Showing posts with label Salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salvation. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2013

गरुडपुराण - गृहेऽपि मोक्षः


स्वकर्मधर्मार्जितजीवितानां
    शास्त्रेषु दारेषु सदा रतानाम् ।
जितेंद्रियाणामतिथिप्रियाणां
    गृहेऽपि मोक्षः पुरुषोत्तमानाम् ॥


- गरुडपुराण



sva karma dharma arjita jIvitAnAm
    shAstreShu dAreShu sadA ratAnAm ।
jitendriyANAm atithi priyANAm
    gRuhe api mokShaH puruShottamAnAm ॥


- garuDapurANa


It is salvation right in the middle of running household for those who - earn their living by doing moral acts only, who are always in the company of scriptures or their wives, who have their senses under their control and who loves to serve guests.


- Garudapurana

Friday, July 27, 2012

रघुवंश - बहुधाप्यागमैर्भिन्नाः


बहुधाप्यागमैर्भिन्नाः पंथानः सिद्धिहेतवः ।
त्वय्येव निपतत्योघा जाह्नवीया इवार्णवे ॥


- रघुवंश



bahudhA api AgamaiH bhinnAH panthAnaH siddhihetavaH ।
tvayyeva nipatanti oghA jAhnavIyA ivArNave ॥


- raghuvamsha


There are many sects in this world who differ just in their way of worship and path taken to reach God. But just like all tributaries of Ganga reach the same ocean, all the sects reach the same God in spite of differences in the path taken.


- Raghuvamsha

Friday, May 18, 2012

मुनिमतमीमांसा - मोक्षसुख


सर्वे स्वर्गसुखार्थिनः क्रतुशतैः प्राज्यैर्यजंते जडाः
    तेषां नाकपुरे प्रयाति विपुलः कालः क्षणार्धं यथा ।
क्षीणे पुण्यधने स्थितिर्न तु यथा वेश्यागृहे कामिनां
    तस्मान्मोक्षसुखं समाश्रयत भोः सत्यं च नित्यं च युत् ॥


- मुनिमतमीमांसा



sarve svarga sukhArthinaH kratushataiH prAjyaiH yajante jaDAH
    teSham nAkapure prayAti vipulaH kAlaH kShaNArdham yathA ।
kShINe puNyadhane sthitiH na tu yathA veshyAgRuhe kAminAm
    tasmAt mokShasukham samAshrayata bhoH satyam cha nityam cha yut ॥


- munimatamImAmsa


Fools are those who do hundreds of rituals and rites to get to heaven. When they get there, the long time they spend seems like fraction of a second. Once their good deeds are spent, they get thrown out of heaven back to earth - much like the philanderer who get thrown out of a brothel when he has no money. We should understand this and strive to get permanent happiness by way of salvation only. That happiness is eternal and real.


- Munimatamimaamsa

Saturday, April 28, 2012

गरुडपुराण - मुक्तिः


देहदण्डनमात्रेण का मुक्तिरविवेकिनां ।
वल्मीकताडनादेव मृतः कुत्र महोरगः ॥


- गरुडपुराण



dehadaNDana mAtreNa kA muktiH avivekinAm ।
valmIka tADanAt eva mRutaH kutra mahoragaH ॥


- garuDa purAna


How can one get salvation only by hurting his body? One must be a fool to believe so. Will beating the ant hill kill the big snake? Body is the anthill. The attributes of the soul interested in the worldly pleasure is the snake. Until those attributes are squashed, the soul can not be liberated.


- Garuda Purana

Friday, April 6, 2012

चतुर्वर्गसंग्रह - मोक्ष


तावद्धर्मकथा मनोभवरुचिर्मोक्षस्पृहा जायते
    यावत्तृप्तिसुखोदयेन न जनः क्षुत् क्षामकुक्षिः क्षणम् ।
प्राप्ते भोजनचिंतनस्य समये वित्तं निमित्तं विना
    धर्मे कस्य धियः स्मरं स्मरति कः केनेक्ष्यते मोक्षभूः ॥


- चतुर्वर्गसंग्रह



tAvad dharmakathA mano bhava ruchiH mokSha spRuhA jAyate
    yAvat truptisukhodayena na janaH kShut kShAmakukShiH kShaNam ।
prApte bhojanachintanasya samaye vittam nimittam vinA
    dharme kasya dhiyaH smaraM smarati kaH kEna eekShyate mokShabhUH ॥


- chaturvargasangraha


Kama(luxuries), stories about dharma and salvation make sense only when one the carnal necessities (hunger) are satisfied. Who can think about dharma when you are hungry and it is lunch (or dinner) time? Who can even think of other luxuries of life? Who can even think about salvation?


- Chaturvargasangraha

Thursday, October 13, 2011

भागवत - संप्रसन्ने भगवति


संप्रसन्ने भगवति पुरुषः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः ।
विमुक्तो जीवनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥


- भागवत


samprasanne bhagavati puruShaH prAkRutairguNaiH ।
vimukto jIvanirmukto brahmanirvANamRucchati ॥

- bhAgavata


Only if the God is pleased, then man shall leave his innate qualities and attain salvation and become one with the universe.

