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- Read on →: dhyāyen nityaṁ maheśaṁ rajata-giri-nibhaṁ cāru-candrāvataṁsaṁ
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.” - Read on →: śrī-rāma govinda mukunda śaure
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. - Read on →: śāstrīyārtha-niścayaḥ siddhāntaḥ
śāstrīyārtha-niścayaḥ siddhāntaḥ |
(Unknown source)“Determination of the meaning of śāstra is siddhānta.”
- Read on →: vaikuṇṭhasya bhagavato jyotir-aṁśa-bhūtā vaikuṇṭhaloka-śobhā-rūpā
vaikuṇṭhasya bhagavato jyotir-aṁśa-bhūtā vaikuṇṭhaloka-śobhā-rūpā yā anantā mūrtayas tatra vartante tāsām ekayā saha muktasyaikasya mūrtiḥ bhagavatā kriyata iti vaikuṇṭhasya mūrtir iva mūrtir yeṣām ity uktam |
(Prīti Sandarbha: 10)“The figure of one liberated jīva is made by Bhagavān with one of those unlimited figures existing there which is a form of Vaikuṇṭhaloka’s splendor and consists of a portion of the luster of Vaikuṇṭha, that is, of Bhagavān, and thus it has been stated [by Śrīdhara Svāmī in his commentary on SB 3.15.14 in relation to those who reside in Vaikuṇṭha], “whose figure is like the figure of Vaikuṇṭha [i.e., Bhagavān].”