bhakti-pallava
Nurturing the tender creeper of devotion.
Devotional verse
नामश्रेष्ठं मनुमपि शचीपुत्रमत्र स्वरूपं
रूपं तस्याग्रजमुरुपुरीं माथुरीं गोष्ठ-वाटीम् ।
राधाकुण्डं गिरिवरमहो राधिकामाधवाशां
प्राप्तो यस्य प्रथितकृपया श्रीगुरुं तं नतोऽस्मि ॥
nāma-śreṣṭhaṁ manum api śacī-putram atra svarūpaṁ
rūpaṁ tasyāgrajam uru-purīṁ māthurīṁ goṣṭha-vāṭīm |
rādhā-kuṇḍaṁ giri-varam aho rādhikā-mādhavāśāṁ
prāpto yasya prathita-kṛpayā śrī-guruṁ taṁ nato’smi ||
(Muktā-caritam)
“I offer obeisance unto Śrī Guru, he by whose celebrated grace I have received the supreme name, the mantra, the Son of Śacī (Mahāprabhū), Śrī Svarūpa, Śrī Rūpa, his elder brother (Śrī Sanātana), the great abode of Mathurā, Vṛndāvana, Rādhā Kuṇḍa, the best of mountains (Govardhana), and, aho, hope of [serving] Rādhikā and Mādhava.”