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O ocean of bliss, Śrī Lāḍilī Kiśorī Jī (Śrī Rādhā)! Just as You, by Your causeless grace, have granted me residence in Śrī Dhāma Vṛndāvana, may all the Brajavāsīs also bestow their natural glance of grace upon me, and may I never commit any offense toward any resident of Braja, even in my dreams.
O Svāminī Jū (Śrī Rādhā)! Please look upon me with Your auspicious and merciful glance. O all-knowing One, supremely wise and the crest-jewel of all, dispel my ignorance and foolishness.
One should never associate with a worldly brāhmaṇa who is averse to the Lord; in comparison, even the association of a Vaiṣṇava devotee of Lord Hari, though born as an outcaste, is far superior. This is because meeting such a devotee fills the heart with supreme happiness and bliss, as if one has met Śrī Gopāla Himself.
O Śrī Vihāriṇī Jī (Śrī Rādhā)! This entire play of divine pastimes is solely the expansion of Your own being. Śrī Bihārī Jī, the crest-jewel of rasikas, ever gazes toward the gesture of Your eyebrows, constantly creating ever-fresh pastimes in accordance with Your command.
Just as a warrior ordinarily equips both hands with weapons, sādhakas too rely upon the strength of numerous spiritual disciplines and practices. But Śrī Bihārin Deva Jī declares, “I possess only one support, one strength: the single-minded worship of Nitya-Vihāra. My heart knows no other aspiration; forever and always, it yearns only for the divine Nitya-Vihāra.”
All glories to Śrī Rādhāvallabha Lāla, who eternally resides on the banks of the Yamunā Jī in Śrī Vṛndāvana.
O wearer of crowns and armlets, whose lotus feet are adorned with the ankle-bells, who is adorned with many ornaments, O Śrī Rādhikā, please bestow Your grace upon me.
People often distance themselves from the rasika saints and great souls whose sacred association they should constantly seek, while their minds cling like a magnet to those materialistic people who are immersed in worldly desires—the very association from which they ought to remain distant.
When the dark-complexioned Śrī Kṛṣṇa walks through the lanes of Vraja with an exceedingly beautiful and intoxicated gait like that of a majestic elephant, it is as if a shower of His incomparable beauty rains down at every moment as He moves along.
My mind has become captivated by the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. O, Lord Kṛṣṇa, just as You bestowed Your grace upon Dhruva and Prahlāda by accepting them as Your servants, please cast Your merciful glance upon me as well.
One should always meditate upon the form of the divine couple, Śrī Rādhā and Brajarāja Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The Lord Himself, while proclaiming the glory of the saints, has declared that they are non-different from Him.
The supreme personal abode has directly manifested in Brajamaṇḍala, where all the demigods and even the demons have assumed physical bodies to reside, seeking the shelter of this sacred land.
Therefore, in every way and at all times, one should never abandon the remembrance and worship of the lotus feet of the Lord of Gokul, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This is my firm conviction.
Exquisite diamond necklaces shimmer around the neck of Śrī Rādhā Jū, and She wears garlands of exquisite pearls.
One whose heart is constantly filled with this earnest longing, “Whether or not I attain anything else in this world, without Śrī Dhāma Vṛndāvana this very life is meaningless,” is truly worthy of reverence. One should seek out the sacred dust of such a person’s feet and place it upon one’s head again and again.
O Banavārī! Who else will listen to my plea now? I see no one else as capable and powerful as You; to whom then can I go to express the deep anguish of my heart?
Such a wondrous and extraordinary love pervades the very limbs of the Divine Couple that, although They eternally and constantly remain together at all times, They are never satiated.
Both Śrī Rādhā and Śrī Kṛṣṇa are swinging on an exquisitely beautiful swing. While swinging, They lean and sway toward one another, causing waves of wondrous beauty to arise from Their every limb.
Immersed in the supreme rasa, Śrī Vihāriṇījī (Śrī Rādhā) has lovingly placed Her arm around the neck of Her beloved Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Seated together upon an exceedingly beautiful and charming bed, the divine Couple appears to be the very pinnacle of all beauty.
O my beloved Kiśorī Jī! Please dispel the sorrow of my separation. O ocean of compassion, most merciful and beloved Śrī Rādhā Jī! You are supremely capable in every way.
