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- Read on →: utsāho balavān ārya nāsty utsāhāt paraṁ balam
utsāho balavān ārya nāsty utsāhāt paraṁ balam |
sotsāhasya hi lokeṣu na kiñcid api durlabham ||
(Rāmāyaṇa: Kiṣikindhā-kāṇḍa, 4.1.121; cited in Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 6673)[Lakṣmaṇa to Rāma while distraught after the abduction of Sītā:] “O noble one, enthusiasm is powerful. Nothing is more powerful than enthusiasm. Indeed, there is nothing unattainable in all the worlds for one who has enthusiasm.”
- Read on →: acirād eva sarvārthaḥ sidhyaty eṣām abhīpsitaḥ
acirād eva sarvārthaḥ sidhyaty eṣām abhīpsitaḥ |
sad-dharmasyāvabodhāya yeṣāṁ nirbandhinī matiḥ ||
(Nāradīya Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.103 and Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.20.106)“All desired goals are soon realized by those who are of determined mind to understand true dharma.”
- Read on →: ihāsane śuṣyatu me śarīraṁ
ihāsane śuṣyatu me śarīraṁ
tvag-asthi-māṁsaṁ pralayaṁ ca yātu |
aprāpya bodhiṁ bahu-kalpa-durlabhāṁ
naivāsanāt kāyam ataś caliṣyate ||
(Lalita-vistara: 19.57)“Let my body dry up on this seat.
And let its skin, bones, and flesh disintegrate.
Without attaining enlightenment (bodhi),
Which is difficult to attain [even] in many kalpas,
Never shall this body move forth from this seat.” - Read on →: abhīpsāṁ svātmano rakṣāvirataṁ susthiraṁ tathā
abhīpsāṁ svātmano rakṣāvirataṁ susthiraṁ tathā |
yatnam ātiṣṭha dhairyeṇa tataḥ siddhir bhaved dhruvam ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2353)“Remain firmly fixed in your own aspiration, continuous [self-] protection, complete steadiness, and endeavor. Then success is certain.”
- Read on →: ātmanaś ca parasyāpi yaḥ karoty antarodaram
ātmanaś ca parasyāpi yaḥ karoty antarodaram |
tasya bhinna-dṛśo mṛtyur vidadhe bhayam ulbaṇam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.29.26; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha 106)[Kapiladeva:] “I, Death, cause tremendous fear for [i.e., subject to saṁsāra] one of disunited vision who differentiates between one’s own belly and another’s.”
- Read on →: Bhāgavatāṣṭakam
Eight verses in praise of Bhagavān’s bhaktas
By Śrī Rasikānandadeva Gosvāmī