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kṛṣṇa-kṛpā vine nahe duḥkhera mocana |
thākila vā vidyā kula koṭi koṭi dhana ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.7.138)
“Without Kṛṣṇa’s grace, deliverance from suffering does not occur, even if one has learning, nobility, or crores and crores of wealth.”
Read on →: kṛṣṇa-kṛpā vine nahe duḥkhera mocana
anuṣṭhānaṁ hy upadeśāpekṣaṁ, prema tu tat-prasādāpekṣam iti |
(Tattva Sandarbha: 46)
“Practice [i.e., sādhana-bhakti] is dependent on instruction, but prema [i.e., prema-bhakti] is dependent on his [i.e., Bhagavān’s] grace.”
Read on →: anuṣṭhānaṁ hy upadeśāpekṣaṁ
anukampā ca pūrṇe’pi svasmin nija-sevādy-abhilāṣaṁ sampādya sevakādiṣu sevādi-saubhāgya-sampādikā bhagavataś cittārdratāmayī tad-upakārecchā |
(Prīti Sandarbha: 84)
“Anukampā (compassion) is Bhagavān’s desire, constituted of meltedness of the heart, to favor his servants and so forth by producing desire [within their hearts] for their own service to him and then manifesting the fortune of that service and so forth even though he is complete [i.e., independent and self-satisfied].”
Read on →: anukampā ca pūrṇe’pi svasmin nija-sevādy-abhilāṣaṁ
para-duḥkha-praharaṇecchā hi kṛpā |
(Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa’s ṭīkā on Stava-mālā: Prārthanā-paddhati, 7)
“Grace is desire to remove the suffering of another.”
Read on →: para-duḥkha-praharaṇecchā hi kṛpā
para-duḥkhāsaho yas tu karuṇaḥ sa nigadyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sundhu: 2.1.132)
“One who cannot tolerate the suffering of others is called compassionate.”
Read on →: para-duḥkhāsaho yas tu karuṇaḥ sa nigadyate
yair etat paripīyate hṛdi lasat tṛṣṇātirekān muhur
brahmādyair api durgamaṁ vraja-vidhor līlāmṛtaṁ rādhayā |
vṛndāraṇya-vilāsinī-kumudinī-vṛndasya bandhur vraje
kāruṇyād acireṇa vāñchita-tamaṁ teṣāṁ tanotu svayam ||
(Govinda-līlāmṛta: 23.96)
[Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī confers a blessing upon readers of Govinda-līlāmṛta at the end of the text and thereby illustrates the ultimate aim and result of relishing the text:]
“May the Friend of the lilies
Of the charming women
In the forest of Vṛndā in Vraja
[viz., Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Beloved of the lily-like gopīs],
Out of compassion,
Personally,
And without delay,
Bestow that which is desired most [i.e., prema-sevā]
Upon those by whom this līlāmṛta
[i.e., this text Govinda-līlāmṛta,
And alt., this nectar of the līlā]
Of [himself] the Moon of Vraja with Rādhā
Is continuously imbibed in full
Out of an abundance of thirst
Rollicking in the heart
Although [such līlāmṛta is] inaccessible even to Brahmā and others.”
Read on →: yair etat paripīyate hṛdi lasat tṛṣṇātirekān muhur