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  • vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro |
    bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam ||
    janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān |
    naivārhaty abhidhātuṁ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.8.25–26)

    “[Kuntī Devī to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] O Guru of the universe, let those dangers occur constantly everywhere in the midst of which shall occur the sight of you, by virtue of which the sight of material existence again does not! A person swelling with conceit as a result of birth, capability, learning, or beauty is never fit to speak of you, who are attainable [only] by the disinterested [i.e., those who foster no attachment to anything of the world].”

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  • tat te’nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇo
    bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam |
    hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
    jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.8)

    “One who can perceive your grace fully and properly, endure the reactions to one’s own past actions, and live on offering obeisance unto you with mind, body, and words is an heir to the plane of mukti [i.e., freedom from ignorance and engagement in your eternal service].”

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  • vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam |
    brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.2.11)

    “Knowers of the Tattva say that which is non-dual consciousness and is called Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān is the Tattva.”

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  • śry-advaita namas tubhyaṁ kali-jana-kṛpā-nidhe |
    gaura-prema-pradānāya śrī-sītā-pataye namaḥ ||
    (Unknown source)

    “O Śrī Advaita!
    Obeisance and obeisance unto you,
    The ocean of grace for the people of Kali,
    The bestower of prema for Gaura,
    The husband of Śrī Sītā.”

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  • sad-bhaktāli-niṣevitāṅghri-kamalaṁ kundendu-śuklāmbaraṁ
    śuddha-svarṇa-ruciṁ subāhu-yugalaṁ smerānanaṁ sundaram |
    śrī-caitanya-dṛśaṁ varābhaya-karaṁ premāṅga-bhūṣāñcitam
    advaitaṁ satataṁ smarāmi paramānandaika-kandaṁ prabhum ||
    (Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 51; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 2.13)

    “The lotuses of his feet served by the bees of pure bhaktas,
    His cloth kunda and moon white,
    His luster pure gold,
    His arms superlative,
    His smiling face beautiful,
    His sight on Śrī Caitanya,
    His hands in [the mudrās of] benediction and refuge,
    His figure adorned with the ornaments of prema—
    I continuously meditate on Advaita Prabhu, the sole root of the highest bliss.”

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  • nistāritāśeṣa-janaṁ dayāluṁ
    premāmṛtābdhau parimagna-cittam |
    caitanya-candrādṛtam arcitaṁ tam
    advaita-candraṁ śirasā namāmi ||
    (Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 22)

    “I offer obeisance with my head unto him, Advaitacandra, the gracious deliverer of countless persons, whose heart is completely submerged in the ocean of the nectar of prema, and who is honored and worshipped by Caitanyacandra.”

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