Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta

ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis

ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis
tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ |
goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi ||
(Brahma-saṁhitā: 5.37; cited in Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.7.92; Ujjvala-nīlāmaṇi: 3.55; Locana-rocanī-ṭīkā and Ānanda-candrikā-ṭīkā on Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 4.3; Bhagavat Sandarbha: 96; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 177, 186, 188; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.4.72, 2.8.161)

“I serve him, Govinda, the Original Person, the existent Self (Ātmā) of all who resides solely in Goloka and solely with they who by their own nature are potencies ever-manifest [alt., ever-imbued, or, ever reciprocally adored] with rasa constituted of consciousness and bliss.”

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śrī-goloke nikhila-paramānanda-pūrāntya-sīma

śrī-goloke nikhila-paramānanda-pūrāntya-sīma-
gambhīrābdhau janani gamanaṁ sādhaya sva-prayāsaiḥ |
yasmiṁs tās tā vividha-ratayas tena nāthena sākaṁ
yātrā-mātrān madhura-madhurāḥ santataṁ saṅghaṭante ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.7.75)

“[Mahārāja Parīkṣit:] O Mother, endeavor by your own efforts to go to Śrī Goloka, the deep ocean of the ultimate reaches of the outpouring of the totality of the highest bliss, just by journeying into which those [indescribable] variegated, sweet, sweet delights together with that Nātha [i.e., Śrīmad Madana Gopāladeva] take place constantly [i.e., endeavor to journey there because only there will all your desires be fulfilled to the greatest extent].”

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ūrdhva-retās tapasy-ugro niyatāśī ca saṁyamī

ūrdhva-retās tapasy-ugro niyatāśī ca saṁyamī |
śāpānugrahayoḥ śaktaḥ satya-sandho bhaved ṛṣiḥ ||
(Devala Ṛṣi; cited in the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.1.109)

“One who is of upward [-held] semen [i.e., celibate], fierce in austerity, a restrained eater, controlled, capable of cursing and blessing, and fixed in truth, shall be [considered] a ṛṣi [i.e., seer, sage].”

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duṣitān bahu-doṣeṇa sukhābhāsena bhūṣitān

duṣitān bahu-doṣeṇa sukhābhāsena bhūṣitān |
māyāmayān mano-rājya-svapna-dṛṣṭārtha-saṁmitān ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.3.10)

“[Gopa Kumāra on his way to Siddhaloka: I saw these fourteen lokas of the material universe] Tainted by numerous faults, ornamented by a shadow of happiness [i.e., not by ultimate (paramārtha) happiness], made of māyā, and similar to objects seen in a fantasy or dream.”

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sadā pramāṇa-bhūtānām asmākaṁ mahatāṁ tathā

sadā pramāṇa-bhūtānām asmākaṁ mahatāṁ tathā |
vākyāni vyavahārāś ca pramāṇaṁ khalu sarvathā ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.2.197)

“The statements and behaviors of ourselves and the great, being pramāṇa [i.e., authoritative], are always pramāṇa [i.e., authoritative means of knowing] verily in all respects.”

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kāyena dūre vrajinaṁ tyajantī

kāyena dūre vrajinaṁ tyajantī
japantam antaḥkaraṇe hasantī |
samādhi-yoge ca bahir bhavantī
sandṛśyate kāpi mukunda-bhaktiḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.5.221)

“Extraordinary Mukunda-bhakti can be seen naturally avoiding from afar one engaged in karma, laughing at one engaged in japa within the mind, and leaving one fixed in samādhi.”

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namaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-candrāya nirupādhi-kṛpākṛte

namaḥ śrī-guru-kṛṣṇāya nirupādhi-kṛpākṛte |
yaḥ śrī-caitanya-rūpo’bhūt tanvan prema-rasaṁ kalau ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.10)

“Obeisance unto Śrī Guru—Kṛṣṇa,
The Embodiment of unconditional grace,
Who became the form of Śrī Caitanya
To distribute prema-rasa in [the Age of] Kali.”

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sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt

sva-dayita-nija-bhāvaṁ yo vibhāvya sva-bhāvāt
sumadhuram avatīrṇo bhakta-rūpena lobhāt |
jayati kanaka-dhāmā kṛṣṇa-caitanya-nāmā
harir iha yati-veśaḥ śrī-śacī-sūnur eṣaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.3)

“Bearing a golden luster,

The name Kṛṣṇa Caitanya,

And the garb of an ascetic,

He who has descended here [amongst us]

With the form of a bhakta

Out of intense desire

After reflecting on the fine sweetness

Of the bhāva for himself

Of his own beloveds

In comparison to his own bhāva [for them]—

[He,] Hari, the Son of Śrī Śacī,

Triumphs!”

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śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti

śrī-rādhikā-prabhṛtayo nitarāṁ jayanti
gopyo nitānta-bhagavat-priyatā-prasiddhāḥ |
yāsāṁ harau parama-sauhṛda-mādhurīṇāṁ
nirvaktum īṣad api jātu na ko’pi śaktaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.2)

“The gopīs led by Śrī Rādhikā—

Whose extraordinary dearness

To Bhagavān is renowned,

And the sweetnesses

Of whose supreme affection for Hari

No one can ever describe even slightly—

Eternally triumph!”

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jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo

jayati nija-padābja-prema-dānāvatīrṇo
vividha-madhurimābdhiḥ ko’pi kaiśora-gandhiḥ |
gata-parama-daśāntaṁ yasya caitanya-rūpād
anubhava-padam āptaṁ prema gopīṣu nityam ||
(Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.1.1)

“Someone—

Who descended to bestow prema

For his own lotus feet,

Who is an ocean

Of various sweetnesses,

Who is fragrant with adolescence,

And whose everlasting prema for the gopīs,

Having attained the ultimate limit

Of the highest state,

Has reached the position of experience [for others]

Because of his form of Caitanya—
Triumphs!”

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