samprārthanātmikā dainya-bodhikā lālasāmayī |
ity ādir vividhā dhīraiḥ kṛṣṇe vijñaptir īritā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.152)
“An address to Kṛṣṇa is said to be of various types by the wise, beginning with [an address] consisting of an entreaty, [an address] expressive of humility, and [an address] made up of longing.”
tan naḥ prabho tvaṁ kukalevarārpitāṁ
tvan-māyayāhaṁ-mamatām adhokṣaja |
bhindyāma yenāśu vayaṁ sudurbhidāṁ
vidhehi yogaṁ tvayi naḥ svabhāvam iti ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.19.15)
“Therefore, O Prabhu! O Adhokṣaja! May you please grant us yoga with you, that is, a natural disposition [towards you], whereby we can quickly cut away this most difficult to sever sense of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ [i.e., identification and affectionate possessiveness] invested in the repulsive [material] body because of your māyā.”
caitanyacandra mama hṛt-kumudaṁ vikāśya
hṛdyaṁ vidhehi nija-cintana-bhṛṅga-raṅgaiḥ |
kiṁ cāparādha-timiraṁ niviḍaṁ vidhūya
pādāmṛtaṁ sadaya pāyaya durgataṁ mām ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 11)
“O Caitanyacandra! Please cause the lily of my heart to bloom and make it adorable with the merriments of the bumblebee of thought of you. Furthermore, O gracious One, please dispel the dense darkness [that has engulfed me as a result] of my aparādhas and make my unfortunate self drink the nectar of your rays [alt., feet].”
he prema-sampad-atulā vraja-navya-yūnoḥ
prāṇādhikāḥ priya-sakhī-priya-narma-sakhyaḥ |
yuṣmākam eva caraṇābja-rajo’bhiṣekaṁ
sākṣād avāpya saphalo’stu mamaiva mūrdhā ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.26)
“O you all the wealth of whose prema for the Young Couple of Vraja is incomparable! O you all who are more dear than life! O priya-sakhīs and priya-narma-sakhīs! May my head become successful by directly receiving a shower of the dust from your very own lotus feet.”
saṁsāra-duḥkha-jaladhau patitasya kāma-
krodhādi-nakra-makaraiḥ kavalīkṛtasya |
durvāsanā-nigaḍitasya nirāśrayasya
caitanyacandra mama dehi padāvalambam ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 54; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.8)
“O Caitanyacandra, please extend the support of your feet to I, shelterless and fettered by harmful vāsanās, who have fallen into the ocean of the suffering of saṁsāra and been seized by the crocodiles and makaras of kāma, anger, and so forth.”
kīṭeṣu pakṣiṣu mṛgeṣu sarīsṛpeṣu
rakṣaḥ-piśāca-manujeṣv api yatra tatra |
jātasya me bhavatu keśava te prasādāt
tvayy eva bhaktir atulāvyabhicāriṇī ca ||
(Pāṇḍava-gītā; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 8.436)
“Among insects, birds, animals, reptiles, evil spirits and sprites (rākṣasas, piśācas), or human beings, wherever I am born, O Keśava, by your grace let me have incomparable and unwavering bhakti to you.”
duṣkarma-koṭi-niratasya duranta-ghora-
durvāsanā-nigaḍa-śṛṅkhalitasya gāḍham |
kliśyan mateḥ kumati-koṭi-kadarthitasya
gauraṁ vinādya mama ko bhaviteha bandhuḥ ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 51)
“Engaged in crores of misdeeds,
Firmly chained by the shackles
Of awful, difficult to subdue, wicked proclivities (durvāsanās),
Of anguishing mind,
And tormented by crores of vile sentiments—
Apart from Gaura,
Who today shall be my friend here [in this world]?”
dainyārṇave nimagno’smi mantu-grāva-bharārditaḥ |
duṣṭe kāruṇya-pārīṇa mayi kṛṣṇa kṛpāṁ kuru ||
ādhāro’py aparādhānām aviveka-hato’py aham |
tvat-kāruṇya-pratīkṣo’smi prasīda mayi mādhava ||
(Stava-mālā: Praṇāma-praṇaya-stava, 13–14)
“I am immersed in an ocean of distress and burdened by the weight of the stone of my offenses [which is shackled to me as I flounder]. O Adept in compassion! O Kṛṣṇa! Please bestow your grace upon my wicked self. Although I am a repository of aparādhas, and although I am blighted by indiscrimination, I wait [expectantly] for your compassion. Please bestow your grace upon me.”
durgame pathi me’ndhasya skhalat-pāda-gater muhuḥ |
sva-kṛpā-yaṣṭi-dānena santaḥ santv avalambanam ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.1.2)
“May the sādhus, by giving [me] the staff of their grace, be the support of I who am blind and whose feet are repeatedly slipping on the difficult to traverse path.”
jaya gaura-bhakta-gaṇa gaura yā̐ra prāṇa |
saba bhakta mili more bhakti deha dāna ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.11.8)
“Glory to Gaura’s bhaktas, whose very life is Gaura! May you all together bestow upon me the gift of bhakti.”
