tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śamena ca damena ca tyāgena satya-śaucābhyāṁ yamena niyamena vā deha-vāg-buddhijaṁ dhīrā dharmajñāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ kṣipanty aghaṁ mahad api veṇu-gulmam ivānalaḥ "Austerity or one-pointed attention, exclusive celibacy, subjugation of the internal and external…

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ "In Kali yuga, people with proper understanding will perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of God who constantly…

gopī-ānugatya vinā aiśvarya-jñāne bhajileha nāhi pāya vrajendra-nandane Unless one renders service unto the gopis he cannot attain the lotus feet of the son of Nanda Maharaja.…

nara-devatvam āpannaḥ sura-kārya-cikīrṣayā samudra-nigrahādīni cakre vīryāṇy ataḥ param Next He performed superhuman activities in controlling the Indian Ocean and having assumed the form of a divine human being…