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kṛṣṇa-caritaṁ kali-kalmaṣa-ghnaṁ … |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.14)
“The acts of Kṛṣṇa are dispellers of the defilement of [the Age of] Kali.”
Read on →: kṛṣṇa-caritaṁ kali-kalmaṣa-ghnaṁ
ānanda-cinmaya-rasātmatayā manaḥsu
yaḥ prāṇināṁ pratiphalan smaratām upetya |
līlāyitena bhuvanāni jayaty ajasraṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi ||
(Brahma-saṁhitā: 42)
“I worship Govinda, the Original Person, who, by virtue of being constituted of blissful spiritual rasa, appears to living beings engaged in remembrance [of Him] by reflecting into their minds and thus perpetually conquers the worlds with his play.”
Read on →: ānanda-cinmaya-rasātmatayā manaḥsu
kṛṣṇera yateka khelā sarvottama nara-līlā
nara-vapu tāhāra svarūpa |
gopa-veśa, veṇu-kara nava-kiśora, naṭa-vara
nara-līlāra haya anurūpa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.21.101)
“Of all of Kṛṣṇa’s play, his human [i.e., human-like] līlā is the supreme. His human form is his true nature. His cowherd dress, flute-in-hand, adolescence, and superb dancing [perfectly] suit his human līlā.”
Read on →: kṛṣṇera yateka khelā sarvottama nara-līlā
nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād
bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-’bhirāmāt |
ka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādāt
pumān virajyeta vinā paśughnāt ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.4)
“Other than one who slaughters animals, what person could desist from narration of the qualities of he of highest praise [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa], which is sung continuously by those whose thirst [i.e., desire for objects of the senses] has been quenched [i.e., the liberated], which is the cure for material existence, and which is a delight to the ears and mind?”
Read on →: nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād
nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ
śuka-mukhād amṛta-drava-saṁyutam |
pibata bhāgavataṁ rasam ālayaṁ
muhur aho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.1.3)
“O relishers of rasa! O aesthetes! Drink continuously and [even] beyond [the attainment of] liberation the rasa of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, the fruit of the wish-fulfilling tree of the Vedas, which has fallen from the mouth of Śuka [i.e., Śukadeva Gosvāmī] and is constituted of liquid nectar.”
Read on →: nigama-kalpa-taror galitaṁ phalaṁ
āyur harati vai puṁsām udyann astaṁ ca yann asau |
tasyarte yat kṣaṇo nīta uttamaḥ-śloka-vārttayā ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.3.17)
“Rising and setting, the revolving sun takes away the life of people, except those who spend their time talking about he of highest praise.”
Read on →: āyur harati vai puṁsām udyann astaṁ ca yann asau