Shri Biharin Dev Ju Ki Vani is the compilation of poetic composition of Rasopasna (Blissful devotion) and Sidhanth (Philosophical) couplets for the genuine aspirants of true Ras Marg recommended by Rasik Saints. The main 'bhava' is Sehchari Bhava and Nikunj Rasopasna.
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O Lord! I am Yours, and You are mine. When You, dearer to me than life itself, are pleased with me, what harm can the Vedas and scriptures, pronouncing their judgments like a Qāzī, do to me? No matter how much the people of this world may talk, what harm can they possibly cause me?
The darśana of Nitya-Vihāra is exceedingly rare, and to experience its touch is rarer still. Those whose hearts remain drawn toward ordinary pleasures merely cherish a fruitless hope of attaining it. In other words, to attain this Nitya-Vihāra, one must become its exclusive and single-minded worshipper.
Just as a warrior ordinarily equips both hands with weapons, sādhakas too rely upon the strength of numerous spiritual disciplines and practices. But Śrī Bihārin Deva Jī declares, “I possess only one support, one strength: the single-minded worship of Nitya-Vihāra. My heart knows no other aspiration; forever and always, it yearns only for the divine Nitya-Vihāra.”
It is well known to all that Śrī Hari is the Lord even of all lords, yet Śrī Rādhā is the sovereign of that very Supreme Lord, Śrī Hari. Śrī Kṛṣṇa, casting aside all His splendor and prestige, continually begs for love from His Svāminī, Śrī Rādhā, and concealing all His sovereignty, He remains completely surrendered to Her love.
Even if a lamb longs to become a lion, desire alone can never make it one. A true lion breaks down every fence that surrounds it. How can one who remains entangled in numerous religious formalities, ritual observances, scriptural injunctions and prohibitions, sectarian identity, or other external bonds ever be compared to those exclusive rasikas whose resolve is as firm as that of a lion? A true rasika is one who has broken every other bond and established an exclusive relationship with Śrī Priyā-Priyatama alone.
Our beloved Śrī Pyārī Jū (Śrī Rādhā) is supremely enchanting, expert in the arts of love, tender-hearted, and infinitely lovable. She constantly pours ever-fresh streams of love upon her beloved.
Countless pandits spent their entire lives immersed in the study of great scriptures, yet remained entangled in mere learning and ultimately wasted their valuable lives. Despite all their study, they failed to learn even a single lesson of divine love. Carrying only the burden of dry scriptural knowledge, they never attained true wisdom.
O brother, this is an undeniable truth that in both this world and the other world, no real relationship can exist without pure love. All worldly ties, such as those of mother, father, son, and brother, are fundamentally based upon self-interest. The fragrance of true selfless love is impossible to find here; therefore, only the ignorant beings become entangled in such relationships.
In the rasa-upāsanā of Svāmī Haridāsa Jī, the divine couple are so completely absorbed, through body, mind, thought, and every pore of Their being, that nothing other than uninterrupted nitya-vihāra (love-play) pleases Them, not even the hearing of Their own Names. For Śyāmā-Kuñjabihārī, nitya-vihāra alone is the very life and soul.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the foremost among rasikas, and Śrī Rādhā, the crest-jewel of rasikas, are the very embodiment of rasa itself. Both are supremely skillful connoisseurs of divine love and are the very source of life and support of all rasika devotees, ever absorbed in loving jokes and laughter.
O Bihārīdāsa! The speakers of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam often speak sweet and nectarine words and repeatedly offer prostrations (daṇḍavata), yet their hidden aim is to sustain themselves and their families through the offerings they receive. In contrast, Śrī Śukadeva Jī Mahārāja, in every word of the Bhāgavatam, has taught renunciation of worldly attachments and exclusive devotion to the lotus feet of the Lord. How surprising that such speakers fail to perceive its true essence.
Perform the ārati of the beautiful, ever-youthful divine couple. This ever-fresh rasika couple shines like twin moons within the Nikunja, dispelling all sorrow and the darkness of ignorance from the hearts of devotees.
Many people remain entangled throughout their lives in notions of saparasa and aparas, or in external practices and rituals. At the moment of death, nothing proves of any use. Only the pure love offered to the Lord sustains; nothing else. That love alone has the power to carry the soul across the vast ocean of illusion.
Through mind, words, deeds, and with one’s entire sense of self, one should offer oneself solely unto Śrī Nitya-Vihāriṇī Jū (Śrī Rādhā). Empowered by this very rasa, attaining the state of a maidservant of Śrī Vihāriṇī Jū and entering Her captivating sway, that Śrī Vihāriṇī-Dāsī manifests in Śrī Nikuñja-Mahāl as a source of happiness to Śrī Priyā Herself.
O Sakhi, No matter how much someone tries to explain it, the truth is that the eternal Nitya-vihāra (love-plays) of the divine couple, Śrī Bihārī–Bihāriṇī Jū is filled with such wondrous and extraordinary rasa that no one can ever fully comprehend their depth.
If you completely renounce the company of the ‘vyabhicārī’ (those enslaved by worldly desires) and instead worship the Divine Couple with pure, selfless, and exclusive love, finding happiness only in Their happiness, then your heart will be filled with the priceless treasure of Their divine love.
O bee-like mind! You keep wandering from place to place—listen to me now. I will tell you something wise: if you somehow develop true love for the divine lotus feet of Śrī Śyāma-Śyām, you will experience unfathomable bliss.
Diamonds are not found in sacks, nor do swans walk in rows. Lions, too, do not gather in flocks like sheep — similarly, Rasikas (true connoisseurs of divine love) never gather in groups; they are extremely rare and remain hidden.
O Hari! You embraced me in such a way that wherever You saw obstacles in my life, You Yourself removed them time and again.
Just like dry clay, the pandits remain deeply entangled in endless rituals and external formalities, with no real spiritual depth. Immersed in such outward practices, how can such karma-kānḍīs people ever attain the supreme treasure of divine love?
