atraiva paramotkarṣaḥ śṛṅgārasya pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 1.19)
“The ultimate excellence of śṛṅgāra [-rasa] is established only here [i.e., only in a relation with a paramour and the unique līlā that can take place only with a paramour].”
riktaḥ sarvo bhavati hi laghuḥ pūrṇatā gauravāya |
(Megha-dūta: 1.20)
“All that is empty [i.e., devoid of substance] becomes light [i.e., trifling, neglected, etc.]. Fullness [i.e., quality and abundance] leads to weightiness [i.e., importance, respect, desirability, etc.].”
na ratnam anviṣyati mṛgyate hi tat |
(Kumāra-sambhava: 5.45)
“A jewel does not seek. It is rather sought.”
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.”
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].”
Eight verses in praise of the beautiful Bearer of the king of mountains
By Śrīmad Vallabhācārya
