yadā na kurute bhāvaṁ sarva-bhūteṣv amaṅgalam |
sama-dṛṣṭes tadā puṁsaḥ sarvāḥ sukhamayā diśaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 9.19.15)
“When a person does not foster an attitude of inauspiciousness towards all living beings, then, because of [one’s] equal vision, all directions are filled with happiness.”
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indriyasyendriyasyārthe rāga-dveṣau vyavasthitau |
tayor na vaśam āgacchet tau hy asya paripanthinau ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 3.34)
“Attraction (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) to an object of each sense is firmly established [i.e., bound to occur]. One should not come under the control of these since they are one’s obstructions.”
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sukhānuśayī rāgaḥ | duḥkhānuśayī dveṣaḥ |
(Yoga-sūtra: 2.7–8)
“Rāga [i.e., attachment] is that which closely follows pleasure. Dveṣa [i.e., aversion] is that which closely follows suffering.”
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aloka-sāmānyam acintya-hetukaṁ
dviṣanti mandāś caritaṁ mahātmanām ||
(Kumāra-sambhava: 5.75)
“Fools deride the character of great souls because it is extraordinary and its cause is incomprehensible [to them].”
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kṛṣṇa-tad-bhakta-vidveṣa-vinindādy-asahiṣṇutā |
(Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.2.82)
“Non-tolerance of enmity, defamation, and so forth of Kṛṣṇa and his bhaktas [is one of the sixty-four limbs of bhakti].”
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dviṣataḥ para-kāye māṁ mānino bhinna-darśinaḥ |
bhūteṣu baddha-vairasya na manaḥ śāntim ṛcchati ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 3.29.23; cited in Bhakti Sandarbha: 106)
[Kapiladeva:] “The mind of one who is hostile towards me in [all] other bodies, [that is,] one who is of disunited vision [i.e., devoid of singular vision of my presence as the indwelling regulator everywhere], [thus] proud, and [thus] bound by enmity towards [other] beings, does not attain peace.”
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vidvadbhiḥ sevitaḥ sadbhir nityam adveṣa-rāgibhiḥ |
hṛdayenābhyanujñāto yo dharmas taṁ nibodhata ||
(Manu Smṛti: 2.1)
“Learn that dharma which is practiced by learned sādhus who are always free from aversion and attachment, and which is approved by [one’s own] heart.”
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duṣkṛtotthāḥ durabhiniveśa-dveṣa-rāgādyāḥ pūrvoktāḥ kleśā eva |
(Mādhurya-kādambinī: 3.1)
“Anarthas arising from misdeeds are the [five] aforementioned afflictions: (1) durabhiniveśa, troublesome absorption [in the objects of the senses; alt., fear of death]; dveṣa, aversion [to that which opposes one’s desires]; rāga, attachment [to that which facilitates one’s desires]; and so forth [i.e., asmitā, identification (with a false senses of self), and avidyā, ignorance (of the true self)].”
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