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\engtitle{.. Subhashitam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. subhaaShitam ..}##\endtitles ##
manojavaM maarutatulyavegaM 
jitendriyaM buddhimataaM variShTham.h .
vaataatmajaM vaanarayuuthamukhyaM 
shriiraamaduutaM shirasaa namaami .. ## OR##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 vaanaraas or monkeys and the devotee of Lord Rama.##
shraddhaavaa.Nllabhate GYaanaM tatparaH sa.nyatendriyaH .
GYAnaM labdhvaa paraaM shaantimachireNaadhigachChati ..
##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)##
satyaM brUyaatpriyaM brUyaanna brUyaat satyamapriyam .
priya.n cha naanR^itaM brUyaadeSha dharmassanaatanaH ..
##Speak the truth and speak to please; speak not the truth to
displease; speak not untruth to please; this is eternal virtue.##
shuklaambaradharaM viShNuM shashivarNaM chaturbhujam .
prasannavadanaM dhyaayet.h sarva vighnopashaantaye ..
##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.##
dhuumenaavR^iyate vahniryathaadarsho malena cha .
yatholbenaavR^ito garbhastathaa tenedamaavR^itam.h ..
##As a flame is covered by smoke, mirror by dirt and embryo by the
amnion, so is knowledge covered by desire.##
utsaahaH saahasaM dhairyaM buddhiH shaktiH paraakramaH .
ShaDete yatra tiShThanti tatra devo.api tiShThati ..
##Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valor.
Where these six are, there is god.##
aadityaaya cha somaaya ma~Ngalaaya budhaaya cha .
guru shukra shanibhyashcha raahave ketave namaH ..
##Salutations to the great Lords (Navagrahas or the nine planets).
The nine planets, which are worshipped by the mankind are Aaditya
(Sun), Soma (Moon), Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter),
Shukra (Venus), Shani (Saturn), Rahu and Ketu.##
karmaNyevaadhikaaraste maa phaleShu kadaachana .
maa karmaphala heturbhUrmaa 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.##
pustakeShu cha yaa vidyaa parahaste cha yaddhanam.h .
samaye tu paripraapte na saa vidyaa 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.##
vasudevasutaM devaM ka.nsachaaNuuramardanam.h .
devakiiparamaanandaM 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 Chaanoora.##
kR^iShito naasti durbhikShaM japato naasti paatakam.h .
maunena kalaho naasti naasti jaagarato 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.##
prastaavasadR^ishaM vaakyaM svabhaavasadR^ishii.n kriyaam.h .
aatmashaktisamaM kopaM yo jaanaati 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.##
vedamuulamidaM GYAnaM bhaaryaamuulamidaM gR^iham.h .
kR^iShimuulamidaM dhaanyaM dhanamuulamidaM 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.##
vR^ishchikasya viShaM pucchhaM makShikasya viShaM shiraH .
takShakasya viShaM da.nShTraa sarvaa~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.##
tyajedekaM kulasyaarthe graamasyaarthe kulaM tyajet.h .
graamaM janapadasyaarthe aatmaarthe 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.##
a~Nkuura kaaraNamapi tuShahiinashchettaNDulo na rohati hi .
atichaturo.api sahaayaadvinaa na karmaaNi 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.##
saadhujanayopakR^itiH kalitaa bhaati hi shilaalipi samaanaa .
jalavilikhita lipi tulyaa san.h rachitaa saa vishuShka hR^idayaaya ..
##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.##
viShaadapyamR^itaM graahyaM baalaadapi subhaaShitam.h .
amitraadapi sadvR^ittamamedhyaadapi kaa~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.##
sharvarirdiipakashchandraH prabhaate diipako raviH .
trailokyadiipako dharmaH suputraH kuladiipakaH ..
##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.##
svagR^ihe pUjyate mUrkhaH svagraame pUjyate prabhuH .
svadeshe pUjyate raajaa 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.##
chalachchittaM chalo vittaM chalajjiivana yauvanam.h .
chalaachalamidaM sarvaM kiirtiryasya sajiivati ..
##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.##
kokilaanaaM svaroruupaM paativratyaM tu yoShitaam.h .
vidyaa ruupaM viruupaanaaM kShamaa ruupaM tapasvinaam.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.##
daatR^itvaM priyavaktR^itvaM dhiiratvamuchitaj~nataa .
abhyaasena na labhyante chatvaaraaH sahajaaguNaaH ..
##Liberality, sweetness of speech, courage and judgement are the
four natural qualities, which can not be attained by practice.
