The aspiration to attain to the perfection of becoming an associate servitor of the Lord —

O my Lord, please lead me into the glance of those great devotees who, in their heart’s aspiration to only once behold Your divine form, consider sense enjoyment and liberation to be like straw, and whose separation is unbearable for even You.

— Sri Yamunacaryya

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrtam 3.18]

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An earnest aspiration to achieve perfection in devotional service —

When will I bloom in a life of servitude as Your eternal devotee, my heart pacified due to all other desires being consumed by engagement in Your uninterrupted service?

 — Sri Yamunacaryya

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.17]

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Supramundane attachment also develops —

The Scriptures may say whatever they have to say (in their various areas of jurisdiction), and the expert logicians may interpret them as they wish. But as far as I am concerned, the sweet nectar of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanyacandra is my life and soul.      

 — Sri Prabodhananda Saraswati

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.16]

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Exclusive dedication is born from service to the devotees—

My friends may forsake me and my (traditional) teachers may denounce me, but the light of my life will always be Sri Govinda, the personification of divine ecstasy.

—Sri Kulasekhar

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.15]

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Service to the Lord’s devotee is not a trifling matter—

Some people take shelter in the path of action (karma) while others take shelter in the path of knowledge (jnan). But as far as we are concerned, we have chosen the sandals of the servants of Lord Hari as the only refuge.

– Sri Desika Acharya

[from Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-goswami Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamrtam 3.14]

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