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3.

O son of Maharaja Nanda [Krsna], | am Your eternal servitor, yet
somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please
pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms of
Your lotus feet.

6.

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing
constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up,
and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of
Your name?

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O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be
like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of
rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

8.

I know no one but Krsna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He
handles me roughly in His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not
being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and every-
thing, for He is always my worshipful Lord unconditionally.
