prāpañcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ |
mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.256)
“The rejection of an object related to Hari by seekers of liberation based on consideration of [its supposedly] being mundane is called useless non-attachment (phalgu-vairāgya).”
anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ |
nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.255)
“The non-attachment (vairāgyam) wherein there is intentness in relation to Kṛṣṇa of one partaking of objects of the senses as appropriate while being detached [from them] is called suitable (yuktam).”
yo dustyajān dāra-sutān suhṛd-rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥ |
jahau yuvaiva mala-vad uttama-śloka-lālasaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.14.43; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.31; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.23.25, 3.6.137)
“Longing for he of highest praise [i.e., Bhagavān], Bharata Mahārāja even in his youth abandoned like stool his most difficult to give up and heart-touching wife, sons, friends, and kingdom ”
śraddhā-viśvāsayor eka-paryāyatvam eva |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.191)
“Śraddhā and viśvāsa are indeed synonymous [in this context].”
sādhu-saṅga-śāstra-śravaṇa-dvārā śraddhā tad-artha-viśvāsaḥ |
(Durgama-saṅgamanī-ṭīkā on Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.4.15)
“Śraddhā is conviction in the meaning of śāstra [brought about] through hearing śāstra in the association of sādhus.”
sāndraś citta-dravaṁ kurvan premā sneha itīryate |
kṣaṇikasyāpi neha syād viśleṣasya sahiṣṇutā ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 3.3.84)
“Intense prema melting the heart (citta) is called sneha. Within it, tolerance for even a moment of separation [from Kṛṣṇa] is not possible.”
alabdhe vā vinaṣṭe vā bhakṣyācchādana-sādhane |
aviklava-matir bhūtvā harim eva dhiyā smaret ||
(Padma Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.114)
“Whether food and clothing are attained, not attained, or lost, one should remain undisturbed in mind and with understanding remember Hari alone.”
ātma-koṭi-guṇaṁ kṛṣṇe premāṇaṁ paramaṁ gatāḥ |
nityānanda-guṇāḥ sarve nitya-siddhā mukundavat ||
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.290)
“All of those whose qualities are eternal and blissful like Mukunda’s and who have paramount prema for Kṛṣṇa which is a crore of times more than their prema for their own self are nitya-siddhas [i.e., eternally realized].”
devarṣi-bhūtāpta-nṛṇāṁ pitṝṇāṁ
na kiṅkaro nāyam ṛṇī ca rājan |
sarvātmanā yaḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
gato mukundaṁ parihṛtya kartam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.5.41)
“O King, one who has forsaken one’s duties and taken shelter completely in the ultimate shelterer, Mukunda, is neither a servant of, nor a debtor to, the devas, the ṛṣis, [other] living beings, relatives, humanity, or ancestors.”
sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja |
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||
(Bhagavad-gītā: 18.66)
“Completely relinquishing all dharmas, take shelter in me alone. I will free you from all sins. Do not grieve.”
