Poem for Jul 03



Radha-Govinda


Radha-Govinda reciprocate with me.
Radha-Govinda, You stand close together
and vanquish all demons that come
before You. At Your name-giving
ceremony the astrologer Garga Muni
predicted that You, Govinda,
would be “as good as Narayana,”
and You would vanquish
all the demons sent by Kamsa
to kill You.
Radharani,
Your eternal consort,
controls You.
As soon as She sees
You, even before
You meet Her,
She falls
deeply in love with You
by seeing Your picture,
hearing Your flute, and
learning Your name.
This is the very powerful
new love, bhava raga.
Your love for each other
is like a boundless ocean,
and it drowns all the world
in its waves.
I am fortunate that Radha-Govinda
reside with me in Viraha Bhavan.