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- Read on →: yad yat prītikaraṁ puṁsāṁ vastu maitreya jāyate
yad yat prītikaraṁ puṁsāṁ vastu maitreya jāyate |
tad eva duḥkha-vṛkṣasya bījatvam upagacchati ||
kalatra-putra-mitrārtha-gṛha-kṣetra-dhanādikaiḥ |
kriyeta na tathā bhūri sukhaṁ puṁsāṁ yathāsukham ||
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa: 6.5.55–56)“O Maitreya, indeed every object pleasing to a person that comes about [in the course of saṁsāra] becomes [later] a seed of the tree of suffering. Not so much happiness is produced by one’s wife, children, friends, possessions, houses, lands, wealth, and so forth as is unhappiness [i.e., these aforementioned aspects of saṁsāras produce more unhappiness than happiness].”
- Read on →: nirastātiśayāhlāda-sukha-bhāvaika-lakṣaṇā
nirastātiśayāhlāda-sukha-bhāvaika-lakṣaṇā |
bheṣajaṁ bhagavat-prāptir ekāntātyantikī matā ||
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa: 6.5.59; cited in Prīti Sandarbha: 1)“Attainment of Bhagavān, which is characterized purely by a state of happiness filled with superlative delight [i.e., a delight that surpasses all other forms of happiness and neither contains nor causes any form of suffering], is the medicine [to cure the disease of suffering in saṁsāra] and is accepted as exclusive [i.e., free from any admixture of suffering] and absolute [i.e., everlasting].”