Shri Nityavihari Jugal Dhyan is the fourth chapter of Shri Bhagwat Rasik Dev Ji Ki Vani. The chapter is dedicated to those who wish to contemplate the divine couple Shri Radha Krishn's beautiful form. Writer: Shri Bhagwat Rasik Dev
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Abandon all worldly activities related to celebrations and festivals. Instead, immerse yourself in the eternal ceremonies of the divine Nikunjas, attuned to the rhythms of days, nights, lunar phases, months, seasons, and festivities, experiencing them only through the eyes of divine emotion (bhava).
The eternal abode Shri Vrindavan Dham is the capital city of Rasikas (divine lovers) and the ever-youthful couple, Sri Radha Krishna, where Lalita and other Sahcharis, continuously adorn new arrangements for the divine love plays of the couple.
Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa remain day and night absorbed in the rhythmic ascent and descent of the nectar of divine love, delighting in Its love-plays. Śrī Bhagavat Rasika says: Blessed indeed are the eyes of those exclusive rasikas who never cast their glance anywhere else after beholding this enchanting Divine Couple.
In that divine Vṛndāvana Dhāma where there is no birth, no death, no influence of māyā, and no division of day and night, the uniquely beautiful Lāḍilī-Lāl, who are the embodiment of truth, consciousness, and bliss (Sat Chit Ananda), eternally perform their eternal love-plays ('nitya vihāra').
The aspirants who perform the nine forms of bhakti toward the various incarnations of the Lord with a desire for liberation, residence in Vaikuṇṭha Dhāma, or any other worldly or spiritual attainment are not eligible to perform this rasa-upāsanā [Nitya-Vihāra-upāsanā] of the divine Couple, Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
Having drunk the wine-like nectar of the divine beauty of the Beloved Couple and having been bitten by the serpent of divine love, the eyes of the sakhīs become so intoxicated that not even the powerful 'Gāruḍa mantra' [the mantra traditionally believed to neutralize snake venom] can remove their enchantment.
The fair and dark forms of Śrī Priyā and Priyatama possess an exquisitely beautiful, delicate, and incomparable radiance. Constantly drinking the nectar of one another's lips, the divine Couple remain forever immersed in supreme joy and perfect peace, nourished and sustained by that very nectar of love.
The divine Couple of the eternal nitya-vihāra, Śrī Rādhā and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, are never touched by old age or disease. They neither pass through childhood nor mature into adulthood—they eternally remain ever-youthful (nitya-kiśora).
By the supreme grace (mahā-prasāda) of Śrī Lalitā Sakhī, this nitya-vihāra has been experienced within my own heart; a realization of such an unfathomable nectar has arisen, which is eternal, infinite, and beginningless.
The path of the exclusive Rasikas is vastly different and far removed from the paths of yogis, jñānīs, ritualists, and ascetics. Within the eyes of these exclusive Rasikas, Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa ever dwell in absolute fullness.
Vṛndāvana Dhāma is the capital of the eternal Couple, Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, where the sahacarīs continuously render various services related to Their playful keli-līlās.
The divine treasure (nitya vihāra) is neither nirguṇa (formless) nor saguṇa (with form), neither near nor far. (For lovers, this treasure is everywhere, but for those who are devoid of love, it is nowhere). Śrī Bhāgavata Rasika says, "This divine treasure is considered as the sole power of life by the rasikas."
Śrī Bhagavatarasika Jī says that the aspirant who attentively learns, hears, and understands this meditation upon the divine couple becomes so dear that the eternal Rasika, Śrī Priyā-Priyatama, or Śrī Svāmī Haridāsa Jī, is supremely pleased and personally draws such a soul into His own heart.
The ultimate treasure of Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa divine līlā (pastimes), i.e., the bliss of Nitya Vihāra, is neither present in Pātāla Loka (the underworld) nor in Goloka Dhāma (divine abode). This ultimate treasure exclusively dwells in the heart of this vast universe, in Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma.
