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- Read on →: ya etad ānanda-samudra-sambhṛtaṁ
ya etad ānanda-samudra-sambhṛtaṁ
jñānāmṛtaṁ bhāgavatāya bhāṣitam |
kṛṣṇena yogeśvara-sevitāṅghriṇā
sac-chraddhayāsevya jagad vimucyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.29.48)“A person who [even] slightly honors with sincere śraddhā the nectar of knowledge filled with an ocean of bliss [i.e., the path of Bhagavad-bhakti] spoken to the bhāgavata [i.e., the foremost of bhaktas, Uddhava] by Kṛṣṇa, whose feet are served by the masters of yoga, is completely liberated.”
- Read on →: ya etat pūtanā-mokṣaṁ kṛṣṇasyārbhakam adbhutam
ya etat pūtanā-mokṣaṁ kṛṣṇasyārbhakam adbhutam |
śṛṇuyāc chraddhayā martyo govinde labhate ratim ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.6.44)“A mortal who is able to hear with śraddhā of this wonderful childhood act of Kṛṣṇa—the liberation of Pūtanā—attains rati for Govinda.”
- Read on →: saiṣā hy upaniṣad brāhmī pūrveṣāṁ pūrva-jair dhṛtā
saiṣā hy upaniṣad brāhmī pūrveṣāṁ pūrva-jair dhṛtā |
śraddhayā dhārayed yas tāṁ kṣemaṁ gacched akiñcanaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.3)“One who can adhere with śraddhā to this renowned Upaniṣad [i.e., this esoteric knowledge], related to Brahman and adhered to by the predecessors of our ancestors [i.e., by those such as Sanaka who came before Nārada and others], can become detached [i.e, free from adjuncts beginning with the body, or, free from possessiveness, that is, one can become an unalloyed bhakta] and attain weal [i.e., the supreme abode, or, bhakti-yoga, or Bhagavān’s lotus feet].
- Read on →: dharmān anyān parityajya mām ekaṁ bhaja viśvasan
dharmān anyān parityajya mām ekaṁ bhaja viśvasan |
yādṛśī yādṛśī śraddhā siddhir bhavati tādṛśī ||
(Brahma-saṁhitā: 5.61)“Completely relinquishing other dharmas, worship me alone, fostering conviction. Howsoever is the śraddhā [one fosters], so is the attainment (siddhi) [one achieves].”
- Read on →: adbhuta caitanya-līlāya yāhāra viśvāsa
adbhuta caitanya-līlāya yāhāra viśvāsa |
sei jana yāya caitanyera pada-pāśa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.17.309)“A person who has faith in Caitanya’s astonishing līlā reaches the side of Caitanya’s feet.”
- Read on →: Praṇaya-gīta
Eleven verses spoken by the gopīs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Excerpted from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.31–41.