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  • vṛndāvanāvani-pate jaya soma soma-
    maule sanandana-sanātana-nāradeḍya |
    gopīśvara vraja-vilāsa-yugāṅghri-padme
    prītiṁ prayaccha nitarāṁ nirupādhikam me ||
    (Saṅkalpa-kalpadruma: 103)

    “O protector of the land of Vṛndāvana! Glory to you! O husband of Umā! O you whose crown is the moon! O you are worshipped by Sananda, Sanātana, and Nārada! O guardian of the gopīs! Please bestow upon me firm, unconditional prīti for the lotus feet of the Playful Couple of Vraja.”

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  • dhyāyen nityaṁ maheśaṁ rajata-giri-nibhaṁ cāru-candrāvataṁsaṁ
    ratnākalpojjvalāṅgaṁ paraśu-mṛga-varābhīti-hastaṁ prasannam |
    padmāsīnaṁ samantāt stutam amara-gaṇair vyāghra-kṛtiṁ vasānaṁ
    viśvādyaṁ viśva-bījaṁ nikhila-bhaya-haraṁ pañca-vaktraṁ trinetram ||
    (Śiva Purāṇa: 1.20.52)

    “Meditate always upon Maheśa (Śiva),
    Resembling a silver mountain,
    Beautifully crowned by the moon,
    Body shining like a jewel,
    An axe, a deer, [and the mudras of] blessing and fearlessness in his hands,
    Satisfied,
    Seated in lotus [posture],
    Praised by immortals on all sides,
    Wearing a garment made of tiger-skin,
    The foremost being in the universe,
    The cause of the universe,
    The dispeller of all fear,
    Of five faces and three eyes.”

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  • śrī-rāma govinda mukunda śaure
    śrī-kṛṣṇa nārāyaṇa vāsudeva |
    ity ādi-nāmāmṛta-pāna-matta-
    bhṛṅgādhipāyākhila-duḥkha-hantre ||
    śrī-nāradādyaiḥ satataṁ sugopya-
    jijñāsitāyāśu vara-pradāya |
    tebhyo harer bhakti-sukha-pradāya
    śivāya sarva-gurave namo namaḥ ||
    śrī-gaurī-netrosava-maṅgalāya
    tat-prāṇa-nāthāya rasa-pradāya |
    sadā samutkaṇṭha-govinda-līlā-
    gāna-praviṇāya namo’stu tubhyam ||
    (Śrī Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.8.18–20)

    “‘O Śrī Rāma, O Govinda, O Mukunda, O Śauri,
    O Śrī Kṛṣṇa, O Nārāyaṇa, O Vāsudeva!’
    Unto you who are the king of the bees
    Maddened by drinking
    The nectar of such names [of Hari],
    You who are a destroyer of all suffering,
    You who are always inquired from by Śrī Nārada and others
    About that which is most confidential,
    You who are a quick bestower of boons,
    You who are a bestower of the joy of bhakti to Hari,
    [Unto you,] Śiva,
    You who are the guru of all—
    Obeisance and obeisance.
    Let obeisance
    Be ever unto you,
    You who are the auspiciousness of a festival
    For the eyes of Śrī Gaurī,
    You who are the lord of her life-breath,
    You who are a bestower of rasa,
    You who are adept in singing
    Of the līlās of Govinda with intense longing.

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  • siddhiś cātrāntaḥkaraṇa-kāmādi-doṣa-kṣaya-kāri-paramānanda-paramakāṣṭhā-gāmi-śrī-hari-sphuraṇa-rūpaiva jñeyā |
    (Bhakti Sandarbha: 173)

    “And siddhi [“attainment”] is to be understood specifically in the form of a manifestation (sphuraṇa) of Śrī Hari [in the antaḥkaraṇa] that destroys the faults of kāma and so forth in the antaḥkaraṇa (psyche) and leads to the highest limit of the highest bliss.”

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  • śāstrīyārtha-niścayaḥ siddhāntaḥ |
    (Unknown source)

    “Determination of the meaning of śāstra is siddhānta.”

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  • siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa |
    ihā haite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.117)

    “Do not be weary within the mind regarding siddhānta. The mind becomes firmly attached to Kṛṣṇa because of it.

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