Subhashita - 14.07.2026

[Kalpana Muzumdar]

काषायान्न च भोजनादिनियमान्नो वा वने वासतो

व्याख्यानादथ वा मुनिव्रतभराच्चित्तोद्भवः क्षीयते ।

किं तु स्फीतकलिन्दशैलतनयातीरेषु विक्रीडतो

गोविन्दस्य पदारविन्दभजनारम्भस्य लेशादपि ॥

kāṣāyānna ca bhojanādiniyamānno vā vane vāsato
vyākhyānādatha vā munivratabharāccittodbhavaḥ kṣīyate |
kiṃ tu sphītakalindaśailatanayātīreṣu vikrīḍato
govindasya padāravindabhajanārambhasya leśādapi ||

Not by wearing ochre-coloured clothes, nor having restrictions in diet etc., nor by residing in a forest, nor by learned commentaries on the Scriptures nor by the load of the practice of asceticism does passion subside, but (it subsides) even by a little worship at the lotus feet of Śrī Krishna who sports on the banks of the broad river Yamuna.

Best Regards,
Kalpana Muzumdar