Bhajana Rahasya

Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana – niṣṭha-bhajana
(Bhajana Before Noon – Bhajana With Determination)

(From approx. 8.30 A.M. – 11.00 A.M.)

TEXT 1
tṛṇād api sunīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā
amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ

One who considers himself as insignificant as grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, who is without pride and shows respect unto others – he is always eligible to engage in hari-kīrtana. (Śikṣāṣṭaka 3)

(Śrīla Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī)
ye rūpe laile nāma prema upajaya
tāhāra lakṣaṇa śuna svarūpa rāma-rāya
uttama hañā āpanāke māne tṛṇādhama
dui-prakāre sahiṣṇutā kare vṛkṣa-sama
vṛkṣa yena kāṭileha kichu nā bolaya
śukāñā maileha kāre pānī nā māgaya
yei ye māgaye tāre deya āpana-dhana
gharma-vṛṣṭi sahe ānera karaye rakṣaṇa
uttama hañā vaiṣṇava habe nirabhimāna
jīve sammāna dibe jāni kṛṣṇa-adhiṣṭhāna

O Svarūpa! O Rāma Rāya! Hear the symptoms of how one should chant the Name to awaken prema. Although he is great, he thinks of himself is lower than straw, and in two ways he is as tolerant as a tree. When a tree is cut, it says nothing, and even when drying up and dying, it does not ask anyone for water. If anyone begs something from the tree, it gives him its wealth (fruits, flowers and leaves). It tolerates heat and sun and gives protection to others. Although a Vaiṣṇava is great, he should be without pride, and give respect to all jīvas knowing that Kṛṣṇa resides in them. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 20.20–26) 

TEXT 2

Surrender is done in this way, as mentioned in the Padma Purāṇa:

ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlya-vivarjanam
rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā
ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ

Accepting those things favourable to bhakti, rejecting those things that are unfavourable, faith that the Lord will give protection, accepting Him as one’s protector, giving oneself to Him completely, and humility – these are the six divisions of surrender.

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
bhakti anukūla yāhā tāhāi svīkāra
bhakti pratikūla saba kari parihāra
kṛṣṇa bai rakṣā-kartā āra keha nāi
kṛṣṇa se pālana more karibena bhāi
āmi āmāra yata kichu kṛṣṇe nivedana
niṣkapaṭa dainya kari jīvana yāpana

Accept whatever is favourable for bhakti and reject all that is unfavourable to bhakti. Other than Kṛṣṇa, there is no other protector. Kṛṣṇa will maintain me, O brother. I offer myself and whatever is mine to Kṛṣṇa. I will pass through life with genuine humility.

TEXT 3

First, one must give up any identification with the body, as mentioned in the Mukunda Mālā:

idaṁ śarīraṁ śata-sandhi-jarjaraṁ
pataty avaśyaṁ pariṇāma-peśalam
kim auṣadhaṁ pṛcchasi mūḍha durmate
nirāmayaṁ kṛṣṇa-rasāyaṇaṁ piba

The beauty of this body is transitory, and eventually it ages and its hundreds of joints come apart. Therefore, O fool, why are you asking for a cure? Just take the pure nectar of Śrī Kṛṣṇa! (Mukunda Mālā Stotram 37)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
śata sandhi jara jara,  tava ei kalevara
patana haibe eka dina
bhasma krimi biṣṭhā habe,  sakalera ghṛṇya tabe
ihāte mamatā arvācīna
ore mana! śuna mora e satya vacana
e rogera mahauṣadhi,  kṛṣṇa nāma niravadhi
nirāmaya kṛṣṇa rasāyana

Your body is tormented in hundreds of different ways and one day it will collapse. It will then become ashes or worm stool, and everyone will see how disgusting it really is. Therefore, it is unwise to be attached to this body. O mind! Hear my truthful words! For this material disease, Kṛṣṇa’s Name is the most powerful medicine – drink the nectar of Kṛṣṇa constantly.

