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| Ramayana |
| Menial work was done by the shudra caste. They were the servants and slaves. Theirs was to perform the lower functions. It was the duty of their masters to ensure that they did not live in conditions of privations. |
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| Mahabharata |
| Behold the virtuous emerge from their woes as the sun from the clouds. |
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| Upanishads |
| The setting Sun gathers all its energy into itself. So does the Spirit when the body sleeps. |
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| Hinduism |
| Starvation reduces the ability to think. So does gluttony. Eat in moderation. |
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| Universal Prayers - From Vedas |
| Being purified by the holy, all-pervading, eternal presence of the effulgent. Being, man gets rid of evil. May we, too, go beyond the touch of sin, our great enemy, being freed from impurity by that ever-holy Presence that purifies all. |
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| Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram |
| Salutations to Him who is referred to by the word vashat uttered while making oblations in the Vedic sacrifices. |
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| Sri Lalita Sahasranama |
Om visukra - prana - harana - varahi - virya - nanditayai namah.
Salutations to Her who appreciates the prowess displayed by Varahi in the destruction of Visukra. |
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| Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya |
| Lord Siva is like unto a dancing peacock. He is blue-throated even as the peacock. He bears the sky as crest, as the peacock its feathery plume. He has the lord of all serpents as his necklace while the peacock, being the deadly enemy of all serpents, has mastery over them. He is decorated with ornaments, as the peacock is with its ornamental tail. He instructs with the sound Om in blessing those who prostrate, while the peacock utters its cry known as the Keka. He dances in joy, seeing the beautiful young daughter of the mountain (i.e, Parvati, His Consort), while the peacock dances at the sight of the black-coloured clouds coming from the hills (sailasamudhbhavam sysmam ghanarucim). I worship that Siva, the blue-throated one, who thus resembles the peacock and delights to sport in the garden of Vedanta. |
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| Siva Sahasranama Stotram |
The Great Strength.
Om mahabalaya namah. |
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| Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry) |
| Let us prepare for the Hour of God. |
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