(1)
apūrva vaiṣṇava-tattva ātmāra ānanda-prasravaṇa
nāhi yāra tulanā saṁsāre
sva-dharma baliyā yāra āche paricaya
e jagate e tattvera śuno vivaraṇa
para-brahma sanātana ānanda-svarūpa
nitya-kāla rasa-rūpa rasera ādhāra
parāt para advitīya ananta apāra
tathāpi svarūpa-tattva śakti-śaktimān
līlā-rasa-parākāṣṭhā āśraya-svarūpa
tarka ki se tattva kabhu sparśibāre pāre
rasa-tattva su-gambhīra samādhi-āśraye

Vaiṣṇava-tattva is unprecedented; it is a fountain of bliss for the soul, and there is nothing in this world comparable to it. That which is known as one’s eternal function (sva-dharma) is identified with it. In this world, hear the description of that tattva. The Supreme Brahman is eternal and of the nature of bliss. He is always the embodiment of rasa and the foundation of all rasa. He is greater than the greatest, non-dual, infinite, and boundless. Yet His essential reality exists as śakti and śaktimān (energy and the Possessor of energy). He is the supreme culmination of līlā-rasa and the ultimate shelter of all. Can logic ever touch such a tattva? The principle of rasa is extremely profound and is realised only in samādhi.

(2)
upalabdha āhā mahāri samādhi ki dhana
samādhi-stha hañā dekha su-sthira antare
he sādhaka rasa-tattva akhaṇḍa ānanda
kintu tahe āsvādaka-āsvādya-vidhāna
nitya-dharma anusyūta advitīya prabhu
āsvādaka kṛṣṇa-rūpa āsvādya rādhikā
dvaitānanda parānanda-pīṭha vṛndāvana
prākṛta jagate yāra prakāśa viśeṣa
yogamāyā prakāśita tāṅhāra āśraye
labhiche sādhaka-vṛnda nitya prema-tattva
ādarśa yāhāra nāma vaikuṇṭha-kalyāṇa
yadi cāha nityānanda-pravāha sevite
avirata guru-pāda-āśraya kara jīva
nīrasa bhajana-samūha parihari
brahma-cintā ādi yata sadā sādhya rati
kusumita vṛndāvane śrī-rāsa-maṇḍale
puruṣatva-ahaṅkāra nita-anta durbala
tava tumi śuddha jīva āsvādya sva-jana
śrī-rādhikāra nitya-sakhī parānanda-rasa
anubhavi māyā-bhoga tomāra patana

Ah! What a great treasure is revealed in samādhi. O practitioner, see with a steady heart. The principle of rasa is undivided bliss, yet within it there is the arrangement of the enjoyer and the enjoyed. The Lord is the one Supreme Reality, non-dual and eternal. The enjoyer is Kṛṣṇa, and the enjoyed is Śrī Rādhikā. The dual bliss finds its supreme seat in Vṛndāvana. In the material world it appears in a special way, manifested by Yogamāyā. By her shelter, the sādhakas attain the eternal truth of prema. It’s ideal form is called vaikuṇṭha-kalyāṇa. If you desire to serve the continuous flow of divine bliss, O jīva, always take shelter of the guru’s feet. Abandon dry methods of worship and all Brahman-centered contemplation, and always cultivate loving attachment. In the blossoming Vṛndāvana, in the rāsa-maṇḍala, the ego of being a male becomes extremely weak. You are a pure jīva, meant to be enjoyed in divine relationship. You are an eternal companion of Śrī Rādhikā, tasting supreme blissful rasa. To engage in material enjoyment is your fall-down.

