sādhur atra sad-ācāraḥ
sādhur atra sad-ācāraḥ |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 200)
“‘Sādhu’ here (in SB 7.7.30) means one of proper conduct.”
sādhavaḥ kṣīṇa-doṣās tu sac-chabdaḥ sādhu-vācakaḥ
sādhavaḥ kṣīṇa-doṣās tu sac-chabdaḥ sādhu-vācakaḥ |
teṣām ācaraṇaṁ yat tu sad-ācāraḥ sa ucyate ||
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 3.12)
“Sādhus are those who are free from faults, and the word ‘sat’ is a signifier of a sādhu. Their conduct is called sadācāra (proper conduct).”
rāgānugāmi-bhajanollāsa-mānasānāṁ
rāgānugāmi-bhajanollāsa-mānasānāṁ
śrī-rādhayā saha sadā smaratāṁ vrajendum |
śrī-rūpa-pāda-kamalāśrita-cetasāṁ me
cittaṁ satāṁ madhukarīyatu pāda-padme ||
(Mukunda Dāsa Gosvāmī in his Artha-ratnālpa-dīpikā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1)
“May my mind become a bee [lit., “a nectar-gatherer”] in the lotuses of the feet of the sādhus whose minds are filled with the joy of rāgānugā-bhajana, who are ever-engaged in remembrance of the Moon of Vraja [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa] with Śrī Rādhā, and whose hearts are sheltered at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa.”
śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kuryād atulāṁ karuṇāṁ mayi
śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kuryād atulāṁ karuṇāṁ mayi |
vṛṣabhānu-sutā-pāda-padma-prāptir yayā bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“May Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī bestow upon me [her] unparalleled compassion, by which attainment of the lotus feet of Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter shall [certainly] occur.”
na rādhāṁ na ca kṛṣṇaṁ vā na gaurāṅgam ahaṁ bhaje
na rādhāṁ na ca kṛṣṇaṁ vā na gaurāṅgam ahaṁ bhaje |
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoje dhūlir bhūyāṁ bhave bhave ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“I do not worship Rādhā, or Kṛṣṇa, or Gaurāṅga. Let me become a particle of dust on the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa birth after birth.”
śrīmad-rūpa-pada-dvandve hṛdi me sphuratāṁ sadā
śrīmad-rūpa-pada-dvandve hṛdi me sphuratāṁ sadā |
rāgānugādhikārī syād yat kṛpā-lava-mātrataḥ ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“May Śrīmad Rūpa’s two feet, by just a trace of the grace of which one can become an adhikārī for rāgānugā-bhakti, be ever manifest in my heart.”
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ |
yasya prasādād ajño’pi tan-mata-jñāna-bhāg bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“I offer obeisance again and again unto the two lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa, by whose grace even an ignorant person can become endowed with knowledge of his conception.”
durgamaṁ sugamaṁ tattvaṁ bhaved yasya prasādataḥ
durgamaṁ sugamaṁ tattvaṁ bhaved yasya prasādataḥ |
rādhā-kṛṣṇa-rase magnaṁ śrīmad-rūpaṁ namāmi tam ||
(Mukunda Dāsa Gosvāmī in his Artha-ratnālpa-dīpikā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1)
“I offer obeisance unto him, Śrī Rūpa, who is absorbed in the rasa of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and by whose grace difficult to understand tattva shall become easy to understand.”
ādadānas tṛṇaṁ dantair idaṁ yāche punaḥ punaḥ
ādadānas tṛṇaṁ dantair idaṁ yāche punaḥ punaḥ |
śrīmad rūpa-padāmbhoja-dhūliḥ syāṁ janma-janmani ||
(Muktā-caritam)
“Taking a blade of grass between my teeth, I pray for this again and again, ‘May I be a speck of dust at the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa birth after birth.‘”
yad yatnataḥ śama-damātma-viveka-yogair
yad yatnataḥ śama-damātma-viveka-yogair
adhyātma-lagnam avikāram abhūn mano me |
rūpasya tat-smita-sudhaṁ sadayāvalokam
āsādya mādyati hareś caritair idānīm ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 2)
“Because of whose care my mind, through equipoise [i.e., fixity upon Bhagavān], restraint [of the senses], discernment [i.e., discrimination between the self and non-self], and yoga [i.e., meditation], became fixed in the higher self [i.e., Bhagavān] and undisturbed [by lust, anger, and so forth]—by receiving now the nectar of that Rūpa’s smile and [his] gracious glance, my mind becomes maddened by the acts of Hari!”