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  • veda-śāstre upadeśe—kṛṣṇa eka sāra |
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.3)

    “The Vedic śāstra teaches that Kṛṣṇa is sole essence.”

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  • kṛṣṇera aiśvarya apāra—amṛtera sindhu |
    avagāhite nārila, tāra chu̐ila eka bindu ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.21.98)

    “Kṛṣṇa’s boundless aiśvarya is an ocean of nectar. I cannot swim within it and have only touched upon one drop of it.”

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  • guṇaiḥ svair hīnā me yadapi kavitā nātimadhurā
    satāṁ svādyāthāpy acyuta-guṇa-yutatvena bhavitā |
    ayaḥ-śastrī spṛṣṭā mṛgayu-gṛha-gā sparśa-maṇinā
    suvarṇatvaṁ prāptā bhavati mahatāṁ bhūṣaṇa-kṛte ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 16.5)

    [On the order of Vṛndā following the indication of Rādhā, a parrot begins to speak in praise of Kṛṣṇa:] “Although my poetry is deficient in its own attributes and not very sweet, still it shall be relishable to sādhus because of it being endowed with [descriptions of] the qualities of Acyuta, since [even] an iron knife situated in the home of a hunter that has been touched by a touchstone and attained the state of being golden becomes suitable for decorating a great person.”

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  • 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].”

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  • sarvārthināṁ bāḍham abhīṣṭa-pūrtyā
    vyarthīkṛtāḥ kaṁsa-nisūdanena |
    hriyeva cintāmaṇi-kāmadhenu-
    kalpa-drumā dvāravatīṁ bhajanti ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.124)

    “Made useless by the Enemy of Kaṁsa’s abounding fulfillment of all seekers’ desires, thought-jewels, desire-cows, and desire-trees serve Dvārakā as though embarrassed.”

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  • advaita-vīthī-pathikair upāsyāḥ
    svānanda-siṁhāsana-labdha-dīkṣāḥ |
    śaṭhena kenāpi vayaṁ haṭhena
    dāsī-kṛtā gopa-vadhū-viṭena ||
    (Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 3.1.44; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.10.178, 2.24.133)

    “We, who were worshipped by the followers of the path of non-dualism (advaita) and consecrated on the throne of the bliss of the self, have been converted into a servant deceitfully and forcibly by some paramour of cowherd men’s wives.”

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