Rasik Pacchisi is the chapter of Updesh Chintamani grantha written by Shri Roop Madhuri Sharan of the Shuka sect. which describes the glories of Rasik saints.
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One should do the darshan of those rasikas who are absorbed solely in the devotion of the Divine Couple, Shri Radha-Krishna, and allow the heart, filled with longing, to be deeply satisfied.
One whose body and mind remain immersed in the love of his Beloved Lord is the true (courageous) rasika. Whether He stays in a household or the forest, his heart remains forever absorbed in that divine love.
The true Rasika is one who remains perpetually absorbed in the nectar of the divine couple, Sri Shyama Shyam, and remains indifferent to both praise and criticism.
The rasikas, immersed in the love of the divine couple, display an extraordinary mode of devotion. They naturally enter a state of divine trance, as their minds are effortlessly fixed on the lotus feet of the fair and dark-complexioned couple, Sri Radha Krishn.
The ego and attachments of some self-proclaimed aspirants remain unchanged, yet they waste their time calling themselves Rasikas. Shri Roop Madhuri Ji states that true Rasikas have a unique ideology, preferring to stay hidden. They can only be recognized through the grace of Sri Radha.
Rasikas always chant the names of the divine couple, Sri Radha Krishna. Their minds remain absorbed in the forms of the divine couple, day and night, through all eight periods.
Everyone desires to be known as a ‘Rasika’ (a connoisseur of divine love), but attaining true connoisseurship is extremely difficult. While aspirants may display humility outwardly, the inner absence of genuine humility remains a challenge for many.
With each passing moment, a surge of love for Shri Radha Krishna rises within the heart of the Rasikas, which causes their sense of humility to increase day by day.
Rasikas are so engrossed in the nectar of the divine couple Sri Shyama Shyam that they effortlessly attain detachment from the worldly desires.
The final conclusion drawn from the writings of all the Rasika saints is to perform the devotion of the divine couple Shyama Shyama exclusively is the only means through which true spiritual benefit can be attained, leaving no room for any alternative paths. Without performing the selfless bhajan, neither has anyone benefited in the past nor is it expected in the future.
The rasika lovers remain forever intoxicated with the love of the Divine Couple, caring neither for scriptural injunctions and prohibitions nor for the opinions of the world. Fearless in every circumstance, they remain absorbed in the sweetness of Their beauty and effortlessly abandon all worldly desires.
I forever offer myself again and again to those rasikas whose very life's essence is the loving chanting of the holy name, "Śrī Rādhā, Śrī Rādhā."
