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- Read on →: kair api prema-vaivaśya-bhāgbhir bhāgavatavottamaiḥ
kair api prema-vaivaśya-bhāgbhir bhāgavatavottamaiḥ |
adyāpi dṛśyate kṛṣṇaḥ krīḍan vṛndāvanāntare ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.5.392)“Even by some highly elevated Bhāgavatas who are overwhelmed by prema, Kṛṣṇa is seen playing in Vṛndāvana still today.”
- Read on →: sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-sārūpyaikatvam apy uta |
sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-sārūpyaikatvam apy uta |
dīyamānaṁ na gṛhṇanti vinā mat-sevanaṁ janāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.29.13; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.603; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.28; Bhakti Sandarbha: 234; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.207, 2.6.270, 2.9.268, 2.19.173, 3.3.189)[Kapiladeva to Devahūti:] “Without my service, people [i.e., those imbued with nirguṇa-bhakti to me] do not accept even sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya, sārūpya, or ekatva [i.e., sāyujya] even when [these are] offered [to them by me].”
- Read on →: tatra prakaṭa-līlā-gata-bhāvasya viraha-saṁyogādi-līlā-vaicitrī-bhara-vāhitvena
tatra prakaṭa-līlā-gata-bhāvasya viraha-saṁyogādi-līlā-vaicitrī-bhara-vāhitvena balavattaratvāt ubhaya-līlaikībhāvānantaram api tanmayas teṣām abhimāno’nuvartata eva |
(Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 182)“In this regard, because the bhāva present in prakaṭa-līlā is more powerful [than the bhāva in aprakaṭa-līlā] on account of its being a flow of an abundance of the wonderfulness of līlās of separation, union, and so forth, even after both līlās [merge and] become one, their [i.e., Kṛṣṇa’s associates’] mentality [i.e., sense of self and relationship to Kṛṣṇa] based on this [prakaṭa-līlā] indeed follows [i.e., remains predominant within them even after they merge into the aprakaṭa-līlā].”
- Read on →: dustyajaś cānurāgo’smin sarveṣāṁ no vrajaukasām
dustyajaś cānurāgo’smin sarveṣāṁ no vrajaukasām |
nanda te tanaye’smāsu tasyāpy autpattikaḥ katham ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.26.13)“How is it that all of us residents of Vraja have innate, irresistible love for him, O Nanda, your son, and he too has this for us?”
- Read on →: ya etasmin mahābhāgāḥ prītiṁ kurvanti mānavāḥ
ya etasmin mahābhāgāḥ prītiṁ kurvanti mānavāḥ |
nārayo’bhibhavanty etān viṣṇu-pakṣān ivāsurāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.8.18)[Gargācārya to Nanda Mahārāja:] “Enemies do not overcome those greatly fortunate human beings who adore him [i.e., Kṛṣṇa], just as the asuras do not overcome those who are on the side of Viṣṇu.”