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ईशानोत्थैः शकुनैर् विशेषतः शूरमण्डलाक्रान्तैः।
रिपुवेष्टित इव दूरं त्यक्त्वा स्थानं पलायेत॥

If ill omens appear from the northeast surrounded by heroic constellations, one should flee danger like an encircled enemy.

omen (58) danger (229) escape (15) signs (31) astrology (51) precaution (3) heroism (93) warning (153) retreat (20) strategy (222)

ईशे पदप्रणयभाजि मुहूर्तमात्रं
प्राणप्रियेऽपि कुरु मानिनि मा प्रसादम्।
जानातु मत्पतिरसौ पदयोर्नतानाम्
अस्मादृशामपि मनोरथभङ्गदुःखम्॥

Even if just for a moment, let your proud beloved's feet touch the ground — so her husband may learn how lovers suffer rejection.

pride (317) romance (506) longing (690) symbolism (947) humility (596) emotion (652) plea (26) pain (225) rejection (86) honor (131)

ईशो दण्डस्य वरुणो राज्ञां दण्डधरो हि सः।
ईशः सर्वस्य जगतो ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः॥

Varuṇa is the lord of punishment; so is the king. But ultimately, the knower of the Vedas — the Brahmin — is the highest lord.

punishment (78) kingship (164) varuna (2) brahmin (50) vedas (53) hierarchy (46) law (42) power (396) justice (151) order (41)

ईशो दुरत्ययः काल इति सत्यवती श्रुतिः।
वृद्धानामपि यद् बुद्धिर् बालवाक्यैर्विभिद्यते॥

Satyavatī rightly said — time is the true lord. Even the wisdom of elders can be pierced by a child’s truthful insight.

time (242) truth (300) destiny (289) wisdom (1611) child (24) speech (345) humility (596) knowledge (279) irony (348) fate (402)

ईश्वरः स जगत्पूज्यः स वाग्मी चतुराननः।
यस्यास्ति द्रविणं लोके स एव पुरुषोत्तमः॥

The truly honored person is not one with learning or eloquence, but the one who possesses wealth — such is the world's view.

wealth (447) status (41) perception (181) speech (345) intellect (106) irony (348) society (152) value (170) hypocrisy (141) materialism (37)

स एवाहृदयो राहुर् अलसः स शनैश्चरः।
वक्रः कुजन्मा सततं वित्तं यस्य न विद्यते॥

One who lacks wealth is deemed unfortunate like Rahu (obscuring heart), lazy like Saturn, and always crooked like Mars.

astrology (51) poverty (128) metaphor (1632) misfortune (65) planets (9) symbolism (947) rahu (16) saturn (1) mars (3) fate (402)

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।
भ्रामयन् सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया॥

The Lord resides in all beings’ hearts and moves them as if mounted on a machine, through His divine power — a Gita teaching.

bhagavad gita (11) god (31) control (139) destiny (289) divine will (29) free will (10) illusion (355) arjuna (34) teaching (29) soul (76)

ईश्वरगृहमिदमत्र हि विषं
च वृषभश् च भस्म चाद्रियते।
यस् तु न विषं न वृषभो न भस्म तस्यात्र का गणना॥

In Shiva's abode even poison, bulls, and ash are adored — but those lacking these are of no importance there.

shiva (328) symbolism (947) paradox (167) ash (6) poison (101) bull (9) divinity (206) essence (70) irony (348) values (171)

ईश्वरपरिग्रहोचित-
मोहोऽस्यां मधुप किं मुधा पतसि।
कनकाभिधानसारा वीतरसा कितवकलिकेयम्॥

O bee! Why fall for this golden flower (a temptress) which lacks essence and taste? It suits only deluded minds.

illusion (355) attachment (102) bee (69) temptation (79) emptiness (35) desire (898) delusion (175) wisdom (1611) metaphor (1632) caution (269)

ईश्वरमाराधयतो विगलितमानस्य लब्धमैश्वर्यम्।
स्फुटमेव भवति लघिमा गरिमापि कथं न जानीमः॥

When one worships God, ego disappears, and true wealth is attained. Only such humility brings the highest grace.

devotion (933) ego (153) grace (359) humility (596) wealth (447) god (31) worship (89) transformation (252) power (396) surrender (223)