vimuñcati yadā kāmān mānavo manasi sthitān |
tarhy eva puṇḍarīkākṣa bhagavattvāya kalpate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.10.9)
“O you of lotus eyes! When a human being completely casts away desires situated in the mind, only then does one become fit for Bhagavattva.”
indriyāṇi manaḥ prāṇa ātmā dharmo dhṛtir matiḥ |
hrīḥ śrīs tejaḥ smṛtiḥ satyaṁ yasya naśyanti janmanā ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.10.8)
“By the appearance of which [i.e., of desire], the senses, the mind, the vital air, the body, dharma, composure, intelligence, modesty, beauty, strength, remembrance, and truthfulness are lost.”
tan-niṣṭhasya mokṣopadeśāt |
(Vedānta-sūtra: 1.1.7)
“[The Brahman that is described in the śāstra is beyond the guṇas of prakṛti] Because of specification of the mokṣa of one possessed of fixity upon that [i.e., upon Brahman].”
prāṇair viyuktā na bhavanti yāvat
tāvad vinodaṁ karuṇa tyajaitam |
kṛṣṇānyathā goṣṭha-janaika-bandho
gantāsi śokaṁ mṛdula-svabhāvaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.6.239)
“[Baladeva appeals to Kṛṣṇa lying motionless in the coils of Kāliya:] Before they become deprived of their prāṇas,
O Compassionate One,
Stop this play.
Otherwise,
O Kṛṣṇa,
O you whose only kinsmen are the people of the cowherd community,
You who are of tender disposition
Will undergo sorrow.”
ṛṣe vidanti munayaḥ praśāntātmendriyāśayāḥ |
yadā tad evāsat-tarkais tirodhīyeta viplutam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.6.41)
“O sage, when of calm body, senses, and mind, contemplatives know him [i.e., Bhagavān]. [When] Assailed by spurious argumentation (asat-tarka) [however] he conceals himself.”
devānāṁ śuddha-sattvānām ṛṣīṇāṁ cāmalātmanām |
bhaktir mukunda-caraṇe na prāyeṇopajāyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.14.2; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.545; Bhakti Sandarbha: 134)
“[Even] In devas of pure mind or ṛṣis of taintless mind, bhakti to Mukunda’s feet generally does not manifest.”
tatra saṁsāra-cakrasya mokṣo jñānena dṛśyate |
ādhyātma-tattva-vijñānaṁ jñānam ity abhidhīyate ||
(Mahābhārata: 13.243.22)
“In that regard, mokṣa is observed [to occur] through knowledge of the wheel of saṁsāra. Refined knowledge of the nature of the higher self is known as ‘knowledge’ (jñānam).”
tad-darśanāhlāda-pariplutāntaro
hṛṣyat-tanuḥ prema-bharāśru-locanaḥ |
nanāma pādāmbujam asya viśva-sṛg
yat pāramahaṁsyena pathādhigamyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.9.17)
“Completely overwhelmed at heart
By the delight of his [i.e., Śrī Bhagavān’s] sight,
His bodily horripilating,
And his eyes filled with tears of prema,
The emanator of the universe [i.e., Brahmā]
Offered obeisance to his [i.e., Śrī Bhagavān’s] lotus feet,
Which are attained by the path of the paramahaṁsas [i.e., the path of bhakti].”
bhakti vinu kṛṣṇe kabhu nahe premodaya |
prema vinu kṛṣṇa-prāpti anya haite naya ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.4.58)
“Without bhakti [i.e., sādhana-bhakti], a manifestation of prema for Kṛṣṇa never occurs, and without prema, attainment of Kṛṣṇa does not occur by means of anything else [i.e., prema is the only means of attaining Kṛṣṇa].”
e mādhuryāmṛta pāna sadā yei kare |
tṛṣṇā-śānti nahe, tṛṣṇā bāḍhe nirantare ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.149)
“One who continuously drinks the nectar of this sweetness (mādhurya) [of Śrī Kṛṣṇa]—there is no quenching of [their] thirst. [Their] Thirst increases ceaselessly.”
