tasmād daivopapannena muny-annenāpi dharmavit |
santuṣṭo’har ahaḥ kuryān nitya-naimittikīḥ kriyāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.15.11)
“Therefore, one who knows dharma and is contented should perform one’s regular and incidental duties day by day even with the foods of the sages which are obtained by destiny.”
paṇḍitā bahavo rājan bahu-jñāḥ saṁśaya-cchidaḥ |
sadasas patayo’py eke asantoṣāt patanty adhaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.15.21)
“O King! Many paṇḍitas who have vast knowledge and can cut away [others’] doubts, and even numerous assembly leaders [i.e., paṇḍitas of the highest rank], fall down because of dissatisfaction [i.e., the inability to be satisfied, that is, because of greed].”
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?”
sa hi bhavati daridro yasya tṛṣṇā viśālā |
manasi ca parituṣṭe ko’rthavān ko daridraḥ ||
(Unknown Source)
“One whose desire is expansive is certainly poor. When one is fully satisfied in mind, who is rich and who is poor?”
kahahu bhagati patha kavana prayāsā |
joga na makha japa tapa upavāsā ||
sarala subhāva na mana kuṭilāī |
jathā lābha saṁtoṣa sadāī ||
mora dāsa kahāi kara nara āsā |
kara-i tau kahahu kahā bisvāsa ||
bahuta kaha-u̐ kā kathā baḍhai |
ehi ācarana basya maiṁ bhāi ||
(Rāma-carita-mānasa: 7.45.1–2)
[Rāma addressing an assembly at his court:] “Tell me, on the path of bhakti, what is the exertion [i.e., what is so troublesome]? There is no yoga, sacrifice (yajña), japa, austerity, or fasting. [Rather,] there is [just] sincere disposition, non-crookedness of mind, and always being satisfied with whatever is obtained. If someone says they are my servant but places their hope in men, then tell me, where is their faith [i.e., what faith do they really have in me]? I have said so much, and what is the use of prolonged discussion? [Simply] This conduct [i.e., the aforementioned conduct of being sincere, non-deceitful, satisfied, and fully faithful to me] captivates me, O brother!”
santoṣo vai svarga-tamaḥ santoṣaḥ paraṁ sukham |
tuṣṭer na kiñcit parataḥ sā samyak pratitiṣṭhati ||
(Mahābhārata: 12.21.2)
“Satisfaction is verily the highest Svarga. Satisfaction is the highest happiness. When that is fully established [in the mind], there is nothing more fulfilling.”
sadā santuṣṭa-manasaḥ sarvāḥ śivamayā diśaḥ |
śarkarā-kaṇṭakādibhyo yathopānat-padaḥ śivam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.15.17)
“All directions are auspicious for one who is always of satisfied mind, just as there is safety from rocks, thorns, and so on for one with shoes on one’s feet.”
daridro yas tv asantuṣṭaḥ |
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.19.44)
“One who is unsatisfied, however, is poor.”
tuṣṭir yathā-lābha-santoṣaḥ |
(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.25.2)
“Satiety is satisfaction with that which is attained of its own accord.”
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.”
