Doha is a form of the self-contained rhyming couplet in poetry composed mainly of two lines which are snippets from the writings of Rasik Saints. Dohas in Rasik saints literature are also known as Saakhis.
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Exclusive personal belongingness (mamatā) towards Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa is the fundamental foundation of mādhurya-rasa, whereas equanimity is the means of the path of knowledge (jñāna-mārga). This very mamatā should be understood as the means of attaining mādhurya-rasa, for this mamatā alone is the mine of mādhurya-rasa. Conversely, abandoning this natural feeling of personal closeness to adopt the attitude of equanimity leads to the loss of prema-rasa.
All the sakhīs are adorned from head to toe with incomparable beauty and charm. Yet, amidst all those enchanting maidens, ever-youthful Śrī Rādhā reigns supreme in Her peerless beauty and sweetness.
O mind! Treasure the lotus feet of the divine couple, Śrī Rādhā-Govinda, within your heart day and night, and continuously remember Them with loving devotion. It is solely through the merciful glance of them that one is blessed with the divine vision of Their eternal plays of love (nitya vihāra) unfolding in the bowers of Śrī Vṛndāvana.
When Śrī Harideva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa), in order to humble the pride of Indra, took refuge in Girirāja Govardhana and persuaded Nanda Bābā to discontinue the sacrifice performed in honour of Indra, establishing the worship of Govardhana in its place, the enraged Indra unleashed torrential rains upon Gokula. At that time, Śrī Girirāja Govardhana protected all the cowherds and cows from the devastating rains. I meditate upon that very Śrī Girirāja Govardhana.
May my restless mind remain continuously absorbed, day and night, in the nectar of the divine love-bliss of the lotus feet of the divine couple, Śrī Rādhā Kṛṣṇa, never wandering elsewhere, not even for a moment.
We are neither Śaivas, Gāṇapatyas, Sauras, Vaiṣṇavas, nor Śāktas. In other words, we do not belong to any tradition that worships the five principal deities—Śiva, Gaṇeśa, the Sun God, Viṣṇu, and Śakti. Our sole aspiration is to serve the lotus feet of Śrī Rādhā. We place our complete trust in Her grace, believing that, through Her causeless mercy, She alone will bless us to be worthy of the privilege of serving at Her lotus feet.
Where, at all times—whether sleeping, waking, or walking about—the most supreme and auspicious names such as ‘Śrī Rādhāvallabha’ and ‘Śrī Rādhikā’ are constantly heard, that Śrī Dhāma Vṛndāvana is the divine abode of rasa of Albelī Sarkar Śrī Rādhā Jū.
Even a person from a lower caste who lives in the sacred abode of Śrī Vṛndāvana and earns his livelihood by selling winnowing baskets is so supremely fortunate that no king of any other town or village can equal him, for the glory of residing in Śrīdhāma Vṛndāvana is supreme above all.
Within the secluded bower-palace of Śrī Vṛndāvana, adorned with a beautiful bed and all the enchanting arrangements for divine love-play, Śrī Priyā-Priyatama (Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa) are deeply absorbed in Their mutual love, having devoted Their exclusive refuge, thoughts, and affection entirely to one another. In Śrī Vṛndāvana, Their own divine abode, the incomparable bliss of the Divine Couple’s eternal plays of love (nitya-vihāra) is perpetually beheld.
Whoever instructs me to reside in Śrī Vṛndāvana is my true mother, my father, my kinsman, my friend, and my worshipful deity.
O Abode of Mercy, Śrī Kṛṣṇa! You have always upheld the sacred glory of Your reputation throughout the entire world as the protector of those who surrender unto You. Why then, now that my turn has come, are You delaying in bestowing Your grace upon me? Please show Your mercy and grant deliverance to me as well.
A devotee of the Lord should remain concerned only with the remembrance of Śrī Hari’s divine name and should not allow the mind to dwell upon anything else. Whatever matters one contemplates apart from the divine name of Śrī Hari ultimately become like the noose of death, binding the soul to the cycle of birth and death.
May I chant the name "Śrī Vallabha, Śrī Vallabha" constantly, for Śrī Vallabha alone is my very life-breath. Swearing by my parents, I will never forget Śrī Vallabha and shall always hold Him in my remembrance.
How can my limited intellect ever comprehend or describe the supremely enchanting love-plays of Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa’s divine rāsa-kelī? Such matchless and divine intimate līlās eternally unfold there that I feel deeply ashamed of my own inability to depict them.
This creeper of intense longing has begun to wither very rapidly. If the dark raincloud, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by the lightning of Śrī Rādhā, does not come here to shower the water of Their grace, this creeper of longing, deeply distressed by separation, will surely be destroyed.
O Lord! For so long, I have been calling out to You in utter helplessness and humility, yet You do not seem to hear my cries. Have Your ears grown hard of hearing, or have You completely forgotten Your sacred vow to shower mercy upon the humble ones?
Beholding the lotus face of Śrī Rādhā, Nandanandana Śrī Kṛṣṇa stands utterly astonished and captivated. How mysterious are the ways of divine love that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who Himself is the moon of Vraja and the enchanter of the three worlds, becomes like a cakora bird, gazing unblinkingly upon the moonlike face of Śrī Rādhā.
Let my good name, worldly affairs, and reputation all be lost, and let my name be erased even from the realm of spiritual pursuits; yet I will never leave Śrī Dhāma Vṛndāvana to go to any other place.
Just as when many individuals with the same name live in a village, it is impossible to find a specific person merely by knowing their name without an introduction and proper identification, and after searching continuously, one ultimately becomes tired and disheartened. Similarly, merely chanting the Lord's name is not enough; until a loving, heartfelt relationship is established with a specific divine form of the Lord, true attainment of Him is impossible.
O sage! No sacred pilgrimage can ever equal Vraja (Vṛndāvana). Even Vaikuṇṭha cannot rival its greatness; what then can be said of other holy places? Beside the incomparable glory of this abode, they all appear like blind wells.
