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manojavaM mArutatulyavegaM
jitendriyaM buddhimatAM variShTham.h .
vAtAtmajaM vAnarayUthamukhyaM
shrIrAmadUtaM shirasA namAmi .. ## var ## sharaNaM prapadye
##I prostrate to the lord Hanuman the son of wind God,
who is swift like the mind and wind, mastered the senses, intellect,
foremost among the vAnarAs or monkeys and the devotee of Lord Rama.##
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shraddhAvA.Nllabhate GYAnaM tatparaH sa.nyatendriyaH .
GYAnaM labdhvA parAM shAntimachireNAdhigachChati ..
##He who has mastered his senses, is exclusively devoted to his
practice and is full of faith, attains Knowledge; having had the
revelation of Truth, he immediately attains supreme peace (in the
form of God-Realization)##
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satyaM brUyAtpriyaM brUyAnna brUyAt satyamapriyam .
priya.n cha nAnR^itaM brUyAdeSha dharmassanAtanaH ..
##Speak the truth and speak to please; speak not the truth to
displease; speak not untruth to please; this is eternal virtue.##
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shuklAmbaradharaM viShNuM shashivarNaM chaturbhujam .
prasannavadanaM dhyAyet.h sarva vighnopashAntaye ..
##I meditate on the glorious lord (Vinayaka) clad in sparkling white
robes, omnipresent, bright white in hue, endowed with four arms
and a benign smiling face to ward off all kinds of impediments.##
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dhUmenAvR^iyate vahniryathAdarsho malena cha .
yatholbenAvR^ito garbhastathA tenedamAvR^itam.h ..
##As a flame is covered by smoke, mirror by dirt and embryo by the
amnion, so is knowledge covered by desire.##
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utsAhaH sAhasaM dhairyaM buddhiH shaktiH parAkramaH .
ShaDete yatra tiShThanti tatra devo.api tiShThati ..
##Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valor.
Where these six are, there is god.##
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AdityAya cha somAya ma~NgalAya budhAya cha .
guru shukra shanibhyashcha rAhave ketave namaH ..
##Salutations to the great Lords (Navagrahas or the nine planets).
The nine planets, which are worshipped by the mankind are Aditya
(Sun), Soma (Moon), Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter),
Shukra (Venus), Shani (Saturn), Rahu and Ketu.##
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karmaNyevAdhikAraste mA phaleShu kadAchana .
mA karmaphala heturbhUrmA te sa~NgostvakarmaNi ..
##Your right is to work only, but never to the fruit thereof.
Be not instrumental in making your actions bear fruit, nor
let your attachment be to inaction.##
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pustakeShu cha yA vidyA parahaste cha yaddhanam.h .
samaye tu pariprApte na sA vidyA na taddhanam.h ..
##Knowledge which is in the form of a book is not knowledge.
Money in the hands of another is not money. The reason is both
the knowledge in the book and the money with somebody else are of
no use in time of your need.##
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vasudevasutaM devaM ka.nsachANUramardanam.h .
devakIparamAnandaM kR^iShNaM vande jagadgurum.h ..
##I salute the great Lord Krishna, the preceptor of the worlds,
the beloved son of Devaki and Vasudeva and the suppressor of
Kamsa and ChAnoora.##
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kR^iShito nAsti durbhikShaM japato nAsti pAtakam.h .
maunena kalaho nAsti nAsti jAgarato bhayam.h ..
##Cultivation eliminates famine. Sins by reciting the name of God.
Quarrels are eliminated by maintaining silence and fear by taking
proper precautionary measures.##
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prastAvasadR^ishaM vAkyaM svabhAvasadR^ishI.n kriyAm.h .
AtmashaktisamaM kopaM yo jAnAti sa paNDitaH ..
##A person is said to be a Scholar, who Speaks accordingly, works
to the interest of others and knows one's limitations in anger.##
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vedamUlamidaM GYAnaM bhAryAmUlamidaM gR^iham.h .
kR^iShimUlamidaM dhAnyaM dhanamUlamidaM jagat.h ..
##Veda is the root of knowledge; wife is the root of family;
agriculture is the root of grain; wealth is the root of this world.##
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vR^ishchikasya viShaM pucChaM makShikasya viShaM shiraH .
takShakasya viShaM da.nShTrA sarvA~NgaM durjane viSham.h ..
##The poison of a scorpion is in it's tail; the poison of a fly
is in it's head; the poison of a snake is in it's fangs; the
poison of a wicked person is in his whole body.##
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tyajedekaM kulasyArthe grAmasyArthe kulaM tyajet.h .
grAmaM janapadasyArthe AtmArthe pR^ithivIM tyajet.h ..
##One should abandon a person who brings bad name to the family.
