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.”
Bhāgavata Sandarbha
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] Kali-yuga, the avatāra whose purpose is distribution of his own service ….”
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!”
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.”
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.”
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]?”
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.”
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.”
etāvān eva loke’smin
etāvān eva loke’smin puṁsāṁ niḥśreyasodayaḥ |
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena mano mayy arpitaṁ sthiram ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.25.44; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 47)
“The mind [in a state of being] offered to me through resolute bhakti-yoga [i.e., through engagement in practices of bhakti, such as hearing] and [thus remaining] steady [i.e., absorbed in me]—this much alone [i.e., being in this state of mind by means of bhakti] is [itself] the manifestation of the highest good [i.e., the attainment of the ultimate puruṣārtha] for the living being in this world.”
yo yo mayi pare dharmaḥ
yo yo mayi pare dharmaḥ kalpyate niṣphalāya cet |
tatrāyāso nirarthaḥ syād bhayāder iva sattama ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.29.21; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 148, 333)
“O best of the virtuous, if any sort of dharma [i.e., any sort of practice of bhakti, such as hearing, praising, and so on] related to me, the Supreme, is performed not for the purpose of a result [i.e., not out of desire for worldly attainments, Svarga, mokṣa, and so on, but rather only for the purpose of pleasing me], then exertion regarding it [i.e., for the purpose of accomplishing it] is useless [i.e., such actions can be effortlessly made manifested by bhakti’s inherent potency, and thus exertion to accomplish it is useless], just like exertion out of fear and so forth [i.e., just like fleeing out of fear, crying out of sorrow in a forest where no one can hear, and so on, are useless].”