gopate sādhibe siddhi, sādhana navadhā-bhakti
gopate sādhibe siddhi, sādhana navadhā-bhakti,
prārthanā kariba dainye sadā |
(Prema-bhakti-candrikā: 115)
“In private, pursue siddhi with the sādhana of ninefold bhakti. Pray with humility always.”
Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura Mahāśaya
rādhikā caraṇa-reṇu bhūṣaṇa kariyā tanu
rādhikā caraṇa-reṇu bhūṣaṇa kariyā tanu
anāyāse pābe giridhārī |
rādhikā-caraṇāśraya ye kare se mahāśaya
tāre mui yāi balihārī ||
(Prema-bhakti-candrikā: 108)
“By decorating one’s body with Rādhikā’s foot-dust, one will easily attain Giridhārī. One who takes shelter of Rādhikā’s feet is a great soul. I become speechless before him.”
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhura dāsera anudāsa
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-prabhura dāsera anudāsa |
sevā abhilāṣa kare narottama-dāsa ||
(Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura’s Prārthanā)
“Narottama Dāsa, an assisting servant of the servants of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu, longs for service.”
nara-tanu bhajanera mūla
nara-tanu bhajanera mūla |
(Prema-bhakti-candrikā: 106)
“The human body is the basis of bhajana.”
śrī-caitanya-mano’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
śrī-caitanya-mano’bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale |
so’yaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam ||
(Prema-bhakti-candrikā: 2)
“When will he, this Śrī Rūpa by whom the cherished object of Śrī Caitanya’s heart has been established on the surface of the earth, bestow upon me nearness to his feet?”
rāgera bhajana-patha
rāgera bhajana-patha, kahi ebe abhimata,
loka-veda-sāra ei vāṇī |
sakhīra anugā haiyā, vraje siddha-deha pāiyā,
sei bhāve juḍābe parāṇī ||
(Prema-bhakti-candrika: 48)
“I now speak of the approved path of rāga-bhajana. This teaching is the essence of the world [i.e., worldly propriety] and the Vedas. Becoming a follower of the sakhīs, and receiving a siddha-deha in Vraja, soothe the heart with this bhāva.”
Narottama-Prabhor-aṣṭakam
Eight verses in praise of Śrī Śrī Narottama Prabhu
By Śrīmad Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura