atyuccair bhavati laghīyasāṁ hi dhārṣṭyam
atyuccair bhavati laghīyasāṁ hi dhārṣṭyam |
(Śiśupāla-vadha: 8.60)
“Impudence of the lower occurs because of excessive height [i.e., venturing into matters too high for oneself].”
Māgha
haraty aghaṁ samprati hetur eṣyataḥ
haraty aghaṁ samprati hetur eṣyataḥ
śubhasya pūrvācaritaiḥ kṛtaṁ śubhaiḥ |
śarīra-bhājāṁ bhavadīya-darśanaṁ
vyanakti kāla-tritaye’pi yogyatām ||
(Śiśupāla-vadha: 1.26)
[Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa addresses Nārada Muni upon his arrival in Dvārakā:] “Sight of you demonstrates indeed the virtue of embodied beings in the three phases of time: it removes impurity in the present, it is the cause of good fortune in the future, and it is attained by good works performed in the past.”