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itthaṁ guror labdha-mantro

itthaṁ guror labdha-mantro guru-bhakti-parāyaṇaḥ |
sevamāno guruṁ nityaṁ tat-kṛpāṁ bhāvayet sudhīḥ ||
satāṁ dharmāṁs tataḥ śikṣet prapannānāṁ viśeṣataḥ |
sveṣṭa-deva-dhiyā nityaṁ vaiṣṇavān paritoṣayet ||
(Sanat-kumāra-saṁhitā: 110–111)

“A wise person who has thus received a mantra from a guru, is engaged in bhakti to the guru, and is regularly serving the guru should meditate on his grace. He should learn the dharmas of the sādhus, in particular, those of the surrendered, and with awareness of his own Iṣṭa-deva [i.e., with awareness of the presence of, and with the intent to please, his Iṣṭa-devata], he should always satisfy the Vaiṣṇavas.”

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sthira hañā ghare yāha, nā hao vātula

sthira hañā ghare yāha, nā hao vātula |
krame krame pāya loka bhava-sindhu-kūla ||
markaṭa-vairāgya nā kara loka dekhāiyā |
yathā-yogya viṣaya bhuñja anāsakta haiyā ||
antara-niṣṭhā kara, bāhye loka-vyavahāra |
acirāte kṛṣṇa tomāya karibe uddhāra ||
vṛndāvana dekhi yabe āsi nīlācale |
tabe tumi āmā-pāśa āsiha kona-chale ||
se-kāle se chala kṛṣṇa sphurābe tomāre |
kṛṣṇa-kṛpā yāre, tāre ke rākhite pāre ? ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.16.238–242)

“Be steady and go home. Do not be crazy. Gradually a person reaches the shore of the ocean of material existence. Do not engage in monkey renunciation and make a show to the public. [Rather,] Make use of material things as appropriate, remaining detached. Internally be fixed but externally observe social conduct. Soon Kṛṣṇa will deliver you. When I return to Nīlācala after visiting Vṛndāvana, then on some pretext come to my side. Kṛṣṇa will reveal this pretext to you at that time. Who can detain one who has received Kṛṣṇa’s grace?”

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hṛd-vapre nava-bhakti-śasya-vitateḥ sañjīvanī svāgamā

hṛd-vapre nava-bhakti-śasya-vitateḥ sañjīvanī svāgamā-
rambhe kāma-tapa-rtu-dāha-damanī viśvāpagollāsinī |
dūrān me maru-śākhino’pi sarasī-bhāvāya bhūyāt prabhu-
śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-niraṅkuśa-mahā-mādhurya-kādambinī ||
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 1.1)

“The revitalizer of the grains of young bhakti in the field of the heart, the subduer from its outset of the burning of the hot season of kāma, the delighter of the rivers of the world—may that great, unrestrained cloud bank (kādambinī) of the mellifluousness (mādhurya) of Prabhu Śrī Caitanya’s grace from afar fill even me, a [dry] tree in the desert, with rasa [i.e., water, alt., bhakti-rasa].”

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heloddhūnita-khedayā viśadayā pronmīlad-āmodayā

heloddhūnita-khedayā viśadayā pronmīlad-āmodayā
śāmyac-chāstra-vivādayā rasa-dayā citārpitonmādayā |
śaśvad-bhakti-vinodayā samadayā mādhurya-maryādayā
śrī-caitanya dayā-nidhe tava dayā bhūyād amandodayā ||
(Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭakam: 8.14; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.10.119)

“O ocean of grace, Śrī Caitanya! May your grace arising in abundance with the limit of mādhurya—[mādhurya] by which lamentation is easily cast away, which is brilliant [i.e., pure], which fully expands delight, which resolves dispute over śāstra, which bestows rasa, by which unmāda [i.e., madness] is cast into the mind, which manifests eternal delight in bhakti, and which is endowed with mada [i.e., jubilation]—be [bestowed upon me].”

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datvā yaḥ kam api prasādam atha sambhāṣya smita-śrī-mukhaṁ

datvā yaḥ kam api prasādam atha sambhāṣya smita-śrī-mukhaṁ
dūrāt snigdha-dṛśā nirīkṣya ca mahāpremotsavaṁ yacchati |
yeṣāṁ hanta kutarka-karkaśa-dhiyāṁ tatrāpi nātyādaraḥ
sākṣāt pūrṇa-rasāvatāriṇi harau duṣṭā amī kevalam ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 45)

“Bestowing grace upon anyone, he converses with them with a beautiful smiling face, looks at them from afar with an affectionate glance, and offers them a festival of the greatest prema. Alas! Those of quibbling and harsh mind who do not deeply adore him, Hari himself, the revealer of the ultimate rasa, are simply depraved.”

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caitanya-samāna āra kṛpālu vadānya

caitanya-samāna āra kṛpālu vadānya |
bhakta-vatsala nāhi āra trijagate anya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.268)

“There is no one else in the three worlds as gracious and magnanimous as, or more affectionate to bhaktas than, Caitanya.”

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kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-dhātūnāṁ

kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-dhātūnāṁ kṛtvā bhāvena sevanam |
śraddhayā ca tathā siddhis tasya viṣṇu-prasādataḥ ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti-darpaṇa: 8.12)

“If one serves that which is made of wood, stone, or metal [i.e., a deity] with bhāva and śraddhā, then siddhi [i.e., success in one’s worship] occurs by Viṣṇu’s grace.”

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śrī-kṛṣṇa-candra kasyāpi

śrī-kṛṣṇacandra kasyāpi tṛptir astu kadāpi na |
bhavato’nugrahe bhaktau premṇi cānanda-bhājane ||
vidagdha-nikarācārya ko nāmāyaṁ varo mataḥ |
svabhāvo mat-kṛpā-bhakti-premṇāṁ vyakto’yam eva yat ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.7.135–6)

[Nārada said:] “O Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra, may no one ever feel satiated by your grace, by bhakti [to you], or by prema [for you], all of which are reservoirs of bliss.”

[Bhagavān replies Nārada:] “O ācārya of the clever, what kind of benediction is this? This nature of my grace, bhakti [to me], and prema [for me] is well known.”

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sādhanābhiniveśena

sādhanābhiniveśena kṛṣṇa-tad-bhaktayos tathā |
prasādenātidhanyānāṁ bhāvo dvedhābhijāyate |
ādyas tu prāyikas tatra dvitīyo viralodayaḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.6)

“Bhāva manifests in the greatly fortunate in two ways: (1) by absorption in sādhana and (2) by the grace of Kṛṣṇa or his devotee. In this regard, the first is common, and the second is a rare occurrence.”

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kṛṣṇa-tad-bhakta-kāruṇya

kṛṣṇa-tad-bhakta-kāruṇya-mātra-lābhaika-hetukā |
puṣṭi-mārgatayā kaiścid iyaṁ rāgānugocyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.309)

“Because the only cause for attaining it is simply the grace of Kṛṣṇa and his bhaktas, this rāgānugā [-bhakti] is called puṣṭi-mārga by some.”

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