समयोचितपद्यमालिका - चिंता

मात्रा समं नास्ति शरीरपोषणं
    विद्यासमं नास्ति शरीर भूषणम् ।
भार्यासमं नास्ति शरीरतोषणं
    चिंतासमं नास्ति शरीरशोषणम् ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका

mAtrA samam nAsti sharIra poShaNam
    vidyA samam nAsti sharIra bhUShaNam।
bhAryA samam nAsti sharIra toShaNam
    chintA samam nAsti sharIra shoShaNam ॥

- samayochitapdyamAlikA

Nobody/nothing nourishes the body like mother. Nothing decorates the body better than education/knowledge. Nothing satiates the body like the wife. Nothing troubles the body more than worry.

- Samayochitapdyamalika

महाभारत - वन - चिंता

माता गुरुतरा भूमेः खात् पितोच्चतरस्तथा ।
मनः शीघ्रतरं वाताच्चिंता बहुतरी तृणात् ॥

- महाभारत, वन

mAtA gurutarA bhUmeH khaat pita uccataraH tathA ।
manaH shIghrataram vAtAH chintA bahutarI tRuNAt ॥

- mahAbhArata, vana

Mother's weight (importance) is more than that of the earth. Father's place should be held higher than the sky. Mind moves faster than wind. Worries outnumber the blades of grass.

- Mahabharata, Vana

विवेक चूडामणि - दुःख

मस्तकन्यस्तभारादेर्दुःखमन्यैर्निवार्यते ।
क्षुधादिकृतदुःख तु विना स्वेन न केनचित् ॥

- विवेक चूडामणि

mastaka nyasta bhArAdeH duHkham anyaiH nivAryate ।
kShudAdi kRuta duHkham tu vinA svena na kenachit ॥

- viveka chUDAmaNi

If you are carrying a burden on your head, someone can help you by taking part of it. But there are some troubles - of hunger and mind that no one else can help you with. You have get through it by yourself.

- Viveka Chudamani

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - चिता चिंता

चिंतायाश्च चितायाश्च बिंदुमात्रं विशिष्यते ।
चिता दहति निर्जीवं चिंता दहति जीवनम् ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका

chintAyAshcha chitAyAshcha bindu mAtraM vishiShyate ।
chitA dahati nirjIvam chintA dahati jIvanam ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA

In sanskrit, there is only one difference in how you write 'worry' and 'funeral pyre' - just an extra dot. (चिता = funeral pyre चिंता = worry). While the pyre burns dead bodies, worry burns down life.

- Samayochitapadyamalika