They come naturally.##
udyoginaM puruShasi.nhamupaiti lakShmiiH
daivena deyamiti kaapuruShaa vadanti .
daivaM nihatya kuru pauruShamaatmashaktyaa
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.##
uttamaa maanamicchhanti dhanamaanau hi madhyamaaH .
adhamaa dhanamicchhanti maano hi mahataaM 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.##
annadaanaatparaM daanaM na bhuutaM na bhaviShyati .
annena dhaaryate sarvaM jagadetachcharaacharam.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##
khalaanaaM durjanaanaaM cha dvividhaiva pratikriyaa .
upaayaanmukhabha~Ngo vaa duurato vaa 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.##
yasya naasti svayaM praj~naa shaastraM tasya karoti kim.h .
lochanaabhyaaM vihiinasya darpaNaH kiM kariShyati ..
##(this shloka poses two questions, for which answers are obvious
and the questions are as follows:)
What will the shaastra do for him who has no sense of his own?
What will a mirror do for him who has lost his eyes?##
parokShe kaarya hantaaraM pratyakShe priyavaadinam.h .
varjayettaadR^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.##
raamo raajamaNiH sadaa vijayate raamaM rameshaM bhaje
raameNaabhihataa nishaacharachamuuH raamaaya tasmai namaH .
raamaannaasti paraayaNaM parataraM raamasya daasosmyahaM
raame chittalayassadaa bhavatu me bho raama maamuddhara ..
##Lord Sri Rama, the jewel among kings, always emerges victorious.
I contemplate on Rama, the lord of Ramaa (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.##
daive tiirthe dvije mantre daivaj~ne bhiShaje gurau .
yaadR^ishI bhaavanaa yasya siddhirbhavati taadR^ishii ..
##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.##
jaaDhyaM dhiyo harati si~nchati vaachi satyaM
maanonnatiM dishati paapamapaakaroti .
chittaH prasaadayati dikShu tanoti kiirtiM
satsa~NgatiH kathaya kiM na karoti pu.nsaam.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.##
naramR^igapatiH varShmaalokanabhraanta naarI
naradanuja suparva vraata paataalalokaH .
karaja kulisha paali bhinna daityendra vakShaaH
suraripu balahantaa shriidharostu 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.##
pa~Nkairvinaa saro bhaati sadaH khalajanairvinaa .
kaTuvarNarvinaa kaavyaM maanasaM viShayairvinaa ..
##A lake without mire (mud), a meeting without fools and wicked
persons, a kaavya (an epic) without harsh words and the mind
without wordly pleasures shine well in the world.##
ambhasaa bhidyate setuH tathaa mantro.apyarakShitaH .
paishunyaadbhidyate snehaH vaachaa bhidyeta kaataraH ..
##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.##
yaa devi sarvabhuuteShu buddhiruupeNa sa.nsthitaa .
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.##
aakaaraiH i~NgitaiH gatyaa cheShTayaa bhaaShaNena cha .
netra vaktra vikaaraishcha 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.##
upadeshohi muurkhaaNaaM prakopaaya na shaantaye .
payaH paanaM bhuja.ngaanaaM kevalaM viShavardhanam.h ..
##Milk consumed by snakes increases their poison. Similarly advice 
given to fools make them even more furious instead of pacifying them.##
vakratuNDa mahaakaaya suuryakoTi samaprabha .
nirvighnaM kuru me deva sarvakaaryeShu sarvadaa ..
##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.##
aalasyaM madamohau cha chaapalaM guuShTireva cha
stabdhataa chaabhimaanitvaM tathaa.atyaagitvameva cha .
ete vai sapta doShaaH syuH sadaa vidyaarthinaaM mataaH ..
##Laziness, pride, ignorance, fickle mindedness, talking to each other
(gossiping), idleness, possessive altitude are the seven drawbacks
found in
students.##
bhR^ityairvinaa svayaM raajaa lokaanugrahakaaryapi .
mayuukhairiva diiptaa.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.##
durjanaH priyavaadi cha naitadvishvaasakaaraNam.h .
madhu tiShThati jihvaagre hR^idi haalaahalaM 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.##
buddhiryasya balaM tasya nirbuddhestu kuto balam.h .
pashya si.nho madonmattaH shashakena nipaatitaH ..
##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.##
samudramanthane lebhe harirlakShmiiM haro viSham.h .
bhaagyaM phalati sarvatra na vidyaa na cha paurushham.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.##
sarasvati mahaabhaage vidye kamalalochane .
vidyaaruupe vishaalaakShi vidyaaM dehi namostute ..
##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.##
yo na vetti guNaan.h yasya na taM seveta paNDitaH .
na hi tasmaatphalaM ki~nchitsukR^iShTaaduusharaadiva ..
