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- Read on →: vayam iha parituṣṭā valkalais tvaṁ dukūlaiḥ
vayam iha parituṣṭā valkalais tvaṁ dukūlaiḥ
sama iha paritoṣo nirviśeṣo viṣeśaḥ |
sa tu bhavatu daridro yasya tṛṣṇā viśālā
manasi ca parituṣṭe ko’rthavān ko daridraḥ ||
(Vairāgya-śatakam: 53)“Here [i.e., in the forest], we [i.e., ascetics] are fully satisfied with bark garments, and you [O King, are fully satisfied in your palace] with fine raiments. In this regard, the full satisfaction [we both feel] is the same. The distinction [between the means of our satisfaction] is insignificant. He, rather, should be [considered] poor whose desires are vast. When the mind is fully satisfied, who is rich? Who is poor?”
- Read on →: aprārthitāni duḥkhāni yathaivāyānti dehinām
aprārthitāni duḥkhāni yathaivāyānti dehinām |
sukhāny api tathā manye daivam atrātiricyate ||
(Tantrākhyāyika: 121; cited in ṭīkās to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.5.18)“As unrequested sufferings certainly come to the embodied, so too do pleasures. I consider that destiny prevails in this regard.”
- Read on →: sukhasyānantaraṁ duḥkhaṁ duḥkhasyānantaraṁ sukham
sukhasyānantaraṁ duḥkhaṁ duḥkhasyānantaraṁ sukham |
cakravat parivartante sukhāni ca duḥkhāni ca ||
(Unknown source)“Just after joy there is sorrow, and just after sorrow there is joy. Joys and sorrows rotate like a wheel.”
- Read on →: viśeṣaṇaṁ tulyādhikaraṇena
viśeṣaṇaṁ tulyādhikaraṇena | … ayaṁ śyāmarāma-saṁjñaḥ | tad-eka-dharmatve tu na samāsaḥ |
(Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa: 1686, 1688–1689)“[When] A modifier (viśeṣaṇa) [is compounded] with that which has a common locus (adhikaraṇa) … this is known as a śyāmarāma [compound, i.e., a karma-dhāraya compound]. But when it has the same essential quality (dharma) as that [i.e., as the viśeṣya with which it has a common locus (adhikaraṇa)], there is no [formation of a] compound.”