Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra

vācyatvaṁ vācakatvaṁ ca deva-tan-mantrayor iha

vācyatvaṁ vācakatvaṁ ca deva-tan-mantrayor iha |
abhedenocyate brahmaṁs tattvavidbhir vicāritaḥ ||
(Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 198)

“O Brahmā, the existence as a referent and the existence as a referrer [respectively] of Deva and his mantra [i.e., the existence of Deva as the referent of his mantra and the existence of his mantra as a referrer to him] have been deliberated upon and described as non-different by knowers of the reality.”

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na dharmaṁ kāmam arthaṁ vā mokṣaṁ vā varadeśvara

na dharmaṁ kāmam arthaṁ vā mokṣaṁ vā varadeśvara |
prārthaye tava pādābje dāsyam evābhikāmaye ||
(Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra; cited in Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī’s Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya)

“I do not pray for dharma, kāma, artha, or mokṣa, O Varadeśvara [i.e., O Lord, granter of boons]. I desire only servitude to your lotus feet.”

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na dharmaṁ kāmam arthaṁ vā

na dharmaṁ kāmam arthaṁ vā mokṣaṁ vā varadeśvara |
prārthaye tava pādābje dāsyam evābhikāmaye ||
(Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra; cited in Rādhā Kṛṣṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī’s Daśa-śloki-bhāṣya)

“I do not pray for dharma, kāma, artha, or mokṣa, O Varadeśvara [i.e., O Lord, granter of boons]. I desire only servitude to your lotus feet.”

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sarvatra vyatiriktan tu

sarvatra vyatiriktan tu ātmānaṁ vetti yo dvijaḥ |
sarva-lakṣaṇa-hīno’pi sa gurur nātra saṁśayaḥ ||
api pāpa-samācāraḥ sarva-lakṣaṇa-varjitaḥ |
deśikaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ saṁsārārṇava-tārakaḥ ||
(Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 19.100–101)

“A twice-born who knows the ātmā [i.e., the self] to be distinct [i.e., from the body, etc.] in all cases is a guru even though [i.e., if] devoid of all [other] characteristics [of a guru]. Of this there is no doubt. Even if he of sinful conduct and devoid of all [other] characteristics [of a guru], he should be known as a deśika [i.e., guru] and deliverer from the ocean of saṁsāra.”

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