Fixed Loving Devotional Service

Śrī Vṛndāvana, the place of the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, is indescribable. It is self-manifest and full of ecstatic love. Happiness is eternally present there. It is devoid of the miseries of old age and death. The pastimes of Kṛṣṇa are constantly performed there.

The loving pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are like purified gold. They are the waves in the ocean of transcendental mellows. The eyes of the Divine Couple are like the cakora birds that drink sweet nectar. Cupid with his wife always meditate to achieve this love of God.

The golden complexioned Śrī Rādhikā is the topmost and dearmost. She is most enchanting and seated on the left of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She wears a red sari out of intense attachment and puts a blue shawl on top of that sari. She is beautifully decorated with jewelled ornaments.

All the sakhīs and their companions happily drink the sweet beauty of the Divine Couple through their eyes and meditate upon Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. They eternally serve the Young Couple, who are seated on a jewelled altar, unapproachable by the Vedas.

O my mind, service to Śrī Hari is rarely achieved. Why then do you not worship Him? You are simply suffering due to material bondage. Abandon all fruitive activities and religious duties prescribed in the Vedas and serve the lotus feet of the Lord with devotion.

The result of material enjoyments are dangerous. Why do you not worship Śrī Nandanandana, the Lord of Braja and the abode of ecstatic bliss? Desires for heavenly planets, liberation and enjoying the material world are hellish. They ruin one’s human form of life.

Do not put faith in this temporary material body, because Yamarāja, the lord of death, is waiting next to you. The flow of karma is just like the ocean of sorrow. Consider this properly and worship the lotus feet of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa with attachment under the guidance of sādhu and śāstra.

Fruitive activities and mental speculation are like pots of poison. Those who drink this poison, thinking it to be nectar, fall into the cycle of repeated birth and death. Such persons eat abominable things and their human form of life is spoiled.

Those who have not developed attachment for Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, not knowing the process of loving devotional service, consider others as their lord and protector. Such people do not inquire about devotional service, rather they engage in pseudo meditation. Their lives are useless and insignificant.

The less intelligent people engage in pious activities and speculative knowledge. They do not know the process of devotional service, because they are misguided by various opinions. Do not listen to them, but know it for certain that transcendental devotional service is the life and soul of the devotees.

Although Lord Hari is all-pervading, and Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva are His order carriers, nevertheless His form and pastimes are full of sweetness. One who knows this science, is a topmost devotee and I will always associate with him.

Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Paramour. Therefore, be always attached to Him, and worship Him in the mood of Braja. Reside in Braja and associate with devotees who appreciate loving devotional service.

Fix your mind at the lotus feet of the spiritual master and the devotees. According to their instructions and the guidance of the sakhīs, always live and serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in Braja.

I will always prayfully with desire, sing the amorous pastimes of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in life or death. This is my only hope and nothing else do I want, says poor Narottama dāsa.