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aurva-stomāt kaṭur api kathaṁ durbalenorasā me

aurva-stomāt kaṭur api kathaṁ durbalenorasā me
tāpaḥ prauḍho hari-virahajaḥ sahyate tan na jāne |
niṣkrāntā ced bhavati hṛdayād yasya dhūma-cchaṭāpi
brahmāṇḍānāṁ sakhi kulam api jvālayā jājvalīti ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 14.187)

“[Rādhā to Viśākhā:]
Scorching even more so
Than a cluster of submarine volcanos,
How is the brutal heat [alt., sorrow, or, pain]
Produced by separation from Hari
Endured by my weak chest?
This I do not know.
If even a puff of its smoke
Is released from my heart,
O Sakhī,
Even the multitude of universes
Will be incinerated in a blaze.”

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gurubhir api niṣiddhā tām ahaṁ yāvad akṣṇoḥ

gurubhir api niṣiddhā tām ahaṁ yāvad akṣṇoḥ
padam anayam ananta-śreyasāṁ sadma rādhām |
tṛṣitam iva mano me prekṣate tanvi tāvad
diśi diśi viharantīṁ śyāmalāṁ śālabhañjīm ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 14.27)

“[A gopī newly arrived near Vṛṣabhānupura:]
O slender one [i.e., O Sakhī],
Although forbidden by elders,
Ever since I brought that Abode of infinite virtue,
Rādhā,
Onto the path of my eyes,
My mind,
As though thirsty,
Sees a sporting swarthy figure
In every direction.”

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lokottara-padārthānāṁ prabhāvaḥ ko’py anargalaḥ

lokottara-padārthānāṁ prabhāvaḥ ko’py anargalaḥ |
ratiṁ tad-viṣayaṁ cāsau bhāsayet tūrṇam ekadā ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 14.16)

“Otherworldly objects have extraordinary unchecked potency, and one [such object] can immediately at once manifest rati [for Śrī Kṛṣṇa] and the object thereof [i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa himself, the object of rati].”

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adbhuta nigūḍha premera mādhurya-mahimā

adbhuta nigūḍha premera mādhurya-mahimā |
āpani āsvādi’ prabhu dekhāilā sīmā ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.17.67)

“The greatness of the sweetness (mādhurya) of prema is astonishing and highly confidential. Personally relishing [this], Prabhu showed the extremity [thereof].”

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bhrātaḥ premṇaḥ svarūpaṁ yat tad dhi jānanti tad-vidaḥ

bhrātaḥ premṇaḥ svarūpaṁ yat tad dhi jānanti tad-vidaḥ |
yasya cittārdratā-jātaṁ bāhyaṁ kampādi-lakṣaṇam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.226)

“Brother, only the experiencers thereof know that which is the essential nature of prema and of which the external characteristics of trembling and so on are produced by meltedness of the heart.”

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vimuktākhila-tarṣair yā muktir api vimṛgyate

vimuktākhila-tarṣair yā muktir api vimṛgyate |
yā kṛṣṇenātigopyāśu bhajadbhyo’pi na dīyate ||
sā bhukti-mukti-kāmatvāc chuddhāṁ bhaktim akurvatām |
hṛdaye sambhavaty eṣāṁ kathaṁ bhāgavatī ratiḥ ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.42–43)

“That which is sought even by the liberated who are completely free from all [extraneous] desires, which is highly confidential and [which is] not given by Kṛṣṇa quickly even to worshippers [of himself]—how can [that] rati for Bhagavān appear in the heart of those who do not perform pure bhakti on account of being possessed of desire for enjoyment or liberation?”

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ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ

ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭhā varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ |
svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.2.13)

“Therefore, O best of the twice-born, the highest accomplishment of dharma aptly performed by human beings in accord with the divisions of the varṇas and āśramas is the satisfaction of Hari.”

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tāvat karmāṇi kurvīta na nirvidyeta yāvatā

tāvat karmāṇi kurvīta na nirvidyeta yāvatā |
mat-kathā-śravaṇādau vā śraddhā yāvan na jāyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.20.9; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.553; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.247; Bhakti Sandarbha: 62, 106, 173; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.9.264, 2.22.61)

“[Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] One should perform karmas so long as one shall not become disinterested or so long as śraddhā in hearing and so forth of discussion about me does not manifest.”

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vinā sarva-tyāgaṁ bhavati na bhajanaṁ hy asu-pateḥ

vinā sarva-tyāgaṁ bhavati na bhajanaṁ hy asu-pateḥ |
(Caitanyacandrodaya-nāṭaka: 5.22)

“Without relinquishment of everything [apart from it], worship of the Lord of the life airs [i.e., the Lord of the heart, or, the Lord of one’s life] certainly does not occur [as it is meant to in truth].”

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śoka-paṅka-nimagnaṁ yaḥ sāṅkhya-yogopadeśataḥ

śoka-paṅka-nimagnaṁ yaḥ sāṅkhya-yogopadeśataḥ |
ujjahārārjunaṁ bhaktaṁ sa kṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇaṁ mama ||
(Subodhinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 2.72)

“He who by means of instructions
About the yoga of wisdom
Uplifted Arjuna,
His bhakta submerged in the mud of sorrow—
Kṛṣṇa—
Is my shelter.”

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