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To behold Lāla Jī (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) alone in the puruṣa-bhāva (male beloved), and Śrī Priyā Jī (Śrī Rādhā) in triyā-bhāva (the intimate mood of a sakhī or sahacarī), and then, with completely selfless love and 'tatsukha-bhāva' (finding happiness only in their happiness), to lovingly serve the Divine Couple in Their eternal Nitya-Vihāra (love-plays), is the supreme form of worship.
Today, Śrī Vaṁśīvaṭa is being drenched in a blissful shower of divine love-bliss. Along the banks of Śrī Yamunā Jī, an exceedingly pleasant, cool, and gentle breeze is blowing, while birds of various kinds fill the air with their sweet, melodious chirping.
Oh sakhī! Without beholding the dark-complexioned Śrī Kṛṣṇa, I find not a moment of peace. My heart remains restless at every moment, for my eyes thirst constantly to gaze upon His incomparable beauty.
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.
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.
Rasika-śiromaṇi Śyāmasundara and the fair-complexioned Śrī Rādhā, eternally engage in various rasa-filled plays of love (nitya vihāra) together within secluded groves of Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma.
May my mind remain forever absorbed in that sacred Śrī Vṛndāvana, where my beloved divine Couple, Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, immersed in sweetest nectar eternally engages in the plays of love (nitya vihāra), where devotion flows ceaselessly like a grand festival of divine bliss, and where even the words of the Vedas and Upaniṣads cannot gain entrance.
In the rasa-upāsanā of Svāmī Haridāsa Jī, the divine couple are so completely absorbed, through body, mind, thought, and every pore of Their being, that nothing other than uninterrupted nitya-vihāra (love-play) pleases Them, not even the hearing of Their own Names. For Śyāmā-Kuñjabihārī, nitya-vihāra alone is the very life and soul.
O Pyārī Jū! I wish to gaze upon You like this forever. To ward off the evil eye from your moon-like face, I would break a blade of grass and offer mustard and salt in loving devotion.
A gopī says: O Lord of my life (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)! In this world, that woman (or the soul) is truly most unfortunate who, having abandoned You, still yearns for the fleeting pleasures of worldly kin and family.
The glory of Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma is immeasurable. Here, Śyāmasundara is the enjoyer who relishes divine rasa, Śrī Śyāmā Jī (Rādhā) is the very embodiment of that rasa, and Vṛndāvana is the very foundation of their love-plays.
Sri Charaṇa dāsa says, in that supremely confidential Nikunja-dhāma — where even great liberated souls have no right of entry — Śrī Śukadeva Jī assumes the form of a sakhī and continually beholds the nectar of Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa’s eternal līlā of Nitya Vihāra.
Kiśorī Jī (Śrī Rādhā) says to Lāl Jī (Śrī Kṛṣṇa): O Beloved! Come, let us go and play vasanta (spring) season plays together on the banks of Śrī Yamunā. In the forest bowers, the new season has arrived, and fresh flowers have blossomed everywhere.
O Pyārījū (Śrī Rādhā)! I vow that I have never beheld anyone comparable to You in beauty, virtues, or cleverness. Even toward Your own beloved, You display such loving sulk (māna)—please tell, from where did You learn this art?
The divine couple, Śrī Rādhā Mādhava, the supreme treasure of life, the moonlike embodiments of the ocean of bliss, are eternally engaged in the plays of love (nitya vihāra) within the groves of Śrī Dhām Vṛndāvan.
With a mind fully surrendered, I bow at the lotus feet of Śrī Swāmī Haridās Jī, who has revealed the nectarean sweetness of His heart, the eternal nitya vihār of the Divine Couple.
Vrishabhanu’s daughter, Shri Radha, and Nand’s son, Shri Krishna, remain immersed in the blissful rasa of eternal love-plays (nitya-vihār), continuously bathing the hearts of their sahacarīs (companions) in the same divine nectar.
Among forests, Gahvar-vana, among lakes Prem-sarovara, among riverbanks Śrī Yugal-Vihār Ghāṭ, among lanes the kunja-galīyan, and among mountains Śrī Govardhana are supremely delightful.
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.
Through the divine grace of the divine Couple, their eternal love-play (nitya-vihār) is now effortlessly available to me. Both beloveds are united through body and mind, and with every passing moment, their love deepens ever more.
