Siddhānta

vyāmohāya carācarasya jagatas te te purāṇāgamās

vyāmohāya carācarasya jagatas te te purāṇāgamās
tāṁ tām eva hi devatāṁ paramikāṁ jalpantu kalpāvadhi |
siddhānte punar eka eva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ samastāgama-
vyāpāreṣu vivecana-vyatikaraṁ nīteṣu niścīyate ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 5.97.27; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 1.107; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.4.142; Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.2.53; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.20.142)

“Let the various Purāṇas and Āgamas chatter about the [supposed] supremacy of various devatās for the sake of deluding the world of moving and stationary beings to the end of the kalpa. When, however, the expressions of all the Āgamas are brought into conjoint examination, then, in accord with their siddhānta, one alone, Bhagavān Viṣṇu, is ascertained [to be supreme].”

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nṛṣu tava māyayā bhramam amīṣv avagatya bhṛśaṁ

nṛṣu tava māyayā bhramam amīṣv avagatya bhṛśaṁ
tvayi sudhiyo’bhave dadhati bhāvam anuprabhavam |
katham anuvartatāṁ bhava-bhayaṁ tava yad bhrū-kuṭiḥ
sṛjati muhus trinemir abhavac-charaṇeṣu bhayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.32)

[Translated according to Śrī Śrīdhara Svāmīpāda’s commentary:] “Understanding the ignorance as a consequence of your māyā among these human beings wherefrom repeated birth ensues, the wise foster bhāva [i.e., render service] profusely for you, Non-existence [i.e., you who are the cause of liberation from material existence]. How could your followers have any distress on account of [material] existence, since the furrowing of your brows—time (trinemi)—creates distress perpetually for those who are not in your shelter?”

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siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa

siddhānta baliyā citte nā kara alasa |
ihā haite kṛṣṇe lāge sudṛḍha mānasa ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.117)

“Do not be weary within the mind regarding siddhānta. The mind becomes firmly attached to Kṛṣṇa because of it.

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śāstrera siddhānta ei vijñera anubhava

śāstrera siddhānta ei vijñera anubhava |
mūḍha-loka nāhi jāne bhāvera vaibhava ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.6.104)

“This is the śāstra’s siddhānta and the experience of the wise. Ignorant people do not understand the greatness of bhāva.”

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citta dṛḍha hañā lāge mahimā-jñāna haite

citta dṛḍha hañā lāge mahimā-jñāna haite ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.2.118)

“The mind becomes firmly attached because of knowledge of greatness [i.e., the mind becomes firmly attached to an object when it the greatness of the object is known].”

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lakṣaṇa-pramāṇābhyāṁ vastu-siddhiḥ

lakṣaṇa-pramāṇābhyāṁ vastu-siddhiḥ, na tu kevala-pratijñā-mātreṇa |
(Unknown Source)

“Determination of an object arises from characteristics (lakṣaṇa) and a means of valid cognition (pramāṇa), not merely by an assertion.”

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sarveṣām amataṁ yat syāt

sarveṣām amataṁ yat syāt sa bhramaḥ paricīyate |
bahūnām amataṁ yat tat keṣāñcin matam iṣyate ||
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 75)

“That which is unacceptable to everyone is called a bhrama (“mistake”). That which is unacceptable to many is considered the view of some.”

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sarvajñair muni-puṅgavaiḥ pravitate tat-tan-mate yuktibhiḥ

sarvajñair muni-puṅgavaiḥ pravitate tat-tan-mate yuktibhiḥ
pūrvaṁ naikataratra ko’pi sudṛḍhaṁ viśvasta āsīj janaḥ |
sampraty apratima-prabhāva udite gaurāṅga-candre punaḥ
śruty-artho hari-bhaktir eva paramaḥ kair vā na nirdhāryate ||
(Caitanya-candrāmṛta: 124)

“Previously, even when the best of the all-knowing sages put forth their views with arguments, no one firmly believed in any one of them. Yet now that the incomparably powerful Gaurāṅgacandra has arisen, who has not concluded that Hari-bhakti is alone the ultimate purport of the Śruti?”

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sañcārya rāmābhidha-bhakta-meghe

sañcārya rāmābhidha-bhakta-meghe
sva-bhakti-siddhānta-cayāmṛtāni |
gaurābdhir etair amunā vitīrṇais
taj-jñatva-ratnālayatāṁ prayāti ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.8.1)

“The ocean Gaura filled the bhakta cloud named Rāma with the waters [lit., nectars] of the siddhānta regarding his own bhakti [alt., bhakti to himself] and then with these [waters] poured forth by him became an abode of the jewel of knowledge of them.”

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