Namaste Srī Rādhe
Bhajan text
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Translation
"Salutations to you, O Rādhā! Salutations to you, O Shyām!" 1) "My dear friend, now I have met My beloved Krishna on this field of Kurukshetra. I am the same Rādhārānī, and now we are meeting together. It is very pleasant, but still I would like to go to the bank of the Yamunā beneath the trees of the forest there. I wish to hear the vibration of His sweet flute playing the fifth note within that forest of Vrindāvana." 2) "The sweet, fragrant nectar oozing from newly grown mango buds is again and again attracting swarms of honey- bees, who buzz loudly likely bards, and this forest is trembling in the softly moving breezes from the Malaya Hills, which are full of sandalwood trees. Thus the forest of Vrindāvana is in- creasing My transcendental pleasure immeasurably." 3) "My dear friend, this forest of Vrindāvana is giving great pleasure to our senses in various ways. Somewhere bumble- bees are singing in groups, and in some places mild breezes are cooling the entire atmosphere. Somewhere the creepers and tree twigs are dancing, the pristine jasmines are expanding their fragrance, and an overabundance of juice is constantly flowing in showers from pomegranate fruits." 4) "The beauty of Srīmati Rādhārānī’s eyes forcibly devours the beauty of newly grown blue lotus flowers, and the beauty of Her face surpasses that of an entire forest of fully blossomed lotuses. Her bodily luster seems to place even gold into a painful situation. Thus the wonderful, unprecedented beauty of Srīmati Rādhārānī is awakening in Vrindāvana."