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sarva-tyāge’py aheyāyāḥ

sarva-tyāge’py aheyāyāḥ sarvānartha-bhuvaś ca te |
kuryuḥ pratiṣṭhā-viṣṭhāyā yatnam asparśane varam ||
(Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 20.370)

“It is best that they [i.e., one-pointed bhaktas of Śrī Bhagavān] shall try to be untouched by the stool of pratiṣṭhā, which is the cause of all anarthas and difficult to abandon even after the renunciation of all else.”

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bahu-rūpa ivābhāti

bahu-rūpa ivābhāti māyayā bahu-rūpayā |
ramamāṇo guṇeṣv asyā mamāham iti manyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.9.2)

“The ātmā [i.e., “self”] appears as if to be of many [different] forms [i.e., those of a child, an elder, etc., and those of a human, a deva, an animal, etc.] through māyā, which is of many [different] forms, and, enjoying amid its [i.e., māyā’s] guṇas [i.e., within various bodies, etc.], thinks of ‘my’ and ‘I’ [i.e., identifies with these forms fabricated by māyā].”

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tvaṁ tu sarvaṁ parityajya

tvaṁ tu sarvaṁ parityajya snehaṁ svajana-bandhuṣu |
mayy āveśya manaḥ samyak sama-dṛg vicarasva gām ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.7.6; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 66)

[Kṛṣṇa:] “But you [i.e., O Uddhava] should completely forsake all affection for relatives and friends, fully absorb your mind in me, and, being of equal vision, wander the earth.”

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vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat

vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro |
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam ||
janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān |
naivārhaty abhidhātuṁ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.8.25–26)

“[Kuntī Devī to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] O Guru of the universe, let those dangers occur constantly everywhere in the midst of which shall occur the sight of you, by virtue of which the sight of material existence again does not! A person swelling with conceit as a result of birth, capability, learning, or beauty is never fit to speak of you, who are attainable [only] by the disinterested [i.e., those who foster no attachment to anything of the world].”

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tat te’nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇo

tat te’nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇo
bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam |
hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.8)

“One who can perceive your grace fully and properly, endure the reactions to one’s own past actions, and live on offering obeisance unto you with mind, body, and words is an heir to the plane of mukti [i.e., freedom from ignorance and engagement in your eternal service].”

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vadanti tat tattva-vidas

vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam |
brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.2.11)

“Knowers of the Tattva say that which is non-dual consciousness and is called Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān is the Tattva.”

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sad-bhaktāli-niṣevitāṅghri-kamalaṁ kundendu-śuklāmbaraṁ

sad-bhaktāli-niṣevitāṅghri-kamalaṁ kundendu-śuklāmbaraṁ
śuddha-svarṇa-ruciṁ subāhu-yugalaṁ smerānanaṁ sundaram |
śrī-caitanya-dṛśaṁ varābhaya-karaṁ premāṅga-bhūṣāñcitam
advaitaṁ satataṁ smarāmi paramānandaika-kandaṁ prabhum ||
(Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 51; cited in Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 2.13)

“The lotuses of his feet served by the bees of pure bhaktas,
His cloth kunda and moon white,
His luster pure gold,
His arms superlative,
His smiling face beautiful,
His sight on Śrī Caitanya,
His hands in [the mudrās of] benediction and refuge,
His figure adorned with the ornaments of prema—
I continuously meditate on Advaita Prabhu, the sole root of the highest bliss.”

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nistāritāśeṣa-janaṁ dayāluṁ

nistāritāśeṣa-janaṁ dayāluṁ
premāmṛtābdhau parimagna-cittam |
caitanya-candrādṛtam arcitaṁ tam
advaita-candraṁ śirasā namāmi ||
(Gaura-govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati: 22)

“I offer obeisance with my head unto him, Advaitacandra, the gracious deliverer of countless persons, whose heart is completely submerged in the ocean of the nectar of prema, and who is honored and worshipped by Caitanyacandra.”

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advaita te karuṇayā praṇayāvalokaiḥ

advaita te karuṇayā praṇayāvalokaiḥ
ke vābhavan na hi śacī-tanayasya dāsāḥ |
premāmbudhau ca sahasā bata ke na magnā
āśāpi no bhavati me bata kiṁ bravīmi ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.10)

“O Advaita! Who by your compassion and glances of love has not become a servant of the son of Śacī? Bata! And who has not fortunately become submerged in the ocean of prema? I [however] don’t have even hope. Bata! What shall I say?”

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yena śrī-harir īśvaraḥ prakaṭayāñ cakre kalau rādhayā

yena śrī-harir īśvaraḥ prakaṭayāñ cakre kalau rādhayā
premṇā yena maheśvareṇa sakalaṁ premāmbudhau plāvitam |
viśvaṁ viśva-prakāśi-kīrtim atulaṁ taṁ dīna-bandhuṁ prabhum
advaitaṁ satataṁ namāmi hariṇādvaitaṁ hi sarvārthadam ||
(Sādhanāmṛta-candrikā: 1.10)

“He by whom Īśvara Śrī Hari was manifested with Rādhā in [the Age of] Kali, the Maheśvara by whose prema the entire world became flooded in an ocean of prema, he whose glory manifest throughout the world is unparalleled—I continuously offer obeisance unto him, the friend of the humble and bestower of all arthas, Advaita Prabhu, who is non-different (“advaita”) from Hari.”

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