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  • naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayācyuta |
    sthito’smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṁ tava ||
    (Bhagavad-gītā: 18.73)

    “[Arjuna to Kṛṣṇa:] O Acyuta, by your grace, my misunderstanding is dispelled, and remembrance has been attained by me. I am steady, free from doubt. I shall follow your instruction.”

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  • kaccid etac chrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā |
    kaccid ajñāna-saṁmohaḥ pranaṣṭas te dhanaṁjaya ||
    (Bhagavad-gītā: 18.72)

    “O Pārtha, has this [i.e., the Gītā] been heard by you with a one-pointed mind? O Dhanañjaya, has your misunderstanding born of ignorance been fully dispelled?”

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  • evaṁ vimṛśya guṇato manasas try-avasthā
    man-māyayā mayi kṛtā iti niścitārthāḥ |
    sañchidya hārdam anumāna-sad-ukti-tīkṣṇa-
    jñānāsinā bhajata mākhila-saṁśayādhim ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.13.33)

    “Deliberating in this way and becoming certain, ‘The three states of the mind [i.e., wakefulness, dreaming, and deep sleep] are manifest in me because of my illusion,’ completely cut away the foundation of all doubts [i.e., the ahaṅkāra] with the sharp sword of knowledge in the form of inference and the statements of the sat [i.e., the teachings of sādhus and the śāstra], and worship me situated in the heart.”

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  • purāṇaṁ pañcarātraṁ ca vedāḥ pāśupatās tathā |
    atipramāṇāny etāni na hantavyāni hetubhiḥ ||
    (Yājñavalkya Ṛṣi; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 12.421)

    “Purāṇas, Pañcarātras, Vedas, and Pāśupatas—these are highly authoritative and should not be controverted with arguments.”

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  • pañcarātra-purāṇāni setihāsāni mānavāḥ |
    ye vinindanti teṣāṁ vai vacanaṁ parivarjayet ||
    (Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 12.420)

    “Reject the statements of people who denigrate the Pañcarātras, Purāṇas, and Itihāsas.”

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  • yeṣāṁ viśveśvare viṣṇau śive bhaktir na vidyate |
    na teṣāṁ vacanaṁ grāhyaṁ dharma-nirṇaya-siddhaye ||
    (Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 12.419)

    “The statements of those who do not have bhakti to auspicious Viṣṇu, the Lord of Universe, [alt., to the Lord of the Universe, Viṣṇu, and Śiva] are not acceptable for the purpose of ascertaining dharma.”

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