...GUPTA DASATMAKAM NAMA PRASASTAM VAISYA SUDRAYOH
 
(MANU SMRITI, VISNU PURANA 3/10/9)

    Brahmanas write their last name as Sharma. Ksatriyas write their last name as Varma. Vaisya write their last name as Gupta, and Sudras write their last name as dasa.

CATURTHE MASI KARTAVYAM SISO NISKRAMANAM GRHAT
SASTHE'NNA PRASANAM MASI YAD VESTAM MANGALAM KULE

(MANU SMRITI 2/34)

    One should take his newly born child outside of the house to see the sun on the fourth month, and on the sixth month, the grain ceremony should be observed. According to ones tradition, he should observe a ceremony.

CUDA KARMA DVIJATINAM SARVESAM EVA DHARMATAH
PRATHAME'BDE TRATIYE VA KARTAVYAM SRTI CODANAT

(MANU SMRITI 2/35)

    Every twice born family (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya) should observe their children's hair cutting ceremony according to Vedic instruction, on the first year and the third year.

GARBHASTAME'BDE KURVITA BRAHMANASYA UPANAYANAM
GARBHAD EKADASE RAJNO GARBHATTU DVADASE VISAH

(MANU SMRITI 2/36)

    The sacred thread ceremony for a brahmana's child should 
be held on the eighth year, beginning with the womb. A sacred 
thread ceremony for a ksatriya's child should be done on the 
eleventh year beginning with the womb. A vaisya's child's 
sacred ceremony should be done on the twelfth year, counting from the womb. (Womb is nine months).

KESATTIKO BRAHMA NASYA DANDAH KARYAH PRAMANATAH
RAJAVASTE TU SARVE SHUR VRANAH SAUMYA DARSANAH
ANUDVEGA KARA NRNAM SATVACO'GNI DUSITAH

(MANU SMRTI 2/46, 47)

    According to authoratative literatures, a brahmanas and 
renounced person's stick should be up to the hair in length. The 
stick should be straight, without being cut in different places, 
should be good looking, and should not give fear to other people 
and should be unpeeled and unburnt.

ANAROGYAM ANAYUSYAM ASVARGYAM CA ATIBHOJANAM
APUNYAM LOKA VID VISTAM TASMAT TAT PARIVARJAYET

(MANU SMRITI 2/57)

    Eating too much causes disease, reduces the duration of 
life, removes from heavenly feelings, and causes one to become 
unmeritorious and unbeneficial. Therefore, one should give up 
over eating.

JAPYE NAIVA TU SAN SIDDHYET BRAHMANO NATRA SANSAYAH
KURYAD ANYANNAM VA KURYAN MAITO BRAHMANA UCYATE

(MANU SMRITI 2/87)

    A twice born person achieves his perfection of life by 
chanting japa without a doubt. Whether he follows any Vedic 
processes like the yoga system or not, he becomes the friend of 
everyone and achieves liberation in the end as well.

SROTRAM TVAK CAKSUSI JIHVA NASIKA CAIVA PANCAMI
PAYU PASTHAM HASTHA PADAM VAC CAIVA DASAMI SMRATA

(MANU SMRITI 2/90)

    Nose, skin, eyes, tongue,anus, ear, genital, hand, legs 
are said to be the ten senses.

BUDDHI INDRIYANI PANCAISAM SROTRA ADINY ANU PURVASAH
KARMA INDRIYANI PANCAISAM PAPVADINI UCYATE

(MANU SMRITI 2/91)

    These are the five knowledge acquiring senses (nose, ears, skin, eyes, tongue) and anus etc. (anus, genital, hand, feet, sound)

EKADASA MANO JNEYAM SVA GUNE NOBHAPATMAKAM
YASMIN JITE JITAVETAV BHAVATAH PANCAKAU GANAU

(MANU SMRITI 2/92)

    Among these two catagories of senses, the mind is said to 
be the leader. If somebody has conquored his mind, he has 
conquered all of his other senses.

NA JATU KAMA KAMANAM UPABHOGENA SAMYATI
HAVISA KRSNA VARTYEVA BHUYA EVABHI VARDHATE

(MANU SMRITI 2/94)

    The desire for sense gratification can never be satisfied 
by an unlimited supply of sense objects. Instead, it always 
increases as the fire always increases with the supply of ghee.

