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  • mādhuryamakṣaravyaktiḥ padachChēdastu susvaraḥ ।
    dhairyaṃ layasamarthaṃ cha ṣaḍētē pāṭhakā guṇāḥ ॥
    [pāṇiṇīya śikṣā 33]
    - aparichita
    - aparichita
    These are the six qualities of a good speaker: fondness/sweetness (in spoken words), clear pronunciation, meaningful splitting of words, the right tone, self-confidence, and good control on pace, pause, and rhythm.
    - excerpt from Unknown
    - by Unknown
  • api kriyārthaṃ sulabhaṃ samitkuśaṃ
    jalānyapi snānavidhikṣamāṇi tē ।
    api svaśaktyā tapasi pravartasē
    śarīramādyaṃ khalu dharmasādhanam ॥ 5.33 ॥
    [kumārasambhavam - 5.33]
    - aparichita
    - aparichita
    Are you easily getting the wood [for the fire rituals, yajña] and the kuśa grass [for making bed]? Is the water here suitable for bathing? Are you doing your penances as per your capacity [or, are you overexerting yourself]? Because, a healthy body is compulsorily the first necessity for undertaking dharma, spiritual practices.
    - excerpt from Unknown
    - by Unknown
  • urasā śirasā dṛṣṭyā manasā vachasā tathā ।
    padbhyāṃ karābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ praṇāmō'ṣṭāṅgamuchyatē ॥
    - aparichita
    - aparichita
    When one offers his salutations to Lord, he should touch his chest, head, eyes, mouth, heart, both of his legs, both of his hands and both of his ears to the ground. Only then will it be called "Sashtanga Namaskaram", which is namaskaram (salutations) with all organs of the body.
    - excerpt from Unknown
    - by Unknown
  • śōkō nāśayatē dhairyaṃ śōkō nāśayatē śrutam ।
    śōkō nāśayatē sarvaṃ nāsti śōkōsamō ripuḥ ॥
    [vālmīki rāmāyaṇam, araṇyakāṇḍa - 2.62.15]
    - vālmīki rāmāyaṇam
    - vālmīki
    Grief destroys one's courage. It destroys one's learning. It destroys one's everything. There is no enemy greater than grief.
    - excerpt from Valmiki Ramayanam
    - by Valmiki
  • santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yōgī yatātmā dṛḍhaniśchayaḥ ।
    mayyarpitamanōbuddhiryō madbhaktaḥ sa mē priyaḥ ॥ 12-14॥
    [śrīmadbhagavadgītā dvādaśō'dhyāyaḥ - 6.5]
    - śrīmadbhagavadgītā dvādaśō'dhyāyaḥ
    - vēda vyāsa
    He who is ever content, who is a yogi and steady in meditation, who has self-control, who has firm conviction, who has dedicated his mind and intellect to Me, he, a devotee of Mine, is dear to Me.
    - excerpt from Srimad Bhagawad Gita Chapter 12
    - by Veda Vyasa
   
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