Monday, 4 November 2019


मण्डूकराविणं सर्पं गोमुखं च मृगादनम् ।

असुहृत्त्वेन मन्येत मनवन्तं च वैरिणाम् ॥ ३८१

Mandukaravinam sarpam gomukham cha mrugadanam
Asuhattvena manyeta manavantam cha vairinam

A serpent giving out sound like a frog, a lion putting on the expression
of a cow and an enemy showing respect, one should take as not friendly

असत्यवचनाद् वैरबिषादाप्रत्ययादयः ।

प्रादुःषन्ति न के दोषाः कुपथ्याद् व्याधयो तथा ॥ ३८२

Asatyavachanad vairavishadapratyayadayah
Pradushanti na ke doshah kupathyad vyadhayo tatha

Which evils, such as, enmity, sorrow, lack of faith, etc. do not arise from telling lies like diseases arising from having unwholesome food?

क्षणे तुष्टः क्षणे रुष्टस्तुष्टो रुष्टः क्षणे क्षणे

अव्यवस्थितचित्तस्य प्रसादोऽपि भयङ्करः॥ ३८३

kshaṇe tushtaḥ kshaṇe rushtastushto rushtaḥ kshaṇe kshaṇe

avyavasthitacittasya prasado api bhayankaraḥ

One who is happy in one moment, angry in the next, every moment happy and angry, such a person is of unsettled temperament and even a favour from such a person is dangerous.

मृतो मृत्युर्जरा जीर्णा विपन्नाः किं विपत्तयः ।

व्याधयो व्याधिताः किं नु दृप्यन्ति यदमी जनाः ॥ ३८४

Mruto mrutyurjara jIrna vipannah kim vipattayah |
Vyadhayo vyadhitah kim nu drupyanti yadami janah ||

Is it because death has died, old age has gone old, calamities have met with calamities, diseases have suffered diseases that people get puffed up with pride?

अधः पश्यति किम्बाले तवकिम्पतितम् भुवि

रे रे मूढ नजानासि गतम् तारुण्यमौक्तिकम् ३८

Adhah pashyati kimbale tavakimpatitam bhuvi
Re re mudha najanasi gatam tarunyamauktikam

Why do you look down, O, girl, what have you dropped on the ground?
You, stupid girl, do not know that the pearl of youth is long gone.

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