Kisari Mohan Ganguli > Quotes

“Pity is a poison.
-Kunti”
― Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva

“Those who value peace of mind, assign everything to the course of Time as the cause, but practical men soon assuage their grief by revenge.”
― Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Complete Mahabharata

“With age, man's hair grows grey, his teeth become loose; his eyes and ears too become dim in action; but the only thing that does not abate is his desire for enjoyment”
― Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

“Having bowed down to the primordial being Isana, to whom multitudes make offerings, and who is adored by the multitude; who is the true incorruptible one, Brahma, perceptible, imperceptible, eternal; who is both a non-existing and an existing-non-existing being; who is the universe and also distinct from the existing and non-existing universe; who is the creator of high and low; the ancient, exalted, inexhaustible one; who is Vishnu, beneficent and the beneficence itself, worthy of all preference, pure and immaculate; who is Hari, the ruler of the faculties, the guide of all things moveable and immoveable;”
― Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3

“It is exceedingly disagreeable to me to learn that thou didst not, from folly, receive what I imparted.”
― Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

“Some declare that action should be shunned and that salvation is attainable by knowledge. The Brahmanas say that though one may have a knowledge of eatable things, yet his hunger will not be appeased unless he actually eats. Those branches of knowledge that help the doing of work, bear fruit, but not other kinds, for the fruit of work is of ocular demonstration. A thirsty person drinks water, and by that act his thirst is allayed. This result proceeds, no doubt, from work. Therein lies the efficacy of work. If anyone thinks that something else is better than work, I deem, his work and his words are meaningless.”
― Kisari Mohan Ganguli, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7