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  • na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṁ
    na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
    na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
    mayy arpitātmecchati mad vinānyat ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.14; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.580; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.42; Bhakti Sandarbha: 132, 168; Prīti Sandarbha: 23)

    [Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “One who has offered oneself to me desires neither the post of Brahmā, nor the abode of Indra, nor dominion over the entire earth, nor reign over Pātāla, nor the siddhis of yoga, nor non-repetition of birth [i.e., mokṣa], nor anything else apart from me.”

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  • na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ
    na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
    na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
    samañjasa tvā virahayya kāṅkṣe ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.11.25; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.32; Prīti Sandarbha: 24, 72)

    [Vṛtrāsura to Bhagavān:] “Neither the vault of Heaven, nor the position of the highest standing, nor rule over the entirety of the earth, nor sovereignty over Rasā, nor the yoga-siddhis, nor non-repetition of birth, do I desire, O Proper One, leaving you.”

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  • na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca sārvabhaumaṁ
    na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
    na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
    vāñchanti yat-pāda-rajaḥ-prapannāḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.16.37; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.669; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.39; Prīti Sandarbha: 24)

    [The nāga-patnīs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] “Those who have taken shelter in the dust of your feet desire neither the domain of Dhruva, nor dominion over the entire earth, nor the post of Brahmā, nor reign over Pātāla, nor the siddhis of yoga, nor even non-repetition of birth [i.e., mokṣa].”

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  • āpadāṁ kathitaḥ panthā indriyāṇām asaṁyamaḥ |
    taj-jayaḥ sampadāṁ mārgo yeneṣṭaṁ tena gamyatām ||
    (Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha)

    “Lack of control over the senses is said to be the path to misfortune. Conquering the senses is [said to be] the path to good fortune. Go by that [path] which is so desired.”

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  • yad yathā yathopāsate tad eva bhavanti |
    (Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa: 10.5.2.20; cited in Prīti Sandarbha 51)

    “One indeed becomes that which one meditates upon.”

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  • sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma taj-jalān iti śānta upāsīta | atha khalu kratumayaḥ puruṣo yathā kratur asmil loke puruṣo bhavati tathetaḥ pretya bhavati sa kratuṁ kurvīta ||
    (Chāndogya Upaniṣad: 3.14.1; cited in Prīti Sandarbha 51)

    “All of this is verily Brahman, that from which everything manifests, by which everything is taken [i.e., into which everything dissolves], and in which everything exists. Therefore, be peaceful and meditate [upon Brahman]. Now, verily, a living being is made of intention (kratu). As is a living being’s intention in this world, so the living being becomes upon departing from here. [Therefore,] one should form an intention.”

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