yadā parānanda-guro bhavat-pade
padaṁ mano me bhagaval labheta |
tadā nirastākhila-sādhana-śramaḥ
śrayeya saukhyaṁ bhavataḥ kṛpātaḥ ||
(Excerpted from the Bhāvārtha-dīpikā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.33)
“O illustrious, supremely blissful guru, when my mind is able to attain a place at your feet, then all the labor of sādhana will be dispelled and I will be able to attain [complete] happiness by your grace.”
vijita-hṛṣīka-vāyubhir adānta-manas turagaṁ
ya iha yatanti yantum atilolam upāya-khidaḥ |
vyasana-śatānvitāḥ samavahāya guroś caraṇaṁ
vaṇija ivāja santy akṛta-karṇadharā jaladhau ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.87.33)
“O Unborn One [i.e., Bhagavān], those here [i.e., in the ocean of saṁsāra] who abandon the feet of guru and endeavor to subdue the extremely volatile stallion of the untamed mind [even] with conquered senses and vital airs become afflicted by the method [i.e., by the very method, whatever it may be, they take up to try to tame the mind] and beset with hundreds of adversities, just as merchants who have not procured a helmsman are [so afflicted] at sea.”
nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇa-dhāram |
mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṁ
pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.20.17)
[Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava:] “Having attained the well-constructed boat of this human body, which is fundamental [to all attainments], easily yet rarely attained, captained by guru, and propelled by the wind of my favor, a person who shall not cross the ocean of material existence is a self-destroyer.”
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.”
puṁso’yaṁ saṁsṛter hetur asantoṣo’rtha-kāmayoḥ |
yadṛcchayopapannena santoṣo muktaye smṛtaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 8.19.25)
“[Vāmanadeva to Bali Mahārāja:] This dissatisfaction with objects and enjoyment [of them] is the cause of a living being’s saṁsāra, and satisfaction with that which is attained of its own accord is known to lead to mukti.”
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.”
santoṣaḥ svatas tṛptiḥ |
(Krama-sandarbha-ṭīkā and Sārārtha-darśinī-ṭīkā on Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 1.16.27)
“Satisfaction is satiety within the self.”
