VṚNDĀVANA
by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura
by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura
vṛndāvana ramyasthāna, divya ciṅtāmaṇi-dhāma
ratana-mandira manohara
āvṛta kālindī-nīre, rājahaṁsa keli kore,
tāhe śobhe kanaka-kamala
tāra madhye hema-pīṭha, aṣṭa-dale veṣṭita
aṣṭa-dale pradhānā nāyikā
tāra madhye ratnāsane, bosi āchen dui-jane
śyāma-saṅge sundarī rādhikā
rūpa-lābaṇyarāśi, amiya paḍiche khasi
hāsya-parihāsa-sambhāṣaṇe
narottama-dāsa koya, nitya-līlā sukha-moya
sadāi sphuruka mora mane
ratana-mandira manohara
āvṛta kālindī-nīre, rājahaṁsa keli kore,
tāhe śobhe kanaka-kamala
tāra madhye hema-pīṭha, aṣṭa-dale veṣṭita
aṣṭa-dale pradhānā nāyikā
tāra madhye ratnāsane, bosi āchen dui-jane
śyāma-saṅge sundarī rādhikā
rūpa-lābaṇyarāśi, amiya paḍiche khasi
hāsya-parihāsa-sambhāṣaṇe
narottama-dāsa koya, nitya-līlā sukha-moya
sadāi sphuruka mora mane
[synonyms]
Vṛndāvana is a transcendental beautiful place. It is in the spiritual sky, where everything is made of touchstone, which fulfills all desires. All the temples there are bedecked with costly jewels. In that far distant place is the River Yamunā, which is full of lotus flowers. In the midst of that throng of lotus flowers there is a golden boat, appearing like another big lotus flower, with eight petals, who are none but the eight chief gopīs who always surround Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. In the surrounding petals there is a golden throne where the two transcendental lovers, namely Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, are seated, but of all of them the governing Deity is Śrīmatī Rādhāraṇī. There is no comparison to Rādhāraṇī's beauty and the luster of Her transcendental body. The so-called beauty of the moon has fallen on the ground in the presence of Rādhāraṇī's beauty. In that assembly of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa and Their principal associates there is a flood of laughing and joking as they address one another. Narottama dāsa says that the eternal pastimes of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa from day to day are full of transcendental pleasure. Let us all remember them now and then and thus become happy even in this material world.