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ācāryo’raṇir ādyaḥ syād ante-vāsy uttarāraṇiḥ |
tat-sandhānaṁ pravacanaṁ vidyā-sandhiḥ sukhāvahaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.10.12)
“The ācārya shall be the first touchwood, the pupil the upper touchwood, the fine speech [spoken by the ācārya to the pupil] their joint [i.e., the rotating rod between them], and the combination [of these three]—[the] knowledge [they produce]—delighting.”
Read on →: ācāryo’raṇir ādyaḥ syād ante-vāsy uttarāraṇiḥ
etan mahākhyāna-varaṁ mahāhareḥ
kāruṇya-sārālaya-niścayārthakam |
yaḥ śraddhayā saṁśrayate kathañcana
prāpnoti tat-prema tathaiva so’py aram ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.160)
“Even one who somehow
Aptly honors with śraddhā
This excellent epic—
The aim of which is determination
Of the vessel of the essence
Of the grace of Great Hari—
Swiftly attains prema for him
Just so.”
Read on →: etan mahākhyāna-varaṁ mahāhareḥ
tāsāṁ nāthaṁ ballavīnāṁ sametaṁ
tābhiḥ premṇā saṁśrayantī yathoktam |
mātaḥ satyaṁ tat-prasādān mahattvaṁ
tāsāṁ jñātuṁ śakṣyasi tvaṁ ca kiñcit ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.159)
“By taking full shelter with prema [i.e., by becoming fully absorbed in sevā with prema] of the gopīs and their Nātha together with them as described [i.e., without transgressing the rules regarding upāsanā described in śāstra], I promise that you too will be able to understand something of their [i.e., the gopīs’] greatness by their [i.e., the gopīs’ and their Nātha’s] grace [i.e., even though their greatness is indescribable].”
Read on →: tāsāṁ nāthaṁ ballavīnāṁ sametaṁ
aho kṛṣṇa-rasāviṣṭaḥ sadā nāmāni kīrtayet |
kṛṣṇasya tat-priyāṇāñ ca bhaiṣmyādīnāṁ gurur mama ||
gopīnāṁ vitatādbhuta-sphuṭatara-premānalārciśchaṭā-
dagdhānāṁ kila nāma-kīrtana-kṛtāt tāsāṁ viśeṣāt smṛteḥ |
tat-tīkṣṇa-jvalanocchikhāgra-kaṇikāsparśena sadyo mahā-
vaikalyaṁ sa bhajan kadāpi na mukhe nāmāni kartuṁ prabhuḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.157–158)
“Aho! My guru [i.e., Śukadeva Gosvāmī], absorbed in Kṛṣṇa-rasa, can continuously chant the names of Kṛṣṇa and his dear ones beginning with Rukmiṇī. [My] Prabhu [however] can never pronounce with his mouth the names of the gopīs, who are burned by the myriad of flames of the fire of their profuse, astonishing, full-blown prema because he immediately becomes greatly overwhelmed by the touch of the sparks from the tips of the high flames of that searing fire by performing kīrtan of their names and thus remembering them in particular.”
Read on →: aho kṛṣṇa-rasāviṣṭaḥ sadā nāmāni kīrtayet
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 →: na nareṇāvareṇa prokta eṣa
naiṣā tarkeṇa matir āpaneyā
proktānyenaiva sujñānāya preṣṭha |
(Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.9)
“This understanding is not attainable
By means of argumentation.
Only [when] taught by another
Does it lead to apt knowledge,
O dearest one.”
Read on →: naiṣā tarkeṇa matir āpaneyā