YAT PRATHIVYAM VRIHI YAVAM HIRANYAM PASAVAH STRIYAH
EKASYAPI NA PARYPTAM TADITYATI TRASAM TYAJET
PURVA VARSA SAHASRAM YE VISAYA ASAKTA CETASAH
TATHAPI ANUDINAM TRASNA MAYAITESU EVA JAYATE

(MANU SMRITI, VISNU PURANA 4/2/24 AND 4/2/28, spoken by King 
Yayati)

    Whatever eatables and wealth, money, animals, women, are available in the whole earth, all of them are not sufficient to satify ones sense gratifacatory desires. Even if one carries on enjoying them with attachment for thousands of years, still, the hankering fire to enjoy cannot be satisfied.

YASCA ETAN PRAPNUYAT SARVAN PASCAITAN KEVALAM
PRAYANAT SARVA KAMANAM PARITYAGO VISISYATE STYAJET

(MANU SMRITI 2/95)

    If there are two people and one of them achieves all 
kinds of objects of sense gratification and another person who 
gives them up, the person who gives up the sense gratification is superior.

VEDA TYAGASCA YAJNASCA NIYAMANSCA TAPANSI CA
NA VIPRA DUSTA BHAVAS CA SIDDHIM GACCHATI KARHICIT

(MANU SMRITI 2/97)

    A corrupt person who is always attached to the thoughts 
of sense gratification, can never attain perfection in the study 
of Vedic literature, the performance of sacrifice, following the 
rules of giving in charity, performing austerity.

INDRIYANAM TU SARVESAM YADI EKAM KSARATI INDRIYAM
TENA ASYA KSARATI PRAJNA DRTEH PADA ADIVODAKAM

(MANU SMRITI 2/99)

    If among all the senses, even one sense remains attached 
to sense objects, then a person's real intelligence is gradually 
destroyed. If in a water pot, there is even one hole, then 
gradually all of the water leaks out of it.

ABHIVADANA SILASYA NITYAM VRADDHOPA SEVIKAH
CATVARI TASYA VARDHANTE AYUR VIDYA YASO VALAM

(MANU SMRITI 2/121)

    One who pays obeisances and humbly serves his superiors, 
his duration of life, knowledge, fame and strength increases.

VIPRANAM JNANATO JYESTHYAM KSATRIYANAM TU VIRYATOH
VAISYANAM DHANYA-DHANATAH SUDRANAM EVA JANMATAH

(MANU SMRITI 2/155)

    Brahmanas are recognized by knowledge. Ksatriyas by physical strength. Vaisyas are recognized by wealth, and Sudras by birth.

NA TENA BRADDHO BHAVATI YENA ASYA PALITAM SIRAH
YO VAI YUVA'PYADHIYANAS TAM DEVAH STHAVIRAM VIDUH

(MANU SMRITI 2/156)

    One cannot be called great or superior just because he has gray hairs on his head, but even a young man, if he has sufficient wisdom, he is called a great personality, even by the 
demigods. 

SAMMANAT BRAHMANO NITYAM UDVIJET VISAD IVA
AMRATASYA EVA CA AKANKHED AVAMANASYA SARVADA

(MANU SMRITI 2/162)

    A twice born person always feels disgusted with his own respect, which is like a poison and always should hanker for his 
own insults which should seem to him like nectar.

GUROR YATRA ARIVADO NINDA VA'PI PRAVARTATE
KARNO TATRA PIDHATAVYAU GANTAVYAM VA TATO'NYATHA

(MANU SMRITI 2/200)

    If there is a criticism about his own spiritual master 
somewhere, then a celibate student should close his ears and walk out from that place.

PARIVADAT KHARO BHAVATI, SVA VAI BHAVATI NINDAKAH
PARI BHOKTA KRAMIR BHAVATI KITO BHAVATI BATSARI

(MANU SMRITI 2/201)

    If a disciple argues with his spiritual master, in his next life, he becomes a donkey. If he criticizes him, he becomes a dog. If he enjoys the guru's wealth, he becomes a worm in stool in his next life and if he becomes envious with the improvements of his own spiritual master, he becomes a moth in his next life. But the guru should be a genuine guru.

SVABHAVA ESA NARINAM NARANAM IHA DUSANAM
ATO'THANNA PRAMADYANTI PRAMADASU VIPASCITAH

(MANU SMRITI 2/213)

    By nature, by their decoration a woman bewilders a person and puts him in illusion and contaminates him. Therefore, a learned person should deal with women very carefully.

