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Obeisance to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who engages in Nitya Vihār within the divine nikunjas, who is ever-united with His beloved Śrī Rādhā, forever resplendent, engaged in ever-fresh love-plays.
Our beloved Svāminī, Śrī Rādhā, is an eternal youthful princess, forever immersed in the nectar of divine love. She is supremely charming, shy, enchanting, and eternally youthful.
All glories to Śrī Yamunā Jī, the giver of all happiness! O Mother Yamunā, You are supremely merciful, the very embodiment of compassion, the source of all auspiciousness, and the remover of all misfortune.
The supremely delicate Kiśorī Jī (Śrī Rādha) is resting upon a bed together with Her priytama Lāl Jī (Śrī Kṛṣṇa). Deeply embraced, they are absorbed in divine loving pastimes within this most secluded nikunja, free from all hesitation or reserve.
O, who is the abode (source) of the bliss of the most confidential Kelī pastimes, who increases the love of the sakhīs, who is faultless, who always enhances the bliss and glory of Śrī Kṛṣṇa—O Śrī Rādhike, please be pleased with me.
With their arms gently resting upon each other’s shoulders, Śrī Rādhā and Śrī Kṛṣṇa smile gently. From every limb of the Priyā-Priyatama, a divine radiance of bliss overflows.
Enchanted by the beauty and virtues of Vṛndāvana, swans, peacocks, and cuckoos remain forever immersed in the colors of divine love.
O Śrī Vihāriṇī Jī (Śrī Rādhā)! You alone are the highest of all and the crowned sovereign above everyone. Even Śrī Bihārī Jī (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) Himself always follows Your command, while your sakhīs (companions) remain with you as your loving circle. In every grove and secret bower (kuñj–nikuñj), there is an abundance of rasa. Everything is effortlessly adorned with bliss.
Śrī Rādhā is the very form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa is in the very form of Śrī Rādhā. For the sake of darśana and līlā, they may appear as two; however, they are eternally one.
In the ever-new Nikunja palace, today a festival of colors, Holī, unfolds. On one side stands Śrī Kiśorījī, and on the other stands Śrī Śyāmasundara, firm and enthusiastic.
Run swiftly to the banks of the Yamunā. How far can her glory ever be described? The very touch of her sacred waters drenches the heart in divine love.
Absorbed in Their intimate kelī, the divine couple, Priyā–Priyatam, appear irresistibly enchanting as They become one in body and mind. The sweetness of each of Their limbs shines beautifully, and the kuñja-mahal serves as the hidden abode of Their love-filled pastimes.
Where the autumn season is ever-present, where the festival of Tīj is celebrated eternally, and where the joy of spring and Holī is forever experienced; where at every moment the Divine Couple performs ever-new plays of love, whose bliss knows no end—that alone is the eternal abode of Śrī Vṛndāvan.
I offer myself in sacrifice to those rasika devotees in whose hearts the Divine Couple, Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, eternally and exclusively dwell. They dwell in the sacred land of Vṛndāvan, free from false prestige, yet their words bestow honor upon all.
Śrī Rādhā is the crown jewel of the Rāsa dance, ever immersed in the divine play of Kelī. She is skilled in every art, the very personification of rasa, and the presiding deity of divine love.
The treasure of beauty, the divine couple, Śrī Lāḍilī-Lāl, are adorned in the nectarine sports of love, Kelī līlā, within the groves of Vṛndāvan, skilled in every art of divine love and tenderer than the softest blossom.
Śrī Śyāmā (Rādhā) remains eternally youthful, the peerless empress of beauty, embodying perfect form and virtues. Utterly enchanting, gracefully sovereign among all queens.
Swami Shri Haridās Ji Maharaj, the incarnation of Shri Lalitā Sakhi, is an unparalleled Rasika Acharya who bestows the nectar of the eternal love plays of the divine couple. By his grace, the very embodiment of rasa, Kunj Bihariṇī Lādili, Shri Radha Maharani, effortlessly appears before the devotee.
O dear friend! The divine couple, Śrī Śyāma‑Śyām, are joyfully swinging on a swing. In the ever‑fresh, blossoming forest‑temple of nikuṃja, the most magnificent and graceful, Śrī Rādhā, is lovingly engaged in sweet love‑play with Her beloved, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Those who are the exclusive devotees of Swami Haridas Ji keep their minds absorbed only in the rasa-keli of the divine couple, Sri Śyāmā Kuṃja bihārī in their nitya vihāra (eternal love-play). They continually behold with their eyes the sweetness of the beauty of the ever-youthful couple.
