Shri Prabhodanand Sarasvati was a rasika acharya, a close associate of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, writer of Shri Vrindavan Mahimamrit.
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In that Śrī Vṛndāvana where Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra eternally and blissfully performs His pastimes, and where an uninterrupted flow of tireless, divine love-pastimes ever exists, may my mind always remain deeply attached, like a humming bee hovering over the lotus feet of Śrī Rādhā Mahārānī.
Throughout the three phases of time — past, present, and future — Śrī Rādhā’s maidservant has no desire other than to serve Śrī Rādhā’s lotus feet and remains forever submerged in the limitless ocean of the bliss arising from Śrī Rādhā’s pure love.
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.
When one develops a pure realization of all beings — both moving and unmoving — within Śrī Vṛndāvana as embodiments of Sata-Chita-Rasa (eternal existence, pure consciousness, and divine rasa), only then does one attain the eligibility to become a beloved maidservant of Śrī Rādhā, fit for Her intimate service.
Do not engage in pious deeds, do not practice yoga, do not worship Lord Viṣṇu, and do not listen to His glories. By merely residing in the sacred land of Vṛndāvana, you will surely attain the highest spiritual perfection.
The essence of all opulences, the essence of all religions, the essence of all devotional practices, the essence of all accomplishments, the essence of all glories, and the essence of all sweetness and rasas is none other than the Nitya Vihāra (eternal love-plays) of Śrī Dham Vṛndāvan.
One whose heart Shri Radha, Shri Krishna, Shri Vrindavan, and Their loving rasika devotees (sahacharis) do not ever manifest — and from whose speech they are never spoken — how can such a person ever taste the most wondrous Rasa-Shri (Vrindavan Rasa)?
The one who commits an offense against Shri Radha Maharani, because of those endless offenses, falls into the ocean of worldly obstacles and is deprived of deliverance. Even Shri Vrindavan itself does not show compassion to such an offender and keeps him deprived of its merciful glance.
Glory, glory to Radha, a fathomless ocean of the essence of divine love! Glory, glory to Krishna, who is endlessly thirsty for the nectar of Radha-rasa! Glory, glory to their Sakhis that yearn for the union of this divine couple! Glory, glory to Sri Vrindavan, their very own eternal abode!
One who commits any offense against Shri Vrindavan is directly an offender of Shri Radha-Krishna themselves. Such a person does not attain liberation from hell for a very long time.
If the Vedanta does not directly describe Vrindavan, why should that matter to me? If the faulty logicians, who are like serpents living in the Vedic literatures, ignore Vrindavan, why should I care? If even the devotees of the Lord do not understand the glories of Vrindavan, how does that affect me? Even if my body were pierced by thousands of thunderbolts. I would never leave Vrindavan.
Day by day, growing in intense devotion and detachment, a very fortunate few reside in Vrindavan, seeking exclusive refuge at Sri Radha's lotus feet.
Break the great ropes of false hope, leave the poison forest of sense gratification, and fly, O bird of my heart, to the nectar forest of Vrindavan.
I, who am the personification of all sinful deeds, may never be delivered from hell. I only pray that I may never forget the holy names of Sri Vrindavan, Sri Radha, and Sri Radha's lover.
May I perform millions of unrighteous deeds or be filled with millions of wicked thoughts and millions of horrible, senseless material desires in the forest of Vrindavan, but may I never forget the holy name of Sri Radha.
Renounce all other worthless places and seek refuge in the divine garden of Sri Radhika known as Vrindavan, which is like the essence of the sweetest nectar churned from the nectar ocean of pure devotion to Lord Hari.
Even if millions of thunderbolts strike me or everything around me is engulfed in a great fire, even if millions of blazing suns appear in the sky during universal devastation, I will stand firm and not leave Vrindavan.
This is not the time to be attached to a wife, children, wealth, and all the rest. Death is now chasing your body. Quickly, quickly run to the forest of Vrindavan, the rarest and most difficult to attain of all rare things, which by its own mercy is now manifested in this world.
“I will protect You” - Due to Shri Radha's assurance, illusion instantly flees in fear. O wretched heart, Where are now those hundred perturbations that are like a host of imaginary flowers floating in the sky?
Reciting the name of the Queen of Vrindavan (Shri Radha), even once, is supremely auspicious and bestows all the divinity [limitless powers]. May such "Shri Radha" name always reside in my mouth in the most glorious form.
