cintāmaṇir jayati somagirir gurur me
śikṣā-guruś ca bhagavān śikhi-piñcha-mauliḥ |
yat-pāda-kalpa-taru-pallava-śekhareṣu
līlā-svayaṁvara-rasaṁ labhate jayaśrīḥ ||
(Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛtam: 1; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.1.57)
“My guru,
The thought-jewel Somagiri,
Triumphs,
As does my instructing guru,
Bhagavān,
Whose crest is a peacock feather
And at the tips of the shoots of the desire-tree of whose feet
Jayaśrī playfully tastes the rasa of svayaṁvara.”
ślāghyāṅga-sanniveśo yaḥ suramyāṅgaḥ sa kathyate ||
yathā—
mukhaṁ candrākāraṁ karabha-nibham uru-dvayam idaṁ
bhujau stambhārambhau sarasija-vareṇyaṁ kara-yugam |
kavāṭābhaṁ vakṣaḥ-sthalam aviralaṁ śroṇi-phalakaṁ
parikṣāmo madhyaḥ sphurati mura-hantur madhurimā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.45–46)
“One whose [body-] parts are of praiseworthy formation is called one who has beautiful parts (suramyāṅga), as [is described] in [the following verse],
‘A face with the appearance of the moon,
Thighs like elephant trunks,
Arms like the beginnings [i.e., bases] of pillars,
Hands like excellent lotuses,
A chest like a [broad] door panel,
Sides compact,
Midsection lean—
The Slayer of Mura‘s sweetness shines!’”
bhavet saundaryam aṅgānāṁ sanniveśo yathocitam ||
yathā—
mukhaṁ te dīrghākṣaṁ marakata-taṭī-pīvaram uro
bhuja-dvandvaṁ stambha-dyuti suvalitaṁ pārśva-yugalam |
parikṣīṇo madhyaḥ prathima-laharī-hāri jaghanaṁ
na kasyāḥ kaṁsāre harati hṛdayaṁ paṅkaja-dṛśaḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.336–337)
“Formation as is felicitous of the parts and sub-parts [of the body] shall be [called] beauty (saundarya), as [is described] in [the following verse],
‘Your face with wide eyes,
Chest firm like a swathe of emerald,
Two arms like pillars of light,
Flanks finely ridged,
Midsection lean,
And loins captivating with burgeoning waves [of sweetness],
O Enemy of Kaṁsa,
The heart of which lady of lotus eyes
Do [these] not attract?’”
aṅga-pratyāngakānāṁ yaḥ sanniveśo yathocitam |
suśliṣṭa-sandhi-bandhaḥ syāt tat saundaryam itīryate ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 10.31)
“Formation as is felicitous of the parts and sub-parts [of the body] which shall be that wherein the unions with the joints are well-set is called beauty (saundarya).”
cet kṛṣṇacandrasya mahāvatāras
tādṛg-nija-prema-vitāna-kārī |
syād vā kadācid yadi rādhikāyāḥ
premānubhūtiṁ tad upaity athāpi ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.234)
“If a great avatāra of Kṛṣṇacandra who is a distributor of such prema for himself, or, if [such a great avatāra] of Rādhikā, should ever come about, then too one would attain experience of that prema.”
duḥsaṅga kahi—kaitava ātma-vañcanā |
‘kṛṣṇa’-‘kṛṣṇa-bhakti’ vinu anya-kāmanā ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.2.24.100)
“We call deceit and self-deception, that is, desire for anything other than Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa-bhakti, wrong attachment (duḥsaṅga).”
emana kṛpālu nāhi śuni tribhuvane |
kṛṣṇa-premā haya yāra dūra-daraśane ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.16.121)
“We do not hear of anyone so gracious in the three worlds, by [even] the distant sight of whom prema for Kṛṣṇa manifests.”
sarvāṇi mad-dhiṣṇyatayā bhavadbhiś
carāṇi bhūtāni sutā dhruvāṇi |
sambhāvitavyāni pade pade vo
vivikta-dṛgbhis tad uhārhaṇaṁ me ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.5.26)
“[Ṛṣabhadeva:] O sons! All beings, moving and stationary, are to be honored from moment to moment by you all possessed of prowess and pure vision [i.e., vision free from observation of envy and the like] as being abodes of me. That itself is worship of me.”
sā rādhikā bhagavatī kvacid īkṣyate cet
premā tadānubhavam ṛcchati mūrtimān saḥ |
śakyeta ced gaditum eṣa tayā tadaiva
śrūyeta tattvam iha ced bhavati sva-śaktiḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.233)
“If ever she,
Bhagavatī Rādhikā,
Is seen,
Then one attains experience
Of the embodiment of prema.
If this [viz., prema] shall be able to be described by her,
Only then the quiddity [thereof] shall be heard,
If one’s own ability for that remains.”
sāmānyataḥ kiñcid idaṁ mayoktaṁ
vaktuṁ viśeṣeṇa na śakyate tat |
premā tu kṛṣṇe vraja-yoṣitāṁ yas
tat-tattvam ākhyātum alaṁ kathaṁ syām ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.231)
“This much [about prema] is said by me in general. I am not able to describe that in depth. Indeed how would I be able to describe the essential nature of the prema for Kṛṣṇa of the ladies of Vraja?”
