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- Read on →: akiñcanasya dāntasya
akiñcanasya dāntasya śāntasya sama-cetasaḥ |
mayā santuṣṭa-manasaḥ sarvāḥ sukha-mayā diśaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.13)[Kṛṣṇa:] “All directions are filled with happiness for one who is disinterested, controlled, peaceful, equanimous, and of mind fully satisfied by me.”
- Read on →: śrīmac-caitanya-devāya tasmai bhagavate namaḥ
śrīmac-caitanya-devāya tasmai bhagavate namaḥ |
yad-rūpa-maṇim āśritya citraṁ nṛtyaty ayaṁ jaḍaḥ ||
(Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.1.1)“Obeisance unto him, Bhagavān,
Śrīmac Caitanyadeva,
By taking shelter in the jewel of whose form
[Even] This fool dances wonderfully.” - Read on →: śṛṇvantu vaiṣṇavāḥ śāstram idaṁ bhāgavatāmṛtam
śṛṇvantu vaiṣṇavāḥ śāstram idaṁ bhāgavatāmṛtam |
sugopyaṁ prāha yat premṇā jaiminir janamejayam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.12)“May the Vaiṣṇavas hear this highly confidential śāstra, [entitled] Bhāgavatāmṛtam, which Jaimini spoke to Janamejaya out of prema.”
- Read on →: bhagavad-bhakti-śāstrāṇām ayaṁ sārasya saṅgrahaḥ
bhagavad-bhakti-śāstrāṇām ayaṁ sārasya saṅgrahaḥ |
anubhūtasya caitanyadeve tat-priya-rūpataḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.11)“This [text] is a compilation of the essence of the śāstras related to Bhagavad-bhakti [which has been] perceived [by me] in Caitanyadeva [i.e., in Śrī Kṛṣṇa, or, in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu] by reason of his beloved form [alt., by reason of his beloved bhakta Śrī Rūpa].”
- Read on →: jayati jayati kṛṣṇa-prema-bhaktir yad-aṅghriṁ
jayati jayati kṛṣṇa-prema-bhaktir yad-aṅghriṁ
nikhila-nigama-tattvaṁ gūḍham ājñāya muktiḥ |
bhajati śaraṇa-kāmā vaiṣṇavais tyajyamānā
japa-yajana-tapasya-nyāsa-niṣṭhāṁ vihāya ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.8)“Kṛṣṇa-prema-bhakti—
Whose foot
Mukti,
Being shunned by the Vaiṣṇavas
And [thus] desirous of shelter,
Worships
Having determined [it] to be the esoteric essence
Of all the Vedas
And utterly rejected perfection in japa, yajña, tapasya, and sannyāsa—
Triumphs!
Triumphs!” - Read on →: govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo
govardhano jayati śaila-kulādhirājo
yo gopikābhir udito hari-dāsa-varyaḥ |
kṛṣṇena śakra-makha-bhaṅga-kṛtārcito yaḥ
saptāham asya kara-padma-tale’py avātsīt ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.7)“Govardhana—
The emperor of mountains,
Who is said by the gopikās
To be the best of Hari’s servants,
And who was worshiped by Kṛṣṇa
After he abolished the sacrifice for Indra
And remained for a week
In the palm of his lotus hand—
Triumphs!”