नष्टं मृतमतिक्रान्तं नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ।

पण्डितानाञ्च मूर्खाणां विशेषोऽयं यतः स्मृतः ॥ 1071

 

The wise never grieve over what is lost, dead or has passed.

This is deemed an aspect that distinguishes wise from the unwise.

 

मन्दोऽप्यमन्दतामेति संसर्गेण विपश्चितः ।
पङ्कच्छिदः फलस्येव निकषेणाविलं पयः ॥ 1072 

Mando apyamandatameti samsargena vipashchitah ।

Pankachchidah phalsyeva nikashenavilam payah ॥

 

Even a dull person becomes sharp by keeping company with the wise.

Just like turbid water which becomes clear when treated with dust-removing fruit.

 

संहतिः श्रेयसी पुंसां स्वकुलैरल्पकैरपि l

तुषेणाSपि परित्यक्ता न प्ररोहन्ति तण्डुलाः ॥ 1073

 

Samhatih shreyasi pumsam svakulairalpkairapi ।

Tushena api parityakta na prarohanti tandulah ॥

 

 

Subjected to harsh realities of life, a righteous person does not shed intrinsic qualities. Just like rice grains on being pounded shed only their husk.

 

स हि भवति दरिद्रो यस्य तॄष्णा विशाला l
मनसि च परितुष्टे कोर्थवान् को दरिद्रा: ॥ 1074

 

Sa hi bhavati daridro yasya trushna vishala ।
Manasi cha paritushte ko arthavan ko daridrah ॥

 

The person who has great desires is in fact the poor one.

If one’s mind is satisfied, who is rich and who is poor? 

 

वृक्षान् छित्वा पशून्हत्वा कृत्वा रुदिरकर्दमम् ।

यद्येवं गम्यते स्वर्गे नरकः केन गम्यते ॥ 1075

 

Vrukshan chchitva pashunhatva krutva rudikardamam ।

Yadyevam gamyate svargo narakah kena ganyate ॥

 

Tearing down trees, massacring animals, creating a bloody mire,

is how heaven is attained, hell is attained by whom?

 प्रायः सरलचित्तानां जायते विपदागमः ।

ऋजुर्याति यथा छेदं न वक्रः पादपस्तथा ॥ 1061

 

Prayah saralachittanaam jayate vipadagamah ।

Rujuryati yatha chedam na vakrah padapastatha ॥

 

It looks as if only honest and straight forward people are ordained

to suffer. Just like only upright trees are cut, not the crooked ones.

 

अर्थानां अर्जने दुःखं अर्जितानां च रक्षणे ।

आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिक् अर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः ॥ 1062

Arthanam arjane dukham arjitananam cha rakshane ।

Aye dukham vyaye dukham dhik arthah kashtasamshrayah ॥

 

It is painful to earn money and painful to protect money earned. Income is painful, outgo is painful. Fie on money which is the cause of such hardship.

 

न शरन्मेघवत्कार्ये वृथैव घनगर्जितम् ।
परस्यार्थमनर्थं वा प्रकाशयति नो महान् ॥ 1063

 

Na sharanmeghavatkarye vruthaiva ghanagarjitam ।

Parasyarthamanartham va prakashayati no mahan ॥

 

One should not roar in vain like the thundering of autumn clouds (which don't rain).

A great person never proclaims gains or losses of others.

 

अभिवादनशीलस्य नित्यं वृद्धोपसेविनः ।
चत्वारि तस्य वर्धन्ते आयुर्विद्या यशो बलम् ॥ 1064

 

Abhivadanashilasya nityam vruddhopasevinah ।

Chatvari tasya vardhante ayurvidya yasho balam ॥

One who is polite, respects and serves elders will benefit

in four ways. Longevity, knowledge, fame and strength.

 

अकलितनिजपररूप: स्वकमपि दोषं परस्थितं वेत्ति ।

नावास्थितस्तटस्थान् अचलानपि विचलितान् मनुते ॥ 1065

 

Akalitanijapararupa: svakamapi dosham parasthitam vetti ।
Navasthitastatasthan achalanapi vichalitan manute ॥

 

Not judging rightly between himself and others, he sees his own vice in his neighbour’s heart. Though people on the bank are motionless, a man on a boat supposes that they are moving.

 स्वभावसुन्दरं वस्तु न संस्कारमपेक्षते ।

मुक्तारत्नस्य शाणाश्मघर्षणं नोपयुज्यते ॥ 1056

 

Svabhavasundaram vast una samskaramapekshate ।

Muktaratnasya shanashmagharshanam nopayujyate ॥

 

That which is naturally beautiful needs no refinement.

Polishing a glittering jewel does not add any more shine to it.

