man-māyā-mohita-dhiyaḥ puruṣāḥ puruṣarṣabha |
śreyo vadanty anekāntaṁ yathā-karma yatha-ruci ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.9)
[Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “O best of human beings, human beings whose minds are bewildered by my māyā speak of good (śreyas) in many different ways according to [their own] karma and according to [their own] taste.”
yad etad hṛdayaṁ tava tad astu hṛdayaṁ mama |
yad idaṁ hṛdayaṁ mama tad astu hṛdayaṁ tava ||
(Sat-kriyā-sāra-dīpikā: Bhojanādi-dhṛti-homa, 2)
“May your heart be my heart, and may my heart be your heart.”
preyo mitraṁ bandhutā vā samagrā
sarve kāmāḥ śevadhir jīvitaṁ vā |
strīṇāṁ bhartā dharma-dārāś ca puṁsām
ity anyonyaṁ vatsayor jñātam astu ||
(Mālatī-mādhavam: 6.18)
“The supportive husband is for the woman, and the dharmic wife is for the man, a lover, a friend, all relatives, all desires, a treasure, and life [itself]. May this be known mutually between you dear youths.”
dampatyor bhāva ekatra sator apy anuraktayoḥ |
svābhīṣṭāśleṣa-vīkṣādi-nirodhī māna ucyate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 15.74)
“The bhāva [i.e., variety of anger] of a loving couple present together or otherwise [i.e., physically apart] which obstructs their own desired embraces, glances, and so forth is called māna.”
paropadeśe pāṇḍityaṁ sarveṣāṁ sukaraṁ nṛṇām |
dharme svīyam anuṣṭhānaṁ kasyacit tu mahātmanaḥ ||
(Hitopedeśa: 1.107; cited in the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.4.18)
“Erudition in instructing others is easy for everyone; only a few great souls actually practice dharma themselves.”
prayujyamāne mayi tāṁ śuddhāṁ bhāgavatīṁ tanum |
ārabdha-karma-nirvāṇo nyapatat pāñca-bhautikaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.6.29; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 11)
“[Nārada:] When that pure figure related to Bhagavān [i.e., the form of an associate (pārṣada) of Bhagavān] was being bestowed upon me, the body [made] of the five elements, the commenced (prārabdha) karma of which was exhausted, fell away.”
vajrād api kaṭhorāṇi mṛdūni kusumād api |
lokottarāṇāṁ cetāṁsi ko nu vijñātum īśvaraḥ ||
(Uttara-rāma-carita: 2.7; cited in Caitanya Caritāmṛta: 2.7.73)
“Who has the ability to understand hearts of extraordinary persons, which are [both] harder than a lightning bolt and softer than a flower?”
śrī-caitanya-mukhodgīrṇā hare-kṛṣṇeti varṇakāḥ |
majjayanto jagat premṇi vijayantāṁ tad-āhvayāḥ ||
(Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.4)
“May these names made of the syllables Ha-re Kṛṣ-ṇa pronounced by Śrī Caitanya’s mouth inundate the world with prema and triumph completely!”
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare |
hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare ||
prabhu kahe—kahilāṅ ei mahāmantra |
ihā japa’ giyā sabe kariyā nirbandha ||
ihā haite sarva-siddhi ha-ibe sabāra |
sarva-kṣaṇa bala’ ithe vidhi nāhi āra ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.23.76–78)
“‘Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare’—the Master [viz., Caitanya Mahāprabhu] said, ‘I have told you all this supreme (mahā) mantra. All of you go and perform japa of this, fostering absorption [alt., maintaining a quota]. By this, all attainments (siddhis) will be had by all of you. Chant at every moment. There is no other rule in this regard.’”
madhu puṣpa-rasaṁ sūdayati khaṇḍayatīti madhusūdanaḥ |
(Unknown source)
“One who destroys, that is, takes away, madhu, that is, the nectar of flowers, is [called] madhusūdana.
