“Wherever Sita’s beautiful form goes, others follow with their eyes, like blue-lotus arrows flying from Kamadeva’s bow.” (Janaki Mangala, 82) rūpa rāsi jehi ora subhāyam̐ nihārai | nīla kamala sara śreni mayana janu ḍārai || One of the many names… Read More ›
“With auspicious jewelry and beautiful clothes on the body she is looking beautiful. Looking at her, the foolish kings are illusioned by the illusion.” (Janaki Mangala, 81) mangala bhūṣana basana manju tana sohahīṃ | dekhi mūḍha mahipāla moha basa mohahiṃ… Read More ›
“Then Janaka came and asked the family guru to bring Sita. As she is a storehouse of beauty, the people received the fruit of their eyes.” (Janaki Mangala, 10.2) Shri Ramachandra’s wife is the most beautiful. As they say, “Beauty… Read More ›
“Emptying and filling the pitcher, looking again and again at the bow and Rama they are thinking. The men and women are both happy and sad, and so with all their hearts they are praying to Lord Shiva.” (Janaki Mangala,… Read More ›
“The king, queen and people of the city are staring at Rama’s beautiful body, with their hopes like a pitcher constantly filled and emptied.” (Janaki Mangala, 80) To stare at a picture with rapt attention is not to stop your… Read More ›
“Hearing of the muni’s greatness, patience came to the queen. Then her friends told her of Rama’s feat of slaying Subahu.” (Janaki Mangala, 78) A justifiable fear for a person starting out in devotional service, or bhakti-yoga, is that through… Read More ›
“Hearing those words with faith, the queen became happy in the heart. Staring at Rama’s face so much, her mind is drawn to him in affection.” (Janaki Mangala, 79) Prema, or pure love, for the Supreme Lord is not like… Read More ›
“Hearing of the muni’s greatness, patience came to the queen. Then her friends told her of Rama’s feat of slaying Subahu.” (Janaki Mangala, 78) Okay, so you’ve been working on something for a while now. This something can be anything,… Read More ›
“But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 4.40) In the realm of debate, reaching… Read More ›
“Then also when the cowherd boys and their animals drank the poisoned water of the River Yamuna, and after the Lord [in His childhood] revived them by His merciful glance, just to purify the water of the River Yamuna He… Read More ›