alir bāṇo jyotiṣakaḥ stabdhībhūtaḥ kimekakaḥ |
preṣita-preṣakaś caiva ṣaḍ ete sevakādhamāḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“One who is like a bee, one who is like an arrow, one who is astrological, one who is stiff, one who thinks ‘how [can I do things] alone?’, and one who is a dispatcher of the dispatched—these six are the worst servitors.”
saṅgama-viraha-vikalpe
varam iha viraho na saṅgamas tasya |
ekaḥ sa eva saṅge
tribhuvanam api tanmayaṁ virahe ||
(Unknown source; cited in Padyāvalī: 239; Ānanda-candrikā-ṭīkā on Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi: 15.3)
“In the instance of [a lover having] an option between union and separation, separation is preferable in this case, and not union with him [i.e., the beloved]. In union, he alone is there, while in separation, indeed the three worlds are filled with him.”
mātāpy ekā pitāpy ekā mama ca tasya pakṣiṇo |
ahaṁ munibhir ānītas sa cānīto gavāśanaiḥ |
ahaṁ munīnāṁ vacanaṁ śṛṇomi gavāśanānāṁ sa śṛṇoti vākyam |
na tasya doṣo na ca me guṇo vā saṁsargajā doṣa-guṇā bhavanti ||
(Unknown Source)
[A parrot explains why he and his brother speak and act very differently:] “Although the other bird and I have the same mother and the same father, I was taken by sages, and he was taken by cow-eaters [from our parents’ nest when we were young]. I hear the speech of sages, and he hears the statements of cow-eaters. So, there is no fault on his part or any quality on my part. Faults and qualities are produced by association.”
saṁsāra-viṣa-vṛkṣasya dve eva madhure phale |
subhāṣitaṁ ca susvādu sadbhiś ca saha saṅgamaḥ ||
(Unknown Source)
“On the poisonous tree of saṁsāra there are only two sweet fruits: highly relishable subhāṣitas and association with the sādhus.”
vikṛtiṁ naiva gacchanti saṅga-doṣeṇa sādhavaḥ |
āveṣṭitaṁ mahāsarpaiś candanaṁ na viṣāyate ||
(Unknown Source)
“Sādhus do not become corrupted by bad association. Sandalwood does not become poisonous [even] when encircled by large snakes.”
rāmaṁ rājīva-locanaṁ raghu-varaṁ sīta-patiṁ sundaraṁ
kākuthsaṁ karuṇāmayaṁ guṇa-nidhiṁ vipra-priyaṁ dhārmikam |
rājendraṁ satya-sandhaṁ daśaratha-tanayaṁ śyāmalaṁ śānta-mūrtiṁ
vande lokābhirāmaṁ raghu-kula-tilakaṁ rāghavaṁ rāvaṇārim ||
(Unknown Source)
“I offer obeisance
Unto Rāma,
He of lotus eyes,
The best of the Raghus,
The husband of Sītā,
[Most] Beautiful,
A descendant of Kākuthsa,
Full of compassion,
A reservoir of virtue,
Dear to brāhmaṇas,
Dharmic,
An emperor among kings,
Truthful,
The Son of Daśartha,
Of dark complexion,
An embodiment of peace,
The joy of the people,
The ornament of the Raghu dynasty,
A descendant of Raghu,
The enemy of Rāvaṇa.”
durjanaḥ sajjano bhūyāt sajjanaḥ śāntim āpnuyāt |
śānto mucyeta bandhebhyo muktāś cānyān vimocayet ||
(Unknown Source)
“May the wicked become virtuous. May the virtuous attain peace. May the peaceful become liberated from bondage. And may the liberated liberate others.”
sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ sarve santu nirāmayāḥ |
sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkha-bhāg bhavet ||
(Unknown Source)
“May all be happy. May all be free from disease. May all see blessedness. May no one undergo suffering.”
sarvas taratu durgāṇi sarvo bhadrāṇi paśyatu |
sarvaḥ sad-buddhim āpnotu sarvaḥ sarvatra nandatu ||
(Unknown Source)
“May all overcome their difficulties. May all see blessedness. May all attain proper awareness. May all rejoice everywhere [and always].”
ekādaśī-sahasrais tu māsopoṣaṇa-koṭibhiḥ |
tat phalaṁ prāpyate pumbhir viṣṇor naivedya-bhakṣaṇāt ||
(Unknown source; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 9.408)
“The result of [fasting on] thousands of Ekādaśīs and fasting for tens of millions of [specified] months is attained by people just by eating [the remnants of] offerings to Viṣṇu.”
