‘hariḥ’-śabdera nānā artha, dui mukhyatama— |
sarva amaṅgala hare, prema diyā hare mana ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.24.59)
“There are various meanings of the word ‘hari’; two are foremost: (1) he who takes [away] all inauspiciousness, and (2) he who takes [i.e., captivates] the mind with prema.”
śrīmad-vṛndāvanaṁ ramyaṁ yamunāyāḥ pradakṣiṇaṁ
śuddha-sphuṭika-saṁsthānaṁ kalpa-vṛkṣa-suśobhitam ||
nānā-varṇa-prasūnānāṁ reṇubhiḥ paripūritaṁ
dhyeyaṁ vṛndāvanaṁ nityaṁ govinda-sthānam avyayam ||
(Unknown Source)
“Śrīmad Vṛndāvana—
Charming,
On the right of the Yamunā,
An abode of pure crystal—
Is beautifully decorated with desire-trees,
And replete with the pollen of flowers of various colors.
Vṛndāvana,
The eternal, imperishable abode of Govinda,
Is to be meditated upon.”
gaura-bhakta-gaṇān vande svānanda-rasa-vigrahān |
nāma-mudrā-lasad-dhastān āśritāśraya-vatsalān ||
nāma-saṅkīrtanādyaiś ca kampāśru-pulakānvitān |
caitanya-caraṇāmbhoja-makaranda-madhu-vratān ||
(Unknown source)
“I worship Gaura’s bhaktas,
[Their] Hands shining with the name and mudras
[i.e., counting repetitions of the name and displaying mudrās],
[Who are] Embodiments of the rasa of their own bliss,
Affectionate shelters of those who have sought shelter,
Imbued with trembling, tears, and horripilation
By virtue of nāma-saṅkīrtana and so forth,
[And] Bees in the nectar of the lotus of Caitanya’s feet.”
śrīvāsa-paṇḍitaṁ naumi gaurāṅga-priya-pārṣadam |
yasya kṛpā-lavenāpi gaurāṅge jāyate ratiḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“I offer obeisance to Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita, the beloved pārṣada of Gaurāṅga, by even a trace of whose grace rati for Gaurāṅga manifests.”
śrī-gaurāṅga-kṛpāvāsaṁ gaura-mūrti-rasa-pradaṁ
śuklāmbara-dharaṁ pṛthvī-devaṁ bhakta-jana-priyam |
saṅkīrtana-rasāveśaṁ sarva-saubhāgya-bhūṣitaṁ
smarāmi bhakta-rājaṁ hi śrī-śrīvāsaṁ hari-priyam ||
(Unknown source)
“An abode of Śrī Gaurāṅga’s grace,
A giver of the rasa of Gaura’s figure,
Clad in white cloth,
A deva on the earth [i.e., brāhmaṇa, alt., associate of Bhagavān],
Beloved to [all] the bhaktas,
Absorbed in the rasa of saṅkīrtana,
Adorned with all good fortune—
I meditate on the king of bhaktas,
Beloved of Hari,
Śrī Śrīvāsa.”
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.”
namo nalina-netrāya veṇu-vādya-vinodine |
rādhādhara-sudhā-pāna-śāline vana-māline ||
(Unknown source; cited in Padyāvalī: 2)
“Obeisance unto he of lotus eyes,
He who produces delight by playing the veṇu,
He who is adept in drinking the nectar of Rādhā’s lips,
He who wears a forest garland.”
vaṁśī-nyastāsya-candraṁ smita-yutam atulaṁ pīta-vastraṁ vareṇyaṁ
kañjākṣaṁ sarva-dakṣaṁ nava-ghana-sadṛśaṁ barha-cūḍaṁ śaraṇyam |
trai-bhaṅgair bhaṅgimāṅgaṁ vraja-yuvati-yutaṁ dhvasta-keśy-ādi-śūraṁ
vande śrī-nanda-sūnuṁ madhura-rasa-tanuṁ dhurya-mādhurya-pūram ||
(Unknown source)
“A vaṁśī poised before his moon face
[Which is] Replete with an incomparable smile,
His yellow cloth superb,
His eyes like lotuses,
Expert in all respects,
Resembling a fresh cloud,
His chaplet a peacock-plume,
The [supreme] protector,
His figure embowed with three bends
And surrounded by the young women of Vraja,
The hero by whom Keśī and so forth have been vanquished—
I worship the beautiful Son of Nanda,
The embodiment of madhura-rasa,
The reservoir of the foremost mādhurya.”
barhāpīḍābhirāmaṁ mṛgamada-tilakaṁ kuṇḍalākrānta-gaṇḍaṁ
kañjākṣaṁ kambu-kaṇṭhaṁ smita-subhaga-mukhaṁ svādhare nyasta-veṇum |
śyāmaṁ śāntaṁ tri-bhaṅgaṁ ravi-kara-vasanaṁ bhūṣitaṁ vaijayantyā
vande vṛndāvana-sthaṁ yuvati-śata-vṛtaṁ brahma gopāla-veśam ||
(Gautamīya Tantra: Gopāla-kavaca, 1)
“Charming with a peacock-plume chaplet,
His tilaka [made of] musk,
His cheeks flanked by earrings,
His eyes like lotuses,
His throat like a conchshell,
His face lovely with a smile,
A veṇu fixed at his lips,
Swarthy,
Tranquil,
Thrice-bent,
His cloth like the rays of the sun,
[And] Decorated with a vaijayantī [i.e., a victory garland]—
I worship Brahman,
Situated in Vṛndāvana,
Surround by hundreds of young women,
In the garb of a cowherd.”
kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane |
praṇata-kleśa-nāśāya govindāya namo nama ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.73.16)
[The 20,800 kings released after Jarāsandha’s defeat pray to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] “Obeisance and obeisance unto Kṛṣṇa [i.e., Svayaṁ Bhagavān], Vāsudeva [i.e., he who has appeared as the son of Vasudeva], Hari [i.e., he who removes suffering and captivates the mind], Paramātmā [i.e., he who is the ultimate object of prema], the destroyer of the distress of the humble [i.e., his bhaktas], Govinda [i.e., he who sports in Vraja as a cowherd].”
