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- Read on →: aprāpye’pi yathā kāme
aprāpye’pi yathā kāme dharme cintā na kiṁ tathā |
alābhe’pi dvayor ekā bhayadā śivadāparā ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2184)“Why does one not think of dharma as much as even an unattainable desire? Even if neither are attained, one [i.e., thought of unattainable desires] causes stress and the other [i.e., thought of dharma] causes auspiciousness.”
- Read on →: apūrvo’yaṁ dhanur-vedo
apūrvo’yaṁ dhanur-vedo manmathasya mahātmanaḥ |
śarīram akṣataṁ kṛtvā bhinatty antargataṁ manaḥ ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2116)“This archery of mighty Manmatha [lit., ‘the mind-churner,’ i.e., Kāmadeva] is extraordinary: leaving the body uninjured, he pierces the heart within.”
- Read on →: dina-yāminyau sāyaṁ prātaḥ
dina-yāminyau sāyam prātaḥ
śiśira-vasantau punar āyātaḥ |
kālaḥ krīḍati gacchaty āyus
tad api na muñcaty āśā-vāyuḥ ||
(Moha-mudgāra-stotram: 12)“Day and night, dusk and dawn,
winter and spring revolve.
Time plays on, and life passes away.
Still, the wind of desire does not let up.” - Read on →: na ca paśyati janmāndhaḥ
na ca paśyati janmāndhaḥ kāmāndho naiva paśyati |
na paśyati madonmatto hy arthī doṣān na paśyati ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti-darpaṇa: 6.8)“Neither can one who is blind from birth see, nor can one who is blinded by lust see, nor one can one who is intoxicated by pride see, nor can one who seeks wealth see faults [in one’s actions and their consequences].”
- Read on →: kāmān yaḥ kāmayate manyamānaḥ
kāmān yaḥ kāmayate manyamānaḥ
sa kāmabhir jāyate tatra tatra |
paryāpta-kāmasya kṛtātmanas tu
ihaiva sarve pravilīyanti kāmāḥ ||
(Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad: 3.2.2)“One who engenders desire for and dwells upon objects of desire is born there among them with [those] desires, but all the desires of one who is of satisfied desire and has realized the ātmā vanish even here [i.e., even while still in a material body within saṁsāra].”