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- Read on →: ataś ca dharmibhiḥ pumbhir anīhārthaḥ praśasyate
ataś ca dharmibhiḥ pumbhir anīhārthaḥ praśasyate |
prakṣālanād dhi paṅkasya dūrād asparśanaṁ varam ||
(Mahābhārata: 3.2.47)“Therefore, indifference towards wealth on the part of dharmic persons is praiseworthy. Remaining untouched by mud from afar is certainly better than washing [it off after touching it].”
- Read on →: etad dhy evākṣaraṁ brahma etad dhy evākṣaraṁ param
etad dhy evākṣaraṁ brahma etad dhy evākṣaraṁ param |
etad dhy evākṣaraṁ jñātvā yo yad icchati tasya tat ||
(Kaṭha Upaniṣad: 1.2.16)“This one syllable [i.e., Om] is indeed Brahman. This one syllable is indeed supreme. One who knows this one syllable attains that which he desires.”
- Read on →: vairānubandha-tīvreṇa dhyānenācyuta-sātmatām
vairānubandha-tīvreṇa dhyānenācyuta-sātmatām |
nītau punar hareḥ pārśvaṁ jagmatur viṣṇu-pārṣadau ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.1.47)“By meditation [on Bhagavān] with an intense sense of enmity, these two associates of Viṣṇu [i.e., Jaya and Vijaya] attained a state of being of the same form as Acyuta [i.e., they merged into him, and later, they attained forms like his], and returned to the side of Hari [i.e., resumed their roles as his gatekeepers in Vaikuṇṭha].”
- Read on →: sambandha-lābhopakṛtir abhedo guṇa-kīrtanam
sambandha-lābhopakṛtir abhedo guṇa-kīrtanam |
sāma pañca-vidho bhedo dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-mayaṁ vacaḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited in the Bhāvārtha-dīpikā and Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī ṭīkās to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.36 and the Sārārtha-darśanī-ṭīkā to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.37)“Sāma (pacification) is of five types: speech related to relationships, gain, assistance, unity [i.e., non-separateness], and praise of qualities. Bheda (disconcertion) is [of two types:] speech related to the seen and the unseen [i.e., speaking so as to create concerns regarding the present and the future (as per the Sārārtha-darśanī-ṭīkā: dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-bhaya-lakṣaṇo dvividho bhedaḥ].”