यदा ते मोहकलिलं बुद्धिर्व्यतितरिष्यति ।

तदा गन्तासि निर्वेदं श्रोतव्यस्य श्रुतस्य च ॥ 766

 

Yada te mohakalilam buddhirvyatirishyati ।

Tada gantasi nirvedam shrotavyaysya shrutasya cha ॥

 

When your intellect crosses over delusion, you become

dispassionate  towards what is heard and what is yet to be heard.

संगमविरहविकल्पे वरमिह विरहो न संगमस् तस्या: ।

संगे सैव तथैका त्रिभुवनमपि तन्मयं विरहे ॥ 767

 

sangamavirahavikalpe varamiha viraho na sangamas tasya: ।
sange saiva tathaikā tribhuvanamapi tanmayam virahe ॥ 

 

It is logic that says more blessings flow when we are apart. For when she is here, she is but one. When she is away, I see her in all the things in the world.

 

आज्ञाभङ्गो  नरेन्द्राणां  वृत्तिच्छेदोऽनुजीविनाम् ।

पृथक् शय्या च नारीणामशस्त्रो वध उच्यते ॥ 768 

  

Ajnabhango narendranam vruttichchedo anujivinam ।

Pruthak shayya cha narinamashastro vadha uchyate ॥

 

For kings, disobedience of orders, for servants, loss of job,

For women, separate sleeping place are like being killed without weapons.

 

यावद्बद्धो मरुद देहे यावच्चित्तं निराकुलम् ।

यावद्दृष्टिर्भ्रुवोर्मध्ये तावत्कालभयं कुतः ॥ 769

 

Yavadbaddho maruda dehe yavachchittam nirakulam ।

Yavaddrushtirbhruvomadhye tavatkalabhayam kutah ॥

 

So long as the breath is restrained in the body, so long as the mind is undisturbed, So long as the gaze is fixed between the eyebrows, where is the fear of death?

 

सर्वथा  प्रातरुत्थाय  पुरुषेण सुचेतसा ।

कुशालाकुशालं स्वस्य चिन्तनीयं विशेषतः ॥ 770

 

Sarvatha prataruththaya purushena suchetasa ।

Kushalakushalam svasya chintaniyam visheshatah ॥

 

A man getting up in the morning should always give a serious

thought to what will be good and what will be bad for him.

 चिन्ता चिता समानाऽस्ति बिन्दुमात्रविशेषतः ।

सजीवं दहते चिन्ता निर्जीवं दहते चिता ॥ 761

 

Chinta chita samana asti bindumatravisheshatah ।

SajIvam dahate chinta nirjivam dahate chita ॥

 

Chinta(worry) and Chita(funeral pyre) are almost equal except  for

the ‘n’ sound. Chinta  makes the living burn and Chita burns the dead.

 

अज्ञं कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति तज्ज्ञं कर्म न लिम्पति ।

लिप्यते रसनैवैका सर्पिषा करवद् यथा ॥ 762

 

ajnaṃ karmani limpanti tajjnaṃ karma na limpati ।
lipyate rasanaivaika sarpisha karavad yatha ॥ 

 

Work hangs heavily on the ignorant, but not so on an expert.

Ghee sticks to the palm but not to the tongue. 

वाच्या वाच्यं प्रकुपितो न विजानाति कर्हिचित् ।

नाकार्यमस्ति क्रुद्धस्य नावाच्यं विद्यते क्वचित् ॥ 763

 

Vaachyaa vaachyam prakupito na vijaanaati karhichit ।

Naakaaryamasti kruddhasya navaachyam vidyate kvachit ॥

 

An angry person by nature does not know what he speaks.

Neither his work is done nor is there any impact of what he says.

 

परोपदोषे  पाण्डित्यं  सर्वेषां  सुकरं  नृणाम्  ।

धर्मे  स्वीयमनुष्ठानं  कस्यचित्सुमहात्मनः ॥ 764

 

Paropadoshe pandityam sarvesham sukaram nrunam ।

Dharma sviyamanushtanam kasyachitsumahatmanah ॥

 

Advising others by showing off knowledge is very easy for people.

Following such advice themselves is done only by great people.

 

आत्मार्थं जीवलोकेस्मिन् को न जीवति मानवः ।

परं परोपकारार्थं यो जीवति स जीवति ॥ 765

 

Atmartham jeevalokesmin ko na jeevati manavah ।

Param paropakarartham yo jeevati sa jeevati ॥

 

In this world, who does not live for himself? But the one who

lives for others is the one who can be called as having lived.

 अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् ।

तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः ॥ 756

Akhanadamandalakaram vyaptam yena  characharam ।

Tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai namah ॥

Salutations to the Guru who revealed to me that truth which

pervades the universe encompassing  the moving and immoveable.

 

ज्ञानाढ्यंमलोकज्ञं  कृपणं धनिनं  दरिद्रमभिजातम् ।

गुणवन्तं  श्रुतहीनं  कस्मात्कृतवान्  कृतान्तस्सः ॥ 757

 

Jnanaddhyamalokajnam krupanam dhaninam daridramabhijatam ।

Gunavantam shrutahinam kasmatkrutavan krutantassah ॥

 

Why did the creator make the learned unworldly, a rich man miserly,

a high born poor and a good man devoid of learning?

 

पात्रे त्यागी गुणे रागी संविभागी च बन्धुषु ।

शस्त्रे बोद्धा रणे योद्धा पुरुषः पञ्चलक्षणः ॥ 758

Patre tyagi gune ragi samvibhavi bandhushu ।

Shastre boddha rane yoddha purushah panchalakshanah ॥

 

Charitable to needy, affectionate towards qualities, sharing with relatives,

Learned in scriptures, warrior in war are five qualities adorning a man.

 

पुरा कविनां गणनप्रसङ्गे  कनिष्ठिकाधिष्ठित कालिदासः ।

अद्यापि तत्तुल्यकवेरभावात् अनामिका सार्थवती बभूव ॥ 759

Pura kavinam gananaprasange kanishtikadhishtita kalidasah ।

Adyapi tattulyakaverabhavat anamika sarthavati babhuva ॥

 

In ancient times, when poets were evaluated, Kalidasa was assigned the little finger. When there was a scarcity of comparable poets, the next finger was named Anamika.

 

यथा  खनन् खनित्रेण नरो वार्यधिगच्छति ।

तथा गुरुगातां विद्यां शुश्रूषुरधिगच्छति ॥ 760

Yatha khanan khanitrena naro varyadhigachchati |

Tatha gurugatam vidyam shushrushuradhigachchati ||

 

Just as a man digging with a spade succeeds in getting water,

a committed student gets the knowledge which lies within his teacher.

 इह लोकोऽपि धनिनां परोऽपि स्वजनायते ।

स्वजनोऽपि दरिद्रणां तत्क्षाणाद्दुर्जनायते ॥ 751 

Iha loko api dhaninam paro api svajanayate ।

Svajano api daridranam tatkshanaddurjanayate ॥

 

In this world, rich men are considered their own even by strangers.

Even if related, poor people are immediately considered unrelated.

 

धनस्य यस्यास्ति  न  राजतो  वा  न  चौरतो  वाऽपि  भयं  कदाचित् ।

विद्याख्यमन्तर्धनमर्जयेत्  दन्यद्धनं  नश्यति  सर्वमेव ॥ 752

Dhanasya  yasyasti  na rajato  va na chorato va api bhayam  kadachit ।

Vidyakhyamantardhanamarjayet  danyaddhanam  nashyati  sarvameva ॥

 

Wealth should be such that there will be no fear of being taken over by the king or a thief. Earn the wealth of inner knowledge, as all other wealth is liable to be lost.

 

श्रेयाम्सि बहु विघ्नानि भवन्ति महतामपि ।

अश्रेयसि प्रवृत्तानां दूरं यान्ति विनायकाः ॥ 753

 

Shreyamsi bahu vighnani bhavanti mahatamapi ।

Ashreyasi pravruttanam duram yanti vinayakah ॥

 

Even for the noble, there are many hurdles to perform laudable deeds.

For those involved in disgraceful deeds, even obstacles stay away.

 

धनिकः श्रोत्रियो राजा नदी वैद्यस्तु पंचम ।

पंच यत्र न विद्यन्ते न तत्र दिवसं वसेत् ॥ 754

Dhanikah shrotriyo raja nadi vaidyastu panchama ।

Pancha yatra na vidyante tatra divasam vaset ॥

 

Where the five, Rich man, Pandit, King, River and Doctor are not

present in a place, do not live there even for a day.

 

ऐश्वर्यस्च विभूषणं सुजनता शौर्यस्च वाक्संयमो ।

ज्ञानस्योपशमः कुलस्य विनयो पात्रे व्ययः ॥ 755 

   

Aishvaryasya vibhushanam sujanata shauryasya vaksamyamo ।

Jnanasyopashamah kulasya vinayo patre vyayah  ॥

 

Compassion is the ornament of the wealthy, clarity in speech, of the brave,

Cool-headed ness, of the learned and courteousness, of the high born.