𝓜𝓮𝓱𝓽𝓪𝓫

𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓱𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓶 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝔂𝓰𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓮𝓻𝓪

[mehtab-bagh]

𝓜𝓮𝓱𝓽𝓪𝓫 𝓑𝓪𝓰𝓱 ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢˚

kohl-rimmed eyes & ancient skies ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢˚

a poet seeking the rhythm of Shyam’s flute in the chaos of today.

the timeless scent of the lotus blooming in murky waters.

𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 | 𝓟𝓪𝓲𝓷 | 𝓓𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓮

with my soft poetry ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🦢˚

O madhava🌊

Sweet kanha🩵

My madhava✨

श्री दामोदर अष्टकम

[mehtab-bagh]

श्री दामोदर अष्टकम🪷

namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam

yasoda-bhiyolukalad-dhavamanam paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya

{To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who [due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing] is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yashoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed - to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances. }

rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram

muhuh svasa-kampa-tri-rekhanka-kantha- sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham

{[Seeing the whipping stick in His mother’s hand,] He is crying and rubbing his eyes again and again with his two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around his neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of his quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.}



itidrk-sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde sva-ghosam nimajjantam akhyapayantam

tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam punah prematas tam satavrtti vande

{By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbued with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times.}



varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va na canyam vrne 'ham varesad apiha

idam te vapur natha gopala-balam sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih

{O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon [which may be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti]. O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrindavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this? }



idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair- vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais ca gopya

muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

{O Lord, Your lotus face is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yashoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me.}



namo deva damodarananta visno prasida prabho duhkha-jalabdhi-magnam

krpa-drsti-vrstyati-dinam batanu-grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah

{O Supreme God, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Visnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showing Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.}



kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca

tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha na mokse graho me 'sti damodareha

{O Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera –Manigriva and Nalakuvara – were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.}

namas te 'stu damne sphurad dipti-dhamne tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne

namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai namo 'nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam

{O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.}

[mehtab-bagh]

"मेरी भव बाधा हरौ राधा नागरि सोइ, जा तन की झाँईं परै स्याम हरित दुति होइ।"

(May Radha remove my worldly hurdles, by whose reflection Shyam glows with a bright green hue.)

by Bihari Lal, in his Satsai.

[mehtab-bagh]

श्री दामोदर अष्टकम🪷

namamisvaram sac-cid-ananda-rupam lasat-kundalam gokule bhrajamanam

yasoda-bhiyolukalad-dhavamanam paramrstam atyantato drutya gopya

{To the Supreme Lord, whose form is the embodiment of eternal existence, knowledge, and bliss, whose shark-shaped earrings are swinging to and fro, who is beautifully shining in the divine realm of Gokula, who [due to the offense of breaking the pot of yogurt that His mother was churning into butter and then stealing the butter that was kept hanging from a swing] is quickly running from the wooden grinding mortar in fear of mother Yashoda, but who has been caught from behind by her who ran after Him with greater speed - to that Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, I offer my humble obeisances. }

rudantam muhur netra-yugmam mrjantam karambhoja-yugmena satanka-netram

muhuh svasa-kampa-tri-rekhanka-kantha- sthita-graivam damodaram bhakti-baddham

{[Seeing the whipping stick in His mother’s hand,] He is crying and rubbing his eyes again and again with his two lotus hands. His eyes are filled with fear, and the necklace of pearls around his neck, which is marked with three lines like a conch shell, is shaking because of his quick breathing due to crying. To this Supreme Lord, Sri Damodara, whose belly is bound not with ropes but with His mother's pure love, I offer my humble obeisances.}



itidrk-sva-lilabhir ananda-kunde sva-ghosam nimajjantam akhyapayantam

tadiyesita-jnesu bhaktair jitatvam punah prematas tam satavrtti vande

{By such childhood pastimes as this He is drowning the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy, and is revealing to those devotees who are absorbed in knowledge of His supreme majesty and opulence that He is only conquered by devotees whose pure love is imbued with intimacy and is free from all conceptions of awe and reverence. With great love I again offer my obeisances to Lord Damodara hundreds and hundreds of times.}



varam deva moksam na moksavadhim va na canyam vrne 'ham varesad apiha

idam te vapur natha gopala-balam sada me manasy avirastam kim anyaih

{O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for the boon of impersonal liberation, nor the highest liberation of eternal life in Vaikuntha, nor any other boon [which may be obtained by executing the nine processes of bhakti]. O Lord, I simply wish that this form of Yours as Bala Gopala in Vrindavana may ever be manifest in my heart, for what is the use to me of any other boon besides this? }



