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  • rāga-dveṣaiḥ pramattaḥ kaluṣa-yuta-tanuḥ kāmanā-bhoga-lubdhaḥ
    kāryākāryāvicārī śubha-mati-rahitaḥ sādhu-saṅgair vihīnaḥ |
    kva dhyānaṁ te kva pūjā kva ca manu-japanaṁ naiva kiñcit kṛto’haṁ
    kṣantavyo me’parādhaḥ kali-kaluṣa-hara śrī-murāre mukunda ||
    (Unknown source)

    “Intoxicated by attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa),
    Of defiled form,
    Covetous of enjoying desired objects,
    Indiscriminate of what is to be done and not to be done,
    Devoid of good [alt., pure, noble] mind,
    And bereft of association with sādhus—
    Where is mediation on you?
    Where is worship [of you]?
    And where is japa of [your] mantra?
    I have certainly not performed these at all.
    May my offense be forgiven,
    O remover of the defilement of Kali!
    O Śrī Murāri!
    O Mukunda!”

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  • vidyud-ghanāṅgau ghana-vidyud-ambarau
    nisarga-manda-smita-sundarānanau |
    mithaḥ kaṭākṣāśuga-kīlitāntarau
    rādhā-mukundau praṇamāmi tau mudā ||
    (Unknown source; cited in Sādhana-dīpikā: 2)

    “Lightning and cloud figures,
    Cloud and lighting garments,
    Naturally and mildly smiling, beautiful faces,
    Hearts pierced by the arrows
    Of one another’s side-long glances—
    Joyfully I offer obeisance to them,
    Rādhā and Mukunda.”

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  • kṛpā-marandānvita-pāda-paṅkajaṁ
    śvetāmbaraṁ gaura-ruciṁ sanātanam |
    śandaṁ sumālyābharaṇaṁ guṇālayaṁ
    smarāmi sad-bhaktimayaṁ guruṁ harim ||
    (Yāmala; cited in Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 1.15; Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.2)

    “The eternal, beneficent abode of virtue filled with pure bhakti and possessed of lotus feet replete the nectar of grace, white cloth, golden luster, and the adornment of a fine garland—I meditate upon the guru, [who is] Hari.”

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  • vande’haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca
    śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam |
    sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
    śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca ||
    (Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.2.1, 3.3.1)

    “I offer obeisance to the blessed lotus feet of śrī guru;
    To [all my] śrī gurus
    And the Vaiṣṇavas;
    To him, Śrī Rūpa,
    Along with his elder brother,
    Accompanied by Raghunātha and associates,
    And along with Jīva;
    To Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva
    Along with Advaita,
    Along with the Avadhūta,
    And accompanied by attendants;
    And to the feet of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
    Accompanied by Lalitā, Śrī Viśākhā, and associates.”

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  • bāri matheṁ ghṛta hoi baru sikatā te baru tela |
    binu hari bhajana na bhava taria yaha siddhāṁta apela ||
    (Rāma-carita-mānasa: 7.122)

    “Ghee coming from churning water may be possible, and oil coming from pressing sand may be possible, but crossing over material existence without Hari-bhajana is not possible. This is the unshakable conclusion (siddhānta).”

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  • āsevitaṁ varṣa-pūgān ṣaḍ-vargaṁ viṣayeṣu saḥ |
    kṣaṇena mumuce nīḍaṁ jāta-pakṣa iva dvijaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 9.19.24)

    “In a moment he abandoned the ṣaḍ-varga [i.e., the six senses] that had been fully engaged in objects of the senses for many years just like a bird with [newly] grown wings [abandons] a nest.”

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