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- Read on →: svabhāvo duratikramaḥ
svabhāvo duratikramaḥ ||
(Rāmāyaṇa: 6.36.11)“The svabhāva is difficult to overcome.”
- Read on →: yaḥ svabhāvo hi yasyāsti sa nityaṁ duratikramaḥ
yaḥ svabhāvo hi yasyāsti sa nityaṁ duratikramaḥ |
śvā yadi kriyate rājā tat kiṁ nāśnāty upānaham ||
(Unknown source)“The svabhāva one has is always difficult to overcome. If a dog is made a king, does he not eat shoes?”
- Read on →: ajñatā kasya nāmeha nopahāsāya jāyate
ajñatā kasya nāmeha nopahāsāya jāyate |
(Kathā-sarita-sāgara: 10.9.176)“Indeed whose ignorance does not give rise to ridicule in this world?”
- Read on →: atyuccair bhavati laghīyasāṁ hi dhārṣṭyam
atyuccair bhavati laghīyasāṁ hi dhārṣṭyam |
(Śiśupāla-vadha: 8.60)“Impudence of the lower occurs because of excessive height [i.e., venturing into matters too high for oneself].”
- Read on →: upary upari buddhīnāṁ carantīśvara-buddhayaḥ
upary upari buddhīnāṁ carantīśvara-buddhayaḥ |
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 1017)“The intellects of the īśvaras move far above [that of even] the intelligent.”
- Read on →: na caivaṁ vismayaḥ kāryo bhavatā bhagavaty aje
na caivaṁ vismayaḥ kāryo bhavatā bhagavaty aje |
yogeśvareśvare kṛṣṇe yata etad vimucyate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.29.16)“You should also not be so amazed by Bhagavān, the Unborn, the Master of the masters of yoga, Kṛṣṇa, because of whom this [entire world] is liberated.”