Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

āji muñi anāyāse jininu tribhuvana

āji muñi anāyāse jininu tribhuvana |
āji muñi karinu vaikuṇṭhe ārohaṇa ||
āji mora pūrṇa haila sarva abhilāṣa |
sārvabhaumera haila mahāprasāde viśvāsa ||
āji niṣkapaṭe tumi hailā kṛṣṇāśraya |
kṛṣṇa niṣkapaṭe hailā tomāre sadaya ||
āji se khaṇḍila tomāra dehādi-bandhana |
āji chinna kaile tumi māyāra bandhana ||
āji kṛṣṇa-prāpti-yogya haila tomāra mana |
veda-dharma laṅghi kaile prasāda-bhakṣaṇa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.6.230–234)

“[Śrīman Mahāprabhu to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya:] Today I have easily conquered the three worlds. Today I have ascended to Vaikuṇṭha. Today all my desires are fulfilled: Sārvabhauma has attained faith in mahāprasāda. Today you have guilelessly become sheltered in Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa has guilelessly been gracious to you. Today he has cut away the bondage of your body and so forth. Today you have cut through the bondage of māyā. Today your mind has become first for attainment of Kṛṣṇa: transgressing Vedic dharma, you have eaten prasāda.”

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śire vajra paḍe yadi putra mari yāya

śire vajra paḍe yadi putra mari yāya |
tāhā sahi, tomāra viccheda sahana nā yāya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.7.48)

“If a thunderbolt strikes my head or my son dies, I can tolerate that. Tolerating separation from you [however] is not possible.”

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ātma-nindā kari laila prabhura śaraṇa

ātma-nindā kari laila prabhura śaraṇa |
kṛpā karibāre tabe prabhura haila mana ||
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.6.201)

“He [i.e., Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭāchārya] rebuked himself and took shelter of Prabhu. Prabhu then decided to bestow grace [upon him].”

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antaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ bahir gauraṁ darśitāṅgādi-vaibhavam

antaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ bahir gauraṁ darśitāṅgādi-vaibhavam |
kalau saṅkīrtanādyaiḥ smaḥ kṛṣṇa-caitanyam āśritāḥ ||
(Tattva Sandarbha: 2; cited in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.3.80)

“Through saṅkīrtana and so forth in [the Age of] Kali, we have taken shelter in Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is internally Kṛṣṇa, externally golden, and manifest with the magnificence of his limbs and so forth [i.e., along with his sub-limbs, weapons, and associates].”

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na vayaṁ kavayo na tārkikā

na vayaṁ kavayo na tārkikā
na ca vedānta-nitānta-pāragāḥ |
na ca vādi-nivārakāḥ paraṁ
kapaṭābhīra-kiśora-kiṅkarāḥ ||
(Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; cited in Padyāvalī: 72)

“We are neither poets, nor logicians, nor great adepts in Vedānta, nor refuters of disputants. Rather, we are servants of a crafty cowherd boy.”

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yathā rādhā-padāmbhoje

yathā rādhā-padāmbhoje bhaktiḥ syāt prema-lakṣaṇā |
tathaiva kṛṣṇa-caitanye vardhate madhurā ratiḥ ||
(Caitanya-śataka: 18)

“As far as bhakti characterized by prema for the lotus feet of Rādhā shall manifest, so indeed sweet rati increases for Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.”

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saṅkīrtanārambha-kṛte’pi gaure

saṅkīrtanārambha-kṛte’pi gaure
dhāvanti jīva-śravaṇe guṇāni |
aśuddha-cittāḥ kim u śuddha-cittāḥ
śrutvā pramattāḥ khalu te nanartuḥ ||
(Caitanya-śataka: 32)

“Even when Gaura had just begun his saṅkīrtana, the qualities [of the name] purified the ears of the jīvas. Those of impure mind, and all the more those of pure mind, upon hearing [the saṅkīrtana], became indeed maddened and danced.”

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