Bhartṛhari

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Quotes

• “यां चिन्तयामि सततं मयि सा विरक्तासाप्यन्यमिच्छति जनं स जनोऽन्यसक्त:।अस्मत्कृते च परिशुष्यति काचिदन्याधिक्ताञ्च तं च मदनं च इमां च मां च ॥”
• “यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञोऽहं द्विप इव मदान्ध: समभवम्तदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मन:।यदा किञ्चित्किञ्चिद्बुधजनसकाशादवगतंतदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगत:॥”
• “संपत्सु महतां चित्तं भवत्युत्पलकोमलं ।आपत्सु च महाशैलशिलासंघातकर्कशम् ॥”
• “श्रोतं श्रुतेनैव न कुण्डलेन दानेन पाणिर्न तु कङ्कणेन”
• “The sun opens the lotuses; the moon illuminates the beds of water-lilies; the cloud pours forth its water unasked: even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting others.”
• “Those men are good who study the good of others without regarding themselves. Those men are ordinary men who, while they benefit others, do not neglect their own interests. Those men are demons who destroy another's good for their own profit. What shall we call those who aimlessly destroy that which is another's?”

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