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sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi |
tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.295)
“With the sādhaka-form and with the siddha-form here itself [i.e., in Vraja], service is to be performed by one desirous of that bhāva [of one’s longing] following the residents of Vraja.”
Read on →: sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa
nijābhīṣṭa-kṛṣṇa-preṣṭha-pāche ta lāgiyā |
nirantara sevā kare antarmanā hañā ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.154)
“Following behind the beloved of Kṛṣṇa of one’s own longing, one continuously engages in service, remaining inwardly minded.”
Read on →: nijābhīṣṭa-kṛṣṇa-preṣṭha-pāche ta lāgiyā
kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam |
tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau kuryād vāsaṁ vraje sadā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.294)
“Remembering beloved Kṛṣṇa and his companion of one’s own longing, one absorbed in narrations of them should always dwell in Vraja.”
Read on →: kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya
tat-prema-śarmaṇāṁ sarvātiśayi-dharmatāyām aham api marma-vettā, yataḥ—
harir gopa-kṣauṇī-pati-mithunam anye ca vibudhā
na naḥ krūraṁ cittaṁ mṛdulayitum īśā lavam api |
aho teṣāṁ premā vilasati harau yas tu balavān
harer vā yas teṣu drutayati sa eva pratipadam ||
(Gopāla-Campū: Pūrva, 1.81; 64)
“Even I [who have a most hard heart] am able to understand the secret of the super-excellence of the bliss of that prema [found between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and his companions]: Neither Hari, nor the King and Queen of the land of the cowherds [i.e., Nanda and Yaśodā], nor any other wise persons [of Vraja] are able to soften my hard heart even one bit. But aho! The powerful prema they express for Hari and that Hari expresses for them melts my heart at every step.”
Read on →: tat-prema-śarmaṇāṁ
lobhanīya-vastuni śrute dṛṣṭe vā svata eva lobha utpadyate |
(Rāga-vartma-candrikā: 1.5)
“Intense desire (lobha) arises entirely of its own accord when an intensely desirable (lobhanīya) object is seen or heard about.”
Read on →: lobhanīya-vastuni śrute
tat-tad-bhāvādi-mādhurye śrute dhīr yad apekṣate |
nātra śāstraṁ na yuktiṁ ca tal-lobhotpatti-lakṣaṇam ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.292)
“That the intellect relies neither upon injunctions (śāstra) nor upon reasoning [to act] after hearing of the sweetness of their [i.e., the rāgātmikā-bhaktas’] respective bhāvas and so forth [i.e., their forms, qualities, līlā, etc.]—this is the characteristic of the arising of lobha in this regard [i.e., in regard to rāgānugā-bhakti].”
Read on →: tat-tad-bhāvādi-mādhurye