(translated by Swami B.V. Giri)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
(Written in Jagann\u0101tha Pur\u012b on 18th July, 1871<\/em>)<\/p>\n (1) My treasure, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, always sports in the eternal abode of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. He resides in its forest-bowers that are full of divine knowledge, that are decorated with spiritual creepers and buds of love divine.<\/strong><\/p>\n (2) The purest type of worship is exhibited on the banks of the K\u0101lind\u012b and is eternally found in the hearts of the devotees there. The topmost bh\u0101va<\/em> acquired by the j\u012bvas<\/em> is manifest at Govardhana, where there are animals such as cows reside.<\/strong><\/p>\n (3) There, the eternal disposition is in the mood of the sakh\u012bs<\/em> as well as brotherly affection, and bliss is the only commodity. There is no lust, envy etc. or anything of that type and only mellows of divine love are performed.<\/strong><\/p>\n (4) That realm is full of the rasas<\/em> of servitude, friendship, parental affection, and amorous love. Indeed, Vraja-dh\u0101ma is the home of love divine. There, the j\u012bvas<\/em> do not experience birth, death, endurance or disease. They take shelter of the nectar of prema<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n (5) That land, which is most dear to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, is beyond matter and all mundane sense-perception. It eternally transcends time and space. One who has a material body and whose mind is attached to matter can never reach it.<\/strong><\/p>\n (6) Those j\u012bvas<\/em> who have discovered the happy shelter of \u015ar\u012b Guru and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a are most fortunate. They transcend the mental and physical bodies, and attain that abode of bliss.<\/strong><\/p>\n (7) They attain a divine form, enter Vraja, and take refuge at the feet of the sakh\u012bs<\/em>. They find happiness serving R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, leave behind all miseries, and rise the stage of mah\u0101-bh\u0101va<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n (8) Therefore, O friends, let us go to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana! That land is not very far away. Control your senses, enter within, and finally you will attain sam\u0101dhi<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n (9) For a while, our experience of material time and space may remain, but the \u0101tm\u0101\u2019s<\/em> intimate connection with that land will eventually develop. O s\u0101dhus<\/em>! Know that the land of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana is where you will eventually behold R\u0101dh\u0101-Govinda.<\/strong><\/p>\n (10) There, you will enter the Yamun\u0101\u2019s waters with great ecstasy and play with the sakh\u012bs<\/em> while serving \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dhik\u0101. R\u0101dhik\u0101, the Mistress of the j\u012bvas<\/em>, who is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s dearmost, the Goddess of all, will speak words of love unto you.<\/strong><\/p>\n (11) You will hear the sound of Govinda\u2019s flute, which pierces the heart of the j\u012bva<\/em> and makes the world go mad. It will forcibly take you to the base of a blossoming kadamba<\/em> tree and you will be drowned in the nectar of love divine.<\/strong><\/p>\n (12) Entering the waters of the Yamun\u0101, the fire of prema<\/em> will burn even stronger and your heart will begin to palpitate. Returning to the riverbank, you will see the form of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and suddenly you will become unconscious.<\/strong><\/p>\n (13) \u015ar\u012b V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana-dh\u0101ma brings delight to all j\u012bvas<\/em>. There is no fool greater than one who leaves V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana and goes elsewhere. O brother, think about it! You will never find divine love anywhere else.