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Malati /Jasmine
Sakhi-vrinde Vijnapti
Prayer to the Sakhis
(from Prarthana)
(1)
radha-krishna prana mora jugala-kisora
jivane marane gati aro nahi mora
(2)
kalindira kule keli-kadambera vana
ratana-bedira upara bosabo du’jana
(3)
syama-gauri-ange dibo (cuwa) candanera gandha
camara dhulabo kabe heri mukha-candra
(4)
gathiya malatir mala dibo dohara gale
adhare tuliya dibo karpura-tambule
(6)
sri-krishna-caitanya-prabhur daser anudasa
seva abhilasha kore narottama-dasa
(5)
lalita visakha-adi jata sakhi-brinda
ajnaya koribo seba caranaravinda
Translation:
(1) The divine couple, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, are my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge
but Them.
(2) In a forest of small kadamba trees on the bank of the Yamuna, I will seat the divine couple on a throne made
of brilliant jewels.
(3) I will anoint Their dark and fair forms with sandalwood paste scented with cuya, and I will fan Them with
a camara whisk. Oh, when will I behold Their moonlike faces?
(4) After stringing together garlands of malati flowers I will place them around Their necks, and I will
offer tambula scented with camphor to Their lotus mouths.
(5) With the permission of all the sakhis, headed by Lalita and Visakha, I will serve the lotus feet of Radha
and Krishna.
(6) Narottama dasa, the servant of the servant of Sri Krishna Caitanya Prabhu, longs for this service to the
divine couple.May be an image of 2 people


This is a beautiful Bhajan by Srila Narottama das Thakura .Right now is Jasmine seasons in USA ,it wont last much longer end of October maybe into November.So I pick Jasmines for my Govardhana Silas and Salagrama silas daily , often there is bees hiding deep inside the Jasmines that you can not see.It is like devotees diving into the lotusfeet of Krsnas service and subject and so absorbed in the Nectar ,these bees are trying to get the nectar from the Malati /Jasmine flowers.My Gurudeva Srila Narayana Maharaja loved Jasmine garlands offered to Krsna, I often brought him and gave him Jasmine Mahaprasadam garlands from my Giriraja silas in Vrindavana .


You will often see photos still with my Gurudeva wearing Jasmine garlands :
Malati flowers are very dear to Sri Sri Radha Krsna .I could find many things in Krsna Bhavananamrta and Govinda Lilamrta about Jasmine flowers and Radha Krsna.But I will not go there as then many will say why you quote these books .


One time I was coming from DeMay be an image of 1 person and outdoorsnmark and arrived in Vrindavana and I went to see my friend AIndra Prabhu it was late in the evening .he said great to see you Prabhu ,will you go with me to the flower wallas near Banka Bihari temple, I need get many Jasmine flowers and sow them into the outfit of Sri Sri Radha Shymasundara and Lalita and VIsakha.
So how auspicious we got the Jasmine flowers though it was midnight by the time we went to the flowerwallas by Rickshaw, the poor flower walla woke up to allow us to purchase all the Jasmines he had (he was sound asleep when we came) so all night we where sowing in those Jasmine flowers into Radha Shyamasundaras dress like a flower outfit .
Almost daily if you take darshan of Radha Shymasundara or Krsna Balarama or Gaura Nitai from Vrindavana in person or from online Darshan you will see the many Jasmine flowers offered to Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundra
I was chanting 128 rounds the other day and I got this inspiration from Lord Caitanya within my heart to write something about Radha Krsna and Malati flowers I hope this please His lotusfeet it is just a meager attempt,In Narasimha worship and worship of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Prabhu offering Jasmine flowers is also most pleasing and in my worship of Giriraja Silas I love to offer Jasmine flowers.Visvambhara Goswami from Radha Ramana temple told me also in 1986 that Jasmine oil should be offered all summer long to Giriraja Silas, Sri Sri Radha Ramana gets this oil offered daily he told me.(when you bath Krsna you massage His transcendental body in Jasmine oil) In Vrindavana in some places you can find pure Jasmine oil,made only of Jasmine flowers .This in one of my favorite photoes of Srila Prabhupada with Jasmine garland
Often the teeth of the Divine Couple is compared to Jasmine flowers, Lord Narasimha also has the complexion of the Jasmine ,or sometimes full moon is the comparison
Kusakratha Prabhu used to grow Jasmine flowers on his balcony at ISKCON LA and he wrote this nice prayer to Lord Narasimha :
Sri nrsimha caranambuje vare
sundare vilasite manohare
su smitah sukhantaratmana
malati kusumam arpayamy aham
Smiling and my heart filled with happiness, I place a jasmine flower at Lord Nrsimha's beautiful lotus feet.
So much more and be said , Srila Prabhupada named one devotee Malati devi dasi , that is a beautiful name for a mataji

your servant Paramananda das
PS I will put this article on my page Sastra Caksusa at a later date I will inserts other nectar things about Malati flowers in Krsnas service trust me there is a lot .When I pick Jasmines I am careful not to kill the bees that are inside the Jasmines (because you can often not see them) or harm them.The Jasmine flowers are their food and I am there competing with them to get the Jasmines for Krsnas service and they are there to eat the honey .How sweet is the smell of Jamines offered to the lotusfeet of Sri Sri Radha Krsna .?
I wonder if Srila Prabhupada said anything to mother Malati when he gave her that name ?And why he did so ?May be an image of 1 person

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Comment by Paramananda das on October 22, 2021 at 1:52pm

maybe you remember my article about Malati flowers /Jasmine? Well add this to it
MALATI MALAYA VISNUH PUJITO YENA KARTIKE
PAPAKSARA KRTAM MALAM HATHAT SAURIH PRAMARJJATI
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 7/92 from SKANDA PURANA conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni)
In the month of Karttika (October-November), any person, if he worships Lord Visnu with Malati (white Jasmine) flowers, whatever sinful activities are registered for him by Yamaraja, death personified, are removed.
I am fortunate here in Maryland USA I offer Jasmine to Giriraja and Salagrama Silas every day during Kartika .

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