mām eva sarva-bhūteṣu bahir antar apāvṛtam |
īkṣetātmani cātmānaṁ yathā kham amalāśayaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.29.12; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 330)
“One of untainted heart should see me alone to be externally and internally present and [to be] the Self in the self and in all beings, unrestrained like the sky.”
yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ |
tato’dhanaṁ tyajanty asya svajanā duḥkha-duḥkhitam ||
sa yadā vitathodyogo nirviṇṇaḥ syād dhanehayā |
mat-paraiḥ kṛta-maitrasya kariṣye mad-anugraham ||
tad brahma paramaṁ sūkṣmaṁ cin-mātraṁ sad anantakam |
vijñāyātmatayā dhīraḥ saṁsārāt parimucyate |
ato māṁ sudurārādhyaṁ hitvānyān bhajate janaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.88.8–10)
“[Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Yudhiṣṭhira:] I will gradually take away the wealth of one whom I favor. Then, [when he is] devoid of wealth and troubled by troubles [one after another], his relatives reject him. When he will [in this way] become unsuccessful in his endeavors and disinterested in the pursuit of wealth, then, once he has formed friendships with those devoted to me, I will bestow my favor upon him. Then, after realizing in essence the Supreme Brahman [i.e., me], subtle, purely conscious, eternal, and endless, and becoming steadfast, one is fully liberated from saṁsāra. Thus [i.e., because of how I in this way favor my bhaktas by depriving them of worldly wealth and enjoyment], a person leaves me, who am most difficult to worship [because of how I favor my bhaktas], and worships others [i.e., other devatās, such as Bhagavān Śiva, who do not favor their bhaktas in this manner that I do].”
nareṣv abhīkṣṇaṁ mad-bhāvaṁ puṁso bhāvayato’cirāt |
spardhāsūyā-tiraskārāḥ sāhaṅkārā viyanti hi ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.29.15)
“The rivalry [with peers], envy [towards superiors], and disdain [towards juniors], along with the egotism [i.e., pride in oneself], of a person who meditates on my constant presence in all human beings certainly vanishes before long.”
sureśānāṁ durgaṁ gatir atiśayenopaniṣadāṁ
munīnāṁ sarvasvaṁ praṇata-paṭalīnāṁ madhurimā |
viniryāsaḥ premṇo nikhila-paśu-pālāmbuja-dṛśāṁ
sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam ||
(Stava-mālā: Prathama Caitanyāṣṭakam, 2)
“Difficult to attain for the suras,
The ultimate object of the Upaniṣads,
The wealth of the sages,
Sweetness to those who have taken shelter,
The very essence of prema
For all the lotus-eyed gopīs—
Will he, Caitanya,
Ever again become
The object of my eyes?”
adatta-pūrva-svapadābja-sauhṛda-
pradāna-dīkṣocita-deśa-saṅgata |
sva-sevaka-brahma-sukhādhikotsava-
premākara krīḍana-kṛn namo’stu te ||
(Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 63)
“O you who are [now] situated in the land [of Vraja]
Suitable to your vow (dīkṣa)
Of granting love for your own lotus feet
That has not been given before!
O Bestower of prema
And joy greater than the bliss of Brahman
Upon your own servants!
O Performer of play!
May my obeisance be offered unto you.”
śrī-kṛṣṇa jīyān mathurāvatīrṇa
sva-prema-dānaika-nitānta-kṛtya |
nānā-sumādhurya-mahānidhāna
suvyañjitaiśvarya-kṛpā-mahattvā ||
(Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava: 32)
“May you triumph, O Śrī Kṛṣṇa!
O you who descended in Mathurā!
O you whose singular and paramount purpose
Is bestowing prema for yourself!
O you who are a vast reservoir
Of various excellent sweetnesses!
O you in whom mastership, grace, and magnificence are superbly manifest!”
praṇata-dehināṁ pāpa-karṣaṇaṁ
tṛṇa-carānugaṁ śrī-niketanam |
phaṇi-phaṇārpitaṁ te padāmbujaṁ
kṛṇu kuceṣu naḥ kṛndhi hṛc-chayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.31.7)
“Please put upon our breasts
Your lotus feet,
Which remove the sins of the embodied who have taken shelter,
Which follow the animals [of Vraja],
Which are the abode of śrī [i.e., beauty, or, Lakṣmī],
And which were placed on the hoods of the serpent [i.e., Kālīya].
Please cut away our lust [lit., ‘that which lies in the heart’].”
punaḥ pulinam āgatya kalindyāḥ kṛṣṇa-bhāvanāḥ |
samavetā jaguḥ kṛṣṇaṁ tad-āgamana-kāṅkṣitāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.30.44)
“After coming back to the shore of the Kālindī, they who were absorbed in thought of Kṛṣṇa [i.e., the gopīs] assembled and sang about Kṛṣṇa, longing for his return.”
yasya śrīmac-caraṇa-kamale komale komalāpi
śrī-rādhoccair nija-sukha-kṛte sannayantī kucāgre |
bhītāpy ārād atha nahi dadhāty asya kārkaśya-doṣāt
sa śrī-goṣṭhe prathayatu sadā śeṣa-śāyī sthitiṁ naḥ ||
(Stavāvalī: Vraja-vilāsa-stava, 91)
“He whose beautiful, tender lotus feet
Śrī Rādhā intently raised for her own pleasure,
But even then became fearful
Because of the [imagined] fault of hardness
And did not hold atop the tips of her breasts
Although she is [most] tender [in figure]—
May [he,] Śeṣa-śāyī,
Extend to us
Eternal residence in beautiful Vraja.”
