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- Read on →: śīlaṁ saṁvasatā jñeyaṁ śaucaṁ saṁvyavahārataḥ
śīlaṁ saṁvasatā jñeyaṁ śaucaṁ saṁvyavahārataḥ |
prajñā saṁkathanāj jñeyā tribhiḥ pātraṁ parīkṣyate ||
(Unknown source)“Character is to be known by living together, cleanliness [is to be known] by working together, and wisdom is to be known by conversing together. A recipient is to be examined in these three ways.”
- Read on →: yathā caturbhiḥ kanakaṁ parīkṣyate
yathā caturbhiḥ kanakaṁ parīkṣyate
nigharṣaṇa-cchedana-tāpa-tāḍanaiḥ |
tathā caturbhiḥ puruṣaḥ parīkṣyate
tyāgena śīlena guṇena karmaṇā ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti-darpaṇa)“As gold is to be examined in four ways—by rubbing, cutting, heating, and hitting, so a person is to be examined in four respects: renunciation, character, qualities, and actions.”
- Read on →: punaḥ pulinam āgatya kalindyāḥ kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāḥ
punaḥ pulinam āgatya kalindyāḥ kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāḥ |
samavetā jaguḥ kṛṣṇaṁ tad-āgamana-kāṅkṣitāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.30.44)“After coming back to the shore of the Kālindī, they who were absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa [i.e., the gopīs] assembled and sang about Kṛṣṇa, longing for his return.”
- Read on →: tan-manaskās tad-alāpās tad-viceṣṭās tad-ātmikāḥ
tan-manaskās tad-alāpās tad-viceṣṭās tad-ātmikāḥ |
tad-guṇān eva gāyantyo nātmāgārāṇi sasmaruḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.30.43)“Minds upon him, speaking about him, acting like him, and identifying as him, they sang of his qualities and did not remember their own houses.”
- Read on →: śrī-vṛndā-vipinaṁ suramyam api tac chrīmān sa govardhanaḥ
śrī-vṛndā-vipinaṁ suramyam api tac chrīmān sa govardhanaḥ
sā rāsa-sthalikāpy alaṁ rasamayī kiṁ tāvad anya-sthalam |
yasyāpy aṁśa-lavena nārhati manāk sāmyaṁ mukundasya tat
prāṇebhyo’py adhika-priyeva dayitaṁ tat-kuṇḍam evāśraye ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 53)“I take shelter in her kuṇḍa [i.e., Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa]—
Dear to Mukunda
Like [Śrī Rādhā,] she who is dearer [to him]
Then even his prāṇas—
[Her kuṇḍa] To even a minute portion of which
The beautiful, greatly charming forest of Vṛndā,
Beautiful Govardhana,
And the rasa-laden Rāsa-sthalī,
Much less any other place,
Do not merit [being considered to possess even] slight equivalence.”