEMS FROM VRAJA

GEMS FROM VRAJA

Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya Lila 8.181  

"Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is a mine filled with valuable jewels of love for Kṛṣṇa. Her transcendental body is complete with unparalleled spiritual qualities."

My friend has come from Vraja

with a casket of jewels

given by Radha,

at times she opens it,

takes a coloured gem in her hand

and thus walks the dusty streets

of that magic land.

In a whisper

and with pearly tears in her eyes

she opens the box

with the key of her desire.

One stone with its halo of green

envelopes us in the mist

of a forest of sentient trees, ⁽¹⁾

sweetness pervades the air

and

what is to be said there, 

must be spoken as a prayer;

when our eyes melt with tears

the jewel oozes sugarcane

that falls on our tongues

in the form of the Holy Name.

Once again she takes a gem ~

the shimmering prism of colours

mesmerizes her,

as she holds it in her hand,

rivers of enchanting pastimes

flow from her tongue

~ cannot stop ~

the more of the fluid nectar I hear

the more and more

drizzle of glittered saffron dust ⁽²⁾

floods my cupped ears ~

it is only about this land

that I wish to hear,

in this way the drizzle

grows into gems, deeply  sown

in the cavern of my heart,

where, once studded with jewels of love

 might become like the Dham,

brilliant and shining, ~

so that from my tongue

 will appear many songs

to which I will dance,

blissful and mad.

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1) Ter Kadamba

2) SB 4.20.25 "My dear Lord, You are glorified by the selected verses uttered by great personalities. Such glorification of Your lotus feet is just like saffron particles. [...]  "