aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ nanda-gopa-vrajaukasām |
yan mitraṁ paramānandaṁ pūrṇaṁ brahma sanātanam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.14.32)
“Aho! The fortune! Aho! The fortune of the residents of Chief Nanda’s Vraja, whose eternal friend is the Complete Brahman, the highest bliss!”
tad-darśanāhlāda-vidhūta-hṛdrujo
manorathāntaṁ śrutayo yathā yayuḥ |
svair uttarīyaiḥ kuca-kuṅkumāṅkitair
acīkḷpann āsanam ātma-bandhave ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.32.13)
“They whose heartache was cast away by the delight of his darśana, and who reached the end [i.e., complete fulfillment] of their desires like the Śrutis, fashioned a seat for their own bandhu with their own upper garments which were smeared with the kumkum from their breasts.”
Twelve pairs of verses sung by the gopīs in separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Excerpted from Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.35.1–26.
vande śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṁ bhagavantaṁ kṛpārṇavam |
prema-bhakti-vitānārthaṁ gauḍeṣv avatatāra yaḥ ||
(Bṛhad Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.1; cited in Daśa-ślokī-bhāṣyam: 1.7)
“I worship the ocean of grace Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who descended in Gauḍa to distribute prema-bhakti.”
śrīvatso nāma dakṣiṇastanorddhve sūkṣma-romṇāṁ dakṣiṇāvarttaḥ śrī-bhagavato’sādhāraṇa-lakṣaṇām |
(Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.13.48)
“The lock of right-curling fine hair on the upper right breast known as Śrīvatsa is special characteristic of Śrī Bhagavān.”
saiṣā hy upaniṣad brāhmī pūrveṣāṁ pūrva-jair dhṛtā |
śraddhayā dhārayed yas tāṁ kṣemaṁ gacched akiñcanaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.3)
“One who can adhere with śraddhā to this renowned Upaniṣad [i.e., this esoteric knowledge], related to Brahman and adhered to by the predecessors of our ancestors [i.e., by those such as Sanaka who came before Nārada and others], can become detached [i.e, free from adjuncts beginning with the body, or, free from possessiveness, that is, one can become an unalloyed bhakta] and attain weal [i.e., the supreme abode, or, bhakti-yoga, or Bhagavān’s lotus feet].
vaṁśī-sañjalpitam anurataṁ rādhayāntardhi-keliḥ
prādurbhūyāsanam adhi-paṭaṁ praśna-kūṭottaraṁ ca |
nṛtyollāsaḥ punar api rahaḥ-krīḍanaṁ vāri-khelā
kṛṣṇāraṇye viharaṇam iti śrīmatī rāsa-līlā ||
(Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.33.26)
“The call of the vaṁśī, the response, the sport of disappearing with Rādhā, the [re-] appearance, sitting on [the gopīs’] garments, incisive questions and answers, the exultation of dancing, further private play, sporting in the water, and strolling in the forest along the Kṛṣṇā [i.e., the Yamunā]—such is the beautiful rāsa-līlā [of Śrī Kṛṣṇa].”
sambandha-lābhopakṛtir abhedo guṇa-kīrtanam |
sāma pañca-vidho bhedo dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-mayaṁ vacaḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in the Bhāvārtha-dīpikā and Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī ṭīkās to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.36 and the Sārārtha-darśanī-ṭīkā to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.37)
“Sāma (pacification) is of five types: speech related to relationships, gain, assistance, unity [i.e., non-separateness], and praise of qualities. Bheda (disconcertion) is [of two types:] speech related to the seen and the unseen [i.e., speaking so as to create concerns regarding the present and the future (as per the Sārārtha-darśanī-ṭīkā: dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-bhaya-lakṣaṇo dvividho bhedaḥ].”
kṛṣṇa-caritaṁ kali-kalmaṣa-ghnaṁ … |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.1.14)
“The acts of Kṛṣṇa are dispellers of the defilement of [the Age of] Kali.”
itthaṁ-vidhāny anekāni vasatāṁ guru-veśmani |
guror anugraheṇaiva pumān pūrṇaḥ praśāntaye ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.80.43)
“[Kṛṣṇa to Sudāmā:] While living in the home of our guru, we had many [experiences] of such type. Only by the grace of guru does a person become fulfilled and completely peaceful.”
