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- Read on →: pureha bhūman bahavo’pi yoginas
pureha bhūman bahavo’pi yoginas
tvad-arpitehā nija-karma-labdhayā |
vibudhya bhaktyaiva kathopanītayā
prapedire’ñjo’cyuta te gatiṁ parām ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.14.5; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.588, Bhakti Sandarbha: 96)“O Infinite One! O Acyuta! In the past here, even many yogīs whose activities were offered to you understood the Ātmā and reached your supreme abode solely by bhakti [which was] attained through their own actions [that were offered to you] and acquired through discussion [of you].”
- Read on →: upamīyate yena tad upamānam, yat tūpamīyate tad upameyam
upamīyate yena tad upamānam, yat tūpamīyate tad upameyam |
(Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 1314)“That with which comparing occurs [i.e., to which something is compared] is [called] the upamāna [i.e., the object of comparison], and that which is compared [to the upamāna] is [called] the upameya [i.e., the subject of comparison, e.g., in the phrase ‘lotus feet,’ the lotus is the upamāna and feet are the upameya].”
- Read on →: mama śāstraṁ bahiṣkṛtya asmākaṁ yaḥ prapadyate
mama śāstraṁ bahiṣkṛtya asmākaṁ yaḥ prapadyate |
muktvā ca mama śāstrāṇi śāstram anyat prabhāṣase ||
(Varāha Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 8.460)“One who excludes śāstra related to me and takes shelter in me [alt., approaches me, that is, performs upāsanā (worship)], and one who rejects śāstras related to me and teaches other śāstra … [commits offense to me].”
- Read on →: śraddhayopāhṛtaṁ preṣṭhaṁ bhaktena mama vāry api
śraddhayopāhṛtaṁ preṣṭhaṁ bhaktena mama vāry api |
bhūry apy abhaktopahṛtaṁ na me toṣāya kalpate ||
gandho dhūpaḥ sumanaso dīpo’nnādyaṁ ca kiṁ punaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.27.17–18; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 300)“Even water [i.e., the simplest thing] offered [to me] with śraddhā by my bhakta is most dear. Even a lavish offering from a non-bhakta [however] brings me no satisfaction. And what’s more of fragrances, incense, flowers, lamps, food, and so on?”
- Read on →: mahad-aparādhas tu cāṭukārādinā vā tat-prīty-artha-kṛtena
mahad-aparādhas tu cāṭukārādinā vā tat-prīty-artha-kṛtena nirantara-dīrgha-kālīna-bhagavan-nāma-kīrtanena vā taṁ prasādya kṣamāpanīya … | tat-prasādaṁ vinā tad-asiddheḥ |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 303)“Offense to a great person (mahad-aparādha) is to be begged pardon for by propitiating him [i.e., the mahat] with endearing words and so forth, or, by chanting of Bhagavān’s name continuously for a long time performed for the sake of pleasing him … because of non-accomplishment of this [i.e., of forgiveness of one’s offense to a great person] without propitiation of him.”