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- Read on →: na viśvaset kumitre ca mitre cāpi na viśvaset
na viśvaset kumitre ca mitre cāpi na viśvaset |
kadācit kupitaṁ mitraṁ sarvaṁ guhyaṁ prakāśayet ||
(Cāṇakya-nīti-darpaṇa: 2.6)“Do not trust a bad friend, and do not trust even a [good] friend either. When provoked, a friend may reveal all [your] secrets.”
- Read on →: icchec ced vipulāṁ maitrīṁ trīṇi tatra na kārayet
icchec ced vipulāṁ maitrīṁ trīṇi tatra na kārayet |
vāg-vādaṁ artha-sambandhaṁ tat-patnī-paribhāṣaṇam ||
(Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāram)“If you desire a great friendship, then do not engage in these three therein: (1) disputes, (2) financial agreements, or (3) intimate conversation with their spouse.”
- Read on →: api sampūrṇatā-yuktaiḥ kartavyāḥ suhṛdo budhaiḥ
api sampūrṇatā-yuktaiḥ kartavyāḥ suhṛdo budhaiḥ |
nadīśaḥ paripūrṇo’pi candrodayam apekṣate ||
(Unknown Source)“Friends should be made by the wise, even if they are [already] endowed with abundance [alt., fulfillment]. Although completely full, the ocean awaits the rise of the moon.”
- Read on →: maitryā cākhila-jantuṣu
maitryā cākhila-jantuṣu |
samatvena ca sarvātmā bhagavān samprasīdati ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.11.13)“Bhagavān, the Ātmā of all, is very pleased by friendship (between peers) and equality towards all living beings.”
- Read on →: nāsti vedāt paraṁ śāstraṁ nāsti mātuḥ paro guruḥ
nāsti vedāt paraṁ śāstraṁ nāsti mātuḥ paro guruḥ |
nāsti dānāt paraṁ mitram iha loke paratra ca ||
(Unknown Source)“There is no greater śāstra than the Veda, no greater guru than one’s mother, and no greater giving than friendship in this world or the next.”
- Read on →: yayor eva samam vittam yayor eva samam śrutam
yayor eva samam vittam yayor eva samam śrutam |
tayor vivahaḥ sakhyaṁ ca na tu puṣṭa-vipuṣṭayoḥ ||
(Pañcatantra)“Marriage and friendship are for those who are equal in wealth and equal in learning, and not for those between whom one is well-endowed and the other is not.”