Poem for Apr 25



Acarya's Writing

Padyavali, Anthology of Devotional Poetry
Srila Rupa Gosvami

Sri Radhaya vilapah
Srimati Radharani’s Lament

Verse 335

If I must remain alive
in this way, eternally
hanging by a single thread
of hope, then why did
the supremely benign
creator Brahma not
create a deadly poison
(to save Me)?

– Sri Raghunatha dasa