Thursday, 23 January 2020


एकः स्वादु न भुञ्जीत एकश्चार्थान्न चिन्तयेत् ।
एको न गच्छेदध्वानं नैकः सुप्तेषु जागृयात् ॥ ४५१

Ekah svadu na bhunjita ekashcharthanna chintayet
Eko na gacchedhvanam naikah supteshu jagruyat

One should not eat a delicacy alone, one should not think of profits alone
One should not travel alone and one should not be awake among sleeping persons.

पुराणमित्येव न साधु सर्वं न चाऽपि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यम्
सन्तः परीक्ष्यान्यतरत् भजन्ते मूढः परप्रत्ययनेयबुद्धिः ॥ ४५
Puraṇamityeva na sadhu sarvaṃ na cha api kavyaṃ navamityavadyam
Santah parīkshyanyatarat bhajante muuḍhah parapratyayaneyabuddhih



Old literature need not be good only because it is old. New ones need not be bad because they are new. Wisemen examine both and decide whether a piece is good or bad. Only a fool will blindly be led by what others say.

अलभ्यं लब्धुकामस्य जनस्य मतिरीदृशी ।
अलभ्येषु मनस्तापः सञ्चितार्थो विनश्यति ॥ ४५३
Alabhyam labdhukamasya janasya matiridrushi
Alabhyeshu manastapah sanchitartho vinashyati

People who aspire to get what is impossible to get have mental torment. When they do not succeed, their mental status will ruin whatever already got.

पुरुषस्येह जातस्य भवन्ति गुरवस्त्रयः  
आचारश्चैव काकुत्स्थ पिता माता च राघव ॥ ४५४

Purushasyeha jatasya bhavanti guravastrayah
Acharashchaiva kakuststha pita mata cha Raghava

O Raghava, scion of Kakutstha, from birth there are three teachers of a man. His Guru, his father and mother.

कुलानां तु शतं हन्यादप्रयच्छन् प्रतिश्रुतम् ।
देवानां च गुरुणां च मातापित्रोस्तथैव च ॥ ४५५

Kulanam tu shatam hanyadaprayachchan pratishrutam
Devanam cha gurunam cha matapitrostathaiva cha

A person, having promised to Gods Teachers and Parents,
does not give will have his hundred generations annihilated

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