दर्शनाध्यानसंस्पर्शैर्मत्सी कूर्मी च पक्षिणी ।

शिशुपालयते नित्यं तथा सज्जनसड्गतिः  ॥ १२5१

 

Darshanadhyanasamsparshairmatsi kurmi va pakshini l

Shishupalayate nityam tatha sajjanasangatih ll

 

Just as with keeping an eye, attention and touch, fish, turtle and birds

look after their children, so does the company of good men for people.

 

इह लोके हि धनिनां परोऽपि स्वजनायते।

स्वजनोऽपि दरिद्राणां सर्वदा दुर्जनायते॥ १२5२

 

Iha loke hi dhaninam paro api svajanayate l

Svajano api daridranam sarvada durjanayate ll

 

Only in this world that others consider wealthy people their own

And relatives consider their own people unrelated if they are poor.

 

श्लोकार्धेन प्रवक्ष्यामि यदुक्तं ग्रन्थकोटिभिः ।

परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् ॥ १२53

 

Shlokardhena pravaksyami yaduktam grantgakotibhih l

Paropakarah punyaya papaya parapidanam ll

 

I will declare in half a shloka what is said in a million books.

Help others for gaining merit, torture others for gaining sins.

पित्रुपैत्तामहं राज्यं प्राप्तवान् स्वेन कर्मणा ।

वायुरभ्रमिवासाद्य भ्रंशयत्यनये स्थितः ॥ १२54

 

Pitrupaittamaham rajyam praptavan svena karmana l

Vayurabhramivasadya bhramshayatyanaye sthitah ll

A king taking the path of injustice destroys an inherited

kingdom in the same way strong wind shatters the clouds

 

सुशीलो मातृ पुण्येन पितृ पुण्येन चातुरः ।
औदार्यं वंश पुण्येन आत्मा पुण्येन भाग्यवान् ॥ १२55

 

Sushilo matru punyena pitru punyena chaturah l

Audaryam vamsha punyena atma punyena bhagyavan ll

 

One becomes a cultured person due to his mother’s Punya and clever due to his father’s Punya, generous due to his family’s Punya and prosperous due to his own Punya.

 

यदि सन्ति गुणाः पुंसां विकसन्त्येव ते स्वयम्।

न हि कस्तूरिकामोदः शपथेन विभाव्यते ॥ १२56

 

Yadi santi gunah pumsam vikasantyeva te svayam।

Na hi kasturikamodah shapathena vibhavyate ॥

 

If there are virtuous qualities in people, they blossom on their own.

The fragrance of kasturi is not revealed by swearing.

 

कृते प्रतिकृति कुर्यात् हिंसेन प्रतिहिंसनम् ।

तत्र दोषोन पतति दुष्टे दौष्ट्यं समाचरेत् ॥ १२57

 

Krute pratikruti kuryat himsena pratihimsanam ।

Tatra doshena patati dushte daushtyam samacharet ॥

 

If someone acts against you return by similar action. Torture should be

countered by torture. There will be no blame for punishing the wicked.

 

अलंकरप्रियो विष्णुर् जलधाराप्रियः शिवः ।

नमस्कारप्रियो भानुर् ब्राह्मणो भोजनप्रियः ॥ १२58

 

Alankarapriyo vishnur jaladharapriyah shivah ।

Namaskarapriyo bhanur brahmano bhojanapriyah ॥

 

Vishnu is fond od adornment, Shiva likes to contain water falling,

The Sun likes to be prayed and the Brahman is fond of eating.

 

 

अज्ञ्नो भवति वै बालः पिता भवति मन्त्रदः ।

अज्ञं हि बाल इत्याहुः पितेत्येव तु मन्त्रदम् ॥ १२59

 

Ajno bhavati vai balah pita bhavati mantradah ।

Ajnam hi bala ityahuh pitetyeva tu mantradam ॥

 

An ignorant man is like a child, one who knows the scriptures is like a father.

Treat an ignorant one like a child, a learned one like a father.

 

एकः शत्रुर्न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शत्रुः ।

अज्ञानतुल्यः पुरुषस्य राजन् ॥ १२6०

Ekah shatrurna dvitiyo asti shatruh ।

Ajnanatulyah purushasya rajan ॥

 

A man has just one enemy, there is no other.

It his ignorance, O King.

