santoṣo daiva-labdhenālaṁ-buddhiḥ
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.”
Contentment
santoṣaḥ svatas tṛptiḥ
santoṣaḥ svatas tṛptiḥ |
(Krama-sandarbha-ṭīkā and Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.16.27)
“Satisfaction is satiety within the self.”
santoṣo’laṁ-buddhiḥ
santoṣo’laṁ-buddhiḥ |
(Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.16.27)
“Satisfaction is the sense of enough [i.e., of there being sufficiency].”
santuṣṭyā manaḥ
santuṣṭyā manaḥ |
(Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.5.4)
“The mind is purified by contentment.”
yat pṛthivyāṁ vrīhi-yavaṁ
yat pṛthivyāṁ vrīhi-yavaṁ hiraṇyaṁ paśavaḥ striyaḥ |
na duhyanti manaḥ-prītiṁ puṁsaḥ kāma-hatasya te ||
na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāṁyati |
haviṣā kṛṣṇa-vartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 9.19.13–14; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha 98)
“All the rice, barley, gold, animals, and women on earth cannot satisfy the mind of a person afflicted with desire. Desire is never extinguished by enjoyment of objects of desire. It is only again further increased [thereby] like a fire by oblations [of ghee].”