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- Read on →: vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣā-pathe’muyā
vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣā-pathe’muyā |
vimohitā vikatthante mamāham iti durdhiyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.5.13)“The ignorant, deluded by māyā, who is ashamed to stand in Vāsudeva’s purview, boast of ‘I’ and ‘mine’.”
- Read on →: bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praṇihite’male
bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praṇihite’male |
apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇaṁ māyāñ ca tad-apāśrayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.7.4)“In his pure heart, which was perfectly fixed by means of bhakti-yoga, Vyāsadeva saw the Complete Puruṣa, as well as māyā sheltered behind him.”
- Read on →: bālas tāvat krīḍā-saktaḥ taruṇas tāvat taruṇī-saktaḥ
bālas tāvat krīḍā-saktaḥ
taruṇas tāvat taruṇī-saktaḥ |
vṛddhas tāvac cintā-saktaḥ
pare brahmaṇi ko’pi na saktaḥ ||
(Moha-mudgara-stotram: 7)“As a child, one is absorbed in play. As a youth, one is absorbed in young women. As an elder, one is absorbed in worry. No one is absorbed in Parabrahman.”
- Read on →: ādityasya gatāgatair ahar ahaḥ saṁkṣīyate jīvitaṁ
ādityasya gatāgatair ahar ahaḥ saṁkṣīyate jīvitaṁ
vyāpārair bahu-kārya-bhāra-gurubhiḥ kālo’pi na jñāyate |
dṛṣṭvā janma-jarā-vipatti-maraṇaṁ trāsaś ca notpadyate
pītvā mohamayīṁ pramāda-madirām unmatta-bhūtaṁ jagat ||
(Vairāgya-śatakam: 43)“With the rising and setting of the sun day by day, life is passing away. With affairs heavy with the burden of numerous tasks, the time is also unrecognized [as it passes away]. And [even] after having observed birth, old age, misfortune, and death [occurring all around], [still] fear is not arising [in the people’s mind]. Having drunk the intoxicating wine of remiss, the world has become mad.”