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pitā tvaṁ mātā tvaṁ dayita-tanayas tvaṁ priya-suhṛt

pitā tvaṁ mātā tvaṁ dayita-tanayas tvaṁ priya-suhṛt
tvam eva tvaṁ mitraṁ gurur api gatiś cāsi jagatām |
tvadīyas tvad bhṛtyas tava parijanas tad-gatir ahaṁ
prapannaś caivaṁ sa tv aham api tavaivāsmi hi bharaḥ ||
(Stotra-ratna: 57)

“You are the father, you are the mother, you are the beloved son, you are the dear well-wisher, you are the friend, you are the guru, and you are the shelter of the world. I am yours, I am your servant, I am your attendant, and I hold you as my shelter. I am surrendered unto you, and as such I am indeed your responsibility [i.e., your dependent].”

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tasmād bhavantam anavadyam ananta-pāraṁ

tasmād bhavantam anavadyam ananta-pāraṁ
sarva-jñam īśvaram akuṇṭha-vikuṇṭha-dhiṣṇyam |
nirviṇṇa-dhīr aham u he vṛjinābhitapto
nārāyaṇaṁ nara-sakhaṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.7.18)

“[Uddhava to Kṛṣṇa:] U he [i.e., O Bhagavān]! Therefore I, of despondent mind and [thus] stricken with distress, take shelter in you, the flawless, endless and boundless, all-knowing Capable One, you whose abode is unchecked Vaikuṇṭha, you who are the refuge of [all] beings [including even Mahāviṣṇu], and [still so also who are] the friend of [all] human beings [i.e., you descend to uplift them all].”

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satyasya te sva-dṛśa ātmana ātmano’nyaṁ

satyasya te sva-dṛśa ātmana ātmano’nyaṁ
vaktāram īśa vibudheṣv api nānucakṣe |
sarve vimohita-dhiyas tava māyayeme
brahmādayas tanu-bhṛto bahir-artha-bhāvāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.7.17)

[Uddhava to Kṛṣṇa:] “O Capable One, I do not see even among the devas a speaker suitable for me of the self-appearing Reality, the Ātmā, other than yourself, as all these embodied beings beginning with Brahmā [i.e., all the living beings that can be found within saṁsāra], their minds severely bewildered by your māyā, consider the external to be the object [i.e., they all consider the objects of the senses (viṣayas) to be the rightful focus on their awareness and endeavors].”

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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.”

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yadā yasyānugṛhṇāti

yadā yam anugṛhṇāti bhagavān ātma-bhāvitaḥ |
sa jahāti matiṁ loke vede ca pariniṣṭhitām ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.29.46; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.64; Bhakti Sandarbha: 284; Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 11.115)

“[Nārada to Prācīnabarhi:] When Bhagavān, being meditated upon within the heart, favors one, then one abandons resolute regard for the world [i.e., social conventions] and the Veda [i.e., injunctions given in the Vedas].”

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na yat-prasādāyuta-bhāga-leśam

na yat-prasādāyuta-bhāga-leśam
anye ca devā guravo janāḥ svayam |
kartuṁ sametāḥ prabhavanti puṁsas
tam īśvaraṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 8.24.49)

[Satyavrata Rāja to Matsya Avatāra:] “The [Supreme] Person [even] a trace of a one ten-thousandth part of whose grace other devas, gurus, and persons [i.e., kings and so forth] combined are independently [i.e., independent of him] unable to grant—I take shelter in him, Īśvara—you.”

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sarva-śakti-cakravartinī

sarva-śakti-cakravartinī parama-bhāsvatī kṛpā-śaktir eva bhagavac-cittaṁ navanītam iva vidrutīkṛtya … |
(Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.9.18)

“The empresses of all [Bhagavān’s] śaktis, the supremely radiant kṛpā-śakti (potency of grace), melts Bhagavan’s heart like butter.”

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māre kṛṣṇa rākhe ke?

māre kṛṣṇa rākhe ke? |
rākhe kṛṣṇa māre ke? ||
(Bengali proverb)

“If Kṛṣṇa wants to kill you, then who can protect you? If Kṛṣṇa wants to protect you, then who can kill you?”

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taṁ sukhārādhyam ṛjubhir

taṁ sukhārādhyam ṛjubhir ananya-śaraṇair nṛbhiḥ |
kṛtajñaḥ ko na seveta durārādhyam asādhubhiḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.19.36′; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 153)

“What grateful person would not worship he who is easily propitiated by persons who are sincere and of undivided shelter yet difficult to propitiate for the unvirtuous [i.e., those who are the opposite]?”

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jananī janma-bhūmiś

jananī janma-bhūmiś ca jāhnavī ca janārdanaḥ |
janakaḥ pañcamaś caiva ja-kārāḥ pañca-durlabhāḥ ||
(Unknown source)

“Mother (jananī), the land of one’s birth (janma-bhūmi), the Ganges (Jāhnavī), Janārdana [i.e., Bhagavān], and fifthly, Father (janaka)—these five j’s are most precious to attain.”

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