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- Read on →: krodho’parādhāsahanam
krodho’parādhāsahanam |
(Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 999)“Anger (krodha) means intolerance of offense.”
- Read on →: yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ
yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ |
yo’sau prāṇantiko rogas tāṁ tṛṣṇāṁ tyajataḥ sukham ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.168.45)“Happiness comes from casting off desire, that which is difficult to cast away for the ill-minded, which does not age as a result of aging [i.e., does not wane even as the body becomes decrepit], and which is a fatal disease.”
- Read on →: yac ca kāma-sukhaṁ loke yac ca divyaṁ mahat sukham
yac ca kāma-sukhaṁ loke yac ca divyaṁ mahat sukham |
tṛṇṣā-kṣaya-sukhasyaite nārhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṁ kalām ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.168.36)“The happiness produced by objects of desire in this world, and the great happiness in Svarga—these are not equal to [even] a sixteenth of the happiness of the cessation of desire.”
- Read on →: tṛṣṇārti-prabhavaṁ duḥkhaṁ duḥkhārti-prabhavaṁ sukham
tṛṣṇārti-prabhavaṁ duḥkhaṁ duḥkhārti-prabhavaṁ sukham |
sukhāt sañjāyate duḥkham evam etat punaḥ punaḥ ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.168.18)“Suffering is that the cause of which is the distress of the desire, and happiness is that the cause of which is the distress of suffering. Suffering is produced from happiness. Thus, this occurs again and again.”