Monday, 7 June 2021

 वनानि दहतो वह्नेः सखा भवति मारुतः ।

स एव दीपनाशाय कृशे कस्यास्ति सौहृदम् ॥ 941

 

Vanani dahato vahneh sakha bhavati marutah ।

Sa eva dipanashaya krusho kasyasti sauhrudam ॥

 

The wind becomes a helper of the fire that burns in the forest.

The same wind blows out a lamp. Where are the friends of the weak?

 

पारभन्तेऽरुपमेवाज्ञाः कामं व्यग्रा भवन्ति च ।

महारम्भाः कृतधियस्तिष्ठन्ति च निराकुलाः ॥ 942

 

Parabhante arupamevajnah kamam vyagra bhavanti cha ।

Maharambhah krutadhiyastishtthanti cha nirakulah ॥

 

Ignorant people start small tasks and are completely absorbed in them.

Determined people who undertake large tasks remain unperturbed.

 

दुर्जनेन समं सख्यं द्वेषं वापि न कारयेत् ।

उष्णो दहति चाङ्गारः शीतः कृष्णायते करम् ॥ 943

 

Durjanena samam sakhyam dvesham vapi na karayet ।

Ushno dahati changarah shitah krushnayate karam ॥

 

Do not make friendship or enmity with the wicked.

Coal when hot burns the hand and when cold blackens it.

 

लक्षणं मनसः ज्ञानस्य अभावः भाव एव वा ।

सति हि आत्म इन्द्रियार्थानां सन्निकर्षेण एव वर्तते ॥ 944

 

Lakshnam manasah jnanasya abhavah bhava eva va ।

Sati hi atma indriyarthanam sannikarshena eva vartate ॥

 

The quality of the mind is such that it produces knowledge or lack of it

in contact with the soul and sensory organs, behaving contrarily.

 

स्वल्पं स्वल्पमपि प्राज्ञैः कर्तव्यं सुकृतार्जनम् ।

पतद्भिर्बिन्दुभिर्जाता महानद्यः समुद्रगाः ॥ 945

 

Svalpam svalpamapi prajnaih kartavyam sukrutarjanam ।

Patadbhirbindubhirjata mahandyah samudragah ॥

 

Wisemen earn merit by actions done bit by bit. From falling

drops of water emerge great rivers that reach the oceans.

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