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- Read on →: dharma-śāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāṇeṣu durbudhāḥ
dharma-śāstreṣu mukhyeṣu vidyamāṇeṣu durbudhāḥ |
buddhim ānvīkṣikīṁ prāpya nirarthaṁ pravadanti te ||
(Rāmāyaṇa: Ayodhya-kāṇḍa, 100.36)“[Even] In the presence of the principal dharma-śāstras, the ignorant take to logic [i.e., purely logic inquiry] and profess meaningless assertions.”
- Read on →: yo’vamanyeta te mūle hetu-śāstrāśrayād dvijaḥ
yo’vamanyeta te mūle hetu-śāstrāśrayād dvijaḥ |
sa sādhubhir bahiṣkāryo nāstiko veda-nindakaḥ ||
(Manu Smṛti: 2.11)“A twice-born who disregards those two sources [of instruction, i.e., the Śruti and Smṛti] on account of adherence to hetu-śāstra [i.e., nyāya-śāstra] is an unbeliever (nāstika), a defamer of the Veda, and to be shunned by sādhus.”
- Read on →: navadvīpārāma-prakara-kusumāmoda-valitāṁ
navadvīpārāma-prakara-kusumāmoda-valitāṁ
sphurad-ratna-śreṇī-cita-taṭa-sutīrthāvali-yutām |
harer gaurāṅgasyātula-caraṇa-reṇūkṣita-tanuṁ
samudyat-premormi-tumula-hari-saṅkīrtana-rasaiḥ ||
prabhu-krīḍā-pātrīm amṛta-rasa-gātrīm ṛṣi-ghaṭā-
śiva-brahmendrādīḍita-māhātmya-mukharām |
lasat-kiñjalkāmbhojani-madhupa-garbhoru-karuṇām
ahaṁ vande gaṅgām agha-nikara-bhaṅgā-jala-kaṇām ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.14)“Pervaded by the fragrance
Of the myriads of gardens throughout Navadvīpa,
Furnished along its banks with the fine ghats inlaid with shining jewels,
Sprinkled with the dust from the incomparable feet of Gaurāṅga Hari,
Swelling with waves of prema and the rasas of tumultuous Hari-saṅkīrtana,
A repository of Prabhu’s play,
A body of nectar (amṛta-rasa),
Praised and glorified by the ṛṣis, Śiva, Brahmā, Indra, and others,
Resplendent with whorls of lotus flowers full of bees,
And abundantly gracious—
I offer obeisance to the Gaṅgā,
One drop of whose water
Dispels heaps of sin.” - Read on →: navīna-śrī-bhaktiṁ nava-kanaka-gaurākṛti-patiṁ
navīna-śrī-bhaktiṁ nava-kanaka-gaurākṛti-patiṁ
navāraṇya-śreṇīṁ nava-sura-sarid-vāta-valitam |
navīna-śrī-rādhā-hari-rasamaya-kīrtana-vidhiṁ
navadvīpaṁ vande nava-karuṇam ādyaṁ nava-rucim ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.13)“Fresh, beautiful bhakti,
The Lord in a fresh, fair, golden figure,
Swathes of fresh forests,
Pervaded by fresh breezes from the sura’s river [i.e., the Gaṅgā],
Fresh performance of kīrtana
Filled with the rasas of Śrī Rādhā and Hari,
Fresh compassion,
Fresh taste—
I offer obeisance to unparalleled Navadvīpa [Dhāma].” - Read on →: yasyaiva pādāmbuja-bhakti-labhyaḥ
yasyaiva pādāmbuja-bhakti-labhyaḥ
premābhidhānaḥ paramaḥ pum-arthaḥ |
tasmai jagan-maṅgala-maṅgalāya
caitanyacandrāya namo namas te ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 9; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.7)“Obeisance and obeisance unto him, Caitanyacandra, the auspiciousness of the auspiciousness of the world, he by bhakti to whose lotus feet the supreme goal of human life, namely prema, is surely attainable.”
- Read on →: dainyārṇave nimagno’smi mantu-grāva-bharārditaḥ
dainyārṇave nimagno’smi mantu-grāva-bharārditaḥ |
duṣṭe kāruṇya-pārīṇa mayi kṛṣṇa kṛpāṁ kuru ||
ādhāro’py aparādhānām aviveka-hato’py aham |
tvat-kāruṇya-pratīkṣo’smi prasīda mayi mādhava ||
(Stava-mālā: Praṇāma-praṇaya-stava, 13–14)“I am immersed in an ocean of distress and burdened by the weight of the stone of my offenses [which is shackled to me as I flounder]. O Adept in compassion! O Kṛṣṇa! Please bestow your grace upon my wicked self. Although I am a repository of aparādhas, and although I am blighted by indiscrimination, I wait [expectantly] for your compassion. Please bestow your grace upon me.”