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Madan Mohan's Poetry Diary


Sri Bhagavata Astakam of Sri Rasikananda
sri-govinda-padaaravinda-madhupaananyaabhilaasojjhitaan purna-prema-rasottsavojjvalamano-vrtti-prasannaananaan | shashvat...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Sad Gosvami Astakam of Srinivasa Acharya
Sri Sad Gosvami Astakam Attached to loudly singing Krishna's name, Dancing in celebration of his fame; As oceans of love's nectar they...
Madan Mohan Das


Srimad Bhagavatam, Book One, Chapter 7
SB.1.7 (Saunaka said) Suta! when Badarayana had heard, Attentive to god-like Narada's word, And when the latter his presence withdrew,...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Kunjaviharyastakam secundus
Always engrossed in Rati's husband's wiles, He radiates tender and charming smiles; He is, as it were, swept off in a trance, By rolling...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Bhakti Ratnavali. Strand One, 65-82
(Brahma to Krishna) O Lord, those who your blessed love forego, And seek the indeterminate to know, As those who grind the empty husk of...
Madan Mohan Das


Premendu Sagara Stotra, Love's Ocean's Moon, by Sri Rupa Gosvami
Full of remorse for having her Lord spurned, A cowherd dame in separation burned; Emaciate, in pain, disquieted, And to her friend in...
Madan Mohan Das


Srimad Bhagavatam, Book One, Chapter 6
(Suta said) O brahmans! when Vyasa the sage had heard The god-like seers' birth and deeds was stirred; Then Satyavati's son, much...
Madan Mohan Das


Srimad Bhagavatam, Book One, Chapter 5
SB.1.5. (Suta said) The god-like sage was thus seated at ease, And smilingly received the courtesies; The veena player was thus...
Madan Mohan Das


Srimad Bhagavatam, Book One, Chapter 4
SB.1.4. (Vyasa said) Thus having heard all Suta did relate, The sages praise him and congratulate; Then Shaunaka, the elder and learned,...
Madan Mohan Das


Srimad Bhagavatam, Book One, Chapter 3.
Suta concludes his response the initial inquiries of the sages. SB.1.3. (Suta said) In the beginning the Almighty One, Assumes the Purusa...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Bhakti Ratnavali, Strand One, 45-64
etāvān eva loke ’smin puṁsāṁ dharmaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ bhakti-yogo bhagavati tan-nāma-grahaṇādibhiḥ (Yama to his emissaries) This much then in...
Madan Mohan Das


Srimad Bhagavatam, Book One, Chapter 2
SB.1.2. Suta's invocation and addressing the inquiries of the sages. Now Vedavyasa, of sages the best, Continuing the theme, these words...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Bhakti Ratnavali, Strand One, 31-45
Continuing with general observations on the nature of bhakti. tam eva vatsāśraya bhṛtya-vatsalaṁ mumukṣubhir mṛgya-padābja-paddhatim...
Madan Mohan Das


Bhakti Ratnavali, Strand One, 10-30
Observations on the general character of bhakti sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Bhakti Ratnavali, Strand One, 1-9
Verses from Srimad Bhagavatam, selected and arranged by Vishnu Puri. (15th Century (?)) Sri Bhatki Ratnavali First Strand, verses 1-9 An...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Brahma Samhita
On that day to Payasvini he came, He bathed; went to Adi-kesava's fane, Thence from a group of great devotees pure, The...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Vilapa Kusumanjali 4/4
Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami api sumukhi kadāhaṁ mālatī-keli-talpe madhura-madhura-goṣṭhīṁ vibhratīṁ vallabhena | manasija-sukhade 'smin...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Vilapa Kusumanjali 3/4
Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami karpūra-pūra-paripūrita-nāga-vallī- parṇādi-pūga-parikalpita-vīṭikāṁ te | vaktrāmbuje madhura-gātri mudā...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Vilapa Kusumanjali, 2/4
Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami pādāmbhoje maṇimaya-tulākoṭi-yugmena yatnād abhyarce tad-dala-kulam api preṣṭa-pādāṅgulīyaiḥ | kāñcī-dāmnā...
Madan Mohan Das


Sri Vilapa Kusumanjali. 1/4
Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami A Handful of Flower Lamentations tvaṁ rūpa-mañjari sakhi prathitā pure'smin puṁsaḥ parasya vadanaṁ na hi...
Madan Mohan Das
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