pada-kāntyā jita-madano
mukha-kāntyā khaṇḍita-kamala-maṇi-garvaḥ |
śrī-rūpāśrita-caraṇaḥ
kṛpayatu mayi gaura-govindaḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā: 2)
“May Gaura Govinda—
He by the splendor of whose feet
Madana [i.e., Kāma] is vanquished,
He by the splendor of whose face
The pride of lotuses and jewels is crushed,
He at whose feet Śrī Rūpa has taken shelter—
Bestow grace upon me.”
vidyud-ghanāṅgau ghana-vidyud-ambarau
nisarga-manda-smita-sundarānanau |
mithaḥ kaṭākṣāśuga-kīlitāntarau
rādhā-mukundau praṇamāmi tau mudā ||
(Unknown source; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā: 2)
“Lightning and cloud figures,
Cloud and lighting garments,
Naturally and mildly smiling, beautiful faces,
Hearts pierced by the arrows
Of one another’s side-long glances—
Joyfully I offer obeisance to them,
Rādhā and Mukunda.”
smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ keliḥ prekṣaṇaṁ guhya-bhāṣaṇam |
saṅkalpo’dhyavasāyaś ca kriyā-nivṛttir eva ca ||
etan maithunam aṣṭāṅgaṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ |
viparītaṁ brahmacaryam etad evāṣṭa-lakṣaṇam ||
(Vairāgya-mārtaṇḍa: 12.144-145; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā)
“Remembering, mentioning, playing [alt., joking], looking, conversing privately, fancying, pursuing, and completing the act [itself]—the wise say these are the eight aspects of intercourse. The opposite of these are the eight characteristics of brahmacarya.”
śrī-sanātana-pādābja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ |
yat prasāda-lavenāpi kṛṣṇe bhakti-raso bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“I offer obeisance again and again unto the two lotus feet of Śrī Sanātana, by even a trace of whose grace bhakti-rasa related to Kṛṣṇa can manifest.”
śrī-rūpa-mañjarī kuryād atulāṁ karuṇāṁ mayi |
vṛṣabhānu-sutā-pāda-padma-prāptir yayā bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“May Śrī Rūpa Mañjarī bestow upon me [her] unparalleled compassion, by which attainment of the lotus feet of Vṛṣabhānu’s daughter shall [certainly] occur.”
na rādhāṁ na ca kṛṣṇaṁ vā na gaurāṅgam ahaṁ bhaje |
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoje dhūlir bhūyāṁ bhave bhave ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“I do not worship Rādhā, or Kṛṣṇa, or Gaurāṅga. Let me become a particle of dust on the lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa birth after birth.”
śrīmad-rūpa-pada-dvandve hṛdi me sphuratāṁ sadā |
rāgānugādhikārī syād yat kṛpā-lava-mātrataḥ ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“May Śrīmad Rūpa’s two feet, by just a trace of the grace of which one can become an adhikārī for rāgānugā-bhakti, be ever manifest in my heart.”
śrīmad-rūpa-padāmbhoja-dvandvaṁ vande muhur muhuḥ |
yasya prasādād ajño’pi tan-mata-jñāna-bhāg bhavet ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“I offer obeisance again and again unto the two lotus feet of Śrīmad Rūpa, by whose grace even an ignorant person can become endowed with knowledge of his conception.”
śrī-rūpa-caraṇa-dvandva-rāginaṁ vraja-vāsinam |
śrī-jīvaṁ satataṁ vande mandeṣv ānanda-dāyinam ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)
“I offer obeisance always unto Śrī Jīva, the resident of Vraja who is lovingly attached to the feet of Śrī Rūpa and is a bestower of bliss upon the dull.”
