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- Read on →: kurvann api vyalīkāni yaḥ priyaḥ priya eva saḥ
kurvann api vyalīkāni yaḥ priyaḥ priya eva saḥ |
aśeṣa-doṣa-duṣṭo’pi kāyaḥ kasya na vallabhaḥ ||
(Hitopadeśa: 2.132; Samayocita-padya-ratna-mālikā)“Even after committing wrongs, one who is dear certainly remains dear. Even though it is culpable of endless faults, for whom is the body not beloved?”
- Read on →: śreyaś ca preyaś ca manuṣyam etas
śreyaś ca preyaś ca manuṣyam etas
tau samparītya vivinakti dhīraḥ |
śreyo hi dhīro’bhipreyaso vṛṇīte
preyo mando yoga-kṣemān vṛṇīte ||
(Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.2)“Śreyas and preyas present themselves to human beings, and the wise fully assess and discriminate between them. The wise choose śreyas exclusively over preyas, but the foolish choose preyas to gain [what they lack] and preserve [what they have, in the worldly sense].”
- Read on →: anyac chreyo’nyad utaiva preyas
anyac chreyo’nyad utaiva preyas
te ubhe nānārthe puruṣaṁ sinītaḥ |
tayoḥ śreya ādadānasya sādhu
bhavati hīyate’rthād ya u preyo vṛṇīte ||
(Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.1)“Śreyas and preyas are distinct from one another, though with various goals, they both bind the living being. One who between them chooses śreyas reaches the true goal, and one who chooses preyas falls from it.”
- Read on →: pahilahi rāga nayana-bhaṅga bhela
pahilahi rāga nayana-bhaṅga bhela |
anudina bāḍhala—avadhi nā gela ||
nā so ramaṇa nā hāma ramaṇī |
du̐hu mana manobhava peṣala jāni |
e sakhi! se-saba prema-kāhinī |
kānu-ṭhāme kahabi, vichuraha jāni ||
nā kho̐jalu̐ dūtī, nā kho̐jalu̐ āna |
du̐hukeri milane madhya ta pā̐cabāṇa ||
aba soi virāga, tu̐hu bheli dūtī |
supurukha-premaki aichana rīti ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.8.193)[Rādhā:] “Rāga first arose with a sidelong glance;
It increased daily,
And reached no limit.
He was not the male lover,
And I was not the female lover;
It was as though Manobhava ground our minds [together].
O sakhī! Tell Kānu this whole tale of prema;
May you not forget.
We did not seek a messenger;
We did not seek anyone;
In our [first] meeting [only]
Pā̐cabāṇa was the intermediary.
Now he is void of rāga,
And you have [thus] become the messenger.
Such is the nature of that fine man’s prema.” - Read on →: ity unmatta-vaco gopyaḥ kṛṣṇānveṣaṇa-kātarāḥ
ity unmatta-vaco gopyaḥ kṛṣṇānveṣaṇa-kātarāḥ |
līlā bhagavatas tās tā hy anucakrus tad-ātmikāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.30.14)“Having spoken such maddened words, the gopīs, distraught as they searched for Kṛṣṇa, acted out the various līlās of Bhagavān, their minds absorbed in him.”
- Read on →: rādhāyā bhavataś ca citta-jatunī svedair vilāpya kramād
rādhāyā bhavataś ca citta-jatunī svedair vilāpya kramād
yuñjann adri-nikuñja-kuñjara-pate nirdhūta-bheda-bhramam |
citrāya svayam anvarañjayad iha brahmāṇḍa-harmyodare
bhūyobhir nava-rāga-hiṅgula-bharaiḥ śṛṅgāra-kāruḥ kṛtī ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 14.155; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 81; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.8.194)[Vṛndā addresses Kṛṣṇa:] “O elephant king of the mountain arbors, the expert artisan of amorous love has gradually melted the lac of the hearts of Rādhā and yourself with heat, stirred them, removed any appearance of separation [between them, i.e., made them one], and then personally dyed them with a rich abundance of fresh red vermillion dye to decorate [alt., to paint a picture within] the interior of the palace of the universe.”