Longing

Because you desired wisdom above all else, and did not ask for victory over your enemies, or riches, or long life, I will give you not only the wisdom you asked for to rule my people righteously, but also the things you did not ask for: riches, wealth, and glory, so that there will be no king like you before or after you.

By overcoming sleep, fatigue, anger, joy, hunger, thirst, cold, and heat, your children always experience the happiness that is fitting for heroes.

As long as this earth remains stable, with rivers flowing and mountains standing, the great Ramayana will endure.

If one wishes to live a hundred years on this earth, they should live while performing actions, for as long as one lives, there is no alternative to this by which actions will not cling to them.

Weep for God with a heart full of longing. The tears you shed for Him will wash away the impurities, and only then will you be drawn to the divine magnet, allowing you to attain yoga.

God's grace is the ultimate help. You may try thousands of times, but nothing can be achieved without God's grace. One cannot see God without His grace. It's not easy to receive God's grace; one must renounce egotism completely, as one cannot see God as long as they feel they are the doer.

You can't achieve this as long as you have even a hint of worldliness.

Jesus Christ said, 'All humans are my image. Discarding them means discarding me. Letting them die of thirst means killing me of thirst. Showing love to them means showing love to me.'

Even so, as You have described Yourself, O Supreme Lord, I wish to see Your sovereign form, O Supreme Person.

Tell me once more at length, O Janārdana, of Your yoga and divine glories; for listening to Your nectar, I am never sated.

You will need to struggle for a long time with patience and perseverance to achieve this. For a seeker with unwavering determination and unshakeable resolve, nothing is impossible.

The truth is that fulfilling desires only creates more longing, even as they are being satisfied.

Whether one receives much or little, or nothing at all, one should always partake of whatever comes with a contented heart and free of craving.

O Great Goddess, whoever slanders the Guru even after hearing all this will dwell in dreadful suffering for as long as the sun and moon endure.

Abandon attachment to one's own social station, caste, desire for fame, and the urge to accumulate — relinquishing all this, let the mind rest on nothing but the Guru.

O beautiful-faced One, now I shall describe the places suitable for recitation done with a specific desire: at the seashore, on the bank of a river, or in a temple of Viṣṇu or Śiva.

O fair-faced one, those liberated at the level of piṇḍa are free, those freed at pada are free, those freed at rūpa are free — but those who are liberated beyond rūpa are truly free, without a doubt.

Initially, the psychic being can only exert a hidden, partial, and indirect influence through the mind, life, and body, as these aspects of nature need to be developed into instruments for its self-expression. As a result, it remains confined by their development for a long time.

With constant and deep meditation on the Atman, you can go beyond the mind and reach a state where opposites no longer exist, where you'll find supreme peace and ultimate knowledge.

This is the nature of the mind: even when we provide ourselves with the best physical comforts, our mind still yearns for more and thinks negatively because desires are endless and eternal.