Kṛṣṇa

tvaṁ naḥ projjhya kaṭhora yāmuna-taṭe kasmād akasmād gato

tvaṁ naḥ projjhya kaṭhora yāmuna-taṭe kasmād akasmād gato
diṣṭyā dṛṣṭim ito’si hanta niviḍāśleṣaiḥ sakhīn prīṇaya |
brūmaḥ satyam adarśane tava manāk kā dhenavaḥ ke vayaṁ
kiṁ goṣṭhaṁ kim abhīṣṭam ity acirataḥ sarvaṁ viparyasyati ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 3.3.42)

[Śrīdāma to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] “O Cruel One! Why did you suddenly leave us on the bank of the Yamunā and go away? Fortunately you have been seen here [again by us]. Hanta! [Now] Satisfy your friends with firm embraces! Truly we say that immediately without the sight of you, who are the cows? Who are we? What is Vraja? What is dear [alt., desired]? Instantaneously, everything changes.”

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vadānyeśas tṛṣṇā-nicaya-cita-cittaiḥ karuṇa-rāṭ

vadānyeśas tṛṣṇā-nicaya-cita-cittaiḥ karuṇa-rāṭ
vipannaiḥ kandarpo yuvati-nikarair mṛtyur aribhiḥ |
adhīśaḥ sad-bhaktaiḥ sahaja-nija-bandhur vraja-janaiḥ
pratītaḥ kṛṣṇo’sāv iti vividha-lokair bahu-vidhaḥ ||
(Govinda-līlāmṛta: 17.20)

“Kṛṣṇa is perceived in many ways by various persons: by those whose hearts are filled with heaps of [worldly] desires as the most capable of the munificent, by the distressed as the king of the compassionate, by young women as Kandarpa [i.e., the ultimate object of love], by enemies as Death, by virtuous bhaktas as the Supreme Lord, and by the people of Vraja as their own natural kinsmen (bandhu).”

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māṅgalyaṁ jagatām eva viśvāsāspadatā matā

māṅgalyaṁ jagatām eva viśvāsāspadatā matā ||
yathā—
anyāyyaṁ na harāv iti vyapagata-dvārārgalā dānavā
rakṣī kṛṣṇa iti pramattam abhitaḥ krīḍāsu raktāḥ surāḥ |
sākṣī vetti sa bhaktim ity avanata-vrātāś ca cintojjhitāḥ
ke viśvambhara na tvad-aṅghri-yugale viśrambhitāṁ bhejire ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.259–260)

“[Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s quality of] Being the object of the entire world’s faith is considered [his quality of] auspiciousness (māṅgalya), [which is illustrated] as follows: ‘Because “There is no injustice in Hari,” the Dānavas [i.e., asuras] leave theirs doors unbolted, because “Kṛṣṇa is our protector,” the suras [i.e., devas] are carelessly absorbed in play all around, and because “He, the witnesser, knows our bhakti,” the humble [lit., “those who are bent down,” i.e., bhaktas] are worry-free. O Maintainer of the world! Who has not fostered confidence in your feet?”

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aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām

aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām |
yan mitraṁ paramānandaṁ pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.14.32)

“Aho! The fortune! Aho! The fortune of the residents of Chief Nanda’s Vraja, whose eternal friend is the Complete Brahman, the highest bliss!”

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nirupādhitayā snigdha-svabhāvatvam api labhyate

nirupādhitayā snigdha-svabhāvatvam api labhyate | yad vinā sarve’py anye guṇā janāya arocamānāḥ svarūpād bhraśyanti | tataś copasanna-mātreṣu tasya nirupādhitayā snigdhatve labdhe nirupādhi-bhakteṣu sutarām eva tādṛśatvaṁ syāt … |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.118)

“Without which [i.e., without Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s having an unconditionally affectionate nature], even all [his] other qualities depart from their nature as they [then] become unsatisfying to people. Furthermore, when his unconditional affectionateness is perceived only towards those who approach him [i.e., those who take shelter in him], then his being such [i.e., unconditionally affectionate in nature] shall certainly be [shown] towards unconditional bhaktas.”

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sadānubhūyamāno’pi karoty ananubhūtavat

sadānubhūyamāno’pi karoty ananubhūtavat |
vismayaṁ mādhurībhir yaḥ sa prokto nitya-nūtanaḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.184)

“He who, even while being constantly perceived, produces with his sweetnesses astonishment as though never before perceived, is called ever-new (nitya-nūtana).”

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tadātvābhivyaktīkṛta-taruṇimārambha-rabhasaṁ

tadātvābhivyaktīkṛta-taruṇimārambha-rabhasaṁ
smita-śrī-nirdhūta-sphurad-amala-rākā-pati-madam |
darodañcat-pañcāśuga-nava-kalā-meduram idaṁ
murārer mādhuryaṁ manasi madirākṣīr madayati ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.64)

“Filled with the delight of the commencement of presently manifested youth, possessed of the beauty of a mild smile which has crushed the pride of the spotless, shining lord of the night [i.e., the full moon], and enriched with fresh, mildly expressed arts of the bearer of five arrows [i.e., Kāmadeva], this mādhurya of Murāri maddens the minds of the madira-eyed [i.e., the gopīs, whose ravishing eyes elicit remembrance of the wagtail (madira)].”

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