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  • tuṣṭir yathā-lābha-santoṣaḥ | 
    (Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.25.2)

    “Satiety is satisfaction with that which is attained of its own accord.”

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  • yadṛcchā-lābha-tuṣṭasya tejo viprasya vardhate |
    tat praśāmyaty asantoṣād ambhasevāśuśukṣaṇiḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 8.19.26)

    “[Vāmanadeva to Bali Mahārāja:] The potency of a brāhmaṇa who is satisfied with that which is attained of its own accord increases, and that [i.e., that potency] is extinguished because of dissatisfaction like fire by water.”

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  • puṁso’yaṁ saṁsṛter hetur asantoṣo’rtha-kāmayoḥ |
    yadṛcchayopapannena santoṣo muktaye smṛtaḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 8.19.25)

    “[Vāmanadeva to Bali Mahārāja:] This dissatisfaction with objects and enjoyment [of them] is the cause of a living being’s saṁsāra, and satisfaction with that which is attained of its own accord is known to lead to mukti.”

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  • santoṣo daiva-labdhenālaṁ-buddhiḥ |
    (Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.11.9)

    “Satisfaction is the sense of enough [i.e., sufficiency] with that which is attained by destiny.”

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  • santoṣaḥ svatas tṛptiḥ |
    (Krama-sandarbha-ṭīkā and Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.16.27)

    “Satisfaction is satiety within the self.”

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  • santoṣo’laṁ-buddhiḥ |
    (Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.16.27)

    “Satisfaction is the sense of enough [i.e., of there being sufficiency].”

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