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- Read on →: vaiṣṇave bandhu-sat-kṛtyā
vaiṣṇave bandhu-sat-kṛtyā |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.11.44; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 295)“[Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa: Worship me] In a Vaiṣṇava with a proper reception for a kinsmen [alt., friend].”
- Read on →: purāṇy anena sṛṣṭāni nṛ-tiryag-ṛṣi-devatāḥ
purāṇy anena sṛṣṭāni nṛ-tiryag-ṛṣi-devatāḥ |
śete jīvena rūpeṇa pureṣu puruṣo hy asau ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.14.37; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 288)“The abodes [i.e., bodies] of humans, animals, sages, and devatās were emanated by him. He, the Puruṣa, [then] lies in the [aforementioned] abodes in the form of life [i.e., in the form of he who is the cause of life in those abodes, i.e., the Inner Regulator (Antaryāmī)].”
- Read on →: yad yad iṣṭatamaṁ loke yac cātipriyam ātmanaḥ
yad yad iṣṭatamaṁ loke yac cātipriyam ātmanaḥ |
tat tan nivedayen mahyaṁ tad ānantyāya kalpate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.11.41; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 8.119, 10.513, Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.199, Bhakti Sandarbha: 295)“[Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] Whatever is most desired in the world and whatever is most dear to oneself—offer that to me. This leads to the infinite.”
- Read on →: pīṭha-pūjāyāṁ bhagavad-dhāme śrī-guru-pādukā-pūjanam
pīṭha-pūjāyāṁ bhagavad-dhāme śrī-guru-pādukā-pūjanam evaṁ saṅgacchate, yathā—ya eva bhagavān atra vyaṣṭi-rūpatayā bhaktāvatāratvena śrī-guru-rūpo vartate, sa eva tatra samaṣṭi-rūpatayā sva-vāma-pradeśe sākṣād-avatāratvenāpi tad-rūpo vartata iti |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 286)“Worshiping the shoes of śrī guru in Bhagavān’s dhāma during worship [of Śrī Bhagavān] at the yogapīṭha is appropriate since the very Bhagavān who exists here [i.e., in the material world] in the form of śrī guru on account of [śrī guru’s] being a manifestation [of Bhagavān] as a bhakta by virtue of [śrī guru’s] being an individuated (vyaṣṭi) form [of Bhagavān] exists there [i.e., at the yogapīṭha in Śrī Bhagavān’s dhāma] at a spot to his [i.e., Bhagavān’s] own left in that form [i.e., in the form of śrī guru] also as a manifestation in person by virtue of [that form of śrī guru’s] being a collective (samaṣṭi) form [of Bhagavān, i.e., the form of śrī guru present and fit to be worshiped by all at the yogapīṭha Bhagavān’s dhāma is the collective (samaṣṭi) form of śrī guru the innumerable individuated (vyaṣṭi) forms of whom manifest respectively to individual sādhakas in the material world].”
- Read on →: kiṁ bahunā sarvatraiva sahṛdayaiḥ sarva evāvagantavyaḥ
kiṁ bahunā, sarvatraiva sahṛdayaiḥ sarva evāvagantavyaḥ |
(Prīti Sandarbha: 158)“What is the use of more [illustrations of the excellence of Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s manifestations and līlās in Śrī Vṛndāvana]? Verily in all cases, everything is to be [alt., can be] understood by sahṛdayas [i.e., rasikas, lit., ‘those with heart’].”
- Read on →: atha teṣāṁ śuddha-bhaktānāṁ bhūta-śuddhy-ādikaṁ
atha teṣāṁ śuddha-bhaktānāṁ bhūta-śuddhy-ādikaṁ yathā-mati vyākhyāyate | tatra bhūta-śuddhir nijābhilaṣita-bhagavat-sevaupayika-tat-pārṣada-deha-bhāvanā-paryantaiva tat-sevaika-puruṣārthibhiḥ kāryā nijānukūlyāt |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 286)“Now, the bhūta-śuddhi [i.e., ‘purification of the elements’, a part of the process of arcana] of pure bhaktas [i.e., of those following the path of bhakti unmixed with karma, jñāna, and so forth] is explained as per my understanding. In that regard, bhūta-śuddhi is to be performed by those whose only puruṣārtha is service to him [i.e., Bhagavān] verily up to [i.e., including] contemplation of [oneself inhering in] the body of an associate of Bhagavān conducive to one’s own desired service to him because of [its, i.e., such contemplation’s] favorability for oneself [i.e., because such is favorable to attaining one’s desired bhāva and service therewith].”