##A scholar should not serve a person who does not recognise his
virtues,
ploughing a barren land is futile.##
svabhaavo nopadeshena shakyate kartumanyathaa .
sutaptamapi paaniiyaM punargacchhati shiitataam.h ..
##It is not possible to change the nature of a person by a good
advice, though
water is boiled, it invariably cools down.##
saguNo nirguNo vaapi sahaayo balavattaraH .
tuSheNaapi paribhraShTaH taNDulo naa~Nkuraayate ..
##One may have talent or not, a companion is an additional strength.
Rice deprived of husk will not sprout.##
raamaaya raamabhadraaya raamachandraaya vedhase .
raghunaathaaya naathaaya siitaayaaH pataye namaH ..
##I salute the lord of Seeta Devi, known as Raama, Raamabhadra,
Raamachandra,
the one who is in the form of the creator, lord Raghunaatha.##
dakShiNe lakShmaNo yasya vaame cha janakaatmajaa .
purato maarutiryasya 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.##
praaNaM chaapi parityajya maanamevaabhi rakShatu .
anityo bhavati praaNo maanamaachandrataarakam.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.##
parivartini sa.nsaare mR^itaH ko vaa na jaayate .
saH jaataH yena jaatena yaati 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.##
a~njanaanandanaM viiraM jaanakI shokanaashanam.h .
kapiishamakShahantaaraM vande la~Nkaa bhaya~Nkaram.h ..
##I seek the refuge of the lord of monkies(Hanuman) who is the son
of maata anjana, valorous, the destroyer of seetaadevi's afflictions, 
the slayer of demons and a terror to Lanka.##
vidyaa naama narasya ruupamadhikaM pracchhannaguptaM dhanaM
vidyaa bhogakarii yashassukhakarii vidyaa guruuNaaM guruH .
vidyaa bandhujano videsha gamane vidyaa paraa devataa
vidyaa raajasu puujyate na hi dhanaM vidyaavihiinaH 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.##
santaptaayasi sa.nsthitasya payaso naamaa.api na shruuyate
muktaa kaaratayaa tadeva naliniipatra sthitaM dR^ishyate .
antaH saagara shukti madhya patitaM tanmauktikaM jaayate
praayeNaadhama madhyamottama juShaaM eva.nvidhaa 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.##
aj~naH sukhamaaraadhyaH sukhataramaaraadhyate visheshhaj~naH .
j~naanalava durvidagdhaM brahmaa.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.##
daurmantryaannR^ipatiH vinashyati yatiH sa.ngaatsutaH laalanaat.h
vipro.anadhyayanaatkulaM kutanayaachchhiilaM khalopaasanaat.h .
hriiH madyaadanavekShaNaadapi kR^iShiH snehaH pravaasa aashrayaat.h
maitrii chaapraNayaatsamR^iddhiranayaattyaagaatpramaadaaddhanam.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.##
kare shlaaghyastyaagaH shirasi gurupaada praNayitaa
mukhe satyaa vaaNi vijayi bhujayoH viiryamatulam.h .
hR^idi svachchha vR^itti shrutamadhigataM cha shravaNayoH .
vinaa.apyaishvaryeNa prakR^iti mahataaM 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.)##
divyaM chuuta phalaM praapya na garvaM yaati kokilaH .
piitvaa kardama paaniiyaM bheko baka bakaayate ..
##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.##
raajaa pashyati karNaabhyaaM dhiyaa pashyanti paNDitaaH .
pashuH pashyati gandhena bhuute pashyanti barbaraaH ..
##The administrator perceives by his ears, the learned by their
intellect; an
animal perceives by scent and fools by the past.##
manasyekaM vachasyekaM karmaNyekaM mahaatmanaam.h .
manasyanyadvachasyanyatkarmaNyanayadduraatmanaam.h ..
##At heart, in word, and in deed the good are one; in the wicked,
heart differs
from word and word from deed##
tR^iShNaaM chhindhi bhaja kShamaaM jahi madaM paape ratiM maa kR^itaaH
satyaM bruuhyanuyaahi saadhu padaviiM sevasva vidvajjanam.h .
maanyaanmaanaya vidvisho.apyanunaya prakhyaapaya prashrayaM
kiirtiM paalaya duHkhite kuru dayaametatsataaM 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.##
nindantu niitinipuNaaH yadi vaa stuvantu
lakShmIH samaavishatu gacchhatu vaa yatheShTam.h .
adyaiva vaa maraNamastu yugaantare vaa
nyaayaatpathaH pravichalanti padaM na dhiiraaH ..
