Worldly people cannot understand this ecstasy! (VK 12.2)

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Vilāpa-kusumāñjali, Verse 12, Part 2 | Pratibhā Goswami

»O Kalyāṇi (auspicious, beautiful girl)! When will the jingling of Your anklebells, like an ocean of nectarean rasa, cure my deafness?«

Full version (55:42 min):

https://youtu.be/zcfWDKtKHxI (Abre numa nova janela)

Podcast

⏳ 00:00 – The taste of a rasika-bhakta 
The relish of a rasik devotee for bhakti is limitless. He closes the outer doors (to the material world) and opens the inner doors (his spiritual form as a mañjarī or sakhī). “Worldly people cannot understand this ecstasy!” (Ananta Dās Bābājī). One absorbed in līlā-rasa becomes deaf to worldly allurements.

🌸 11:05 – Līlā : Kṛṣṇa Wants to Be Friends with Rādhā (extra video below)
Pratibhā tells a heart-touching līlā of Rādhe-jū and Ṭhākur-jī, illustrating Verse 12 in a sweet way: Kṛṣṇa plays in a place at the Yamunā’s bank reserved for Rādhe-jū. Listen to the charming dialogue between Lalitā and Kṛṣṇa—and how Tulasi-mañjarī lost the vision of the anklebells.

True knowledge (jñāna) cannot capture nikunja-rasa. Only unconditional love for Ṭhākur-jī opens the way. Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are easily available to the devotee, but not to great mystics, yogis, or jñānīs.

🌼 04:10 – Bhaktā-mālā 
Pratibhā shares the story of Devī, disciple of Nityānanda Bābājī. So absorbed was she in Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa-līlā that she forgot the outer world—living on mud and pond water for 90 days without illness. What did she say when returning from her trance?

💬 37:35 – Discussion 
An inspiring Q&A: How can we grow a deep and strong relationship with Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?