what is the meaning of this Sloka 4 of Shri Sva-niyama-dasakam by Srila Raghunath das Goswami

[Paramananda das]

he 10 vows of Srila Raghunath das Goswami
dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
When reading the 10 vows of Srila Raghunath das Goswami something very sweet stands out:
anadih sadhir va patur ati-mrdur va pratipada-
pramilat-karunyah praguna-karuna-hina iti va
maha-vaikunthesadhika iha naro va vraja-pater
ayam sunur gosthe pratijani mamastam prabhu-varah
Beginningless or with a beginning, cruel or very gentle, merciful at every moment or merciless, greater than the king of Maha-Vaikuntha or an ordinary human being, the son of Vraja's king is my Lord birth after birth.
Srila Raghunath das Goswami like all the 6 Goswamis never failed in chanting 64 rounds daily as ordered by Lord Caitanya:
dasa gosvamira ache laksha pramana;
ei mata sarva bhakta kare harinama.
"Shrila Raghunatha dasa Goswami also rigidly followed the instructions of Lord Gauranga by chanting 100,000 names daily. In this way all the devotees chanted the Holy Names of the Lord daily without exception.
Praying at the lotusfeet of Srila Raghunath das Goswami I pray I can chant the Mahamantra purely free from all offences
"You have to minimize your sleeping. If you cannot finish sixteen rounds, then you must not sleep on that day, you must not eat. Why don't you forget to eat, forget? Why do you forget chanting Hare Krishna? This is negligence, aparadha, offense. Rather, you should forget your sleeping and eating, and must finish sixteen rounds. This is called determination. This is called determined. So you are welcome to take initiation, but if you are neglectful, if you want to make it a farce, that is your business. I cannot give you any protection." (Shrila Prabhupada 28/1/74)
Letter to: Indira (Iris Mendoza), Ekayani (Esther Mendoza), San
Francisco, 17 December, 1967
"I am very glad to learn you are chanting 48 rounds. Actually it is
all right that one should chant 64 rounds, even 16 rounds, so if one
is able to chant more than 16 rounds up to 64, it is very good. You
fix up your rounds.
Try to increase it but never decrease it."
In our Krishna consciousness movement we are teaching our followers to
chant the Hare Krishna mantra continuously on beads. Even those who are
not accustomed to this practice are advised to chant at least sixteen
rounds on their beads so that they may be trained. Sada
means "always." Haridasa Thakura says, nirantara nama lao: "Chant the
Hare Krishna mantra without stopping." One's real duty is to
surrender to the lotus feet of Krishna, but if one is unable to do so,
he should adopt this process, as introduced by Shri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu and His most confidential servant, Namacarya Shrila
Haridasa Thakura. This is the way to achieve success in Krishna
consciousness. (Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita Antya-lila 3.137)
FIRST INITIATION BY SRILA PRABHUPADA
The Hare Krishna Explosion, p. 63, by Hayagriva dasa, Palace Press
1985.
"Now that you have beads," Swamiji says the next morning, "you should
chant sixty-four rounds every day." "Sixty-four rounds?" To pronounce
every word of the mantra distinctly, we require five minutes to chant
a round. Sixty-four rounds would take over five hours. "Impossible!"
we say. "We'll never have the time." "All right," Swamiji
says. "Thirty-two rounds." "Impossible," we say. "We'll never be able
to do it. It's way too much." "All right," Swamiji says. "Sixteen
rounds. No less."
Srila Prabhupada following the lotusfootsteps of Srila Rupa and Raghunath Goswamis encouraged devotees to chant 64 rounds,there is no(bonafide) excuses to not chant
ones 16 rounds and if one really wants the mercy of Lord Caitanya one must endeavor for 64 rounds ( and also daily distribute Srila PRabhupadas books /and do harinama)
These things will garantie our success in KC if we also avoid the 10 offences to the holy name
your servant
Paramananda das
Shri Sva-niyama-dasakam by Srila Raghunath das Goswami
Ten Vows
Text 1
gurau mantre namni prabhuvara-sacigarbhaja-pade
svarupe shri-rupe gana-yuji tadiya-prathamaje
girindre gandharva-sarasi madhu-puryam vraja-vane
vraje bhakte gosthalayisu param astam mama ratih
I vow I shall love my spiritual master, the Gayatri mantra, the holy name of Lord Krishna, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's feet, Shrila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, Shrila Rupa Gosvami, his associates, his elder brother (Shrila Sanatana Gosvami), Govardhana Hill, Radha-kunda, Mathura City, Vrndavana Forest, the land of Vraja, the devotees of Lord Krishna, and the residents of Vraja.
Text 2
na canyatra ksetre hari-tanu-sanatho 'pi sujanad
rasasvadam premna dadhad api vasami ksanam api
samam tv etad gramyavalibhir abhitanvann api katham
vidhasye samvasam vraja-bhuvana eva pratibhavam
