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kastūrī-tilakaṁ lalāṭa-paṭale vakṣaḥ-sthale kaustubhaṁ

kastūrī-tilakaṁ lalāṭa-paṭale vakṣaḥ-sthale kaustubhaṁ
nāsāgre vara-mauktikaṁ kara-tale veṇuṁ kare kaṅkaṇam |
sarvāṅge hari-candanaṁ sulalitaṁ kaṇṭhe ca muktāvaliṁ
gopa-strī-pariveṣṭito vijayate gopāla-cūḍāmaṇiḥ ||
(Gopāla-sahasra-nāma-stotram)

“Charming with a musk tilak mark on his forehead, the kaustubha gem on his chest, an excellent pearl on the tip of his nose, the flute in his hands, bracelets on his wrists, yellow sandalwood paste all over his body, and a string of pearls around his neck, may the Crest Jewel of the gopas, surrounded by the gopīs, triumph!”

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barhāpīḍaṁ naṭavara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ

barhāpīḍaṁ naṭavara-vapuḥ karṇayoḥ karṇikāraṁ
bibhrad vāsaḥ kanaka-kapiśaṁ vaijayantīṁ ca mālām |
randhrān veṇor adhara-sudhayā pūrayan gopa-vṛndair
vṛndāraṇyaṁ sva-pada-ramaṇaṁ prāviśad gīta-kīrtiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.21.5)

“Wearing a peacock-feather chaplet, a [blue] karṇikāra flower on his ears, golden-yellow garments, and a victory garland, the best of actors [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa] filled the holes of his flute with the nectar of his lips and entered the forest of Vraja, whose delight is his feet, as the gopas sang his glories.”

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madhuraṁ madhuraṁ vapur asya vibhor

madhuraṁ madhuraṁ vapur asya vibhor
madhuraṁ madhuraṁ vadanaṁ madhuram |
madhu-gandhi mṛdu-smitam etad aho
madhuraṁ madhuraṁ madhuraṁ madhuram ||
(Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta: 92; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.21.136)

“Sweet, swee Is this Lord’s figure.
Sweet, sweet, swee Is his face.
[And] Aho! Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet
Is this gentle, honey-scented smile.”

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citraṁ tad etac caraṇāravindaṁ

citraṁ tad etac caraṇāravindaṁ
citraṁ tad etan nayanāravindam |
citraṁ tad etad vadanāravindaṁ
citraṁ tad etad vapur asya citram ||
(Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta: 89)

“Wondrous are these lotus feet!
Wondrous are these lotus eyes
Wondrous is this lotus face
Wondrous, wondrous is this figure of his!”

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tad evaṁ śaraṇāpattir vivṛtā

tad evaṁ śaraṇāpattir vivṛtā |
asyāś cāpūrvatvaṁ tāṁ vinā tadīyatvāsiddheḥ |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 237)

“Thus, in this way, śaraṇāpatti [i.e., śaraṇāgati] has been described. And its incomparability [lit., “unprecedentedness”] is because of the non-establishment of being his own without it [i.e., one does not attain the actual feeling of belonging to Bhagavān, and Bhagavān does not actually consider one his own, that is, as one of his bhaktas, without śaraṇāgati].”

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yasyām eva kavaya ātmānam avirataṁ vividha-vṛjina-saṁsāra-paritāpopatapyamānam

yasyām eva kavaya ātmānam avirataṁ vividha-vṛjina-saṁsāra-paritāpopatapyamānam anusavanaṁ snāpayantas tayaiva parayā nirvṛtyā hy apavargam ātyantikaṁ parama-puruṣārtham api svayam āsāditaṁ no evādriyante bhagavadīyatvenaiva parisamāpta-sarvārthāḥ |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.6.17; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 19)

“Incessantly immersing the self—which is [otherwise] being continuously afflicted by the sufferings of saṁsāra beset with various types of sin—in which [i.e., in one-pointed bhakti to Vāsudeva as aforementioned], the wise, who have fully attained all [puruṣa-] arthas solely by virtue of [their] belongingness to Bhagavān, with the supreme satisfaction of that [one-pointed bhakti to Vāsudeva] do not show any regard even to [what is conventionally considered] the final, ultimate puruṣārtha, apavarga [i.e., mukti of any of the five types] [even] when obtained of its own accord [i.e., offered by Śrī Bhagavān himself even though it has not been desired].”

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smerāṁ bhaṅgī-traya-paricitāṁ sāci-vistīrṇa-dṛṣṭiṁ

smerāṁ bhaṅgī-traya-paricitāṁ sāci-vistīrṇa-dṛṣṭiṁ
vaṁśī-nyastādhara-kiśalayām ujjvalāṁ candrakeṇa |
govindākhyāṁ hari-tanum itaḥ keśi-tīrthopakaṇṭhe
mā prekṣiṣṭhās tava yadi sakhe bandhu-saṅge’sti raṅgaḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.239; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.5.224)

“O friend! If you enjoy in the company of kinsmen, then from here do not look towards the figure of Hari known as Govinda near Keśi Tīrtha smiling with the vaṁśī fixed on the sprouts of lips as he casts sidelong glances in a threefold posture and shines with the eye of a peacock feather [decorating his diadem].”

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viśveṣām anurañjanena janayann ānandam indīvara

viśveṣām anurañjanena janayann ānandam indīvara-
śreṇī-śyāmala-komalair upanayann aṅgair anaṅgotsavam |
svacchandaṁ vraja-sundarībhir abhitaḥ praty-aṅgam āliṅgitaḥ
śṛṅgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimān iva madhau mugdho hariḥ krīḍati ||
(Gītā-govinda: 1.11; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.224, 2.8.143)

“O sakhi, producing bliss for all by satisfying [all], creating a festival of Anaṅga with his dark and tender limbs resembling rows of blue lotuses, and freely embraced in full by the beauties of Vraja on both sides, charming Hari plays during the spring like the embodiment of śṛṅgāra.”

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kam prati kathayitum īśe samprati ko vā pratītim āyātu

kam prati kathayitum īśe samprati ko vā pratītim āyātu |
go-pati-tanayā-kuñje gopa-vadhūṭī-viṭaṁ brahma ||
(Raghupati Upādhyāya; cited in Padyāvalī: 98; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.98)

“Who can I tell, and who will now believe, that Brahman is a hunter of the wives of cowherd men in the groves along the Yamunā?”

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