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Paśyanty ado rūpam
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.3.5
पश्यन्त्यदो रूपमदभ्रचक्षुषः सहस्रपादोरुभुजाननाद्भुतम्। सहस्रमूर्धश्रवणाक्षिनासिकं सहस्रमौल्यम्बरकुण्डलोल्लसत्
A description of the cosmic form of the Supreme Person (the viśva-rūpa) as beheld by those with unclouded, expanded vision: an…
drutavilambitaNigama-kalpataror galitaṃ phalam
Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.4
निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलं शुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम्। पिबत भागवतं रसमालयं मुहुरहो रसिका भुवि भावुकाः
Praise for the Bhāgavatam itself: it is the fully ripened fruit fallen from the wish-fulfilling tree of the Vedic scriptures,…
vasantatilakāNārāyaṇāya — MBTN invocation verse
Mahābhārata Tātparya Nirṇaya · 1.1 (Madhvācārya)
नारायणाय परिपूर्णगुणार्णवाय विश्वोदयस्थितिलयोन्नियतिप्रदाय ।
The opening invocation of Madhvācārya's Mahābhārata Tātparya Nirṇaya: repeated obeisance to Nārāyaṇa -- the ocean of perfect,…