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gaura-śyāma-rucojjvalābhir amalair akṣṇor vilāsotsavair

gaura-śyāma-rucojjvalābhir amalair akṣṇor vilāsotsavair
nṛtyantībhir aśeṣa-mādana-kalā-vaidagdhya-digdhātmabhiḥ
anyonya-priyatā-sudhā-parimala-stomonmadābhiḥ sadā
rādhā-mādhava-mādhurībhir abhitaś cittaṁ mamākrāmyatām
(Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 189)

“The brilliance of their fair and blackish lusters, their dancing amid a festival of pure delight in their eyes [as they gaze upon one another], their figures anointed with mastery in all the arts of amour, their inebriety brought about by the fragrances of the nectars of their love for one another—let my heart be continuously and completely overwhelmed by the [aforementioned] sweetnesses of Rādhā and Mādhava.”

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api sphārāmode pratipada-sudhā-koṭi-madhure

api sphārāmode pratipada-sudhā-koṭi-madhure
purāṇa-grāmāntar-vahati tava līlā-rasa-jhare |
mano-vatsaḥ pātuṁ viṣaya-viṣa-garte viśati me
kṛpā-yaṣṭyā tūrṇaṁ damaya tam amuṁ tarṇaka-pate ||
(Stava-mālā: Nandotsavādi-carita, 11)

“Although the stream of your līlā-rasa, abundantly fragrant [i.e., imbued with the fine fragrance of your qualities and renown] and sweet at every step with the highest grade of nectar, flows through the old village [i.e., the Purāṇas led by Śrīmad Bhāgavatam], the calf of my mind enters a ditch to drink the poison of viṣaya. O calf-keeper [i.e., O Kṛṣṇa], please quickly restrain it with the stick of your grace [so that it drinks only your līlā-rasa and no more the poison of viṣaya].”

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yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ

yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ
spṛṣṭaṁ mokṣa-sukhād virajyati jhaṭity āsvādyamānād api |
premṇas tasya mukunda sāhasitayā śaknotu kaḥ prārthane
bhūyāj janmani janmani pracayinī kintu spṛhāpy atra me ||
(Stava-mālā: Aṣṭādaśa-cchanda, Vastra-haraṇa, 2)

“O Mukunda, who could have the capability to boldly pray for that prema upon being touched by even a tiny sprout of a minute manifestation of which the inner minds of sages immediately become disaffected from even the satisfaction of mokṣa they are relishing? [No one.] Birth after birth, however, let me just have [ever-] increasing desire for that [i.e., that prema].”

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śraddhā kari ei līlā śuna bhakta-gaṇa

śraddhā kari ei līlā śuna bhakta-gaṇa |
ihāra prasāde pābe caitanya-caraṇa ||
ihāra prasāde pābe kṛṣṇa-tattva-sāra |
sarva-śāstra-siddhāntera ihā̐ pāibe pāra ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.25.262–263)

“O bhaktas, hear this līlā with śraddhā. By its grace, you will attain Caitanya’s feet. By its grace, you will attain the essence of Kṛṣṇa-tattva. In it, you will attain the limit of the siddhānta of all the śāstras.”

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kair api prema-vaivaśya-bhāgbhir bhāgavatavottamaiḥ

kair api prema-vaivaśya-bhāgbhir bhāgavatavottamaiḥ |
adyāpi dṛśyate kṛṣṇaḥ krīḍan vṛndāvanāntare ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.5.392)

“Even by some highly elevated Bhāgavatas who are overwhelmed by prema, Kṛṣṇa is seen playing in Vṛndāvana still today.”

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atho mahābhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk

atho mahābhāga bhavān amogha-dṛk
śuci-śravāḥ satya-rato dhṛta-vrataḥ |
urukramasyākhila-bandha-muktaye
samādhinānusmara tad-viceṣṭitam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.5.13)

[Nārada to Vyāsa:] “Therefore, O most fortunate one, you who are of unerring vision, of pure glory, dedicated to truth, and of resolute vows, with full absorption (samādhi) should remember and describe the [illustrious] variegated acts of Urukrama for the liberation of all [beings] from bondage.”

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tatra prakaṭa-līlā-gata-bhāvasya viraha-saṁyogādi-līlā-vaicitrī-bhara-vāhitvena

tatra prakaṭa-līlā-gata-bhāvasya viraha-saṁyogādi-līlā-vaicitrī-bhara-vāhitvena balavattaratvāt ubhaya-līlaikībhāvānantaram api tanmayas teṣām abhimāno’nuvartata eva | 
(Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 182)

“In this regard, because the bhāva present in prakaṭa-līlā is more powerful [than the bhāva in aprakaṭa-līlā] on account of its being a flow of an abundance of the wonderfulness of līlās of separation, union, and so forth, even after both līlās [merge and] become one, their [i.e., Kṛṣṇa’s associates’] mentality [i.e., sense of self and relationship to Kṛṣṇa] based on this [prakaṭa-līlā] indeed follows [i.e., remains predominant within them even after they merge into the aprakaṭa-līlā].”

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dustyajaś cānurāgo’smin sarveṣāṁ no vrajaukasām

dustyajaś cānurāgo’smin sarveṣāṁ no vrajaukasām |
nanda te tanaye’smāsu tasyāpy autpattikaḥ katham ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.26.13)

“How is it that all of us residents of Vraja have innate, irresistible love for him, O Nanda, your son, and he too has this for us?”

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ya etasmin mahābhāgāḥ prītiṁ kurvanti mānavāḥ

ya etasmin mahābhāgāḥ prītiṁ kurvanti mānavāḥ |
nārayo’bhibhavanty etān viṣṇu-pakṣān ivāsurāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.8.18)

[Gargācārya to Nanda Mahārāja:] “Enemies do not overcome those greatly fortunate human beings who adore him [i.e., Kṛṣṇa], just as the asuras do not overcome those who are on the side of Viṣṇu.”

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