रसिकन दीनी बताय, कृपा करि बैकुंठहू की पोल।
Rasikan dīnī batāya, kripā kari Baikuṇṭhahū kī pol.
Rasik sant (Saint) - there are many, many different categories of Saints. Ras means Shree Krishna. Anand (bliss) is a name for Shree Krishna.
… रसो वै सः, रसं ह्येवायं लब्ध्वानन्दी भवति …
… raso vai saḥ, rasaṁ hy evāyaṁ labdhvānandī bhavati …
- Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.7.1 (partial)
Shree Krishna is ras, anand (bliss), and Shree Krishna is also rasik. He is a ras, and He is a drinker of that ras. Rasik means the one who is drinking, ‘jo pite hai’. Ras - the one who is drinking that Ras. So, He is rasik shiromani (the foremost of the rasiks). Rasik is the one drinking that Divine nectar, the Divine love, of Radha-Krishna is called a Rasik Sant (a Saint who relishes Divine love) - rasik Sant.
Having met a true rasik Sant, he has told me a secret - ‘wo pol khol diya’. He has told me a secret. What is the secret?
Don’t even think about Vaikunth - there is nothing there. Nothing doesn’t mean nothing, but ‘wo ras nahi hai’. There is no ras, no Divine bliss. ‘Wo aishwarya (Divine majesty), aishwarya hai’. It’s only aishwarya, pure aishwarya in Vaikunth.
‘Wo rehne wala hai na, wo Maha Vishnu (Maha Vishnu)’. The one who lives there is called Maha Vishnu,’ chār bhujā (four arms), holding the shankh, chakra, gada, padma, upholding weapons in the four arms named the kaumodaki, the Sudarshan Chakra, the mace, and lotus flower.
And He is always serious, gambhir (serious). He doesn’t even smile. Maha Lakshmi is pressing His lotus feet day and night. He doesn’t even look at Her. No pastimes, no leela (Divine pastime), no sweetness. Pure Aishwarya.
