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- Read on →: kṛṣṇa-bhakta niṣkāma,— ataeva ‘śānta’
kṛṣṇa-bhakta niṣkāma,— ataeva ‘śānta’ |
bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kāmī sakali ‘aśānta’ ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.149)“A devotee of Kṛṣṇa is free from desire and thus peaceful. Those who desire enjoyment, liberation, or supernatural power are not peaceful.”
- Read on →: prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ
prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ |
mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.256)“The rejection of an object related to Hari by seekers of liberation based on consideration of [its supposedly] being mundane is called useless non-attachment (phalgu-vairāgya).”
- Read on →: yo dustyajān dāra-sutān suhṛd-rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥ
yo dustyajān dāra-sutān suhṛd-rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥ |
jahau yuvaiva mala-vad uttama-śloka-lālasaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.14.43; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.31; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.23.25, 3.6.137)“Longing for he of highest praise [i.e., Bhagavān], Bharata Mahārāja even in his youth abandoned like stool his most difficult to give up and heart-touching wife, sons, friends, and kingdom ”
- Read on →: anirloḍita-kāryasya vāg-jālaṁ vāgmino vṛthā
anirloḍita-kāryasya vāg-jālaṁ vāgmino vṛthā |
nimittād aparāddheṣor dhānuṣkasyeva valgitam ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha)“The net of words [i.e., verbosity] of a speaker who has not thoroughly deliberated on the subject [meant to be addressed] is as vain as the swaggering [alt., boasting] of an archer who has missed his mark.”