yo bandhana-vadha-kleśān prāṇināṁ na cikīrṣati |
sa sarvasya hita-prepsuḥ sukham atyantam aśnute ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.46)
“One who does not desire to bind, kill, or trouble other living beings and [instead] desires good for them all attains unlimited happiness.”
yena yāvān yathādharmo dharmo veha samīhitaḥ |
sa eva tat-phalaṁ bhuṅkte tathā tāvad amutra vai ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 6.1.45)
“As and to the extent one engages in dharma and adharma here, so and to that extent one will receive the result of that hereafter.”
dharmo viśvasya jagataḥ pratiṣṭhā | … dharme sarvaṁ pratiṣṭhitam |
(Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad: 79.7)
“Dharma is the foundation of the entire world. … Everything is founded on dharma.”
evaṁ bahu-savaṁ kālaṁ mahātmāvicalendriyaḥ |
tri-vargaupayikaṁ nītvā putrāyādān nṛpāsanam ||
manyamāna idaṁ viśvaṁ māyā-racitam ātmani |
avidyā-racita-svapna-gandharva-nagaropamam ||
ātma-stry-apatya-suhṛdo balam ṛddha-kośam
antaḥ-puraṁ parivihāra-bhuvaś ca ramyāḥ |
bhū-maṇḍalaṁ jaladhi-mekhalam ākalayya
kālopasṛṣṭam iti sa prayayau viśālām ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.12.14–15)
“After passing many years of time conducive to tri-varga [i.e., dharma, artha, and kāma], he of exalted ātmā [i.e., pure citta] and unwavering senses [i.e., Dhruva] gave the king’s seat to his son. Considering this world to be superimposed by māyā onto the ātmā and comparable to a city of Gandharvas fabricated by ignorance, and regarding the ātmā [i.e., the body], wives, children, friends, power [i.e., horses, elephants, soldiers, etc.], treasuries, inner chambers, beautiful parks, and the earth girdled by the oceans to be seized by time [i.e., invariably subject to destruction], he went to Viśālā [i.e. Badarikāśrama].”
yad idaṁ manasā vācā cakṣurbhyāṁ śravaṇādibhiḥ |
naśvaraṁ gṛhyamāṇaṁ ca viddhi māyā-manomayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.7.7; cited in Paramātma Sandarbha 69)
“Know that this [world] which is perceived with the mind, speech, eyes, ears, and so forth is transitory and illusory on account of being formulated in the mind.”
vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣā-pathe’muyā |
vimohitā vikatthante mamāham iti durdhiyaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 2.5.13)
“The ignorant, deluded by māyā, who is ashamed to stand in Vāsudeva’s purview, boast of ‘I’ and ‘mine’.”
bhakti-yogena manasi samyak praṇihite’male |
apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇaṁ māyāñ ca tad-apāśrayam ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.7.4)
“In his pure heart, which was perfectly fixed by means of bhakti-yoga, Vyāsadeva saw the Complete Puruṣa, as well as māyā sheltered behind him.”
kasmāt saṅkliśyate vidvān vyarthayārthehayāsakṛt |
kasyacin māyayā nūnaṁ loko’yaṁ suvimohitaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.23.26)
“Why is [even] a learned person repeatedly troubled by meaningless endeavors for wealth? Certainly this world is completely bewildered by someone’s māyā.”
bālas tāvat krīḍā-saktaḥ
taruṇas tāvat taruṇī-saktaḥ |
vṛddhas tāvac cintā-saktaḥ
pare brahmaṇi ko’pi na saktaḥ ||
(Moha-mudgara-stotram: 7)
“As a child, one is absorbed in play. As a youth, one is absorbed in young women. As an elder, one is absorbed in worry. No one is absorbed in Parabrahman.”
ādityasya gatāgatair ahar ahaḥ saṁkṣīyate jīvitaṁ
vyāpārair bahu-kārya-bhāra-gurubhiḥ kālo’pi na jñāyate |
dṛṣṭvā janma-jarā-vipatti-maraṇaṁ trāsaś ca notpadyate
pītvā mohamayīṁ pramāda-madirām unmatta-bhūtaṁ jagat ||
(Vairāgya-śatakam: 43)
“With the rising and setting of the sun day by day, life is passing away. With affairs heavy with the burden of numerous tasks, the time is also unrecognized [as it passes away]. And [even] after having observed birth, old age, misfortune, and death [occurring all around], [still] fear is not arising [in the people’s mind]. Having drunk the intoxicating wine of remiss, the world has become mad.”
