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- Read on →: satyaṁ ca sama-darśanam
satyaṁ ca sama-darśanam |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.19.37)“Truthfulness is equal vision.”
- Read on →: prāṇātyaye vivāhe ca vaktavyam anṛtaṁ bhavet
prāṇātyaye vivāhe ca vaktavyam anṛtaṁ bhavet |
anṛtaṁ ca bhavet satyaṁ satyaṁ caivānṛtaṁ bhavet ||
yad bhūta-hitam atyantaṁ tat satyam iti dhāraṇā |
viparyaya-kṛto’dharmaḥ paśya dharmasya sūkṣmatām ||
(Mahābhārata: 3.200.3–4)“When one’s life is at stake and in regard to marriage, an untruth can be spoken. [In these cases,] Untruth becomes truth, and truth becomes untruth. That [action or speech] which is of the greater benefit to living beings is truth. This is the conclusion. Doing the opposite is adharma. See the subtlety of dharma.”
- Read on →: na sā sabhā yatra na santi vṛddhā
na sā sabhā yatra na santi vṛddhā
na te vṛddhā ye na vadanti dharmam |
nāsau dharmo yatra na satyam asti
na tat satyaṁ yac chalenābhyupetam ||
(Mahābhārata: Udyoga-parva)“That wherein there are no wise persons is not an assembly [of any substance]. Those who do not speak of dharma are not wise persons. That wherein there is no truth is not dharma. And that which has been infiltrated by deceit is not truth.”
- Read on →: satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ satyam atra pratiṣṭhitam
satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ satyam atra pratiṣṭhitam |
satyāt satyaṁ ca govindas tasmāt satyo hi nāmataḥ ||
(Mahābhārata: 5.70.12; cited in Bhagavat Sandarbha: 58; Kṛṣṇa Sandarbha: 82)“Kṛṣṇa is fixed in truth, and truth is fixed in him. Govinda is the truth beyond truth [alt., beyond Satyaloka], and thus by name he is [known as] Satya (Truth).”
- Read on →: likhita granthera yadi kari anuvāda
likhita granthera yadi kari anuvāda |
tabe se granthera artha pāiye āsvāda ||
(Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.17.311)“If I recapitulate [alt., translate] what is written in a text, then I get a taste of the meaning of that text.”
- Read on →: ādeyasya pradeyasya kartavyasya ca karmaṇaḥ
ādeyasya pradeyasya kartavyasya ca karmaṇaḥ |
kṣipram akriyamāṇasya kālaḥ pibati tad-rasam ||
(Hitopadeśa: Sandhi, 101)“That which is to be accepted, that which is to be given, and actions that are to be performed but which are not attended to quickly—time drinks away their essence.”