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  • krodho’parādhāsahanam |
    (Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 999)

    “Anger (krodha) means intolerance of offense.”

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  • 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 →: yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ

  • 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 →: yac ca kāma-sukhaṁ loke yac ca divyaṁ mahat sukham

  • sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ dveṣyaṁ vā yadi vā priyam |
    prāptaṁ prāptam upāsīta hṛdayenāparijitaḥ ||
    (Mahābhārata: 12.168.36)

    “Undergo all that is encountered, whether happiness or unhappiness, whether detestable or pleasant, with heart undefeated.”

    Read on →: sukhaṁ vā yadi vā duḥkhaṁ dveṣyaṁ vā yadi vā priyam

  • 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.”

    Read on →: tṛṣṇārti-prabhavaṁ duḥkhaṁ duḥkhārti-prabhavaṁ sukham

  • ye ca mūḍhatamā loke ye ca buddheḥ paraṁ gatāḥ |
    te narāḥ sukham edhante kliśyaty antarito janaḥ ||
    (Mahābhārata: 12.168.24)

    “Those persons who are the most foolish in the world and who have reached the pinnacle of wisdom experience happiness. The people in between suffer.”

    Read on →: ye ca mūḍhatamā loke ye ca buddheḥ paraṁ gatāḥ

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