Śrīmad Rūpa-pada-rajaḥ Prārthanā Daśakam

At Śrī Rāmakeli Dhām, the king of bees—the heart of Śrī Rūpa—became intoxicated drinking the honey-wine of the lotus feet of Śrī Gaurachandra, and sacrificed its life (in Hari-kīrtan) for the benefit of all the people of the world, summarily abandoning a life of kingly opulence. After informing his elder brother Śrī Sanātan, Śrī Rūpa and his younger brother Śrī Vallabha followed the footsteps of Śrī Chaitanyadev, whose heart was absorbed in going (from Nīlāchala) to Śrī Vṛndāvan. When will that Śrī Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his holy lotus feet?

Śrī Chaitanyadev returned from Vṛndāvan to Prayāga Dhām and performed Nām-saṅkīrtan, surrounded by crowds of hundreds of thousands. Intoxicated with divine love, dancing, He melted the hearts of hundreds of faithful souls with His astonishing transcendental ecstasies. Śrī Rūpa, as though regaining his most precious treasure, thus found Śrī Chaitanyadev in the direct presence of the Deity Śrī Bindu Mādhava. When will that Śrī Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his holy lotus feet?

At the sacred spot on the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, Śrī Rūpa achieved intimate union with the lotus feet of the dearmost Lord of his life—the Lord who is Krishna within and Gaura without. In grave humility, with straw in mouth and with tears of sorrow, he along with his younger brother worshipped Śrī Gaura-Krishna in intense love. When will that Śrī Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his holy lotus feet?

Śrī Chaitanyadev saw Śrī Rūpa and his younger brother rolling on the ground some distance away. Seeing His endeared one, His favourite, His love divine personified in natural beauty and charm, His exclusive alter ego in divine Pastimes, the Lord swiftly approached Śrī Rūpa, profusely singing his glories, and embraced him in ecstasy. When will that Śrī Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his holy lotus feet?

Śrī Gaurahari knew that (as an eternal associate of the Lord) Śrī Rūpa was already proficient in wandering throughout the ambrosial ocean of all mellows, in the land of unalloyed love (in Vraja-rasa). Nonetheless, to expand His own Pastimes, the Lord enabled him to drink the sweet ecstasy of servitude unto Śrī Rādhā, and empowered him with the skill to distribute the nectar of His personal devotional service. When will that Śrīmad Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his lotus feet?

When on the order of Śrī Gaurāṅga, Śrī Rūpa visited Śrī Puruṣottama Kṣetra after completing the circumambulation of Śrī Vraja Maṇḍal, He highly gratified Śrī Chaitanyadev and the sagacious devotee assembly headed by Śrī Svarūp Dāmodar and Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya by his ambrosial poetry on the Pastimes of the Divine Couple of Vraja. When will that Śrīmad Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his lotus feet?

When the manifest līlā of the Supreme Lord Śrī Chaitanyadev was withdrawn, all beings including the immobile entities were mortified, deeply afflicted in sorrow. Śrī Rūpa and his elder brother were the only shelter for even the intimate devotees of the Lord, headed by Raghunāth, Gopal Bhaṭṭa, and Śrī Jīva, who had almost lost their lives in the Lord’s separation. When will that Śrīmad Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his lotus feet?

By writing many, many books, he gave the world all the most cherished desires of his worshipful Lord Śrī Chaitanyadev, principally—revealing the service of the Deity, establishing the pure code of conduct in devotion, revealing the lost holy places, and revealing the path of spontaneous devotion (Rāga-mārga) in transcendental loving service to Śrī Rādhā-Govinda. When will that Śrīmad Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his holy lotus feet?

Just prior to the withdrawal of his manifest līlā, my causelessly merciful Divine Master, Śrīla Saraswatī Ṭhākur, handed me over to the holy feet of that Divine Personality by having me sing the glorious prayer unto his lotus feet (Śrī Rūpa-mañjarī-pada). Despite my lowliness, when will—disregarding all my various qualifications and disqualifications—Śrīmad Rūpa Prabhu grace me with the dust of his holy lotus feet?