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- Read on →: na tasya kaścit patir asti loke
na tasya kaścit patir asti loke
na ceśitā naiva ca tasya liṅgam |
sa kāraṇaṁ karaṇādhipādhipo
na cāsya kaścij janitā na cādhipaḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 6.227.22-23; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 178)“Neither is anyone his ruler in this world, nor [is anyone his] controller, nor indeed does he have an indicator [i.e., a indicative sign by which his existence can be proven by inference]. He is the Cause [of everything] and the Ruler of the ruler of the means of action [i.e., the Ruler of the jīva, who is the ruler of the senses in their bodies]. Neither is anyone his progenitor, nor [his] Ruler.”
- Read on →: eka kṛṣṇa sarva-sevya jagat-īśvara
eka kṛṣṇa sarva-sevya jagat-īśvara |
āra yata saba tā̐ra sevakānucara || …
keho māne, keho nā māne, saba tā̐ra dāsa |
ye nā māne tāra haya sei pāpe nāśa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.6.83, 85)“One Kṛṣṇa, the Īśvara of the world, is to be served by everyone. Everyone else is his servant and follower. … Someone accepts [this]. Someone does not accept [this]. [Nevertheless,] Everyone is his servant. One who does not accept [this] is ruined by that sin [of non-acceptance].”
- Read on →: nāhaṁ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca
nāhaṁ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca |
yo nas tad veda tad veda no na vedeti veda ca ||
(Kena Upaniṣad: 2.2)“I do not think that I know well, nor do I not know [at all]. I also know [somewhat]. Who among us [thinks that he] knows that [viz., Brahman] does not know that, and one who [thinks that he] does not know [Brahman] knows.”
- Read on →: a-kāraś cāpy u-kāraś ca ma-kāraś ca tataḥ param
a-kāraś cāpy u-kāraś ca ma-kāraś ca tataḥ param |
veda-trayātmakaṁ proktaṁ praṇavaṁ brahmaṇaḥ padam ||
a-kāreṇocyate viṣṇuḥ śrīr u-kāreṇa cocyate |
ma-kāras tu tayor dāsaḥ pañcaviṁśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 6.227.22-23; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 178)“The letter a along with the letter u and the letter m after that—praṇava [i.e., the word Aum]—is declared to be the basis of the three Vedas and the word for [alt., dwelling place] of Brahman. Viṣṇu is referred to by the letter a, and Śrī is referred to by the letter u. The servant of the two [i.e., of Viṣṇu and Śrī], the twenty-fifth [element in the universe, viz., the jīva], is declared to indeed be the letter m.”
- Read on →: ye vai bhagavatā proktā
ye vai bhagavatā proktā upāyā hy ātma-labdhaye |
añjaḥ puṁsām aviduṣāṁ viddhi bhāgavatān hi tān ||
yān āsthāya naro rājan na pramādyeta karhicit |
dhāvan nimīlya vā netre na skhalen na pated iha ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.2.34–35; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.497, 524; Bhakti Sandarbha: 125, 216, 218; Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.3)“Know to be Bhāgavatas [i.e., Bhāgavata-dharmas—limbs of bhakti to Bhagavān] those well known means of realization (1) which are stated by Bhagavān for unlearned persons for the sake of [their] easy attainment of the Self (Ātmā) and (2) by taking shelter in which a human being, O King, shall never be hindered. [Even by] Running or keeping the eyes closed, one shall not stumble and shall not fall here.”
- Read on →: hlādinī sandhinī saṁvit tvayy ekā sarva-saṁśraye
hlādinī sandhinī saṁvit tvayy ekā sarva-saṁśraye |
hlāda-tāpa-karī miśrā tvayi no guṇa-varjite ||
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa: 1.2.69; cited in Bhagavat Sandarbha: 7, 99; Prīti Sandarbha: 65; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha 165; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.63, 2.6.157, 2.8.155)“The one [potency, viz., the svarūpa-śakti] constituted of hlādinī, sandhinī, and saṁvit exists only in you, the Support of everything. That [other potency, viz., the māyā-śakti] which is a cause of delight and suffering, and a mixture [of the two], does not exist in you, who are free from the [three] guṇas.”