TEXT 4

One should be as tolerant as a tree and compassionate to all creatures, as stated in the Third Canto:

nātiprasīdati tathopacitopacārair
ārādhitaḥ sura-gaṇair hṛdi baddha-kāmaiḥ
yat sarva-bhūta-dayayāsad-alabhyayaiko
nānā-janeṣv avahitaḥ suhṛd antar-ātmā

You are not so satisfied with the gorgeous worship of the Demigods, whose hearts are bound by mundane desires. You show mercy to all beings, but you are not attainable by the impious. However, you are perceived as the dearest friend with as the Paramātmā residing within. (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.9.12)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
bahu upacārārpaṇe, pūji kāmī deva-gaṇe
prasannatā nā labhe tomāra
sarva-bhūte dayā kari, bhaje akhilātmā hari
tāre kṛpā tomāra apāra

The Devas, who have material desires, worship You with many items, but they do not please You. I worship Hari, who is the Paramātmā within all. You are compassionate to all creatures, and Your mercy to them is unlimited.

TEXT 5

The greatness of the virtue of honouring the devotee is mentioned in the Mukunda Mālā thus:

śṛṇvan sato bhagavato guṇa-kīrtanāni
dehe na yasya pulakodgama-roma-rājiḥ
notpadyate nayanayor vimalāmbu-mālā
dhik tasya jīvitam aho puruṣādhamasya

One who hears the glorification of Bhagavān’s qualities, yet whose bodily hairs do not stand up in ecstasy, and whose eyes do not produce a flood of pure tears – alas, fie upon the life of such a fallen person! (Mukunda Mālā Stotram 35)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
sādhu-mukhe yei jana, kṛṣṇa-nāma-guṇa-gaṇa
śuniyā nā haila pulakita
nayane vimala jala, nā bahila anargala
se vā kena rahila jīvita

That person who has heard from songs from the mouth of a sādhu glorifying Kṛṣṇa’s Name and qualities, but whose hair did not stand on end, or whose eyes did not continuously shed pure tears – how did such a person remain alive?

TEXT 6

Knowledge about the glories of Kṛṣṇa is described thus:

kṛṣṇo rakṣati no jagat-traya-guruḥ kṛṣṇo hi viśvambharaḥ
kṛṣṇād eva samutthitaṁ jagad idaṁ kṛṣṇe layaṁ gacchati
kṛṣṇe tiṣṭhati viśvam etad akhilaṁ kṛṣṇasya dāsā vayaṁ
kṛṣṇenākhila-sad-gatir vitaritā kṛṣṇāya tasmai namaḥ

May Kṛṣṇa, the guru of the three worlds, protect us. All of you constantly bow before Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has slain all our enemies. Obeisance unto Kṛṣṇa. From Kṛṣṇa alone this world has arisen. I am a servant of Kṛṣṇa. This entire universe abides within Kṛṣṇa. O Kṛṣṇa, protect me! (Mukunda Mālā Stotram 43)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
jagad-guru kṛṣṇa sabe karena rakṣaṇa
kṛṣṇa viśvambhara viśva karena pālana
kṛṣṇa haite ei viśva hañāche udaya
avaśeṣe ei viśva kṛṣṇe haya laya
kṛṣṇe viśva avasthita jīva kṛṣṇa-dāsa
sad-gati-pradātā kṛṣṇe karaha viśvāsa
janama layecha kṛṣṇa-bhakti karibāre
kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā saba mithyā e saṁsāre

Kṛṣṇa, the universal guru, protects everyone, Kṛṣṇa sustains the universe as Viśvambhara. From Kṛṣṇa this universe has arisen, and in the end, this universe will dissolve back into Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the maintainer of the universe; the jīvas are Kṛṣṇa’s servants. Place your faith in Kṛṣṇa, the awarder of true liberation. You have taken birth in order to engage in kṛṣṇa-bhakti. Without kṛṣṇa-bhakti, everything in this material world is false.

TEXT 7

Intense eagerness for kṛṣṇa-bhajana is described thus:

kṛṣṇa tvadīya-pada-paṅkaja-pañjarāntam
adyaiva me viśatu mānasa-rāja-haṁsaḥ
prāṇa-prayāṇa-samaye kapha-vāta-pittaiḥ
kaṇṭhāvarodhana-vidhau smaraṇaṁ kutas te

O Kṛṣṇa, allow the royal swan of my mind to become entwined in the stems of the lotus of Your feet at this very moment. At the time when my life-airs abandon me and my throat is blocked with mucus, bile and air, how will I remember You? (Mukunda Mālā Stotram 33)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
vṛthā dina yāya mora majiyā saṁsāre
e mānasa-rāja-haṁsa bhajuka tomāre
adya-i tomāra pāda-paṅkaja-pañjare
baddha haye thāku haṁsa rasera sāgare
e prāṇa prayāṇa-kāle kapha bāta pitta
karibeka kaṇṭha rodha apraphulla citta
takhana jihvāya nā sphuribe tava nāma
samaya chāḍile kise habe siddha-kāma

