IF THE MIND IS CONTENDED WHO IS POOR WHO IS RICH?

Subhashithani : 010

This is a wonderful sloka from Yoga vasishtam where vasishta narrates 
story of Maha bali to Rama.

पूर्णे मनसि संपूर्णं जगत् सर्वं सुधाद्रवै  :  I

उपानद्  गूठपादस्य  ननु  चर्मास्त्रुतैव  भू :  II 

Mind when it feels complete ( poornam ) without craving for anything , it feels the whole world is filled with nectar. Man wearing a footwear feels the whole world is spread with leather carpet for him.

We have from bhagavad gita description of a sthitha pragyaa:

आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं  
समुद्रमाप: प्रविशन्ति यद्वत् |

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे 
स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी ||BG2. 70||

āpūryamāṇam achala-pratiṣhṭhaṁ   samudram āpaḥ praviśhanti yadvat

tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśhanti sarve  sa śhāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī

 Just as the ocean remains undisturbed by the incessant flow of waters from rivers merging into it, likewise the sage who is unmoved despite the flow of desirable objects all around him attains peace, and not the person who strives to satisfy desires.

Also,we have the very popular statement from Amruta-bindu upanisad:

mana eva manushyanam 
  karanam bandha-mokshayoh I

bandhaya visayasango    
   muktyai nirvisayam manah II

“For man, mind is the cause of bondage and mind is the cause of liberation. Mind absorbed in sense objects is the cause of bondage, and mind detached from the sense objects is the cause of liberation.”

In vairagya satakam Bhartruhari asks the question :

मनसि च परितुष्टे कोर्थवान् को दरिद्र: II 53

Manasi parithushte ko arthavan ko dharidra ?:

If the mind be contented, who is rich and who poor ?

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH