śrī-caitanya-mukhodgīrṇā hare-kṛṣṇeti varṇakāḥ |
majjayanto jagat premṇi vijayantāṁ tad-āhvayāḥ ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.4)
“May these names made of the syllables Ha-re Kṛṣ-ṇa pronounced by Śrī Caitanya’s mouth inundate the world with prema and triumph completely!”
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare |
hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare ||
prabhu kahe—kahilāṅ ei mahāmantra |
ihā japa’ giyā sabe kariyā nirbandha ||
ihā haite sarva-siddhi ha-ibe sabāra |
sarva-kṣaṇa bala’ ithe vidhi nāhi āra ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.23.76–78)
“‘Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare’—the Master [viz., Caitanya Mahāprabhu] said, ‘I have told you all this supreme (mahā) mantra. All of you go and perform japa of this, fostering absorption [alt., maintaining a quota]. By this, all attainments (siddhis) will be had by all of you. Chant at every moment. There is no other rule in this regard.’”
madhu puṣpa-rasaṁ sūdayati khaṇḍayatīti madhusūdanaḥ |
(Unknown source)
“One who destroys, that is, takes away, madhu, that is, the nectar of flowers, is [called] madhusūdana.
madhu-klībañ ca mādhvīke kṛta-karma-śubhāśubhe |
bhaktānāṁ karmaṇāñ caiva sūdanaṁ madhusūdanam ||
pariṇāmāśubhaṁ karma bhrāntānāṁ madhuraṁ madhu |
karoti sūdanaṁ yo hi sa eva madhusūdanaḥ ||
(Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa; cited in Śabda-kalpa-druma)
“In the name Madhusūdana, madhu in neuter gender refers to honey-wine and to auspicious and inauspicious karma that has been performed, and the sūdana [i.e., destruction] is of [these] karmas of bhaktas. He who performs the destruction (sūdana) of madhu, that is, the [sometimes initially] ‘sweet’ results of the inauspicious karma of the ignorant is [called] Madhusūdana.”
cittake kavalita kare anyāveśā rahita karāi mādhuryera ekaṭi svabhāva |
(Makaranda-kaṇā-vyākhyā of Utkalikā-vallarī by Ananta Dāsa Bābājī)
“Seizing the heart and making it free from absorption in all else is a natural quality of mādhurya.”
rañjakatvaṁ hi mādhuryaṁ cetaso druti-kāraṇam |
sambhoge vipralambhe ca tad evātiśayocitam ||
(Alaṅkāra-kaustubha: 6.16)
“Mādhurya means delightfulness which is a cause [alt., means] of melting of the heart. It is most suitable in union, separation, and elsewhere [i.e., in instances of lamentation (karuṇa) and so forth].”
mādhuryaṁ nāma ceṣṭānāṁ sarvāvasthāsu cārutā ||
(Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇī: 11.19)
[Mādhurya as an alaṅkāra-anubhāva:] “Loveliness of movements in all circumstances is called mādhurya.”
rūpaṁ kim apy anirvācyaṁ tanor mādhuryam ucyate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 10.36)
[Mādhurya as an uddīpana-vibhāva:] “Some sort of indescribable appearance [i.e., beauty] of the body is called mādhurya.”
tan mādhuryaṁ bhaved yatra ceṣṭādeḥ spṛhaṇīyatā ||
yathā—
varām adhyāsīnas taṭa-bhuvam avaṣṭambha-rucibhiḥ
kadambaiḥ prālambaṁ pravalita-vilambaṁ viracayan |
prapannāyām agre mihira-duhitus tīrtha-padavīṁ
kuraṅgī-netrāyāṁ madhu-ripur apāṅgaṁ vikirati ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.257)
“That wherein desirability of movement and so forth shall occur is [called] mādhurya, as in [the following illustration]: ‘While sitting on the splendid bank of the Daughter of Sun [i.e., the Yamunā] and making a long-delayed garland that hangs to the breast with golden-hued kadambas, Murāri cast a side-long glance before she of doe-eyes [i.e., Śrī Rādhā] arriving on the path to the ghat.’”
mādhukaram asaṁkḷptaṁ prāk-praṇītam ayācitam |
tāt-kālikopapannaṁ ca bhaikṣyaṁ pañca-vidhaṁ smṛtam ||
(Sannyāsa Upaniṣad: 2.83; cited in Krama Sandarbha to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.18.19)
“Mādhukara alms are known to be of five types: [1] indeterminate, [2] previously arranged, [3] unsolicited, [4] coincidental, and [5] offered.”