For the sake of a village, a family which brings bad name, can be
abandoned. A village, which causes disrespect to the country,
can be abandoned. One should abandon the place he is living,
if it brings troubles to oneself.##
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a~NkUra kAraNamapi tuShahInashchettaNDulo na rohati hi .
atichaturo.api sahAyAdvinA na karmANi nirvahati loke ..
##The rice grains cannot sprout without the husk covering it.
Similarly, people capable of doing great things cannot perform
without the help of others.##
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sAdhujanayopakR^itiH kalitA bhAti hi shilAlipi samAnA .
jalavilikhita lipi tulyA san.h rachitA sA vishuShka hR^idayAya ..
##The help done to a noble person will be like writing on the rock.
But the help done to a heartless person will be like writing on the
surface of water.##
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viShAdapyamR^itaM grAhyaM bAlAdapi subhAShitam.h .
amitrAdapi sadvR^ittamamedhyAdapi kA~nchanam.h ..
##Nectar should be taken even out of poison, a maxim should be
received even from a child, good nature should be acknowledged
even in an enemy and gold should be taken even out of filth.##
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sharvarirdIpakashchandraH prabhAte dIpako raviH .
trailokyadIpako dharmaH suputraH kuladIpakaH ..
##The moon is the light of the night, the sun is the light of the day,
virtue is the light of the three worlds and a good son is the
light of the family.##
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svagR^ihe pUjyate mUrkhaH svagrAme pUjyate prabhuH .
svadeshe pUjyate rAjA vidvAn.h sarvatra pUjyate ..
##A fool is honored in his own house, a landlord is honored in his
own village, a king is honored in his own country and a scholar is
honored everywhere.##
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chalachchittaM chalo vittaM chalajjIvana yauvanam.h .
chalAchalamidaM sarvaM kIrtiryasya sajIvati ..
##Mind is unstable. It loves to think of a variety of subjects at
a time. Wealth is transitory. It changes hands frequently.
Life is unstable. It goes through the aging process and fades
out finally. Youth is transitory. It ends with the age. However,
name and fame are stable. Only he who has acquired name lives for ever.##
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kokilAnAM svarorUpaM pAtivratyaM tu yoShitAm.h .
vidyA rUpaM virUpAnAM kShamA rUpaM tapasvinAm.h ..
##The voice is the beauty of cuckoos, Character is the beauty of women,
Learning is the beauty of the deformed and patience is the beauty of ascetics.##
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dAtR^itvaM priyavaktR^itvaM dhIratvamuchitaj~natA .
abhyAsena na labhyante chatvArAH sahajAguNAH ..
##Liberality, sweetness of speech, courage and judgement are the
four natural qualities, which can not be attained by practice.
They come naturally.##
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udyoginaM puruShasi.nhamupaiti lakShmIH
daivena deyamiti kApuruShA vadanti .
daivaM nihatya kuru pauruShamAtmashaktyA
yatnekR^ite yadi na sidhyati ko.atra doShaH ..
##Fortune favors the persevering and stouthearted man. Most of
the dejected blame the destiny and say 'Destiny must give us'.
Exercise all your powers regardless of destiny. If your hard
work fails there will be nothing to blame.##
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uttamA mAnamicChanti dhanamAnau hi madhyamAH .
adhamA dhanamicChanti mAno hi mahatAM dhanam.h ..
##Men can be classified into three categories. Uttama or the best,
Madhyama or the mediocre and Adhama or the least. Best of the men
seek honor. Mediocre seek wealth and honor. Those in bottom seek
wealth. Honor is wealth to great men.##
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annadAnAtparaM dAnaM na bhUtaM na bhaviShyati .
annena dhAryate sarvaM jagadetachcharAcharam.h ..
##Donating food is a great deed and there can be nothing equivalent to
this-neither in the past nor future. This whole world of animate and
inanimate depend on food##
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khalAnAM durjanAnAM cha dvividhaiva pratikriyA .
upAyAnmukhabha~Ngo vA dUrato vA visarjanam.h ..
##There are two methods to handle wicked and evil. One is to
disgrace them by a strategy or to leave them at a distance.##
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yasya nAsti svayaM praj~nA shAstraM tasya karoti kim.h .
lochanAbhyAM vihInasya darpaNaH kiM kariShyati ..
##(this shloka poses two questions, for which answers are obvious
and the questions are as follows:)
What will the shAstra do for him who has no sense of his own?
What will a mirror do for him who has lost his eyes?##
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parokShe kArya hantAraM pratyakShe priyavAdinam.h .
varjayettAdR^ishaM mitraM viShakumbhaM payomukham.h ..
##A person, though a friend, who causes damage to the business from
behind but speaks sweet words on the face should be shunned.  That
person is compared to a vessel of poison covered with milk on the
top.##
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rAmo rAjamaNiH sadA vijayate rAmaM rameshaM bhaje
rAmeNAbhihatA nishAcharachamUH rAmAya tasmai namaH .
rAmAnnAsti parAyaNaM parataraM rAmasya dAsosmyahaM
rAme chittalayassadA bhavatu me bho rAma mAmuddhara ..
##Lord Sri Rama, the jewel among kings, always emerges victorious.
I contemplate on Rama, the lord of RamA (LakShmi-Sita Devi).
Rama destroyed the mighty armies of the demons. I salute him
i.e. Lord Rama. There is no greater refuge than lord Rama.
Indeed I am a humble servant of Rama. Let my mind ever meditate
on Rama. O lord Rama! Kindly grant me salvation.##
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daive tIrthe dvije mantre daivaj~ne bhiShaje gurau .
yAdR^ishI bhAvanA yasya siddhirbhavati tAdR^ishI ..
##In God, in pilgrimage, in a Brahmin, in mantra, in an astrologer,
in a doctor (medicine) and in a Guru, as is the perception, so
is the fulfilment.##
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jADhyaM dhiyo harati si~nchati vAchi satyaM
mAnonnatiM dishati pApamapAkaroti .
chittaH prasAdayati dikShu tanoti kIrtiM
satsa~NgatiH kathaya kiM na karoti pu.nsAm.h ..
##What does not good association do for men? It removes the dulness
of their intellects, it sprinkles truth in their speech, it brings
the highest honors for them, expels sin from them, it purifies
their minds and spreads their fame in all the directions.##
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naramR^igapatiH varShmAlokanabhrAnta nArI
naradanuja suparva vrAta pAtAlalokaH .
karaja kulisha pAli bhinna daityendra vakShAH
suraripu balahantA shrIdharostu shriye vaH ..
##May Lord Vishnu (the bearer of LakShmi), the destroyer of the armies
of the demons, be the bestower of prosperity on us. The Lord,
at the sight of whose man-lion (Narasimha) form multitudes of men,
women, gods, demons and the denizens of the netherworld were
frightened, and who tore as under the chest of the king of
demons Hiranyakasipa with the thunder-bolt like sharp nails.##
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pa~NkairvinA saro bhAti sadaH khalajanairvinA .
kaTuvarNarvinA kAvyaM mAnasaM viShayairvinA ..
##A lake without mire (mud), a meeting without fools and wicked
persons, a kAvya (an epic) without harsh words and the mind
without wordly pleasures shine well in the world.##
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ambhasA bhidyate setuH tathA mantro.apyarakShitaH .
paishunyAdbhidyate snehaH vAchA bhidyeta kAtaraH ..
##A bridge or a barrage will be damaged by rapid flow of water.
A mantra (a mystic word) will be spoiled without practice.
The friendship will be lost with vicious nature or tale-bearing
nature and a
timid person will be conquered even by a word.##
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yA devi sarvabhUteShu buddhirUpeNa sa.nsthitA .
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namonamaH ..
##I offer repeated salutations to that devi (Durga) who resides in
all the living beings in the form of the intellect.##
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AkAraiH i~NgitaiH gatyA cheShTayA bhAShaNena cha .
netra vaktra vikAraishcha lakShyate.antargataM manaH ..
##The inherent nature of a person is revealed by his appearance,
gestures, behaviour, actions, the way he talks, by the contractions
of the face and by the movements of the eyes.##
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upadeshohi mUrkhANAM prakopAya na shAntaye .
payaH pAnaM bhuja.ngAnAM kevalaM viShavardhanam.h ..
##Milk consumed by snakes increases their poison. Similarly advice
given to fools make them even more furious instead of pacifying them.##
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vakratuNDa mahAkAya sUryakoTi samaprabha .
nirvighnaM kuru me deva sarvakAryeShu sarvadA ..
##O Lord, the one with a looped trunk, a body of gigantic proportion
and as resplendent as the combined lusture of a crore suns, kindly
do make all my enterprises free from any obstacles always.##
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AlasyaM madamohau cha chApalaM gUShTireva cha
stabdhatA chAbhimAnitvaM tathA.atyAgitvameva cha .
ete vai sapta doShAH syuH sadA vidyArthinAM matAH ..
##Laziness, pride, ignorance, fickle mindedness, talking to each other
(gossiping), idleness, possessive altitude are the seven drawbacks
found in
students.##
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bhR^ityairvinA svayaM rAjA lokAnugrahakAryapi .
mayUkhairiva dIptA.nshuH tejasyapi na shobhate ..
