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yo vakti nyāya-rahitam anyāyena śṛṇoti yaḥ |
tāv ubhau narakaṁ ghoraṁ vrajataḥ kālam akṣayam ||
(Nārada Pañcarātra; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 1.101; Bhakti Sandarbha: 238)
“Both one who speaks devoid of rule [i.e., instructs things that are contrary to the intent of the śāstra] and one who listens devoid of rule [i.e., follows things that are contrary to the intent of the śāstra] proceed to a dark hell for unlimited time.”
Read on →: yo vakti nyāya-rahitam anyāyena śṛṇoti yaḥ
nārāyaṇo’pi vikṛtiṁ yāti guroḥ pracyutasya durbuddheḥ |
kamalasya jalād apaiti raviḥ śuṣyati nāśayati ca |
(Unknown source)
“Even Nārāyaṇa becomes displeased with a foolish person who deviates from guru, just as the sun dries and destroys a lotus that comes out of water.”
Read on →: nārāyaṇo’pi vikṛtiṁ yāti guroḥ pracyutasya durbuddheḥ
Eight verses in praise the Divine Couple
Of uncertain authorship; attributed by some to Śrīmad Jīva Gosvāmīpāda
Read on →: Yugalāṣṭakam
The ten essential verses of Śrī Śrī Govinda-līlāmṛta
By Śrīmad Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmīpāda
Read on →: Daśa-ślokī
yāvat pāpais tu malinaṁ hṛdayaṁ tāvad eva hi |
na śāstre satya-buddhiḥ syāt sad-buddhiḥ sad-gurau tathā ||
aneka-janma-janita-puṇya-rāśi-phalaṁ mahat |
sat-saṅga-śāstra-śravaṇād eva premādi jāyate ||
(Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 1)
“As long as the heart is polluted by sins, conviction in the truthfulness of the śāstra and conviction in the truthfulness of a true guru does not come about. Prema and so forth, which are the ultimate result of the accumulation of merit [i.e., engagement in practices of bhakti] created over the course of many births, manifest only by hearing śāstra in the association of sādhus.”
Read on →: yāvat pāpais tu malinaṁ hṛdayaṁ tāvad eva hi
ekākṣara-pradātāraṁ yo guruṁ nābhivandate |
śvāna-yoni-śataṁ gatvā cāṇḍāleṣv abhijāyate ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti-darpaṇa: 13.20)
“One who does not respect a guru who has taught [even] a single syllable will undergo one hundred births as a dog and then be born among cāṇḍālas.”
Read on →: ekākṣara-pradātāraṁ yo guruṁ nābhivandate