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- Read on →: jananī janma-bhūmiś
jananī janma-bhūmiś ca jāhnavī ca janārdanaḥ |
janakaḥ pañcamaś caiva ja-kārāḥ pañca-durlabhāḥ ||
(Unknown source)“Mother (jananī), the land of one’s birth (janma-bhūmi), the Ganges (Jāhnavī), Janārdana [i.e., Bhagavān], and fifthly, Father (janaka)—these five j’s are most precious to attain.”
- Read on →: bhakta-citte bhakta-gṛhe sadā avasthāna
bhakta-citte bhakta-gṛhe sadā avasthāna |
kabhu gupta, kabhu vyakta, svatantra bhagavān ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.6.124)“Independent Bhagavān is always situated in the hearts of his devotees and the homes of his devotees, sometimes hiddenly and sometime openly.”
- Read on →: īśvara-svarūpa bhakta tā̐ra adhiṣṭhāna
īśvara-svarūpa bhakta tā̐ra adhiṣṭhāna |
bhaktera hṛdaye kṛṣṇera satata viśrāma ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.61)“A bhakta is a form of Īśvara, as a bhakta is his dwelling-place. Kṛṣṇa always resides in his bhakta’s heart.”
- Read on →: sādhavo hṛdayaṁ mahyaṁ
sādhavo hṛdayaṁ mahyaṁ sādhūnāṁ hṛdayaṁ tv aham |
mad-anyat te na jānanti nāhaṁ tebhyo manāg api ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 9.4.68; cited in Paramātma Sandarbha: 93, Prīti Sandarbha: 65; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.62)[Viṣṇu to Durvāsā:] “Sādhus are my heart, and I am the sādhus’ heart. They do not know anyone other than me, and I do not know anyone other than them at all.”