idam te mukhambhojam atyanta-nilair- vrtam kuntalaih snigdha-raktais ca gopya

muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

{O Lord, Your lotus face is encircled by locks of soft black hair tinged with red, is kissed again and again by mother Yashoda, and Your lips are reddish like the bimba fruit. May this beautiful vision of your lotus face be ever manifest in my heart. Thousands and thousands of other benedictions are of no use to me.}



namo deva damodarananta visno prasida prabho duhkha-jalabdhi-magnam

krpa-drsti-vrstyati-dinam batanu-grhanesa mam ajnam edhy aksi-drsyah

{O Supreme God, I offer my obeisances unto You. O Damodara! O Ananta! O Visnu! O master! O my Lord, be pleased upon me. By showing Your glance of mercy upon me, deliver this poor ignorant fool who is immersed in an ocean of worldly sorrows, and become visible to my eyes.}



kuveratmajau baddha-murtyaiva yadvat tvaya mocitau bhakti-bhajau krtau ca

tatha prema-bhaktim svakam me prayaccha na mokse graho me 'sti damodareha

{O Lord Damodara, just as the two sons of Kuvera –Manigriva and Nalakuvara – were delivered from the curse of Narada and made into great devotees by You in your form as a baby tied with rope to a wooden grinding mortar, in the same way, please give to me your own prema-bhakti. I only long for this and have no desire for any kind of liberation.}

namas te 'stu damne sphurad dipti-dhamne tvadiyodarayatha visvasya dhamne

namo radhikayai tvadiya-priyayai namo 'nanta-lilaya devaya tubhyam

{O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes.}

[mehtab-bagh]

O madhava, wherever I go, may my heart always be at your lotus feet🪷

[mehtab-bagh]

Your essence is the dream from which I never wish to wake, my madhava....

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[sobsicle]

don’t forget to tell your favourite tumblr girl she’s pretty today 😘

[pb-reblogs]

@im-too-messy @radionohwed @kiduanon

[milady-motherfucker]

Hehe thankuuuu ilysm right back at you<33

@disproportionatelysculpting @magic-coffee @sheilakijawaanii

@maeramtajogi

[ikkkudi-deactivated20260423]

Oh my thank you dear 💖💖

@viscabarcaviscacatalunya10 @bingobango9 @czx-kwie @viraah @lutt-le-gaya @tooferaltobeheard

[lutt-le-gaya]

You'll make me cry 🥺🥺 @maeramtajogi you are literally the prettiest 🥺✨

@cupcaketulips @ishqdigallivichnoentry @anyloveleft-nope @marlena-marlena @miraclejin1204 @mainyahaankyunhoon @wohnoorkajharnahaiii

[anyloveleft-nope]

Awww, thank youuu @lutt-le-gaya 🪻

All my girlies are prettyyyy

@daaruu @coffee--spill @anglwingz @yahvii @aaru-aaruji @itsadr1ta @waltz-of-letters @3amtokyo @drowningbiscuit @teenytinydinosaurs @gudbud

Can't forget the pretty men too,

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[aaru-aaruji]

@anyloveleft-nope awwie thank youu 😭💗 you're so pretty too <3

and so are you guysss. ya'll are the prettiest

@shatbhisha @oh-no-nana @viswasakhi @stardustsighs @zooliee @kalejachashniaurbhejafullfry

and all of my mutuals, both men and women <33 y'all are beautiful people 🤍

[shatbhisha]

@aaru-aaruji you are my pyaruuuu bachaa!! 💕💕

🤭 pretty girls meet up

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[pastapatronus24]

@shatbhisha thank you pretty lady 😚

@cafffeineconnoisseur @leherology @aamtreeanalogy

All the women here are so gorgeous 😭

[leherology]

Omgg !! Thank you and right back at you pretty divas 🌷💗 @shatbhisha @pastapatronus24

@me-be-bubbles @poeticallytrash @chaandkideewani @kissi-shayar-ki-ghazal @3amtokyo @gudbud @viswasakhi @futuristic-koala

All the girl mutuals are so sooo prettyyy !!

