भागवत - हरिनाम

तदश्मसारं हृदयं बतेदं
    यद्गृह्यमाणैर्हरिनामधेयैः ।
न विक्रियेताथ यदा विकारो
    नेत्रे जलं गात्ररुहेषु हर्षः ॥

- भागवत - हरिनाम

tadashmasAram hRudayam batedam
    yat gRuhyamANaiH harinAmadheyaiH ।
na vikriyethA yadA vikAro
    netre jalam gAtraruheShu harShaH ॥

- bhAgavata

He is a stone hearted fellow if his eyes don't become moist with tears when talking about the Lord.

- Bhagavata

महाभारत - उद्योग - आत्म

त्यजेत् कुलार्थे पुरुषं ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् ।
ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥

- महाभारत, उद्योग

tyajet kulArthe puruSham grAmasyArthe kulam tyajet ।
grAmam janapadasyArthe AtmArthe pRuthivIm tyajet ॥

- mahAbhArata, udyoga

One must disown a person to save a family. One family can be sacrificed to save a village. A village has to be abandoned to save a state. But if one needs to save his soul, he must abandon the entire world.

- Mahabharata, Udyoga

रामायण - किष्किंधा - पितरः

ज्येष्ठो भ्राता पिता चैव यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति ।
त्रयस्ते पितरो ज्ञेया धर्मे वर्त्मनि वर्तिनः ॥

- रामायण, किष्किंधा

jyeShTho bhrAtA pitA chaiva yashcha vidyAm prayacChati ।
trayaste pitaro jneyaa dharme vartmani vartinaH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, kiShkindhA

One must treat eldest brother, real father and teacher with the same reverence that a father deserves.

- Ramayana, Kishkindha

जीर्णा तरिः

जीर्णा तरिः सरिदियं च गभीरनीरा
    नक्राकुला वहति वायुरतिप्रचंडः ।
तार्या स्त्रियश्च शिशवश्च तथैव वृद्धाः
    तत्कर्णधारभुजयोर्बलमाश्रयामः ॥

jIrNA tariH sarit iyam cha gabhIranIrA
    nakrAkulA vahati vAyuH ati prachanDaH ।
tAryA striyaScha shishavashcha, tathaiva vRuddhAH
    tatkarNadhAra bhujayoH balam AshrayAmaH ॥

The boat is broken. The river (of samsaara) is deep. There are dangerous crocodiles in the river and storm is raging. We have to get the women, children and old people across. So, let us rely on the prowess of the boatman (Krishna).

भागवत - धनिकः

जन्मैस्वर्यश्रुतश्रीभिरेधमानमदः पुमान् ।
नैवार्हत्यभिधातुम् वै त्वामकिंचनगोचरम् ॥

- भागवत

janma aishvarya shruta shrIbhiredhamAnamadaH pumAn ।
naivArhatyabhidhAtum vai tvAmakinchana gocharam ॥

- bhagavata

A good birth, wealth, education, money - all intoxicate men. Such a person can not see God. God can be seen only by the poor.

- Bhagavata

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - पितरः

जनिता चोपनेता च यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति ।
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पंचैते पितरः स्मृताः ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका

janitA cha upanetA cha yashca vidyAm prayacChati ।
annadAtA bhayatrAtaa panchaite pitaraH smRutaaH ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA

The following people must be treated with respect as if they were our fathers - one who gives birth, one who initiates us to the sanatana dharma, one who teaches us, one who gives us food and one who protects us and rescues us from fear.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

गोपाल इति मत्वा

गोपाल इति मत्वा त्वां प्रचुरक्षीरवांछया ।
श्रितो मातुः स्तनक्षीरमपि लब्धुं न शक्नुयाम् ॥

gopAla iti matvA tvAm prachura kShIra vAnChayA ।
shrito mAtuH stana kShIram api labdhum na shaknuyAm ॥

I thought you are a cowherd and came to your refuge looking forward to drink as much milk as I want. But your acquaintance has robbed me of the chance to drink milk from my own mother again. (by giving salvation and hence excused from being born again)