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- Read on →: na nareṇāvareṇa prokta eṣa
na nareṇāvareṇa prokta eṣa
suvijñeyo bahudhā cintyamānaḥ |
ananya-prokte gatir atra nāsti
aṇīyān hy atarkyam aṇupramāṇāt ||
(Kaṭhopaniṣad: 1.2.8)“This,
[When] Taught by an inferior person
And [thus] being to be deliberated on in many ways,
Is not able to be aptly understood.
The realization [that occurs] when [this is] taught by one who is one-pointed
Does not occur in that case,
Since that which is more minute than that of minute measure
Is incomprehensible.” - Read on →: śravaṇāyāpi bahubhir yo na labhyaḥ
śravaṇāyāpi bahubhir yo na labhyaḥ
śṛṇvanto’pi bahavo yaṁ na vidyuḥ |
āścaryo vaktā kuśalo’sya labdhā
āścaryo jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ ||
(Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.7)“Of that
Which is not attainable by many even for hearing,
And which is not understandable even for many who hear,
An adept speaker and realizer is a rare marvel,
And a knower educated by an adept is [also] a rare marvel.” - Read on →: tvadīyās tāḥ krīḍāḥ sakṛd api bhuvo vāpi vacasā
tvadīyās tāḥ krīḍāḥ sakṛd api bhuvo vāpi vacasā
hṛdā śrutyāṅgair vā spṛśati kṛta-dhīḥ kaścid api yaḥ |
sa nityaṁ śrī-gopī-kuca-kalasa-kāśmīra-vilasat-
tvadīyāṅghri-dvandve kalayatutarāṁ prema-bhajanam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.144)“May anyone of made up mind
Who by speech, mind, hearing, or limbs
Touches those plays or even places of yours even once
Daily attain in profusion
Worship with prema
Of your two feet shining with saffron
From the urns of the blessed gopīs’ breasts.” - Read on →: gopīnāṁ mahimā kaścit tāsām eko‘pi śakyate
gopīnāṁ mahimā kaścit tāsām eko’pi śakyate |
na mayā svamukhe kartuṁ merur makṣikayā yathā ||
(Bṛhad-Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.156)“[Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja to his mother Uttarā:]
Even a little of the greatness of those gopīs
Is not able to be uttered by me with my own mouth,
Just as [even a little of the greatness] of [Mount] Meru
[Is not able to be swallowed] by a fly [with its own mouth].”