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  • naiṣā tarkeṇa matir āpaneyā
    proktānyenaiva sujñānāya preṣṭha |
    (Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.9)

    “This understanding is not attainable
    By means of argumentation.
    Only [when] taught by another
    Does it lead to apt knowledge,
    O dearest one.”

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  • śravaṇāyāpi bahubhir yo na labhyaḥ
    śṛṇvanto’pi bahavo yaṁ na vidyuḥ |
    āścaryo vaktā kuśalo’sya labdhā
    āścaryo jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ ||
    (Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.7)

    “Of that
    Which is not attainable by many even for hearing,
    And which is not understandable even for many who hear,
    An adept speaker and realizer is a rare marvel,
    And a knower educated by an adept is [also] a rare marvel.”

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  • tvadīyās tāḥ krīḍāḥ sakṛd api bhuvo vāpi vacasā
    hṛdā śrutyāṅgair vā spṛśati kṛta-dhīḥ kaścid api yaḥ |
    sa nityaṁ śrī-gopī-kuca-kalasa-kāśmīra-vilasat-
    tvadīyāṅghri-dvandve kalayatutarāṁ prema-bhajanam ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.144)

    “May anyone of made up mind
    Who by speech, mind, hearing, or limbs
    Touches those plays or even places of yours even once
    Daily attain in profusion
    Worship with prema
    Of your two feet shining with saffron
    From the urns of the blessed gopīs’ breasts.”

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  • gopīnāṁ mahimā kaścit tāsām eko’pi śakyate |
    na mayā svamukhe kartuṁ merur makṣikayā yathā ||
    (Bṛhad-Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.156)

    “[Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja to his mother Uttarā:]
    Even a little of the greatness of those gopīs
    Is not able to be uttered by me with my own mouth,
    Just as [even a little of the greatness] of [Mount] Meru
    [Is not able to be swallowed] by a fly [with its own mouth].”

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  • te’pi tan-mukhataḥ sarvaṁ śrutvā tat-tan-mahādbhutam |
    sāra-saṅgrāhiṇo’śeṣam anyat sarvaṁ jahur dṛḍham ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.152)

    “Being full graspers of the essence
    After hearing from his mouth
    All of those various profound wonders,
    They too resolutely and completely
    Gave up everything else.”

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  • kevalaṁ paramaṁ dainyam avalambyāsya śikṣayā |
    śrīman-madana-gopāla-caraṇābjam upāsata ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.153)

    “Taking to profound humility exclusively
    In accord with his teaching,
    They worshiped the lotus feet
    Of Śrīman Madana Gopāla.”

    Read on →: kevalaṁ paramaṁ dainyam avalambyāsya śikṣayā

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