समयोचितपद्यरत्नमालिका - कायः कस्य न वल्लभः

कुर्वन्नपि व्यलीकानि यः प्रियः प्रिय एव सः ।
अशेषदोषदुष्टोऽपि कायः कस्य न वल्लभः ॥

- समयोचितपद्यरत्नमालिका

kurvannapi vyalIkAni yaH priyaH priya eva saH ।
asheSha doShadiShTo api kAyaH kasya na vallabhaH ॥

- samayochitapadyaratnamAlikA

In spite of having innumerable defects, our loved ones still remain lovable. Just like that, everyone likes their own imperfect body.

- Samayochitapadyaratnamalika

अप्पय्यदीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक - योग भोग

भोगाय पामराणां योगाय विवेकिनां शरीरमिदम् ।
भोगाय च योगाय च न कल्पते दुर्विदग्धानाम् ॥

- अप्पय्यदीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

bhogAya pAmarANAm yogAya vivekinAm sharIramidam ।
bhogAya cha yogAya cha na kalpate durvidagdhAnAm ॥

- appayyadIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

Commoners believe that body is a means for enjoyment (getting their wishes satisfied). Wise men believe that the body is a means to attain salvation. For people who have lost their mind, the body is of no use.

- Appayyadikshita's Vairagya Shataka

रसगंगाधर - त्रयं सुख़करं सताम्

शरीरं ज्ञानजननं रोगो विष्णुस्मृतिप्रदः ।
विपद्वैराग्यजननी त्रयं सुख़करं सताम् ॥

- रसगंगाधर

sharIraM GYAnajananaM rogo viShNusmRutipradaH।
vipadvairAgyajananI trayaM suKaharaM satAm ॥

- rasagangAdhara

These three are helpful to noble men - a body as a means to attain knowledge, a disease to help get closer to God and troubles to push towards austerity.

- Rasagangadhara

बोधिचर्यावतार - देह

लब्ध्वाऽपि सुबहून् लाभान् चिरं भुक्त्वा सुखान्यपि ।
रिक्तहस्तश्च नग्नश्च यास्यामि मुषितो यथा ॥

- बोधिचर्यावतार

labdhvA api subahUn lAbhAn chiram bhuktvA sukhAnyapi ।
riktahastashca nagnashca yAsyAmi muShito yathA ॥

- bodhicharyAvatara

You may get all your wishes and live your entire life in surplus. You may have enjoyed every pleasure. At the end, you go empty handed and naked - just like anybody who has lost everything.

- Bodhicharyavatara

प्रभोधसुधाकर - देह

रुधिरत्रिधातुमज्जामेदोमांसास्थिसंहतिर्देहः ।
स बहिस्त्वचा पिनद्धस्तस्मान्नो भक्ष्यते काकैः ॥

- प्रभोधसुधाकर

rudhira tridhAtu majjA medaH mAmsa asthi samhatiH dehaH ।
sa bahiH tvacha pinaddhaH tasmAt naH bhakShyate kAkaiH ॥

- prabodhasudhAkara

This body is made up of all disgusting things like blood, air, bile, foam, flesh, marrow, muscles and bones. It is good that skin covers all these up so that we are not eaten up by crows. This body nothing to be attached with.

- Prabhodhasudhakara

महाभारत - वन - जीवन

न जीवनाशोऽस्ति हि देहभेदे
    मिथ्यैतदाहुर्म्रियते किलेति ।
जीवस्तु देहांतरितः प्रयाति
    दशार्धतैवास्य शरीरभेदः ॥

- महाभारत, वन

na jIva nAshaH asti hi dehabhede
     mithya etad AhuH mriyate kileti ।
jIvastu dehAntaritaH prayAti
    dashArdhataivAsya sharIrabhedaH ॥

- mahAbhArata, vana parva

When the soul changes the body, there is no loss of life. One must not lie that there is death. When the soul changes form, the body unites with the five forces of nature.

- Mahabharata

प्रबोधसुधाकर - देह

केशावधि नखराग्रादिदमंतः पूतिगन्धसंपूर्णम् ।
बहिरपि जानन् चंदनकर्पूराद्यैर्विलेपयति ॥

- प्रबोधसुधाकर

keshAvadhi nakharAgra Adi damantaH pUtigandha sampUrNam ।
bahirapi jAnan chandana karpUra AdyaiH vilepayati ॥

- prabodhasudhAkara

From the hair to the toenails; the body is filled with stink. Even after knowing so, people mask it by applying sandal and camphor. Stress is on the futility of changing external appearances when the inner core is rotten.

- Prabodhasudhakara

विष्णु पुराण - शरीर

क्व शरीरमशेषाणां श्लेषादीनां महाचयः ।
क्व कान्तिशोभासौन्दर्यरमणीयादयो गुणाः ॥

- विष्णु पुराण

kva sharIram ashEShANAm shleShAdInAM mahAchayaH ।
kva kAnti shobhA saundarya ramaNIya Adayo guNAH ॥

- viShNu purAna

On one side we have this body that has lot of impurities and imperfections. On the other side we have adjectives like - brilliance, distinguish merit, beauty, enchanting and so on. The two are worlds apart.

- Vishnu purana

पञ्चतंत्र - मित्रभेद - प्रिय कायः

अनेकदोषोदुष्टोऽपि कायः कस्य न वल्लभः ।
कुर्वन्नपि व्यलीकानि यः प्रियः प्रिय एव सः ॥

- पञ्चतंत्र - मित्रभेद

aneka dOShaH duShTaH api kAyaH kasya na vallabhaH ।
kurvannapi vyalIkAni yaH priyaH priya eva saH ॥

- panchatantra, mitrabheda

Even if it has many faults and does bad things, there is no one who does not love his own body. It even puts us into trouble many times. Still, we continue to love it.

- Panchatantra, Mitrabheda

सुभाषितसुधानिधि - दान वाच

दानं वित्तादृतं वाचः कीर्तिधर्मौ तथायुषः ।
परोपकरणं कायादसारात्सारमुद्धरेत् ॥

- सुभाषितसुधानिधि

Money must be used for charity. Speech must be used for truth. Life must be used to uphold Dharma and earn fame. Body must be used for helping others. Worthless things must always be used to create some thing worthwhile.

- Subhashitasudhanidhi