dampatyor bhāva ekatra sator apy anuraktayoḥ |
svābhīṣṭāśleṣa-vīkṣādi-nirodhī māna ucyate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 15.74)
“The bhāva [i.e., variety of anger] of a loving couple present together or otherwise [i.e., physically apart] which obstructs their own desired embraces, glances, and so forth is called māna.”
śrī-caitanya-mukhodgīrṇā hare-kṛṣṇeti varṇakāḥ |
majjayanto jagat premṇi vijayantāṁ tad-āhvayāḥ ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.4)
“May these names made of the syllables Ha-re Kṛṣ-ṇa pronounced by Śrī Caitanya’s mouth inundate the world with prema and triumph completely!”
mādhuryaṁ nāma ceṣṭānāṁ sarvāvasthāsu cārutā ||
(Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇī: 11.19)
[Mādhurya as an alaṅkāra-anubhāva:] “Loveliness of movements in all circumstances is called mādhurya.”
rūpaṁ kim apy anirvācyaṁ tanor mādhuryam ucyate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 10.36)
[Mādhurya as an uddīpana-vibhāva:] “Some sort of indescribable appearance [i.e., beauty] of the body is called mādhurya.”
tan mādhuryaṁ bhaved yatra ceṣṭādeḥ spṛhaṇīyatā ||
yathā—
varām adhyāsīnas taṭa-bhuvam avaṣṭambha-rucibhiḥ
kadambaiḥ prālambaṁ pravalita-vilambaṁ viracayan |
prapannāyām agre mihira-duhitus tīrtha-padavīṁ
kuraṅgī-netrāyāṁ madhu-ripur apāṅgaṁ vikirati ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.257)
“That wherein desirability of movement and so forth shall occur is [called] mādhurya, as in [the following illustration]: ‘While sitting on the splendid bank of the Daughter of Sun [i.e., the Yamunā] and making a long-delayed garland that hangs to the breast with golden-hued kadambas, Murāri cast a side-long glance before she of doe-eyes [i.e., Śrī Rādhā] arriving on the path to the ghat.’”
kair api prema-vaivaśya-bhāgbhir bhāgavatavottamaiḥ |
adyāpi dṛśyate kṛṣṇaḥ krīḍan vṛndāvanāntare ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.5.392)
“Even by some highly elevated Bhāgavatas who are overwhelmed by prema, Kṛṣṇa is seen playing in Vṛndāvana still today.”
rādhā-mukunda-pada-sambhava-gharma-bindu-
nirmañchhanopakaraṇī-kṛta-deha-lakṣām |
uttuṅga-sauhṛda-viśeṣa-vaśāt pragalbhāṁ
devīṁ guṇaiḥ sulalitāṁ lalitāṁ namāmi ||
(Stava-mālā: Lalitāṣṭākam, 1)
“I offer obeisance unto Lalitā Devī,
She who is most charming by virtue of her qualities,
She who is bold by force of her special, highly exalted affection,
She by whom as though a lakh of bodies are made instruments
For wiping away drops of sweat
That have arisen on the feet on Rādhā and Mukunda.”
ābhīra-pallī-pati-putra-kāntā-
dāsyābhilāṣātibalāśvavāraḥ |
śrī-rūpa-cintāmala-sapti-saṁstho
mat-svānta-durdānta-hayecchur āstām ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana: 1)
“May the very strong horseman of longing for servitude unto the Beloved of the Son of the cowherd village’s headman [i.e., Śrī Rādhikā, the beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa] that is mounted on the spotless horse of Śrī Rūpa’s thoughts become desirous of [mounting, and riding] the difficult to tame horse of my mind [i.e., may Śrī Rūpa’s line of thought regarding Śrī Rādhikā and the longing it inspires take hold in my mind and forever engage me in the service of Śrī Rādhikā].”
rundhann ambu-bhṛtaś camatkṛti-paraṁ kurvan muhus tumburuṁ
dhyānād antarayan sanandana-mukhān vismāpayan vedhasam |
autsukyāvalibhir baliṁ caṭulayan bhogīndram āghūrṇayan
bhindann aṇḍa-kaṭāha-bhittim abhito babhrāma vaṁśī-dhvaniḥ ||
(Vidagdha-mādhava-nāṭaka: 1.26; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.214; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.1.164)
“Stopping the clouds,
Repeatedly astonishing Tumburu,
Pulling Sanandana and company out of meditation,
Astounding Brahmā,
Exciting Bali with eagernesses,
Causing the king of serpents [i.e., Ananta Śeṣa] to whirl,
And piercing through the wall of the egg’s [i.e., universe’s] shell,
The sound of the flute roved all about.”
vaśam alpikayāpi sevayāmuṁ
vihite’py āgasi duḥsahe smitāsyam |
para-duḥkha-lave’pi kātaraṁ me
harim udvīkṣya manas tanoti tṛṣṇām ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 10.4)
“Observing Hari captivated by even a little service, with a smiling face even when an intolerable offense is committed [against him], and distressed by even very slight suffering in another, my mind thirsts [for him].”