My days pass in vain, immersed in this mundane existence. The swan of my mind must worship You. Today I am entwined in Your lotus feet. O swan, may I remain bound in that ocean of rasa. At the time when my life-airs depart, phlegm, air, and bile will cause my throat to tighten and my mind will become agitated. Then my tongue will not be able to utter Your Name. If my time passes in this way, how will I fulfil this desire?

TEXT 8

Personal humility is described thus in these six verses found in the prayer composed by Yāmunācārya:

na dharma-niṣṭho’smi na cātma-vedī
na bhaktimāṁs tvac-caraṇāravinde
akiñcano’nanya-gatiḥ śaraṇya
tvat-pāda-mūlaṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye

I am not fixed in dharma, I do not know about the ātmā, and I do not have bhakti to Your lotus feet. I am poverty-stricken and have no other refuge to surrender to. Thus, I surrender at the base of Your feet. (Stotra Ratna 22)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
hari he!
dharma-niṣṭhā nāhi mora, ātma-bodha vā sundara
bhakti nāi tomāra caraṇe
ataeva akiñcana gati, hīna duṣṭa-jana
rata sadā āpana vañcane
patita-pāvana tumi, patita adhama āmi
tumi mora eka-mātra gati
tava pāda-mūle painu, tomāra śaraṇa lainu
āmi dāsa tumi nitya pati

O Hari! I have no steadfastness in dharma, or a proper understanding of the ātmā, and I am devoid of bhakti to Your feet. Thus, this pauper, this wicked person who is without any refuge, is constantly engrossed in his own deceit. You are the saviour of the fallen, and I am most fallen and lowly. You are my only shelter. I surrender at the soles of Your lotus feet. I am Your servant and You are my eternal Master.

TEXT 9
na ninditaṁ karma tad asti loke
sahasraśo yan na mayā vyadhāyi
so’haṁ vipākāvasare mukunda
krandāmi sampraty agatis tavāgre

In this world, there is no abominable act that has not been committed by me thousands of times. O Mukunda! Now, at the time of reaping the results and bereft of any refuge, I come as I am and simply weep before You. (Stotra Ratna 23)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
hena duṣṭa karma nāi, yāhā āmi kari nāi
sahasra sahasra bāra hari
sei saba karma phala, peye avasara bala
āmāya piśiche yantropari
gati nāhi dekhi āra, kāndi hari anivāra
tomāra agrete ebe āmi
yā tomāra haya mane, daṇḍa deha akiñcane
tumi mora daṇḍa-dhara svāmī

O Hari! There is no such despicable act that I have not committed thousands and thousands of times. Now, the reactions of all these acts, has achieved their time and strength, and they are grinding me as if I am stuck within the cogs of a machine. O Hari! Seeing no other recourse, I now cry out continually. You are my chastiser and my master – punish me as You deem fit.

TEXT 10
nimajjato’nanta bhavārṇavāntaś
cirāya me kūlam ivāsi labdhaḥ
tvayāpi labdhaṁ bhagavann idānīm
anuttamaṁ pātram idaṁ dayāyāḥ

After a long time being absorbed in the fathomless ocean of mundane existence, I have finally reached the shore, which is You – and You have also finally attained the most fit candidate for Your mercy. (Stotra Ratna 21)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
nija-karma doṣa-phale, paṛi bhavārṇava jale
hābu ḍubu khāi kata kāla
sāṅtāri sāṅtāri yāi, sindhu anta nāhi pāi
bhava-sindhu ananta viśāla
nimagna haiyā yabe, ḍākinu kātara rabe
keha more karaha uddhāra
sei kāle āile tumi, tava pada-kūla-bhūmi
āśā bīja haila āmāra
tumi hari dayāmaya, pāile more suniścaya
sarvottama bhājana dayāra

As a result of my own actions and their faults, I have fallen into the waters of the ocean of worldly existence. For how long have I been drowning and struggling? Constantly searching for deliverance, I found no end to those waters. The ocean of worldly existence is endless and vast. I was so deeply submerged, calling out in distress, yet who will I call to rescue me? At that time, You came, and I found the shore of Your feet. Then a seed of hope arose within me. O Hari! You are full of mercy. Certainly, out of everyone, You have found the best candidate for Your mercy.

