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- Read on →: nijām ujjvalitāṁ bhakti-sudhām arpayituṁ kṣitau
nijām ujjvalitāṁ bhakti-sudhām arpayituṁ kṣitau |
uditaṁ taṁ śacī-garbha-vyomni pūrṇaṁ vidhuṁ bhaje ||
(Muktā-carita: 1.3; cited in Daśa-ślokī-bhāṣyam: 1.7)“I worship him, the full moon arisen in the sky of Śacī’s womb to bestow upon the earth the nectar of brilliant bhakti to himself.”
- Read on →: vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ bhagavantaṁ kṛpārṇavam
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ bhagavantaṁ kṛpārṇavam |
prema-bhakti-vitānārthaṁ gauḍeṣv avatatāra yaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.1; cited in Daśa-ślokī-bhāṣyam: 1.7)“I worship the ocean of grace Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who descended in Gauḍa to distribute prema-bhakti.”
- Read on →: caitanyacandra mama hṛt-kumudaṁ vikāśya
caitanyacandra mama hṛt-kumudaṁ vikāśya
hṛdyaṁ vidhehi nija-cintana-bhṛṅga-raṅgaiḥ |
kiṁ cāparādha-timiraṁ niviḍaṁ vidhūya
pādāmṛtaṁ sadaya pāyaya durgataṁ mām ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 11)“O Caitanyacandra! Please cause the lily of my heart to bloom and make it adorable with the merriments of the bumblebee of thought of you. Furthermore, O gracious One, please dispel the dense darkness [that has engulfed me as a result] of my aparādhas and make my unfortunate self drink the nectar of your rays [alt., feet].”
- Read on →: śrī-rādhā-prāṇa-tulyā madhura-rasa-kathā-cāturī-citra-dakṣāḥ
śrī-rādhā-prāṇa-tulyā madhura-rasa-kathā-cāturī-citra-dakṣāḥ
sevā-santarpiteśāḥ svasurata-vimukhā rādhikānanda-ceṣṭāḥ |
sarvāḥ sarvārtha-siddhā nija-guṇa-karuṇā-pūrṇa-mādhvīka-sārā
narmālyo rādhikāyā mayi kurutaḥ kṛpāṁ prema-sevottarā yāḥ ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.27)“Rādhikā’s narma-sakhīs, who are one at heart with Śrī Rādhā, who are wonderfully adept in the cleverness of discussion of madhura-rasa, who keep their Īśā [i.e., Rādhikā] fully satisfied with their service, who are averse to amour themselves [i.e., to personally engaging in amour with Kṛṣṇa], who endeavor for Rādhikā’s bliss, who are accomplished in all respects, who are filled with the essence of the nectar that is their own virtue of compassion, and who are devoted to prema-sevā—may they all bestow their grace upon me.”
- Read on →: tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payodānābhisārādibhir
tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payodānābhisārādibhir
vṛndāraṇya-maheśvarīṁ priyatayā yās toṣayanti priyāḥ |
prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhī-kulād api kilāsaṅkocitā bhūmikāḥ
keli-bhūmiṣu rūpa-mañjarī-mukhās tā dāsikāḥ saṁśraye ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 38; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.27)“I take full shelter in those dāsīs headed by Rūpa Mañjarī, who out of affection satisfy the great Īśvarī of Vṛndāvana [i.e., Śrī Rādhikā] with offerings of pan, foot massages, servings of water, [arrangements for] trysts, and so forth [for her and her beloved Śrī Kṛṣna], who are more dear [to her] than even the prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhīs, and who have uninhibited roles in the locales of [her] amorous play [with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, i.e., they render service without any inhibition and also cause no inhibition in Rādhā or Kṛṣṇa in the midst of their līlās].”