I vow that I shall live in the land of Vraja birth after birth, chatting casually with the villagers. I shall not live even for a moment in any other place, even if the Lord resides there in His Deity form, and even if the great devotees fill it with the sweet nectar of transcendental love.
Text 3
sada radha-krsnocchalad-atula-khela-sthala-yujam
vrajam santyajyaitad yuga-virahito 'pi trutim api
punar dvaravatyam yadu-patim api praudha-vibhavaih
sphurantam tad vacapi ca na hi calamiksitum api
Even though I suffer in long separation from the divine couple, I shall not, even for a moment, leave the land of Vraja, where Shri Shri Radha-Krishna eternally enjoy unparalleled transcendental pastimes, and I shall not, even if He Himself invites me, go to see the opulent king of the Yadus in Dvaraka!
Text 4
gatonmadai radha sphurati harina slista-hrdaya
sphutam dvaravatyam iti yadi srnomi sruti-tate
aham tatraivoddhata-mati patami vraja-purat
samuddiya svantadhika-gati-khagendrad api javat
If with my own ears I heard, Radha has gone to Dvaraka, where Lord Hari passionately embraces Her to His chest," with an excited heart I would leave Vrajapura and fly there faster than Garuda.
Text 5
anadih sadhir va patur ati-mrdur va pratipada-
pramilat-karunyah praguna-karuna-hina iti va
maha-vaikunthesadhika iha naro va vraja-pater
ayam sunur gosthe pratijani mamastam prabhu-varah
Beginningless or with a beginning, cruel or very gentle, merciful at every moment or merciless, greater than the king of Maha-Vaikuntha or an ordinary human being, the son of Vraja's king is my Lord birth after birth.
Text 6
anadrtyodgitam api muni-ganair vainika-mukhaih
pravinam gandharvam api ca nigamais tat-priyatamam
ya ekam govindam bhajati kapati dambhikataya
tad-abhyarne sirne ksanam api na yami vratam idam
Not for a moment shall I go near a hypocrite who worships only Lord Govinda and does not worship exalted Shrimati Radharani, who is glorified by the Vedas and the great sages headed by Narada, and who is most dear to Lord Krishna. This is my vow.
Text 7
ajande radheti-sphurad-abhidhaya sikta-janaya-
naya sakam krishnam bhajati ya iha prema-namitah
param praksalyaitac-carana-kamale taj-jalam aho
muda pitva sasvac chirasi ca vahami pratidinam
I shall wash the lotus feet of anyone in this world who, bowed down with love, worships Lord Krishna and the nectar person who bears the name Radha. I drink that water and every day I carry that water on my head.
Text 8
parityaktah preyo-jana-samudayair badham asudhir
durandho nirandhram kadana-bhara-vardhau nipatitah
trnam dantair dastva catubhir abhiyace 'dya krpaya
svayam shri gandharva sva-pada-nalinantam nayatu mam
Abandoned by my dear friends, unintelligent, blind, and drowning in an ocean of pain, I bite a blade of straw with my teeth and beg, O Shrimati Radharani, please lead me to Your lotus feet!"
Text 9
vrajotpanna-ksirasana-vasana-patradibhir aham
padarthair nirvahya vyavahrtim adambham sa-niyamah
vasanisa-kunde giri-kula-vare caiva samaye
marisye tu presthe sarasi khalu jivadi-puratah
My food a little of Vraja's milk, my home a leaf-hut, and my actions honest austerity and scripture study, I shall live at Radha-kunda by the best of mountains and I shall die at that dear lake in the company of Shrila Jiva Gosvami and the other devotees.
Text 10
sphural-laksmi-laksmi-vraja-vijayi-laksmi-bhara-lasad-
vapuh-shri-gandharva-smara-nikara-divyad-giribhrtoh
vidhasye kujadau vividha-varivasyah sa-rabhasam
rahah shri-rupakhya-priyatama-janasyaiva caramah
In a secluded place in Vrndavana forest, following my dear friend Shrila Rupa Gosvami, in many ways I shall earnestly worship Shri Krishna, who is more splendid than many Cupids, and Shrimati Radharani, whose glorious beauty defeats many goddesses of fortune.
Text 11
krtam kenapy etan nija-niyama-samsi-stavam imam
pathed yo visrabdhah priya-yugala-rupe 'rpita-manah
drdham gosthe hrsto vasati-vasatim prapya samaye
muda radha-krishnau bhajati sa hi tenaiva sahitah
A faithful devotee who reads these ten vows of a certain author and who fixes his mind on the transcendental forms of the dear divine couple, at the proper time happily attains the realm of Vraja and directly worships Shri Shri Radha-Krishna.
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these 10 Vows of Srila Raghunath das Goswami we must carefully study and like Srila Raghunath das Goswami make a vow for the New years resolution I will chant 64 rounds daily in the New Year and never fail as this is the order of Lord Caitanya
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what is the meaning of this Sloka ?
Text 4
gatonmadai radha sphurati harina slista-hrdaya
sphutam dvaravatyam iti yadi srnomi sruti-tate
aham tatraivoddhata-mati patami vraja-purat
samuddiya svantadhika-gati-khagendrad api javat
If with my own ears I heard, Radha has gone to Dvaraka, where Lord Hari passionately embraces Her to His chest," with an excited heart I would leave Vrajapura and fly there faster than Garuda.
But, the following statements clarify that Radha lived in Dwaraka also.

