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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,…
śārdūlavikrīḍitaŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.2
जन्माद्यस्य यतोऽन्वयादितरतश्चार्थेष्वभिज्ञः स्वराट् तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यं सूरयः। तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयो यत्र त्रिसर्गो मृषा धाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परं धीमहि
The opening verse of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: we meditate on the Supreme Truth, from whom this universe's creation, sustenance and…
anuṣṭubhŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.5
नैमिषेऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे ऋषयः शौनकादयः। सत्रं स्वर्गाय लोकाय सहस्रसममासत
Sets the scene for the entire Bhāgavatam: in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya -- a place so sacred that even time is said to blink…
vaṃśasthaŚrīmad 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…
drutavilambitaŚrīmad 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,…
mālinīNarasiṃha Stotra (Trivikrama Panditācārya)
हठलुठ दल घिष्टोत्कण्ठदष्टोष्ठ विद्युत्
A verse from the Narasiṃha Stotra, deliberately built from dense retroflex consonant clusters (ṣṭ, ṇṭh, ṣṭh, ṭh...) as much as…
—वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्।
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