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- Read on →: sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
sumadhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpena lobhāt |
jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā
harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.3)“Bearing a golden luster,
The name Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,
And the garb of an ascetic,
He who has descended here [amongst us]
With the form of a bhakta
Out of intense desire
After reflecting on the fine sweetness
Of the bhāva for himself
Of his own beloveds
In comparison to his own bhāva [for them]—
[He,] Hari, the Son of Śrī Śacī,
Triumphs!” - Read on →: śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti
śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti
gopyo nitānta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhāḥ |
yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ
nirvaktum īṣad api jātu na ko’pi śaktaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.2)“The gopīs led by Śrī Rādhikā—
Whose extraordinary dearness
To Bhagavān is renowned,
And the sweetnesses
Of whose supreme affection for Hari
No one can ever describe even slightly—
Eternally triumph!” - Read on →: jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ |
gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād
anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.1)“Someone—
Who descended to bestow prema
For his own lotus feet,
Who is an ocean
Of various sweetnesses,
Who is fragrant with adolescence,
And whose everlasting prema for the gopīs,
Having attained the ultimate limit
Of the highest state,
Has reached the position of experience [for others]
Because of his form of Caitanya—
Triumphs!” - Read on →: īrṣyā parotkarṣāsahanī dṛṣṭiḥ
īrṣyā parotkarṣāsahanī dṛṣṭiḥ |
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 999)“Envy [alt., covetousness] (īrṣyā) means vision intolerant of another’s excellence.”
- Read on →: asūyā guṇe’pi doṣāropaṇī dṛṣṭiḥ
asūyā guṇe’pi doṣāropaṇī dṛṣṭiḥ |
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 999)“Detraction (asūyā) means vision which ascribes faults even to qualities.”