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Read on →: tan naḥ samādiśopāyaṁ yena te caraṇābjayoḥ
tan naḥ samādiśopāyaṁ yena te caraṇābjayoḥ |
smṛtir yathā na viramed api saṁsaratām iha ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.73.15)“[Kings pray to Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] Please indicate aptly that means by which remembrance of your lotus feet shall not cease even for us, who are transmigrating here.”
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Read on →: śrī-sanātana-gopāla-rūpa-padābja-bhṛṅgatām
śrī-sanātana-gopāla-rūpa-padābja-bhṛṅgatām |
vibhrad vṛndāvanstho’yaṁ śrī-jīvo mama sad-gatiḥ ||
(Hari Dāsa Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja)“Sustaining the state of being a bee
In the lotus of the feet
Of the blessed eternal cowherd figure
[Of Śrī Bhagavān, viz., Śrī Kṛṣṇa],
May this Śrī Jīva situated in Vṛndāvana
Be my trusted refuge.”
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Read on →: śrī-jīvasya padāravindam atulaṁ vandāmahe sarvadā
śrī-jīvasya padāravindam atulaṁ vandāmahe sarvadā |
vāñchā-kalpa-taroḥ kṛpārdra-manaso dīnaika-bandhoḥ prabhoḥ ||
śrīmad-rūpa-sanātanāṅghri-kamale bhṛṅgāya mānātmano |
yena śrī-bhagavan-mahattva-vitateḥ siddhānta āviṣkṛtaḥ ||
(Rāsa-vihārī Dāsa Sāṅkhya-tīrtha)“Forever we offer obeisance
Unto the incomparable lotus feet of Śrī Jīva Prabhu,
The wish-fulfilling tree
And foremost friend of the humble,
His heart melted with compassion,
By whom siddhānta
Regarding an authoritative compendium
Of Śrī Bhagavān’s greatness
Was revealed
To the bees in the lotus of the feet
Of blessed Rūpa and Sanātana
[Alt., To the bees in the lotus of the feet
Of the blessed Lord of eternal form—Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa].”
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Read on →: śrī-jīva-gosāñi vando sabhāra sammata
śrī-jīva-gosāñi vando̐ sabhāra sammata |
siddhānta kariyā ye rākhila bhakti-tattva ||
(Vaiṣṇava-vandanā by Devakī-nandana Dāsa)“I offer obeisance to Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī,
Who formulated conclusions (siddhānta) accepted by all
And [thus] established the essential nature (tattva) of bhakti.”
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Read on →: na vidyate yasya ca janma karma vā
na vidyate yasya ca janma karma vā
na nāma-rūpe guṇa-doṣa eva vā |
tathāpi lokāpyaya-sambhavāya yaḥ
sva-māyayā tāny anukālam ṛcchati ||
tasmai namaḥ pareśāya brahmaṇe’nanta-śaktaye |
arūpāyoru-rūpāya nama āścarya-karmaṇe ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 8.3.8–9)“Obeisance unto the Supreme Īśa, unto Brahman, unto he possessed of unending potency, unto he who has no birth or action, no name or form, and no faults in the form of [material] qualities whatsoever, and who by means of his own māyā still accepts these [i.e., births, actions, names, forms, and qualities] perpetually for the sake of the dissolution and the attainment of the people. Obeisance unto he who has no [material] form, unto he who has an excellent [spiritual] form, unto he of astonishing action.”
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Read on →: sṛṣṭy-ādikaṁ harir naiva prayojanam apekṣya tu
sṛṣṭy-ādikaṁ harir naiva prayojanam apekṣya tu |
kurute kevalānandād yathā martyasya nartanam ||
pūrṇānandasya tasyeha prayojana-matiḥ kutaḥ |
muktā apy āpta-kāmāḥ syuḥ kim u tasyākhilātmanaḥ ||
(Nārāyaṇa-saṁhitā; cited in Bhagavat Sandarbha: 47; Paramātma Sandarbha: 93; Govinda-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 2.1.32)“Without reference to a motive whatsoever, Hari performs the emanation and so forth [of the universe] out of bliss alone like an inebriated person’s dancing [which occurs as a result of bliss and not for the sake of attaining bliss]. Where is the notion of a motive in this regard for he who is possessed of complete bliss? Even the liberated shall be possessed of fulfilled desires. So how much more so shall this be so for he who is the Self of all?”