tātala saikate
By Śrī Vidyāpati
Brahmā
brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva
brahmādira abhīṣṭa ye saba kṛṣṇa-bhāva |
gopī-gaṇe vyakta ye sakala anurāga ||
iṅgite se saba bhāva nityānanda-rāya |
dilena sakala priya-gaṇere kṛpāya ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.5.418–419)
“Through hints Nitāyananda Rāya graciously bestowed upon all his dear companions all of the bhāva for Kṛṣṇa desired by Brahmā and others, and all of the anurāga manifested in the gopīs.”
yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhodaśāyī
yasyāṁśāṁśaḥ śrīla-garbhodaśāyī
yan-nābhy-abjaṁ loka-saṅghāta-nālam |
loka-sraṣṭuḥ sūtikā-dhāma dhātus
taṁ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaṁ prapadye ||
(Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.10)
“I take shelter in him, Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, the part of whose part is Śrīla Garbhodaśāyī, the lotus of whose navel is the birthplace of Brahmā, the creator of the lokas, and the stalk of which constitutes these lokas.”
na tathā me priyatama
na tathā me priyatama ātma-yonir na śaṅkaraḥ |
na ca saṅkarṣaṇo na śrīr naivātmā ca yathā bhavān ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.15)
“Neither he who is self-born [i.e., Brahmā], nor Śaṅkara [i.e., Śiva], nor Saṅkarṣaṇa [i.e., Balarāma], nor Śrī [i.e., Lakṣmī], nor even my own Self are so dearmost to me as you [O Uddhava].”
jānanta eva jānantu
jānanta eva jānantu kiṁ bahūktyā na me prabho |
manaso vapuṣo vāco vaibhavaṁ tava gocaraḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.14.38)
“O Prabhu! Let those who ‘know’ you know you [i.e., let them think they know you even though they really do not]. What need I say more? Your greatness is not within the reach of my mind, body, or words.”