Manjari Svarupa Nirupana

Mañjarī Svarup Nirūpaṇa
मञ्जरी स्वरूप निरूपण - mañjarī svarūpa nirūpaṇa

कुंज बिहारी दास बाबा जी - by Kuja bihārī dāsa bābājī


Translation by Jagadananda das

Translator`s preface 1
Translator`s preface 2

1. Introduction
   1.1 Aṣṭādaśa-cchanda, Vastra-haraṇa, 2
   1.2 Magnitudes of Prema
   1.3 Types of Rati
   1.4 Kṛṣna and Rādhā as servants
   1.5 Two types of kama-rupa devotion
   1.6 Rūpa Bābāji the revealer of maṇjari bhava
   1.7 The servitude to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
   1.8 Qualification to hear about mādhura rati
   1.9 Jāhnavā Ṭhākurāṇī - Śrī Anāṅga Mañjarī about bhāvollāsa
   1.10 Three ingredients for attaining bhāvollāsa
   1.11 The cause of greed for Kṛṣṇa rasa
   1.12 Further Qualification for kāmānugā bhakti

2. An overview of the concepts of sacred rapture 
    2.0 Rati-spiritual love - conditions
    2.1   sthāyi-bhāva vibhāva anubhāva sāttvika sañcāri
    2.2 Forms of sthāyi-bhāva BRS
    2.3 Sāmānya, svaccha śānta
    2.4 Prīti sakhya vatsalya
    2.5 Priyatā-rati
    2.6 Gauṇa-rati
    2.7 Hāsa-Vismaya-Utsāha-Rati
    2.8 Śoka-krodha-bhaya-jugupsā-rati

    2.9 Vibhāva-ālambana
        Viṣaya-ālambana - 64 Qualities of Kṛṣṇa
        Kṛṣṇas saundarya
        Krishnas age, words, being Cupid
        Krishnas creativity, aesthetics, cleverness
        Krishna - expert, knower, inscrutable, compliant
        Krishna rasik: bashful and happy
        Krishna rasik: fame, attractiveness, prosperity
        Krishna rasik: ever-fresh, the sweetness of his pastimes, intense prema
        Krishna rasik: the sweetness of His flute and form
        Krishna rasik: most perfect, dhīra-lalitaḥ
        Krishna rasik: perfect, dhīrodāttaḥ, dhīra-śāntaḥ, dhīroddhataḥ
        Krishna rasik: mādhurya śobhā vilāsaḥ
        Krishna rasik: māṅgalyam, sthairyam, tejaḥ
        Krishna rasik: lalitam audāryam

 2.10 Āśraya ālambana - kṛṣṇa-bhaktāḥ
        Bhakta - Definition
        Perfected devotee - Siddha Bhakta - सिद्ध भक्त
        Bhakta adhikāra to attain perfection
        Already eternally perfect devotees

2.11 Love Stimuli and Support -prema uddīpanā ālambana ca
       Ages of Kṛṣṇa in Bauma-Vṛndavan-līlā
       Youth of Krishna (kiśora - age 11-16 )
       The last period of youth - nava yauvana
       Beauty, form, tenderness

3. Radha's girlfriends
    3.1 The Spirit of Radharani's girlfriends
    3.2 The five divisions of sakhi-bhava
         3.2.1 Krishna-snehadhika
         3.2.2 Sama-sneha
         3.2.3 Radha-snehadhika
    3.3 The superiority of the Radha-snehadhika sakhis
    3.4 The dominant mood of the manjaris called bhavollasa-rati
    3.5 The reason why bhavollasa-rati is a separate sthayi-bhava rather than a sancari-bhava
    3.6 The competence of manjari-bhava in conquering Krishna
    3.7 The manjaris' way of devotion
    3.8 Bhavollasa rati - the gift of Caitanya Mahaprabhu's special mercy

Srila Kunjabihari das Babaji and Ananta das Babaji