The Hidden Treasure Of Rasa - The Heart Of The Bhagavatam (Vol 1)
By Satyanarayana
The rāsa-lÄ«lā pastime is the essence and the cream of the Vedic literature. It is the highest and purest expression of love of God, exemplified by the cowherd women of Vraja, the gopÄ«s headed by ÅšrÄ«matÄ« Rādhikā, for Kṛṣṇa. These five chapters of the 10thCanto of ÅšrÄ«mad-Bhāgavatam are called Rāsa-PañcādhyāyÄ« – the five life-airs of the Bhāgavatam. The bhāva, or moods of love, described by the commentaries of ÅšrÄ« ViÅ›vanātha CakravartÄ« Ṭhākura and elucidated by ÅšrÄ«la Satyanarayana Dasa Babaji transport the reader from mundane reality to the transcendental realm of pure love in Vraja. The sensitive readers and the rasika devotees will relish this kathā deeply, and thus their bhajana life will be enriched.