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  • 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.”

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  • 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?”

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  • 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].”

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  • rase sāraś camatkāraḥ sarvatrāpy anubhūyate |
    tac camatkāra-sāratve sarvatrāpy adbhuto rasaḥ ||
    (Sāhitya-darpaṇa 3.3; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 110)

    “In rasa, astonishment is perceived to be the essence indeed in all cases. Therefore, because of the essence being astonishment, rasa is adbhuta [i.e., wonder] indeed in all cases.”

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  • 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.”

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  • śrī-kṛṣṇa jīyān mathurāvatīrṇa
    sva-prema-dānaika-nitānta-kṛtya |
    nānā-sumādhurya-mahānidhāna
    suvyañjitaiśvarya-kṛpā-mahattvā ||
    (Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 32)

    “May you triumph, O Śrī Kṛṣṇa!
    
O you who descended in Mathurā!
    
O you whose singular and paramount purpose
    
Is bestowing prema for yourself!
    
O you who are a vast reservoir
    
Of various excellent sweetnesses!
    
O you in whom mastership, grace, and magnificence are superbly manifest!”

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