##A king (leader), though he looks after the welfare of the people,
does not
shine without the help of his subordinates. Though the sun is
radiant, it does
not shine without its rays.##
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durjanaH priyavAdi cha naitadvishvAsakAraNam.h .
madhu tiShThati jihvAgre hR^idi hAlAhalaM viSham.h ..
##A wicked person who speaks sweet is not trustworthy. On the tip of
his tongue
there is honey but dreadful poison in his heart.##
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buddhiryasya balaM tasya nirbuddhestu kuto balam.h .
pashya si.nho madonmattaH shashakena nipAtitaH ..
##A person who has wisdom, has strength.
How can there be strength to a person who has no wisdom?
Even a story says that a strong lion was drowned by a hare.##
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samudramanthane lebhe harirlakShmIM haro viSham.h .
bhAgyaM phalati sarvatra na vidyA na cha pauruSham.h ..
##At the churning of the ocean, Hari (Lord Vishnu)obtained LakShmi
and Hara
(Lord Shiva)obtained poison.
Hence fortune is fruitful everywhere, neither learning nor human
efforts.##
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sarasvati mahAbhAge vidye kamalalochane .
vidyArUpe vishAlAkShi vidyAM dehi namo.astute ..
##O most auspicious Goddess of knowledge!
The one with beautiful and big eyes that resemble the lotus petals,
O bestower
of wisdom, mother Saraswathi, kindly bless me with knowledge.
I salute you.##
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yo na vetti guNAn.h yasya na taM seveta paNDitaH .
na hi tasmAtphalaM ki~nchitsukR^iShTAdUsharAdiva ..
##A scholar should not serve a person who does not recognise his
virtues,
ploughing a barren land is futile.##
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svabhAvo nopadeshena shakyate kartumanyathA .
sutaptamapi pAnIyaM punargacChati shItatAm.h ..
##It is not possible to change the nature of a person by a good
advice, though
water is boiled, it invariably cools down.##
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saguNo nirguNo vApi sahAyo balavattaraH .
tuSheNApi paribhraShTaH taNDulo nA~NkurAyate ..
##One may have talent or not, a companion is an additional strength.
Rice deprived of husk will not sprout.##
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rAmAya rAmabhadrAya rAmachandrAya vedhase .
raghunAthAya nAthAya sItAyAH pataye namaH ..
##I salute the lord of Seeta Devi, known as RAma, RAmabhadra,
RAmachandra,
the one who is in the form of the creator, lord RaghunAtha.##
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dakShiNe lakShmaNo yasya vAme cha janakAtmajA .
purato mArutiryasya taM vande raghunandanam.h ..
##I salute the descendent of raghu i.e. Lord Rama, whose right and
left flanks
are adorned by sri LakShmana and Seeta devi respectively and Hanuman
sit in
front.##
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prANaM chApi parityajya mAnamevAbhi rakShatu .
anityo bhavati prANo mAnamAchandratArakam.h ..
##Even at the cost of one's life one should preserve his honour, as
life is temporary and honour is ever lasting as the moon and stars.##
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parivartini sa.nsAre mR^itaH ko vA na jAyate .
saH jAtaH yena jAtena yAti va.nshaH samunnatim.h ..
##In this ever changing world who is not born or dead?
He alone is born by whose birth the family attains eminence.##
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a~njanAnandanaM vIraM jAnakI shokanAshanam.h .
kapIshamakShahantAraM vande la~NkA bhaya~Nkaram.h ..
##I seek the refuge of the lord of monkies(Hanuman) who is the son
of mAta anjana, valorous, the destroyer of seetAdevi's afflictions,
the slayer of demons and a terror to Lanka.##
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vidyA nAma narasya rUpamadhikaM pracChannaguptaM dhanaM
vidyA bhogakarI yashassukhakarI vidyA gurUNAM guruH .
vidyA bandhujano videsha gamane vidyA parA devatA
vidyA rAjasu pUjyate na hi dhanaM vidyAvihInaH pashuH ..
##Knowledge enhances the beauty of a person.
It is a well-protected hidden treasure, which brings prosperity,
fame and happiness.  Knowledge is the preceptor of preceptors.
Knowledge substitutes a friend in foreign travels.
It is the supreme god. Only knowledge but not wealth, is respected
by the rulers.  A person devoid of knowledge is a beast.##
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santaptAyasi sa.nsthitasya payaso nAmA.api na shrUyate
muktA kAratayA tadeva nalinIpatra sthitaM dR^ishyate .
antaH sAgara shukti madhya patitaM tanmauktikaM jAyate
prAyeNAdhama madhyamottama juShAM eva.nvidhA vR^ittayaH ..
##When a drop of water falls on heated iron, it disappears
immediately, whereas
if it happens to fall upon a lotus leaf, it appears like a pearl and
the same
thing turns into a pearl if it chances to drop into the mouth of an
oyster
during the swathi constellation.
