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- Read on →: rāgānugāmi-bhajanollāsa-mānasānāṁ
rāgānugāmi-bhajanollāsa-mānasānāṁ
śrī-rādhayā saha sadā smaratāṁ vrajendum |
śrī-rūpa-pāda-kamalāśrita-cetasāṁ me
cittaṁ satāṁ madhukarīyatu pāda-padme ||
(Mukunda Dāsa Gosvāmī in his Artha-ratnālpa-dīpikā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1)“May my mind become a bee [lit., “a nectar-gatherer”] in the lotuses of the feet of the sādhus whose minds are filled with the joy of rāgānugā-bhajana, who are ever-engaged in remembrance of the Moon of Vraja [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa] with Śrī Rādhā, and whose hearts are sheltered at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa.”
- Read on →: śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kuryād atulāṁ karuṇāṁ mayi
śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kuryād atulāṁ karuṇāṁ mayi |
vṛṣabhānu-sutā-pāda-padma-prāptir yayā bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)“May Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī bestow upon me [her] unparalleled compassion, by which attainment of the lotus feet of Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter shall [certainly] occur.”
- Read on →: na rādhāṁ na ca kṛṣṇaṁ vā na gaurāṅgam ahaṁ bhaje
na rādhāṁ na ca kṛṣṇaṁ vā na gaurāṅgam ahaṁ bhaje |
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoje dhūlir bhūyāṁ bhave bhave ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)“I do not worship Rādhā, or Kṛṣṇa, or Gaurāṅga. Let me become a particle of dust on the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa birth after birth.”
- Read on →: śrīmad-rūpa-pada-dvandve hṛdi me sphuratāṁ sadā
śrīmad-rūpa-pada-dvandve hṛdi me sphuratāṁ sadā |
rāgānugādhikārī syād yat kṛpā-lava-mātrataḥ ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)“May Śrīmad Rūpa’s two feet, by just a trace of the grace of which one can become an adhikārī for rāgānugā-bhakti, be ever manifest in my heart.”
- Read on →: śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ |
yasya prasādād ajño’pi tan-mata-jñāna-bhāg bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)“I offer obeisance again and again unto the two lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa, by whose grace even an ignorant person can become endowed with knowledge of his conception.”
- Read on →: durgamaṁ sugamaṁ tattvaṁ bhaved yasya prasādataḥ
durgamaṁ sugamaṁ tattvaṁ bhaved yasya prasādataḥ |
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-rase magnaṁ śrīmad-rūpaṁ namāmi tam ||
(Mukunda Dāsa Gosvāmī in his Artha-ratnālpa-dīpikā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1)“I offer obeisance unto him, Śrī Rūpa, who is absorbed in the rasa of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and by whose grace difficult to understand tattva shall become easy to understand.”