Rūpānugatva

śrī-rūpasyāṅghri-padmaṁ praṇata-matir ahaṁ naumi bhūmau nipatya

śrī-rūpasyāṅghri-padmaṁ praṇata-matir ahaṁ naumi bhūmau nipatya
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta-salila-nidhau majjitā yena lokāḥ |
śrīmac-caitanya-candro’py atiśaya-kṛpayā yatra śaktiṁ prakāśya
śrīmad-vṛndāvanīyaṁ madhura-rati-rasaṁ darśayāmāsa sarvān ||
(Bhāvanā-sāra-saṅgraha: Upasaṁhara, 3)

“Humble in mind,
I fall to the earth
And praise the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa,
By whom the people [of the world] have been immersed
In the ocean of the nectar of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s līlā,
And by empowering whom with profuse grace
Śrīmac Caitanyacandra so also revealed to everyone
The rasa of the madhura-rati found in Śrīmad Vṛndāvana.”

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tāvad gīti-sugadya-padya-racanāḥ kartuṁ spṛhā jāyate

tāvad gīti-sugadya-padya-racanāḥ kartuṁ spṛhā jāyate
garvas tāvad aho ahaṁ kavir iti prāyeṇa kharvo na hi |
śrīmad-rūpa-sanātanānukathanaṁ śrī-jīva-gosvāminaḥ
śrī-govinda-kaver vicitra-kavitā yāvan na karṇaṁ vrajet ||
(Ghanaśyāma Dāsa’s Govinda-rati-mañjarī: 1.9)

“The desire arises to compose
Songs and fine prose and poetry,
And aho!
The pride, ‘I am a poet (kavi)’
Seldom ever becomes crushed,
So long as the discourse of Śrīmad Rūpa and Sanātana
And the extraordinary poetry
Of Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrī Govinda Kavi
Shall not enter the ear!”

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śrīmad-rūpa-padābja-dhūlim alike nityaṁ dadhe yā manāg

śrīmad-rūpa-padābja-dhūlim alike nityaṁ dadhe yā manāg
ghrātā hṛn-madhupaṁ mamānayad aho kṛṣṇāṅghri-tṛṣṇāṅghripam |
yaḥ saṁsāra-mataṅgajāṅga-madirāṁ vyasmārayat svai rasair
yad-gandhāṇu-lavo’pi karṣati dhṛtottarṣaṁ munīndrān api ||
(Stavāmṛta-laharī: Nikuñja-keli-virudāvalī: 70)

“Aho!
Forever I hold upon my forehead
The pollen of the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa,
Which upon being smelled [just] slightly
Have drawn the bee [lit., nectar-drinker] of my heart
To the desire-tree of Kṛṣṇa’s feet,
Which with their own nectars
Have caused forgetfulness of the rut juice
Of the elephant of saṁsāra,
And even a minute trace of the fragrance of which
Attracts even the best of the sages
And fills them with intense desire.”

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govindābhidham indirāśrita-padaṁ hastastha-ratnādivat

govindābhidham indirāśrita-padaṁ hastastha-ratnādivat
tattvaṁ tattva-vid-uttamau kṣiti-tale yau darśayāṁ cakratuḥ |
māyāvāda-mahāndhakāra-paṭalī-sat-puṣpavantau sadā
tau śrī-rūpa-sanātanau viracitāścaryau suvaryau stumaḥ ||
(Siddhānta-ratna: 1.4; Ṭīkā on Tattva Sandarbha: 1)

“The two foremost knowers of the Absolute
On the surface of the earth
Who have revealed the Absolute
Known as Govinda
Whose feet are the shelter of Indirā (Lakṣmī)
Like a jewel or otherwise present in their hands;
The illustrious sun and moon
Against the covering
Of the dense darkness of māyāvāda;
They who have [thus] performed [alt., composed] wonders
And are [thereby] most exalted—
We perpetually praise these two:
Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana.”

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devācāryaṁ yaṁ viduḥ sat-kavitve

devācāryaṁ yaṁ viduḥ sat-kavitve
pārāśaryaṁ tattva-vāde mahāntaḥ |
śṛṅgārārtha-vyañjane vyāsa-sūnuṁ
sa śrī-rūpaḥ pātu no bhṛtya-vargān ||
(Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa’s Stava-mālā-ṭīkā: Maṅgalācaraṇa, 3)

“Whom the mahāntas know
As the divine ācārya in fine poetry (kavitva),
As the son of Parāśara [i.e., Vyāsadeva] in discussion of tattva,
And as the son of Vyāsa [i.e., Śukadeva] in manifesting the meaning of śṛṅgāra [i.e., madhura-rasa]—
May he, Śrī Rūpa,
Protect us,
His servants.”

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yat-pādāmbuja-yugma-vicyuta-rajaḥ-sevā-prabhāvād ahaṁ

yat-pādāmbuja-yugma-vicyuta-rajaḥ-sevā-prabhāvād ahaṁ
gāndharvā-sarasī-girīndra-nikaṭe kaṣṭo’pi nityaṁ vasan |
tat-preyo-gaṇa-pālito jita-sudhā rādhā-mukundābhidhā
udgāyāmi śṛṇomi māṁ punar aho śrīmān sa rūpo’vatu ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 13)

“Aho! May he, Śrīmān Rūpa, again protect me, I who am sustained by the circle of those dear to him, and who, although troubled, sing aloud and hear the names of Rādhā and Mukunda, by which nectar is defeated, residing continuously near the king of mountains [i.e., Govardhana] at the lake of Gāndharvā [i.e., Rādhā Kuṇḍa] by the power of service to the dust fallen from the pair of his lotus feet.”

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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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sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt

sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
sumadhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpena lobhāt |
jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā
harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.3)

“Bearing a golden luster,

The name Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,

And the garb of an ascetic,

He who has descended here [amongst us]

With the form of a bhakta

Out of intense desire

After reflecting on the fine sweetness

Of the bhāva for himself

Of his own beloveds

In comparison to his own bhāva [for them]—

[He,] Hari, the Son of Śrī Śacī,

Triumphs!”

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jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo

jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ |
gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād
anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.1)

“Someone—

Who descended to bestow prema

For his own lotus feet,

Who is an ocean

Of various sweetnesses,

Who is fragrant with adolescence,

And whose everlasting prema for the gopīs,

Having attained the ultimate limit

Of the highest state,

Has reached the position of experience [for others]

Because of his form of Caitanya—
Triumphs!”

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