“Sita put the garland on Rama and then her friends took her away, like the kairava flower happily blooming from the bud at the sight of the moon.” (Janaki Mangala, 111) prabhuhi bhāla pahirāi jānakihi lai calīn | sakhīṃ manahum̐… Read More ›
krishna’s mercy
Nirupama
“Both the picture of Sita and Rama and the day were incomparable. In happiness, the society and the queen look at them and receive bliss moment after moment.” (Janaki Mangala, 110) rāma sīya chabi nirūpama nirūpama so dinu | sukha… Read More ›
Narasimha Chaturdashi 2013
“Hiranyakashipu had been exactly like a fever of meningitis in the head of the three worlds. Thus when the wives of the demigods in the heavenly planets saw that the great demon had been killed by the personal hands of… Read More ›
Garland of Love
“With her beautiful, lotus-like hands she is putting on the garland, like Kamadeva placing the moon in a noose of lotuses.” (Janaki Mangala, 109) lasata lalita kara kamala māla pahirāvata | kāma phanda janu candahiṃ banaja phansāvata || Download this… Read More ›
A Helpful Nudge
“With loving hesitation, Sita steals glances at the body of her beloved, like the vines around a desire tree going through its leaves by the blowing of the wind.” (Janaki Mangala, 108) sīya saneha sakuca basa piya tana herai |… Read More ›
Awarding the Victor
“Taking the victory garland in her lotus hands, Janaki is looking so beautiful. What poet is there who can describe such a grand picture?” (Janaki Mangala, 107) kara kamalani jayamāla jānakī sohai | barani sakai chabi atulita asa kabi kohai… Read More ›
The Perfect Day
“Then the priest asked all the sakhis to sing wedding songs. They then went to bring to Janaki whatever her mind desired.” (Janaki Mangala, 106) taba upurohita kaheu sakhīṃ saba gāvana | calīṃ levāi jānakahiṃ bhā mana bhāvana || Download… Read More ›
A Spirited Debate
“The well-wishers were happy and the enemies had crying faces. The poets describe the scene of the raising of the bow as being like a pond in the morning filled with so many chakava and chakora birds and kairava and… Read More ›
Dancing in the Rain
“One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equiposed in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn’t care for… Read More ›
The Pastime Umbrella
“O sober Vidura, King Indra, his honor having been insulted, poured water incessantly on Vrindavana, and thus the inhabitants of Vraja, the land of cows, were greatly distressed. But the compassionate Lord Krishna saved them from danger with His pastime… Read More ›