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- Read on →: yatra yatra mahīpāla
yatra yatra mahīpāla vaiṣṇavī vartate kathā |
tatra tatra harir yāti gaur yathā suta-vatsalā ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha 269)“O Protector of the earth, Hari goes wherever kathā of the Vaiṣṇavas [i.e., discussion of Viṣṇu or Vaiṣṇavas] is present like a cow full of affection for its calf.”
- Read on →: yasmai dattaṁ ca yaj-jñānaṁ
yasmai dattaṁ ca yaj-jñānaṁ jñāna-dātā hariḥ svayam |
jñānena tena sa stauti bhāva-grāhī janārdanaḥ ||
(Nārada Pañcarātra: 1.12.40)“One offers praises [to Hari] with the knowledge which Hari himself, the bestower of knowledge, has bestowed upon one, but Janārdana [i.e., “the instigator of the people”] is a partaker of bhāva [i.e., Hari relishes primarily the bhāva of his bhaktas, and not their knowledge].”
- Read on →: mūrkho vadati viṣṇāya
mūrkho vadati viṣṇāya dhīro vadati viṣṇave |
ubhayos tu samaṁ puṇyaṁ bhāva-grāhī janārdanaḥ ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.11.108)“[When making offerings with mantras to Bhagavān Viṣṇu:] An uneducated persons says, “Viṣṇāya,” and a learned person says, “Viṣṇave,” but their merit is the same [i.e., they both attain the same benefit from performing the offering even though one uses correct grammar and the other does not], as Janārdana [i.e., “the instigator of the people”] is a partaker of bhāva.”
- Read on →: jīva-rāśibhir ākīrṇa
jīva-rāśibhir ākīrṇa aṇḍa-kośāṅghripo mahān |
tan-mūlatvād acyutejyā sarva-jīvātma-tarpaṇam||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.14.36)“The vast tree of this universe is filled with multitudes of jīvas. Worship of Acyuta satisfies all jīvas and one’s self because He is the root of the tree.”