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- Read on →: ghana-praṇaya-medurau śarad-amanda-candrānanau
ghana-praṇaya-medurau śarad-amanda-candrānanau
kirīṭa-mukuṭe dhṛtau vidhṛta-nīla-pītāmbarau |
śarat-sukhada-kānane sarasa-yogapīṭhāsane
puraḥ kalaya nāgarau madhura-rādhikā-mādhavau ||
(Unknown source; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā: 2)“Brimming with deep, uninhibited love,
Faces like the full, early autumn moon,
Wearing a tiara and diadem,
Sporting blue and yellow garb,
In the delightful early autumn forest,
On the seat at the charming yogapīṭha—
Behold before you
The Clever Pair,
Sweet Rādhikā and Mādhava.” - Read on →: Namaḥ 53–54 in Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava
Namaḥ 53–54 in Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stavaḥ
A summary of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.21—the Veṇu-gītā
By Śrīmat Sanātana Gosvāmīpāda
- Read on →: Namaḥ 1 in Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stavaḥ
Namaḥ 1 in Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stavaḥ
By Śrīmat Sanātana Gosvāmīpāda
- Read on →: asāre ghora-saṁsāre sāraṁ kṛṣṇa-padārcanam
asāre ghora-saṁsāre sāraṁ kṛṣṇa-padārcanam |
(Gautamīya Tantra; cited in Rādhā-Kṛṣṇārcana-dīpikā: 6)“In essenceless, fearsome saṁsāra, the essence is worship of Kṛṣṇa’s feet.”
- Read on →: pāṣāṇa-dhātu-mṛd-dāru-sikatā-maṇi-lekhajā
pāṣāṇa-dhātu-mṛd-dāru-sikatā-maṇi-lekhajā |
saptadā te pratikṛtir acalā vā calā prabho ||
śālagrāma-śilā cātha yatra kutrāpy avasthitā |
yādṛśī tādṛśī vāpi bhaktair bhaktyābhipūjitā ||
bhavatādhiṣṭhitā sarvā sac-cid-ānanda-rūpiṇī |
tvam eva kathayase sadbhis tasmai tubhyaṁ namo namaḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 409–411 (106))“Made of stone, metal, earth, wood, sand, jewel, or paint—your image of seven types—[which can also be] immobile or mobile—O Lord, and a Śālagrāma stone wheresoever and howsoever it may be situated, can be worshiped with bhakti by bhaktas. All of them [i.e., all of these types of deities] are said by the sat (1) to be inhabited by you, (2) to be of the nature of eternal being, consciousness, and bliss [i.e., to not be seen as being made merely of stone, wood, etc.], and (3) to be you yourself. Unto you—he [who personally manifests himself in all these forms, I offer] obeisance and obeisance.”