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- Read on →: jāḍyaṁ hrīmati gaṇyate vrata-rucau dambhaḥ śucau kaitavaṁ
jāḍyaṁ hrīmati gaṇyate vrata-rucau dambhaḥ śucau kaitavaṁ
śūre nirghṛṇatā munau vimatitā dainyaṁ priyālāpini |
tejasviny avaliptatā mukharatā vaktary aśaktiḥ sthire
tat ko nāma guṇo bhavet sa guṇināṁ yo durjanair nāṅkitaḥ ||
(Nīti-śatakam: 54)“They [i.e., those prone to fault-finding] ascribe folly to the modest,
Pretension to those who have affinity for rites,
Deceit to the honest,
Cruelty to the brave,
Stupidity to the sagacious,
Poverty to those of pleasing speech,
Arrogance to the powerful,
Garrulity to the eloquent,
And inability to the steadfast.
Is there any virtue in a virtuous person which shall not be maligned by the wicked?” - Read on →: tīrthe tīrthe nirmalaṁ sādhu-vṛndaṁ
tīrthe tīrthe nirmalaṁ sādhu-vṛndaṁ
vṛnde vṛnde tattva-cintānuvāda |
vāde vāde jāyate tattva-bodhaḥ
bodhe bodhe bhāsate candra-cūḍaḥ ||
(Śuka-rambhā-samvāda: 3)“In tīrtha after tīrtha, there are assemblies of faultless sādhus. In assembly after assembly, there is deliberation on and explanation of tattva. In vāda after vāda, there arises realization of tattva, and in realization after realization, the moon-crowned one [i.e., Śiva] shines.”
- Read on →: nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā |
na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 2.66)“One who is uncontrolled [i.e., of uncontrolled mind and senses] has no discernment, and one who is uncontrolled has no meditation. One who has no meditation further has no peace [i.e., relief from desire for, and engagement with, the sense objects (viṣaya)], and how can one who has no [such] peace have [any experience of] happiness [i.e., the bliss of the self]?”
- Read on →: pradīpaḥ sarva-vidyānām upāyaḥ sarva-karmaṇām
pradīpaḥ sarva-vidyānām upāyaḥ sarva-karmaṇām |
āśrayaḥ sarva-dharmānāṁ vidyoddeśe prakīrtitā ||
(Vātsyāyana’s Nyāya-bhāṣya on Gautama’s Nyāya-sūtra: 1.1.1)“Ānvīkṣikī [i.e., logic (nyāya)] is stated in the enumeration of sciences [i.e., fields of knowledge] to be the lamp of all sciences (vidyās), the means for [accomplishing] all karmas, and the basis of all dharmas.”
- Read on →: kṛṣṇādharāmṛtāsvāda-siddhir atra na saṁśayaḥ
kṛṣṇādharāmṛtāsvāda-siddhir atra na saṁśayaḥ ||
(Viṭṭhalanātha Gosvāmī’s Sarvottama-stotra: 6; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 110)“The complete fulfillment (siddhi) of tasting the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips is present in this [i.e., here on the path of bhakti]. [Of this] There is no doubt.”