Thus the company (bad, mediocre or good) in which a person moves and
lives
determine his future.##
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aj~naH sukhamArAdhyaH sukhataramArAdhyate visheShaj~naH .
j~nAnalava durvidagdhaM brahmA.api naraM na ra~njayati ..
##To convince an ignorant person is easy. It is even easier to
convince a
learned person.
But even Lord Brahma cannot explain and convince a person who has
limited knowledge but thinks high of himself.##
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daurmantryAnnR^ipatiH vinashyati yatiH sa.ngAtsutaH lAlanAt.h
vipro.anadhyayanAtkulaM kutanayAchChIlaM khalopAsanAt.h .
hrIH madyAdanavekShaNAdapi kR^iShiH snehaH pravAsa AshrayAt.h
maitrI chApraNayAtsamR^iddhiranayAttyAgAtpramAdAddhanam.h ..
##A king is ruined because of bad counsel; an ascetic- by
attachment(to worldly
pleasures); a son -by pampering; a brahmin- by not reciting the holy
scriptures; the family-by a wicked son; modesty- by wine; character-
by association with the wicked; agriculture- by not taking proper care;
affection- due to separation(on account of being apart from each
other); friendship- due to lack of affection; prosperity- due to unlawful
methods and wealth -due to indiscretion in charity and carelessness.##
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kare shlAghyastyAgaH shirasi gurupAda praNayitA
mukhe satyA vANi vijayi bhujayoH vIryamatulam.h .
hR^idi svachCha vR^itti shrutamadhigataM cha shravaNayoH .
vinA.apyaishvaryeNa prakR^iti mahatAM maNDanamidam.h ..
##Ornaments of great people are entirely different. They are all
natural.
Praise-worthy charity- for the hand; submission at the feet of the
elders- for
the head; truthful speech- for the mouth; matchless ever victorious
strength-
for the arms; purity of thought- for the heart and acquired
knowledge of the
holy scriptures- for the ears. (These are the worthy ornaments of
the great by
nature despite the absence of worldly riches.)##
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divyaM chUta phalaM prApya na garvaM yAti kokilaH .
pItvA kardama pAnIyaM bheko baka bakAyate ..
##The cuckoo has no pride in the possession of a delicious mango
where as a frog
will be croaking by a gulp of muddy water.##
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rAjA pashyati karNAbhyAM dhiyA pashyanti paNDitAH .
pashuH pashyati gandhena bhUte pashyanti barbarAH ..
##The administrator perceives by his ears, the learned by their
intellect; an
animal perceives by scent and fools by the past.##
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manasyekaM vachasyekaM karmaNyekaM mahAtmanAm.h .
manasyanyadvachasyanyatkarmaNyanayaddurAtmanAm.h ..
##At heart, in word, and in deed the good are one; in the wicked,
heart differs
from word and word from deed##
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tR^iShNAM Chindhi bhaja kShamAM jahi madaM pApe ratiM mA kR^itAH
satyaM brUhyanuyAhi sAdhu padavIM sevasva vidvajjanam.h .
mAnyAnmAnaya vidvisho.apyanunaya prakhyApaya prashrayaM
kIrtiM pAlaya duHkhite kuru dayAmetatsatAM cheShTitam ..
##Curbing the desire, practicing patience, giving up pride, not
interested in
committing a sin, speaking the truth, following the footsteps of the
good,
serving the scholars, respecting the honourable, pleasing even
enemies, being
modest, protecting fame and kind towards the distressed.
These are the actions of the good.##
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nindantu nItinipuNAH yadi vA stuvantu
lakShmIH samAvishatu gacChatu vA yatheShTam.h .
adyaiva vA maraNamastu yugAntare vA
nyAyAtpathaH pravichalanti padaM na dhIrAH ..
##Brave people do not deviate from the right path whether they are
praised or insulted by the learned, whether goddess of wealth
comes or leaves according to her wish and whether death may
occur today itself or after a long time.##
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aishvarasya vibhUShaNaM sujanatA shauryasya vAksa.nyamaH
j~nAnasyopashamaH shrutasya vinayo vittasya pAtre vyayaH .
akrodhaH tapasaH kShamA prabhavituH dharmasya nirvyAjatA
sarveShAmapi sarvakAraNamidaM shIlaM paraM bhUShaNam.h ..
##Nobility is the ornament of greatness, restraint over speech -of
courage, calmness -of knowledge, obedience- of learning, wise
spending -of wealth, control of one's anger- of penance,
patience of efficiency, straight forwardness- of dharma.
Good conduct is the base for all the above qualities and is
the greatest ornament of all.##
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paropadeshe pANDityaM sarveShAM sukaraM nR^iNAm.h .
dharme svIyamanuShThAnaM kasyachittu mahAtmanaH ..
