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pāyaṁ pāyaṁ vraja-jana-gaṇa-prema-vāpī-marāla

pāyaṁ pāyaṁ vraja-jana-gaṇa-prema-vāpī-marāla
śrīman-nāmāmṛtam avirataṁ gokulābdhy-utthitaṁ te |
tat-tad-veśācarita-nikarojjṛmbhitaṁ miṣṭa-miṣṭaṁ
sarvāṁl lokān jagati ramayan matta-ceṣṭo bhramāṇi ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.143)

“[Śrī Nārada prays for a boon at Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s request:]
O you who are a swan in the waters
Of the prema of the people of Vraja!
Continuously drinking and drinking
The nectar of your blessed names,
Which have arisen from the ocean of Gokula,
Are manifested from the multitudes
Of those particular adornments and activities,
And are the sweet of the sweet,
May I become of maddened behavior and roam about
Delighting all people throughout the world.”

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sva-dānātṛpta vṛtto’ham idānīṁ saphala-śramaḥ

sva-dānātṛpta vṛtto’ham idānīṁ saphala-śramaḥ |
tvan-mahākaruṇā-pātra-jana-vijñānam āptavān ||
ayam eva varaḥ prāpto’nugrahaś cottamo mataḥ |
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.141–142)

“[Śrī Nārada to Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa:]
O you who are unsatiated by your own giving
[Alt., O you who are unsatiated even by giving your own self]!
I have now become successful in my effort:
I have acquired in-depth knowledge
Of the recipients of your paramount grace.
This attained boon itself attained
Is accepted [by me] as [your] favor
And as most excellent.”

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dṛṣṭe’pi śāmyen mayi tan na duḥkhaṁ

dṛṣṭe’pi śāmyen mayi tan na duḥkhaṁ
viccheda-cintākulitātmanāṁ vai |
harṣāya teṣāṁ kriyate vidhir yo
duḥkhaṁ sa sadyo dviguṇīkaroti ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.96)

“Even if I am seen [by them at last],
That suffering shall not cease
For they whose hearts are indeed overwhelmed
By unrest because of separation [from me].
The means which are enacted [by me]
For the sake of their elation
Immediately double their suffering.”

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evaṁ yad dhyāna-pūjādāv ekāntibhyaḥ prarocate

evaṁ yad dhyāna-pūjādāv ekāntibhyaḥ prarocate |
kṛṣṇāya rocate’tyantaṁ tad eva ca satāṁ matam ||
tathā ca tṛtīya-skandhe śrī-kardama-stutau—
tāny eva te’bhirūpāṇi rūpāṇi bhagavaṁs tava |
yāni yāni ca rocante sva-janānām arūpiṇaḥ ||
(Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 7.381–382)

“In this way, specifically that which in meditation, ritual worship, and so forth is highly pleasing to the one-pointed is exceedingly pleasing to Kṛṣṇa and [thus] approved by the sat. Accordingly also, in the praise by Śrī Kardama in the Third Canto [i.e., SB 3.24.31, it is said], ‘O Bhagavān, specifically those forms of yours—of you who are beyond form—which are pleasing to your own persons are suitable for you.’”

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rūpeṇa veṣeṇa ravāmṛtena

rūpeṇa veṣeṇa ravāmṛtena
vaṁśyāś ca pūrvānuditena viśvam |
sammohitaṁ prema-bhareṇa kṛtsnaṁ
tiṣṭhantu dūre vraja-vāsinas te ||
ākāśa-yānā vidhi-rudra-śakrāḥ
siddhāḥ śaśī deva-gaṇās tathānye |
gāvo vṛṣā vatsa-gaṇā mṛgāś ca
vṛkṣāḥ khagā gulma-latās tṛṇāni ||
nadyo’tha meghāḥ sacarāḥ sthirāś ca
sacetanācetanakāḥ prapañcāḥ |
prema-pravāhottha-vikāra-ruddhāḥ
sva-sva-svabhāvāt parivṛttim āpuḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.110–112)

“By means of my previously unmanifested
Figure, garb, and nectar—the sound of my flute,
The entire world became completely stupefied
By a profusion of prema.
Let those residents of Vraja remain aside.
Vidhi, Rudra, Śakra,
The siddhas, Śaśī, the devas,
And others moving in the sky,
The cows, the bulls, the calves, and the animals,
The trees, the birds, the shrubs, the creepers, and the grass,
The rivers and the clouds,
The mobile and the stationary,
And the sentient and the non-sentient entities
[All] Became seized by transformations
Springing forth from a stream of prema
And underwent a reversal
From their own respective natures.”

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citrāticitrai rucirair vihārair

citrāticitrai rucirair vihārair
ānanda-pāthodhi-taraṅga-magnaḥ |
nājñāsiṣaṁ rātri-dināni tāni
tat-tan-mahāmohana-loka-saṅgāt ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.107)

“Submerged in the waves of an ocean of bliss
By the most wonderful of wonderful,
Relishable sports,
I did not notice those nights and days [pass]
Because of the company of those most enchanting people.”

