We need Kṛṣṇa´s mercy to become Rādhikā´s maidservant

The Gosvāmīs are our example, therefore Srila Raghunātha dās Gosvāmī prays

yatha sri gandharva bhajane
vidhaye prerayati mam

“O mind! Worship Giridhari so that He will engage me in Sri Rādhikā’s devotional service.”
Srila Raghunātha dās is a rādhā-snehādhika devotee, who loves Rādhā more than Kṛṣṇa. He worships Giridhari so that He will offer him to Sri Rādhikā, and not for independent purposes.

amara isvari hon vrindavanesvari;
tara prana-natha boli bhaji giridhari

“My goddess is Rādhikā, the Queen of Vṛndāvana, and I worship Giridhari
because He is the Lord of Her life!”

Sri Giridhari’s service can’t be supreme without the bhajana of Sri Rādhā.
The rasikas (transcendental connoisseurs) know this. Sri Giridhari therefore desires:
“Let them serve Me by serving Sri Rādhā!”
How sweetly the Gaudiya Vaiṣṇava acāryas pray to the lotus feet of the divine Couple!
Srimat Rupa Gosvami prayed to Sri Kṛṣṇa as follows in his ‘Utkalika Vallari’ (19):

pranipatya bhavantam arthaye pasupalendra
kumara kakubhih
vraja-yauvata-mauli-malika
karuna-patram imam janam kuru

“O prince of the cowherders! I offer my obeisances unto You and I eagerly pray to You:
Please make me the object of the mercy of Sri Rādhikā,
Who is the crowning garland of all the young girls of Vraja.”

And to Sri Rādhā he prays in the following verse:

bhavatim abhivadya catubhir varam urjesvari varyam arthaye
bhavadiyataya kripam yatha mayi kuryad adhikam bakantakah

“O Goddess of the month of Kartika! I praise You with flattering words and I beg the following boon from You: “May Sri Kṛṣṇa, knowing me to be Yours, give me more mercy!” Hence Srila Raghunātha dās anxiously prays to his own mind:

ohe mana! suno tumi,
e kartavya boli ami,
anugata jane kripa kori.

dhari giri govardhane,
raksha koilo vraja jane,
kaku vakye bhajo giridhari

“O mind! Listen, I will tell you what your duty is.
Worship Giridhari, Who protected the people of Vraja by lifting Govārdhana Hill,
and Who is very merciful to His submissive devotees,
with pitiful flattering words”.

monera dhrishtata yoto,
dura kori ari sata,
nija premamrita kori dana
sri radhara bhajanete,
pathaibe nikunjete,
yugala kisora hobe prana

“He will remove all the hundreds of shameless vices of the mind
and will give you the nectar of love for Himself.
He will send you into the nikunja to serve Sri Rādhā there,
and thus the Yugala Kisora will be your very life!”

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Srila Ananta das Bābāji in his commentary to Śrīpad Raghunātha dās Goswāmī´s      “Manah-śikṣa”

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