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- Read on →: mama nātha yad asti yo’smy ahaṁ
mama nātha yad asti yo’smy ahaṁ
sakalaṁ tad dhi tavaiva mādhava |
niyata-svam iti prabuddha-dhīr
atha vā kiṁ nu samarpayāmi te ||
(Stotra-ratna: 53)“O Master, whatever is mine and whoever I am—all of this is actually yours alone. O Mādhava, with this enlightened awareness of [everything] being eternally your own, what now can I even offer you?”
- Read on →: vapur-ādiṣu yo’pi ko’pi vā
vapur-ādiṣu yo’pi ko’pi vā
guṇato’sāni yathā-tathā-vidhaḥ |
tad ayaṁ tava pāda-padmayor
aham adyaiva mayā samarpitaḥ ||
(Stotra-ratna: 52; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.196)“Whoever I may be inside the body and so forth, and of whatever sort [I may be in terms of body and so forth] according to the guṇas—today as such this ‘I’ is offered by me at your lotus feet.”
- Read on →: jānāmi dharmaṁ na ca me pravṛttir
jānāmi dharmaṁ na ca me pravṛttir
jānāmy adharmaṁ na ca me nivṛttiḥ |
tvayā hṛṣīkeśa hṛdi sthitena
yathā niyukto’smi tathā karomi ||
(Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 3.94)“I understand dharma, but I do not have the propensity [to follow it]. I understand adharma, but I do not have the restraint [to abstain from it]. O Hṛṣīkeśa [i.e., O Master of the senses], as I am engaged by you, who are situated in my heart, so I act.”
- Read on →: Maṅgala-gītam
Eight verses in praise of Śrī Hari
By Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī
- Read on →: mārabi rākhabi yo iccha tohārā
mārabi rākhabi yo iccha tohārā |
nitya-dāse prati tuyā adhikārā ||
(Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura’s Śaraṇāgati: 11.3)“You may kill me or protect me as you wish. You have [full] authority over your eternal servant.”