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yadi ca prītaye teṣāṁ tatra yāmi vasāmi ca

yadi ca prītaye teṣāṁ tatra yāmi vasāmi ca |
tathāpi kim api svāsthyaṁ bhāvyaṁ nālocayāmy aham ||
mad-īkṣaṇād eva vigāḍha-bhāvo-
dayena labdhā vikalā vimoham |
na daihikaṁ kiñcana te na dehaṁ
vidur na cātmānam aho kim anyat ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.94–95)

“And if I go and reside there
For their pleasure,
I still do not consider
That their well-being will occur at all.
Becoming overwhelmed
And seized by intense stupor
Because of the arising of very deep bhāva
Just by the sight of me,
They know neither the bodily,
Nor the body,
Nor even themselves whatsoever.
Aho!
What [to speak] of anything else?”

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yā bhartṛ-putrādi vihāya sarvaṁ

yā bhartṛ-putrādi vihāya sarvaṁ
loka-dvayārthān anapekṣyamāṇāḥ |
rāsādibhis tādṛśa-vibhramais tad-
rītyābhajaṁs tatra tam enam ārtāḥ ||
ato hi yā no bahu-sādhanottamaiḥ
sādhyasya cintyasya ca bhāva-yogataḥ |
mahāprabhoḥ prema-viśeṣa-pālibhiḥ
sat-sādhana-dhyāna-padatvam āgatāḥ ||
tāsv etasya hi dharma-karma-suta-pautrāgāra-kṛtyādiṣu
vyagrābhyo’smad athādaraiḥ patitayā sevā-karībhyo’dhikaḥ |
yukto bhāva-varo na matsara-padaṁ codvāha-bhāgbhyo bhavet
saṁślāghyo’tha ca yat prabhoḥ priya-janādhīnatva-māhātmya-kṛt ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.82–84)

“[Rukmiṇī Devī speaks in praise of the Vraja-gopīs:]
[They] Who being heart-stricken,
Forsaking everything—husband, son, and so on,
And disregarding the objects of the two worlds,
Worshiped him—he there—in that manner
By means of such graceful movements as rāsa and the like,
And who thus indeed attained in full the state of being
The object of paramount adoration and meditation
Accompanied by series of special expressions of prema
For our Great Master,
He who has been an object of attainment for us
By means of a profusion of the most excellent adorations
And an object of contemplation
By means of bhāva—
His greater, most beautiful bhāva for them [viz., the gopīs]
In comparison to us—
We who are his marital partners,
His servants with reverences
Because of his being our husband,
And intently concerned
About propriety (dharma), rites (karma), sons,
Grandsons, home, and duties—
Shall be appropriate,
Not an object of envy,
And rather fit to be highly praised [by us]
Since it is a cause for our Master
Of the greatness of being subservient to dear persons.”

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namas tasmai bhagavate kṛṣṇāyākuṇṭha-medhase

namas tasmai bhagavate kṛṣṇāyākuṇṭha-medhase |
rādhādhara-sudhā-sindhau namo nitya-vihāriṇe ||
rādhāṁ kṛṣṇa-svarūpāṁ vai kṛṣṇaṁ rādhā-svarūpiṇaṁ |
kalātmānaṁ nikuñjasthaṁ guru-rūpaṁ sadā bhaje ||
(Mahāvāṇī: Sakhī-rūpācārya-nāma-ratnāvalī-stava, 1–2)

“Obeisance unto him,
Bhagavān,
Kṛṣṇa,
He of unblunted brilliance.
Obeisance unto the constant Frolicker
In the ocean of the nectar
Of Rādhā’s lips.
Forever I worship
Rādhā,
She whose essence is Kṛṣṇa
[Alt., she who is the essential nature of Kṛṣṇa],
And Kṛṣṇa,
He whose essence is Rādhā,
[Alt., he who is the essential nature of Rādhā]—
They whose spirit is the arts
[Alt., they who are the essence of expertise, or, they who are the constitution of the seed syllable klīṁ]
And the form of the guru situated in the bower.”

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mallānām aśanir nṛṇāṁ nara-varaḥ strīṇāṁ smaro mūrtimān

mallānām aśanir nṛṇāṁ nara-varaḥ strīṇāṁ smaro mūrtimān
gopānāṁ sva-jano’satāṁ kṣiti-bhujāṁ śāstā sva-pitroḥ śiśuḥ |
mṛtyur bhoja-pater virāḍ aviduṣāṁ tattvaṁ paraṁ yogināṁ
vṛṣṇīnāṁ para-devateti vidito raṅgaṁ gataḥ sāgrajaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.43.17)

“Being perceived as
A lighting bolt by the wrestlers,
The best of men by the menfolk,
Kāmadeva embodied by women,
A kinsmen by the cowherds,
A punisher by the kings,
A child by his parents,
Death by the ruler of the Bhogas [viz., Kaṁsa],
A [mere, ordinary human] kṣatriya by the ignorant,
The Supreme Reality by the yogīs,
And the Supreme Devatā by the Vṛṣṇis,
He entered the area
Along with his elder brother.”

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