Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī

adharera ei rīti, āra śunaha kunīti

adharera ei rīti, āra śunaha kunīti,
se-adhara sane yāra melā |
sei bhakṣya bhojya pāna, haya amṛta-samāna,
nāma tāra haya ‘kṛṣṇa-phelā’ ||
se phelāra eka lava, nā pāya devatā-saba,
e dambhe kebā pātiyāya? |
bahu janma puṇya kare, tabe sukṛti nāma dhare,
se sukṛti tāra lava pāya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.16.130–131)

“This is the way of your lips. Please hear of further ill-conduct [on their part]. The food, drink, and pan that meet with your lips becomes like amṛta, and are then known as ‘Kṛṣṇa-phelā’ [i.e., Kṛṣṇa’s remnants]. All the devatās do not attain [even] one morsel of such phelā.’ Who can believe this pride [on the part of Kṛṣṇa’s phelā]? One who engages in puṇya for many births bears the name sukṛti [i.e., “a person of excellent action”], and [only] such a sukṛti attains a morsel of this [phelā].”

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‘sukṛti-labhya phelā-lava’ bole bāra-bāra

‘sukṛti-labhya phelā-lava’ bole bāra-bāra |
īśvara-sevaka puche—prabhu! ki artha ihāra ||
prabhu kahe—ei ye dilā kṛṣṇādharāmṛta |
brahmādi-durlabha ei—nindaye amṛta ||
kṛṣṇera ye bhukta-śeṣa, tāra ‘phelā’ nāma |
tāra eka lava pāya, se-i bhāgyavān ||
sāmānya bhāgya haite tāra prāpti nāhi haya |
kṛṣṇera yāte pūrṇa kṛpā, sei tāhā pāya ||
sukṛti-śabde kahe—kṛṣṇa-kṛpā-hetu puṇya |
sei yāra haya, phelā pāya sei dhanya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.16.96–100)

“Prabhu said again and again, ‘A morsel of phelā attainable by sukṛti.’ The servants of Īśvara asked, ‘Prabhu, what is the meaning of this?’ Prabhu replied, ‘This is that in which Kṛṣṇa has placed the nectar of his lips. This is rare for Brahmā and others to attain, and it belittles amṛta. The remainder of what Kṛṣṇa has eaten is called phelā (remnants). One who attains one morsel of this is fortunate. Attainment of this does not come about from ordinary fortune. One who receives Kṛṣṇa’s full grace attains this. The word ‘sukṛti’ refers to puṇya (purifying action) the cause of which is Kṛṣṇa’s grace [or, puṇya (purifying action) which is the cause of Kṛṣṇa’s grace]. One who has this [type of puṇya] attains [Kṛṣṇa’s] phelā and is fortunate.’”

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koṭi-amṛta-svāda pāñā prabhura camatkāra

koṭi-amṛta-svāda pāñā prabhura camatkāra |
sarvāṅge pulaka, netre vahe aśru-dhāra ||
ei dravye eta svāda kāhā̐ haite āila? |
kṛṣṇera adharāmṛta ihā̐ sañcārila ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.16.93–4)

“Getting a taste ten million times greater than amṛta, Prabhu was astonished. Horripilation occurred all over his body, and streams of tears flowed from his eyes. [He mused:] ‘Where has such taste in this substance come from? [He concluded:] The amṛta of Kṛṣṇa’s lips has been infused into it.’”

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śāstrera siddhānta ei vijñera anubhava

śāstrera siddhānta ei vijñera anubhava |
mūḍha-loka nāhi jāne bhāvera vaibhava ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.6.104)

“This is the śāstra’s siddhānta and the experience of the wise. Ignorant people do not understand the greatness of bhāva.”

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tāre kahe—kene kara kutarkānumāna?

tāre kahe—kene kara kutarkānumāna? |
śāstra-viruddhārtha kabhu nā haya pramāṇa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.73)

“To that, it is said, ‘Why do you make an inference based on fallacious reasoning? A meaning that is contrary to śāstra is never authentic [i.e., a valid means of knowing the object of knowledge].”

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aprākṛta vastu nahe prākṛta-gocara

aprākṛta vastu nahe prākṛta-gocara |
veda-purāṇete ei kahe nirantara ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.9.194)

“An immaterial object is not materially perceptible. The Vedas and Purāṇas say this constantly.”

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āmāke praṇati kare, haya pāpa-kṣaya

āmāke praṇati kare, haya pāpa-kṣaya |
tabe se ihāre bhakti laoyāile laya ||
praṇatite habe ihāra aparādha kṣaya |
nirmala hṛdaye bhakti kariba udaya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.17.263, 266)

[Śrīman Mahāprabhu deliberating on how to deliver the students of Navadvīpa who had misunderstood him and begun to defame him:] “If they offer obeisance to me, their sin [i.e., aparādha] will be removed. Then if I prompt them to take to bhakti, they will take to it. … By offering obeisance, their aparādha will be removed, and then I will manifest bhakti in their untainted hearts.”

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citta dṛḍha hañā lāge mahimā-jñāna haite

citta dṛḍha hañā lāge mahimā-jñāna haite ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.118)

“The mind becomes firmly attached because of knowledge of greatness [i.e., the mind becomes firmly attached to an object when it the greatness of the object is known].”

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