"Yatra Naryastu Pujyante, Ramante
Tatra devatah" - The Gods are pleased where the women are held in
esteem. (Manu).
" Kena Esha Nirmita Nari Mohini
" - Who has made the bewitching woman.
"Ano Bhadra Krittavo Yantu
Vishwatah" - Let noble thoughts come to us from all corners of the
Universe. (Rig Veda)
"Mahatma Sudurlabhah" -
Rare indeed is that Great Soul. (Gita-7-19)
"Pranavah Sarva Vedeshu" -
I am the syllable 'Om' in all the Vedas. (Gita-7-8)
"Na-anyat-tasya-asti Bheshajam"
- There is no other remedy for this (misery). (Ashtavakra
Gita)
"Bhogechha-matrako Bandhah, Tat-tyago
Moksha Uchyate" - Sensuous desires alone are bondage; their
renunciation is called Liberation. (Mahopanishad)
"Ya Matih, Sa gatih" -As
we think, so we become.(Ashtavakra Gita)
"Sarva-rambheshu Nishkamo Yas-charet
Balavan-munih" - The Wise-one, who has no motive in all his
actions, moves like a child. (Ashtavakra Gita).
"Sabda-jalam Maharanyam
Chitta-bhramana-karanam" - The wordy-arguments are a dense-forest,
which makes the mind lose its way and wander about. (Adi
Sankara-Vivekachudamani).
"Mameti Bandhyate Jantur-nirmameti
Vimuchyate" - While 'Mineness' binds, 'Not-mineness' releases
living beings. (Mahopanishad)
"Akasa-vad-anantah-aham,
Ghatavat-prakrutam Jagat" - Infinite as Space am I, and the
phenomenal world is like a limited-jar. (Ashtavakra Gita).
"Padama-dyamana-dyantam Tasya Bijam
Na Vidyate" - That which has neither a beginning nor an end, can
have no cause for itself. (Annapurnopanishad).
"Nirdosham Hi Samam
Brahma" - The Supreme is the flawless state, the same
everywhere. (Gita: 5-19).
"Kshudram Hrudaya Dourbalyam
Tyaktva-uttishta Paramtapa" - Rise, O hero, casting off your petty
faint-heartedness. (Gita: 2-3). This is the first and foremost of Krishna's
mandates to Arjuna.
"Mookam Karoti Vachalam, Pangum
Langhayate Girim" - His grace makes the dumb eloquent and the
cripple cross mountains. (Gita Dhyanam-8).
"Jatasya Hi Dhruvo
Mrityu" - Death is certain of that which is born. (Gita:
2-27).
"Niyatam Kuru Karma Tvam, Karma Jyayo
Hi Akarmanah" - Engage yourself in obligatory work, for action is
superior to inaction. (Gita: 3-8). Bathing, eating, sleeping etc. are called
as 'Nitya-karma' or obligatory work.
"Svadharme Nidhanam
Sreyah" - Death in one's own dharma is better. (Gita:3-35).
"Yad-yad-acharati Shreshtas,
Tat-tat-eva-itaro Janah" - Whatever a great man does is followed by
others. (Gita: 3-21).
"Jnanagni Sarva Karmani Bhasmasat
Kurute Tatha" - So does the fire of knowledge reduce all karmas to
ashes. (Gita: 4-37).
"Ajnanena Avritam Jnanam, Tena
Muhyanti Jantavah" - Knowledge is veiled by ignorance; mortals are
thereby deluded. (Gita: 5-15).
"Karishye Vachanam Tava" -
I shall act according to your word. This is Arjuna's concluding statement.
What he declined to do at the start, that he chooses to do at the end. This is
the result of right understanding. (Gita: 18-73).
"Shanno Astu Dwipade Sham
Chatushpade" - Let not only two-legged, but four-legged beings also
thrive. (Rig Veda).
"Aksharam Brahma Paramam"
- The imperishable is Brahman, the Supreme. It is supremely above time, space
and causation. (Gita: 8-3).
"Sarvasya Cha Aham Hrdi
Samnivishtah" - And i am seated in the hearts of all. The Lord
resides as Consciousness in the hearts of all. (Gita: 15-15).
"Prasaktah Kamabhogeshu, Patanti
Naraka Asuchau" - Addicted to the gratification of lust, they fall
into a foul hell. (Gita: 16-16).
"Asantasya Kutah Sukham" -
How can the peaceless enjoy happiness. (Gita: 2-66).
"Sarvopanishado Gavo, Dogdha Gopala
Nandanah" - All the Upanishads are the cows, the milker is
Krishna-the cowherd boy. (Gita Dhyanam -4)
"Yena Tvaya Bharata Tailapurnah,
Prajvalito Jnanamayah Pratipah" - By whom (Vyasa) the lamp of
knowledge, filled with the oil of the Mahabharata, has been lighted. (Gita
Dhyanam -2).
