Shri Biharin Dev

Shri Biharin Dev is the Rasik saint of Vrindavan, a disciple of Rasik Shiromani Swami Shri Haridas. He composed "Rasopasna Tilak", which explains Rasopasna in detail, and composed various Rasa and Siddhant couplets in His grantha "Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani".

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1. Jayau Bhaundi Bhed Kau Kinaun - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (576)

   Even if a lamb longs to become a lion, desire alone can never make it one. A true lion breaks down every fence that surrounds it. How can one who remains entangled in numerous religious formalities, ritual observances, scriptural injunctions and prohibitions, sectarian identity, or other external bonds ever be compared to those exclusive rasikas whose resolve is as firm as that of a lion? A true rasika is one who has broken every other bond and established an exclusive relationship with Śrī Priyā-Priyatama alone.

2. Pyari Ati Ras Prem Pravin - Shri Biharin Dev Ji, Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Ras Ke Pada (185)

   Our beloved Śrī Pyārī Jū (Śrī Rādhā) is supremely enchanting, expert in the arts of love, tender-hearted, and infinitely lovable. She constantly pours ever-fresh streams of love upon her beloved.

3. Pandit Padhi Padhi Pachi Mare - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (321)

   Countless pandits spent their entire lives immersed in the study of great scriptures, yet remained entangled in mere learning and ultimately wasted their valuable lives. Despite all their study, they failed to learn even a single lesson of divine love. Carrying only the burden of dry scriptural knowledge, they never attained true wisdom.

4. Pita Sut Bandhu Kaha Samabandh - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ke Kavitt-Sewaiya (35)

   O brother, this is an undeniable truth that in both this world and the other world, no real relationship can exist without pure love. All worldly ties, such as those of mother, father, son, and brother, are fundamentally based upon self-interest. The fragrance of true selfless love is impossible to find here; therefore, only the ignorant beings become entangled in such relationships.

5. Nami Nam Na Bhave - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (132)

   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.

6. Rasikavar Rasikani Ras Rasi - Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Ras Ke Pada (74)

   Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the foremost among rasikas, and Śrī Rādhā, the crest-jewel of rasikas, are the very embodiment of rasa itself. Both are supremely skillful connoisseurs of divine love and are the very source of life and support of all rasika devotees, ever absorbed in loving jokes and laughter.

7. Balihari Jaun Jak Par - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (660)

   O Bihārīdāsa! The speakers of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam often speak sweet and nectarine words and repeatedly offer prostrations (daṇḍavata), yet their hidden aim is to sustain themselves and their families through the offerings they receive. In contrast, Śrī Śukadeva Jī Mahārāja, in every word of the Bhāgavatam, has taught renunciation of worldly attachments and exclusive devotion to the lotus feet of the Lord. How surprising that such speakers fail to perceive its true essence.

8. Arati Kije Sundarvar Ki - Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Ras Ke Pada (39)

   Perform the ārati of the beautiful, ever-youthful divine couple. This ever-fresh rasika couple shines like twin moons within the Nikunja, dispelling all sorrow and the darkness of ignorance from the hearts of devotees.

9. Kaam Na Aave Kaun Hu - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (364)

   Many people remain entangled throughout their lives in notions of saparasa and aparas, or in external practices and rituals. At the moment of death, nothing proves of any use. Only the pure love offered to the Lord sustains; nothing else. That love alone has the power to carry the soul across the vast ocean of illusion.

10. Mansa Baacha Karmana - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (121)

    Through mind, words, deeds, and with one’s entire sense of self, one should offer oneself solely unto Śrī Nitya-Vihāriṇī Jū (Śrī Rādhā). Empowered by this very rasa, attaining the state of a maidservant of Śrī Vihāriṇī Jū and entering Her captivating sway, that Śrī Vihāriṇī-Dāsī manifests in Śrī Nikuñja-Mahāl as a source of happiness to Śrī Priyā Herself.

11. Kahon Ri Jo Kahibe Ki Hoi - Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Ras Ke Pada (182)

    O Sakhi, No matter how much someone tries to explain it, the truth is that the eternal Nitya-vihāra (love-plays) of the divine couple, Śrī Bihārī–Bihāriṇī Jū is filled with such wondrous and extraordinary rasa that no one can ever fully comprehend their depth.

12. Vibhcharani Ko Sang Taji - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (186)

    If you completely renounce the company of the ‘vyabhicārī’ (those enslaved by worldly desires) and instead worship the Divine Couple with pure, selfless, and exclusive love, finding happiness only in Their happiness, then your heart will be filled with the priceless treasure of Their divine love.

13. Suni Man Madhukar Gyan Sikhau - Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Siddhant Ke Pad (40)

    O bee-like mind! You keep wandering from place to place—listen to me now. I will tell you something wise: if you somehow develop true love for the divine lotus feet of Śrī Śyāma-Śyām, you will experience unfathomable bliss.​

14. Hirani Ke Bore Nahin Hansan Ki Nahin Paant - Shri Biharin Dev, Rasopasna Tilak

    Diamonds are not found in sacks, nor do swans walk in rows. Lions, too, do not gather in flocks like sheep — similarly, Rasikas (true connoisseurs of divine love) never gather in groups; they are extremely rare and remain hidden.

15. Hari Mohi Yon Apnay Liyo - Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Siddhant Ke Pad (118)

    O Hari! You embraced me in such a way that wherever You saw obstacles in my life, You Yourself removed them time and again.

16. Paande Maati Mein Sane - Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (320)

    Just like dry clay, the pandits remain deeply entangled in endless rituals and external formalities, with no real spiritual depth. Immersed in such outward practices, how can such karma-kānḍīs people ever attain the supreme treasure of divine love?

17. Meri Swamini Prasann Badan - Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Ras Ke Pada (20)

    My Swamini, Shri Radha Ju, has a joyful and blooming face, and My Shri Krishna is the embodiment of all happiness. May I forever, night and day, lovingly fondle and playfully adore this Divine Couple, always receiving their affection.

18. Shribiharidas Braj Mein Basat Mile Saprasi Shyam- Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (365)

    By residing in the abode of love, Vraja Mandal, we have attained such Shri Banke Bihari Ji Maharaj, who embraces only those premi devotees that love Him selflessly. Those devoid of pure love, entangled in external saparasa and aparasa, remain forever distant from Him and thus dwell in constant sorrow.

19. Jeto Antar Vaas Mein Teto Jaan Upaas- Shri Biharin Dev Ji Ki Vani, Siddhant Ki Saakhi (603)

    Attaining Shri Vrindavan Dham is equivalent to attaining the worshipful Lord Himself. Separation from Vrindavan is separation from the Lord. Yet if someone claims, “I have lived in Vrindavan and felt nothing,” Shri Biharini Dev replies: ‘O brother! Your residence in Vrindavan is only partially genuine. The rest of your mind is still filled with desires and greed, and that is why you are not experiencing the true essence of Vrindavan. Otherwise, the attainment of Vrindavan is indeed the direct attainment of the Beloved Deity.’

20. Suni Ahankar Bhalau Na Bhiya- Shri Biharin Dev, Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani, Siddhant Ke Pad (88)

    O brother! heed this truth — pride in anything is never good. Without the Lord’s will, no one can attain anything. So why let your heart feel sorrow or joy over gains or losses, whether yours or another’s?