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  • prajñāyā aparādhā asādhv-ācaraṇāni |
    (Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅga-sundarā-ṭīkā on Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṁhitā: 1.4.32)

    “Transgressions of discernment (prajñāparādhas) are improper actions.”

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  • kāya-vāṅ-māno-bhedena trividham apy ahitaṁ karma prajñāparādhaḥ |
    (Hemādri’s Āyurveda-rasāyana-ṭīkā on Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṁhitā: 1.4.32)

    “Unwholesome action of three types as per the division of [action performed with] the body, speech, and mind is [called] a prajñāparādha [i.e., a transgression of discernment].”

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  • dhī-dhṛti-smṛti-vibhraṁśaḥ samprāptiḥ kāla-karmaṇām |
    asātmyārthāgamaś ceti jñātavyā duḥkha-hetavaḥ ||
    (Caraka-saṁhita: 4.1.98)

    “Divergence of the intellect, will, or memory [i.e., prajñāparādhas], the onset of a time period [e.g., a season], karma [i.e., the results of one‘s past actions], and contact with unwholesome objects of the senses are to be known as causes of suffering.”

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  • sā śraddadhānasya vivardhamānā
    viraktim anyatra karoti puṁsaḥ |
    hareḥ padānusmṛti-nirvṛtasya
    samasta-duḥkhāpyayam āśu dhatte ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.5.13)

    “That [i.e., inclination (mati), meaning, taste, for discussion of Hari], upon flourishing, produces disinterest for all else in a person endowed with śraddhā. The dissolution of all suffering of one who is delighted by continuous remembrance of Hari’s feet is quickly effected.”

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  • rañjanaṁ tat-sādhanaṁ vā rāgaḥ | neha—rajaty asmin raṅgaḥ |
    (Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 1619)

    “[The word] Rāga [made from the dhātu rañj and the pratyāya [gh]a[ṇ]] means rañjana [i.e., coloring, the act of being colored; alt., delighting; alt., desire, attachment, love, or beauty] or a means thereof [i.e., dye, that by which something becomes colored]. Not here [is the operation described in the sūtra applied]: raṅga [thus] means that wherein one delights [i.e., a theater, a stage, etc.].”

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  • aṣṭādaśa-purāṇeṣu vyāsasya vacana-dvayam |
    paropakāraḥ puṇyāya pāpāya para-pīḍanam ||
    (Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 3587)

    “Throughout the eighteen Purāṇas, Vyāsa has [just] two [fundamental] statements: benefiting others leads to merit (puṇya) and troubling others leads to sin (pāpa).”

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