atra maraṇe sarveṣāṁ dainyādayo’pi śrī-bhagavat-kṛpātiśaya-dvāram iti draṣṭavyam |
(Bhakti Sandarbha: 162)
“Here [i.e., in regard to Ajāmila chanting the name of Bhagavān at the time of death], it is to be observed that even the humility and so forth everyone has at the time of death is the foremost door to [receiving] Śrī Bhagavān’s grace.”
yato yato niścarati manaś cañcalam asthiram |
tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 6.26)
“Restraining [i.e., withdrawing] the restless, unsteady mind from wherever it wanders, one should bring it under control within the self.”
bhavatām api bhūyān me yadi śraddadhate vacaḥ |
vaiśāradī dhīḥ śraddhātaḥ strī-bālānāṁ ca me yathā ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.7.17)
“[Prahlāda Mahārāja to his classmates:] If you have śraddhā in my words, then by virtue of that śraddhā may you all too become adept in mind, just as women and children, as well as I, have so become.”
samprārthanātmikā dainya-bodhikā lālasāmayī |
ity ādir vividhā dhīraiḥ kṛṣṇe vijñaptir īritā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.152)
“An address to Kṛṣṇa is said to be of various types by the wise, beginning with [an address] consisting of an entreaty, [an address] expressive of humility, and [an address] made up of longing.”
karma-kartari karma-vad ātmapadādi |
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 940)
“In karma-kartari [prayoga], [the verb] takes ātmapada [endings] and so on just as in karma [i.e., in karmaṇi prayoga].”
kriyamāṇas tu yat karma svayaṁ siddhaṁ pratīyate |
atyanta-sukaratvena karma-karteti tad viduḥ ||
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 939)
“That karma which, although being done [by a kartā], seems to be self-accomplished because of its being very easy to be done is known as a karma-kartā [i.e., a karma which is figuratively said to be a kartā, e.g., saying, ‘The cooking is done quickly’].”
kriyā-viśeṣaṇaṁ karma, tac ca brahmaika-vacanaṁ sadānuktaṁ ca |
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 938)
“The viśeṣaṇa (modifier) of a kriyā is [considered] a karma, and it is neuter (brahma-liṅga), singular in number (vacana), and always anukta.”
kriyā yat-sādhikā tat karma |
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 936)
“That which the kriyā is accomplishing of is [called] the karma.”
divi vā bhuvi vā mamāstu vāso
narake vā narakāntaka prakāmam |
avadhīrita-śāradāravindau
caraṇau te maraṇe’pi cintayāmi ||
(Mukunda-mālā-stotram: 8; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.5.29)
“O Destroyer of Naraka! Let my residence be in the sky [i.e., Svarga], or on earth, or in Naraka, as so willed. Even at death, I shall think of your feet, by which [even] autumnal lotuses are surpassed.”
vijātīya-pratyayāntarāvyavahitam eka-cintanaṁ dhyānam |
(Govinda-bhāṣya and Śrī-bhāṣya on Vedānta-sūtra: 4.1.7)
“Meditation (dhyāna) means thought of one [i.e., one subject] uninterrupted by other, dissimilar cognitions.”
