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- Read on →: yasyaiva pādāmbuja-bhakti-labhyaḥ
yasyaiva pādāmbuja-bhakti-labhyaḥ
premābhidhānaḥ paramaḥ pum-arthaḥ |
tasmai jagan-maṅgala-maṅgalāya
caitanyacandrāya namo namas te ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 9; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.7)“Obeisance and obeisance unto him, Caitanyacandra, the auspiciousness of the auspiciousness of the world, he by bhakti to whose lotus feet the supreme goal of human life, namely prema, is surely attainable.”
- Read on →: dainyārṇave nimagno’smi mantu-grāva-bharārditaḥ
dainyārṇave nimagno’smi mantu-grāva-bharārditaḥ |
duṣṭe kāruṇya-pārīṇa mayi kṛṣṇa kṛpāṁ kuru ||
ādhāro’py aparādhānām aviveka-hato’py aham |
tvat-kāruṇya-pratīkṣo’smi prasīda mayi mādhava ||
(Stava-mālā: Praṇāma-praṇaya-stava, 13–14)“I am immersed in an ocean of distress and burdened by the weight of the stone of my offenses [which is shackled to me as I flounder]. O Adept in compassion! O Kṛṣṇa! Please bestow your grace upon my wicked self. Although I am a repository of aparādhas, and although I am blighted by indiscrimination, I wait [expectantly] for your compassion. Please bestow your grace upon me.”
- Read on →: anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ
anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ |
sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 12.16)“My bhakta—one who is disinterested, pure, adept, indifferent, free from anxiety, and a relinquisher of all undertakings—is dear to me.”
- Read on →: yaḥ śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-dāsaḥ kavi-nṛpati-varaḥ snigdha-mugdha-svarūpaḥ
yaḥ śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-dāsaḥ kavi-nṛpati-varaḥ snigdha-mugdha-svarūpaḥ
śrīmac-caitanyacandrasya carita-racanā-bhūri-kīrtir jagatyām |
śrīmad-vṛndāvane śrī-vṛṣaravi-tanayā-kṛṣṇa-bhāvābdhi-magno
vande tat-pāda-yugmaṁ sakala-kuśaladaṁ nityam ānanda-yuktam ||
(Bhāvanā-sāra-saṅgraha: Upasaṁhāra: 9)“I offer obeisance unto the feet of Śrīmat Kṛṣṇa Dāsa, the foremost king amongst poets (kavis), who is of affectionate and charming nature, a bestower of well-being upon all, ever blissful, highly renowned throughout the world for his composition about the deeds of the Śrīmac Caitanyacandra, and absorbed in the ocean of bhāva for the Daughter of Vṛṣabhānu and Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”
- Read on →: yasya saṅga-balato’dbhutā
yasya saṅga-balato’dbhutā
mayā mauktikottama-kathā pracāritā |
tasya kṛṣṇa-kavi-bhūpater vraje
saṅgatir bhavatu me bhave bhave ||
(Muktā-carita; cited in the Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī)“Birth after birth, in Vraja let me have the companionship of Kṛṣṇa [Dāsa] the king (rājā) of poets (kavi), on the strength of whose association this astonishing and superlative narration about pearls [i.e., this composition entitled Muktā-carita] has been composed by me.”
- Read on →: iha viharati rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuñjādhikārī
iha viharati rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuñjādhikārī
tad-ubhaya-rasa-rīteḥ śuddha-siddhānta-dhārī |
sakala-sujana-geyaḥ kṛṣṇa-dāsābhidheyaḥ
padam akhila-guṇānāṁ ko’pi rājā kavīnām ||
(Kavi Karṇapūra; cited in the Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī)“Here [i.e., in Vraja] sports
Some [extraordinary] king (rājā) among poets (kavis),
Known as Kṛṣṇa Dāsa,
Who is an adhikārī of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s kuñja,
A carrier of the pure siddhānta regarding the flow of their rasa,
Worthy of being sung of by all virtuous persons,
And an abode of all qualities.”