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- Read on →: viśveṣām anurañjanena janayann ānandam indīvara
viśveṣām anurañjanena janayann ānandam indīvara-
śreṇī-śyāmala-komalair upanayann aṅgair anaṅgotsavam |
svacchandaṁ vraja-sundarībhir abhitaḥ praty-aṅgam āliṅgitaḥ
śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimān iva madhau mugdho hariḥ krīḍati ||
(Gītā-govinda: 1.11; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.224, 2.8.143)“O sakhi, producing bliss for all by satisfying [all], creating a festival of Anaṅga with his dark and tender limbs resembling rows of blue lotuses, and freely embraced in full by the beauties of Vraja on both sides, charming Hari plays during the spring like the embodiment of śṛṅgāra.”
- Read on →: kam prati kathayitum īśe samprati ko vā pratītim āyātu
kam prati kathayitum īśe samprati ko vā pratītim āyātu |
go-pati-tanayā-kuñje gopa-vadhūṭī-viṭaṁ brahma ||
(Raghupati Upādhyāya; cited in Padyāvalī: 98; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.98)“Who can I tell, and who will now believe, that Brahman is a hunter of the wives of cowherd men in the groves along the Yamunā?”
- Read on →: dadhi-mathana-ninādais tyakta-nidraḥ prabhāte
dadhi-mathana-ninādais tyakta-nidraḥ prabhāte
nibhṛta-padam agāraṁ ballavīnāṁ praviṣṭaḥ |
mukha-kamala-samīrair āśu nirvāpya dīpān
kavalita-navanītaḥ pātu māṁ bāla-kṛṣṇaḥ ||
(Padyāvalī: 143)“Awakened at daybreak by the sounds of yoghurt-churning, he enters the homes of the gopīs on silent feet, quickly extinguishes the lamps with puffs of air from his lotus mouth, and devours their fresh butter. May child Kṛṣṇa protect me.”
- Read on →: kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta-pānaṁ vinā jīvitaṁ vastuto jīvitaṁ na bhavati
kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta-pānaṁ vinā jīvitaṁ vastuto jīvitaṁ na bhavati |
(Excerpt from Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.12.13)“Without drinking the nectar of Kṛṣṇa-līlā, life is not really life.”