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சாணக்ய நீதி - த³ஶமோத்⁴யாய: த⁴னஹீனோ ந ஹீனஶ்ச த⁴னிக: ஸ ஸுனிஶ்சய: । One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich (if he is learned); but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way. த்³ருஷ்டிபூதம் ந்யஸேத்பாத³ம் வஸ்த்ரபூதம் பிபே³ஜ்ஜலம் । We should carefully scrutinise that place upon which we step (having it ascertained to be free from filth and living creatures like insects, etc.); we should drink water which has been filtered (through a clean cloth); we should speak only those words which have the sanction of the satras; and do that act which we have carefully considered. ஸுகா²ர்தீ² சேத்த்யஜேத்³வித்³யாம் வித்³யார்தீ² சேத்த்யஜேத்ஸுக²ம் । He who desires sense gratification must give up all thoughts of acquiring knowledge; and he who seeks knowledge must not hope for sense gratification. How can he who seeks sense gratification acquire knowledge, and he who possesses knowledge enjoy mundane sense pleasure? கவய: கிம் ந பஶ்யந்தி கிம் ந ப⁴க்ஷந்தி வாயஸா: । What is it that escapes the observation of poets? What is that act women are incapable of doing? What will drunken people not prate? What will not a crow eat? ரங்கம் கரோதி ராஜானம் ராஜானம் ரங்கமேவ ச । Fate makes a beggar a king and a king a beggar. He makes a rich man poor and a poor man rich. லுப்³தா⁴னாம் யாசக: ஶத்ருர்மூர்கா²னாம் போ³த⁴கோ ரிபு: । The beggar is a miser's enemy; the wise counsellor is the fool's enemy; her husband is an adulterous wife's enemy; and the moon is the enemy of the thief. யேஷாம் ந வித்³யா ந தபோ ந தா³னம் Those who are destitute of learning, penance, knowledge, good disposition, virtue and benevolence are brutes wandering the earth in the form of men. They are burdensome to the earth. அந்த:ஸாரவிஹீனானாமுபதே³ஶோ ந ஜாயதே । Those that are empty-minded cannot be benefited by instruction. Bamboo does not acquire the quality of sandalwood by being associated with the Malaya Mountain. யஸ்ய நாஸ்தி ஸ்வயம் ப்ரஜ்ஞா ஶாஸ்த்ரம் தஸ்ய கரோதி கிம் । What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man? து³ர்ஜனம் ஸஜ்ஜனம் கர்துமுபாயோ நஹி பூ⁴தலே । Nothing can reform a bad man, just as the posterious cannot become a superior part of the body though washed one hundred times. ஆப்தத்³வேஷாத்³ப⁴வேன்ம்ருத்யு: பரத்³வேஷாத்³த⁴னக்ஷய: । By offending a kinsman, life is lost; by offending others, wealth is lost; by offending the king, everything is lost; and by offending a brahmana one's whole family is ruined. வரம் வனம் வ்யாக்⁴ரகஜ³ேந்த்³ரஸேவிதம் It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty. விப்ரோ வ்ருக்ஷஸ்தஸ்ய மூலம் ச ஸந்த்⁴யா The ப்³ராஹ்மண is like tree; his prayers are the roots, his chanting of the Vedas are the branches, and his religious act are the leaves. Consequently effort should be made to preserve his roots for if the roots are destroyed there can be no branches or leaves. மாதா ச கமலா தே³வீ பிதா தே³வோ ஜனார்த³ன: । My mother is கமலா தே³வீ (லக்ஷ்மீ), my father is Lord ஜனார்த³ன (விஷ்ணு), my kinsmen are the devotees of விஷ்ணு and, my homeland is all the three worlds. ஏகவ்ருக்ஷஸமாரூடா⁴ நானாவர்ணா விஹங்க³மா: । (Through the night) a great many kinds of birds perch(Sit and rest) on a tree but in the morning they fly in all the ten directions. Why should we lament (Expression of sorrow) for that? (Similarly, we should not grieve when we must inevitably part company from our dear ones). பு³த்³தி⁴ர்யஸ்ய ப³லம் தஸ்ய நிர்பு³த்³தே⁴ஶ்ச குதோ ப³லம் । He who possesses intelligence is strong; how can the man that is unintelligent be powerful? The elephant of the forest having lost his senses by intoxication was tricked into a lake by a small rabbit. (this verse refers to a famous story from the niti-sastra called பஞ்சதந்த்ர compiled by the pandit விஷ்ணுஶர்ம). கா சிந்தா மம ஜீவனே யதி³ ஹரிர்விஶ்வம்ப⁴ரோ கீ³யதே Why should I be concerned for my maintenance while absorbed in praising the glories of Lord விஶ்வம்ப⁴ர (விஷ்ணு), the supporter of all. Without the grace of Lord Hari, how could milk flow from a mother's breast for a child's nourishment? Repeatedly thinking only in this way, O Lord of the Yadavas, O husband of லக்ஷ்மீ, all my time is spent in serving Your lotus feet. கீ³ர்வாணவாணீஷு விஶிஷ்டபு³த்³தி⁴- அன்னாத்³த³ஶகு³ணம் பிஷ்டம் பிஷ்டாத்³த³ஶகு³ணம் பய: । Flour has ten times the essence than rice. Milk has ten times the essence than flour. Meat has ten times essence than milk. Ghee has ten times the essence than meat. ஶோகேன ரோகா³ வர்த⁴ந்தே பயஸா வர்த⁴தே தனு: । Sickness increases through worries, body becomes healthier through milk, virility and energy increases through ghee, meat becomes stronger through meat (by consuming meat, meat may become stronger, but the full body becomes healthier only through eating vegetables).
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