After thus performing a rasa dance at Siddhashrama, Lord Krishna took the gopis and queens to Dvaraka. There He built many great palaces for Shri Radha.

[42-43, 18, 6, Garga Samhita]

And Narada tells about Radha palace also
Why would Srila Raghunath go to Dvaraka ? It is because at end of Radha Krsnas pastimes ,Sri Radha went with the Gopis to Dvaraka and Krsna and gopis and queens did a Rasa lila outside of Dvaraka at a place called Siddha Asrama explained in Garga samhita And Garga Muni explains Krsna build palaces for Radha and the Gopis

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the following statements clarify that Radha lived in Dwaraka also.
After thus performing a rasa dance at Siddhashrama, Lord Krishna took the gopis and queens to Dvaraka. There He built many great palaces for Shri Radha.
[42-43, 18, 6, Garga Samhita]
And Narada tells about Radha palace also
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Shri Narada said: The size of Dvaraka is 800 miles. The path around it is 3,200 miles. In the center of Dvaraka is a fortress 96 miles in size. Around that Lord Krishna had built a second fortress of 180 miles. O king, around that is a third fortress 400 miles in size and the place of with many jewel palaces. In the first fort Lord Krishna has 900,000 wonderful palaces. O king, at the entrance to Shri Radha's palace, is Lila-sarovara lake, which was brought from Goloka, and which is the best of all holy places.
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