श्रीरसिक प्रकाश भक्तमाल

Śrī Rasika Prakāśa Bhaktamāla

A Garland of the Rasikas of Sītā and Rāma

The complete Braj root text: 233 extant chappayas and seven dohas with a fresh English translation

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233

chappayas

dohas

reader sections

Svāmī Yugal Priyā Śaraṇa gathers the devotees, teachers, poets, renunciants, householders, and sacred relationships of the Sītā-Rāma rasika lineage into one extended garland.

This reading edition presents every extant Braj root stanza beside a fresh English translation. The source skips stanza numbers 59 and 146 and repeats 172 where the sequence requires 173; those witness details are preserved rather than silently inventing missing verses.

The historical Rasika-prabodhinī commentary remains available in the linked scan and was consulted to resolve difficult readings; this edition translates the complete root text.

Complete contents

01मूल मंगलाचरणThe Author’s InvocationTwo opening dohas honour the rasika assembly and the lineage whose lives form this garland.→02प्रथम मालिकाFirst GarlandThe guru, the path of rasa, and the devotional families with which the lineage opens.Chappayas 1–20→03द्वितीय मालिकाSecond GarlandTwenty more lives and lineages, preserved in concise Braj chappayas.Chappayas 21–40→04तृतीय मालिकाThird GarlandSaints, teachers, poets, and servants remembered through verses 41–60.Chappayas 41–60→05चतुर्थ मालिकाFourth GarlandThe living succession continues through verses 61–80.Chappayas 61–80→06पञ्चम मालिकाFifth GarlandAccounts of bhajana, service, sacred learning, and grace in verses 81–100.Chappayas 81–100→07षष्ठ मालिकाSixth GarlandTwenty portraits of rasika devotion, verses 101–120.Chappayas 101–120→08सप्तम मालिकाSeventh GarlandThe garland expands across places, communities, and forms of service in verses 121–140.Chappayas 121–140→09अष्टम मालिकाEighth GarlandTeachers and devotees of Sītā and Rāma remembered in verses 141–160.Chappayas 141–160→10नवम मालिकाNinth GarlandThe lineage’s many streams continue through verses 161–180.Chappayas 161–180→11दशम मालिकाTenth GarlandPoets, renunciants, householders, and servants in verses 181–200.Chappayas 181–200→12एकादश मालिकाEleventh GarlandThe late sequence of the Bhaktamāla, verses 201–220.Chappayas 201–220→13द्वादश मालिकाTwelfth GarlandThe final fifteen numbered chappayas bring the lineage to its closing remembrance.Chappayas 221–235→14समाप्ति दोहाCompletion and ColophonFive concluding dohas record the contemplative setting, composition, and dates of completion.→