api sampūrṇatā-yuktaiḥ kartavyāḥ suhṛdo budhaiḥ |
nadīśaḥ paripūrṇo’pi candrodayam apekṣate ||
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“Friends should be made by the wise, even if they are [already] endowed with abundance [alt., fulfillment]. Although completely full, the ocean awaits the rise of the moon.”
nāsti vedāt paraṁ śāstraṁ nāsti mātuḥ paro guruḥ |
nāsti dānāt paraṁ mitram iha loke paratra ca ||
(Unknown Source)
“There is no greater śāstra than the Veda, no greater guru than one’s mother, and no greater giving than friendship in this world or the next.”
vande bhavantaṁ pitaraṁ mahāntam sadā vasantaṁ hṛdayāntare me |
kṛtaṁ mad-arthaṁ bhavatā yad eva saṁsmṛtya sarvaṁ śirasā namāmi ||
(Unknown source)
“I offer obeisance to you, great father, who ever dwells within my heart. Remembering carefully all that you have done for me, I bow to you with my head.”
vyāyāmāt labhate svāsthyaṁ dīrghāyuṣyaṁ balaṁ sukham |
arogyaṁ paramaṁ bhāgyaṁ svāsthyaṁ sarvārtha-sādhanam ||
(Unknown Source)
“From exercise one attains health, long life, strength, and happiness. Freedom from disease is the greatest fortune. Health is the means to [achieve] all goals.”
mātā śatruḥ pitā vairī bālo yena na pāṭhitaḥ |
na śobhate sabhā-madhye haṁsa-madhye bako yathā ||
(Unknown source)
“A mother by whom a child is not educated is an enemy, and such a father is a foe, as such a child, like a crane among swans, will not shine in an assembly [i.e., will have no means of accomplishing anything in human society].”
ghṛta-kumbha-samā nārī taptāṅgāra-samaḥ pumān |
tasmād ghṛtaṁ ca vahniṁ ca naikatra sthāpayed budhaḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“A woman is like a pot of ghee, and a man like a burning coal. Therefore, the wise should not place ghee and fire together.”
alaso manda-buddhiś ca sukhī ca vyādhi-pīḍitaḥ |
nidrāluḥ kāmukaś caiva ṣaḍ ete śāstra-varjitāḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“The lazy, the dull-witted, the happy-go-lucky, those plagued by disease, the slumberous, and the lustful—these six are excluded by śāstra [i.e., they lack the qualifications needed to follow the teachings given in the śāstra and thus the teachings of the śāstra are not applicable to them; they will not attain the ideals taught in śāstra, and those who wish to attain such ideals should avoid their association].”
gadādharam ahaṁ vande mādhavācārya-nandanam |
mahābhāva-svarūpaṁ śrī-caitanyābhinna-rūpiṇam ||
(Unknown Source)
“I offer obeisance to Gadādhara, the darling son of Mādhavācārya, who is the personification of mahābhāva and whose form is nondifferent from Śrī Caitanya’s.”
śrī-gaurāṅga-rasāśritaṁ mādhavācārya-nandanam |
kumāraṁ ratnavatyāś ca vande śrīmad-gadādharam ||
(Unknown Source)
“I offer obeisance unto Śrīmad Gadādhara, the son of Ratnavatī and darling of Mādhavācārya, who is sheltered in the rasa of Śrī Gaurāṅga.”
gāndharvikā-svarūpāya gaurāṅga-prema-sampade |
gadādharāya me nityaṁ namo’stu hi kṛpālave ||
(Unknown Source)
“Let me offer obeisance eternally unto gracious Gadādhara, the embodiment of Gāndharvikā [i.e., Śrī Rādhikā] and perfection of prema for Gaurāṅga.”