YATHA KHANAN KHANITRENA NARO VARPA ADHIGACHATI
TATHA GURU GATAM VIDYA SUSRUSUR ADHIGACCHATI

(MANU SMRITI 2/218)

    Just as by digging the ground with a digger or spade, one 
obtains water, similarly, a serious disciple achieves realized 
knowledge from a true spiritual master by serving him.

INDRIYARTHESU SARVESU NA PRASAJJETA KAMATAH
ATI PRASAKTIM CA ETESAM MANASA SANNIVARTAYET

(MANU SMRITI 4/16)

    One should not become too attached to the sense objects 
due to lust. One should control his attachment to sense objects 
with his mind.

NA IKSETA UDYANTAM ADITYAM NA ASTA YANTAM KADACANA
NA UPASRSTAM NA VARISTHAM NA MADHYAM NABHASO GATAM

(MANU SMRITI 4/37)

    One should never look at the sun while it is rising, setting, in eclipsed condition, as a reflection in the water, at 
midday time period.

NA UPA GACCET PRAMATTO'PI STRIYAM ARTAVA DARSANE
SAYANA SAYANE CAIVA NA SAYITA TAYA SAHA

(MANU SMRITI 4/40)

    Even if one has gone mad due to lust, he should not copulate his wife when she is passing through mensturation. He should not even sit on the same seat or sleep with her on her bed.

RAJASA ABHIPLUTA NARIM NARASYA HY UPAGACCHATAH
PRAJNAM TEJO BALAM CAKSUR AYUS CAIVA PRAHIYATE

(MANU SMRITI 4/41)

    If a person copulates with his own wife at the time of 
menstruation, he looses his good intelligence, brightness, physical strength, eyesight is weakened and his duration of life 
is decreased.

TAM VISARJAYATAS TASYA RAJASA SAMABHIPLUTAM
PRAJNA TEJO BALAM CAKSUR AYUS CAIVA PRAVARDHATE

(Manu Smriti 4/42)

    If a person gives up even looking at his own wife when 
she is passing through mensteration, he increases his duration of life, brightness, intelligence, strength and eyesight and purity.

NA EKA SUPYAT SUNYA GEHE SREYANSAM NA PRABODHAYET
NO DABHYAYA'BHI BHASETA YAJNAM GACCHEN NA CA AVRATAH

(MANU SMRITI 4/57)

    One should never sleep alone in his house, one should never wake up his own superiors, and one should not look at or talk to a woman passing through mensturation and one should not go to a sacrifice festival without an invitation.

UPAHANAU CA VASASCA DHRATAM ANYAI NA DHARAYET
UPAVITAM ALANKARAM STRAJAM KATAKAM EVA CA

(MANU SMRITI 4/66)

    One should not use shoes which have already been worn by 
others, used clothes, used brahmana thread, use necklace or beads or water pot, etc.

NIHARE BANA SAVDE CA SANDHYAYOR EVA CA UBHAYOH
AMAVASYA CATURDASYOH PAURNAMASY ASTAKASU CA

(MANU SMRITI 4/113)

    One should not study scriptures when it is foggy, early in the morning, at dawn and at dusk, on the new moon, on the fourteenth day of the fortnights, on the eighth day of the fortnights, and on the full moon day.

AMAVASYA GURUM HANTI SISYAM HANTI CATURDASI
BRAHMA ASTAKA PAUNAMASYAU TASMAT TA PARIVARJAYET

(MANU SMRITI 4/114)

    If one studies scriptures on the newmoon day, it will cause trouble to the teacher. Study on the fourteenth day gives problems to the spiritual master and disciple. On the eighth day 
and new moon day, it destroys Vedic knowledge. Therefore, one 
should give up all of theses days for studies.

AMAVASYA ASTAMI CA PAURNAMASI CATURDASIM
BRAHMACARI BHAVENNITYAM APYRTAU SNATAKAU DVIJAH

(MANU SMRITI 4/128)

    The twice born person should remain celibate on the newmoon day, the eighth day of fortnight, full moon day, and forteenth day of fortnights, even if his wife has finished her menstruation period.

NA HI DRASAM ANAYUSYAM LOKE KINCANA VIDYATE
YADRASAM PURUSASYEHA PARA DARA UPASEVANAM 

(MANU SMRITI 4/134) 

    There is no worst action for a man in the world for decreasing his duration of life than copulating with another's 
wife. Therefore, one should always be free from copulating with 
anothers wife.

