Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī

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.”

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pada-kāntyā jita-madano

pada-kāntyā jita-madano
mukha-kāntyā khaṇḍita-kamala-maṇi-garvaḥ |
śrī-rūpāśrita-caraṇaḥ
kṛpayatu mayi gaura-govindaḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā: 2)

“May Gaura Govinda—
He by the splendor of whose feet
Madana [i.e., Kāma] is vanquished,
He by the splendor of whose face
The pride of lotuses and jewels is crushed,
He at whose feet Śrī Rūpa has taken shelter—
Bestow grace upon me.”

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vidyud-ghanāṅgau ghana-vidyud-ambarau

vidyud-ghanāṅgau ghana-vidyud-ambarau
nisarga-manda-smita-sundarānanau |
mithaḥ kaṭākṣāśuga-kīlitāntarau
rādhā-mukundau praṇamāmi tau mudā ||
(Unknown source; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā: 2)

“Lightning and cloud figures,
Cloud and lighting garments,
Naturally and mildly smiling, beautiful faces,
Hearts pierced by the arrows
Of one another’s side-long glances—
Joyfully I offer obeisance to them,
Rādhā and Mukunda.”

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smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ keliḥ prekṣaṇaṁ guhya-bhāṣaṇam

smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ keliḥ prekṣaṇaṁ guhya-bhāṣaṇam |
saṅkalpo’dhyavasāyaś ca kriyā-nivṛttir eva ca ||
etan maithunam aṣṭāṅgaṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ |
viparītaṁ brahmacaryam etad evāṣṭa-lakṣaṇam ||
(Vairāgya-mārtaṇḍa: 12.144-145; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā)

“Remembering, mentioning, playing [alt., joking], looking, conversing privately, fancying, pursuing, and completing the act [itself]—the wise say these are the eight aspects of intercourse. The opposite of these are the eight characteristics of brahmacarya.”

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nijām ujjvalitāṁ bhakti-sudhām arpayituṁ kṣitau

nijām ujjvalitāṁ bhakti-sudhām arpayituṁ kṣitau |
uditaṁ taṁ śacī-garbha-vyomni pūrṇaṁ vidhuṁ bhaje ||
(Muktā-carita: 1.3; cited in Daśa-ślokī-bhāṣyam: 1.7)

“I worship him, the full moon arisen in the sky of Śacī’s womb to bestow upon the earth the nectar of brilliant bhakti to himself.”

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vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ bhagavantaṁ kṛpārṇavam

vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ bhagavantaṁ kṛpārṇavam |
prema-bhakti-vitānārthaṁ gauḍeṣv avatatāra yaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.1; cited in Daśa-ślokī-bhāṣyam: 1.7)

“I worship the ocean of grace Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who descended in Gauḍa to distribute prema-bhakti.”

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yasya saṅga-balato’dbhutā

yasya saṅga-balato’dbhutā
mayā mauktikottama-kathā pracāritā |
tasya kṛṣṇa-kavi-bhūpater vraje
saṅgatir bhavatu me bhave bhave ||
(Muktā-carita; cited in the Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī)

“Birth after birth, in Vraja let me have the companionship of Kṛṣṇa [Dāsa] the king (rājā) of poets (kavi), on the strength of whose association this astonishing and superlative narration about pearls [i.e., this composition entitled Muktā-carita] has been composed by me.”

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iha viharati rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuñjādhikārī

iha viharati rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuñjādhikārī
tad-ubhaya-rasa-rīteḥ śuddha-siddhānta-dhārī |
sakala-sujana-geyaḥ kṛṣṇa-dāsābhidheyaḥ
padam akhila-guṇānāṁ ko’pi rājā kavīnām ||
(Kavi Karṇapūra; cited in the Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī)

“Here [i.e., in Vraja] sports
Some [extraordinary] king (rājā) among poets (kavis),
Known as Kṛṣṇa Dāsa,
Who is an adhikārī of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s kuñja,
A carrier of the pure siddhānta regarding the flow of their rasa,
Worthy of being sung of by all virtuous persons,
And an abode of all qualities.”

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śrī-sanātana-pādābja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ

śrī-sanātana-pādābja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ |
yat prasāda-lavenāpi kṛṣṇe bhakti-raso bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)

“I offer obeisance again and again unto the two lotus feet of Śrī Sanātana, by even a trace of whose grace bhakti-rasa related to Kṛṣṇa can manifest.”

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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.”

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