vaiṣṇavera ṭhāñi sadā habe sāvadhāna
vaiṣṇavera ṭhāñi sadā habe sāvadhāna |
kono-rūpa kāro yena nahe apamāna ||
(Unknown Source)
“Always be cautious with Vaiṣṇavas so that no dishonor occurs of anyone [of them] in any way.”
Unknown Source
prāg bhakter udayād doṣāḥ
प्राग्भक्तेरुदयाद्दोषाः क्षयावशिष्ट एव च ।
दैवोत्पन्नश्च भक्तानां नैवालोच्यः कदाचन ॥
सदुद्देश्यमृत यस्तु मृषापवादमेव च ।
दोषानालोचयत्येव स साधुनिन्दकोऽधमः ॥
prāg bhakter udayād doṣāḥ kṣayāvaśiṣṭa eva ca |
daivotpannaś ca bhaktānāṁ naivālocyaḥ kadācana ||
sad-uddeśyam ṛta yas tu mṛṣāpavādam eva ca |
doṣān ālocayaty eva sa sādhu-nindako’dhamaḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“Faults on the part of bhaktas prior the appearance of bhakti [within them], residual faults, and faults arising by chance should never be discussed. One who discusses such faults without a good intention or does so as simply purposeless condemnation is a defamer of sādhus and very lowly.”
mātrā samaṁ nāsti śarīra-poṣaṇaṁ
mātrā samaṁ nāsti śarīra-poṣaṇaṁ
cintā-samaṁ nāsti śarīra-śoṣaṇam |
bhāryā-samaṁ nāsti śarīra-toṣaṇaṁ
vidyā-samaṁ nāsti śarīra-bhūṣaṇam ||
(Unknown source)
“There is nothing nourishing to the body like a mother’s care. There is nothing draining to the body like anxiety. There is nothing satisfying to the body like a wife. And there is no ornament on the body like knowledge.”
nirdhanatva-mahārogo
nirdhanatva-mahārogo mad-anugraha-lakṣaṇam |
(Unknown source; cited in Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3)
“Poverty and severe disease are signs of my grace.”
śry-advaita namas tubhyaṁ
śry-advaita namas tubhyaṁ kali-jana-kṛpā-nidhe |
gaura-prema-pradānāya śrī-sītā-pataye namaḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“O Śrī Advaita!
Obeisance and obeisance unto you,
The ocean of grace for the people of Kali,
The bestower of prema for Gaura,
The husband of Śrī Sītā.”