##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.##
aishvarasya vibhuuShaNaM sujanataa shauryasya vaaksa.nyamaH
j~naanasyopashamaH shrutasya vinayo vittasya paatre vyayaH .
akrodhaH tapasaH kShamaa prabhavituH dharmasya nirvyaajataa
sarveShaamapi sarvakaaraNamidaM shiilaM paraM bhuuShaNam.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.##
paropadeshe paaNDityaM sarveShaaM sukaraM nR^iNaam.h .
dharme sviiyamanuShThaanaM kasyachittu mahaatmanaH ..
##Expertise in giving advise to others is easy to all men but few
are the great men who themselves practice dharma.##
yatra dharmo hyadharmeNa satyaM yatraanR^itena cha .
hanyate prekShamaaNaastu hataaH tatra sabhaasadaH ..
##Where dharma is destroyed by adharma and truth by false, there the
courtiers who witness it become themselves deprived.##
karotu naama niitij~no vyavasaayamitastataH .
phalaM punaH tadevaasya 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.##
mR^itpiNDa eko bahubhaaNDa ruupaH suvarNamekaM bahu bhuuShaNaani .
gokShiiramekaM bahu dhenu jaataM ekaH paraatmaa 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.##
raajavatpa~ncha varShaaNi dasha varShaaNi daasavat.h .
praapte tu ShoDashe varShe putraM mitravadaacharet.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.##
janitaa cha upanetaa cha yena vidyopadishyati .
annadaataa bhayatraataa pa~nchaavete pitaraH smR^itaaH ..
##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.##
daataa daridraH kR^ipaNo dhanaaDhyaH paapii chiraayuH sukR^itiH gataayuH .
raajaa kuliinaH sukulii cha bhR^ityuH kalau yugi ShaDguNamaashrayanti ..
##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.##
naasti graamaH kutaH siimaa naasti vidyaa kuto yashaH .
naasti j~naanaM kuto muktirbhaktirnaasti kutastu dhiiH ..
##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?##
atidaanaaddhataH karNaH atilobhaatsuyodhanaH .
atikaamaaddashagriiva 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.##
dharmaM cha chintayetpraaj~naH svaahaaraM naiva chintayet.h .
aahaaro.api manuShyaaNaaM janmanaa saH jaayati ..
##The wise should think of virtue and not of the food. The food is
also created
with the birth of men.##
durjanaH parihartavyo vidyayaala.nkR^ito.api san.h .
maNinaa bhuuShitaH 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?##
naaraayaNaM niraakaaraM naraviiraM narottamam.h .
nR^isi.nhaM naaganaathaM cha taM vande narakaantakam.h ..
##I salute to the great Lord Narayana who is niraakaara, valorous,
super-human, nrisimha, who supressed the dreadful snake 
kaaliya and killed narakaasura.##
na cha vidyaa samo bandhurna cha vyaadhi samau ripuH .
na chaapatya samaH sneho na cha daivaatparaM 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.##
ruupayauvanasampannaa vishuddhakulasambhavaaH .
vidyaahiinaa na shobhante nirgandhaa iva ki.nshukaaH ..
##Even though one may be beautiful or handsome, young and may be
from a good family, the unlearned cannot shine, like 
the kimshukaa flowers, which are beautiful but no fragrance.##
shaantaakaaraM bhujagashayanaM padmanaabhaM suresha.m
vishvaadhaaraM gaganasadR^ishaM meghavarNaM shubhaa.ngam.h .
lakShmiikaantaM kamalanayanaM yogibhirdhyaanagamya.m 
vande viShNuM bhavabhayaharaM sarvalokaikanaatham.h ..
##I salute the great lord vishnu - whose appearance is serene, rests
on the snake aadishesha, 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.##
sarpaH kruuraH khalaH kruuraH sarpaatkruurataraH khalaH .
mantrauShadhavashaH sarpaH khalaH kena nivaaryate ..
##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?##
vasanta yauvanaa vR^ikShaaH purushhaa dhana yauvanaaH .
saubhaagya yauvanaa naaryo yuvaano buddhi yauvanaaH ..
##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.##
maatR^ivatparadaara.n cha paradravyaaNi loShTavat .
aatmavatsarva bhuutaani 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.##
maNirluTati paadena kaacha shirasi dhaaryate .
yathaivaastu tathaivaastu kaachaH kaacho 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.##
dR^iShTipuutaM nyasetpaadaM vastrapuutaM jalaM pibet.h .
satyapuutaM vadedvaachaM manaH puutaM samaacharet.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.##
na vidyaa kaaraNaM pu.nsaaM bhaagyameva hi kaaraNam.h .
paaShaaNasya kuto vidyaa devatvamupatiShThati ..
