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  • sarvajña munira vākya śāstra—paramāṇa |
    āmā-sabhā-jīvera haya śāstra-dvārā jñāna ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.20.350)

    “The statements of the all-knowing sages—the śāstra—is the pramāṇa [i.e., the means of attaining valid knowledge]. All of us jīvas have knowledge by means of the śāstra.”

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  • śṛṇvan subhadrāṇi rathāṅga-pāṇer
    janmāni karmāṇi ca yāni loke |
    gītāni nāmāni tad-arthakāni
    gāyan vilajjo vicared asaṅgaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.2.39)

    “Hearing of the most auspicious births and activities of he of discus in hand [i.e., Śrī Bhagavān] which are sung in society and singing names [of his] signifying those [births and activities of his], one should roam about, unabashed and free from attachment.”

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  • ājñāyaivaṁ guṇān doṣān mayādiṣṭān api svakān |
    dharmān santyajya yaḥ sarvān māṁ bhajet sa ca sattamaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.11.32; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.62; Bhakti Sandarbha: 200; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.8.62)

    “[Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] Fully understanding qualities and faults in this manner, one who shall completely relinquish all one’s own dharmas even though [they are] instituted by me and worship me is also the best of the sat.”

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  • yogās trayo mayā proktā nṝṇāṁ śreyo-vidhitsayā |
    jñānaṁ karma ca bhaktiś ca nopāyo’nyo’sti kutracit ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.20.6; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 170)

    “Three yogas—jñāna, karma, and bhakti—have been taught by me with the intention of bringing about the weal of human beings. There is no other means [to weal for human beings] anywhere.”

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  • tava vikrīḍitaṁ kṛṣṇa nṛnāṁ parama-maṅgalam |
    karṇa-pīyūṣam āsādya tyajanty anya-spṛhāṁ janāḥ ||
    śayyāsanāṭana-sthāna-snāna-krīḍāśanādiṣu |
    kathaṁ tvāṁ priyam ātmānaṁ vayaṁ bhaktās tyajema hi ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.6.44–45; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 164; Prīti Sandarbha: 111)

    “O Kṛṣṇa, having attained [i.e., heard about] your superb play, which is the highest auspiciousness for human beings and nectar for the ears, people relinquish [their] desire for all else. [So,] How could we, your bhaktas while lying down, sitting, walking, standing, bathing, playing, eating, and so on, relinquish you, our Beloved, our very Self?”

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  • jala-sthalaukasaḥ sarve nava-vāri-niṣevayā |
    abibhran ruciraṁ rūpaṁ yathā hari-niṣevayā ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.20.13)

    “All [living beings] dwelling on land and in water bore a bright appearance by partaking of the fresh water [of the monsoon rains] just as [all living beings do] by serving Hari.”

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