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  • aihikāmuṣmikī-cintā na ca kāryā kadācana |
    aihikaṁ tu sadā bhāvyaṁ pūrvācarita-karmaṇām ||
    āmuṣmikaṁ tathā kṛṣṇaḥ svayam eva kariṣyati |
    ato hi tat-kṛte tyājyaḥ prayatnaḥ sarvathā naraiḥ ||
    (Sanat-kumāra-saṁhitā: 113–114)

    “One should never worry about the here and now or the hereafter [i.e., about one’s future in this world or the next]. The here and now should always be considered the result of previously performed karma, and Kṛṣṇa himself will arrange the hereafter. Therefore, endeavor to do that [i.e., to effect a desirable afterlife] is to be given up completely by human beings [and instead one should endeavor only to serve and satisfy Kṛṣṇa].”

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  • na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṁ
    na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
    na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
    mayy arpitātmecchati mad vinānyat ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.14; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.580; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.42; Bhakti Sandarbha: 132, 168; Prīti Sandarbha: 23)

    [Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “One who has offered oneself to me desires neither the post of Brahmā, nor the abode of Indra, nor dominion over the entire earth, nor reign over Pātāla, nor the siddhis of yoga, nor non-repetition of birth [i.e., mokṣa], nor anything else apart from me.”

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  • na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca sārvabhaumaṁ
    na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
    na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
    vāñchanti yat-pāda-rajaḥ-prapannāḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.16.37; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.669; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.39; Prīti Sandarbha: 24)

    [The nāga-patnīs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] “Those who have taken shelter in the dust of your feet desire neither the domain of Dhruva, nor dominion over the entire earth, nor the post of Brahmā, nor reign over Pātāla, nor the siddhis of yoga, nor even non-repetition of birth [i.e., mokṣa].”

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  • ānukūlyasya saṅkalpaḥ prātikūlya-vivarjanam |
    rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso goptṛtve varaṇaṁ tathā ||
    ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ ||
    (Vaiṣṇava Tantra; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.676; Bhakti Sandarbha: 173, 236; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.100; Gītā-bhūṣaṇa-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 18.66)

    “A resolve of favorability, letting go of unfavorability, conviction that he [i.e., Bhagavān] will protect, accepting [his] guardianship, pledging oneself [to him], and humility [alt., wretchedness, neediness, heartache] are the six aspects of śaraṇāgati.”

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  • yaṁ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaṁ taṁ viddhi pāṇḍava |
    na hy asannyasta-saṅkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana ||
    (Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 6.2)

    “Know that which they call renunciation (sannyāsa) to be yoga, O son of Pāṇḍu, since no one by whom intention has not been renounced becomes a yogī.”

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  • liṅga‑yony‑ātmikā jātā imā māheśvarī prajāḥ ||
    (Brahma-saṁhitā: 5.9)

    “These begotten offspring, constituted of liṅga and yoni [i.e., produced by the union of Śiva and his śakti] are [called] māheśvarī [i.e., they belong to Maheśvara (Śiva), that is, the aṁśa of Viṣṇu known as Śambhu].”

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