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Soorsagar

Soorsagar is a compilation of couplets by Shri Soordas.

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  2. Saras-Sugandh-Mand Malayanil - Shri Suradas, Sur Sagar (4891)

    Within the dense kuñjas of Śrī Vṛndāvana, the rasa-filled, fragrant, and cooling breeze gently blows. The transcendental plays of divine love that unfold in Śrī Dhāma Vṛndāvana are such that nowhere throughout the three worlds can a rasa-līlā of such incomparable sweetness be found.

  4. Jab Parase Pyari-Charan - Shri Suradas, Sur Sagar (3446.36)

    When Nanda's son Śrī Kṛṣṇa, filled with supreme love, bowed down at the lotus feet of Pyarī Jū (Śrī Rādhā) and touched those lotus feet, Priyā Jī’s loving mana (sulk) was appeased, and She became pleased. Thus, all the sorrow and anguish of separation were completely dispelled.

  8. Hum Ahiri Kah Jani Yog Juguti Ki Riti - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar (4713.15)

    When Uddhava speaks of the methods and practices of yoga, the Braj gopīs reply: “We are simple cowherd women — how can we understand such practices of yoga? You tell us, who would abandon the single vow of selfless love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa and turn instead to worship a painted image or mere markings or letters upon a wall?”

  10. Sab Ras Kau Ras Prem Hai Vishayi Khele Saar - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar

    O deluded soul! As your family expanded — as dear ones, children, spouse, wealth, and prosperity increased — so too did you sink ever deeper into the enjoyment of worldly pleasures, to the point that you forgot the true purpose of your life. O foolish one! Do you truly believe temporary wealth is the measure of real success? Remember — your birth was meant solely for the upliftment of your own soul.

  11. Brindaban Khelat Hari Hori - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar

    In Vṛndāvana, Lord Hari (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) is joyfully playing Holī. The rhythms of tāla, mṛdaṅga (a double-sided drum), jhāñjha (cymbals), and ḍapha (tambourine) are being played in every direction, as Nandalāla (Kṛṣṇa) and Vṛṣabhānu-kiśorī (Rādhā) together celebrate the festival in delight.

  12. Sab Ras Kau Ras Prem Hai Vishayi Khele Saar - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar

    Among all nectars in this world, the supreme and highest is prema-rasa, the rasa of divine love. The gambler stakes everything—body, mind, wealth, youth—losing all in the play, yet he never accepts defeat. In the same way, one who enters the play of love surrenders everything into it, unwilling to turn back, for love itself becomes his sole victory.

  13. Dou Rajat Syama Syam - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar (1696)

    Śrī Rādhikā and Śyāmasundar are both magnificently adorned, and along with them, the entire group of the women of Vraja shines in beauty. From the sky, celestial maidens too gaze eagerly, longing for their darśan.

  14. Suni Paramit Piy Prem Ki Chatak Chitvati Pari - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar

    Hearing of the greatness of the beloved’s love, the chataka bird gazes endlessly at the clouds with single-minded devotion. Despite every hardship, it waits only for the rain of that cloud, yet even until its last breath, it never begs a drop of water. Such is the nature of a true lover — he never asks or demands anything from his beloved.

  16. Chari Badan Main Kah Kahyo - Sri Surdas, Soor Sagar, Dasham Sakandh

    Brahma Ji, humbly apologizing to Shri Krishna, says — “O Lord! You lovingly tend the cows in Braj and constantly remind everyone of Nand Baba’s oath. Even Sheshnag, with his thousand mouths, could not fully understand Your divine pastimes — how then can I, Brahma, with only four mouths, hope to sing Your glories?”

  19. Braj-Vasi-Patatar Kou Naahin - Shri Surdas, Sura Sagara

    No one can be compared to the residents of Braj. Supreme Lord Shri Krishna whom Brahma, Shiva, the Sanaka sages, and others cannot attain even in deep meditation, that same Krishna, out of love, eats from the leftover plates of the Brajvasis.