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apūrva-premābdheḥ parimala-payaḥ-phena-nivahaiḥ

apūrva-premābdheḥ parimala-payaḥ-phena-nivahaiḥ
sadā yo jīvātur yam iha kṛpayāsiñcad atulam |
idānīṁ durdaivāt pratipada-vipad-dāva-valito
nirālambaḥ so’yaṁ kam iha tam ṛte yātu śaraṇam ||
(Stavāvalī: Prārthanāśraya-caturdaśaka, 10)

“Now, in the wake of misfortune, who shall he who is shelterless and surrounded by a forest fire of constant adversity take shelter in here besides he who is his vitality and who always graciously and matchlessly showered him here with heaps of foam from the fragrant water of the ocean of unprecedented prema?”

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śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dhūlī-mātraika-sevinā

śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dhūlī-mātraika-sevinā
kenacid grathitā padyair mālāghreyā tad-āśrayaiḥ ||
(Stavāvalī: Viśākhānanda-stotra, 134)

“Strung with verses by some one-pointed servitor of just the dust of the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa, may this garland be smelled by those who are in his shelter [alt., by those in the shelter of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa].”

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rase sāraś camatkāraḥ sarvatrāpy anubhūyate

rase sāraś camatkāraḥ sarvatrāpy anubhūyate |
tac camatkāra-sāratve sarvatrāpy adbhuto rasaḥ ||
(Sāhitya-darpaṇa 3.3; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 110)

“In rasa, astonishment is perceived to be the essence indeed in all cases. Therefore, because of the essence being astonishment, rasa is adbhuta [i.e., wonder] indeed in all cases.”

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adatta-pūrva-svapadābja-sauhṛda

adatta-pūrva-svapadābja-sauhṛda-
pradāna-dīkṣocita-deśa-saṅgata |
sva-sevaka-brahma-sukhādhikotsava-
premākara krīḍana-kṛn namo’stu te ||
(Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 63)

“O you who are [now] situated in the land [of Vraja]
 Suitable to your vow (dīkṣa)
 Of granting love for your own lotus feet
 That has not been given before!
 O Bestower of prema
 And joy greater than the bliss of Brahman
 Upon your own servants!
 O Performer of play!
 May my obeisance be offered unto you.”

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śrī-kṛṣṇa jīyān mathurāvatīrṇa

śrī-kṛṣṇa jīyān mathurāvatīrṇa
sva-prema-dānaika-nitānta-kṛtya |
nānā-sumādhurya-mahānidhāna
suvyañjitaiśvarya-kṛpā-mahattvā ||
(Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 32)

“May you triumph, O Śrī Kṛṣṇa!
 O you who descended in Mathurā!
 O you whose singular and paramount purpose
 Is bestowing prema for yourself!
 O you who are a vast reservoir
 Of various excellent sweetnesses!
 O you in whom mastership, grace, and magnificence are superbly manifest!”

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śrīmad-govinda-padāravinda-makaranda-lubdha-cetobhiḥ

śrīmad-govinda-padāravinda-makaranda-lubdha-cetobhiḥ |
govinda-bhāṣyam etat pāṭhyaṁ śapatho’rpito’nyebhyaḥ ||
(Govinda-bhāṣya: Upasaṁhāra, 2)

“This Govinda-bhāṣya is to be studied by those whose minds are desirous of the nectar of the lotus feet of Śrīmad Govinda. A curse [i.e., a prohibition on studying it] is cast upon others [i.e., those devoid of such desire, who read it].”

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gokulotsava-līlāyāḥ samāptau sad-rasāmbudheḥ

gokulotsava-līlāyāḥ samāptau sad-rasāmbudheḥ |
anyatra kaḥ pravarteta vinā nija-durāgraham ||
(Bṛhad Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.35.26)

“At the conclusion of this līlā of the Joy of Gokula [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa], who is an ocean of true rasa, who would pursue anything else without [i.e., were it not for] their own willfulness?”

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jayanti vraja-devyas tā yāsāṁ gītārtham īpsati

jayanti vraja-devyas tā yāsāṁ gītārtham īpsati |
ajño’pi yāsāṁ māhātmya-prapatty-eka-balādayam ||
(Bṛhad Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.35.2)

“Glory to the devīs of Vraja, the meaning of whose song [i.e., the Yugala-gītā] even this ignorant person desires to understand, he whose sole strength and so forth is their greatness and surrender unto them!”

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kṛpālor asamarthasya duḥkhāyaiva kṛpālutā

kṛpālor asamarthasya duḥkhāyaiva kṛpālutā |
samarthasya tu tasyaiva sukhāyaiva kṛpālutā ||
(Unknown source; cited in Bhagavat Sandarbha: 47)

“The compassionateness of an incapable compassionate person leads only to suffering, whereas the compassionateness of a capable one leads only to happiness.”

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śrī-kṛṣṇātivaśīkāra-cuñcor jiṣṇu-śiromaṇeḥ

śrī-kṛṣṇātivaśīkāra-cuñcor jiṣṇu-śiromaṇeḥ |
premṇā hāsa ivāyaṁ śrī-rāsaḥ śrīr api nāpa yam ||
śāstra-buddhi-vivekādyair api durgamam īkṣyate |
gopīnāṁ rasa-vartmedaṁ tāsām anugatīr vinā ||
(Excerpt from the Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.33.39)

“This Śrī Rāsa [i.e., this beautiful Rāsa-līlā], which even Śrī [i.e., Lakṣmī] did not attain, is like a smile with prema of the crest-jewel of conquerors renowned for greatly captivating Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This path of the gopīs’ rasa is seen to be difficult to comprehend even with [knowledge of] śāstra, intelligence, discernment, and so forth without anugati of [i.e., following] them [i.e., the gopīs].”

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