Nāma

mātar gopa-kiśoraṁ taṁ

mātar gopa-kiśoraṁ taṁ tvañ ca rāsa-rasāmbudhim |
tat-prema-mohitābhiḥ śrī-gopībhir abhito vṛtam ||
amūṣāṁ dāsyam icchantī tādṛśa-prema-bhaṅgibhiḥ |
nityaṁ bhajasva tan-nāma-saṅkīrtana-parāyaṇā ||
(Bṛhad-Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.154–5)

“The Adolescent Cowherd,
The Ocean of the rasa of rāsa,
Surrounded on all sides by beautiful gopīs
Enchanted by prema for him—
O Mother,
You too should always worship him
With means of prema akin to theirs,
Being desirous servitude to them
And being absorbed in saṅkīrtana of his names.”

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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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vande nanda-vraja-strīṇāṁ pāda-reṇum abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

vande nanda-vraja-strīṇāṁ pāda-reṇum abhīkṣṇaśaḥ |
yāsāṁ hari-kathodgītaṁ punāti bhuvana-trayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.47.63; cited in Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.7.152; Prīti Sandarbha: 107)

“I offer obeisance constantly to the foot-dust of the ladies of Nanda’s Vraja, whose resounding singing of narrations of Hari purifies the three worlds.”

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kevalaṁ tat-padāmbhoja-sākṣād-īkṣāvaśiṣyate

kevalaṁ tat-padāmbhoja-sākṣād-īkṣāvaśiṣyate |
taj jape’rhati nāsaktiṁ kintu tan-nāma-kīrtane ||
śrīman-madana-gopāla-pādābjopāsanāt param |
nāma-saṅkīrtana-prāyād vāñchātīta-phala-pradāt ||
tal-līlā-sthala-pālīnāṁ śraddhā-sandarśanādaraiḥ |
sampādyamānān nitarāṁ kiñcin nāsty eva sādhanam ||
sañjāta-premakāc cāsmāc catur-varga-viḍambakāt |
tat-pādābja-vaśīkārād anyat sādhyaṁ na kiñcana ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.1.103–106)

“[Gopa Kumāra thinks:] Only direct vision of his [viz., Śrī Madana Gopāladeva’s] lotus feet remains [for this brāhmaṇa to attain]. Thus, he needs attachment not to japa but to kīrtana of his [viz., Śrī Madana Gopāla’s] names. There is certainly no means of accomplishment (sādhana) other than worship of Madana Gopāla’s beautiful lotus feet (1) in which saṅkīrtana of his names is abundant, (2) which is being practiced plentifully with conviction (śraddhā), direct observation (sandarśana), and adoration (ādara) of the places of their [i.e., those lotus feet’s] līlās, and (3) which is [thus] a complete bestower of results beyond [even one’s] desires. There is [also] no object to be accomplished (sādhya) other than this [viz., such worship of Madana Gopāla’s lotus feet], (1) by which prema becomes manifest in full, [since such worship is that] (2) which is a belittler of the catur-varga [viz., dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa], and [that] (3) which is a captivator of his lotus feet.”

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siddhiḥ syād bhagavad-dṛṣṭyā tṛṇa-saṁmānanād api

siddhiḥ syād bhagavad-dṛṣṭyā tṛṇa-saṁmānanād api |
sakṛd-uccaranān nāmābhāsasya śravaṇāt tathā ||
kutas tat-smārake tasyādhiṣṭhāne mantra-saṁskṛte |
sarva-bhakti-pade pūjyamāne doṣādi-tarkaṇam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.4.210–211)

“Attainment (siddhi) [i.e., mokṣa or the acquisition of any and all desired objects] can occur even as a result of honoring [with an obeisance, a sprinkling or water, and so on] a blade of grass with vision of Bhagavān [being present within it as the Inner Regulator (Antaryāmī)] and as a result of only pronouncing or hearing a semblance (ābhāsa) of the name [of Śrī Bhagavān]. [Therefore,] How could there be [even] any conjecture of a fault or otherwise when [a deity of him, that is,] a dwelling place (adhiṣṭhāna) of his that (1) is consecrated by mantras, (2) is a reminder of him, and (3) is an object of [offerings of] all [limbs of] bhakti, is being worshiped?”

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yatra yatra raghunātha-kīrtanaṁ

yatra yatra raghunātha-kīrtanaṁ
tatra tatra kṛta-mastakāñjalim |
vāṣpa-vāri-paripūrṇa-locanaṁ
mārutiṁ namata rākṣasāntakam||
(Unknown source)
“I bow to the son of the wind [viz., Hanumān], the destroyer of the rākṣasas, who is present with palms joined above the head and eyes filled with tears wherever there is kīrtana of Raghunātha.”

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nāradāham idaṁ manye tādṛśānāṁ yataḥ sthitiḥ

nāradāham idaṁ manye tādṛśānāṁ yataḥ sthitiḥ |
bhavet sa eva vaikuṇṭho loko nātra vicāraṇā ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.3.60)
“O Nārada, this I consider: wherever there is the presence of those who are such [i.e., who are bhaktas of Śrī Bhagavān as described earlier in BB 1.3.55–58], that itself shall be Vaikuṇṭha-loka. There is no [need of] deliberation in this regard [i.e., there is no doubt about it].”

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aho bata śvapaco’to garīyān

aho bata śvapaco’to garīyān
yaj-jihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyam |
tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā
brahmānūcūr nāma gṛṇanti ye te ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.33.7)

“Aho bata [i.e., how astonishing]! A dog-cooker on the tip of whose tongue your name is present is thus highly honorable. Those who take your name have undergone austerity, conducted sacrifices, bathed [in all tīrthas], become noble, and studied the Veda.”

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yan-nāmadheya-śravaṇānukīrtanād

yan-nāmadheya-śravaṇānukīrtanād
yat-prahvaṇād yat-smaraṇād api kvacit |
śvādo’pi sadyaḥ savanāya kalpate
kutaḥ punas te bhagavan nu darśanāt ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.33.6)

“O Bhagavān by hearing and repeating whose name, by bowing down to whom, and by even occasionally remembering whom, even a dog-eater immediately becomes eligible for savana, what more occurs by [having] the sight of you?”

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