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  • advaita te karuṇayā praṇayāvalokaiḥ
    ke vābhavan na hi śacī-tanayasya dāsāḥ |
    premāmbudhau ca sahasā bata ke na magnā
    āśāpi no bhavati me bata kiṁ bravīmi ||
    (Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.10)

    “O Advaita! Who by your compassion and glances of love has not become a servant of the son of Śacī? Bata! And who has not fortunately become submerged in the ocean of prema? I [however] don’t have even hope. Bata! What shall I say?”

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  • yena śrī-harir īśvaraḥ prakaṭayāñ cakre kalau rādhayā
    premṇā yena maheśvareṇa sakalaṁ premāmbudhau plāvitam |
    viśvaṁ viśva-prakāśi-kīrtim atulaṁ taṁ dīna-bandhuṁ prabhum
    advaitaṁ satataṁ namāmi hariṇādvaitaṁ hi sarvārthadam ||
    (Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.10)

    “He by whom Īśvara Śrī Hari was manifested with Rādhā in [the Age of] Kali, the Maheśvara by whose prema the entire world became flooded in an ocean of prema, he whose glory manifest throughout the world is unparalleled—I continuously offer obeisance unto him, the friend of the humble and bestower of all arthas, Advaita Prabhu, who is non-different (“advaita”) from Hari.”

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  • advaitaṁ hariṇādvaitād ācāryaṁ bhakti-śaṁsanāt |
    bhaktāvatāram īśaṁ tam advaitācāryam āśraye ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.13)

    “I take shelter in him, the bhaktāvatāra Lord Advaita Ācārya, who is [known as] ‘Advaita’ because he is non-different (“advaita”) from Hari and [known as] ‘Ācārya’ because he teaches bhakti.”

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  • mahāviṣṇur jagat-kartā māyayā yaḥ sṛjaty adaḥ |
    tasyāvatāra evāyam advaitācārya īśvaraḥ ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.12)

    “Mahāviṣṇu, the maker of the universe, who produces this [i.e., the universe] with māyā—this Īśvara, Advaita Ācārya, is indeed his avatāra.”

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  • yaḥ svānubhāvam akhila-śruti-sāram ekam
    adhyātma-dīpam atititīrṣatāṁ tamo’ndham |
    saṁsāriṇāṁ karuṇayāha purāṇa-guhyaṁ
    taṁ vyāsa-sūnum upayāmi guruṁ munīnām ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.2.3)

    “I take shelter in him, Vyāsa’s son, the guru of the sages [i.e., he who spoke instructions even in the presence of his gurus Nārada and Vyāsa], who compassionately spoke for saṁsārīs [i.e., people of all times] desiring to completely cross over the blinding darkness [i.e., avidyā] this confidential Purāṇa [i.e., Śrīmad Bhāgavatam], which is self-endowed with magnificence [i.e., which conveys the supremacy of rasa and is the cause of Śukadeva being most exalted among all the sages], the essence of all the Śrutis [alt., the essence of all that can be heard], unparalleled, and the illuminator of the higher self.”

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  • apātraṁ pātratā yāti yatra pātraṁ na vidyate |
    asmin deśe drumo nāsti eraṇḍo’pi drumāyate ||
    (Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 1985)

    “An unfit person attains fitness when a fit person is not present. In a land where there are no trees, even a castor-oil plant is considered a tree.”

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