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markaṭasya surāpānaṁ madhye vṛścika-daṁśanam |
tan-madhye bhūta-sañcāro yadvā tadvā bhaviṣyati ||
(Samayocita-padya-mālikā)
“Anything may become of a monkey who, while drinking alcohol, is bitten by a scorpion and possessed by a ghost.”
Read on →: markaṭasya surāpānaṁ madhye vṛścika-daṁśanam
kṣaṇe ruṣṭaḥ kṣaṇe tuṣṭaḥ ruṣṭe tuṣṭe kṣaṇe kṣaṇe |
avyavasthita-cittasya prasādo’pi bhayaṅkaraḥ ||
(Unknown source; cited partially in Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 3434)
“He is angry at one moment and pleased in the next. He is angry and satisfied from moment to moment. Even the favor of one of unstable mind is fearsome.”
Read on →: kṣaṇe ruṣṭaḥ kṣaṇe tuṣṭaḥ ruṣṭe tuṣṭe kṣaṇe kṣaṇe
mana eva manuṣyendra bhūtānāṁ bhava-bhāvanam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.29.77)
“O king of men! The mind of living beings is the cause of worldly existence [i.e., saṁsāra].”
Read on →: mana eva manuṣyendra bhūtānāṁ bhava-bhāvanam
mana eva manuṣyāṇaṁ kāraṇaṁ bandha-mokṣayoḥ |
bandhāya viṣayāsaktaṁ muktyai nirviṣayaṁ smṛtam ||
(Maitrāyaṇīya Upaniṣad: 6.34.11)
“For human beings, the mind alone is the cause of bondage and mokṣa. A mind that is attached to sense objects is regarded as the cause of bondage, and a mind uninvolved with the sense objects is [regarded as] the cause of liberation.”
Read on →: mana eva manuṣyāṇaṁ kāraṇaṁ bandha-mokṣayoḥ
māyā manaḥ sṛjati karmamayaṁ balīyaḥ
kālena codita-guṇānumatena puṁsaḥ |
chandomayaṁ yad ajayārpita-ṣoḍaśāraṁ
saṁsāra-cakram aja ko’titaret tvad-anyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.9.21)
“Māyā, with the permission of the Puruṣa, and with its guṇas impelled by time, emanates the mind (manas), which is constituted of karma, most powerful [i.e., very difficult to conquer], filled with fancy (chanda) [i.e., vāsanās], and infused with sixteen transformations by the unborn [i.e., by ignorance (avidyā)]. O Unborn One [i.e., O Bhagavān], who apart from you [i.e., who that has not received your grace and does not engage in your service] can surmount this wheel of saṁsāra [i.e., the mind]?”
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duḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ vyatiriktaṁ ca tīvraṁ
kālopapannaṁ phalam āvyanakti |
āliṅgya māyā-racitāntarātmā
sva-dehinaṁ saṁsṛti-cakra-kūṭaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 5.11.6)
“The inner ātmā fabricated by māyā [i.e., the subtle body, the adjunct upon the pure jīva], the illusionist on the wheel of saṁsāra, embracing the bearer of its own body [i.e., the pure jīva], in full creates suffering, enjoyment, irregularity [i.e., bewilderment], and acute [i.e., unavoidable], time-borne results.”
Read on →: duḥkhaṁ sukhaṁ vyatiriktaṁ ca tīvraṁ