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- Read on →: man-nimittaṁ kṛtaṁ pāpam
man-nimittaṁ kṛtaṁ pāpam api dharmāya kalpate |
mām anādṛtya dharmo’pi pāpaṁ syān mat-prabhāvataḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa; Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 1.110, 10.263)[Bhagavān:] “By my power, even sin that is committed for me is considered dharma, and even dharma that disregards me can become sin.”
- Read on →: arir mitraṁ viṣaṁ pathyam
arir mitraṁ viṣaṁ pathyam adharmo dharmatāṁ vrajet |
suprasanne hṛṣīkeśe viparīte viparyayaḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa; Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 1.109, 10.262)“When Hṛṣīkeśa is highly pleased, then enemies become friends, poison becomes salutary, and adharma becomes dharma. When the opposite occurs [i.e., when Hṛṣīkeśa is displeased], the opposite ensues [i.e., friends become enemies, nutriments becomes poison, and dharma becomes adharma].”
- Read on →: bhakti-viśeṣa-mātreṇaivodaya-viśeṣa-niyamāt
bhakti-viśeṣa-mātreṇaivodaya-viśeṣa-niyamāt |
(Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 149)“[Kṛṣṇa became the son of Droṇa and Dharā] Because of the rule that a particular manifestation [of him] is a result of a particular [corresponding] form of bhakti.”
- Read on →: anya-kāmī yadi kare kṛṣṇera bhajana
anya-kāmī yadi kare kṛṣṇera bhajana |
nā māgileo kṛṣṇa tāre dena sva-caraṇa ||
kṛṣṇa kahe—āmā bhaje, māge viṣaya-sukha |
amṛta chāḍi’ viṣa māge—ei baḍa mūrkha ||
āmi vijña, ei mūrkhe viṣaya kene diba? |
sva-caraṇāmṛta diyā viṣaya bhulāiba ||
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.37–39)“If someone with other desires [i.e., someone who desires anything other than Kṛṣṇa] engages in worship of Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa gives them his own feet even though they did not ask [for them]. Kṛṣṇa says [i.e., considers], ‘They worship me but ask for the pleasure of sense objects; they reject nectar and ask for poison. They are a great fool. I [on the contrary] am wise. [So,] Why should I give this fool objects of the senses? I will give them the nectar of my own feet and make them forget about objects of the senses.’”