ye bhakti gopikā-gaṇera kahe bhāgavate
ye bhakti gopikā-gaṇera kahe bhāgavate |
nityānanda haite tāhā pāila jagate ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.5.303)
“Through Nityānanda the world received the bhakti of the gopīs described in the Bhāgavata.”
Caitanya-bhāgavata
saṁsārera pāra haiyā bhaktira sāgare
saṁsārera pāra haiyā bhaktira sāgare |
ye ḍubibe se bhajuka nitāicā̐dere ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.1.77)
“Anyone who wishes to cross over saṁsāra and dive into the ocean of bhakti should worship Nitāicā̐da.”
prabhu bole—bhakta-vākya kṛṣṇera varṇana
prabhu bole—bhakta-vākya kṛṣṇera varṇana |
ihāte ye doṣa dekhe, se-i ’pāpī’ jana ||
ihāte ye doṣa dekhe, tāhāra se doṣa |
bhaktera varṇana-mātra kṛṣṇera santoṣa ||
(Chaitanya-bhāgavata: 1.11.105, 109)
“Prabhu said, ‘A bhakta’s statements are descriptions of Kṛṣṇa. One who finds fault in these is a sinful person. … The fault [in this case] is [actually] that of the one who finds fault in these [descriptions of Kṛṣṇa made by a bhakta]. Any description of [i.e., made by] a bhakta is satisfying to Kṛṣṇa [regardless of whether it has faults in it].”
jīvana-maraṇa kṛṣṇa-icchāya se haya
jīvana-maraṇa kṛṣṇa-icchāya se haya |
viṣa vā amṛta bhakṣileo kichu naya ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 3.2.32)
“Life and death occur by Kṛṣṇa’s will. Even if one drinks poison or nectar, that is nothing [i.e., that cannot override Kṛṣṇa’s will].”
yāvat āchaye prāṇa, dehe āche śakti
yāvat āchaye prāṇa, dehe āche śakti |
tāvat karaha kṛṣṇa-pāda-padme bhakti ||
(Chaitanya-bhāgavat: 2.1.342)
“As long as you live and there is ability in your body, engage in bhakti to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.”
mana diyā bujha, deha chāḍiyā calile
mana diyā bujha, deha chāḍiyā calile |
dhana vā pauruṣa saṅge keho nāhi cale ||
eteke mahānta saba sarva parihari |
karena īśvara-sevā dṛḍha-citta kari ||
eteke chāḍiyā vipra, sakala jañjāla |
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa giyā bhajaha sakāla ||
yāvat maraṇa nāhi upasanna haya |
tāvat sevaha kṛṣṇa kariyā niścaya ||
sei se vidyāra phala jāniha niścaya |
kṛṣṇa-pāda-padme yadi citta-vitta haya ||
mahā-upadeśa ei kahila tomāre |
sabe viṣṇu-bhakti satya ananta-saṁsāre ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata 1.13.174–179; 9.174–179)
[Śrīman Mahāprabhu to the Digvijayī Paṇḍita:] “Mindfully understand: when leaving the body and departing, no one departs with wealth or prowess [alt., possessions]. Therefore, all the great ones forsake everything and engage in service to Īśvara with firm resolve. Therefore, O brāhmaṇa, leaving all this rubbish, go and worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s feet immediately. So long as death has not arrived, serve Kṛṣṇa resolutely. Know for certain that this is the fruit of learning: when your mind and wealth are fixed on Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet. I tell you this great teaching: ‘Amid everything in unending saṁsāra, Viṣṇu-bhakti [alone] is real.’”
prabhu bole “torā āra nā karis pāpa”
prabhu bole “torā āra nā karis pāpa” |
jagāi-mādhāi bale “āra nāre bāpa” ||
prabhu bale “śuna śuna tumi dui-jana |
satya ei āmi tore balila vacana ||
koṭi koṭi janme yata āche pāpa tora |
āra yadi nā karis, saba dāya mora ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.13.225–227)
“Prabhu said, ‘You should not commit sin any more.‘
Jagāi and Mādhāi replied, ‘We shall not any more, O Father.’
Prabhu said, ‘Listen, listen you two. True are these words I am telling you: all of your sin from crores and crores of births—if you do not commit any more—is all my responsibility [i.e., I will absolve you of all of it].”
ei tore satya kahi, baḍa priya tumi
ei tore satya kahi, baḍa priya tumi |
veda-mukhe baliyāchi yata kichu āmi ||
ye ye karma kaile haya ye ye divya-gati |
tāhā ghucāite pāre kāhāra śakati? ||
muñi pāro̐ sakala anyathā karibāre |
sarva-vidhi-upare āmāra adhikāre ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.10.246–248)
[Mahāprabhu:] “I tell you the truth, since you are very dear [to me]. Who has the power to do away with all the various duties that I have stated through the mouth of the Vedas by performing which various divine attainments occur? I [alone] can change them all, since I have authority over all injunctions.”
kula-vidyā-ādi upalakṣaṇa sakala
kula-vidyā-ādi upalakṣaṇa sakala |
sabāre poṣaye kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa sarva-bala ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 1.7.132)
“Nobility, learning, and so on are all [merely] incidental characteristics. Kṛṣṇa nourishes everyone; Kṛṣṇa is the strength of all.”
tvaṁ māyayaiva jīvānāṁ
baḍa kīrti haile caitanya nāhi pāi |
‘bhakti-vaśa sabe prabhu’—cāri-vede gāi ||
(Caitanya-bhāgavata: 2.10.279)
“[Even] If one acquires great renown, one does not attain Caitanya. The four Vedas sing, ‘Prabhu is completely captivated [only] by bhakti.’”