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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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  • śrī-caitanya-mukhodgīrṇā hare-kṛṣṇeti varṇakāḥ |
    majjayanto jagat premṇi vijayantāṁ tad-āhvayāḥ || 
    (Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.4)

    “May these names made of the syllables Ha-re Kṛṣ-ṇa pronounced by Śrī Caitanya’s mouth inundate the world with prema and triumph completely!”

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  • hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare |
    hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare ||
    prabhu kahe—kahilāṅ ei mahāmantra |
    ihā japa’ giyā sabe kariyā nirbandha ||
    ihā haite sarva-siddhi ha-ibe sabāra |
    sarva-kṣaṇa bala’ ithe vidhi nāhi āra ||
    (Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.23.76–78)

    “‘Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare’—the Master [viz., Caitanya Mahāprabhu] said, ‘I have told you all this supreme (mahā) mantra. All of you go and perform japa of this, fostering absorption [alt., maintaining a quota]. By this, all attainments (siddhis) will be had by all of you. Chant at every moment. There is no other rule in this regard.’”

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