Verses from Chapters 9-11

of Nectar of Devotion

Regarding Blasphemy:

nindäà bhagavataù çånvaës

tat parasyajanasya vä
tato näpaiti yaù so’pi
yätyadhaù sukåtäccyutaù

“My dear King, if a person, after hearing blasphemous

propaganda against the Lord and His devotees, does not go
away from that place, he becomes bereft of the effect of all
pious activities.” (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.74.40)

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Regarding Expecting the Lord’s Mercy:

tat te ’nukampäà susamékñamäëo       

bhuïjäna evätma-kåtaà vipäkam    
håd-väg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
jéveta yo mukti-pade sa däya-bhäk  

“My dear Lord, one who constantly waits for Your causeless
mercy to be bestowed upon him and who goes on suffering
the reactions of his past misdeeds, offering You respectful
obeisances from the core of his heart. is surely eligible for
liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.” (Srimad
Bhagavatam 10.14.8)

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Regarding Surrender:

änukülyasya saìkalpaù
prätikülyasya varjanam
 rakñiñyatéti viçväso        
goptåtve varaëaà tathä
ätma-nikñepa-kärpaëye
ñaò-vidhä çaraëägatiù   

“The six divisions of surrender are the acceptance of those

things favorable to devotional service, the rejection of
unfavorable things, the conviction that Kåñëa will give
protection, the acceptance of the Lord as one’s guardian or
master, full self-surrender and humility.” (Madhya 22.100)