16 Glossary Articles Found
The potters of Vrindavan are truly blessed. Their hands turn the wheel to create beautiful vessels, creating karūvā (water pots) and kulahaḍ (earthen cups) from the soil of Vraja.
The raja (sand) of Shri Vrindavan Dham captivates me. The queen of this divine Dham is Shri Radha, and the King is Krishn, whose reign is glorious forever.
The two reddish soles of Shri Kishori Ji’s feet appear as if they are the abode of divine love.
O Shri Radha, please grant me the residence of your divine abode called “Vrindavan”, where I will stay in the bowers keeping a Karuva (earthen pot) in my hand and Prasadi (offered to Lord) Gunja (Abrus precatorius) garland around my neck.
Kalyan Pujari Ji was a high-class devotee who observed the path of the exclusive worship of Shri Shyamashyam. He always spoke sweet words which used to take away the hearts of devotees and give them happiness.
O Bihārīdāsa! One should live in Braja according to the simple way of life symbolized by the karuvā (pot made up of Braj Raj) and kāmarī (a blanket). Whatever simple food comes from the homes of the Brajavāsīs should be accepted with contentment.
The impediments of my heart will only be resolved when I serve and admire the Raj of Vrindavan fearlessly.
With a simple karūvā (water pot) in hand, a kaupīna (loincloth) upon the body, and a kāmarī (blanked) as your only covering — meaning, having truly renounced all worldly desires — when you wander with love through the kuñjas of Vṛndāvana and along the banks of Śrī Yamunā, only then will the rasa-filled divine Couple, Śrī Bihārī-Bihāriṇī Jī, reveal Themselves to you. Śrī Nāgarideva Jī declares that only in such a state does one attain the intimate service of that transcendental couple.
O Vrindavan! When will you grace me such that I will reside in the midst of the groves of Vrindavan by keeping one Karuva (mud water pot) in hand and Kamari (blanket) on the shoulder?
There lived a great scholar, righteous, the abode of virtues, and a great devotee Shri Ghasiram Ji in the city of Amer, Rajasthan. He was a Saraswat Brahman. He was very good for scriptural discourses. His wife Khema was as beautiful, generous, and devout as Goddess Shri Lakshmi Ji. Shri Kishordas Ji was born from her womb.
There was a village called Sanjhapur in Narnaul, where a saintly person of the Gaur Brahmin clan lived, whose name was Shri Chaubelal. He was a complete knower of Vedas and was also very wealthy.
Here Bhagwat Rasik advises how an aspirant should spend his day in Vrindavan and perform Rasopasna. First of all, an aspirant should wake up early in the morning and take a bath in Shri Yamuna Ji, then pay His obeisances to Nidivan and should proceed further to have the ‘Darshan’ of Shri Banke Bihari Ji Maharaj.
Shri Swami Lalit Kishoridev Ji was born in 1733, in a Brahmin clan in Bhadavar state. His parents named him Gangadhar.
Renouncing all the things but keeping one ‘Karua’ (the pot which is used to drink water, made of the soil of Braj) in your hand, while concentrating your mind, engage yourself in the loving remembrance of Shri Radha Krishn and sweep the various streets of Braj Dham.
Shri Biharin Dev Ji was the son of Shri Mitrasen who was a devotee of Swami Shri Haridas. Swami Sri Haridas Ji named his son 'Bihari Das'. Mitra Sen was a 'Surdhavaj Brahmin'. After the demise of his father, Shri Bihari Das was appointed in the Government Service.
Sri Bhagavata Rasik Ji says that the water from the Karuva (earthen pot) made from the dust of Braj is supremely pure.
