Jagannātha

ratnākaras tava gṛhaṁ gṛhinī ca padmā

ratnākaras tava gṛhaṁ gṛhinī ca padmā
kiṁ deyam asti bhavate jagadīśvarāya |
ābhīra-vāma-nayanāhṛta-mānasāya
dattaṁ mano yadupate tad idaṁ gṛhāna ||
(Rahīma-ratnāvalī)

“Your home is the ocean [lit., the source of jewels], and your wife is Padmā [i.e., Lakṣmī Devī, the goddess of wealth]. What can be given to you, the Lord of the universe [i.e., you who possess everything]? Therefore, to you whose mind has been stolen by the charming eyes of the gopīs, I have given my mind. O King of the Yadus, please accept it.”

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tasmin jagannātha-mukhābja-darśanān

tasmin jagannātha-mukhābja-darśanān
mahāprasādāvali-lābhataḥ sadā |
yātrotsavaughānubhavād api sphuraty
ullāsa evātmani naiva dīnatā ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.239)

“There [i.e, in Puruṣottama Kṣetra], by having darśana of Jagannātha’s lotus face, by obtaining varieties of his mahāprasādam, and by experiencing his myriad of outings and festivals, delight certainly manifests in the heart, but humility certainly does not.”

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