YAT KARMA KURVATO'SYAT PARITOSO'NTAR ATMANAH
TAT PRAYATNENA KURVITA VIPARITAM TU VARJAYET

(MANU SMRITI 4/161)

    If any meritorious action which satisfies the soul itself 
should be accepted with great endeavor and all other actions 
should be rejected.

AMRATAM BRAHMANASY ANNAM KSATRIYA ANNAM PAYAH SMRATAM
VAISYANNAM ANNAM ITY AHU SUDRASYA RUDHIRAM SMRATAM

(MANU SMRITI 5/14)

    Grains obtained from a twice born person (brahmana) is 
said to be equal to nectar. Grains from a ksatriya are like 
milk. Grains from vaisyas are said to be grains. Grains taken 
from a sudra is said to be like blood or it is uneatable.

JATE PUTRE PITUH SNANAM SA CAILAM TU VIDHIYATE
MATA SUDHYED DASAHENA SNANAT TU SPARSANAM PITUH

(MANU SMRITI 5/62)

    When a child is born in a house, the parents become contaminated, but the mother becomes pure after ten days, and the father, if he take his bath with full clothes becomes purified.

DIVA KIRTIM UDAKYAM CA PATITAM SUTIKAM TATHA
SAVAM TAT SPRASTINAM CAIVA SPRASTVA SNANENA SUDDHYATI

(MANU SMRITI 5/85)

    One who touches a dogeater, a mensturating lady, a murderer, a woman who newly gave birth to a child, a dead body, or a person who touched a dead body, he becomes purified only after bathing properly.

VALYE PITURNATHE TISTHET PANIGRAHASYA YAUVANE 
PUTRANAM BHARTARI PRETE NA BHAJET STRI SVATANTRA TAM

(MANU SMRITI 5/148)

    A woman is never aloud to be free. In her childhood, she 
is protected by her father, in youth, she is married to a man and remains under his care. In old age, or if her husband dies, she remains under the care of her son, but she is never aloud to be free.

DHRATI KSAMA DAMO'STEYAM SAUCAM INDRIYA NIGRAHAH
DHIR VIDYA SATYAM AKRODHO DASAKAM DHARMA LAKSANAM 

(MANU SMRITI 5/192)

    Patience, forgiveness, mercy, self command, religiousness, cleanliness (purity), controlling the senses, realized knowledge, education, truthfulness, freedom from anger. 
These are the ten religious symptoms. 
THERE ARE 11 SYMPTOMS HERE??????

APAD ARTHE DHANAM RAKSED DARAN RAKSED DHANAIR API
ATMANAM SATATAM RAKSED DARAIR API DHANAIR API

(MANU SMRITI 5/213)

    One should save his wealth for future problems and the 
woman should be protected by using the wealth. By the use of 
wealth and woman, if someone can save himself,he should do so. 

EKA EVA SUHRAD DHARMO NIDHANE'PY ANUYATI YAH
SARIRENA SAMAM NASAM SARVAM ANYAD ADHI-GACCHATI

(MANU SMRITI 8/17)

    Meritorious activities are the only friend of a man in this world because it remains with one even after death. Everything else, wife, children, wealth etc. all get destroyed when the body gets destroyed.

PITA RAKSATI KAUMARE BHARTA RAKSATI YAUVANE
RAKSANTI STHAVIRE PUTRA NA STRI SVATANTRYAM ARHATI

(MANU SMRITI 9/3)

    A woman is protected in her childhood by her father, in her youth by her husband and in her old age by her son. A woman is not allowed to stay free.

NAITAM RUPA PARIKSANTE NASAM VAYASI SAMSTHITI
SARUPAM VA VIRUPAM VA PUMAN NITYAIVA BHUNJATE

(MANU SMRITI 9/14)

    A woman does not examine a man's beauty or how youthful he is, but thinking of him as a man, either beautiful or ugly, they enjoy him.

SVAMYA MATYAU PURAM RASTRAM KOSA DANDAU SUHRAT TATHA
SAPTA PRAKRATAYO HYETAH SAPTANGAM RAJYAM UCYATE

(MANU SMRITI 9/294)

    The king, the minister, the fort, the kingdom, the treasury house, the army (all kinds of army such as infantry, elephant army, charioteers, horse army) and friends, these are the seven limbs of a kingdom. With these seven limbs, a kingdom is said to be naturally managed.

