Prīti Sandarbha

na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṁ

na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṁ
na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
mayy arpitātmecchati mad vinānyat ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.14.14; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 11.580; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.42; Bhakti Sandarbha: 132, 168; Prīti Sandarbha: 23)

[Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “One who has offered oneself to me desires neither the post of Brahmā, nor the abode of Indra, nor dominion over the entire earth, nor reign over Pātāla, nor the siddhis of yoga, nor non-repetition of birth [i.e., mokṣa], nor anything else apart from me.”

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na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ

na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca pārameṣṭhyaṁ
na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
samañjasa tvā virahayya kāṅkṣe ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.11.25; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.32; Prīti Sandarbha: 24, 72)

[Vṛtrāsura to Bhagavān:] “Neither the vault of Heaven, nor the position of the highest standing, nor rule over the entirety of the earth, nor sovereignty over Rasā, nor the yoga-siddhis, nor non-repetition of birth, do I desire, O Proper One, leaving you.”

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na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca sārvabhaumaṁ

na nāka-pṛṣṭhaṁ na ca sārvabhaumaṁ
na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na rasādhipatyam |
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
vāñchanti yat-pāda-rajaḥ-prapannāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.16.37; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.669; Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.39; Prīti Sandarbha: 24)

[The nāga-patnīs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] “Those who have taken shelter in the dust of your feet desire neither the domain of Dhruva, nor dominion over the entire earth, nor the post of Brahmā, nor reign over Pātāla, nor the siddhis of yoga, nor even non-repetition of birth [i.e., mokṣa].”

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sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma

sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma taj-jalān iti śānta upāsīta | atha khalu kratumayaḥ puruṣo yathā kratur asmil loke puruṣo bhavati tathetaḥ pretya bhavati sa kratuṁ kurvīta ||
(Chāndogya Upaniṣad: 3.14.1; cited in Prīti Sandarbha 51)

“All of this is verily Brahman, that from which everything manifests, by which everything is taken [i.e., into which everything dissolves], and in which everything exists. Therefore, be peaceful and meditate [upon Brahman]. Now, verily, a living being is made of intention (kratu). As is a living being’s intention in this world, so the living being becomes upon departing from here. [Therefore,] one should form an intention.”

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sā hovāca maitreyī—yan nu ma iyaṁ bhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syāt

sā hovāca maitreyī—yan nu ma iyaṁ bhagoḥ sarvā pṛthivī vittena pūrṇā syāt kathaṁ tenāmṛtā syām? iti | neti hovāca yājñavalkyo—yathaivopakaraṇavatāṁ jīvitaṁ, tathaiva te jīvita syāt | amṛtatvasya tu nāśāsti vitteneti | sā hovāca maitreyī—yenāhaṁ nāmṛtā syāṁ, kim ahaṁ tena kuryāṁ ? yad eva bhagavān veda tad eva me brūhīti |
(Bṛhadāranyaka Upaniṣad: 2.4.2–3; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 1)

“Maitreyī said, ‘O fortunate one, if indeed this entire earth, full of wealth, were to belong to me, would I become immortal by that?’
“‘No,’ replied Yājñavalkya, ‘Your life would become just like the life of those who possess [all] means of subsistence. There is no hope, however, of immortality through wealth.‘
“Maitreyī said, ‘What shall I do with that by which I cannot become immortal? O fortunate one, please tell me that alone which you know [to me the means to become immortal].’”

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vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat

vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro |
bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam ||
janmaiśvarya-śruta-śrībhir edhamāna-madaḥ pumān |
naivārhaty abhidhātuṁ vai tvām akiñcana-gocaram ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.8.25–26)

“[Kuntī Devī to Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] O Guru of the universe, let those dangers occur constantly everywhere in the midst of which shall occur the sight of you, by virtue of which the sight of material existence again does not! A person swelling with conceit as a result of birth, capability, learning, or beauty is never fit to speak of you, who are attainable [only] by the disinterested [i.e., those who foster no attachment to anything of the world].”

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