##The learning of men is not a cause of greatness but the luck. What
learning has a stone? But it obtains divinity.##
niichaashrayo na kartavyaH kartavyo mahadaashrayaH .
iishaashrayo mahaanaagaH paprachchha 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.##
guNini guNaj~no ramate naaguNa shiilasya paritoShaH  .
alireti vanaatkamalaM na dardurastveka vaaso.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.)##
aTanena mahaaraNye supanthaaH jaayate shanaiH .
vedaabhyaasaattathaa j~naanaM 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.##
guNadoShau budhau gR^ihNannindukShvelaaviveshvaraH .
shirasaa shlaaghyate puurvaM paraM kaNThe niyacchhati ..
##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.##
sa bandhuryo hiteShu syaat.h sa pitaa yastu poShakaH .
sa sakhaa yatra vishvaasaH saa bhaaryaa 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.##
paropadeshasamaye sarva eva hi paNDitaaH .
svaanuShThaanasya samaye munayo.api na paNDitaaH ..
##In teaching others, all are wise; but in their own actions even
munis are not wise.##
guNirguNa.n vetti na vetti nirguNaH balirbala.n vetti na vetti nirbalaH .
piko vasantasya guNa.n na vaayasaH kari cha si.nhasya bala.n na muuShikaH ..
##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.##
kShaNa.n vitta.n kShaNa.n chitta.m kShaNa.n jiivitamaavayoH .
yamasya karuNaa naasti dharmasya twaritaa gatiH ..
##Wealth is unstable, mind is unstable, our life too is not
permanent. As Yama has no pity one should do good works quickly.##
vipraaNaa.n GYaanato jaiShThya.n kShatriyaaNaa.n tu viiryataH .
vaishyaanaa.n dhaanya dhanataH shuudraaNaameva janmataH ..
##Among brahmins, seniority is considered by knowledge, among
kshatriyas - by valour, among vaishyaas - by grain and 
money and among sudras - by birth.##
shashi divaakarayoH grahapiiDana.n gaja bhuja~Ngamayorapi bandhanam.h .
matimataa.n cha vilokya daridrataa.n vidhiraho balavaaniti 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.##
vaaNijye vasati lakShmIH tadardha.n kR^iShi karmaNi .
tadardha.n raajasevaayaa.n bhikShaayaa.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.##
vipadi dhairya.n tathaabhyudaye kShamaa 
sadasi vaakpaTutaa yudhi vikramaH .
yashasi chaabhiratirvyasana.n shrutau 
prakR^iti siddhamida.n hi mahaatmanaam.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.##
labdhavyamartha.n labhate manuShyo devo.api ta.n vaarayitu.n na shaktaH .
ato na shochaami na vismayo me lalaaTalekhaa na punaH prayaati ..
##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.##
raajaa raaShTrakR^ita.n paapa.n raajapaapa.n purohitaH .
bhartaa cha strii kR^ita.n paapa.n shishyapaapa.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.##
girau kalaapi gagane payodhau lakShyaantare.arkashcha jaleShu padmam.h .
indurdvilakShe kumudasya bandhuryoyasya hR^idyo na hi tasya duuraH ..
##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.##
shakyo vaarayitu.n jalena hutabhuk.h chhatreNa suuryaatapaH
naagendro nishitaa~NkusheNa samado dantena gaurgardabhaH .
vyaadhiH bheShaja sa~Ngrahaishcha vividhairmantraprayogairviSha.m
sarvasyauShadhamasti shaastra vihita.n muurkhasya naastyauShadham.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.##
na maataa shapate putra.n na doSha.n labhate mahI .
na hi.nsaa.n kurute saadhuH na devaH sR^iShTinaashakaH ..
##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.##
pibanti nadyaH svayameva naambhaH
khaadanti na svaadu phalaani vR^ikShaaH .
payodharaaH sasyamaadanti naiva
paropakaaraaya sataa.n vibhuutayaH ..
##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.##
paro.api hitavaan.h bandhurbandhurapyahitaH paraH .
ahito dehajo vyaadhirhitamaaraNyamaushhadham.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.##
jayo.astu paaNDuputraaNaa.n yeShaa.n pakShe janaardanaH .
yataH kR^iShNastato dharmo yato dharmastato jayaH ..
##Success be to the sons of Pandu (Pandavas), on whose side is
Janaardana. Where Krishna is, there is justice and where 
justice is, there is victory.##
ana.ntapaaraM kila shabdashaastraM
svalpaM tathaayurbahavashcha vighnaaH .
saaraM tato graahyamapaasya phalgu
ha.nsairyathaa kShiiramivaambumadhyaat.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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