आमुक्तमाल्यदा (विजयनगर सम्राट् श्रीकृष्णदेवराय - गोदा देवी आण्डाल भक्ति एवं साम्राज्य-नीति)

Goda Devi: A Lyric Dawn 61
"With him, with Krishna, I breathe;
without him, I cannot exist!"
III
Meet him she must, but how? Will he come?
Didn't he give the slip to the Vraja girls?
But he responded to Rukmani's call,
and he'll not fail me either:
isn't he Nandagopa's darling son,
the flute-player of Brindavan,
the indwelling universal,
the life-throb in all creation:
he'll not fail me, my lord Kirshna!
Yea, how shall I seek him?
He's the Lord supreme of all the worlds;
I'm no Garuda to reach him
in a heady canter...
Four his powers and manifestations,
yet they elude my human grasp.
Isn't he the king of the Castle within,
the Antaryāmi in my heart's cave?
I cannot dig so deep, I'm human,
and want him human too.
This is no age for an avatar,
but in his auspicious archa form
I will certainly be his bride.
Now commence Goda's austerities:
the month of godliness, Mārgasīrsa,
finds her engaged in askesis
along with other Vraja maidens: