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- Read on →: bhāro’vivekinaḥ śāstraṁ
bhāro’vivekinaḥ śāstraṁ bhāro jñānaṁ ca rāgiṇaḥ |
aśāntasya mano bhāraḥ bhāro’nātmavido vapuḥ ||
(Yoga Vāsiṣṭa: 1.14.13; Mahopaniṣad: 2.16)“The śāstra is a burden for the indiscriminate. Knowledge is a burden for the passionate. The mind is a burden for the disquieted, and the body is a burden for one devoid of knowledge of the self.”
- Read on →: stheyaṁ ca jīva-hiṁsā ca
stheyaṁ ca jīva-hiṁsā ca para-strī-gamanaṁ tathā |
kalanja-bhojanaṁ caiva kāyikaṁ malam eva hi ||
(Unknown Source)“Stealing, violence towards living beings, approaching another’s wife, and eating flesh—these are impurities of the body.”
- Read on →: bhogāya pāmarāṇāṁ
bhogāya pāmarāṇāṁ yogāya vivekināṁ śarīram idam |
bhogāya ca yogāya ca na kalpate durvidgdhānām ||
(Appayya Dīkṣita’s Vairāgya-śataka)“This body is considered to be for enjoyment by the base, for yoga by the wise, and neither for enjoyment nor yoga by the deranged.”
- Read on →: anarthi-tarpaṇaṁ vittaṁ
anarthi-tarpaṇaṁ vittaṁ cittam adhyāna-darpaṇam |
atīrtha-sarpaṇaṁ dehaṁ paryante śocyatāṁ vrajet ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha)“Wealth that does not satisfy the needy, a mind that is not a mirror for meditation, and a body that does not go to the tīrthas shall become lamentable in the end.”