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  • cakṣur vinā yathā dīpaṁ dṛṣṭvā darpaṇam eva ca |
    samīpasthā na paśyanti tathā viṣṇuṁ bahirmukhāḥ ||
    (Padma Purāṇa: 6.132.55)

    “As the blind do not see a lamp or a mirror situated nearby even after looking towards it, so the averse do not see Viṣṇu [situated nearby, i.e, invariably present everywhere always].”

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  • yadā carmavad ākāśaṁ veṣṭayiṣyanti mānavāḥ |
    tadā devam avijñāya duḥkhasyānto bhaviṣyati ||
    (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad: 6.20)

    “When human beings are able to roll up the sky like leather, then [their] suffering will come to an end without understanding Deva.”

    Read on →: yadā carmavad ākāśaṁ

  • bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syād
    īśād apetasya viparyayo’smṛtiḥ |
    tan-māyayāto budha ābhajet taṁ
    bhaktyaikayeśaṁ guru-devatātmā ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.2.37; cited in Tattva Sandarbha: 32; Paramātma Sandarbha: 47; Bhakti Sandarbha: 1, 59, 114; Prīti Sandarbha: 1; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.20.116)

    “Non-awareness, misapprehension, and fear because of absorption in a second shall occur by means of Īśa’s māyā for one who is averse to him. Therefore, a wise person, being one for whom the guru is the Devatā and the self (ātmā), should fully worship him [viz., Īśa, Bhagavān] with one-pointed bhakti.”

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  • na rarājoḍupaś channaḥ sva-jyotsnā-rājitair ghanaiḥ |
    ahaṁ-matyā bhāsitayā sva-bhāsā puruṣo yathā ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.20.19)

    “The moon covered by clouds illuminated by its own light does not shine, just as the puruṣa [i.e., the jīva, or, the Supreme Īśvara] covered by egotism [i.e., avidyā, ignorance] illuminated by its own light [i.e., consciousness] does not [shine either].”

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  • Eight verses in praise of Śrī Caitanya

    By Śrīmad Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmīpāda

    Read on →: Śrī Caitanyāṣṭakam (Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī)

  • A hymn expressive of wretchedness

    By Śrīmad Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda

    Read on →: Kārpaṇya-pañjikā-stotram

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