 लोकयात्रार्थमेवेह धर्मस्य नियमः कृतः ।

उभयत्र सुखोदर्कः इह चैव परत्र च ॥ १२46

 

Lokayatrarthameveha dharmasya niyamah krutah ।

Ubhayatra sukhodarkah iha chaiva paratra cha ॥

 

The rules of dharma are made thus to enable smooth functioning of this world.

But following it will give you lot of happiness not only in this world, but also in afterlife..

 

अव्यापारेषु व्यापारं यो नरःकर्तुमिच्छति ।
स तत्र निधनं याति कीलोत्पाटीव वानरः ॥ १२47

 

Avyapareshu vyaparam yo narah kartumichchhati l

Sa eva nidhanam yati kilotpativa vanarah ll    

 

Anyone who tries to poke into matters which are none of his business, will meet his end,

just like the monkey who tried to remove the wedge in the log it was sitting on.

 

सुपूरा स्यात्कुनदिका सुपूरो मूषिकाञ्जलिः ।
सुसंतुष्टः कापुरुषः स्वल्पकेनापि तुष्यति ॥ १२48

Supura syat kunadika supuro mushikanjalih l
Susantushtah kapurushah svalpakenapi tushyati ll

A tiny stream becomes full with just a little water; the hands of the mouse full with just with tiny bits of food; A man without ambition is satisfied with just a little gain.

 

आयुः कर्म च वित्तञ्च विद्या निधनमेव च ।

पञ्चैते ननु कल्प्यन्ते गर्भगत्वेन देहिनाम् ॥ १२49

 

Ayuh karma cha vittancha vidya nidhanameva cha l

Panchaite nanu kalpyante garbhagatvena dehinam ll

 

Longevity, activity, wealth, education and the day of death are five aspects that are predetermined in the womb itself.

 

यावत्स्वस्थो ह्ययं देहो यावन्मृत्युश्च दूरतः ।
तावदात्महितं कुर्यात् प्राणान्ते किं करिष्यति ॥ १२5०

Yavatsvastho hyayam deho yavatmrutyushcha duratah l

Tavadatmahitam kuryat pranante kim karishyati ll

 

As long as your body is healthy and death is distant,

try to save your soul; when death is imminent what can you do?

 

 तृणानि भूमिरुदकं वाक्चतुर्थी च सूनृता।

एतान्यपि सतां गेहे नोच्छिद्यन्ते कदाचन॥ १२4१

 

Trunani bhumirudakam vakchaturthi cha sunruta l

Etanyapi satam gehe nochchidyante kadachana ll

 

Grass, land, water and the fourth having pleasant and honest speech,

these are never severed off from of righteous persons.

 

सर्वहिंसानिवृत्ता ये नराः सर्वसहाश्च ये ।

सर्वस्याश्रयभताश्च ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः ॥ १२4२

 

Sarvahimsanivrutta ye narah sarvasahashcha ye l

Sarvasyashrayabhatashcha te narah svargagaminah ll

 

Persons who are away from all violence, who can tolerate everything

and who offer shelter to everyone are ones who live in heaven

 

असूयाविष्टे मनसि यदि संपत् प्रवर्तते ।

तुषाग्निं वायुसंयोगम् इव जानीहि सुव्रत ॥ १२43

 

Asuyavishte manasi yadi saṃpat pravartate l
Tushagnim vayusamyogam iva janihi suvrata ll

 

Understand, good man, that when the mind of a person is filled with envy, his prosperity will only increase his intolerance, as fire fallen on chaff is fanned by breeze. 

 

अन्तस्तिमिरनाशाय शाब्दबोधो निरर्थकः ।

न नश्यति तमो नाम कृतया दीपवार्तया ॥ १२44

 

Antastimiranashaya shābdabodho nirarthakaḥ ।

Na nashyati tamo nama krutaya dīpavartaya ॥

 

Knowing just the meanings of words is not helpful in removing inner darkness.

Darkness does not disappear by talking about light.

 

अव्याकरणमधीतं भिन्नद्रोण्या तरङ्गिणीतरणम् ।

भेषजमपथ्यसहितं त्रयमिदमकृतं वरं न कृतम् ॥ १२45

Avyakaranamadhitam bhinnadronya taraṅginītaranam ।
bheshajamapathyasahitam trayamidamakrutam varam na krutam ॥

Three things are better not done rather than done - learning which has no foundation of grammar, the crossing of a river in a boat that leaks and the use of medicines along with unwholesome diet.