yena sarvātmanā viṣṇu-bhaktyā bhāvo niveśitaḥ |
vaiṣṇaveṣu kṛtātmatvān mahābhāgavato hi saḥ ||
(Garuḍa Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.37)
“One by whom one’s being (bhāva) is completely absorbed in Viṣṇu-bhakti by virtue of being dedicated to the Vaiṣṇavas is certainly a Mahābhāgavata.”
kṛṣṇa-bhakta niṣkāma,— ataeva ‘śānta’ |
bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kāmī sakali ‘aśānta’ ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.149)
“A devotee of Kṛṣṇa is free from desire and thus peaceful. Those who desire enjoyment, liberation, or supernatural power are not peaceful.”
prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ |
mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.256)
“The rejection of an object related to Hari by seekers of liberation based on consideration of [its supposedly] being mundane is called useless non-attachment (phalgu-vairāgya).”
anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ |
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.255)
“The non-attachment (vairāgyam) wherein there is intentness in relation to Kṛṣṇa of one partaking of objects of the senses as appropriate while being detached [from them] is called suitable (yuktam).”
yo dustyajān dāra-sutān suhṛd-rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥ |
jahau yuvaiva mala-vad uttama-śloka-lālasaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.14.43; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.31; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.23.25, 3.6.137)
“Longing for he of highest praise [i.e., Bhagavān], Bharata Mahārāja even in his youth abandoned like stool his most difficult to give up and heart-touching wife, sons, friends, and kingdom ”
mahāprabhura bhakta-gaṇera vairāgya pradhāna |
yāhā dekhi prīta haya gaura bhagavān ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.6.220)
“The vairāgya of Mahāprabhu’s bhaktas is pre-eminent, and seeing it, Bhagavān Gaura is pleased.”
mitaṁ ca sāraṁ ca vaco hi vāgmitā |
(Viśva-prakāśa-koḍa; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.106)
“Speech which is concise and sound is eloquence.”
pṛthos tat sūktam ākarṇya sāraṁ suṣṭhu mitaṁ madhu |
smayamāna iva prītyā kumāraḥ pratyuvāca ha ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.22.17)
“Hearing the fine speech of Pṛthu, which was sound, superlative, concise, and sweet, the Kumāras, mildly smiling, replied thus with satisfaction.”
upāvṛttasya pāpebhyo yas tu vāso guṇaiḥ saha |
upavāsaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sarva-bhoga-vivarjitaḥ ||
(Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 13.35)
“The abiding (vāsa) with virtues and without all enjoyments of one who abstains (upāvṛttasya) from sins is to be known as upavāsa [i.e., ‘fasting’].”
upāsanaṁ tu yathā-śāstra-samarthitaṁ kiñcid ālambanam upādāya tasmin samāna-citta-vṛtti-santāna-karaṇaṁ tad-vilakṣaṇa-pratyayāntaritam … |
(Śaṅkarācārya’s bhāṣya on Chāndogya Upaniṣād: 1.1.1)
“Upāsanā means taking up some basis [i.e., object of meditation] as established by śāstra and maintaining a continuous flow of a singular course of thought (citta-vṛtti) [in regard to it] that is protected from thought distinct from it.”
