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  • vrajaḥ sa nandasya guṇaiḥ svakīyair
    vilāsa-bhūr āsa mahāvibhūteḥ |
    yasyāḥ kaṭākṣena jagad-vibhūtir
    vaikuṇṭha-nāthasya gṛheśvarī yā ||
    yasyaika-vṛkṣo’pi nijena kenacid
    dravyena kāmāṁs tanute’rthino’khilān |
    tathāpi tat tan na sadā prakāśayed
    aiśvaryam īśaḥ sva-vihāra-vighnataḥ ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.104–105)

    “By virtue of its own qualities, that abode of Nanda—even one tree of which can produce with any aspect of itself all the desired objects of any seeker, and by the sidelong glance of which the magnificence of the world exists—has become the play-land of she of great magnificence [viz., Mahālakṣmī], the Mistress of the household of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha. Still, Īśa [viz., Śrī Kṛsṇa] shall not always manifest that particular splendor (aiśvarya) on account of obstruction to his own sporting [i.e., if he were to do so, and thus he doesn’t manifest it always but rather only when doing so is suitable].”

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  • mādhvīka-jaitra-madhura-svaram akṣarāṇām
    uccāraṇād vijita-veda-vid-ādi-garvam |
    kṛṣṇārtha-tṛṣṇa-rasa-bhāva-kulākalaṅkā-
    laṅkāram īritam api sphuṭam atra gānam ||
    (Gopāla-campū: 2.37.38)

    “That the sweet sound of which
    Is victorious over spirituous liquor,
    That by [just] pronunciation of the phonemes of which
    The pride of those conversant in the Vedas and others
    Is thoroughly defeated,
    That the flawless ornaments within which
    Are the rasas and bhāvas arising from thirst for the sake of Kṛṣṇa—
    Certainly even [such] speech here [i.e., in Goloka]
    Is [fit to be considered] singing
    [And thus how marvelous is the actual singing here?].”

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  • saptāham evācyuta-hasta-padmake
    bhṛṅgāyamānaṁ phala-mūla-kandaraiḥ |
    saṁsevyamānaṁ harim ātma-vṛndakaṁ
    govardhanaṁ taṁ śirasā namāmi ||
    (Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.34)

    “Acting like a bee for an entire week
    Atop the lotus of Acyuta’s hand,
    And serving in full with fruits, roots, and hollows
    Hari along with his dear ones—
    Unto him,
    Govardhana,
    With the head I offer obeisance.”

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  • tat tu laukika-sad-bandhu-buddhyā prema bhayādi-jam |
    vighnaṁ nirasya tad-gopa-gopī-dāsyepsayārjayet ||
    (Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.217)

    “With the mentality of an excellent kinsmen of the world in relation to him [viz., Kṛṣṇa], one should overcome the obstruction [to prema for Kṛṣṇa] produced by fear and so forth, and with the desire to attain the servitude of those gopas and gopīs [who are so dear to Kṛṣṇa], one should verily acquire prema [for him].”

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  • eka aneka eka puṇa rājasi
    By Śrī Govinda Dāsa Kavirāja

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  • A poem consisting of ten names known as The Nectar of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Līlā

    By Śrīmad Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda

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