bhukti-siddhi-mukti-sukha chāḍāya yāra gandhe |
alaukika śakti-guṇe kṛṣṇa-kṛpā bāndhe ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.24.39)
“Kṛṣṇa’s grace, the fragrance of which causes one to abandon the pleasures of [sāṁsārika] enjoyment, [yogic] siddhi, and mukti, binds one with the quality [alt., rope] of its extraordinary power.”
kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha-doṣe māyā haite bhaya |
kṛṣṇonmukha bhakti haite māyā-mukta haya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.24.136)
”As a result of the fault of obliviousness of Kṛṣṇa, fear arises because of māyā. A jīva who is intent upon Kṛṣṇa becomes liberated from māyā because of bhakti.”
‘hariḥ’-śabdera nānā artha, dui mukhyatama— |
sarva amaṅgala hare, prema diyā hare mana ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.24.59)
“There are various meanings of the word ‘hari’; two are foremost: (1) he who takes [away] all inauspiciousness, and (2) he who takes [i.e., captivates] the mind with prema.”
yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā
sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ |
harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā
manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.18.12; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.561; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.29; Bhakti Sandarbha: 109; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.8.58, 2.22.76)
“[Prahlāda Mahārāja to Bhagavān Nṛsiṁha:] The suras along with all qualities reside in full within one who has unconditional bhakti to Bhagavān. How could a non-bhakta of Hari running outwards after the asat as a result of desire have the qualities of the mahats?”
yaḥ śrīmat-kṛṣṇa-dāsaḥ kavi-nṛpati-varaḥ snigdha-mugdha-svarūpaḥ
śrīmac-caitanyacandrasya carita-racanā-bhūri-kīrtir jagatyām |
śrīmad-vṛndāvane śrī-vṛṣaravi-tanayā-kṛṣṇa-bhāvābdhi-magno
vande tat-pāda-yugmaṁ sakala-kuśaladaṁ nityam ānanda-yuktam ||
(Bhāvanā-sāra-saṅgraha: Upasaṁhāra: 9)
“I offer obeisance unto the feet of Śrīmat Kṛṣṇa Dāsa, the foremost king amongst poets (kavis), who is of affectionate and charming nature, a bestower of well-being upon all, ever blissful, highly renowned throughout the world for his composition about the deeds of the Śrīmac Caitanyacandra, and absorbed in the ocean of bhāva for the Daughter of Vṛṣabhānu and Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”
yasya saṅga-balato’dbhutā
mayā mauktikottama-kathā pracāritā |
tasya kṛṣṇa-kavi-bhūpater vraje
saṅgatir bhavatu me bhave bhave ||
(Muktā-carita; cited in the Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī)
“Birth after birth, in Vraja let me have the companionship of Kṛṣṇa [Dāsa] the king (rājā) of poets (kavi), on the strength of whose association this astonishing and superlative narration about pearls [i.e., this composition entitled Muktā-carita] has been composed by me.”
iha viharati rādhā-kṛṣṇa-kuñjādhikārī
tad-ubhaya-rasa-rīteḥ śuddha-siddhānta-dhārī |
sakala-sujana-geyaḥ kṛṣṇa-dāsābhidheyaḥ
padam akhila-guṇānāṁ ko’pi rājā kavīnām ||
(Kavi Karṇapūra; cited in the Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya of Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī)
“Here [i.e., in Vraja] sports
Some [extraordinary] king (rājā) among poets (kavis),
Known as Kṛṣṇa Dāsa,
Who is an adhikārī of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s kuñja,
A carrier of the pure siddhānta regarding the flow of their rasa,
Worthy of being sung of by all virtuous persons,
And an abode of all qualities.”
kṛṣṇere nācāya prema bhaktere nācāya |
āpane nācaye—tine nāce eka-ṭhā̐ya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.18.18)
“Prema makes Kṛṣṇa dance, makes bhaktas dance, and itself dances; three [i.e., Kṛṣṇa, his bhaktas, and prema itself thus] dance together.”
durgame pathi me’ndhasya skhalat-pāda-gater muhuḥ |
sva-kṛpā-yaṣṭi-dānena santaḥ santv avalambanam ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.1.2)
“May the sādhus, by giving [me] the staff of their grace, be the support of I who am blind and whose feet are repeatedly slipping on the difficult to traverse path.”
cintāmaṇiś caraṇa-bhūṣaṇam aṅganānāṁ
śṛṅgāra-puṣpa-taravas taravaḥ surāṇām |
vṛndāvane vraja-dhanaṁ nanu kāma-dhenu-
vṛndāni ceti sukha-sindhur aho vibhūtiḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.173; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.14.228)
“‘Nanu! In Vṛndāvana, the ladies’ foot-ornaments are thought-jewels, the decorative flowering trees are desire-trees [lit., trees of the suras], and the communal wealth is herds of desire-cows. Aho! The opulence [here] is thus an ocean of joy!”
