Poem for Jun 01



Radha-Govinda


Radha-Govinda reciprocate with me.
Radha-Govinda, You have descended from
Goloka-Vrindavana. You have kindly and
inconceivably agreed to stay together
on the altar in the kunja,
surrounded by flowers and plants.
I pray that You will reveal
Yourselves to me in the proper mood.
As we say to Lord Jagannatha:
“jagannatha svami
nayana-pathi-gami bhavatu me –
O Lord of the Universe
kindly be visible unto me.”
I want to see You in Your true spiritual forms,
freed from material conceptions.
I want the vision
of a pure devotee. I know
it must be earned. I
enthusiastically receive Your darsana,
on the lookout for
devotional perception,
eyes tinged with the ointment
of love. I am grateful
Radha-Govinda reside with me in Viraha Bhava.