anārādhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-renum
anāśritya vṛndāṭavīṁ tat-padāṅkām |
asambhāṣya tad-bhāva-gambhīra-cittān
kutaḥ śyāma-sindhau rasyasyāvagāhaḥ ||
(Stavāvalī: Sva-saṅkalpa-prakāśa-stotra: 1)
“Without worshiping the pollen of the lotus of Śrī Rādhā, without taking shelter of Vṛndāvana, which bears her footprints, and without conversing with those whose hearts are deeply immersed in her bhāva, how can one swim in the rasa of the ocean of Śyāma?”
bhajāmi rādhām aravinda-netrāṁ
smarāmi rādhāṁ madhura-smitāsyām |
vadāmi rādhāṁ karuṇā-bharārdrāṁ
tato mamānyāsti gatir na kāpi ||
(Stavāvalī: Viśākhānandābhidha-stotram, 131)
“I worship Rādhā of lotus eyes. I meditate on Rādhā of sweet smiling face. I speak of Rādhā, melted [at heart] with an abundance of compassion. I have no object other than her whatsoever.”
ayi praṇaya-śālini praṇaya-puṣṭa-dāsyāptaye
prakāmam atirodanaiḥ pracura-duḥkha-dagdhātmanā |
vilāpa-kusumāñjalir hṛdi nidhāya pādāmbuje
mayā bata samarpitas tava tanotu tuṣṭiṁ manāk ||
(Vilāpa-kusuñjali: 104)
“Ayi affectionate one, may this Vilāpa-kusumāñjali [i.e., this flowering offering of lamentation]—offered by me as I hold your lotus feet to my heart and call [out to you], burned by profuse sorrow and [thus] crying intensely, for the sake of attaining servitude enriched with affection unto you as desired—produce in you some slight satisfaction.”
tvāṁ natvā yācate dhṛtvā tṛṇaṁ dantair ayaṁ janaḥ |
sva-dāsyāmṛta-sekena jīvayāmuṁ suduḥkhitam ||
na muñcec charaṇāyātam api duṣṭaṁ dayāmayaḥ |
ato gāndharvike hā hā muñcainaṁ naiva tādṛśam ||
(Stavāvalī: Premambodha-maranda-stava-rāja, 10–11)
“Bowing to you, holding straw between his teeth, this person is begging: ‘By sprinkling the nectar of your own service, please give life to this most sorrowful one.’ One who is gracious should not reject even a depraved person who has sought shelter. Therefore, O Gāndharvikā! Hā! Hā! Please do not ever reject [even] someone such as this.”
āśā-bharair amṛta-sindhu-mayaiḥ kathañcit
kālo mayātigamitaḥ kila sāmprataṁ hi |
tvaṁ cet kṛpāṁ mayi vidhāsyasi naiva kiṁ me
prāṇair vrajena ca varoru bakāriṇāpi ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 102)
“With an abundance of hope,
Which is made up of an ocean of nectar,
Somehow
A very long time has been passed by me
[Here on the bank of your kuṇḍa].
If you will indeed not bestow your grace upon me
At least certainly now [after so long],
Then what [is the use] of my vital airs,
Vraja,
Or, O you of fine thighs,
Even Baka’s Foe?”
pādābjayos tava vinā vara-dāsyam eva
nānyat kadāpi samaye kila devi yāce |
sakhyāya te mama namo’stu namo’stu nityaṁ
dāsyāya te mama raso’stu raso’stu satyam ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 16)
“O Devī! Certainly I never pray at any time for anything other than the finest servitude unto your lotus feet. May my obeisance be offered, may my obeisance be offered forever, unto to friendship with you, and may my loving attachment be, may my loving attachment forever be to servitude unto you. This is my vow.”
lakṣmīr yad-aṅghri-kamalasya nakhāñcalasya
saundarya-bindum api nārhati labdhum īśe |
sā tvaṁ vidhāsyasi na cen mama netra-dānaṁ
kiṁ jīvitena mama duḥkha-davāgnidena ||
(Vilāpa-kusumāñjali: 101)
“O Īśā, if you—she even a drop of the beauty of the tips of the nails of whose lotus feet [even] Lakṣmī is unable to attain—do not grant me eyes [i.e., vision of your līlā and so forth], [then] what is the use of this life of mine which causes a forest fire of suffering?”
rādheti nāma nava-sundara-sīdhu-mugdhaṁ
kṛṣṇeti nāma madhurādbhuta-gāḍha-dugdham |
sarva-kṣaṇaṁ surabhi-rāga-himena ramyaṁ
kṛtvā tad eva piba me rasane kṣudhārte ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana, 10)
“The name ‘Rādhā’ is fresh, beautiful, charming nectar, and the name ‘Kṛṣṇa’ is sweet, wonderfully condensed milk. O my hunger-stricken tongue! Enrich these with the fragrant camphor of rāga (love) and drink them at every moment.”
Ten verses in prayer for a dwelling near Śrī Govardhana
By Śrīmad Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmīpāda
ābhīra-pallī-pati-putra-kāntā-
dāsyābhilāṣātibalāśvavāraḥ |
śrī-rūpa-cintāmala-sapti-saṁstho
mat-svānta-durdānta-hayecchur āstām ||
(Stavāvalī: Abhīṣṭa-sūcana: 1)
“May the very strong horseman of longing for servitude unto the Beloved of the Son of the cowherd village’s headman [i.e., Śrī Rādhikā, the beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa] that is mounted on the spotless horse of Śrī Rūpa’s thoughts become desirous of [mounting, and riding] the difficult to tame horse of my mind [i.e., may Śrī Rūpa’s line of thought regarding Śrī Rādhikā and the longing it inspires take hold in my mind and forever engage me in the service of Śrī Rādhikā].”