VARAM SVA DHARMO VIGUNO NA PARAMYA SVANUSTHITAH
PARA DHARMENA JIVAN HI SADYAH PATATI JATITAH

(MANU SMRITI 10/97)

    One should do his own occupational duty even if it is done improperly, but one should not take over another's duty even if it is done in the best way, because, if somebody maintains his livelihood by doing someone elses duty, he is said to have fallen from his own platform.

Once, when Janaka Maharaja was on tour he saw on the path, 
Astavakra (a great saint who had eight bends in his body). 
Janaka Maharaja dismounted his horse and payed his long 
obeisances to him. Seeing the sages difficult condition, the 
king thought within his mind distressfully how the Supreme Lord 
has created his body because the sage was deformed in eight 
differnt parts of his body. When the sage would walk, it was 
seen that it was difficut because he was bent in eight different 
places. Since he was bent in eight differnt places, his father 
gave him the name Astavakra, but he was greatly knowledgeable in 
the science of self realization and expert in transcendental 
education. Due to his transcendental knowledge, he could understand the hateful mind of the king and because he was a 
great saintly king, Astavakra soberly spoke, "O king, just as if 
a temple is built round, the sky will not become round. If the 
temple is built crooked, the sky will not become crooked. Similarly, if the body is deformed, the soul, the occupier of the body cannot be deformed because the body and soul are not made of the same materials. The soul is eternal and the body is 
perishible. Therefore O king, those who are situated in 
knowledge see everyone as spiritual souls and part of the Supreme Lord and those who are in ignorance see the body only. Therefore I request you to give up your bodily consciousness and come conscious of the soul. If you do so, the hatred you have within will be removed. 

    Hearing the words of sage, KIng Janaka developed a desire 
to achieve the science of self-realization, therefore, he prayed 
to the sage, O sage, please come and purify my house, remove the 
doubts of my mind and give me self realization. The sage accepted the prayers of the King and reached the palace of him. 
By achieving the knowledge of Astavakra, the king achieved the 
realization of transcendence. 

YATHA NA TOYATO BHINNAS TARANGAH PHENA BUDBUDAH
ATMANO NA TATHA BHINNAM VISVATMATMA VINIRGATAM

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 2/4)
 
    Just as the wave's foam and bubbles are not different 
than water, similarly the soul is also nondifferent from the 
Supreme soul, although part of it. 

UDBHUTAM JNANA DURMITRAM AVADHARYA ATI DURBALAH
ASCARYAM KAMAM AKANKSET KALAM ANANTAM ANUSRITAH

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 3/7)

    When the enemy of knowledge (lust) appears within a person, he becomes very weak spiritually, and at last, even though he understands that it (lust) is unwanted, still it is a great surprise that he continues desiring to fulfill his lusty desires.

MAYAM ATRAM IDAM VISVAM PASYAN VIGATA KAUTUKAH
API SANNIHITE MRTYAU KATHAM TRASYATI DHIRADHIH

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 3/11)

    A sober transcendentalist whose ignorance is removed, 
seeing this illusory world, does not become frightened when death comes.

TADA MUKTIR YADA CITTAM NA VANCHATI NA SOCATI
NA MUNCATI NA GRHANATI NA HRSYATI NA KUPYATI

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 8/2)

    When the mind does not want any sense gratification, neither meditates on it nor tries to sacrifice (because it does not have any), neither searches for it or becomes happy if it receives it, nor becomes distressful because it never looses it, then it is said to be liberated.

GARBHE DURGANDHI BHUYISTHE JATHARAGNI PRADIPITE 
DUHKHAM MAYAPTAM YAT TASMAT KANIYAH KUMBHIPAKAJAM

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 9/2 YOGA VASISTHA)

    The womb of the mother which is filled with a great dirty 
smell and is burning due to the stomach fire (fire of digestion), the living entity, when he becomes an embryo, suffers more than in the hellish planet known as Kumbhipaka. 

HA KNATE HA DHANAM PUTRAH KRANDAMANAH SUDARUNAM
MANDUKA IVA SARPENA MRTYUNA GIRYATE NARAH

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 9/2 SIVA-GITA)

    When a person, at the time of the seperation of his life 
from his body cries helplessly, saying "O dear wife, O sons, O 
wealth, please relieve me from this fearful death. He fearfully 
cries like a frog which is in the mouth of a serpent.

