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- Read on →: sa ya eṣo’ṇimaitadātmyam idaṁ sarvaṁ tat satyaṁ sa ātmā tat tvam asi śvetaketo
sa ya eṣo’ṇimaitadātmyam idaṁ sarvaṁ tat satyaṁ sa ātmā tat tvam asi śvetaketo … |
(Chāndogya Upaniṣad: 6.8.7)“That which is this minuteness (aṇimā) [i.e., that which is the subtle basis of perceptible world]—this whole [perceptible world] is possessed of the nature of this [i.e., of this subtle-most existence]. That [i.e., that subtle-most existence which is the source of everything] is being (satya). That is the Self (Ātmā). You are that, O Śvetaketu.”
- Read on →: yat-pādāmbuja-yugma-vicyuta-rajaḥ-sevā-prabhāvād ahaṁ
yat-pādāmbuja-yugma-vicyuta-rajaḥ-sevā-prabhāvād ahaṁ
gāndharvā-sarasī-girīndra-nikaṭe kaṣṭo’pi nityaṁ vasan |
tat-preyo-gaṇa-pālito jita-sudhā rādhā-mukundābhidhā
udgāyāmi śṛṇomi māṁ punar aho śrīmān sa rūpo’vatu ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 13)“Aho! May he, Śrīmān Rūpa, again protect me, I who am sustained by the circle of those dear to him, and who, although troubled, sing aloud and hear the names of Rādhā and Mukunda, by which nectar is defeated, residing continuously near the king of mountains [i.e., Govardhana] at the lake of Gāndharvā [i.e., Rādhā Kuṇḍa] by the power of service to the dust fallen from the pair of his lotus feet.”
- Read on →: apūrva-premābdheḥ parimala-payaḥ-phena-nivahaiḥ
apūrva-premābdheḥ parimala-payaḥ-phena-nivahaiḥ
sadā yo jīvātur yam iha kṛpayāsiñcad atulam |
idānīṁ durdaivāt pratipada-vipad-dāva-valito
nirālambaḥ so’yaṁ kam iha tam ṛte yātu śaraṇam ||
(Stavāvalī: Prārthanāśraya-caturdaśaka, 10)“Now, in the wake of misfortune, who shall he who is shelterless and surrounded by a forest fire of constant adversity take shelter in here besides he who is his vitality and who always graciously and matchlessly showered him here with heaps of foam from the fragrant water of the ocean of unprecedented prema?”
- Read on →: śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dhūlī-mātraika-sevinā
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dhūlī-mātraika-sevinā
kenacid grathitā padyair mālāghreyā tad-āśrayaiḥ ||
(Stavāvalī: Viśākhānanda-stotra, 134)“Strung with verses by some one-pointed servitor of just the dust of the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa, may this garland be smelled by those who are in his shelter [alt., by those in the shelter of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa].”
- Read on →: adatta-pūrva-svapadābja-sauhṛda
adatta-pūrva-svapadābja-sauhṛda-
pradāna-dīkṣocita-deśa-saṅgata |
sva-sevaka-brahma-sukhādhikotsava-
premākara krīḍana-kṛn namo’stu te ||
(Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 63)“O you who are [now] situated in the land [of Vraja]
Suitable to your vow (dīkṣa)
Of granting love for your own lotus feet
That has not been given before!
O Bestower of prema
And joy greater than the bliss of Brahman
Upon your own servants!
O Performer of play!
May my obeisance be offered unto you.”