<\/strong><\/p>\n (14) Living with women, jokes, stories, bottles of wine, ornaments etc. are the root cause of all miseries. It is a mistake on your part to consider them to be happiness. You must understand this very clearly.<\/strong><\/p>\n (15) Fever will enter your body and make you shiver. Your throat will become filled with mucus. Your ears will be unable to hear, your nose will be unable to smell, and your eyes will stop working.<\/strong><\/p>\n (16) Those whom you think are your dearest friends will become like strangers. Your family members will shun you. They will stop you at the door like a gatekeeper and their children will poke fun at you.<\/strong><\/p>\n (17) All of your former lovers will hate you. Alcohol will no longer give you any happiness. The bones you chew on and enjoy will now cause you untold misery, as you will become toothless.<\/strong><\/p>\n (18) Wearing ornaments will not make you look more attractive, and your body will look like a monkey. Where have your grand mirror and decorations gone? Think about this and become detached.<\/strong><\/p>\n (19) Therefore, brother, let us now go to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana! You will find everlasting happiness there. Divine love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is eternal and never causes any misery. With that you will become faultless.<\/strong><\/p>\n (20) You will attain a divine form and a residence in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. Your mundane body will remain in the material world. When you die, your body comprised of the five elements, will remain here, but you will never leave Vraja.<\/strong><\/p>\n (21) Thus, Kedarn\u0101tha Datta describes the truth about V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. My guru is Caitanya Gos\u0101i. When you take the association of His servants, your mind will never drift towards matter. O brother, take shelter of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1083],"tags":[1084,2025],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4590"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10713,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4590\/revisions\/10713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhaktivinodainstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nnitya-dh\u0101ma v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, yath\u0101 mora k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-dhana
\n<\/em>nitya-k\u0101la karena vil\u0101sa
\n<\/em>cid\u0101nandamaya lat\u0101, prema-kisalaya yath\u0101
\n<\/em>j\u00f1\u0101n\u0101nandamaya ku\u00f1ja-v\u0101sa<\/em><\/p>\n
\nsu-nirmala up\u0101san\u0101, k\u0101lindite vibh\u0101van\u0101
\nyath\u0101 sad\u0101 bhaktera h\u1e5bdaye
\n<\/em>j\u012bvera ye uchha-bh\u0101va, govardhana \u0101virbh\u0101va
\n<\/em>care j\u012bva g\u0101bhi-r\u016bpa haye<\/em><\/p>\n
\nsakh\u012b-bh\u0101va bhr\u0101t\u1e5b-bh\u0101va, yath\u0101 sad\u0101 nitya-bh\u0101va
\n<\/em>\u0101nanda y\u0101h\u0101ra m\u0101tra a\u1e45ga
\n<\/em>k\u0101ma dve\u015ba \u0101di yata, n\u0101hi yath\u0101 kona mata
\n<\/em>prema-r\u016bpa rasa m\u0101tra ra\u1e45ga<\/em><\/p>\n
\nd\u0101sya sakhya su-madhura, v\u0101tsaly\u0101di rasa-pura
\n<\/em>vraja-dh\u0101ma premera \u0101laya?
\n<\/em>janma m\u1e5btyu \u015bodha roga, n\u0101hi tath\u0101 kare bhoga
\n<\/em>prem\u0101m\u1e5bta j\u012bvera \u0101\u015braya<\/em><\/p>\n
\nabhautika at\u012bndriya, sei de\u015ba k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-priya
\n<\/em>de\u015ba-k\u0101la at\u012bta sarvad\u0101
\n<\/em>bh\u016btamaya deha laye, ja\u1e0d\u0101sakta citta ha\u2019ye
\n<\/em>keha n\u0101 y\u0101ite p\u0101re tath\u0101<\/em><\/p>\n
\nsei j\u012bva bh\u0101gy\u0101vana, p\u0101iyache susandh\u0101na<\/i>
\nguru-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a prasannat\u0101\u015braye
\n<\/em>manomaya bh\u016btamaya, dehe kari\u2019
\n<\/em>par\u0101jaya y\u0101ya sei \u0101nanda nilaye<\/em><\/p>\n
\napr\u0101k\u1e5bta deha p\u0101i, vrajera nika\u1e6da y\u0101i
