Bhāgavata Sandarbha – Page 47

svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ

svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ |
prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam ||
dvādaśaite vijānīmo dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ bhaṭāḥ |
guhyaṁ viśuddhaṁ durbodhaṁ yaṁ jñātvāmṛtam aśnute ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.3.20–21; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 110)

[Yamarāja to his emissaries:] “O servants, Brahmā, Nārada, Śambhu [i.e., Śiva], [Sanat] Kumāra, Kapila, [Svāyambhuva] Manu, Prahlāda, Janaka, Bhīṣma, Bali, Vaiyāsaki [i.e., Śukadeva Gosvāmī], and we [i.e., I myself]—these twelve understand Bhāgavata-dharma, which is confidential, completely pure [i.e., beyond the guṇas], and difficult to comprehend, and which, by understanding, one relishes amṛta [i.e., one attains the nectar of immortality].”

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tad evaṁ prīter lakṣaṇaṁ citta-dravas

tad evaṁ prīter lakṣaṇaṁ citta-dravas tasya ca romaharṣādikam | kathañcij-jāte’pi citta-drave romaharṣādike vā na ced āśaya-śuddhis tadāpi na bhakteḥ samyag-āvirbhāva iti jñāpitam | āśaya-śuddhir nāma cānya-tātparya-parityāgaḥ prīti-tātparyaṁ ca |
(Krama-sandarbha-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.23; Prīti Sandarbha: 69)

“Thus, in this way, the [extrinsic (taṭastha)] characteristic of prīti is melting of the heart, and [the extrinsic characteristic] of that is horripilation and so forth [i.e., the other sāttvika-bhāvas]. Even when melting of the heart or horripilation and so forth occur to some extent, if purity of the heart (āśaya) has not come about, then still bhakti’s complete manifestation has not occurred. Such has been made known. Purity of the heart (āśaya) [i.e., citta] means abandonment of [all] other intentions [i.e., all desires and aims other than prīti], and intention upon [i.e., desire for and pursuit of] prīti.”

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phalena phala-kāraṇam anumīyate

phalena phala-kāraṇam anumīyate |
(Gopāla-campū: Uttara-campū, 6.21; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 149; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 3.1.91)

“The cause of an effect is inferred from the effect.”

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śrī-kali-yuga-pāvana

śrī-kali-yuga-pāvana-sva-bhajana-vibhājana-prayojanāvatāra-śrī-śrī-bhagavat-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-deva … |
(Bhāgavata Sandarbha)

“Bhagavān Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanyadeva, the Purifier of the [jīvas of] the Age of Kali, the avatāra whose aim is the distribution of worship of himself …”

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tādṛśa-bhāvaṁ bhāvaṁ

tādṛśa-bhāvaṁ bhāvaṁ
prathayitum iha yo’vatāram āyātaḥ |
ādurjana-gaṇa-śaraṇaṁ
sa jayati caitanya-vigrahaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ ||
(Prīti Sandarbha: 429)

“May Kṛṣṇa,
He who descended here [i.e., to this earth]
To distribute bhāva of such nature [i.e., the bhāva of Śrī Rādhā’s sakhīs, as described in the previous verse],
The shelter of [all, including] even depraved persons,
He who has a form of [constituted of] consciousness,
[alt., He who is manifest in the form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu],
Triumph!”

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haṁsāḥ sārāsāra-viveka-caturāḥ

haṁsāḥ sārāsāra-viveka-caturāḥ |
(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.29.3; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 326)

“Haṁsas [lit., “swans”] are those who are expert in discriminating between the essential and non-essential.”

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śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam |
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam ||
iti puṁsārpitā viṣṇau bhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā |
kriyeta bhagavaty addhā tan manye’dhītam uttamam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.5.23–24; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.619–620, Bhakti Sandarbha: 169, Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.9.259–260)

[Prahlāda Mahārāja to Hiraṇyakaśipu:] “Hearing, praising, remembering, attending the feet, worshipping, offering obeisance, serving, befriending, and offering the self—if bhakti characterized by these nine [activities] is [itself first] directly offered to Bhagavān Viṣṇu and [then] performed by a person, I consider that the greatest learning.”

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yasya bhaktir bhagavati

yasya bhaktir bhagavati harau niḥśreyaseśvare |
vikrīḍato’mṛtāmbhodhau kiṁ kṣudraiḥ khātakodakaiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.12.22; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 19)

[Indra to Vṛtrāsura:] “One who has bhakti to Bhagavān, Hari, the Īśvara of supreme auspiciousness, playfully swims in an ocean of nectar. Of what use to him are the waters [i.e., pleasures] in small ditches [like Svargaloka]?”

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yogibhir dṛśyate bhaktyā

yogibhir dṛśyate bhaktyā nābhaktyā dṛśyate kvacit |
draṣṭuṁ na śakyo roṣāc ca matsarāc ca janārdanaḥ ||
(Padma Purāṇa: 6.238.83; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 106; Bhakti Sandarbha: 324; Prīti Sandarbha: 7)

“Janārdana is seen by yogīs through bhakti, and is never seen through non-bhakti. He cannot be seen through anger or through envy.”

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bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir

bhaktiḥ pareśānubhavo viraktir
anyatra caiṣa trika eka-kālaḥ |
prapadyamānasya yathāśnataḥ syus
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣud-apāyo’nughāsam ||
ity acyutāṅghriṁ bhajato’nuvṛttyā
bhaktir viraktir bhagavat-prabodhaḥ |
bhavanti vai bhāgavatasya rājaṁs
tataḥ parāṁ śāntim upaiti sākṣāt ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.2.42–43; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 262, 340; Prīti Sandarbha: 1)

“Bhakti, experience of the Supreme Lord, and detachment from all else—this triad shall occur at one time for one who has taken shelter just as satisfaction, nourishment, and relief from hunger shall for one who eats with each mouthful. Thus, O King, bhakti, detachment, and understanding of Bhagavān occur for a bhāgavata [i.e., a bhakta] engaged in bhajana continuously to the feet of Acyuta, and thereafter one attains complete peace directly.”

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