 

तृणं लघु तृणात्तूलं तूलादपि च याचकः ।
वायुना किं न नीतोऽसौ मामयं प्रार्थयेदिति ॥ 1057

 

Trunam laghu trunattulam tuladapi cha yachakah ।

Vayuna kim n anito asau mamayam prarthayediti ॥

 

Grass is light and cotton is lighter than a blade of grass. A beggar is lighter (inferior) compared to cotton. Why then is he still not carried away by the wind? It is because he is so shameless that he does not hesitate to beg even from the wind.

 

दुःखं दुःखमिति ब्रूयात् मानवो नरकं प्रति ।
दारिद्र्यादधिकं दुःखं न भूतं न भविष्यति ॥ 1058

 

Dukham dukhamiti bruyat manavo narakam prati । 

Daridradryadadhikam dukaham na bhutam na bhavishyati ॥

People say that hell is the place of intense pain. But there is no pain

as intense as that of poverty, neither was there in past, nor will be in future.

 

दिवसेनैव तत् कुर्याद् येन रात्रौ सुखं वसेत् ।
यावज्जीवं च तत्कुर्याद् येन प्रेत्य सुखं वसेत् ॥ 1059

Divasenaiva tat kuryad yena ratrau sukham vaset ।

Yavajjivam cha tatkuryad yena pretya sukahm vaset ॥

 

Do such work through the day, so that you can sleep peacefully at night.

Do such work throughout your life so that you are peacefull even after death.

 

आदित्यस्य गतागतैरहरहः संक्षीयते जीवितं व्यापारैर्बहुकार्यभारगुरुभिः कालो न विज्ञायते ।
दृष्ट्वा जन्मजराविपत्तिमरणं त्रासश्च नोत्पद्यते पीत्वा मोहमयीं प्रमादमदिरामुन्मत्तभूतं जगत् ॥ 1060

Adityasya gatagatairaharahah samkshiyate jivitam vyaparairbahukaryabharagurubhih kalo na vijnayate ।

Drushtva janmajaravipattimaranam trasashcha notpadyate pitva mohamayim pramadamadiramunmattabhutam jagat ॥

 

Life shortens day by day as the sun rises and sets. Subject to the pressure of several mundane activities, one fails to see how time flies. One is not afraid despite beholding birth, misery, old age, and death. In fact, the world is intoxicated by the mysterious wine of delusion.

 वर्धमानो महान् स्नेहः सिंहगोवृषयोर्वने ।

पिशुनेनातिलुब्धेन जम्बुकेन विनाशितः ॥ 1051

Vardhamano mahan snehaḥh simhagovrushayor vane ।
Pishunenatilubdhena jambukena vinashitah ॥

 

The increasing true friendship between the lion and the bull

in the forest was destroyed by a deceitful greedy fox.

 

मुखं पद्मदलाकारं वाचा चन्दनशीतला ।
हृदयं क्रोधसंयुक्तं त्रिविधं धूर्तलक्षणम् ॥ 1052

 

Mukham padmadalakaram vacha chandanashitala ।

Hrudayam krodhasamyuktam trividham dhurtalakshanam ॥

 

Face as beautiful as a lotus petal, words pleasing as fragrance of sandalwood,

heart filled with rage; these are the three characteristic qualities of cunning people.

 

दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतत् दैवानुग्रहहेतुकम् ।
मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥ 1053

Durlabham trayamevaitat daivanugrahahetukam ।

Manushyatvam, mumukshutvam mahapurushasamshrayah ॥

 

These are three things that are difficult to achieve. They depend on blessings of fate. Human life, desire for release from cycle of rebirth and company of great people.

 

कुचैलिनं दन्तमलोपधारिणं बह्वाशिनं निष्ठुरभाषिणं च ।
सूर्योदये चाऽस्तमये च शायिनं विमुञ्चति श्रीरपि चक्रपाणिनम् ॥ 1054

 

Kuchailinam dantamalopadharinam bahvashinam nishturabhashinam ।

Suryodaye cha astamaye cha shayinam vimiunchati shrirapi chakrapaninam ॥

He who wears dirty clothes, doesn't brush his teeth, is a glutton, speaks rudely, sleeps at dawn and dusk is forsaken by the goddess of wealth even if he is Lord Vishnu.

 

पातितोऽपि कराघातैः उत्पतत्येव कन्दुकः ।
प्रायेण साधुवृत्तानाम् अस्थायिन्यो विपत्तयः ॥ 1055

 

Patito api karaghataih utpatatyeva kandukah ।

Prayena sadhuvruttanam asthayinyo vipattayah ॥

 

A ball thrown down by hand keeps raising up.

Misfortunes of the virtuous are rarely permanent.