[chaandkideewani]

thank you soo much beautiful!! ♥️

@sheilakijawaanii @celesteablack @aahanna @shadowseductress @kurja-tales @firdaus-ii @shotsyfeather @sajra-savera @sannnduch @chuchundar @desigirldairies @talesinmyhead040122 @bipdf @ramayantika @kissi-shayar-ki-ghazal

& all my girl moots ⭐💌💋💗💕

[sajra-savera]

thanks for the tag cuties! @chaandkideewani @in-love-with-you-leyla @futuristic-koala 🌷

@mostest-smartest @desikanya @moonlightunderthehaze

and all my other mutual girlies! <333

[desikanya]

thanks for the tag darling<33

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[merevasudevmeremadhav]

Thank Youuu for tagging!!!💗💗

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[lordsabove]

THABKS FOR THE TAG BESTIEEEE

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[mehtab-bagh]

@lordsabove you got tears in my eyes... Those heartfelt tears💌🪷

@lordsabove @chaandkideewani @natkhat-sa-shyam

[mehtab-bagh]

O shri Krishna, Greatest of All, My hands know no ritual; my lips offer no perfect chants; my mind grasps no ancient lore.

I am but a flicker of dust adrift in the vastness of Your creation, a fragile puppet dancing upon the golden threads of Your Maya.

I possess no merit but just the memory of You.

Like a dreamer waking to the dawn, I find my only truth in your sweetness, madhav. I cast my entire self into the essence of your love; mind, heart, and breath—until there is nothing left of me but the rhythmic chanting of Your glory.

May my heart always reside at your lotus feet shri krishna🪷

~ 𝓐

cc: @mehtab-bagh

[mehtab-bagh]

With dust upon his golden brow,

And a basuri against his lip,

He wanders where the grasses bow

And silver waters drip.

No crown of gems, but peacock quill,

No throne but root and stone,

He calls the cows from every hillI

In music’s sweetest tone.

The calves skip close to hear the song,

The Yamuna water lingers near,

As through the woods he leads the throng,

A boy without a peer.

The Lord of all the worlds is he,

In shepherd’s simple guise,

Tending his herd beneath a tree,

With starlight in his eyes.

~ 𝓐

I cannot unseen it, the resembles...✨🪷

cc: @mehtab-bagh

[mehtab-bagh]

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1993)

today only i was re-watching this movie, and oh my... Nostalgia✨ my childhood. How i used to beg my mother to sing me this song as a lullaby💌💌💌

This movie was itself an art🪷

[mehtab-bagh]

How even the thought of you, calms the greatest wars within me...

Oh my sweet kanha my love for you is an offering not a plea...

~ 𝓐

cc: @mehtab-bagh

[pranasakha]

[dazaicoree]

[desikanya]

शुभ रामनवमी 🪷

श्रीराम राम रघुनन्दन राम राम । श्रीराम राम भरताग्रज राम राम । श्रीराम राम रणकर्कश राम राम । श्रीराम राम शरणं भव राम राम ॥

Rama who is the delight of the Raghus । Rama who is elder brother of Bharata । Rama who is tormentor of his enemies । I come under refuge of God Rama.

श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ मनसा स्मरामि । श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ वचसा गृणामि । श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ शिरसा नमामि । श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥

I remember the feet of Sri Ramachandra in my mind । I praise the feet of Sri Ramachandra by my speech । I salut the feet of Sri Ramachandra by bowing down my head । I take refuge on the feet of Sri Ramachandra by bowing myself down.

[mehtab-bagh]

To the world he was Bhagwan but to his maiya he was just a little krishna with makhaan on his lips🪷✨

[mehtab-bagh]

Oh sweet smiled one...

Even your shadow is so winsome that can make your ones eyes welled with your gracious lotus's ocean.....

~𝓐

cc: @mehtab-bagh

[dayaar-e-ishq]

Funny how the system suddenly becomes efficient, when it’s time to restrict someone’s identity and rights.

[wowmiriri-deactivated20260429]

No, Hinduism cannot be anti-Brahmanical. Hinduism also cannot be anti-Dalit. Hinduism includes all castes. No, we don't worship cows. They are simply considered sacred in our religion. Hinduism isn't homophobic. Hinduism doesn't teach Islamophobia. Not every Hindu nationalist is an Andhbakht. No, hating Hinduism won't make you a liberal (shocking! I know). Hinduism is a philosophy. A way of life. An atheist can still be a Hindu. Hindutva and Zionism aren't the same (please read Veer Savarkar's Hindutva). Nathuram Godse wasn't a terrorist. Hinduism is very much the core of this country. No, there is no India without Hinduism. Hindu genocide is not a propaganda. Hinduphobia is very much real and is growing fast.

All of these are my personal opinions. I don't have any problem if any of you have anything else to add.