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!”
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.’”
kṛta-narākāra bhava-mukha-vibudha-sevita
dyuti-sudhā-sāra puru-karuṇa kam api kṣitau |
prakaṭayan prema-bharam adhikṛta-sanātanaṁ
madana-gopāla nija-sadanam anurakṣa mām ||
(Stavāmṛta-laharī: Madana-gopāla-devāṣṭaka: 7)
“O you have manifested your human form!
O you who are worshipped by gods led by Śiva!
O you whose luster is the essence of nectar!
O you who are greatly compassionate!
O Madana Gopāla!
Please manifest on the earth
An abundance of some [indescribable] prema
By which Sanātana is captivated,
And continuously protect me in your own abode.”
śraddhā kari ei līlā śuna bhakta-gaṇa |
ihāra prasāde pābe caitanya-caraṇa ||
ihāra prasāde pābe kṛṣṇa-tattva-sāra |
sarva-śāstra-siddhāntera ihā̐ pāibe pāra ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.262–263)
“O bhaktas, hear this līlā with śraddhā. By its grace, you will attain Caitanya’s feet. By its grace, you will attain the essence of Kṛṣṇa-tattva. In it, you will attain the limit of the siddhānta of all the śāstras.”
kair api prema-vaivaśya-bhāgbhir bhāgavatavottamaiḥ |
adyāpi dṛśyate kṛṣṇaḥ krīḍan vṛndāvanāntare ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.5.392)
“Even by some highly elevated Bhāgavatas who are overwhelmed by prema, Kṛṣṇa is seen playing in Vṛndāvana still today.”
sālokya-sārṣṭi-sāmīpya-sārūpyaikatvam apy uta |
dīyamānaṁ na gṛhṇanti vinā mat-sevanaṁ janāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.29.13; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.603; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.28; Bhakti Sandarbha: 234; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.207, 2.6.270, 2.9.268, 2.19.173, 3.3.189)
[Kapiladeva to Devahūti:] “Without my service, people [i.e., those imbued with nirguṇa-bhakti to me] do not accept even sālokya, sārṣṭi, sāmīpya, sārūpya, or ekatva [i.e., sāyujya] even when [these are] offered [to them by me].”
atho mahābhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk
śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ |
urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye
samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.5.13)
[Nārada to Vyāsa:] “Therefore, O most fortunate one, you who are of unerring vision, of pure glory, dedicated to truth, and of resolute vows, with full absorption (samādhi) should remember and describe the [illustrious] variegated acts of Urukrama for the liberation of all [beings] from bondage.”
