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  • kṛṣṇa-līlā-kathā-bīja-rūpa-dhātu-gaṇo mayā |
    saṅkṣepād vakṣyate tena kṛṣṇo mahyaṁ prasīdatu ||
    (Jīva Gosvāmī’s Dhātu-pāṭha)

    “Dhātus [i.e., verbal roots], the seeds of [all] discussion of Kṛṣṇa’s līlās, are listed by me in brief [here in this Dhātu-saṅgrahaḥ]. May Kṛṣṇa bestow grace upon me because of this.” 

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  • yaḥ kartā karma karaṇaṁ sampradānam aśeṣataḥ |
    apādānādhikaraṇe tat-sambandho bhaved iha ||
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Kāraka-prakaraṇa, Maṅgalācaraṇa)

    [Translation based on the Amṛta-ṭīkā presenting the meaning related to grammar:] “Here [i.e., in this prakaraṇa] the relationship [with the kriyā (verb)] of the agent (kartā), object (karma), instrument (karaṇa), beneficiary (sampradānam), source (āpādāna), and substratum (adhikaraṇa) [i.e., of all six kārakas] shall be [presented] in full.”
    [Translation based on the Amṛta-ṭīkā presenting the meaning related to Bhagavān:] “May a relationship with he who is the agent (kartā), object (karma), instrument (karaṇa), beneficiary (sampradānam), source (āpādāna), and substratum (adhikaraṇa) in all respects [i.e., by means of his various forms] be manifest here [i.e., in me].”
    [Translation based on the Amṛta-ṭīkā presenting a second meaning related to Bhagavān:] “Here [i.e., in this world] let [only] a relationship with he who in all respects is the agent (kartā), object (karma), instrument (karaṇa), beneficiary (sampradānam), source (āpādāna), and substratum (adhikaraṇa) be manifest [to me].”

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  • pravartante kriyāḥ sarvā yato’rvācīna-vastuṣu |
    hares tasyaiva līlās tā nirūpyante yathā-mati ||
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Ākhyāta-prakaraṇa, 1)

    “Hari from whom all kriyās [i.e., actions and verbs, that is, words that refer to actions] proceed into the midst of modern-day objects [i.e., worldly objects]—those līlās of his alone are described [here in this section (prakaraṇa) about verbs by me] according to my understanding.”

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  • ya ekaḥ sarva-rūpāṇāṁ sarva-nāmnāṁ tathāśrayaḥ |
    tasya viṣṇoḥ padaṁ sarvaṁ viṣṇubhaktyā nirūpyate ||
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Nāma-prakāraṇa, 1)

    [General meaning:] “All the abodes of Viṣṇu, he who is the only shelter of all forms and all names, are perceived through Viṣṇu-bhakti.”
    
[Grammatical meaning:] “All padas [i.e., inflected words] are produced through [application of] a viṣṇubhakti [i.e., a suffix] and related to Viṣṇu, he who is the only shelter of all nāmas [i.e., of all nominal bases, or, of all pronouns] and all forms [i.e., of all the forms of inflected words].”

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  • yad idaṁ sandhi-nirmāṇaṁ varṇānām ārabhe mudā |
    tena me kṛṣṇa pādābje manaḥ-sandhir vidhīyatām ||
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Sandhi-prakāraṇa, 1)

    “By this formulation of [rules for] sandhi [i.e., combination] of phonemes which I begin with joy, O Kṛṣṇa, may my mind be brought into sandhi [i.e., connection] with your lotus feet.”

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  • vyākaraṇe maru-nīvṛti jīvana-lubdhāḥ sadāgha-saṁvignāḥ |
    hari-nāmāmṛtam etat pibantu śatadhāvagāhantām ||
    (Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: Maṅgalācaraṇa, 3)

    “May those who are constantly afflicted by adversity and longing for water in the desert of grammar drink this nectar of Hari’s names and plunge [therein] a hundred times.”

    Read on →: vyākaraṇe maru-nīvṛti jīvana-lubdhāḥ sadāgha-saṁvignāḥ

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