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- Read on →: savāsanānāṁ sabhyānāṁ rasasyāsvādanaṁ bhavet
savāsanānāṁ sabhyānāṁ rasasyāsvādanaṁ bhavet |
nirvāsanās tu raṅgāntaḥ-kāṣṭha-kuḍyāśma-sannibhāḥ ||
(Dharmadatta; cited in Sāhitya-darpaṇa: 3.10)“Assessors possessed of the [necessary] inclination (vāsanā) can have the taste of rasa. Those devoid of the inclination (vāsanā), on the contrary, are like the wood, walls, and stone inside the theater.”
- Read on →: labdha-kṛṣṇa-rater eva suṣṭhu pūtaṁ manaḥ sadā
labdha-kṛṣṇa-rater eva suṣṭhu pūtaṁ manaḥ sadā |
kṣubhyaty ahṛdya-leśe’pi tato’syāṁ raty-anugrahaḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 4.7.12)“Specifically because of having attained rati for Kṛṣṇa, a deeply and continuously purified mind is disturbed in the presence of even a trace of something disagreeable. Thus, there is support from rati in this [i.e., thus a bhakta’s primary rati—sthāyī-bhāva—supports the secondary rati of jugupsā (disgust).”
- Read on →: anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam |
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ ||
(Vidagdha-mādhava-nāṭakam: 1.1.2; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.4)“Having descended in the Age of Kali
To graciously impart in full
The wealth of bhakti to himself
Replete with elevated ujjvala-rasa
Which for a long time
Had not been imparted before,
May Hari,
The [lion-like] Son of Śacī,
Fully illuminated with a profusion radiance
More beautiful than gold,
Appear always in the cave of the hearts of you all.” - Read on →: puruṣottamasya parito
puruṣottamasya parito
gokula-caritāmṛtena kṛta-sekaḥ |
prema-maranda-syandaṁ
tanotu mama citta-mākandaḥ ||
(Stava-mālā: Nandotsavādi-caritam, 40)“Sprinkled all around
With the ambrosia of Puruṣottama’s
Activities in Gokula,
May the mango tree of my heart
Exude a stream
Of the nectar of prema.” - Read on →: karma vikṣepakaṁ tasyā vairāgyaṁ rasa-śoṣakam
karma vikṣepakaṁ tasyā vairāgyaṁ rasa-śoṣakam |
jñānaṁ hāni-karaṁ tat-tac-chodhitaṁ tv anuyāti tām ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.2.205)“Karma [i.e., observance of the practices enjoined for those following the path of karma] is a cause of distraction from it [i.e., from bhakti]. Vairāgya is a cause of desiccation of rasa [for it]. Jñāna is cause of detriment [to it]. [When] Rectified, however, these attend to it.”