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    Addicted to Krishna !! Vyasana Hamay Ghana-Shyama
    Addicted to Krishna !! Vyasana Hamay Ghana-Shyama
    Addicted to Krishna !! Vyasana Hamay Ghana-Shyama
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    Addicted to Krishna !! Vyasana Hamay Ghana-Shyama

    By Bhagwat Shah

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    Addiction is such that once it grabs you, you can not let go, even if you want to !
    The pull of addiction of is such, that you are drawn to it like a moth to the flame !
    Once addicted, your very being is ruled by the object of your addiction.
    Your every thought, your every act, your every desire is driven by the object of your addiction.
    Addiction is such that a turn of phrase, a scent, a word, a sound, a colour – anything and everything - reminds you of your object of addiction.
    Devotion to God, according to Devarshi Narad’s Bhakti Sutra, needs to be of that level – ADDICTION.
    There are 11 different types of devotions and “addiction” is the culmination of them all ! Once a devotee is addicted to God, complete devotion is a foregone conclusion. Devotee can’t help it ! Like a bee drawn to a fresh blossom, or a fish to its food, miser to money or new lovers to each other, the devotee is drawn, even against his / her will, towards God.
    When Shri Uddhavji came to lecture the gopies on the finer points of philosophy, he was so impressed by their addiction to Krushna, he became their ardent student on the finer point of how to become an addict to Krushna.
    It is this "addiction - vyasana" that I aspire to !

    My 54 poems are translated in English, Spanish and German.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBhagwat Shah
    Release dateOct 25, 2017
    ISBN9781370872459
    Addicted to Krishna !! Vyasana Hamay Ghana-Shyama
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    Bhagwat Shah

    Infinitely interested in infinitely different subjects!Unquenchable desire to learn makes me 'study' a wide variety of subjects. I read, write, think and talk about my varied interests to a wide variety of people through my website, tumblr, Quora and via email.My Pushti-Marg.net website has over 800 articles in its secular and spiritual sections. To expand my readership, I have published books and a CD of my poems. I also create art in a variety of mediums to express my creativity.

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      Addicted to Krishna !! Vyasana Hamay Ghana-Shyama - Bhagwat Shah

      Addicted

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      Krishna !!

      Vyasana hamay Ghana-Shyama

      Copyright reserved by Bhagwat Shah

      Smashword Edition

      54 Padas and Kirtans are in this book.

      10 of these padas are sung by Shri Bhagvatiprasad and his group on CD ‘Bhavat Padarvindam’

      You can buy individual tracks on-line from i-tunes & Amazon

      All Rights Reserved by Bhagwat Shah

      Hindi and English by Bhagwat Shah

      Spanish translation by Mrs Claudia Shah-Zapata and Mrs Mansi Shah-Dordi

      German translation by Mr Ramesh Shah

      Picture of Krishna on the book cover was downloaded from the internet sometime ago.

      I have no idea which wonderful painter painted it. If anyone owns copyright to the original painting, please let me know.

      Bhagwat_s@yahoo.com / Bhagwat.shah@gmail.com

      Dedication

      I am an addict, a serious addict.

      I am addicted to Krishna.

      Everything about Krishna entices me.

      I am so addicted, everything around me reminds me of Shri Krishna !

      With the grace of God, Guru, Vaishnavs, friends and family, I am able to indulge in my lifelong passion for writing. I sincerely thank them for all their help, encouragement and advice.

      I dedicate this book of 54 padas (poems) to my highly addictive addiction – Krishna (Krushna).

      Introduction

      Born and raised in Pushti Marg, I became really interested in its art and cultural hisorty after reading Krishna as ShriNathji by Amit Ambalal in 1988. In the book, there is a wealth of beautiful images, verbal as well as pictorial. This made me eager to learn more. After I graduated in 1989, I spent over a month at Nathadwara to learn more about Pushti Marg. Enchanting beauty and ‘other-worldliness’ of the havelis at Nathadwara had a profound effect on me, addicting me to the wonderful world of raag, bhog, and shringar of Pushti Marg.

      In summer of 1992, the Vaishnav Youth Circle UK organised a series of lectures by HH Yogsh bawa on the Astachaap poet-saints of Pushti Marg. Their life stories from 15th and 16th Century India were so inspirational, I was keen to learn more about their poems called pada. In December 1992, with the grace of God, I wrote my first pada.

      My parents and family encouraged and supported my budding interest in poetry at every stage. My father came up with an ideal nome-de-plume for the padas for me – Bhavat, meaning to like / beloved. All my padas are dedicated to Shyam-Sundir-Var and hence have His name is in all my poems aswell.

      In November 2006, with the help of my wife Sujal, parents, parents-in-laws, Drupa and HH Pankajbawa, we published 10 padas on a CD, Bhavat Padarvindam (available on Amazon). Encouraged by family and friends, I decided to publish 54 out of 700 plus padas to a wider audience. Shyamu fua, professor of Hindi, helped correct my rather confused mix of Hindi-Gujarati-psudo-Vrajbhasha. Ramesh mama translated the essence of the padas in German. Cousins Claudia and Mansi translated them in Spanish. My mother wrote the poems out and corrected my ‘spellings’. Sujal sat and proof read it all. I can’t thank them enough for their help and encouragement in this project.

      The project was on ice for a few years. In June 2010, I eventually published the 54 poems on my website Pushti-marg.net In May 2013, I published them on Kindle. In Autumn 2017, I published them on Smashwords.

      Hope you will enjoy these padas as much as I do.

      Jai Shri Krushna from the Shah, Mehta, Zapata and Dordi families!

      For Your Kind Information

      To make it easy for people to read the poems in a western script I have deliberately used phonetic spellings for the transliteration rather than the conventional spellings.

      Various translations in English, Spanish and German convey the essence and emotions of the padas rather than give the literal meaning of each and every word. In some instances, the whole pada is distilled to a single line, as I found it impossible to convey the intensity and emotion in any other way.

      Please note, I have used the word Krushna rather than the popular spelling of Krishna in this book. The way Sanskrit is pronounced, Krushna is a masculine word and Krishna is a feminine word. For publishing purpose, and for ease of search on google and Kindle, I have kept the popular spelling – Krishna on the title page. In the book itself, I have used Krushna.

      If you wish to contact me, please feel free to write to me bhagwat_s@yahoo.com / bhagwat.shah@gmail.com

      I also share my addiction of Krushna and Shrinathji with the whole world on

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