Vilap Kusumanjali is written by Shri Raghunath Das Goswami disciple of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Writer: Shri Raghunath Das Goswami
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O, immersed in the divine pastimes, Queen Shri Radhe! In the absence of your darshan, I suffer as if bitten by the venom of a black serpent, dying moment by moment. Please grant me life by bestowing the medicine in the form of the Mahavar (red color applied on the sole) of your lotus feet.
O lotus-eyed Swamini (Radha)! After seeing your lake [Radha Kund] filled with sweet water and surrounded by blossoming lotuses and buzzing bees, my heart began to yearn for the nectar of direct service to You.
O My Swamini [Radha]! Even Laxmi Devi, the goddess of fortune cannot able to attain even a drop of the beauty of the top of the toenail of your lotus feet. If you do not provide me the divine vision to gaze at your form and eternal pastimes, then what purpose is this life for me which is burning in a great forest fire of sufferings?
O Queen, I shall never leave the servitude of Your lotus feet [which is supreme for me] and ask for any other bhava [Sakhi, etc]. I offer my respectful obeisances to Your ‘Sakhi’ [friendship] bhava again and again. But, I am telling you the truth that my heart exclusively craves and desires for the sentiment of your ‘dasya’ [servant] bhava.
O Shri Radhey! When will I worship your mischievous eyes by decorating it with the black collyrium, which defies the khanjana birds, and which, with the slightest movement from their corners, in a moment, tightly binds Lord Krishna whose gait is like that of an intoxicated elephant?
O Goddess Shri Radhike! Please rescue this unfortunate person, drowning in an ocean of pain. Place him on the strong boat of your mercy and carry him to the wonderful realm of Your lotus feet.
O ‘Radha Kunda’ [beautiful lake of Shri Radha], My Swamini Shri Radha eternally dwells and enjoys amorous pastimes with Her beloved on your shore. If you are most dear to the divine couple, then, please mercifully provide me the darshan [sight] of Shri Radha today, who is more dear to me than my life.
O beautiful faced one [Sri Radhey], when, even in a dream, will I, by decorating my head with the splendid perfumed powder of Your lotus feet, attain the goal of my life?
Oh, Queen of Vrindavan (Shri Radha)! when will I hide the flute that You won from Shri Shyamsundar in the dice game and throw it towards me?
O the most compassionate Goddess Shri Radhey, [Without You] In the hope of attaining the nectar ocean [of Your lotus feet], I am spending every moment with great difficulty. If You don't give me Your mercy now, then of what purpose to me is this life, or this land of Braj, or even Shri Krishna?
O the most compassionate Goddess Sri Radhey, when, after looking in all directions, will You take the chewed betel nuts from Your mouth and affectionately place them in mine?
O Lord, O nectar moon of Gokul, O lotus-faced cheerful Lord, O gentle smiling one, O Lord who melts with compassion, please take me to a place to lovingly serve your beloved Shri Radhika where you eternally enjoys pastimes [‘Vihar’] with Her.
Shri Raghunath Das Ji prays: “I am Yours! I am Yours! I cannot live without You! O Devi (Radha), please understand this and bring me to Your lotus feet.
