Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī

śrī-vṛndā-vipinaṁ suramyam api tac chrīmān sa govardhanaḥ

śrī-vṛndā-vipinaṁ suramyam api tac chrīmān sa govardhanaḥ
sā rāsa-sthalikāpy alaṁ rasamayī kiṁ tāvad anya-sthalam |
yasyāpy aṁśa-lavena nārhati manāk sāmyaṁ mukundasya tat
prāṇebhyo’py adhika-priyeva dayitaṁ tat-kuṇḍam evāśraye ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 53)

“I take shelter in her kuṇḍa [i.e., Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa]—

Dear to Mukunda

Like [Śrī Rādhā,] she who is dearer [to him]

Then even his prāṇas—

[Her kuṇḍa] To even a minute portion of which

The beautiful, greatly charming forest of Vṛndā,

Beautiful Govardhana,

And the rasa-laden Rāsa-sthalī,

Much less any other place,

Do not merit [being considered to possess even] slight equivalence.”

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yasya śrīmac-caraṇa-kamale komale komalāpi

yasya śrīmac-caraṇa-kamale komale komalāpi
śrī-rādhoccair nija-sukha-kṛte sannayantī kucāgre |
bhītāpy ārād atha nahi dadhāty asya kārkaśya-doṣāt
sa śrī-goṣṭhe prathayatu sadā śeṣa-śāyī sthitiṁ naḥ ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 91)

“He whose beautiful, tender lotus feet

Śrī Rādhā intently raised for her own pleasure,

But even then became fearful

Because of the [imagined] fault of hardness

And did not hold atop the tips of her breasts

Although she is [most] tender [in figure]—

May [he,] Śeṣa-śāyī,

Extend to us

Eternal residence in beautiful Vraja.”

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yadā tava sarovaraṁ sarasa-bhṛṅga-saṅghollasat

yadā tava sarovaraṁ sarasa-bhṛṅga-saṅghollasat-
saroruha-kulojjvalaṁ madhura-vāri-sampūritam |
sphuṭat-sarasijākṣi he nayana-yugma-sākṣād babhau
tadaiva mama lālasājani tavaiva dāsye rase ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 15)

“O you of blossoming lotus eyes! When your pond appeared before my eyes brimming with sweet water and splendid with clusters of lotuses shining amid swarms of enamored bumblebees, then only did my longing for the rasa of servitude exclusively unto you arise.”

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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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caitanyacandra mama hṛt-kumudaṁ vikāśya

caitanyacandra mama hṛt-kumudaṁ vikāśya
hṛdyaṁ vidhehi nija-cintana-bhṛṅga-raṅgaiḥ |
kiṁ cāparādha-timiraṁ niviḍaṁ vidhūya
pādāmṛtaṁ sadaya pāyaya durgataṁ mām ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 11)

“O Caitanyacandra! Please cause the lily of my heart to bloom and make it adorable with the merriments of the bumblebee of thought of you. Furthermore, O gracious One, please dispel the dense darkness [that has engulfed me as a result] of my aparādhas and make my unfortunate self drink the nectar of your rays [alt., feet].”

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tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payodānābhisārādibhir

tāmbūlārpaṇa-pāda-mardana-payodānābhisārādibhir
vṛndāraṇya-maheśvarīṁ priyatayā yās toṣayanti priyāḥ |
prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhī-kulād api kilāsaṅkocitā bhūmikāḥ
keli-bhūmiṣu rūpa-mañjarī-mukhās tā dāsikāḥ saṁśraye ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 38; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.27)

“I take full shelter in those dāsīs headed by Rūpa Mañjarī, who out of affection satisfy the great Īśvarī of Vṛndāvana [i.e., Śrī Rādhikā] with offerings of pan, foot massages, servings of water, [arrangements for] trysts, and so forth [for her and her beloved Śrī Kṛṣna], who are more dear [to her] than even the prāṇa-preṣṭha-sakhīs, and who have uninhibited roles in the locales of [her] amorous play [with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, i.e., they render service without any inhibition and also cause no inhibition in Rādhā or Kṛṣṇa in the midst of their līlās].”

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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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yat kiñcit tṛṇa-gulma-kīkaṭa-mukhaṁ goṣṭhe samastaṁ hi tat

yat kiñcit tṛṇa-gulma-kīkaṭa-mukhaṁ goṣṭhe samastaṁ hi tat
sarvānandamayaṁ mukunda-dayitaṁ līlānukūlaṁ param |
śāstrair eva muhur muhuḥ sphuṭam idaṁ niṣṭaṅkitaṁ yāchñayā
brahmāder api saspṛheṇa tad idaṁ sarvaṁ mayā vandyate ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 102)

“Everything beginning with the grass, shrubs, and insects in Vraja is indeed constituted of all bliss, beloved to Mukunda, and completely favorable to [his] līlā; this is declared by the śāstras again and again by means of the prayers of Brahmā and others [e.g., Uddhava], and all of this [i.e., everything in Vraja] is [thus] bowed to by me with longing.”

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śūnyāyate mahāgoṣṭhaṁ girīndro’jagarāyate

śūnyāyate mahāgoṣṭhaṁ girīndro’jagarāyate |
vyāghra-tuṇḍāyate kuṇḍaṁ jīvātu-rahitasya me ||
(Stavāvalī: Prārthanāśraya-caturdaśaka, 11)

“The great pastureland [i.e., Vraja] seems empty, the king of mountains [i.e., Girirāja Govardhana] seems like a python, and the pool [i.e., Rādhā Kuṇḍa] seems like the jaws of a tiger for I who am bereft of [my] vitality [i.e., Śrī Rūpa].”

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