AYAH PASENA KALASYA SNEHA PASENA BANDHUBHIH
ATMANAM KRSYANAMASYA NA KHALU ASTI PARAYANAM

(SIVA-GITA)

    At the time of death, a sinful living entity is being caught by the ropes of the messengers of death, but on the other side, he is being caught by the rope of affection of his family members, so he is being pulled from both sides (one side from the messengers of death and the other side the family members), but no one can relieve him from death.

NARASYA BANDHANA ARTHAYA SRNKHALA STRI PRAKIRTITA
LOHA BADDHO'PI MUCYETA STRI BADDHO NAIVA MUCYATE

(DEVI-BHAGAVATA)

    The woman is said to be the greatest shackle for the man. 
A person who is put in iron shackles can free himself, but anyone who is caught and tied by the rope of affection for a woman can not be released. In this regard, there is a history. One young man took to spiritual life and became a sanyasi and in due course of time, he began a tour of places of pilgrimage. On the path he saw a marriage party coming. Since that sanyasi did not know what it was, he asked someone. A person replied, saying that it was a marriage party. Then he asked who was mounted on the horse with a decorated body. He was told that it was a boy who was going to marry a girl. Then he asked what will happen after they are married. Then the man replied, that when the wife comes to his home, they will both enjoy copulation together, then the woman will get children. Hearing this, the sanyasi proceded further. On the path, there was a well and a tree. Since he was tired, he fell asleep under the tree which was near the well. He dreamed that he had been married and was sleeping with his wife. When the woman said please move a little further, then he roles a little distance from her and thus he fell into the well. When the village people heard the noise caused by his falling into the well, they came running a took him out of the well. The village people asked him who made him fall into the well. He replied, in a dream I saw a woman who asked me to move further, and she made me fall into the well. I really do not know what condition a man falls in when he is actually married to a woman. Therefore, the essence is, for an intelligent person, a woman is actually a hellish planet.

VISAYA ASA MAHAPASAT YO VIMUKTAH SUDUSTYAJAM
SA EKAH KALPATE MUKTYE NA ANYE SAT SASTRA-VEDINAH

(VIVEKA-CUDAMANI)

    Woman, son and wealth, etc. are great shackles from which 
it is very difficult to be freed from. Any person who is free 
from such shackles is liberated, but a person who knows six 
philosofies, but is caught with such shackles, is unable to be 
liberated.

KO'SAU KALO VAYAH KIM VA YATRA DVANDVANI NO NRNAM
YANY UPEKSA YATHA PRAPTAVARTI SIDDHIM AVAPNUYAT

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 9/4)

What are the moments and duration of life where human beings do 
not go through the duality of pleasure and pain, etc? Realizing 
this, a person should use a remedy by which he can achieve 
liberation.

SUKHASYA ANANTARAM DUHKHAM DUHKHASYA ANANTARAM SUKHAM
DVAYAM ETADDHI JANTUNAM ALAMGHYAM DINA RATRI VAT

(ADHYATMA-RAMAYANA)

(SPOKEN BY LORD RAMA)

Every entity suffers after enjoying and enjoys after suffering. 
Both of these are certainly unavoidable by all. 

GURU LOBHI, SISA LALACI, DONON KHELAI DANVA
DONON DUBE VAPADE , BAITHA PATTHAR KINAVA

(KAVIR DASA)

    If the spiritual master is greedy and the disciples have 
unlimited sensual desires, then both make take initiation 
together with promises, but actually they are situated in the 
material world just as a person who is sitting on a boat made out of rock and sink into the material ocean.

BANDHE KO BANDHA MILAI, CHUTAI KAUNA UPAYA
SEVA KARA NIRBANDHA KI, PALA MAI DEYA CHUDAYA

(KAVIR DASA)

If one shackled person reaches another shackled person how can he be relieved. In other words, if a material desirous person 
reaches a material desirous spiritual master, how can he be 
liberated? Therefore, one should reach a liberated person who 
can liberate him within moments.

VASANA DVIBIDHA PROKTA SUDDHA CA MALINA TATHA
MALINA JANMA HETUH SYAT SUDDHA JANMA VINASINI

(VALMIKI RAMAYANA)

There are two kinds of knowledge. One is called pure knowledge 
and another one is dirty. Dirty knowledge is the cause of ones 
rebirth whereas purified knowledge stops the rebirth.

