Some verses from today’s lecture:

cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-
lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam
lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

Surrounded by millions of wish-fulfilling trees, in abodes made of multitudes of wish-yielding gems, He who tends the ever-yielding cows and who is perpetually served with great affection by hundreds of thousands of Lakṣmīs — the Primeval Lord, Govinda, do I worship.
(Śrī Brahma Saṁhitā 5.29)

sandhyā-vandana bhadram astu bhavato bho snāna tubhyaṁ namo
bho devāḥ pitaraś cha tarpaṇa-vidhau nāhaṁ kṣamaḥ kṣamyatām
yatra kvāpi niṣadya yādava-kulottaṁsasya kaṁsa-dviṣaḥ
smāraṁ smāram aghaṁ harāmi tad alaṁ manye kim anyena me

(Śrī-Mādhavendra-Purīpādānāṁ)
All connection with formal religion is severed—O morning, noon, and evening prayers, may all good be unto you; O daily ablutions, my respects unto you; O demigods, O forefathers, may you forgive me—I cannot follow the injunctions to offer you libations. Wherever I may be, I shall eradicate my sins, constantly contemplating that jewel of the Yadu dynasty, the slayer of Kaṁsa, and I think this is sufficient for me. What more could I ever want than this?(Śrī Mādhavendra Purī, Śrī Śrī Prapanna-jīvanāmṛtam, Ātma-nikṣepaḥ Full Self-surrender)

ei śloka kahiyāchhena rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī
tāra kṛpāya sphuriyāchhe mādhavendra-vāṇī
kibā gaurachandra ihā kare āsvādana
ihā āsvādite āra nāhi chauṭha-jana

(Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 4.194–5)

ayi dīna-dayārdra nātha he
mathurā-nātha kadāvalokyase
hṛdayaṁ tvad-aloka-kātaraṁ
dayita bhrāmyati kiṁ karomy aham

(Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta: Madhya-līlā, 4.197)

kibā gauracandra ihā kare āsvādana
ihā āsvādite āra nāhi cauṭha-jana

(CC Madhya 4.195)

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