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- Read on →: mantra-hīnaṁ kriyā-hīnaṁ bhakti-hīnaṁ janārdana
mantra-hīnaṁ kriyā-hīnaṁ bhakti-hīnaṁ janārdana |
yat pūjitaṁ mayā deva paripūrṇaṁ tad astu me ||
(Āgama-śāstra; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 8.427)“[Although] Deficient in mantras, deficient in performance, and deficient in bhakti, O Janārdana, O Deva, may that by which you have been worshipped by me be fully complete [i.e., sufficient in satisfying you].”
- Read on →: sakṛt tvad-ākāra-vilokanāśayā
sakṛt tvad-ākāra-vilokanāśayā
tṛṇī-kṛtānuttama-bhukti-muktibhiḥ |
mahātmabhir mām avalokyatāṁ naya
kṣaṇe’pi te yad viraho’ti-duḥsahaḥ ||
(Stotra-ratna: 56)“Please bring me into the sight of those great souls who out of longing to once behold your figure consider unparalleled enjoyment and mukti to be straw, [those great souls] whose separation is extremely difficult to bear for a moment even for you.”
- Read on →: tava dāsya-sukhaika-saṅgināṁ
tava dāsya-sukhaika-saṅgināṁ
bhavaneṣv astv api kīṭa-janma me |
itarāvasatheṣu mā sma bhūd
api me janma caturmukhātmanā ||
(Stotra-ratna: 55)“Let me take birth, even as a worm, in the homes of those whose only attachment is to the happiness of your service. Never let me take birth, even as he of four faces [i.e., Lord Brahmā], in any other situation.”
- Read on →: na dharmaṁ kāmam arthaṁ vā mokṣaṁ vā varadeśvara
na dharmaṁ kāmam arthaṁ vā mokṣaṁ vā varadeśvara |
prārthaye tava pādābje dāsyam evābhikāmaye ||
(Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra; cited in Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī’s Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya)“I do not pray for dharma, kāma, artha, or mokṣa, O Varadeśvara [i.e., O Lord, granter of boons]. I desire only servitude to your lotus feet.”
- Read on →: yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ
yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ
spṛṣṭaṁ mokṣa-sukhād virajyati jhaṭity āsvādyamānād api |
premṇas tasya mukunda sāhasitayā śaknotu kaḥ prārthane
bhūyāj janmani janmani pracayinī kintu spṛhāpy atra me ||
(Stava-mālā: Aṣṭādaśa-cchanda, Vastra-haraṇa, 2)“O Mukunda, who could have the capability to boldly pray for that prema upon being touched by even a tiny sprout of a minute manifestation of which the inner minds of sages immediately become disaffected from even the satisfaction of mokṣa they are relishing? [No one.] Birth after birth, however, let me just have [ever-] increasing desire for that [i.e., that prema].”