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- Read on →: brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati
brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati |
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 18.54; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 7; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.8.65)“Situated in Brahman and being of clear mind, one neither laments nor hankers. Equal to all beings, one attains supreme bhakti to me.”
- Read on →: śrīmad-yaśodā-suta-keli-sindhuṁ
śrīmad-yaśodā-suta-keli-sindhuṁ
vigāhamānasya mamālpa-śakteḥ |
sanātana-śrīdhara-viśvanātha-
dayā-lavaḥ samprati śakti-rāśiḥ ||
(Vaiṣṇavānandinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.1)“For I of meager strength who am bathing in the ocean of the play of the blessed Son of Yaśodā, [even] a particle of the grace of Sanātana, Śrīdhara, and Viśvanātha is rightly a great amount of strength.”
- Read on →: chalaṁ ca na labhe kiñcid yenādyaṁ paripālayan
chalaṁ ca na labhe kiñcid yenādyaṁ paripālayan |
nibandhaṁ sva-kṛtaṁ bhrātar ānayāmy ātmanaḥ padam ||
tat te mayy akṛpāṁ vīkṣya vyagro’nugraha-kātaraḥ |
anādiṁ setum ullaṅghya tvaj-janmedam akārayam ||
śrīmad-govardhane tasmin nija-priyatamāspade |
svayam evābhavaṁ tāta jayantākhyaḥ sa te guruḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.4.84–86)“[Śrī Vaikuṇṭhanātha Bhagavān to Gopa Kumāra:] Following in full the primordial rule established by myself, I did not find any pretext on which I could bring you to my own abode. Thus, seeing your ungraciousness towards me, feeling anxious, and being overcome with compassion, I transgressed my beginningless law and caused this birth of yours there in that dearmost abode of my own, blessed Govardhana. My dear boy, I myself specifically became your guru, he whose name is Jayanta.”
- Read on →: bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā bhagavan yadi syād
bhaktis tvayi sthiratarā bhagavan yadi syād
daivena naḥ phalati divya-kiśora-mūrtiḥ |
muktiḥ svayaṁ mukulitāñjaliḥ sevate’smān
dharmārtha-kāma-gatayaḥ samaya-pratīkṣāḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta: 107)“O Bhagavān, if our bhakti to you would become more steadfast, [then] your divine adolescent figure will manifest [before us], mukti herself will serve us with joined palms, and the attainments of dharma, artha, and kāma will await their chance [to serve].”
- Read on →: tad aśma-sāraṁ hṛdayaṁ batedaṁ
tad aśma-sāraṁ hṛdayaṁ batedaṁ
yad gṛhyamāṇair hari-nāma-dheyaiḥ |
na vikriyetātha yadā vikāro
netre jalaṁ gātra-ruheṣu harṣaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.3.24)“That heart which cannot become transformed [i.e., melted] by Hari’s names being chanted, oh! That is iron! When transformation [i.e., melting of the heart] occurs, [however,] water in the eyes and horripilation in the pores appear.”
- Read on →: gaṅgādi-tīrtheṣu vasanti matsyā devālaye pakṣi-gaṇāś ca santi
gaṅgādi-tīrtheṣu vasanti matsyā devālaye pakṣi-gaṇāś ca santi |
bhāvojjhitās te na phalaṁ labhante tīrthāc ca devāyatanāc ca mukhyāt |
bhāvaṁ tato hṛt-kamale nidhāya tīrthāni seveta samāhitātmā |
(Attributed to Brahma Purāṇa and Nārada Purāṇa)“Fish live in the Gaṅgā and other sacred water, and birds dwell at temples. [Because they are] Devoid of bhāva [however], they do not attain the result from the foremost sacred waters and temples. Therefore, holding bhāva in the lotus of the heart and keeping the mind absorbed, one should honor the holy places.”