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- Read on →: durjanaḥ sajjano bhūyāt sajjanaḥ śāntim āpnuyāt
durjanaḥ sajjano bhūyāt sajjanaḥ śāntim āpnuyāt |
śānto mucyeta bandhebhyo muktāś cānyān vimocayet ||
(Unknown Source)“May the wicked become virtuous. May the virtuous attain peace. May the peaceful become liberated from bondage. And may the liberated liberate others.”
- Read on →: sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ sarve santu nirāmayāḥ
sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ sarve santu nirāmayāḥ |
sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkha-bhāg bhavet ||
(Unknown Source)“May all be happy. May all be free from disease. May all see blessedness. May no one undergo suffering.”
- Read on →: sarvas taratu durgāṇi sarvo bhadrāṇi paśyatu
sarvas taratu durgāṇi sarvo bhadrāṇi paśyatu |
sarvaḥ sad-buddhim āpnotu sarvaḥ sarvatra nandatu ||
(Unknown Source)“May all overcome their difficulties. May all see blessedness. May all attain proper awareness. May all rejoice everywhere [and always].”
- Read on →: ramaṇa-kavala-śiṣṭaṁ san-mṛṇālaṁ marālyaḥ
ramaṇa-kavala-śiṣṭaṁ san-mṛṇālaṁ marālyaḥ
kiśalaya-kulam eṇyaḥ śrī-marandaṁ bhramaryaḥ |
amṛtam iva cakroyaś caindavaṁ rādhikādyā
mumudur adhikam annaṁ prāsya kṛṣṇāvaśiṣṭam ||
(Govinda-līlāmṛta: 20.71)“Rādhikā and her companions felt abundant delight eating the remnants of Kṛṣṇa’s food just as female swans do by eating morsels of the remnants of fine lotus stems left by their husbands, deer do by eating young shoots, bees do by eating bright flower nectar, and cakorīs do by drinking the moon’s nectar.”
- Read on →: bhaktyā kṛṣṇasya rājendra prasādaṁ caraṇodakam
bhaktyā kṛṣṇasya rājendra prasādaṁ caraṇodakam |
ye gṛhṇanti bhaveyur bhū-pāvanā nātra saṁśayaḥ ||
(Garga-saṁhitā: 10.62.8)“O best of kings, those who partake of Kṛṣṇa’s prasādam and foot-water with bhakti become purifiers of the earth. Of this there is no doubt.”
- Read on →: vrajātula-kulāṅganetara-rasāli-tṛṣṇā-hara
vrajātula-kulāṅganetara-rasāli-tṛṣṇā-hara-
pradīvyad-adharāmṛtaḥ sukṛti-labhya-phelā-lavaḥ |
sudhā-jid-ahivallikā-sudala-vīṭikā-carvitaḥ
sa me madana-mohanaḥ sakhi tanoti jihvā-spṛhām ||
(Govinda Līlāmṛta: 8.8; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.16.119)“[Rādhārāṇī to Viśākhā:] The amṛta of his most lustrous lips takes away the incomparable noble women of Vraja’s thirst for [all] other rasas. A morsel of his remnants is attainable [only] by sukṛti. And the pan roll he has chewed made from fine leaves of betel defeats nectar. O sakhi, Madana-mohana increases the desire of my tongue.”