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- Read on →: mitaṁ ca sāraṁ ca vaco hi vāgmitā
mitaṁ ca sāraṁ ca vaco hi vāgmitā |
(Viśva-prakāśa-koḍa; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.106)“Speech which is concise and sound is eloquence.”
- Read on →: pṛthos tat sūktam ākarṇya sāraṁ suṣṭhu mitaṁ madhu
pṛthos tat sūktam ākarṇya sāraṁ suṣṭhu mitaṁ madhu |
smayamāna iva prītyā kumāraḥ pratyuvāca ha ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.22.17)“Hearing the fine speech of Pṛthu, which was sound, superlative, concise, and sweet, the Kumāras, mildly smiling, replied thus with satisfaction.”
- Read on →: upāvṛttasya pāpebhyo yas tu vāso guṇaiḥ saha
upāvṛttasya pāpebhyo yas tu vāso guṇaiḥ saha |
upavāsaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sarva-bhoga-vivarjitaḥ ||
(Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 13.35)“The abiding (vāsa) with virtues and without all enjoyments of one who abstains (upāvṛttasya) from sins is to be known as upavāsa [i.e., ‘fasting’].”
- Read on →: upāsanaṁ tu yathā-śāstra-samarthitaṁ kiñcid ālambanam
upāsanaṁ tu yathā-śāstra-samarthitaṁ kiñcid ālambanam upādāya tasmin samāna-citta-vṛtti-santāna-karaṇaṁ tad-vilakṣaṇa-pratyayāntaritam … |
(Śaṅkarācārya’s bhāṣya on Chāndogya Upaniṣād: 1.1.1)“Upāsanā means taking up some basis [i.e., object of meditation] as established by śāstra and maintaining a continuous flow of a singular course of thought (citta-vṛtti) [in regard to it] that is protected from thought distinct from it.”
- Read on →: yathā-śāstram upāsyasya arthasya
yathā-śāstram upāsyasya arthasya viṣayīkaraṇena sāmīpyam upagamya taila-dhārāvat samāna-pratyaya-pravāheṇa dīrgha-kālaṁ yat āsanaṁ tat upāsanam ācakṣate |
(Śaṅkarācārya’s ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 12.3)“Approaching the proximity of the entity to be worshipped as per the śāstra by making it an object and dwelling [upon it] for a long time with a flow of singular thought like a stream of oil—this is called upāsana.”
- Read on →: darśanāliṅganādīnām ānukūlyān niṣevayā
darśanāliṅganādīnām ānukūlyān niṣevayā |
yūnor ullāsam ārohan bhāvaḥ sambhoga īryate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇi: 15.188)“Through the adoration of seeing [one another], embracing, and so forth out of favorability [i.e. intentness upon the satisfaction of the other], the bhāva that increases the delight of a pair of youths [i.e., a nāyaka and nāyikā] is called sambhoga.”