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- Read on →: prajñāyā aparādhā asādhv-ācaraṇāni |
prajñāyā aparādhā asādhv-ācaraṇāni |
(Aruṇadatta’s Sarvāṅga-sundarā-ṭīkā on Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṁhitā: 1.4.32)“Transgressions of discernment (prajñāparādhas) are improper actions.”
- Read on →: kāya-vāṅ-māno-bhedena trividham apy ahitaṁ karma prajñāparādhaḥ
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].”
- Read on →: dhī-dhṛti-smṛti-vibhraṁśaḥ samprāptiḥ kāla-karmaṇām
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.”
- Read on →: rañjanaṁ tat-sādhanaṁ vā rāgaḥ
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.].”
- Read on →: aṣṭādaśa-purāṇeṣu vyāsasya vacana-dvayam
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).”