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- Read on →: akhila-rasāmṛta-mūrtiḥ
akhila-rasāmṛta-mūrtiḥ |
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.1.1)“The embodiment of the nectar of all rasas [Śrī Kṛṣṇa …].”
- Read on →: śanaiḥ panthāḥ śanaiḥ kanthā śanaiḥ parvata-laṅghanam
śanaiḥ panthāḥ śanaiḥ kanthā śanaiḥ parvata-laṅghanam |
śanaiḥ vidyā śanaiḥ vittaṁ pañcaitāni śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ||
(Unknown source)“Gradually a path, gradually a quilt, gradually climbing a mountain, gradually knowledge, and gradually wealth—gradually, gradually these five [come about].”
- Read on →: anabhyāse viṣaṁ śāstram ajīrṇe bhojanaṁ viṣam
anabhyāse viṣaṁ śāstram ajīrṇe bhojanaṁ viṣam |
daridrasya viṣaṁ goṣṭhī vṛddhasya taruṇī viṣam ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti: 4.15)“Without regular practice, śāstra is poison [because it can lead to delusion]. When undigested, food is poison [because it causes disease]. For a poor person, congregating is poison [because one cannot properly host others], and for an elderly man, a young woman is poison [because he cannot fulfill all her needs].”
- Read on →: ajñaḥ sukham ārādhyaḥ
ajñaḥ sukham ārādhyaḥ
sukhataram ārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ |
jñāna-lava-durvidagdhaṁ
brahmāpi taṁ naraṁ na rañjayati
(Nīti-śatakam: 3)“The ignorant are easily propitiable, The highly learned are propitiated even more easily, [But] A person misguided by a meager modicum of knowledge— Not even Brahmā can satisfy him.”