TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Pranam Mantra for Bhadravana

2. Verse from Mathura Mahatmya

3. Verse from Bhavishya Purana

4. Verses from Lalita Madhava

5. Verse from Caitanya Caritamrita

6. Verse from Navadvipa Bhava Taranga

7. Verses from Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya

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 Pranam Mantra for Bhadravana

Braja Bhakti Vilasa by Narayana Bhatt Goswami

Chapter – 10, Verse – 8

bhadrāya bhadra-rūpāya
sadā kalyāṇa-vardhane
amaṅgalac-chide tasmai
namo bhadra-vanāya ca

Translation

Obeisances to the auspicious forest named Bhadra-vana which is a personification of all

auspiciousness; which always increases good fortune and which cuts down all
inauspiciousness.
 Verse from Mathura Mahatmya

Verse 345

bhadravanasyadi-varahe

tasmin bhadravanam nama

sastham ca vanam uttamam
tatra gatva tu vasudhe
mad-bhakto mat-parayanah
tad vanasya prabhavena
nagalokam sa gacchati

Translation

Glorification of Bhadravana

In the Adi-varaha Purana it is said:

Bhadravana is the sixth transcendental forest. O earth-goddess, a devotee attached to Me who goes
there, goes to Nagaloka by the power of that forest.
 Verse from Bhavishya Purana (Uttara Khand)

yajna-snana svarupaya rajyakhanda-prade

tirthraja namas-tubhyarh bhadrakhya sarase namah

Translation

"O Bhadra Sarovar, O Tirthraja, my greetings to you. You are the personification of sacrifices
(yajnas), and you bestow that post that is never destroyed (akhand rajyapad)." That person
who bathes in this sarovar obtains unlimited wealth and enjoyment, and is finally successful
in attaining prem bhakti to Shri Krishna and Shri Baldev.
 Verses from Lalita Madhava by Rupa Goswami
Epilogue

Text 1

natake samucitam apisvarah svairam aprakatayann udattatam tatra manmatha-

manoharo harir hlaya lalita-bhavam ayayau

Translation

In this play the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the hero. More handsome than cupid,
His transcendental pastimes make Him the most charming and playful person.

Text 2

purnam kala-catuh-sastya laksanair bhusanair api bhajantu srita-gandharvam

dhira lalita-madhavam

Translation

This Lalita-Madhava is filled with the 64 arts, with puns, with various literary ornaments, and
with musical poetry. They who are learned and intelligent will worship this Lalita-Madhava.

Text 3

nandesu-vedendu-mite sukrasya masasya tithau caturthyam dine dinesasya harim

pranamya

samapayam bhadra-vane prabandham

Translation

In the Saka year 1459 (A.D. 1537), in the month of Sukra (May-June), on Sunday, the 14th
day of the moon, after offering my respectful obeisance to Lord Krsna, I have completed this
book in the forest of Bhadravana.

Text 4

tata-sthenapi gambhire rasa-srotasi yan maya sarvato-mukham akirnam

tat ksamadhvam manisinah

 Translation

Standing on the shore, in all directions I have freely sprinkled the nectar water of the stream
of transcendental mellows. I pray the exalted devotees will forgive me.

Verse from Caitanya Caritamrita

Madhya 18.66

tabe ‘khelā-tīrtha’ dekhi’ ‘bhāṇḍīravana’ āilā

yamunā pāra hañā ‘bhadra-vana’ gelā

Translation

Afterwards, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Khelā-tīrtha and then went to Bhāṇḍīravana.
After crossing the Yamunā River, He went to Bhadravana.

Purport

In the Bhakti-ratnākara it is said that Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma used to play at Khelā-tīrtha
with the cowherd boys during the entire day. Mother Yaśodā had to call Them to take Their
baths and eat Their lunch.
 Verse from Sri Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga
Waves of Ecstatic Moods in Navadvipa-dhama

Verse 96

Mayapur Jahnu-dvipa  (Bhadravan of Braja)

This island of Jahnu-dvipa is non different from the forest of Bhadravan in Braja. When will
that spotless divine forest be visible to my eyes? Within that forest is the hill known as
Bhisma Tila. On top of that hill I shall stay and perform my worship of the Lord

(Bengali Verses composed in 1899 by Thakura Bhaktivinoda

Translation by Dasaratha-suta dasa)
 Verses from Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya

Chapter 13

Jānnagara (Śrī Jambudvipa), Bhadravana of Vraja

Verse 61

balite-balite sabe jānnagara jāya

jahnu-tapovana sobhā dekhibāre pāya

Translation

Speaking in this way, they all reached Jānnagara and gazed at the beauty of Jahnu Muni's
hermitage.

Verse 62

nityānanda bale ei jambudvipa-nāma

bhadravana-nāme khyāta manohara dhāma

Śri Nityānanda said, "This supremely enchanting place is called Jahnudvīpa. It is the famous
Bhadravana of Vrndāvana.

Verse 63

Śrī Jahnu Muni's place of austerities -

ei sthāne jahnu-muni' tapa ācarila

suvarna pratimā gaura darśana karila

Translation

"At this place, Jahnu Muni underwent austerities and received darśana of Śri Gaura's golden
form.
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This pastime place, situated two miles south-east of Nand Ghat and across the Yamuna, is
one of the places where Shri Krishna and Shri Balram go to graze the cows. The forest of
Bhadravan is named after Shri Balbhadra (Balram). Places of darsan here are Bhadra Sarovar
and Gocharan Sthal
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Bhadravana Leaving Surukhuru in the morning, they came to Bhadravana. In Ädivaräha
Puräëa it is written that whoever goes to Bhadravana, the sixth forest, becomes a single-
minded devotee of Lord Kåñëa. By the grace of this forest he goes to the heaven planets.

Bhäëòéravana Bhäëòéravana It was here that Räma and Kåñëa used to play various games
with Their friends.

In the Ädi-varäha Puräëa it is stated: “The eleventh forest is Bhäëòéravana. It is a beautiful

place which is dear to the yogis. Simply glancing at the forest saves one from taking another
birth. Getting darçana of Väsudeva in this forest, the best forest of all, also saves one from
another birth. Any person who takes bath here, fasts and controls his senses becomes freed
from all sins and goes to Indraloka.”

In Bhäëòéravana, Kåñëa and His friends, after playing, enjoyed various foods while sitting in
the shade. This town is therefore named Chäheré after this pastime of the Lord. [The name
comes from chäyä meaning shade].