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prātaḥ-paṅkaja-kuḍmalaya-dyuti-padaṁ tat-keśarollāsavān
artho’bhyantara-saurabha-pratinibhaṁ vyaṅgyaṁ camatkāri yat |
dvi-trair yad rasikaiś ciraṁ sahṛdayair bhṛṅgair ivāsvādyate
tat kāvyaṁ na punaḥ pramatta-kukaver yat kiñcid ujjalpitam ||
(An ancient; cited in the Adbhuta-ṭīkā on Prema-pattana: 12)

“That which is like an object possessed of the beauty of a morning lotus bud, the meaning of which is like a bearer of the splendor of that’s [i.e., a lotus bud’s] whorl, the wondrous suggested sense of which is like the inner fragrance [of that lotus bud], and which is long relished [only] by two or three [rare] bee-like cordial relishers of rasa (sahṛdaya rasikas) is [worthy of being called] poetry (kāvya), and not, rather, any sort of utterance of a blundering pseudo-poet.”

jāti-vidyā-mahatvaṁ ca rūpaṁ yauvanam eva ca |
yatnena parihartavyaḥ pañcaite bhakti-kaṇṭakāḥ ||
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“Caste, learning, greatness, beauty, and youth are to be relinquished [i.e., one should not foster any conceit because of them]. These five are thorns for [i.e., on the path of] bhakti.”

dharmaṁ yo bādhate dharmo na sa dharmaḥ kudharmas tat |
avirodhī tu yo dharmaḥ sa dharmaḥ satya-vikrama ||
(Mahābhārata: 3.131.10)

“That [apparent] dharma which obstructs dharma is not [real] dharma; it is false [alt., corrupted] dharma. That dharma, on the contrary, which is non-impeding is [real] dharma, O Satya-vikrama!”

vande nanda-vraja-strīṇāṁ pāda-reṇum abhīkṣṇaśaḥ |
yāsāṁ hari-kathodgītaṁ punāti bhuvana-trayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.47.63)

“I offer obeisance constantly to the foot-dust of the ladies of Nanda’s Vraja, whose resounding singing of narrations of Hari purifies the three worlds.”