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  • yad etad hṛdayaṁ tava tad astu hṛdayaṁ mama |
    yad idaṁ hṛdayaṁ mama tad astu hṛdayaṁ tava ||
    (Sat-kriyā-sāra-dīpikā: Bhojanādi-dhṛti-homa, 2)

    “May your heart be my heart, and may my heart be your heart.”

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  • preyo mitraṁ bandhutā vā samagrā
    sarve kāmāḥ śevadhir jīvitaṁ vā |
    strīṇāṁ bhartā dharma-dārāś ca puṁsām
    ity anyonyaṁ vatsayor jñātam astu ||
    (Mālatī-mādhavam: 6.18)

    “The supportive husband is for the woman, and the dharmic wife is for the man, a lover, a friend, all relatives, all desires, a treasure, and life [itself]. May this be known mutually between you dear youths.”

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  • dampatyor bhāva ekatra sator apy anuraktayoḥ |
    svābhīṣṭāśleṣa-vīkṣādi-nirodhī māna ucyate ||
    (Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 15.74)

    “The bhāva [i.e., variety of anger] of a loving couple present together or otherwise [i.e., physically apart] which obstructs their own desired embraces, glances, and so forth is called māna.”

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  • paropadeśe pāṇḍityaṁ sarveṣāṁ sukaraṁ nṛṇām |
    dharme svīyam anuṣṭhānaṁ kasyacit tu mahātmanaḥ ||
    (Hitopedeśa: 1.107; cited in the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.4.18)

    “Erudition in instructing others is easy for everyone; only a few great souls actually practice dharma themselves.”

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  • prayujyamāne mayi tāṁ śuddhāṁ bhāgavatīṁ tanum |
    ārabdha-karma-nirvāṇo nyapatat pāñca-bhautikaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.6.29; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 11)

    “[Nārada:] When that pure figure related to Bhagavān [i.e., the form of an associate (pārṣada) of Bhagavān] was being bestowed upon me, the body [made] of the five elements, the commenced (prārabdha) karma of which was exhausted, fell away.”

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  • vajrād api kaṭhorāṇi mṛdūni kusumād api |
    lokottarāṇāṁ cetāṁsi ko nu vijñātum īśvaraḥ ||
    (Uttara-rāma-carita: 2.7; cited in Caitanya Caritāmṛta: 2.7.73)

    “Who has the ability to understand hearts of extraordinary persons, which are [both] harder than a lightning bolt and softer than a flower?”

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