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  • prāyeṇaiva hi mīmāṁsā loke lokāyatīkṛtā |
    tām āstika-pathe kartum ayaṁ yatnaḥ kṛto mayā ||
    (Kumārila Bhaṭṭa’s Mīmāṁsā-śloka-vārtika: 10)

    “Since Mīmāṁṣa has indeed for the most part been turned materialistic (lokāyata) in the world, this effort to turn it to the theistic (āstika) path has been made by me.”

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  • taṁ śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ vande jagad-gurum |
    yasyānukampayā śvāpi mahābdhiṁ santaret sukham ||
    (Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 2.1)

    “I offer obeisance to him,
    Blessed Kṛṣṇa,
    Caitanya,
    The Guru of the world,
    By whose favor even a dog
    Can easily cross over a great ocean.”

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  • vijita-hṛṣīka-vāyubhir adānta-manas turagaṁ
    ya iha yatanti yantum atilolam upāya-khidaḥ |
    vyasana-śatānvitāḥ samavahāya guroś caraṇaṁ
    vaṇija ivāja santy akṛta-karṇadharā jaladhau ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.33)

    “O Unborn One [i.e., Bhagavān],
    Those here [i.e., in the ocean of saṁsāra] who abandon the feet of the guru
    And endeavor to subdue the extremely volatile stallion of the untamed mind
    [Even] With conquered senses and vital air
    Become afflicted by the methods [they take up to try to tame the mind]
    And beset with hundreds of adversities,
    Just as merchants who have not procured a helmsman
    Are [so afflicted] at sea.”

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  • ācāryo’raṇir ādyaḥ syād ante-vāsy uttarāraṇiḥ |
    tat-sandhānaṁ pravacanaṁ vidyā-sandhiḥ sukhāvahaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.10.12)

    “The ācārya shall be the first touchwood, the pupil the upper touchwood, the fine speech [spoken by the ācārya to the pupil] their joint [i.e., the rotating rod between them], and the combination [of these three]—[the] knowledge [they produce]—delighting.”

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  • etan mahākhyāna-varaṁ mahāhareḥ
    kāruṇya-sārālaya-niścayārthakam |
    yaḥ śraddhayā saṁśrayate kathañcana
    prāpnoti tat-prema tathaiva so’py aram ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.160)

    “Even one who somehow
    Aptly honors with śraddhā
    This excellent epic—
    The aim of which is determination
    Of the vessel of the essence
    Of the grace of Great Hari—
    Swiftly attains prema for him
    Just so.”

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  • tāsāṁ nāthaṁ ballavīnāṁ sametaṁ
    tābhiḥ premṇā saṁśrayantī yathoktam |
    mātaḥ satyaṁ tat-prasādān mahattvaṁ
    tāsāṁ jñātuṁ śakṣyasi tvaṁ ca kiñcit ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.159)

    “By taking full shelter with prema [i.e., by becoming fully absorbed in sevā with prema] of the gopīs and their Nātha together with them as described [i.e., without transgressing the rules regarding upāsanā described in śāstra], I promise that you too will be able to understand something of their [i.e., the gopīs’] greatness by their [i.e., the gopīs’ and their Nātha’s] grace [i.e., even though their greatness is indescribable].”

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