##Expertise in giving advise to others is easy to all men but few
are the great men who themselves practice dharma.##
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yatra dharmo hyadharmeNa satyaM yatrAnR^itena cha .
hanyate prekShamANAstu hatAH tatra sabhAsadaH ..
##Where dharma is destroyed by adharma and truth by false, there the
courtiers who witness it become themselves deprived.##
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karotu nAma nItij~no vyavasAyamitastataH .
phalaM punaH tadevAsya yadvidheH manasi sthitam.h ..
##Let a person who is an expert in ethical science certainly attempt
this and that, but the result shall be as fate wills it.##
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mR^itpiNDa eko bahubhANDa rUpaH suvarNamekaM bahu bhUShaNAni .
gokShIramekaM bahu dhenu jAtaM ekaH parAtmA bahu dehavartiH ..
##One lump of clay is moulded into vessels of many forms, gold is
one made into ornaments of many shapes, the milk is one though
yielded by many cows.  Similarly the supreme soul is one
though resides in many bodies.##
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rAjavatpa~ncha varShANi dasha varShANi dAsavat.h .
prApte tu ShoDashe varShe putraM mitravadAcharet.h ..
##A son should be treated, as a prince- for five years, as a slave-
for ten
years and from sixteenth year as a friend.##
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janitA cha upanetA cha yena vidyopadishyati .
annadAtA bhayatrAtA pa~nchAvete pitaraH smR^itAH ..
##He who brought you forth, he who performed sacred thread ceremony,
he who imparted knowledge, the giver of food and he who saved you
from danger - these five are to be remembered as fathers.##
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dAtA daridraH kR^ipaNo dhanADhyaH pApI chirAyuH sukR^itiH gatAyuH .
rAjA kulInaH sukulI cha bhR^ityuH kalau yugi ShaDguNamAshrayanti ..
##In the kali yuga people will suffer these six changes: the liberal
man will be poor; the miser will be rich, the sinner will be
long-lived, the good man will be short lived, the king will be
of low birth and he will be served by a man of high birth.##
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nAsti grAmaH kutaH sImA nAsti vidyA kuto yashaH .
nAsti j~nAnaM kuto muktirbhaktirnAsti kutastu dhIH ..
##If there is no village how can there be a boundary? If there is no
learning how can there be fame? If there is no wisdom how can
there be salvation? And if there is no devotion how can
there be under-standing?##
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atidAnAddhataH karNaH atilobhAtsuyodhanaH .
atikAmAddashagrIva ati sarvatra varjayet.h ..
##Karna was ruined by excessive liberality, Suyodhana by excessive
greed, Dashagriva by excessive lust - So excess is to be
avoided in all the things.##
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dharmaM cha chintayetprAj~naH svAhAraM naiva chintayet.h .
AhAro.api manuShyANAM janmanA saH jAyati ..
##The wise should think of virtue and not of the food. The food is
also created
with the birth of men.##
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durjanaH parihartavyo vidyayAla.nkR^ito.api san.h .
maNinA bhUShitaH sarpaH kimasau na bhaya.nkaraH ..
##Though he be adorned with learning, a bad man is to be avoided.
Is a snake adorned with a gem not to be feared?##
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nArAyaNaM nirAkAraM naravIraM narottamam.h .
nR^isi.nhaM nAganAthaM cha taM vande narakAntakam.h ..
##I salute to the great Lord Narayana who is nirAkAra, valorous,
super-human, nrisimha, who supressed the dreadful snake
kAliya and killed narakAsura.##
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na cha vidyA samo bandhurna cha vyAdhi samau ripuH .
na chApatya samaH sneho na cha daivAtparaM balam.h ..
##There is no relative equal to learning, no enemy is equal to
disease, no affection is equal to that for a child and
there is no power greater than that of god.##
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rUpayauvanasampannA vishuddhakulasambhavAH .
vidyAhInA na shobhante nirgandhA iva ki.nshukAH ..
##Even though one may be beautiful or handsome, young and may be
from a good family, the unlearned cannot shine, like
the kimshukA flowers, which are beautiful but no fragrance.##
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shAntAkAraM bhujagashayanaM padmanAbhaM suresha.m
vishvAdhAraM gaganasadR^ishaM meghavarNaM shubhA.ngam.h .
lakShmIkAntaM kamalanayanaM yogibhirdhyAnagamya.m
vande viShNuM bhavabhayaharaM sarvalokaikanAtham.h ..
