Saturday, 2 March 2019


गर्जसि मेघ न यच्छसि तोयं चातकपक्षी व्याकुलितोऽहम् ।
दैवादिह यदि दक्षिणवातः क्व त्वं क्वाहं क्व च जलपातः ॥ १४६

Garjasi megha na yacchasi toyam chatakapakshi vyakulito aham
Daivadiha yadi dakshinavatah kva tavam kvaham kva cha jalapatah

O cloud, you roar, but do not give water. I, the Chataka bird am thirsty.
If fatefully the southern winds blow here, where shall you be,
where shall I be and where shall it rain?

उद्यन्तु शतमादित्या उद्यन्तु शतमिन्दवः।
न विना विदुषां वाक्यैर्नश्यत्याभ्यन्तरं तमः ॥ १४७

Udyantu shatamaditya udyantu shatamindavah
Na vina vidusham vakyairnashyatyabhyantaram tamah

Let a hundred suns and a hundred moons rise, but the inner darkness cannot be dispelled without the advice of scholars.

यावत् भ्रियेत् जठरं तावत् सत्वं हि देहीनाम् ।
अधिकं योभिमन्येत स स्तेनो दण्डमर्हति ॥ १४८

One should desire as much wealth as is required to maintain one’s body but one who craves for much more is to be considered a thief and deserves to be punished.  

स्वभावं न जहात्येव साधुरापद्गतोऽपि सन् ।
कर्पूरः पावकस्पृष्टः सौरभं लभतेतराम् ॥ १४९

Svabhavam na jahatyeva sadhurapadgato api san
Karpurah pavakasprushtah saurabham labhatetaram

A good person never gives up his nature even when in a disaster. Camphor when it is lit emits more fragrance.

सुभाषितेन गीतेन युवतीनां च लीलाया ।
मनो न भिद्यते यस्य स वै मुक्तोऽथवा पशुः ॥ १५०

Subhashitena geetena yuvatinam cha leelaya
Mano na bhidyate yasya sa vai mukto athava pashuh

A person who is not seduced by the charm of good words, music,
Young women is either a realized soul or a senseless animal.

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