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- Read on →: api svarṇamayī laṅkā na me lakṣmaṇa rocate
api svarṇamayī laṅkā na me lakṣmaṇa rocate |
jananī-janma-bhūmiś ca svargād api garīyasī ||
(Rāmāyaṇa)[Rāma:] “Although golden, Laṅkā does not appeal to me, Lakṣmaṇa. One’s mother and motherland are more exalted than even Svarga.”
- Read on →: hasta-sparśo hi mātṝṇām ajalasya jalāñjaliḥ
hasta-sparśo hi mātṝṇām ajalasya jalāñjaliḥ |
(Pratimāna-nāṭaka: 3.12)“The touch of mothers’ hands is [like] a palmful of water for one deprived of water [i.e., for the parched].”
- Read on →: anabhyāsena vidyānām asaṁsargeṇa dhīmatām
anabhyāsena vidyānām asaṁsargeṇa dhīmatām |
anigraheṇa cākṣāṇāṁ jāyate vyasanaṁ nṛṇām ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha)“The plight [alt., addictions, vices, depravity, misfortune, distress, etc.] of human beings arises from a lack of practice of knowledge [i.e., a lack of adherence to the education they receive], a lack of association with the wise, and a lack of restraint of the senses.”
- Read on →: ratnākaras tava gṛhaṁ gṛhinī ca padmā
ratnākaras tava gṛhaṁ gṛhinī ca padmā
kiṁ deyam asti bhavate jagadīśvarāya |
ābhīra-vāma-nayanāhṛta-mānasāya
dattaṁ mano yadupate tad idaṁ gṛhāna ||
(Rahīma-ratnāvalī)“Your home is the ocean [lit., the source of jewels], and your wife is Padmā [i.e., Lakṣmī Devī, the goddess of wealth]. What can be given to you, the Lord of the universe [i.e., you who possess everything]? Therefore, to you whose mind has been stolen by the charming eyes of the gopīs, I have given my mind. O King of the Yadus, please accept it.”
- Read on →: ka īpsitārtha-sthira-niścayaṁ manaḥ
ka īpsitārtha-sthira-niścayaṁ manaḥ
payaś ca nimnābhimukhaṁ pratīpayet ||
(Kumāra-sambhava: 5.5)“Who can oppose the mind firmly resolved upon a desired object or water flowing downwards?”