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  • koṇenākṣṇaḥ pṛthu-ruciḥ mitho hāriṇā lihyamānāv
    ekaikena pracura-pulakenopagūḍhau bhujena |
    gaurī-śyāmau vasana-yugalaṁ śyāma-gauraṁ vasānau
    rādhā-kṛṣṇau smara-vilasitoddāma-tṛṣṇau smarāmi ||
    (Stava-mālā; attributed to Bṛhad-dhyāna: 1; cited in Daśa-ślokī-bhāṣya: 1.26)

    “Lapping up one another
    With the charming corners
    Of their broad, brilliant eyes,
    Embracing [one another]
    With each of their arms horripilating profusely,
    Bright and dark [in complexion],
    Wearing pairs of garments dark and bright [in color]—
    I remember Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa,
    Of unbound desire
    In the midst of their play of amour.”

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  • niśāmya vaiṣṇavaṁ dhāma pārthaḥ parama-vismitaḥ |
    yat kiñcit pauruṣaṁ puṁsāṁ mene kṛṣṇānukampitam ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.89.63)

    “After having seen the abode of Viṣṇu [i.e., Mahākālapura, the abode of Mahāviṣṇu], Arjuna, completely astonished, recognized that any prowess in a person (puruṣa) [including even the Supreme Puruṣa in the universe, Mahāviṣṇu], is manifest [only] by Kṛṣṇa’s favor.”

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  • sarvatrāvaśeṣe luptasya śakty-āropa iti nyāyena samāsa-vigrahāṇāṁ lope sati tat-tac-chakteḥ samāsa evāvasthānāt tair api kārakāny uktāni syuḥ |
    (Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 929)

    “As per the maxim, ‘Attribution of the śakti [i.e., the force, the meaning] of that which has been deleted [by means of the rules for forming compounds when a compound is formed] is present all throughout the remainder [i.e. the whole compound itself],’ when deletion of the vigrahas [i.e., the resolved parts] of compounds occurs, the kārakas shall be expressed even by those [deleted parts] because of their respective śakti remaining in the compound itself [even after they are deleted].”

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  • śakti-graho vyākaraṇopamāna-
    koṣāpta-vākyād vyavahārataś ca |
    vākyasya śeṣād vivṛter vadanti
    sānnidhyataḥ siddha-padasya vṛddhāḥ ||
    (Unknown source; cited in the Amṛta-ṭīkā on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 924)

    “The learned say that comprehension of the force (śakti) [i.e., the meaning] of a declined word comes from grammar, comparison, dictionaries, the statement of a reliable person, common usage, the remainder [i.e., the word(s) implied but not stated] in a [elliptical] sentence, and commentaries.”

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  • para-matam apratiṣiddham anumatam |
    (Tantra-yukti: 28; cited in Vātsyānana’s Nyāya-bhāṣya on the Nyāya-sūtras of Gautama)

    “Another’s view that is not negated is approved.”

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  • sadhrīcīno hy ayaṁ loke panthāḥ kṣemo’kuto-bhayaḥ |
    suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.1.17; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.565; Bhakti Sandarbha: 93, 121; Bṛhad and Laghu Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.3)

    “In this world, this path [i.e., the path of bhakti to Śrī Nārāyaṇa], whereupon there are those of high character [i.e., gracious], virtue [i.e., non-desirousness], and devotion to Nārāyaṇa, is certainly well-directed [i.e., the most appropriate], since it is [supremely] beneficial and completely free from fear [i.e., any cause of obstruction or danger].”

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