"Aneka Janma Samsiddhas Tato Yati
Param gatim" - After many lives of 'Sadhana', people attain the
Supreme Brahman. (Gita: 6-45).
"Bahunam Janmanam Ante Jnanavan Mam
Prapadyate" - At the end of numerous lives only, a man knows
me(Krishna) and reaches me. (Gita: 7-19).
"Joshayet Sarva Karmani, Vidvan
Yuktah Samacharan" - By doing persistently and precisely, let the
wise men induce the others in all activities. (Gita: 3-26).
"Utsideyur Ime Loka Na Kuryaam Karma
Ched Aham" - These worlds would perish if I (Krishna) did not do
action. (Gita: 3-24). The potentiality of a seed is known only when it sprouts
and grows. The worth of a man is known only through his actions.
"Karmanaiva Hi Samsiddhim Asthita
Janakaadayah" - Janaka and others indeed achieved perfection by
action. (Gita: 3-20). Raja-rishis such as Janaka and Aswapati were engaged in
the active and efficient administration of their kingdoms; but their aim in
life was Self-realization and they got it.
"Yatha Na Toyato Bhinnas-tarangah
Fena-bud-budah" - As waves, foam and bubbles are not different from
the waters. (Ashtavakra Gita). Janaka employs this analogy to evaluate the
spiritual experience.
"Aho Vikalpitam Visvam-ajnanan-mayi
Bhasate" - O! Marvellous! The universe appears in Me,
misapprehended through 'ignorance'. (Ashtavakra Gita). This is another example
given by Janaka.
"Aho Aham Namo Mahyam Vinasho Yasya
Nasti Me" - Marvellous am I! Adoration to Myself who know no decay
and survive even the destruction of the universe. (Ashtavakra Gita). This is
the chorus running through this Gita.
"Nayam-atma Pravachanena Labhyo Na
Medhaya Na Bahuna Shrutena" - This Atman cannot be attained by
study of Vedas, nor by intelligence, nor by much hearing.
(Kathopanishad)
"Tvam Hi Nah Pita Yo-asmakam
Avidyayah Param Paaram Taarayasiti" - Thou art our father who helps
to go across the ocean of our thick ignorance. (Prasnopanishad)
"Na Shantam Stauti Nishkamo Na
Dushtam-api Nindati" - The desireless-one has neither praise for
the calm, nor even blame for the wicked. (Ashtavakra Gita). Ashtavakra here
explains the state of perfection as conceived by the great Rishis.
"Dehe Vigalit-asasya Kva Ragah Kva
Viragata" - Where is attachment, and where is aversion for him,
whose love for the body has vanished ? (Ashtavakra Gita). Ashtavakra describes
the attitude of the Liberated-in-life. To him the body has become a dry leaf
that has fallen away.
"Durat Sudure Tad-ihantike Cha
Pasyat-svihaiva Nihitam Guhayam" - Further than the farthest, It is
here within the body. The sages realize It verily in this life as fixed in the
heart. (Mundakopanishad).
"Mamedam-iti Bandhaya Naham-ityeva
Muktaye" - The idea of 'this is mine' takes you to bondage; the
idea 'I am not' lead you to liberation. This is what bondage is, which is in
your own hands. (Yoga Vasishta).
"Yatha Na Jayate Kinchit Jayamanam
Samantatah" - From which nothing is, in reality, born; though it
appears to have manifested in endless forms. (Mandukya Upanishad). Gaudapada
gives this philosophical exposition.
"Karmeva Deho Nanu Deha Eva Chitham
Tad-evaham-itih Jivah" - The body is nothing but the effects of the
past actions; and the mind that prompts the body is itself dynamised by the
intelligent-ego 'Jiva'. (Yoga Vasishta).
"Asha Hi Paramam Duhkham Nairasyam
Paramam Sukham" - Desire indeed is the supreme source of sorrow;
desirelessness the source of extreme happiness. (Bhagavatham).
"Visuddham Nirgunam Brahma Bandho
Mukhtih Katham Mama" - I am all Pure Brahman- without any
attributes. How then should there be in Me anything like bondage or liberation
? (Avadhuta Gita: I-58).
"Kuramgali-patamgebha-minas-tvekai-kaso Hatah" -
The deer, black-bee, butterfly, elephant, fish - each one of these, meets with
its death because of its attachment to one or the other of its sense-organs.
(Yoga Vasishta). The ignorant-man is attached to all his five-senses; and how
can he ever find happiness in this world ?
"Yesham Vrittih Sama Vriddha
Paripakva Cha Sa punah, Te vai sad-brahmatam Prapta Netare
Sabda-vadinah" - Those who have purified their minds aand
cultivated the alertness necessary to comprehend the Self, they alone
apprehend the Pure Brahman - not others who merely prattle the dialects and
quote the letter of the Sastras. (Tejobindu Upanishad).
Thus we complete the second list of
"Vedic Sayings"
