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  • guruḥ śāstraṁ śraddhā rucir anugatiḥ siddhir iti me
    yad etat tat sarvaṁ caraṇa-kamalaṁ rājati yayoḥ |
    kṛpā-mādhvīkena snapita-nayanāmbhoja-yugalau
    sadā rādhā-kṛṣṇāv aśaraṇa-gatī tau mama gatiḥ ||
    (Bhakti Sandarbha: 340)

    “Guru, śāstra, śraddhā,
    Taste (ruci), service (anugati), and attainment (siddhi)—
    Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa,
    Whose lotus feet manifest as all of these to me,
    Whose lotus eyes are always moistened
    With the nectar of grace,
    And who are the shelter of the refugeless,
    Are ever my shelter.”

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  • nija-prāṇārbuda-preṣṭha-kṛṣṇa-pāda-nakhāñcalā |
    (Stava-mālā: Premendu-sudhā-satra: 40)

    “[Rādhārānī:] She to whom the tips of the nails of Kṛṣṇa’s feet are a hundred million times more dear than her own prāṇa.”

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  • anārādhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-renum
    anāśritya vṛndāṭavīṁ tat-padāṅkām |
    asambhāṣya tad-bhāva-gambhīra-cittān
    kutaḥ śyāma-sindhau rasyasyāvagāhaḥ ||
    (Stavāvalī: Sva-saṅkalpa-prakāśa-stotra: 1)

    “Without worshiping the pollen of the lotus of Śrī Rādhā, without taking shelter of Vṛndāvana, which bears her footprints, and without conversing with those whose hearts are deeply immersed in her bhāva, how can one swim in the rasa of the ocean of Śyāma?”

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  • rādhikā caraṇa-reṇu bhūṣaṇa kariyā tanu
    anāyāse pābe giridhārī |
    rādhikā-caraṇāśraya ye kare se mahāśaya
    tāre mui yāi balihārī ||
    (Prema-bhakti-candrikā: 108)

    “By decorating one’s body with Rādhikā’s foot-dust, one will easily attain Giridhārī. One who takes shelter of Rādhikā’s feet is a great soul. I become speechless before him.”

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  • bhajāmi rādhām aravinda-netrāṁ
    smarāmi rādhāṁ madhura-smitāsyām |
    vadāmi rādhāṁ karuṇā-bharārdrāṁ
    tato mamānyāsti gatir na kāpi ||
    (Stavāvalī: Viśākhānandābhidha-stotram, 131)

    “I worship Rādhā of lotus eyes. I meditate on Rādhā of sweet smiling face. I speak of Rādhā, melted [at heart] with an abundance of compassion. I have no object other than her whatsoever.”

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  • dhyāyaṁs taṁ śikhi-piccha-maulim aniśaṁ tan-nāma saṅkīrtayan
    nityaṁ tac-caraṇāmbujaṁ paricaraṁs tan-mantra-varyaṁ japan |
    śrī-rādhā-pada-dāsyam eva paramābhīṣṭaṁ hṛdā dhārayan
    karhi syāṁ tad-anugraheṇa paramodbhutānurāgotsavaḥ ||
    (Rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhi: 259)

    “I meditate on he who wears a peacock feather tiara, incessantly chant his name, daily serve his lotus feet, and repeat his supreme mantra, holding at heart my supreme object of desire, the service of Śrī Rādhā’s lotus feet. When will the supremely wonderful festival of divine love arise [in my heart] by his grace?”

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