TEXT 11
bhavantam evānucaran nirantaraḥ
praśānta-niḥśeṣa-manorathāntaraḥ
kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ
praharṣayiṣyāmi sanātha-jīvitam

Indeed, by constantly serving You, all other mental desires become pacified. When will I become Your exclusive eternal servant? Then, having You as my Master,  I shall become joyful in life. (Stotra Ratna 43)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
āmi baḍa duṣṭa-mati, nā dekhiyā anya gati
tava pade layechi śaraṇa
jāniyāchi ebe nātha, tumi prabhu jagannātha
āmi tava nitya parijana
sei dina kabe habe, aikāntika-bhāve yabe
nitya-dāsya bhāva pābo āmi
manorathāntara yata, niḥśeṣa haibe svataḥ
sevāya tuṣiba ohe svāmi

Seeing no other refuge, my extremely wicked mind surrenders unto Your feet. Now I have realised, O Lord, You are the master, the Lord of the universe, and I am Your eternal servant. When will that day come, when with exclusive bhakti, I attain a mood of eternal servitude? All mental desires will naturally be fulfilled and I will be satisfied in Your service, O Lord.

TEXT 12
aparādha-sahasra-bhājanaṁ patitaṁ bhīma-bhavārṇavodare
agatiṁ śaraṇāgataṁ hare kṛpayā kevalam ātmasāt kuru

 I have committed thousands of offences and have fallen into the dreadful ocean of material existence. O Hari! I have no other refuge. Kindly accept me as Your own. (Stotra Ratna 45)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
āmi aparādhī jana, sadā daṇḍya durlakṣaṇa
sahasra sahasra doṣe doṣī
bhīma bhavārṇavodaya, patita viṣama ghore
gati hīna gati abhilāṣī
hari tava pada-dvaye, śaraṇa lainu bhaye
kṛpā kari kara ātmasāt
tomāra pratijñā ei, śaraṇa laibe yei
tumi tāre uddhāribe nātha

I am an offensive person, always endowed with punishable qualities, guilty of thousands and thousands of faults. Having fallen into this horrible ocean of material existence which is terrifying and deep, I am without any refuge and desire to find shelter. O Hari, out of fear, I take shelter at Your two lotus feet. Please be merciful and make me Your own. O Lord, Your promise is this – whoever takes shelter of You, You will surely deliver them.

TEXT 13
na mṛṣā paramārtham eva me śṛṇu vijñāpanam ekam agrataḥ
yadi me na dayiṣyase tadā dayanīyas tava nātha durlabhaḥ

O Lord, firstly, please hear this plea which is full of sincerity and not untrue. If You do not show Your mercy unto me, then it will be extremely difficult for You to find a fit candidate for Your compassion. (Stotra Ratna 45)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
hari he !
agre eka nivedana, kari madhunisūdana
śuna kṛpā kariyā āmāya
nirarthaka kathā naya, nigūḍhārtha-maya haya
hṛdaya haite bāhirāya
ati apakṛṣṭa āmi, parama dayālu tumi
more dayā tava adhikāra
ye yata patita haya, tava dayā tata tāya
tāte āmi supātra dayāra
more yadi upekṣibe, dayā-pātra kothā pābe
dayāmaya nāmaṭi tomāra

O Hari! Firstly, I offer this petition, O enemy of the Madhu demon. Please listen to me. I am not simply speaking useless words, but that which is sincere and profound which has emerged from my heart. I am extremely wretched and You are supremely merciful. Your mercy is my only qualification. As much as one may be fallen, Your mercy extends accordingly, Thus, I am the most deserving of Your mercy. If You neglect me, then where will You find a proper recipient for Your mercy? O compassionate Lord, Your Name is synonymous with mercy.

