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

अप्पय्यदीक्षितसय वैराग्य शतक - परलोक

दाराः पुत्रेषु रताः पुत्राः पितृधनपरिग्रहव्यग्राः ।
रोदनशरणा जननी परलोकगतस्य को बंधुः ॥

- अप्पय्यदीक्षितसय वैराग्य शतक

dArAH putreShu ratAH putrAH pitRu dhana parigrahavyagrAH ।
rodanasharaNA jananI paraloka gatasya ko bandhuH ॥

- appayyadIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

The wives are worried about the sons. The sons are thinking about their inheritance. The mother is resigned to grief. Who is there to help the man who has gone to the after worlds?

- AppayyadeekShita, Vairagya Shataka

गरुडपुराण - मृत्यु

तृष्णासूचीविनिर्भिन्नं सिक्तं विषयसर्पिषा ।
रागद्वेषानले पक्वं मृत्युरश्नाति मानवम् ॥

- गरुडपुराण

tRuShNAsUchi vinirbhinna siktaM viShaya sarpiShA ।
rAga dveSha anale pakvaM mRutyuH ashnAti mAnavam ॥

- garuDa purANa

Death cooks a man's body like this - pierce it by the needle of greed, fry it in the ghee of sensory pleasures and heat it in the fire of attachment and hatred. At the end man is finished with his life.

- Garuda Purana

रामायण - उत्तरकाण्ड - विप्रयोगो हि तैर्ध्रुवम्

तस्मात् पुत्रेषु दारेषु मित्रेषु च धनेषु च ।
नातिप्रसंगः कर्तव्यो विप्रयोगो हि तैर्ध्रुवम् ॥

- रामायण, उत्तरकाण्ड

tasmAt putreShu dAreShu mitreShu ca dhaneShu ca ।
na atiprasangaH kartavyo viprayogaH hi taiH dhruvam ॥

- rAmAyaNa, uttarakANda

One must not attach himself too much to children, wives, friends and wealth. All the above are bound to depart from you sooner or later.

- Ramayana, Uttara Kanda

भागवत - शान्ति

त्रयाणामेकभावानां यो न पश्यति वै भिदां ।
सर्वभूतात्मनां ब्रह्मन् स शान्तिमधिगच्छति ॥

- भागवत

trayAnAm ekabhAvAnAm yo na pashyati vai bhidAm ।
sarvabhUtAtmAnAm brahman sa shantim adhigachChati ॥

- bhAgavata

When one stops noticing the difference between the three - Creator, Preserver and Destroyer; and sees the universal cosmic spirit in everyone/everything - then he naturally attains peace.

- Bhagavata

श्री शंकरः - इन्द्रिय

तज्ज्ञानं प्रशमकरं यदिंद्रियाणां
    तज्ज्ञेयं यदुपनिषत्सु निश्चितार्थम् ।
ते धन्या भुवि परमार्थनिश्चितेहाः
    शेषास्तु भ्रमनिलये परिभमन्तः ॥

- श्री शंकरः

tat jnAnaM prashamakaraM yad indriyANAm
    tat jneyaM yad upaniShatsu niShcitArtham ।
te dhanyA bhuvI paramArtha nishcitehAH
    sheShAstu bhramanilaye paribhramantaH ॥

- shrI shankaraH

That is knowledge that can arrest the speed at which our senses drive our mind. The subject of our studies should be to know more about the cosmic spirit mentioned in the Upanishats. There are some lucky people in this world who know all about the spirit. The rest of them are wandering in the illusion of knowing it.

- Sri Shankara

अप्पय्यदीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक - ममकार

त्यक्तव्यो ममकारस्त्यक्तुं यदि शक्यते नासौ ।
कर्तव्यो ममकारः किं तु स सर्वत्र कर्तव्यः ॥

- अप्पय्यदीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

tyaktavyo mamakAraH atyaktum yadi shakyate na asau ।
kartavyo mamakAraH kim tu sa sarvatra kartavyaH ॥

- appayya dIkShitaH vairagya shataka

One must denounce all kinds of attachment. It is not possible he must develop attachment towards all objects alike.

- Appayya Deekshit's Vairagya Shataka