evaṁ pariṣvāṅga-karābhimarśa-
snigdhekṣaṇoddāma-vilāsa-hāsaiḥ |
reme rameśo vraja-sundarībhir
yathārbhakaḥ sva-pratibimba-vibhramaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.33.17; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 299)
“Thus, by embracing [them], touching [their] hands, affectionately glancing [at them], unrestrainedly playing [with them], and smiling [at them], the Lord of Ramā enjoyed with the beauties of Vraja like a boy frolicking with his own reflection.”
antaḥ kṛṣṇaṁ bahir gauraṁ darśitāṅgādi-vaibhavam |
kalau saṅkīrtanādyaiḥ smaḥ kṛṣṇa-caitanyam āśritāḥ ||
(Tattva Sandarbha: 2; cited in Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.3.80)
“Through saṅkīrtana and so forth in [the Age of] Kali, we have taken shelter in Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is internally Kṛṣṇa, externally golden, and manifest with the magnificence of his limbs and so forth [i.e., along with his sub-limbs, weapons, and associates].”
govindābhidham indirāśrita-padaṁ hastastha-ratnādivat
tattvaṁ tattva-vid-uttamau kṣiti-tale yau darśayāṁ cakratuḥ |
māyāvāda-mahāndhakāra-paṭalī-sat-puṣpavantau sadā
tau śrī-rūpa-sanātanau viracitāścaryau suvaryau stumaḥ ||
(Siddhānta-ratna: 1.4; Ṭīkā on Tattva Sandarbha: 1)
“The two foremost knowers of the Absolute
On the surface of the earth
Who have revealed the Absolute
Known as Govinda
Whose feet are the shelter of Indirā (Lakṣmī)
Like a jewel or otherwise present in their hands;
The illustrious sun and moon
Against the covering
Of the dense darkness of māyāvāda;
They who have [thus] performed [alt., composed] wonders
And are [thereby] most exalted—
We perpetually praise these two:
Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana.”
kālāhi-vaktra-vilasad-rasanāgra-jāgrad-
gopī-dṛg-añcala-camatkṛti-viddha-marmā |
śarmādiśatv aruṇa-ghūrṇita-locanāntaḥ-
sañcāra-cūrṇita-satī-hṛdayo mukundaḥ ||
(Govinda-vilāsa; cited in Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 14.2)
“He whose core is pierced
By the astonishment produced by the gopīs’ side-long glances,
Which are vigilant like the flickering tip of the tongue
In the mouth of a black snake;
He by the movements along the reddish edges
Of whose rolling eyes
The hearts of chaste women
Are pulverized—
May [he,] Mukunda
Beget delight.”
sei veṣa kaila ebe vṛndāvana giyā |
kṛṣṇa-niṣevaṇa kari nibhṛte vasiyā ||
(Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.3.9)
“I have accepted that garb [i.e., the garb of a sannyāsī]. Now, going to Vṛndāvana, I shall perform worship of Kṛṣṇa, sitting in seclusion.”
kuṭumbeṣu na sajjeta na pramādyet kuṭumby api |
vipaścin naśvaraṁ paśyed adṛṣṭam api dṛṣṭa-vat ||
putra-dārāpta-bandhūnāṁ saṅgamaḥ pāntha-saṅgamaḥ |
anu-dehaṁ viyanty ete svapno nidrānugo yathā ||
itthaṁ parimṛśan mukto gṛheṣv atithivad vasan |
na gṛhair anubadhyeta nirmamo nirahaṅkṛtaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.17.52–54)
“Even a householder should not be attached to the household and should not be negligent. A wise person should see even the unseen, like the seen, to be transitory. The meeting of sons, wife, relatives, and friends is [just like] a meeting of wayfarers. They [i.e., sons and so forth] vanish after the body [dies] just as a dream does following sleep. Deliberating in this way and dwelling in houses like a guest, a detached person free from possessiveness and egotism will not become bound by houses.”
mananāt trāyate yasmāt tasmān mantraḥ prakīrtitaḥ |
(Matsya-sūkta; cited in in Śabda-kalpa-druma)
“That by meditating upon which one is delivered is called a mantra [lit., ‘a means (tra) of meditation (man)’].”
ka-kāraḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ |
ī-kāraḥ prakṛtī rādhā nitya-vṛndāvaneśvarī ||
laś cānandātmakaṁ prema-sukhaṁ tayoś ca kīrtitam |
cumbanāśleṣa-mādhuryaṁ bindu-nādaḥ samīritaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Gautamīya-tantra; cited in the Mantrārtha-dīpikā)
“The letter k is the Puruṣa, Kṛṣṇa, who is possessed of a form of eternal being, consciousness, and bliss. The letter ī is Prakṛti, Rādhā, the Īśvarī of Eternal Vṛndāvana. [The letter] L, furthermore, is said to be the blissful joy of their prema [for one another], and the nāda and drop [i.e., the half-moon shape and dot within the candrabindu (̐)] are said to refer of the sweetness (mādhurya) of [their] kissing and embracing.”
tṛptāv anya-janasya tṛptim ayitā duḥkhe mahāduḥkitā
labdhaiḥ svīya-sukhāli-duḥkha-nicayair no harṣa-bādhodayāḥ |
sveṣṭārādhana-tatparā iha yathā śrī-vaiṣṇava-śreṇayaḥ
kās tā brūhi vicārya candra-vadane tā mad-vayasyā imāḥ ||
(Govinda-līlāmṛta: 13.113)
“[Śrī Kṛṣṇa presents a riddle:]
‘They attain satisfaction from another person’s satisfaction,
Are greatly troubled by [by another person’s] trouble,
Experience no elation or misery
Because of the personal pleasures and troubles they undergo,
And are devoted to the worship of their own Iṣṭa
Like the multitudes of blessed Vaiṣṇavas here—
Consider and tell [me],
O you of moon face,
Who are they?’
[Śrī Rādhā replies:]
‘They are these friends of mine!’”
sanātanaṁ namaskṛtya śrī-rūpa-caraṇaṁ bhaje |
yad-āśrayād ayogyo’pi līlā-sindhau nimajjati ||
(Sadānanda-vidhāyinī-ṭīkā on Śrī Govinda-līlāmṛta: 1.1)
“I offer obeisance to Sanātana and worship the feet of Śrī Rūpa, by virtue of whose shelter even one who is unfit becomes immersed in the ocean of [Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda’s] līlā.”