Introduction
  1. 1vande vṛndāṭavī-candraṁ rādhikākṣi-mahotsavaṁ
  2. 2jaya jaya śrī-caitanya patita-pāvana
Upadeśa (Instruction)
  1. 1dīkṣā-guru kṛpā kari’ mantra-upadeśa
  2. 2mana tumi bhālabāsa kāmera taraṅga
  3. 3mana re, tumi baḍa, sandigdha-antara
  4. 4mana, tumi baḍai pāmara
  5. 5mana, kena e saṁśaya
  6. 6mana, tumi paḍile ki chāra?
  7. 7mana, yogī haite tomāra vāsanā
  8. 8ohe bhāi, mana kena brahma haite cāya
  9. 9mana re, kena āra varṇa abhimāna
  10. 10mana re, kena kara vidyāra gaurava
  11. 11rūpera gaurava kena bhāi
  12. 12mana re, dhana-mada nitānta asāra
  13. 13mana, tumi sannyāsī sājite kena cāo
  14. 14mana, tumi tīrthe sadā rata
  15. 15dekha mana, vrate yena, nā hao ācchanna
  16. 16mana, tumi baḍai cañcala
  17. 17mana, tare bali e vāratā
  18. 18ki āra baliba tare, mana
  19. 19kena mana kāmere, nācāo prema-prāya
Upalabdhi (Perception)
  1. 1.1āmi ati pāmara durjana
  2. 1.2sādhu-saṅga nā haila hāya
  3. 1.3ore mana karmera kuhare gela kāla
  4. 1.4ore mana ki vipada haila āmāra
  5. 1.5ore mana kleśa-tāpa dekhi ye aśeṣa
  6. 2.1ore mana, bhāla nāhi lāge ei saṁsāra
  7. 2.2ore mana, bāḍibāra āśā kena kara
  8. 2.3ore mana bhukti-mukti-spṛhā kara dūra
  9. 2.4durlabha mānava-janma labhiyā saṁsāre
  10. 2.5śarīrera sukhe mana deha jalāñjali
  11. 3.1ore mana bali śuna tattva-vivaraṇa
  12. 3.2apūrva vaiṣṇava-tattva ātmāra ānanda-prasravaṇa
  13. 3.3cit-jaḍera dvaita jini kare sthāpana
  14. 3.4jīvana-samāpta-kāle kariba bhajana
Ucchvāsa (Divine Ecstasy)
  1. 1.1kabe śrī-caitanya more karibena dayā
  2. 1.2āmi ta’ durjana ati sadā durācāra
  3. 1.3bhavārṇave paḍe more ākula parāṇa
  4. 1.4viṣaya-vāsanā-rūpa cittēra vikāra
  5. 1.5āmāra samāna hīna nāhi e saṁsāre
  6. 2.1kabe mora śubha-dina haibe udaya
  7. 2.2śrī-guru-vaiṣṇava-kṛpā kata dine habe
  8. 2.3āmāra emana bhāgya kata dine ha’be
  9. 2.4caitanya-candrera līlā samudra apāra
  10. 2.5kabe mora mūḍha mana chāḍi’ anya dhyāna
  11. 2.6hari hari kabe mora haibe hena dina
  12. 2.7kabe mui vaiṣṇave ciniba hari hari
  13. 2.8kṛpā kara vaiṣṇava ṭhākura
  14. 2.9kabe ha’be hena daśā mora
  15. 2.10hā hā mora gaura-kiśora
  16. 2.11hā hā kabe gaura-nitāi
  17. 2.12kabe āhā gaurāṅga baliyā
  18. 3.1gopīnātha, mama nivedana śuna
  19. 3.2gopīnātha, ghucāo saṁsāra-jvālā
  20. 3.3gopīnātha, āmāra upāya nāi
  21. 3.4śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pada-kamale mana
  22. 4.1kali-kukkura-kadana
  23. 4.2vibhāvarī-śeṣa, āloka-praveśa
  24. 5.1janama sa-phala tā'ra
  25. 6.1bahirmukha ha’ye, māyāre bhajiye
  26. 6.2śuno he rasika-jana
  27. 7.1jīve kṛpā kari’, golokera hari
  28. 7.2yamunā-puline, kadamba-kānane
  29. 8.1kṛṣṇa-vaṁśī-gīta śuni’

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