देहापत्यकलत्रादिष्वात्मसैन्येष्वसत्स्वपि ।
तेषां प्रमत्तो निधनं पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति॥
- भागवत
deha apatya kalatraadiShu Atma sainyeShu asatsvapi ।
teShAm pramatto nidhanam pashyannapi na pashyati ॥
- bhAgavata
This body, children, wives will not stay for ever. Neither will your personal army. Even after seeing them destroyed, you are not seeing the truth that none of it is permanent.
- Bhagavata
देहवाग्बुद्धिजं धीरा धर्मज्ञाः श्रद्धयान्विताः ।
क्षिपंत्यघं महदपि वेणुगुल्ममिवानलः ॥
- भागवत
deha vAk buddhijam dhIrA dharmajnAH shraddhayAnvitAH ।
kShipanti agham mahadapi veNugulmam iva analaH ॥
- bhAgavata
It is natural that man commits sins by his action - of body, speech and intellect. But there are a few people who are courageous, know Dharma and have faith who can live their life so well that they destroy all those sins - as easily as fire destroys a cluster of bamboo shoots.
- Bhagavata
देहदण्डनमात्रेण का मुक्तिरविवेकिनां ।
वल्मीकताडनादेव मृतः कुत्र महोरगः ॥
- गरुडपुराण
dehadaNDana mAtreNa kA muktiH avivekinAm ।
valmIka tADanAt eva mRutaH kutra mahoragaH ॥
- garuDa purAna
How can one get salvation only by hurting his body? One must be a fool to believe so. Will beating the ant hill kill the big snake? Body is the anthill. The attributes of the soul interested in the worldly pleasure is the snake. Until those attributes are squashed, the soul can not be liberated.
- Garuda Purana
देशे देशे कलत्राणि देशे देशे च बांधवाः ।
तं तु देशं न पश्यामि यत्र भ्राता सहोदरः ॥
- रामायण, युद्ध
deshe deshe kalatrANi deshe deshe cha bAndhavAH ।
taM tu desham na pashyAmi yatra bhrAta sahodaraH ॥
- rAmAyaNa, yuddha
One may get wives in different places (countries) you visit. You may even get new relatives and friends. But I have not yet seen a country where one can get a brother (born from the same womb). (So, Ayodhya is special to me - as told by Rama).
- Ramayana, Yuddha
कालक्रमेण जगतः परिवर्तमाना ।
चक्रारपंक्तिरिव गच्छति भाग्यपंक्तिः ॥
- स्वप्नवासवदत्त
kAlakrameNa jagataH parivartamAnA ।
chakrArapanktiriva gachChati bhAgya panktiH ॥
- svapnavAsavadatta
Change is constant in this world over time. Luck follows a point on a wheel - going up and down as time progresses.
- Svapnavasavadatta
दूरस्थो ज्ञायते सर्वः पर्वते ज्वलनादिवत् ।
चूडामणिः शिरस्थोऽपि दृष्यते न स्वचक्षुषा ॥
- रामायण मञ्जरी, किष्किंदा
dUrastho jnAyate sarvaH parvate javalanAdivat ।
chUDamaNiH shirastho api dRuShyate na sva chakShuShA ॥
- rAmAyanamanjarI, kiAShkindA
When things are far away, its a different perspective. Hence we can see things clearly - like a fire lit on top of a hill. But sometimes things very close to us can not be seen - like the gem on our crown can never be seen by our own eyes (without a mirror).
- Ramayana manjari, Kishkinda
दूरादतिथयो यस्य गृहमायांति निर्वृताः ।
गृहस्थः स तु विज्ञेयः शेषास्तु गृहरक्षिणः ॥
- सुभाषितसुधानिधि
dUrAt atithayaH yasya gRuham AyAnti nirvRutAH ।
gRuhasthaH sa tu vijneyah sheShAstu gRuha rakShiNaH ॥
- subhAShitasudhAnidhi
If guests come from far off places and spend time happily with you, only then can you be called as a good household man. The rest of the men are just guarding the house.
- Subhashitasudhanidhi