- Bhagavata

Sunday, July 10, 2011

भागवतमाहात्म्य - मुक्ति


अलं वृतैरलं तीर्थैरलं योगैरलं मखैः ।
अलं ज्ञानकथालापैर्भक्तिरेकैव मुक्तिदा ॥


- भागवतमाहात्म्य - मुक्ति


alam vRutaiH alam tIrthaiH alam yogaiH alam makhaiH ।
alam jnAna kathA AlApaiH bhaktiH ekaiva muktidA ॥

- bhAgavatamAhAtmya


Nothing is going to be benefited from doing ritualistic fasting, visiting holy places, performing various kinds of yoga, performing yajnas (holy pyres), listening to moral stories. Absolute devotion is the only way to attain salvation.

- Bhagavata Mahatmya

Friday, June 17, 2011

विवेकचूडामणि - भुक्ति मुक्ति


वाग्वैखरि शब्दझरी शास्त्रव्याख्यानकौशलम् ।
वैदुष्यं विदुषां तद्वद् भुक्तये न तु मुक्तये ॥


- विवेकचूडामणि


vak vaikhari shabda jhari shAstra vyAkhyAna kaushalam ।
vaidushyam vidhuShAm tadvad bhuktaye na tu muktaye ॥

- vivekachUDAmaNi


Being articulate, free flow of words, ability to explain intricacies of scriptures, knowledge of the scholars are all for enjoyment (mental gratification) not for salvation.

- Vivekachudamani

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

अष्टावक्रगीता - मोक्ष


मुक्तिमिच्छसि चेत्तात विषयान् विषवत्त्यजेः ।
क्षमार्जवदया शौचं सत्यं पीयूषवत् पिबेः ॥


- अष्टावक्रगीता


mokSham icChasi chet tAta viShayAn viShavat tyajeH ।
kShamArjavadayA shaucham satyaM pIyUShavat pibeH ॥

- aShTAvakragIta


If you want to attain salvation, then you should shun sensory pleasures as if it were poison. You must embrace forgiveness, simplicity, compassion, cleanliness, truth as if it were elixir.

- Astavakrageeta

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

भागवत - मुमुक्षुः


प्रायो मुमुक्षवस्तेषां केचनैव द्विजोत्तम ।
मुमुक्षूणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिन्मुच्येत सिध्यति ॥


- भागवत


prAyo mumukShavaH teShAm kechanaiva dvijottama ।
mumukShUNAm sahasreShu kashchin muchyeta sidhyati ॥

- bhAgavata


Of those who get old, only a few ever think of salvation. Oh good brahmin! of thousands of people who think about salvation, only a very few get enlightened and finally attain salvation.

- Bhagavata, Salvation

Thursday, April 7, 2011

विवेकचूडामणि - मनुष्यत्वं


दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतद्दैवानुग्रहहेतुकम् ।
मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥


- विवेकचूडामणि


durlabhaM trayam eva etat daivAnugraha hetukam ।
manuShyatvam mumukShutvam mahApuruSha samshrayaH ॥

- vivekachUDAmaNi


Getting these three together is matter of great luck and god's grace - human life, longing for salvation and kinship of virtuous people.

- Viveka Chudamani

Thursday, March 24, 2011

गरुड पुराण - मुक्ति


गर्भे व्याधौ श्मशाने च पुराणे या मतिर्भवेत् ।
सा यदि स्थिरतां याति को न मुच्येत बन्धनात् ॥


- गरुड पुराण


garbha vyAdhau shmashAne ca purANe yA matiH bhavet ।
sA yadi sthiratAM yAti ko na muchyate bandhanAt ॥

- garuDa purANa


When in the womb, or ill, or attending a funeral, or listening to the scriptures a man gets some clarity on his thoughts. (In the womb, his mind is not corrupted by the world). If only wisdom found in such situations would stay with them all along; every one would be liberated from this world.

- Garuda Purana

Friday, November 5, 2010

विवेकचूडामणि - मोक्ष


इतः कोन्वस्ति मूढात्मा यस्तु स्वार्थे प्रमाद्यति ।
दुर्लभं मानुषं देहं प्राप्य तत्रापि पौरुषम् ॥


- विवेकचूडामणि


He is indeed a fool who does not contemplate on salvation in spite of obtaining a human birth (especially being a man).

- Viveka Chudamani

Saturday, May 22, 2010

मनुस्मृति - आचारः


आचारः परमो धर्मः श्रुत्युक्तः स्मार्त एव च ।
तस्मादस्मिन् सदा युक्तः नित्यं स्यादात्मवान्नरः ॥


- मनुस्मृति


The code of life as described in the scriptures (otherwise known as dharma) is the way one must lead his life. A man must try to attain salvation by living so.

- Manu Smriti