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- Read on →: śrī-rūpa-caraṇa-dvandva-rāginaṁ vraja-vāsinam
śrī-rūpa-caraṇa-dvandva-rāginaṁ vraja-vāsinam |
śrī-jīvaṁ satataṁ vande mandeṣv ānanda-dāyinam ||
(Sādhana-dīpikā: 8)“I offer obeisance always unto Śrī Jīva, the resident of Vraja who is lovingly attached to the feet of Śrī Rūpa and is a bestower of bliss upon the dull.”
- Read on →: svalpāyuṣāṁ kali-yuge’tra nṛṇāṁ śam icchan
svalpāyuṣāṁ kali-yuge’tra nṛṇāṁ śam icchan
śabdānuśāsana-mahājaladhiṁ vimathya |
nāmāmṛtaṁ samadadād ya idaṁ kṛpāluḥ
sa śrīla-jīva-caraṇaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu ||
(Amṛta-ṭīkā to Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇam 1)“May he,
This gracious Śrīla Jīva-caraṇa,
Who, desiring the welfare of short-lived human beings
Here in the Age of Kali,
Churned the vast ocean of grammar
And presented the Nāmāmṛta
[i.e., his Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa grammar],
Be my shelter.” - Read on →: hastāmalakavat tattvaṁ śrīmad-bhāgavatasya yaḥ
hastāmalakavat tattvaṁ śrīmad-bhāgavatasya yaḥ |
darśayāmāsa jīvebhyas taṁ śrī-jīva-prabhuṁ numaḥ ||
(Unknown source)“We offer obeisance to Śrī Jīva Prabhu,
Who revealed to the jīvas
The essence (tattva) of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
Like an āmalakī fruit in hand.” - Read on →: yaḥ sāṅkhya-paṅkena kutarka-pāṁśunā
yaḥ sāṅkhya-paṅkena kutarka-pāṁśunā
vivarta-gartena ca lupta-dīdhitim |
śuddhaṁ vyadhād vāk-sudhayā maheśvaraṁ
kṛṣṇaṁ sa jīvaḥ prabhur astu me gatiḥ ||
(Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa’s ṭīkā on Tattva-sandarbha: 1.4)“The master Jīva—
He who with the nectar of his words
Made bright [alt., clear] the Supreme Īśvara, Kṛṣṇa,
Who had become of shrouded luster
Because of the mud of Sāṅkhya,
The dust of fallacious argument [i.e., Nyāya],
And the ditch of Vivarta [i.e., Māyāvāda]—
Be my shelter.” - Read on →: jīva-svarūpa-bhūtasya sac-cid-ānanda-vastunaḥ
jīva-svarūpa-bhūtasya sac-cid-ānanda-vastunaḥ |
sākṣād-anubhavenāpi syāt tādṛk sukham alpakam ||
(Bṛhad-Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.2.176)“The happiness that arises from direct experience of the existence, consciousness, and bliss inherent in the jīva’s svarūpa is meager.”
- Read on →: tatra tasya jaḍa-pratiyogitvena jñānatvaṁ
tatra tasya jaḍa-pratiyogitvena jñānatvaṁ duḥkha-pratiyogitvena tu jñānatvam ānandatvaṁ ca |
(Paramātma Sandarbha: 28)“In this regard [i.e., in regard to the jīva being described in Padma-purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa, 226.35 (see Paramātma Sandarbha: 19), as cid-ānandātmakaḥ, that is, of the nature of consciousness and bliss], because of the jīva’s being the counterpositive [i.e., negation] of inertness, the jīva is [said to be] of the nature of consciousness, and because of the jīva’s being the counterpositive [i.e., negation] of misery, the jīva is [said to be] of the nature of consciousness and bliss.”