Sūkti Sudhākara – Page 36

samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ |
śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ ||
tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit |
aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 12.18–19)

“A person possessed of bhakti [who is] equal towards an enemy and a friend and honor and dishonor, equal towards cold and heat, happiness and suffering, free from attachment, equal towards defamation and praise, silent, satisfied with whatever comes, non-attached to house, and of steady mind is dear to me.”

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yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati

yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati |
śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 12.17)

“One who does not become elated, does not become hostile, does not lament, and does not hanker, and who is a relinquisher of the auspicious and inauspicious is dear to me.”

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yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ

yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ |
harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 12.15)

“One because of whom any person is not disturbed, who is not disturbed because of any person, and who is free from elation, jealousy, fear, and anxiety is dear to me.”

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adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca

adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca |
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī ||
santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ |
mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 12.13–14)

“My bhakta—one who is non-inimical, friendly, and indeed compassionate towards all beings, free from possessiveness, free from egotism, equal towards suffering and happiness, forbearing, ever satisfied, a yogī, self-restrained, of firm conviction, and of mind and intellect offered to me—is dear to me.”

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pada-dyuti-vinirdhuta-smara-parārdha-rūpoddhatir

pada-dyuti-vinirdhuta-smara-parārdha-rūpoddhatir
dṛg-añcala-kalā-naṭī-paṭimabhir mano-mohinī |
sphuran-nava-ghanākṛtiḥ parama-divya-līlā-nidhiḥ
kriyāt tava jagat-trayī-yuvati-bhāgya-siddhir mudam ||
(Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 1.5)

“[Paurṇamāsī blesses Śrī Rādhā:] He by the luster of whose feet
The pride of beauty
In a hundred quadrillion Kāmadevas
Is destroyed,
He alluring to the mind
By means of the deftness of the dancing
Of the artistry [i.e., side-long glances] in the corners of his eyes,
His whose figure resembles a shining fresh cloud,
He who is an ocean of paramount, divine līlā,
He who is the fruition of the good fortune
Of the young women throughout the three worlds—
May [he] bring about your delight.”

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adhiṣṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ ca pṛthag-vidham

adhiṣṭhānaṁ tathā kartā karaṇaṁ ca pṛthag-vidham |
vividhāś ca pṛthak-ceṣṭā daivaṁ caivātra pañcamam ||
śarīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ |
nyāyyaṁ vā viparītaṁ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ ||
tatraivaṁ sati kartāram ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ |
paśyaty akṛta-buddhitvān na sa paśyati durmatiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 18.14–6)

“(1) The locus [i.e,, the body], (2) the doer [i.e., the jīva], (3) the different types of instruments [i.e., the senses], (4) the various different functions [e.g., those of the prāṇas], and (5) herein the fifth, the Divine [i.e., the Inner Regulator (Antaryāmī), Paramātmā]—whatever action a person undertakes with the body, speech, or mind, be it right or wrong [i.e., dharmic or adharmic, śāstric or non-śāstric], its causes are these five. This being so, one who sees only oneself as the doer in this regard is ignorant because of having an unrefined understanding and does not [actually] see.”

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na kartṛtvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ

na kartṛtvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ |
na karma-phala-saṁyogaṁ svabhāvas tu pravartate ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 5.14)

“The Lord creates neither the doership, nor the actions, nor the connection with the results of actions of a person. Rather, the disposition (svabhāva) [of a person] prompts [these].”

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na deśa-niyamo rājan na kāla-niyamas tathā

na deśa-niyamo rājan na kāla-niyamas tathā |
vidyate nātra sandeho viṣṇor nāmānukīrtane ||
kālo’sti dāne yajñe ca snāne kālo’sti saj-jape |
viṣṇu-saṅkīrtane kālo nāsty atra pṛthivī-tale ||
(Vaiṣṇava-cintāmaṇi; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.412–413)

“O King, there is no regulation in regard to place, and no regulation in regard to time with respect to continuous kīrtana of Viṣṇu’s name. There is no doubt in this regard. There is a [designation of propriety with respect to] time for charity and sacrifice, and there is a [designation of propriety with respect to] time for bathing and proper japa. There is no [designated proper or improper] time here on the surface of the earth for saṅkīrtana of Viṣṇu [i.e., Bhagavan-nāma-saṅkīrtana can be done at any time].”

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na deśa-kāla-niyamo na śaucāśauca-nirṇayaḥ

na deśa-kāla-niyamo na śaucāśauca-nirṇayaḥ |
paraṁ saṅkīrtanād eva rāma rāmeti mucyate ||
(Vaiśvānara-saṁhitā; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.411)

“There is no regulation in regard to place or time, and there is no consideration of pure or impure. One is liberated just by the saṅkīrtana of ‘Rāma, Rāma.’”

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na deśa-kālāvasthāsu śuddhy-ādikam apekṣate

na deśa-kālāvasthāsu śuddhy-ādikam apekṣate |
kintu svatantram evaitan nāma kāmita-kāmadam ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.410)

“Purity and so forth in regard to place, time, and circumstance is not replied upon [by one who chants the name of Śrī Bhagavān]. Rather, this name is verily an independent bestower of all desired objects of desire.”

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