##I salute the great lord vishnu - whose appearance is serene, rests
on the snake Adishesha, possesses lotus in the navel, lord of
gods, sustains the universe, infinite as the space, bluish in
appearance, handsome, lord of goddess LakShmi, possesses lotus
like eyes, attainable to the great sages through eternal
knowledge, eliminates the fear of worldly attachments and
the lord of all the worlds.##
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sarpaH krUraH khalaH krUraH sarpAtkrUrataraH khalaH .
mantrauShadhavashaH sarpaH khalaH kena nivAryate ..
##The serpent is cruel, a wicked man is cruel. But a wicked man is
cruel more than a serpent. A serpent can be controlled by
spells and medicines but by what can a wicked man be controlled?##
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vasanta yauvanA vR^ikShAH puruShA dhana yauvanAH .
saubhAgya yauvanA nAryo yuvAno buddhi yauvanAH ..
##The spring is the youth of trees, wealth is the youth of men,
beauty is the youth of women and intelligence is
the youth of the young.##
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mAtR^ivatparadAra.n cha paradravyANi loShTavat .
Atmavatsarva bhUtAni yaH pashyati sa paNDitaH ..
##He, who looks upon other men's wives as his mothers, other men's
money as clods of earth and considers all creatures as
himself, is said to be a scholar.##
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maNirluTati pAdena kAcha shirasi dhAryate .
yathaivAstu tathaivAstu kAchaH kAcho maNirmaNihi ..
##A gem is trodden under foot and a glass is worn on the head. Even
in that state a glass is glass and a gem is a gem.##
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dR^iShTipUtaM nyasetpAdaM vastrapUtaM jalaM pibet.h .
satyapUtaM vadedvAchaM manaH pUtaM samAcharet.h ..
##The foot should be placed on a spot seen to be clean, water should
be drunk after having been strained through a cloth, a word
should be spoken with truth and a work should be done with consideration.##
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na vidyA kAraNaM pu.nsAM bhAgyameva hi kAraNam.h .
pAShANasya kuto vidyA devatvamupatiShThati ..
##The learning of men is not a cause of greatness but the luck. What
learning has a stone? But it obtains divinity.##
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nIchAshrayo na kartavyaH kartavyo mahadAshrayaH .
IshAshrayo mahAnAgaH paprachCha garuDaM sukham ..
##The protection of the mean should not be sought but the protection
of the great should be obtained - the great serpent protected
by Lord shiva enquired about Garuda's health.##
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guNini guNaj~no ramate nAguNa shIlasya paritoShaH  .
alireti vanAtkamalaM na dardurastveka vAso.api ..
##A man of good qualities is pleased with another good man, but not
pleased by the bad man. The bee goes from the forest to the
lotus, but not so the frog, though it lives with lotus (in the same pond.)##
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aTanena mahAraNye supanthAH jAyate shanaiH .
vedAbhyAsAttathA j~nAnaM shanaiH parvatala~Nghanam.h ..
##The right path will gradually be found in a forest by wandering in it.
Similarly wisdom too will be gradually acquired by study of the holy
scriptures, as a mountain is slowly crossed.##
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guNadoShau budhau gR^ihNannindukShvelAviveshvaraH .
shirasA shlAghyate pUrvaM paraM kaNThe niyacChati ..
##A wise man deals with merits and demerits as Lord Shiva dealt with
the moon and the poison. He praises the former with his
head and keeps the latter in his throat.##
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sa bandhuryo hiteShu syAt.h sa pitA yastu poShakaH .
sa sakhA yatra vishvAsaH sA bhAryA yatra nirvR^ittiH ..
##Who befriends, he is a relative; who supports, he is a father; he
is a friend, in whom there is confidence and she is wife,
in whom there is pleasure.##
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paropadeshasamaye sarva eva hi paNDitAH .
svAnuShThAnasya samaye munayo.api na paNDitAH ..
##In teaching others, all are wise; but in their own actions even
munis are not wise.##
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guNirguNa.n vetti na vetti nirguNaH balirbala.n vetti na vetti nirbalaH .
piko vasantasya guNa.n na vAyasaH kari cha si.nhasya bala.n na mUShikaH ..
##The virtuous man appreciates virtue but not the bad man and the
strong man appreciates the strength but not the weak. The
cuckoo feels the influence of the spring but not the crow
and the elephant values the strength of the lion but not the mouse.##
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kShaNa.n vitta.n kShaNa.n chittaM kShaNa.n jIvitamAvayoH .
yamasya karuNA nAsti dharmasya twaritA gatiH ..
##Wealth is unstable, mind is unstable, our life too is not
permanent. As Yama has no pity one should do good works quickly.##
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viprANA.n GYAnato jaiShThya.n kShatriyANA.n tu vIryataH .
vaishyAnA.n dhAnya dhanataH shUdrANAmeva janmataH ..
