अभिवनगुप्त - को भवानिति

आत्मानमनभिज्ञाय विवेक्तुं योऽन्यदिच्छति ।
तेन भौतेन किं वाच्यं प्रश्नेऽस्मिन् को भवानिति ॥

- अभिवनगुप्त

Atmanam anabhijnAya vivektum yo anyat icChati ।
tena bhautena kim vAchyam prashne asmin ko bhavAn iti ॥

- abhinavagupta

One wants to learn about the world without understanding the self. What will you expect to hear from such a person if you ask "Who are you?".

- Abhinavagupta

रामायण - अयोध्या - आयुष्य

आत्मानमनुशोच त्वं किमन्यमनुशोचसि ।
आयुस्ते क्षीयते यस्य स्थितस्य च गतस्य च ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

AtmAnam anushocha tvam kim anyam anyshochasi ।
AyuH te kShIyate yasya sthitasya ca gatasya ca ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

You should think (and feel sad) for yourself. Why do you grieve for others? Your life that gets eroded everyday irrespective of who stays with you or leaves you.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

रामायण - अयोध्या - आयुष्य

अहोरात्राणि गच्छन्ति सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह ।
आयूंषि क्षपयन्त्याशु ग्रीष्मे जलमिवांशवः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

ahorAtrANi gacChanti sarveShAm prANinAm iha ।
AyUmShi kShapayanti Ashu grIShme jalam iva AmshavaH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

Every being goes through the experience of day and night every day. Just like the sun rays sucks in water during the Greeshma month, the cycle of day and night erode our longevity.

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

महाभारत - वन - आशा

अहन्यहनि भूतानि गच्छन्तीह यमालयम् ।
शेषाः स्थावरमिच्छन्ति किमाश्चर्यमतःपरम् ॥

- महाभारत, वन

ahani ahani bhUtAni gacChanti iha yamAlayam ।
sheShaH sthAvaram icChanti kim Ashcharyam ataH param ॥

- mahabhArata, vana

Every day; day after day, people see others going to death's home. Still, the rest long for immortality. Is there any bigger irony than this?

- Mahabharata, Vana

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - वैराग्य

असारे खलु संसारे सुखभ्रांतिः शरीरिणाम् ।
लालापानमिवांगुष्ठे बालानां स्थन्यविभ्रमः ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका

asAre khalu samsAre sukhabhrAntiH sharIriNAm ।
lAlApAnam ivA anguShThe bAlAnAm sthanyavibhramaH ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA

Every being in this world who thinks is happy with his worldly possessions is disillusioned. A baby happily sucks the thumb and licks its own saliva thinking it is mother's breast milk.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

रघुवंश - मूढचेतनः

अवगच्छति मूढचेतनः प्रियनाशं हृदि शल्यमर्पितम् ।
स्थिरधीस्तु तदेव मन्यते कुशलद्वारतया समुद्धृतम् ॥

- रघुवंश

avagacChati mUDhacetanaH priyanAsham hRudi shalyamarpitam ।
sthiradhIH tu tadeva manyate kushaladvAratayA samuddhRutam ॥

- raghuvamsha

When one loses his loved ones, a fool drowns himself in grief as if a spear went through his heart. But a stable minded person would consider the same as an opportunity to let go of attachments (and there by attain salvation) and would be unfazed by the situation.

- Raghuvamsha

रामायण मञ्जरी - अरण्य - अविवेक

अभावावधयो भावा निधनावधि जीवितम् ।
अविवेकस्त्वनवधिर्येनायं जायते भ्रमः ॥

- रामायण मञ्जरी, अरण्य

abhAvAvadhayo bhAvA nidhanAvadhi jIvitam ।
avivekaH tu anvadhiH yena jAyate bhramaH ॥

- rAmAyaNamanjarI, araNya

All materials come with a definite date by which it will get destroyed. Some early, some late. But foolishness has no such date. It lives on and on. That creates all these illusions.

- Ramayanamanjari, Aranya