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hā devi kāku-bhara-gadgadayādya vācā

hā devi kāku-bhara-gadgadayādya vācā
yāce nipatya bhuvi daṇḍavad udbhaṭārtiḥ |
asya prasādam abudhasya janasya kṛtvā
gāndharvike nija-gaṇe gaṇanāṁ vidhehi ||
(Stava-mālā: Gāndharvā-prārthanāṣṭakam, 2)

“Hā! O Devī! Today, filled with intense heartache, I fall prostrate in obeisance on the ground [before you] and pray [to you] with a faltering voice filled with sorrow: O Gāndharvikā! Please bestow your grace upon this foolish fellow and count him within your own retinue.” 

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apāra-karuṇā-pūra-pūritāntar-mano-hrade

apāra-karuṇā-pūra-pūritāntar-mano-hrade |
prasīdāsmin jane devi nija-dāsya-spṛhā-juṣi ||
(Stava-mālā: Cāṭu-puṣpāñjali, 17)

“O you the deep lake of whose inner heart is filled with a boundless flood of compassion! O Devī! Please be gracious to this person, who cherishes longing for your service.”

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tvām asau yācate natvā viluṭhan yamunā-taṭe

tvām asau yācate natvā viluṭhan yamunā-taṭe |
kākubhir vyākula-svānto jano vṛndāvaneśvari ||
kṛtāgaske’py ayogye’pi jane’smin kumatāv api |
dāsya-dāna-pradānasya lavam apy upapādaya ||
yuktas tvayā jano naiva duḥkhito’yam upekṣitum |
kṛpā-dyota-dravac-citta-navanītāsi yat sadā ||
(Stava-mālā: Prārthanā-paddhati, 5–7)

“Offering obeisance to you,

And rolling about on the bank of the Yamunā,

This person of agitated heart,

Begs with cries of sorrow,

O Vṛndāvaneśvarī!

Although a transgressor,

Although unfit,

And although foul-minded,

Please bestow upon this person

Just a tiny portion of the gift

Of a share of [your] service.

It is not proper for this sorrowful person

To be neglected by you,

For the fresh butter of your heart

Is always melting under the sunshine of your grace.”

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tvāṁ natvā yācate dhṛtvā tṛṇaṁ dantair ayaṁ janaḥ

tvāṁ natvā yācate dhṛtvā tṛṇaṁ dantair ayaṁ janaḥ |
sva-dāsyāmṛta-sekena jīvayāmuṁ suduḥkhitam ||
na muñcec charaṇāyātam api duṣṭaṁ dayāmayaḥ |
ato gāndharvike hā hā muñcainaṁ naiva tādṛśam ||
(Stavāvalī: Premambodha-maranda-stava-rāja, 10–11)

“Bowing to you, holding straw between his teeth, this person is begging: ‘By sprinkling the nectar of your own service, please give life to this most sorrowful one.’ One who is gracious should not reject even a depraved person who has sought shelter. Therefore, O Gāndharvikā! Hā! Hā! Please do not ever reject [even] someone such as this.”

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bhavatīm abhivādya cāṭubhir

bhavatīm abhivādya cāṭubhir
varam ūrjeśvari varyam arthaye |
bhavadīyatayā kṛpāṁ yathā
mayi kuryād adhikāṁ bakāntakaḥ ||
(Stava-mālā: Utkalikā-vallariḥ, 20)

“O Ūrjeśvarī [i.e., O Rādhā, presiding goddess over Kārtika], I salute you, and with endearing words I pray for this finest benediction: may Bakāntaka [i..e, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Bakāsura], bestow greater grace upon me on account of [my] being your own.”

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āśā-bharair amṛta-sindhu-mayaiḥ kathañcit

āśā-bharair amṛta-sindhu-mayaiḥ kathañcit
kālo mayātigamitaḥ kila sāmprataṁ hi |
tvaṁ cet kṛpāṁ mayi vidhāsyasi naiva kiṁ me
prāṇair vrajena ca varoru bakāriṇāpi ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 102)

“With an abundance of hope,
Which is made up of an ocean of nectar,
Somehow
A very long time has been passed by me
[Here on the bank of your kuṇḍa].
If you will indeed not bestow your grace upon me
At least certainly now [after so long],
Then what [is the use] of my vital airs,
Vraja,
Or, O you of fine thighs,
Even Baka’s Foe?”

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pādābjayos tava vinā vara-dāsyam eva

pādābjayos tava vinā vara-dāsyam eva
nānyat kadāpi samaye kila devi yāce |
sakhyāya te mama namo’stu namo’stu nityaṁ
dāsyāya te mama raso’stu raso’stu satyam ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 16)

“O Devī! Certainly I never pray at any time for anything other than the finest servitude unto your lotus feet. May my obeisance be offered, may my obeisance be offered forever, unto to friendship with you, and may my loving attachment be, may my loving attachment forever be to servitude unto you. This is my vow.”

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yasyaḥ kadāpi vasanañcala-khelanottha

yasyaḥ kadāpi vasanañcala-khelanottha-
dhanyātidhanya-pavenena kṛtārthamānī |
yogindra-durgama-gatir madhusūdano’pi
tasyā namo’stu vṛṣabhānu-bhuvo diśe’pi ||
(Rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhi: 2)

“May my obeisance be offered towards even the direction of Vṛṣabhānu’s Daughter, she by the auspicious, most auspicious, breeze produced by the edge of whose cloth even Madhusūdana, the difficult to attain goal of the best of yogīs, considers himself fulfilled.”

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lakṣmīr yad-aṅghri-kamalasya nakhāñcalasya

lakṣmīr yad-aṅghri-kamalasya nakhāñcalasya
saundarya-bindum api nārhati labdhum īśe |
sā tvaṁ vidhāsyasi na cen mama netra-dānaṁ
kiṁ jīvitena mama duḥkha-davāgnidena ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 101)

“O Īśā, if you—she even a drop of the beauty of the tips of the nails of whose lotus feet [even] Lakṣmī is unable to attain—do not grant me eyes [i.e., vision of your līlā and so forth], [then] what is the use of this life of mine which causes a forest fire of suffering?”

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