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तत्त्वमसि

tat tvam asi

You are That. The fine essence of everything is your own self too.

Uddalaka to his son Shvetaketu · Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7

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अहं ब्रह्मास्मि

ahaṃ brahmāsmi

I am Brahman. The self in me is the same reality that lives in everything.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10

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सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं

satyam eva jayate nānṛtam

Truth alone wins in the end, and falsehood loses.

Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6

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उत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत प्राप्य वरान्निबोधत

uttiṣṭhata jāgrata prāpya varān nibodhata

Arise, wake up. Go to those who know, and learn from them.

Katha Upanishad 1.3.14

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को हि भारः समर्थानां किं दूरं व्यवसायिनाम्

ko hi bhāraḥ samarthānāṃ kiṃ dūraṃ vyavasāyinām

What load is too heavy for the able? What place is too far for the hardworking?

Chanakya Niti 3.13

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विघ्नैः पुनः पुनरपि प्रतिहन्यमानाः प्रारब्धमुत्तमगुणा न परित्यजन्ति

vighnaiḥ punaḥ punar api pratihanyamānāḥ prārabdham uttamaguṇā na parityajanti

People of real worth, struck by obstacles again and again, still do not drop what they have started.

Bhartrihari, Niti Shataka 27

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नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥

nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ | na cainaṃ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ ||

Weapons cannot cut the Self, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, and wind cannot dry it.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 2.23

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उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

uddhared ātmanātmānaṃ nātmānam avasādayet | ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ ||

Lift yourself by your own effort, and never pull yourself down. You are your own friend, and your own enemy.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 6.5

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योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः

yogaś cittavṛttinirodhaḥ

Yoga is the settling of the movements of the mind.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1.2

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उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्

udāracaritānāṃ tu vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam

Small minds keep count of who is theirs. For the generous, the whole earth is one family.

Maha Upanishad 6.71

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पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते

pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṃ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate

That is whole, this is whole. From the whole comes the whole, and the whole remains.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 5.1.1

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शान्तितुल्यं तपो नास्ति न सन्तोषात्परं सुखम्

śāntitulyaṃ tapo nāsti na santoṣāt paraṃ sukham

No discipline equals inner calm, and no happiness is greater than contentment.

Chanakya Niti 8.13

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दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः ।वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥

duḥkheṣv anudvignamanāḥ sukheṣu vigataspṛhaḥ | vītarāgabhayakrodhaḥ sthitadhīr munir ucyate ||

Unshaken in sorrow, not craving in joy, free of attachment, fear and anger: that is a sage of steady mind.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 2.56

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यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता ।योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः ॥

yathā dīpo nivātastho neṅgate sopamā smṛtā | yogino yatacittasya yuñjato yogam ātmanaḥ ||

Like a lamp in a windless place that does not flicker: that is the mind of one settled in meditation.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 6.19

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योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥

yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||

Act from steadiness, free of attachment, the same in success and failure. That evenness is yoga.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 2.48

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सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्मायमात्मा ब्रह्म

sarvaṃ hy etad brahmāyam ātmā brahma

All this is Brahman. This self is Brahman.

Mandukya Upanishad 2

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ईशावास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत्

īśāvāsyam idaṃ sarvaṃ yat kiñca jagatyāṃ jagat

All this, everything that moves and lives, is filled with the Lord.

Isha Upanishad 1

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असतो मा सद्गमय ।तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥

asato mā sad gamaya, tamaso mā jyotir gamaya, mṛtyor māmṛtaṃ gamaya

Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to the deathless.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28

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अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ॥

aham ātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | aham ādiś ca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānām anta eva ca ||

I am the Self in the heart of every being. I am their beginning, their middle and their end.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 10.20

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सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः ॥

sarvadharmān parityajya mām ekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja | ahaṃ tvā sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ ||

Leave every other support and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all sin. Do not grieve.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 18.66

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पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति ।तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः ॥

patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | tad ahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ||

A leaf, a flower, a fruit, some water: whatever a sincere heart offers Me with love, I accept.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 9.26

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अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥

ananyāś cintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate | teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmy aham ||

Those who think of Me alone and worship Me always, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 9.22

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शरीरमाद्यं खलु धर्मसाधनम्

śarīram ādyaṃ khalu dharmasādhanam

The body is the first means of living by dharma, so look after it.

Shiva, in disguise, to Parvati · Kalidasa, Kumarasambhava 5.33

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जलबिन्दुनिपातेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः

jalabindunipātena kramaśaḥ pūryate ghaṭaḥ

Drop by drop, the pot fills. Learning, dharma and wealth grow the same way.

Chanakya Niti 12.22

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धर्म एव हतो हन्ति धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः

dharma eva hato hanti dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ

Dharma destroyed destroys you. Dharma protected protects you.

Manusmriti 8.15

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उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः

udyamena hi sidhyanti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ

Work gets done through effort, never by wishing. Deer do not walk into a sleeping lion's mouth.

Hitopadesha, Prastavika 36

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श्रद्धामयोऽयं पुरुषो यो यच्छ्रद्धः स एव सः

śraddhāmayo 'yaṃ puruṣo yo yacchraddhaḥ sa eva saḥ

Every person is shaped by their faith. As your faith is, so you are.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 17.3

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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana | mā karmaphalahetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi ||

Your right is to the work, never its fruits. Don't make the fruit your motive, or cling to inaction.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 2.47

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बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥

buddhiyukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛtaduṣkṛte | tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam ||

A steady mind moves past both merit and sin. So give yourself to yoga: yoga is skill in action.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 2.50

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श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥

śreyān svadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmāt svanuṣṭhitāt | svadharme nidhanaṃ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ ||

Better your own dharma, done imperfectly, than another's done well. Even death in your own is better; another's brings fear.

Krishna to Arjuna · Bhagavad Gita 3.35