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- Read on →: brāhmaṇena niṣkāraṇo dharmaḥ ṣaḍaṅgo vedo’dhyeyo jñeya iti
brāhmaṇena niṣkāraṇo dharmaḥ ṣaḍaṅgo vedo’dhyeyo jñeya iti |
pradhānaṁ ca ṣaṭsv aṅgeṣu vyākaraṇam |
pradhāne ca kṛto yatnaḥ phalavān bhavati |
(Mahābhāṣya)“Dharma, the six aṅgas [of the Veda], and the Veda are to be received and learned by a brāhmaṇa without cause [i.e., without any selfish motive, and without questioning the reason why this should be done]. Among the six aṅgas, vyākaraṇa (grammar) is the foremost, and exertion done in regard to that which is foremost becomes fruitful.”
- Read on →: chandaḥ pādau tu vedasya hastau kalpo’tha pathyate
chandaḥ pādau tu vedasya hastau kalpo’tha pathyate |
jyotiṣāmayanaṁ cakṣur niruktaṁ śrotam ucyate ||
śikṣā ghrāṇaṁ tu vedasya mukhaṁ vyākaraṇaṁ smṛtam |
tasmāt sāṅgam adhītyaiva brahmaloke mahīyate ||
(Pāṇinīya-śikṣa: 41)“Chanda (meter) is called the feet of the Veda and kalpa (ritual) the hands. Jyotiṣa (astrology) is said to be the eye and nirukta (etymology) the ear. Śikṣā (pronunciation) is known as the nose of the Veda and vyākaraṇa (grammar) the mouth. Therefore, by studying the Veda with its aṅgas [i.e., these six aforementioned supporting parts], one becomes exalted in Brahmaloka.”
- Read on →: pratyakṣeṇānumityā vā yas tūpāyo na budhyate
pratyakṣeṇānumityā vā yas tūpāyo na budhyate |
enaṁ vidanti vedena tasmād vedasya vedatā ||
(Sāyaṇācārya)“People know through the Veda the means [to higher attainments] which cannot be understood through pratyakṣa and anumāna. Therefore, the Veda has the quality of being veda [i.e., ‘knowledge’].”
- Read on →: mano yadi na nirjitaṁ kim amunā tapasyādinā
mano yadi na nirjitaṁ kim amunā tapasyādinā
kathaṁ sa manaso jayo yadi na cintyate mādhavaḥ |
kim asya ca vicintanaṁ yadi na hanta ceto-dravaḥ
sa vā katham aho bhaved yadi na vāsanā-kṣālanam ||
(Caitanyacandrodaya-nāṭaka: 7.7)“If the mind is not conquered, then what will come of all these austerities and so forth? How is the mind conquered if Mādhava is not thought of? Oh, and what is contemplation of him if the heart does not melt? But alas, how will that happen if the vāsanās [i.e., the vāsanās unrelated to him remaining in the heart] are not washed away?”
- Read on →: pūrvānubhūta-smṛty-upasthāpita-viṣaya-spṛhā vāsanā
pūrvānubhūta-smṛty-upasthāpita-viṣaya-spṛhā vāsanā … |
(Pujārī Gosvāmī’s ṭīkā on Gīta Govinda: 3.1)“A vāsanā is a desire for a previously experienced object brought to mind by memory.”
- Read on →: dṛḍha-bhāvanayā tyakta-pūrvāpara-vicāraṇam
dṛḍha-bhāvanayā tyakta-pūrvāpara-vicāraṇam |
yad ādānaṁ padārthasya vāsanā sā prakīrtitā ||
(Muktikā Upaniṣad: 2.56)“[Mental] Clinging to an object out of strong fancy without prior or subsequent deliberation is said to be a vāsanā.”