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  • 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].”

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  • para-duḥkha-praharaṇecchā hi kṛpā |
    (Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa’s ṭīkā on Stava-mālā: Prārthanā-paddhati, 7)

    “Grace is desire to remove the suffering of another.”

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  • para-duḥkhāsaho yas tu karuṇaḥ sa nigadyate ||
    (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sundhu: 2.1.132)

    “One who cannot tolerate the suffering of others is called compassionate.”

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  • 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.”

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  • kṛṣṇasya vṛndā-vipine’tra rādhayā
    līlā anantā madhurāś cakāsati |
    kṣaṇe kṣaṇe nūtana-nūtanāḥ śubhā
    diṅ-mātram etan mayakā pradarśitam ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 23.93)

    “The līlā of Kṛṣṇa with Rādhā here in the forest of Vṛndā, endless and sweet, shines from moment to moment newer and newer in splendor. A mere indication of this has been shown by me.”

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  • tatas te bhojayitvānyā vayasyā dāsikā api |
    sa-gaṇaiḥ saha saṁhṛṣṭaiḥ sveśā-śeṣānnam ādatuḥ ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 20.74)

    “Thereafter, they [i.e., Tulasī and Rūpa Mañjarī] fed their contemporaries and servants and then with their companions delightedly ate their Īśā’s [i.e., Rādhā’s] remnants.”

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