Quotes from B.K. Chaturvedi

Devotion in faith, sweetness in voice, alacrity in alms-giving, guilelessness in relation with friends, humility for the Guru, depth in character; piety in behaviour, regard for merit, erudition in scriptural knowledge, beauty in appearance and belief in Lord Shiva (or in the welfare of all) are, O Raghav (Lord Rama), your attributes!

whose mind is not steady doesn't get happiness either amongst the people or in the loneliness of the jungle. When lonely he longs for company and when in company he yearns for loneliness.

One must attempt with feeling of total devotion to get success in any venture.

No penance is greater than the one done for maintaining peace, no happiness is better than the one received from satisfaction, no disease is more damaging than greed and no Dharma is better than the one having compassion for all.

Yaddeechachasi Vasheekartu Jagadeken Karmana. Paraapavaadashaastreebhyo Gaam Charanteem Nivaarya. If you want to overpower the entire world merely by just one action, then put restraint upon your tongue speaking ill of others.

The foolish man who, under the infatuation, believes that a particular beautiful woman has fallen for him verily dances to her tune as though he is her plaything!

one can't escape the consequence of an action do whatever one may.]

the Guru, depth in character; piety in behaviour,

Virtues enhance the beauty of the form; good manners enhance the glory of the family; perfection enhances the value of education and enjoyment enhances the pleasures of wealth.

The one who gives birth to you, the one who gets your Upanayan (Sacred Thread) ceremony performed, the one who gives you education, the one who gives you food and the one who protects you from all sort of dangers – these five persons deserve the status of your father

Away from home, in the foreign strand, one's knowledge is one's best friend, inside home one's wife is one's best friend. For a patient the first friend is efficacious medicine while after death one's Dharma is one's best friend.

It is only the power of discretion to distinguish between good and evil that makes a man out of his beastly inclinations.

Like gold is tested by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating so also a man is tested by his sacrifice, moral conduct, innate qualities and his actions.

The greatmen-scholars pass their mornings in gambling, afternoon with women and nights with thieves. This is how they pass their time.

And we must not have the feeling of arrogance when indulging in the acts of charity, for if one does any good thing for others with the sense of the 'doer-ship' one loses all merit, according to the ancient Indian thought. Chanakya has merely repeated the same thought.]

Dust might cover the gem to render it lustreless but sooner or later it must fetch its intrinsic value. Reality can't be hoodwinked by any trick for long.]

Growth and decay is always in one's own hands. [It is an obvious statement. Nobody can ensure any body's growth if that person is destroying oneself. And if one is determined to grow nobody can cause that person's destruction.]

One should not grieve for the past and worry for the future. The wise care for the present and chart their life's course accordingly.

Anger is death, Lust is (the river of hell) Vaitarani, Knowledge is the cow of plenty and Satisfaction is (the divine orchard) Nandanvan.

Learn from the cock the following four things: getting up at the right time, fighting bitterly, making your brothers flee and usurping their share also!

120. ?????????? ???????? ???????? ?????????? One must publicise only that work which is complete and successful. [Publicizing an incomplete job could tempt the opponents hurdle it mid-way].

sea of knowledge is very vast and life is short–so one should suck out the essence of all learning and cast aside the useless information by clearly sifting them through one's discertion.]

Between the wicked and the snake, the snake is less evil because it stings once while the wicked stings on every step.

The place of poison in a snake is the tooth, in a fly the head, in a scorpion the tail but the wicked has poison in his entire body.