Bābāra Kathā – Page 55

yayā vācehayā dainyaṁ matyā ca sthairyam eti tat

yayā vācehayā dainyaṁ matyā ca sthairyam eti tat |
taṁ yatnena bhajed vidvāṁs tad-viruddhāni varjayet ||
dainyaṁ tu paramaṁ premṇaḥ parīpākeṇa janyate |
tāsāṁ gokula-nārīṇām iva kṛṣṇa-viyogataḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.223–224)

“One who is wise should carefully cultivate speech, activity, and thought by which that [i.e., humility] attains steadfastness and should avoid contrarieties [i.e., all speech, activity, and thought contrary] to that. Paramount humility, however, manifests with the full maturation of prema like that of them—the ladies of Gokula—as a result of separation from Kṛṣṇa.”

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tat karma-jñāna-yogādi-sādhanād dūrataḥ sthitam

tat karma-jñāna-yogādi-sādhanād dūrataḥ sthitam |
sarvatra nairapekṣyeṇa bhūṣitaṁ dainya-mūlakam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.221)

“It [i.e., that prema] is situated far from the sādhanas of karma, jñāna, yoga, and so forth, is decorated with indifference everywhere [i.e., towards everything apart from its object], and is rooted in humility.”

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yenāsādhāraṇāśaktādhama-buddhiḥ sadātmani

yenāsādhāraṇāśaktādhama-buddhiḥ sadātmani |
sarvotkarṣānvite’pi syād budhais tad dainyam iṣyate ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.222)

“That by which a sense of [oneself] being exceptionally incapable and lowly shall exist continuously in the mind even when [one is] endowed with all excellence is called humility (dainyam) by the wise.”

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śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddher

śamo man-niṣṭhatā buddher |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.19.36; cited in Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 67, 82; Prīti Sandarbha: 35, 84, 110; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.19.211)

“Equanimity is fixity of the intellect in me [i.e., Bhagavān, and not merely peacefulness (śānti)].”

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na pāpaṁ prati pāpaḥ syāt sādhur eva sadā bhavet

na pāpaṁ prati pāpaḥ syāt sādhur eva sadā bhavet |
ātmanaiva hataḥ pāpo yaḥ pāpaṁ kartum icchati ||
(Mahābhārata: 3.210.33)

“Let no counter-sin arise in response to a sin. One should always and only be a sādhu [i.e., honest and virtuous, and not succumb to a lower standard of behavior just because others are acting in that manner towards oneself]. A sinner who desires to commit sin is destroyed by his own self.”

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puṁsāṁ kilaikānta-dhiyāṁ svakānāṁ

puṁsāṁ kilaikānta-dhiyāṁ svakānāṁ
yāḥ sampado divi bhūmau rasāyām |
na rāti yad dveṣa udvega ādhir
madaḥ kalir vyasanaṁ samprayāsaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.11.22)

“To living beings who are his own [i.e., who have offered themselves and been accepted by him] and whose minds are completely one-pointed [i.e., fully fixedly upon him], he [i.e., Bhagavān] does not give the opulences of Svarga, the earth, or Rasātala, from which arise enmity, agitation, mental distress, pride, quarrel, attachment, and exertion [i.e., numerous distractions from the joy of bhakti].”

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vicitra-līlā-rasa-sāgarasya

vicitra-līlā-rasa-sāgarasya
prabhor vicitrāt sphuritāt prasādāt |
vicitra-saṅkīrtana-mādhurī sā
na tu sva-yatnād iti sādhu sidhyet ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.3.168)

“That variegated sweetness of saṅkīrtana can be truly attained [only] by the manifest, variegated grace of Prabhu [i.e., Bhagavān], the ocean of variegated līlā-rasa, and not, rather, by one’s own exertion.”

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mahāprabhu nityānanda do̐hāra dāsera dāsa

mahāprabhu nityānanda do̐hāra dāsera dāsa |
yāre kṛpā kare, tāra ihāte viśvāsa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.19.109)

“One upon whom Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda, and a servant of their servants bestow grace can have faith in this [i.e., in the extraordinary līlā of Śrīman Mahāprabhu].”

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bhakti-prabhāveṇa vicāra-jātaiḥ

bhakti-prabhāveṇa vicāra-jātaiḥ
sañjāyamānena sadedṛśais tvam |
vighnātivighnān kila jeṣyasīha
sarvatra te hanta vayaṁ sahāyāḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.3.173)

[Vaikuṇṭhā-vāsīs to Gopa Kumāra:] “By the power of bhakti, accumulated by varieties of such continuous deliberation, you will certainly conquer all obstacles, [even] the greatest obstacles. Hanta! In this, everywhere we are your supporters.”

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aho bakī yaṁ stana-kāla-kūṭaṁ

aho bakī yaṁ stana-kāla-kūṭaṁ
jighāṁsayāpāyayad apy asādhvī |
lebhe gatiṁ dhātry-ucitāṁ tato’nyaṁ
kaṁ vā dayāluṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajema ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.2.23; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.679; Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.5.29, 2.5.106; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 103; Bhakti Sandarbha: 337; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.22.98)

“Aho! In what compassionate person could we possibly take shelter other than he whom Bakī [i.e., Pūtanā] fed lethal poison on her breast with the intent to kill [him] and [yet still], although she was wicked, attained a position appropriate for a nurse?”

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