Tangible Mercy

Obviously one of my first posts has to be about Mayapur....

Indistinct are the matter and living on this land
Appear it does - rock as rock, stone as stone, water as water
But breathing in this air day after day
Visible and tangible life becomes on this holy land

Sound and smell of life forms passes on to the inert
Smell of the dust of the dham, waves of the ganga
the ringing bells, resounding conchshells....
Life permeates everything....

What musical notes do these lifeforms sing?
Straining to hear them - they slowly form a melody
Melody that is the mercy of Gauranga
Once you hear it, then you smell it-feel it, see it, drown in it...

When will I drown again in these waves of mercy?
Walk again on the dust touched by Nitai?
See the dust and trail of a thousand devotees
admist fields that witnessed the ecstacy of Jiva Goswami?

O Mayapur, embodiment of audarya.... call me back.

nähaà vasämi kailäse
na tvaà vasasi mad-gåhe
na devä divi tiñthanti
åñayo na vane vane

sarve vayaà navadvépe
tiñthämaù prema-lälasäù
gaura gaureti gäyantaù
saìkértana-parä bhuvi

" I do not reside in Kailasa. You do not reside in my home. The demigods do not stay in the upper planets. The sages do not stay in the forest. We all stay in Navadvipa. Overwhelmed with love, we perform sankirtana, singing "Gaura! Gaura!" in the earthly sphere." - Text 18-19, Pramana Khanda, Navadvip Dham Mahatmaya