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- Read on →: prīyatāṁ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ sarva-yajñesvaro hariḥ
prīyatāṁ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ sarva-yajñesvaro hariḥ |
tasmiṁs tuṣṭe jagat tuṣṭaṁ prīṇite prīṇitaṁ bhavet ||
(Matsya Purāṇa: 238.38)“May Hari of lotus eyes, the Lord of all sacrifices (yajñās), be pleased. When he is satisfied, the world is satisfied, and when he is pleased, the world is pleased.”
- Read on →: vana-mālini yādṛśāśayo mama tādṛṅ na kapāla-mālini
vana-mālini yādṛśāśayo mama tādṛṅ na kapāla-mālini |
asite mudire yathā śikhī mudam abhyeti tathā na pāṇḍure ||
devyas taṭinyas tridaśās taḍāgā viśveśvaro’yaṁ saritām adhīśaḥ |
tṛṣṇāharaḥ ko’pi kṛṣṇa-meghaṁ vihāya cintāmaṇi-cātakasya ||
(Cintāmaṇi Dīkṣita; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha 106)“My heart does not find delight in he who wears a skull-garland [i.e., Śiva] as it does in he who wears a forest garland [i.e., Kṛṣṇa]; a peacock does not find delight in a white cloud as it does in a dark cloud. The devīs are [like] rivers, the devas are [like] ponds, and this Viśveśvara [i.e., Śiva] is [like] an ocean, but no one is the remover of the cātaka Cintāmaṇi’s thirst except the cloud Kṛṣṇa.”
- Read on →: vaśam alpikayāpi sevayāmuṁ
vaśam alpikayāpi sevayāmuṁ
vihite’py āgasi duḥsahe smitāsyam |
para-duḥkha-lave’pi kātaraṁ me
harim udvīkṣya manas tanoti tṛṣṇām ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 10.4)“Observing Hari captivated by even a little service, with a smiling face even when an intolerable offense is committed [against him], and distressed by even very slight suffering in another, my mind thirsts [for him].”