Samyogo viyogantah, dukhantam sukhamev cha,

Poshanam kshayaparyantam, marnantam ch jivanam.

The attachment lasts till dis-association, dukha (unhappiness) lasts till sukha
(happiness) comes, Nourishment till hunger, and death till life.
Kechid agyanato nashtaha, kechinnshtaha pramadatah,
Kechid gyanavlepen kechinnshtaistu nashitaha.
Some people are lost due to ignorance; some due to carelessness\indiscretion; so
me by pride of knowledge\ smattering of knowledge; some are destroyed by those w
ho are lost themselves.
Gate shoko na kartavyah, bhavishyannev chintayet,
Vartamanen kalen pravrante vichakshnaha.
Grieving is not done over, what is gone by. One should not worry over what would
happen (i.e. future). Intelligent people live in the present.
Yo me garbhgatasyapi vritim kalpitvan prabhuhu,
Sheshavrittividhanay s kim suptothava mriyah.
The God (Ishvara) who took care of my livelihood and well being even when I was
in my mother s womb, would he not take care of my well being for the rest of my li
fe? Is he dead or alive?
Tavajjitendriyo na syad, vijit-anya-indriyah puman,
Yavajjyen rasanam, jitam sarvam jite rase.
A person does not become the master of sense organs, if the organ of taste is no
t under control, even if all other sense-organs are mastered. All are won over,
if tongue is under control.
Pratyakshe guravah stutyaha, parokshe mitra bandhavaha,
Karyassyante das-brityaha, svaputraha na kadachan.
Guru should be praised on the face, friends and relatives behind their back; ser
vants at the end of the job, and one s own sons NEVER!
Avashyambhavibhavanam, pratikaro bhavedyadi,
Tada dukhairn lipyeran, nala-rama-yudhishitiraha.
If at all there was a remedy for what is unavoidable, then Nala, Rama and Yudhis
htira would not have come to suffer.
Nakale mriyate jantuh vidhah sharshataiapi,
Kushagrenapi samssprishtah praptkalo na jivati.
A being does not die even when pierced by hundreds of arrows, if the time has no
t come. However, if his time is up, he dies even by touch of a blade of kusha gr
ass.
Purve vayasi tatkuryadyen vridhah sukhi vaset,
Yavajjevet tatkuryadyen pretty sukham vaset.
One should do that in one s earlier life by means of which one would live happily
in old age. As long as one lives, one should do that by means of which one would
be happy (even) after death.
Yo na nirgaty nisshesham vilokyati medineem,
Anekadbhutvrittanam sa narah koopdadurah.
He, who does not go out in the world full of wonderful happenings is nothing but
a frog in the well.
Baladapi grahitavyam yuktmuktam manishibhihi,
Ravervishaye kim na pradeepasya prakashanam.
The wise should honor the proper words even of a child. Does not a lamp illumina
te a place where the sun cannot reach?
Agyah sukhamaradhya sukhtaramaradhyate visheshagyah,
Gyanlavadurvidagdham brahmapi naram na ranjayati.
It is easy to convince an ignorant person. Earlier still it is to convince a lea
rned man. However, even Lord Brahma cannot entertain a stupid person possessing
little knowledge.
Gunadoshao budho grhinnannindukshvedaviveshvarah,
Shirsa shralaghate purva param kanthe niyachati.
A wise man holding both virtue and the vice (of others) keeps the former on head
and (swallows) the latter in his throat just like Lord Shiva carries the moon (
on the head) and the poison (in his throat)
Vesham na vishvaset pragyo vesho doshay jayate,
Ravano bhikshuroopen jahar janakatmjam.
A wise man should not trust (a person from his) dress. Dress can mislead. Ravana
kidnapped the daughter of Janaka (Sita) in the disguise of a beggar.
Na sarvavitkashchidihasti loke,
natyantmurkho bhuvi chapi kashchit,
Gyanen neechottamamadhymen,
yo yam vijanati sa ten vidvan.
Nobody in this world is omniscient; and nobody in the world also is absolutely s
tupid. Whosoever knows (something) is a learned man on account of the low, mediu
m or high knowledge (he possesses)
Dhanaprayogakaryeshu tatha vidhyagameshu ch,
Ahare ch vyavahare ch tyaktlajjah sada bhavet.
One should give up shame while enjoying wealth and also while gaining knowledge,
while taking food and in business transactions.
Brahma yen kulalvanniyamito brahmandbhandodare,
vishnuryen dashavatargahane kshipto mahasankate,
rudro yen kapalpaniputake bhikshatanam karitah,
suryo brhamayati nityamev gagane tasmai namah karmane.
Salute to karman (action) which yoked Lord Brahman as a pot maker in the vessel
called brahmanda, who threw Lord Vishnu in the hard peril of ten incarnations, w
ho made Lord Shiva go begging alms holding potsherd in his folded hands and beca
use of whom the Sun daily moves in the sky.