Shri Vrindavan Madhuri compiles the nectarine glories and sweetness of Shri Vrindavan Dham. Shri Vrindavan Madhuri is written by Shri Rooprasik Devacharya, a Rasik saint of Vrindavan who is believed to be a disciple of Shri Harivyas Devacharya of Nimbarka Sect.
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Śrī Vṛndāvana is that unique and transcendental abode where the very essence of all rasas, the nectar of the eternal nitya-vihāra of Śrī Priyā-Priyatama, showers forth at every moment.
The highest blessing is to associate with those exclusive rasika saints whose hearts overflow with divine love merely upon hearing the name "Śrī Vṛndāvana."
One should reside in Śrī Vṛndāvana with the unwavering resolve that even if the body is torn to pieces, this sacred abode must never be abandoned under any circumstance.
O my dear mind! Understand well the greatness of Śrī Vṛndāvana. It is such an auspicious abode that Śrī Hari Himself continually glorifies and worships it, recognizing it as the embodiment of all auspiciousness. Therefore, you too should honor its incomparable glory.
That abode which has neither beginning nor end, into which māyā can never enter, is that very Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma, now manifest upon this earth.
One who has no taste for hearing the glories of Vṛndāvana should be avoided immediately, for keeping such company is itself a grave offense that can lead to spiritual downfall.
Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma, before whose glory the sovereignty of countless Vaikuṇṭhas appears insignificant, is the true abode of transcendental rasa for the rasikas.
Even if millions upon millions of sages like Śrī Śukadeva and Śrī Jayadeva were to describe the ever-fresh virtues of Vṛndāvana, they still would not be able to fathom the depths of its divine, mysterious glories.
The innermost essence of the four Vedas, the six Śāstras, and the eighteen Purāṇas is the contemplation and remembrance of Vṛndāvana.
Even the great personalities like Brahmā and other deities long for the sacred dust (raja) of Śrī Vṛndāvana-dhāma. Without the grace of Śrī Rādhā-Mahārānī, not even a mere glimpse or meditation of this Vṛndāvana-līlā can manifest in anyone's heart.
Śrī Vṛndāvana Dhāma, where Śrī Śyāmā-Śyāma eternally engages in Nitya Vihara, is beyond all comparison. The beauty of even a single particle of that eternal abode is so glorious that the highest Goloka Dhāma itself appears insignificant beside it.
If, for some reason, one cannot reside physically in Śrī Vṛndāvana, then one should establish one's mind there. The great rasikas and realized saints declare that there is no falsehood in this: to dwell in Vṛndāvana within one's mind is equivalent to residing there in person.
How can the sweetness of Śrī Vṛndāvana possibly be described? Even the thousand-mouthed Śeṣanāga becomes exhausted while singing its glories, and Lord Brahmā Himself has never reached the end of its immeasurable greatness.
One may bathe in millions of sacred pilgrimages and undertake countless spiritual practices, yet the complete rasa of Vṛndāvana is attained only by becoming a sahacharī of Śrī Rādhā.
