The tenth skandha of Srimad-Bhâgavatam describes Sri Krishna’s infinitely beautiful pastimes. It gives us a darshan of this eternal, ethereal, divine prem, viraha, love-reminiscences and stupefies us in ecstasy. We are amazed with the vision of Bhramar-geet – how Srimati Râdhârâni is expressing Her divine love-delirium! And how nicely Srila Babaji Mahârâj has explained this by illuminating the wonderful sevâ rendered by the manajris under the subservience of the sakhis ! Thus he has revealed to us the confidential divine pathway to Manjari-swarup-sâdhanâ. On one hand, the sweetness of Venu-geet blows transcendental erotic desire in non-conscious matter, and on the other hand w ehave Gopi-Geet that is a mega-feast of the subtle emotions of the Gopis overwhelmed with viraha ! Their passion pierces our gross body and immerses our antash-chintita¹ transcendental swarup² in the divine pastimes that Sri Krishna performs in the Gopis’ heart that is like His playground of love. The sweet Gopi-geet fills our soul with anurâg and takes us to the height of supreme oneness with our siddha-swarup, brilliantly illuminating our eternal relation with the Supreme Lover – it is the height of intense exultation – it is an immense expression of the colossal attractive power that is Sri Krishna! Such is Srila Bâbâji Mahârâj’s expert presentation of this dramatic song. The hearts of the Gopis are submerged in the ocean of Sri Krishna-bhâv while imitating His leelâs. When they re-enact these leelâs mingled with their love-remembrances, the ras of their musical anklets applaud them. They bring us so close to Sri Govinda’s captivating leelâs that we are maddened by the blissful blazing recollection, and realization of the vision and passionate touch of our Beloved. Srila Bâbâji Mahârâj has painted this extraordinary divine scenario very skillfully using his ras-expertise like a paint-brush.

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