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- Read on →: anyān parivadan sādhur yathā hi paritapyate
anyān parivadan sādhur yathā hi paritapyate |
tathā parivadann anyāṁs tuṣṭo bhavati durjanaḥ ||
(Mahābhārata: 1.69.11; cited in Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 1792)“As a sādhu is certainly pained by speaking ill of others, so the wicked become pleased by speaking ill of others.”
- Read on →: mātā garīyasī loke mātṛto’py adhikaṁ khalaḥ
mātā garīyasī loke mātṛto’py adhikaṁ khalaḥ |
mātā punāti hastābhyāṁ khalās tu jihvayā malam ||
(Unknown source)“In this world, a mother is great, but a scoundrel is even greater [i.e., far inferior (as a pun)] than a mother. A mother wipes up refuse with her hands [when she cleans a child who has soiled itself], but scoundrels wipe it up with their tongue [when they speak of others’ defilements].”
- Read on →: loṣṭham-ardī tṛṇa-cchedī nakha-khādī ca yo naraḥ
loṣṭham-ardī tṛṇa-cchedī nakha-khādī ca yo naraḥ |
sa vināśaṁ vrajaty āśu sūcako’śucir eva ca ||
(Manu Smṛti: 4.71)“A person who is a crusher of clods, a tearer of grass, or a nail-biter soon meets with ruin, as does an informer [i.e., one who recounts the faults of others, esp., with the aim of defamation] and one who is impure.”
- Read on →: Kṛṣṇāśraya-stotram
A hymn professing shelter in Śrī Kṛṣṇa
By Śrīmad Vallabhācārya