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- Read on →: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam |
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ ||
(Vidagdha-mādhava-nāṭakam: 1.1.2; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.4)“Having graciously descended in the Age of Kali to bestow in full his own wealth of bhakti [alt., the wealth of bhakti to himself] replete with the most elevated, brilliant rasa [i.e., ujjvala-rasa], which had not been offered since long ago, may [he, the lion-like] Hari, the Son of Śacī, fully radiant with beautiful golden luster, be manifest always in the cave of your heart.”
- Read on →: yebā nāhi bujhe keha
yebā nāhi bujhe keha śunite śunite seha
ki adbhuta caitanya-carita |
kṛṣṇe upajibe prīti jānibe rasera rīti
śunilei baḍa haya hita ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.2.87)“How wonderful! By continuously hearing about Caitanya’s līlā, even someone who does not understand it will develop prīti for Kṛṣṇa and understand the way of rasa. Simply by listening, such great benefit occurs!”
- Read on →: gaura-kathā payorāśī
gaura-kathā payorāśī kṛṣṇa-dāsa tāhe bhāsi
āniyāche amṛtera dhāra |
sei kāvya-sudhā pāne vaiṣṇava śītala prāṇe
āra pite cāhe bāra bāra ||
(Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)“After floating out into the milk reservoir of discussion of Gaura, Kṛṣṇa Dāsa has brought back a stream of nectar. By drinking the nectar of this poetry, Vaiṣṇavas’ hearts are cooled, and they desire to drink more again and again.”
- Read on →: bibhrad varṇaṁ kim api dahanottīrṇa-sauvarṇa-sāraṁ
bibhrad varṇaṁ kim api dahanottīrṇa-sauvarṇa-sāraṁ
divyākāraṁ kim api kalayan dṛpta-gopāla-mauleḥ |
āviṣkurvan kvacid avasare tat-tad-āścarya-līlāṁ
sākṣād rādhā-madhuripur-vapur bhāti gaurāṅgacandraḥ ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 109)“Bearing some [i.e., some sort of indescribable] complexion resembling smelted gold, exhibiting some [i.e., some sort of indescribable] divine [i.e., wonderous] figure of the foremost of radiant cowherds, and on some [i.e., some special] occasions revealing some of his [i.e., that cowherd’s] astonishing līlās, the manifest form of Rādhā and Madhu-ripu [i.e., Kṛṣṇa]—the moon Gaurāṅga—shines.”