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- Read on →: anukampā ca pūrṇe’pi svasmin nija-sevādy-abhilāṣaṁ
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 →: para-duḥkha-praharaṇecchā hi kṛpā
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-duḥkhāsaho yas tu karuṇaḥ sa nigadyate
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 →: kṛṣṇasya vṛndā-vipine’tra rādhayā
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.”
- Read on →: tatas te bhojayitvānyā vayasyā dāsikā api
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.”