MANORATHA RATHA ARUDHAM YUKTAM INDRIYA VAJIBHIH
BHRAMYATY EVA JAGAT KRTSNAM TRSNA SARATHI CODITAM

(YOGA VASISTHA)

On the chariot of the mind which is pulled by the horses of 
senses on which the whole world is riding, which is driven by the charioteer of intense greed.

CYUTA DANTAH SITAH KESA DRN NIRADHOH PADE PADE
YATA SAJJAM IMMAM DEHAM TRSNA SADHVI NA MUNCATI

(YOGA VASISTHA)

    Even though a person becomes old and becomes toothless, 
grey hairs and looses his eye sight and falls at every step due 
to old age, even then he can not give up intense greed.

NA PASYATI CA JANMANDHAH KAMANDHO NAIVA PASYATI
MADA UNMATTA NA PASYANTI HY ARTHI DOSAM NA PASYATI

(NITI SASTRA)

    A person who is blind from birth does not see, a lusty man does not see, a drunk is unable to see properly and a person 
who is greedy for money also does not see.

CINTAYA JAYATE DUHKAM NA ANYATHA ITI NISCAYI
TAYA HINAH SUKHI SANTAH SARVATRA SALITA SPRHAH

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 11/5)

    Within this world, anxieties are the cause for a person's 
frustration. Therefore, for a person who understands this and 
wants to become peaceful and happy, he should become free from 
anxiety in all circumstances.

MOKSO VISAYA VAIRASYAM BANDHO VAISAYIKO RASAH
ETAVADEVA VIJNANAM TATHECCHASI TATHA KURU

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 15/2)

    Detachment from sense gratification is liberation and 
engagement in sense gratification, etc. is bondage. This is 
actual knowledge. Now whatever one wants, he can do it.

HARO YADY UPADESTA TE HARIH KAMALAJO'PI VA
TATHAPI NA TAVA SVASTHYAM SARVA VISMARANAD RTE

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 16/11)

    If one is reached even by Lord Siva or Lord Hari or even 
Lord Brahma, if one does not give up the desire for sense 
gratification, he cannot be liberated or be peaceful.

SATKARA MANA PUJARTHAM DANDA KASAYA DHARANAH
SA SANYASI NA VAKTAVYAH SANYASI JNANA TATPARAH

(NITI SASTRA)

    Due to respect, prestige or worship, if a person wears 
saffron clothes and takes sanyasa, he cannot be called a sanyasi 
because a sanyasi is a person who is engaged in acquiring the 
science of self realization seriously.

NA JATU VISAYAH KE'PI SVARAMAM HARSAYANTY AMI
SALLAKI PALLAVA PRITAM IVA IBHAM NIMBA PALLAVA

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 17/3)

    No kinds of sense gratificatory objects can satisfy a 
self realized soul, just as an elephant who has become happy by 
eating sallaki (a kind of sweet tree) leaves, cannot be satisfied by eating neem leaves.

    There was one saintly person who lived for a long time in 
the palace of a king. One day that saintly person died. Seeing 
this, the king also died. On the outskirts of that same city, there was a saintly person living and near him there was a man sitting. That saintly person started lauphing by himself and the person who was sitting near him asked, "O saintly person, why are you lauphing yourself without any reason?" He replied, "I never lauph without any reasons but there was a saintly person living with the king and he died and seeing this, the king also died, but the king went to heaven where as the saint went to hell because the king was thinking of how to satisfy the saintly person and so he always remained detached from his worldly affairs and he went to heaven. But the saintly person's mind was always engaged in enjoying the royal situation and thus he was bereft of the science of self realization and thus he went to hell. The conclusion is that no matter how much one is externally detached from worldly things, one must ultimately be detached from within and be attached to the Supreme Lord.

SANURAGAM STRIYAM DRSTVA MRTYUM VA SAMUPASTHITAM
AVIHVALA MANAH SVASTHO MUKTA EVA MAHASAYAH

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 17/14)

Any person who does not become disturbed when an enjoying young 
lady sits near or he sees death near to him and remains content, 
peaceful, he said to be a liberated person.

NIRVASANAM HARIM DRSTVA TUS NIM VISAYA DANTINAH
PALAYANTE NA SAKTAS TE SEVANTE KRTA CATAVAH

(ASTAVAKRA-GITA 18/46)

Seeing the lion of greedlessness, the poisoned tusks of sense 
gratification which are weak quietly run away from the person.