TEXT 14

The Stotra Ratna describes freedom from pride thus:

amaryādaḥ kṣudraś cala-matir asūyā-prasava-bhūḥ
kṛtaghno durmānī smara-paravaśo vañcana-paraḥ
nṛśaṁsaḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ katham aham ito duḥkha-jaladher
apārād uttīrṇas tava paricareyaṁ caraṇayoḥ

I am uncultured, petty, fickle-minded, a breeding ground for envy, thankless, conceited, subdued by lust, deceptive, hard-hearted, and immoral. How will I now be able to cross beyond the waters of despair and serve Your feet? (Stotra Ratna 59)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
āmi ta cañcala mati, amaryāda kṣudra ati
asūyā-prasava sadā mora
pāpiṣṭha kṛtaghna mānī, nṛśaṁsa vañcane jñānī
kāma-vaśe thāki sadā ghora
e hena durjana haye, e duḥkha-jaladhi baye
calitechi saṁsāra-sāgare
kemane e bhavāmbudhi, pāra haye niravadhi
tava pada-sevā mile more

My mind is restless, I am uncivilised, extremely small-minded, and am always generating envy. I am unvirtuous, ungrateful, proud, cruel-hearted, and expert in deceit. I always remain under the spell of lust and am constantly obsessed by it. Being such a wicked person, floating in the waters of sorrow, I have been traversing the ocean of worldly existence. How can this material ocean ever be completely crossed? Only by attaining service to Your feet.

TEXT 15

Respecting the devotees has been explained thus:

tava dāsya-sukhaika-saṅgināṁ bhavaneṣv astv api kīṭa-janma me
itarāvasatheṣu mā sma bhūd api me janma catur-mukhātmanā

 Let me take birth even as an insect, in the home of those whose only happiness is Your service. Let me not take birth, even as four-headed Brahmā, in the residence of any other person. (Stotra Ratna 52)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
veda vidhi anusāre, karma kari e saṁsāre
jīva punaḥ punaḥ janma pāya
pūrva-kṛta karma-phale, tomāra vā icchā-bale
janma yadi labhi punarāya
tave eka kathā mama, śuna he puruṣottama
tava dāsa-saṅgi-jana-ghare
kīṭa janma yadi haya, tāhāte-o dayāmaya
rahiba he santuṣṭa antare
tava dāsa saṅga hīna, ye gṛhastha arvācīna
tāra gṛhe catur-mukha bhūti
nā cāi kakhana hari, kara-dvaya yoḍa kari
kare tava kiṅkara minati

According to the laws of the Vedas, the jīva repeatedly takes birth by performing activities in this world. Due to the results of my previous actions, or by Your desire, If I must take birth again, then please listen O Puruṣottama, for I have one thing to tell You. Even if I take birth as an insect within the home of Your devotee, I will remain satisfied internally with that, O merciful one. Devoid of the association of Your servants, O Hari, I will never desire to be born, even as Brahmā, amongst householders who are averse to You. With folded hands this is Your servants submission to You.

TEXT 16

Humility characterised by self-surrender is found in the Stotra Ratna thus:

vapur-ādiṣu yo’pi ko’pi vā guṇato’māni yathā-tathā-vidhaḥ
tad ahaṁ tava pāda-padmayor aham adyaiva mayā samarpitaḥ

In whatever way I am related to the material body, and in whatever way I am connected to the modes of material nature, I offer it at Your lotus feet today. (Stotra Ratna 49)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
strī-puruṣa-deha-gata, varṇa ādi dharma yata
tāte punaḥ deha-gata bheda
sattva-rajas-tamo-guṇa, āśrayete bheda punaḥ
ei rūpa sahasra prabheda
ye kona śarīre thāki, ye avasthā guṇa rākhi
se ahaṁtā ebe tava pāya
saṅpilām prāṇeśvara, mama bali ataḥ para
āra kichu nā rahila dāya

There are bodily differences between women and men, different natures amongst varṇas etc. and there are differences according to the modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance. In this way, there are thousands of differences. In whatever body I inhabit, and whatever conditions I remain in, that ego now belongs to You. O Lord of my life, I have offered everything unto You. There is nothing left that belongs to me.

TEXT 17

Unwavering humility is explained in the Karṇāmṛta:

 nibaddha-mūrdhnāñjalir eṣa yāce
nīrandhra-dainyonnata-mukta-kaṇṭham
dayāmbudhe deva bhavat-kaṭākṣa-
dākṣiṇya-leśena sakṛn-niṣiñca

With my hands folded above my head, this person constantly prays with increasing humility, crying aloud, “O Lord, O ocean of compassion! Sprinkle me with just a drop of Your merciful side-long glance.” (Kṛṣṇa Karṇāmṛta 30)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
mastake añjali bāndhi, ei duṣṭa-jana kāndi
niṣkapaṭa-dainya mukta-svare
phukāri phukāri kaya, ohe deva dayāmaya
dākṣiṇya prakāśi ataḥ pare
kṛpā dṛṣṭi eka bāra karaha siñcana
tabe e janera prāṇa haibe rakṣaṇa

With my hands clasped above my head, this wicked fellow continuously cries out aloud with unwavering humility, saying, “O Lord who is full of mercy! Please reveal Your unparalleled compassion. Shower me with Your merciful glance just once, then the life of this person will be protected.