\n<\/em>sakh\u012b-pada kariy\u0101 \u0101\u015braya
\n<\/em>r\u0101dh\u0101-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a sev\u0101-sukha, bh\u016b\u00f1ji saba y\u0101ya du\u1e25kha
\n<\/em>mah\u0101-bh\u0101va paryanta udaya<\/em><\/p>\n
\nataeva bandhu-jana, chala y\u0101i v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana
\n<\/em>ati d\u016bra nahe sei de\u015ba
\n<\/em>indriya sa\u1e41yama dhari, antare prave\u015ba kari\u2019
\n<\/em>sam\u0101dhi labhibe ava\u015be\u1e63a<\/em><\/p>\n
\nbh\u016bta-bh\u0101va de\u015ba k\u0101la, viramile kichu-k\u0101la
\n<\/em>\u0101tm\u0101ra dahara vika\u015bibe
\n<\/em>sei bh\u016bmi v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, j\u0101na ohe s\u0101dhu-jana
\n<\/em>yath\u0101 r\u0101dh\u0101-govinda dekhibe<\/em><\/p>\n
\ntath\u0101 keli kut\u016bhale, pa\u015bibe yamun\u0101 jale
\n<\/em>sakh\u012b-saha r\u0101dhik\u0101 sev\u0101ya
\n<\/em>r\u0101dhik\u0101 j\u012bvane\u015bvar\u012b, k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-priy\u0101 sarve\u015bvar\u012b
\n<\/em>prema-v\u0101kya kahibe tom\u0101ya<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u015bunibe govinda va\u1e41\u015b\u012b, j\u012bvera h\u1e5bdaya da\u1e41\u015bi
\n<\/em>bh\u016bvana m\u0101t\u0101ya y\u0101ra rabe
\n<\/em>pulaka kadamba-tale, tom\u0101ya \u0101nibe bale
\n<\/em>\u1e0dub\u0101ibe premera \u0101sabe<\/em><\/p>\n
\npa\u015bile yamun\u0101 jale, prema-jv\u0101l\u0101 \u0101ro jvale
\n<\/em>dha\u1e0dapha\u1e0di u\u1e6dhibe takhana
\n<\/em>puline \u0101gata haye, k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-r\u016bpa nirakhiye
\n<\/em>eka-b\u0101re ha\u2019be acetana<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhena v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana-dh\u0101ma, sarva-j\u012bva abhir\u0101ma
\n<\/em>cha\u1e0di yei y\u0101ya anya sth\u0101na
\n<\/em>t\u0101\u2019ra sama m\u016brkha n\u0101i, cint\u0101 kari\u2019 dekha bh\u0101i
\n<\/em>yadi p\u0101o premera sandh\u0101na<\/em><\/p>\n
\nk\u0101min\u012bra saha-v\u0101sa, galpa \u0101di parih\u0101sa
\n<\/em>madya kumbha ala\u1e45k\u0101ra caya
\n<\/em>sakali du\u1e25khera m\u016bla, sukha bali tava bh\u016bla
\n<\/em>ei bel\u0101 bujhaha ni\u015bcaya<\/em><\/p>\n
\ndehe jvar\u0101 prave\u015biy\u0101, k\u0101\u1e45p\u0101ibe tava hiy\u0101
\n<\/em>kaphe ka\u1e47\u1e6dha parip\u016br\u1e47a ha\u2019be
\n<\/em>\u015bunite n\u0101 p\u0101\u2019be k\u0101ne, n\u0101sik\u0101 ak\u1e63ama ghr\u0101\u1e47e
\n<\/em>nirasta haiy\u0101 cak\u1e63u ra\u2019re<\/em><\/p>\n
\npriya bandhu y\u0101re jana, se tom\u0101ra ha\u2019be \u0101na
\n<\/em>a\u1e45gaja karibe avahel\u0101
\n<\/em>dv\u0101re pratih\u0101ri pr\u0101ya, r\u0101khibe tom\u0101re h\u0101ya
\n<\/em>b\u0101lakera ha\u2019be tumi khel\u0101<\/em><\/p>\n
\np\u016brva ye priyas\u012b tava, ebe gh\u1e5b\u1e47\u0101 kare saba
\n<\/em>sur\u0101 sukha n\u0101hi deya \u0101ra
\n<\/em>ye asthi carviy\u0101 sukha, p\u0101ibe se ebe du\u1e25kha
\n<\/em>danta-h\u012bne diteche ap\u0101ra<\/em><\/p>\n
\nala\u1e45k\u0101ra paridh\u0101ne, \u0101ra \u015bobh\u0101 n\u0101hi m\u0101ne
\n<\/em>ebe m\u016brti marka\u1e6da sam\u0101na
\n<\/em>koth\u0101 se darpa\u1e47a-r\u0101ja, koth\u0101 se tom\u0101ya s\u0101ja
\n<\/em>cinti\u2019 kara vair\u0101gya vidh\u0101na<\/em><\/p>\n
\nataeva ei-k\u1e63ane, cala bh\u0101i v\u1e5bnd\u0101vane
\n<\/em>nitya-sukha p\u0101ibe tath\u0101ya
\n<\/em>k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prema nitya-sukha, kabhu n\u0101hi deya du\u1e25kha
\n<\/em>acyuta padapi y\u0101te p\u0101ya<\/em><\/p>\n
\ntava apr\u0101k\u1e5bta deha, v\u1e5bnd\u0101vane p\u0101be geha
\n<\/em>ja\u1e0da-deha ja\u1e0dete rahibe
\n<\/em>pa\u00f1catva \u0101panna ha\u2019le, deha rabe ei sthale
\n<\/em>tumi vraja kabhu n\u0101 ch\u0101\u1e0dibe<\/em><\/p>\n
\nkahe kedarn\u0101tha datta, ei v\u1e5bnd\u0101vana-tattva
\n<\/em>guru mora caitanya gos\u0101i
\n<\/em>t\u0101ra d\u0101sa sa\u1e45ga ha\u2019le, ja\u1e0de citta n\u0101hi chale
\n<\/em>caitanya \u0101\u015braya kara bh\u0101i<\/em><\/p>\n