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  • tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayāṁ kuruta sauhṛdam |
    bhāvam āsuram unmucya yayā tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.6.24)

    “Therefore, one should give up the demonic mentality and engage in kindness and friendliness to all beings whereby Adhokṣaja [i.e., Bhagavān] is pleased.”

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  • yo bandhana-vadha-kleśān prāṇināṁ na cikīrṣati |
    sa sarvasya hita-prepsuḥ sukham atyantam aśnute ||
    (Manu Smṛti: 5.46)

    “One who does not desire to bind, kill, or trouble other living beings and [instead] desires good for them all attains unlimited happiness.”

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  • yena yāvān yathādharmo dharmo veha samīhitaḥ |
    sa eva tat-phalaṁ bhuṅkte tathā tāvad amutra vai ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.1.45)

    “As and to the extent one engages in dharma and adharma here, so and to that extent one will receive the result of that hereafter.”

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  • dharmo viśvasya jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā | … dharme sarvaṁ pratiṣṭhitam |
    (Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad: 79.7)

    “Dharma is the foundation of the entire world. … Everything is founded on dharma.”

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  • evaṁ bahu-savaṁ kālaṁ mahātmāvicalendriyaḥ |
    tri-vargaupayikaṁ nītvā putrāyādān nṛpāsanam ||
    manyamāna idaṁ viśvaṁ māyā-racitam ātmani |
    avidyā-racita-svapna-gandharva-nagaropamam ||
    ātma-stry-apatya-suhṛdo balam ṛddha-kośam
    antaḥ-puraṁ parivihāra-bhuvaś ca ramyāḥ |
    bhū-maṇḍalaṁ jaladhi-mekhalam ākalayya
    kālopasṛṣṭam iti sa prayayau viśālām ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.12.14–15)

    “After passing many years of time conducive to tri-varga [i.e., dharma, artha, and kāma], he of exalted ātmā [i.e., pure citta] and unwavering senses [i.e., Dhruva] gave the king’s seat to his son. Considering this world to be superimposed by māyā onto the ātmā and comparable to a city of Gandharvas fabricated by ignorance, and regarding the ātmā [i.e., the body], wives, children, friends, power [i.e., horses, elephants, soldiers, etc.], treasuries, inner chambers, beautiful parks, and the earth girdled by the oceans to be seized by time [i.e., invariably subject to destruction], he went to Viśālā [i.e. Badarikāśrama].”

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  • yad idaṁ manasā vācā cakṣurbhyāṁ śravaṇādibhiḥ |
    naśvaraṁ gṛhyamāṇaṁ ca viddhi māyā-manomayam ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.7.7; cited in Paramātma Sandarbha 69)

    “Know that this [world] which is perceived with the mind, speech, eyes, ears, and so forth is transitory and illusory on account of being formulated in the mind.”

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