TEXT 18

Gradually taking shelter of the sweet rasa of hari-kīrtana is explained in the Karṇāmṛta thus:

mayi prasādaṁ madhuraiḥ kaṭākṣair
vaṁśī-ninādānucarair vidhehi
tvayi prasanne kim ihāparair nas
tvayy aprasanne kim ihāparair naḥ

Bestow Your mercy by awarding me Your sweet, sidelong glance accompanied by the sound of the flute. If You are pleased then what is the need for anything else? If You are displeased, then what can anyone else do for me? (Kṛṣṇa Karṇāmṛta 29)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
madhura kaṭākṣa vaṁśī ninādera saha
āmāke prasāda kari tava pade laha
prasanna haile tumi anya prasannatā
prayojana kibā mora ei mora kathā
tava prasannatā vinā anyera prasāde
ki kārya āmāra bala kahinu abādhe

With Your sweet sidelong glance along with the sound of the flute, give me Your grace and take me to Your feet. When You are pleased then what is the necessity of pleasing anyone else? This is my declaration! Without Your pleasure, then tell me, what benefit will the pleasure of others give?

TEXT 19
ei rūpa niṣṭhā saha karile kīrtana
acire haibe ruci pābe prema-dhana

In this way, if one engages in kīrtana with niṣṭhā, then ruci will soon arise and one will achieve the wealth of prema.

pūrvāhna kālera līlā ei rūpa haya
nāmāśraya-kāle cintā kara mahāśaya

O noble soul, at the time of taking shelter of the Holy Name, meditate upon the pre-noon pastimes in this way.

 pūrvāhne dhenu-mitrair vipinam anusṛtaṁ goṣṭha-lokānuyātaṁ
kṛṣṇaṁ rādhāpti-lolaṁ tad-abhisṛti-kṛte prāpta-tat-kuṇḍa-tīram
rādhāṁ cālokya kṛṣṇaṁ kṛta-gṛha-gamanāryayārkārcanāyai
diṣṭāṁ kṛṣṇa-pravṛttyai prahita-nija-sakhī-vartma-netrāṁ smarāmi

I remember Kṛṣṇa going to the forest before noon, followed by the cows and His friends, as well as by the cowherd people. Hankering for Rādhā, Kṛṣna goes to meet Her on the banks of Her kuṇḍa. I remember Rādhā who, after seeing Kṛṣṇa return home, goes to perform worship of the sun-god and watches the path for Her sakhīs to get news of Kṛṣṇa. (Govinda Līlāmṛta 5.1)

(Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura)
dhenu sahacara saṅge, kṛṣṇa vane yāya raṅge
goṣṭha-jana anuvrata hari
rādhā-saṅga lobhe punaḥ, rādhā-kuṇḍa taṭa vana
yāya dhenu saṅgī parihari
kṛṣṇera iṅgita pāñā, rādhā nija gṛhe yāñā
jaṭilājñā laya sūryārcane
gupte kṛṣṇa-patha lakhi, kata-kṣaṇe āise sakhī
vyākulitā rādhā smari mane

In the company of the cows and His friends, Kṛṣṇa joyfully goes to the forest. The cowherd community also accompanies Hari. Longing for Rādhā’s company again, Kṛṣṇa goes to the forest on the banks of Rādhā-Kuṇḍa, leaving behind the cows and His friends. Understanding Kṛṣṇa’s hint, Rādhā goes to Her home and is instructed by Jaṭilā to go and worship the sun-god. I remember that restless Rādhā, who secretly watches the path for Kṛṣṇa, when, after a few moments, the sakhīs arrive.
 

iti śrī-bhajana-rahasya tṛtīya-yama-sādhanaṁ

Thus ends the Third Chapter of Śrī Bhajana Rahasya,
Sādhana During the Third Period