Hare Krsna,
I am so inspired by these two verses that I sincerely attempted to write a devotional poem based on these verses and overall pastime.
Henceforward, may all our words describe Your pastimes, may our ears engage in aural reception of Your glories, may our hands, legs and other senses engage in actions pleasing to You, and may our minds always think of Your lotus feet. May our heads offer our obeisances to everything within this world, because all things are also Your different forms, and may our eyes see the forms of Vaiṣṇavas, who are nondifferent from You. (SB 10.10.38)
O Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, now you may both return home. Since you desire to be always absorbed in My devotional service, your desire to develop love and affection for Me will be fulfilled, and now you will never fall from that platform. (SB 10.10.42)
(In the Prison of Samsara)
What value holds this fleeting life,
Ensnared by the deeds of fruitive strife,
Imprisoned in a cell of maya’s weave,
Where the three modes of nature deceive,
Chained by birth, death, age, and disease,
Under illusion’s veil, I feign to be free.
(Krsna’s Divine Freedom)
Krsna, bound to the mortar by gopīs’ love,
Yet roams the realms of heavens above,
In their pure affection, He finds no bind,
Still, in divine freedom, He’s unconfined.
(The Blessing of a Sādhu’s Chastisement)
Better I face a sādhu’s stern rebuke,
Whose curse is a blessing, a divine fluke,
For in a sādhu’s sight, liberation lies,
And the soul, unchained, to freedom flies.
(Devotional Aspirations)
May I yearn always to be bound,
To Krsna’s lotus feet, so profound,
By the ropes of His Holy Name,
In His service, to find my eternal flame.
May my words be His glorification,
My ears attend to His divine narration,
May my body, senses, and soul,
In actions pleasing to Him, find their goal.
May my normal state be devotional service pure,
My movements be holy pilgrimages sure,
May my mind dwell on His lotus feet,
And my thoughts in His remembrance meet.
(Eternal Devotion)
May my devotion be as steadfast and true,
Bound to Krsna, in all I do,
With a heart that yearns and a soul that strives,
To serve Him eternally, for as long as I live.
May the blessings of sages, the grace of the Lord,
Guide my path, be my eternal reward,
In humility and love, may I always find,
The sweet embrace of the Divine.
(Humble Obeisances)
May my head bow in humble obeisance,
To Krsna, my life’s eternal essence.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Krsna Katha 