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[33] The word “Rśi”, [...] a thousand rupees, will you be contented? No, you will then ask for more. [...] attachment nor aversion for the wine.

[82] The knower of the Soul or the Self-realized [...] she is all-satisfied and fully contented. That is why every ambitious person [...] who has realized his or her Self.

[17] [Those who have many desires are poor. When the mind is contented, who is rich and who is poor?]

[43] Esa devah sarva bhútesu [...] hopes and aspirations. Can He sit contented in a special abode (Vaekunta) [...] was well echoed by a mystic poet:

[95] Human desire knows no end. Millionaires [...] sádhaná lies in being contented with the earnings of normal labour, without any undue pressure on the body and mind. To remain contented, one has to make a special type of mental effort to keep aloof from external allurements.