“So Utanka always mindful of the injunction of his preceptor took up his abode in the latter’s house. And while Utanka was residing there, the females of his preceptor’s house having assembled addressed him and said, ‘O Utanka, thy mistress is in that season when connubial connection might be fruitful. The preceptor is absent; then stand thou in his place and do the needful.’ And Utanka, thus addressed, said unto those women, ‘It is not proper for me to do this at the bidding of women. I have not been enjoined by my preceptor to do aught that is improper.’Mbh 1.3.25 · Mahabharata · ADI PARVA
Mbh 1.3.25
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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Without knowledge there is no meditation, without meditation there is no knowledge: he who has knowledge and meditation is near unto Nirvana.Dhp 25.372 · Dhammapada · The Bhikshu (Mendicant)
There shall be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good works for what they may have eaten (in the past). So be mindful of your duty (to Allah), and believe, and do good works; and again: be mindful of your duty, and believe; and once again: be mindful of your duty, and do right. Allah loveth the good.Quran 5:93 · Quran · The Food
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.Psalms 5:1 · Bible · Psalms
Now storms the victor at the Trojan wall; Surveys the towers, and meditates their fall. But Jove descending shook the Idaean hills, And down their summits pour’d a hundred rills: The unkindled lightning in his hand he took, And thus the many-coloured maid bespoke:Iliad 11.17 · Iliad · 11
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