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- Read on →: sūryakānter raver yogād
sūryakānter raver yogād vahnis tatra prajāyate |
evaṁ vai sādhu-saṁyogād dharau bhaktiḥ prajāyate ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 6.132.13)“Fire manifests there from the combination of a sun-crystal [lsy., a magnifying class] and the sun. Similarly, bhakti to Hari verily manifests from association with a sādhu.”
- Read on →: bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta
bhaktis tu bhagavad-bhakta-saṅgena parijāyate |
sat-saṅgaḥ prāpyate puṁbhiḥ sukṛtaiḥ pūrva-sañcitaiḥ ||
(Bṛhan Nāradīya Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.279)“Bhakti, however, manifests from association with bhaktas of Bhagavān, and [such] association with sādhus is attained by human beings by previously accumulated sukṛti.”
- Read on →: antaḥ-śuddhir bahiḥ-śuddhis
antaḥ-śuddhir bahiḥ-śuddhis tapaḥ-śānty-adayas tathā |
amī guṇāḥ prapadyante hari-sevābhikāminām ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.263)“Internal purity, external purity, austerity, peacefulness, and so forth—all these qualities take shelter in those who are desirous of serving Hari.”
- Read on →: vīkṣe divyākṣi-lakṣaiḥ sthira-cara-suṣamāṁ saurabhaṁ ghrāṇa-lakṣair
vīkṣe divyākṣi-lakṣaiḥ sthira-cara-suṣamāṁ saurabhaṁ ghrāṇa-lakṣair
jighrāmy ākarṇaye ca śravaṇa-vitatibhis tvad-guṇān atyudārān |
pat-koṭyā tvayaṭeyaṁ yadi ca kara-śiraḥ koṭibhis tvāṁ nameyaṁ
no tṛptir me tathāpi priyatama-paramānanda-vṛndāvanādya ||
(Vṛndāvana-mahimāmṛta: 4.53)“O dearmost, supremely blissful Vṛndāvana! If today I beheld the exquisite beauty of the mobile and immobile beings within you with hundreds of thousands of divine eyes, I smelled your fragrance with hundreds of thousands of noses, I heard your most exalted virtues with numerous ears, I were to roam about you with tens of millions of feet, and I were to bow to you with tens of millions of hands and feet, still I would feel no satiation.”
- Read on →: atrodite bhavej jātu
atrodite bhavej jātu na tṛptir darśanādiṣu ||
(Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇi: 14.79)[The taṭastha-lakṣaṇa of the stage of prema-bhakti known as sneha:] “When this [i.e., sneha] arises, no satiation ever occurs by vision [of Kṛṣṇa] or otherwise [by hearing, meditating, or any other means].”
- Read on →: didṛkṣus tad ahaṁ bhūyaḥ
didṛkṣus tad ahaṁ bhūyaḥ praṇidhāya mano hṛdi |
vīkṣamāṇo’pi nāpaśyam avitṛpta ivāturaḥ ||
evaṁ yatantaṁ vijane mām āhāgocaro girām |
gambhīra-ślakṣṇayā vācā śucaḥ praśamayann iva ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.6.20–21)[Nārada:] “Desiring to see that [form of Bhagavān] again, I fixed my mind in my heart. Though I looked intently, I did not see [him]. Not fully satiated, I became as though diseased. As I endeavored in this way in seclusion, he who is inexpressible by words then spoke to me with deep, gentle words which somewhat alleviated my distress.”