🐼 “My real dream wasn’t to be the Dragon Warrior. It was to master the secret ingredient to delicious soup!” – Po, Kung Fu Panda 2

🪷 na bhajanti pare ‘varam atma-tattva-vido janaah yatrasargo ‘sti samsaras tasmin muhyanti ye khalah – Those who understand the supreme reality (Atma-tattva) do not worship inferior deities or engage in activities that perpetuate the cycle of birth and death Those who do so are foolish and bewildered by the illusion of material existence

🪷 Okay, here’s a sloka from the Srimad Bhagavatam in the requested format: यं प्रव्रजन्तमनुपेतमपेतकृत्यं द्वैपायनो विरहकातर आजुहाव । पुत्रेति तन्मयतया तरवोऽभिनेदुस्तं सर्वभूतहृदयं मुनिमानतोऽस्मि ॥ – I bow down to that sage (Suka) who is the heart of all beings, whom Vyasa called out to “O my son!” as he (Suka) was departing renounced from

🪷 Here’s a sloka from the Srimad Bhagavatam: dharmam tu sakshad bhagavat pranitam na vai vidur rsayo napi devah sa vai janati hrdayam na yasyo dharanam astvitaret ko va – True dharma is directly ordained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; neither great sages nor demigods know it properly He alone knows the real purport

🪷 Okay, here’s a sloka from the Bhagavatam with a concise explanation, avoiding periods: त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवदेव – You alone are mother and father you alone are friend and relative you alone are knowledge and wealth you alone are everything to

🪷 आत्मनश्च प्रियं कुर्यात् प्रायश्चित्तं परं स्मृतम् – Remembering and chanting the names of Hari (Krishna) and acting in a way that pleases the self (by aligning with dharma and devotion) is considered the highest form of atonement

🪷 Okay, here’s a Sloka from the Bhagavatam with a concise explanation: dharmam tu sakshad bhagavat pranitam na vai vidur rsayo napi devah kim punar asura manusyah – Dharma is directly enunciated by the Lord Himself Neither the sages nor the demigods know it fully What then to speak of the asuras and human beings?

🪷 aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate iti matva bhajante mam budha bhava-samanvitah – I am the source of everything spiritual and material Everything emanates from Me Knowing this, the wise engage in My devotional service with full conviction

🌊 “If you can keep your nerve and hang on you can win it all back.” – Robert Jordan, from *For Whom the Bell Tolls* by Ernest Hemingway

📖 “Integrity is the value we place on ourselves.” – form *The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People* by Steven Covey