##Among brahmins, seniority is considered by knowledge, among
kShatriyas - by valour, among vaishyAs - by grain and
money and among sudras - by birth.##
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shashi divAkarayoH grahapIDana.n gaja bhuja~Ngamayorapi bandhanam.h .
matimatA.n cha vilokya daridratA.n vidhiraho balavAniti me matiH ..
##The seizure of the sun and the moon by grahas, the capture of
elephants and snakes and the poverty of the wise - indicates
that the fate is powerful.##
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vANijye vasati lakShmIH tadardha.n kR^iShi karmaNi .
tadardha.n rAjasevAyA.n bhikShAyA.n naiva naiva cha ..
##Fortune as LakShmi dwells in trade, she is half in agriculture,
half in serving the government, and not at all in begging.##
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vipadi dhairya.n tathAbhyudaye kShamA
sadasi vAkpaTutA yudhi vikramaH .
yashasi chAbhiratirvyasana.n shrutau
prakR^iti siddhamida.n hi mahAtmanAm.h ..
##Courage in trouble, forbearance in prosperity, eloquence in the
assembly, valour in battle, eagerness in gaining fame,
attention to the holy scriptures, all these are natural to great ones.##
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labdhavyamartha.n labhate manuShyo devo.api ta.n vArayitu.n na shaktaH .
ato na shochAmi na vismayo me lalATalekhA na punaH prayAti ..
##Man obtains wealth he is to obtain, even god is not able to
prevent it.  Therefore I neither grieve nor surprised as
the writing on the forehead will never fail.##
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rAjA rAShTrakR^ita.n pApa.n rAjapApa.n purohitaH .
bhartA cha strI kR^ita.n pApa.n shishyapApa.n gururvrajet ..
##The king must answer for his country's sin, the priest for the
king's sin, the
husband for his wife's sin and the guru for the disciple's sin.##
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girau kalApi gagane payodhau lakShyAntare.arkashcha jaleShu padmam.h .
indurdvilakShe kumudasya bandhuryoyasya hR^idyo na hi tasya dUraH ..
##The peacock is in the mountain and the clouds in the sky, the sun
is at the distance of a thousand thousand yojanas and the
lotus is in the water, the moon is two hundred thousand
yojanas away from its friend, the lily. what is dear to
one.s heart is not far away.##
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shakyo vArayitu.n jalena hutabhuk.h ChatreNa sUryAtapaH
nAgendro nishitA~NkusheNa samado dantena gaurgardabhaH .
vyAdhiH bheShaja sa~Ngrahaishcha vividhairmantraprayogairviSha.m
sarvasyauShadhamasti shAstra vihita.n mUrkhasya nAstyauShadham.h ..
##It is possible to prevent fire with water, heat of the sun with an
umbrella, a strong elephant with a sharp goad, a bull or ass
with a stick, a disease with medicines, and poison by the
use of various spells. For every thing there is a remedy
provided in the scriptures but there is no remedy for a fool.##
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na mAtA shapate putra.n na doSha.n labhate mahI .
na hi.nsA.n kurute sAdhuH na devaH sR^iShTinAshakaH ..
##A mother does not curse her son, the earth suffers no harm, a good
man does no violence and god does not destroy his own creation.##
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pibanti nadyaH svayameva nAmbhaH
khAdanti na svAdu phalAni vR^ikShAH .
payodharAH sasyamAdanti naiva
paropakArAya satA.n vibhUtayaH ..
##The rivers do not drink their own water, the trees do not eat
their own sweet
fruits, the clouds do not eat the crops and the riches of the good
are used
for the benefit of others.##
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paro.api hitavAn.h bandhurbandhurapyahitaH paraH .
ahito dehajo vyAdhirhitamAraNyamauShadham.h ..
##A stranger interested in our welfare is a relative and a relative
not interested in our welfare is a stranger. Disease is hurtful,
though born in our body and medicine is beneficial, though
produced in a forest.##
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jayo.astu pANDuputrANA.n yeShA.n pakShe janArdanaH .
yataH kR^iShNastato dharmo yato dharmastato jayaH ..
##Success be to the sons of Pandu (Pandavas), on whose side is
JanArdana. Where Krishna is, there is justice and where
justice is, there is victory.##
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ana.ntapAraM kila shabdashAstraM
svalpaM tathAyurbahavashcha vighnAH .
sAraM tato grAhyamapAsya phalgu
ha.nsairyathA kShIramivAmbumadhyAt.h ..
##Boundless indeed is the science of language, but life is short and
obstacles are numerous. Hence take what is good and leave
what is worthless, as geese/swan take milk from the midst of water.
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Extracted from http://www.acharyaonline.com and reworked for
Devanagari display by Anuradha AnurAdha\_{}rs@yahoo.co.in
Proofread by Anuradha and Sunder Hattangadi.

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