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iha vatsan samacarayad iha nah svami jagau vamsim iti sasram gadato me yamuna-tire dinam yayat 

From Padyavali, Text 88

iha-here; vatsan-the calves; samacarayat-herded; iha-here; nah-our; svami-Lord; jagau-played; vamsim-the flute; iti-thus; sa-with; asram-tears; gadatah-speaking; me-of me; yamuna-of the Yamuna; tire-on the shore; dinam-the day; yayat-may pass.

"Here our Lord herded the calves, and here He played the flute." I pray that I may pass my days shedding tears as I speak these words on the Yamuna's shore - Sri Raghupati Upadhyaya

kadā kariṣyasīha māṃ kṛpā-kaṭākṣa-bhājanam

From Shri Radha Kripa Kataksha – The Prayer For The Merciful Sidelong Glance Of Shri Radha
(by Lord Shiva from the Urdhvamnaya-tantra)

"When, oh when will You make me the object of Your side-long glance of causeless mercy? "