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  • yathā hemni sthito vahnir durvarṇaṁ hanti dhātu-jam |
    evam ātma-gato viṣṇur yoginām aśubhāśayam ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 12.3.47)

    “As fire set upon gold removes discoloration caused by metals, so Viṣṇu situated in the mind [removes] the inauspicious thoughts of yogīs.”

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  • śrutaḥ saṅkīrtito dhyātaḥ pūjitaś cādṛto’pi vā |
    nṛṇāṁ dhunoti bhagavān hṛt-stho janmāyatāśubham ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 12.3.46)

    “When heard about, highly praised, meditated upon, worshipped, or even honored, Bhagavān, situated in the heart, removes ten-thousand births of human beings’ inauspiciousness.”

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  • puṁsāṁ kali-kṛtāṁ doṣān dravya-deśātma-sambhavān |
    sarvān harati citta-stho bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 12.3.45)

    “Bhagavān, Puruṣottama, situated in the citta, removes from people all the faults created by Kali existing amid objects, places, and the self.”

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  • yadi māṁ prāptum icchanti prāpnuvanty eva nānyathā |
    kalau kaluṣa-cittānāṁ vṛthāyuḥ-prabhṛtīni ca |
    bhavanti varṇāśramiṇāṁ na tu mac-charaṇārthinām ||
    (Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa: cited in Bhakti Sandarbha 99)

    “If anyone desires to attain me, they certainly attain me. This cannot be otherwise. In [the Age of] Kali, the life and so forth [i.e., the present actions and future destiny] of those of polluted heart who adhere to varṇāśrama are fruitless, but such is not so for those who seek my shelter.”

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  • yadā sarve pramucyante kāmā ye’sya hrdi sthitāḥ |
    atha martyo’mṛto bhavaty atra brahma samaśnute ||
    (Bṛhad-ārayaṇka Upaniṣad: 4.4.7; Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 2.3.14; cited in Bhāvārtha-dīpikā and Sārātha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.2.32, Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.10.9, the Sārārtha-varṣiṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 2.55; Govinda-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 4.2.7)

    “When all the desires present in one’s heart are dispelled, then a mortal becomes immortal and here experiences Brahman.”

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  • svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ |
    prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam ||
    dvādaśaite vijānīmo dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ bhaṭāḥ |
    guhyaṁ viśuddhaṁ durbodhaṁ yaṁ jñātvāmṛtam aśnute ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.3.20–21; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 110)

    [Yamarāja to his emissaries:] “O servants, Brahmā, Nārada, Śambhu [i.e., Śiva], [Sanat] Kumāra, Kapila, [Svāyambhuva] Manu, Prahlāda, Janaka, Bhīṣma, Bali, Vaiyāsaki [i.e., Śukadeva Gosvāmī], and we [i.e., I myself]—these twelve understand Bhāgavata-dharma, which is confidential, completely pure [i.e., beyond the guṇas], and difficult to comprehend, and which, by understanding, one relishes amṛta [i.e., one attains the nectar of immortality].”

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