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- 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.”
- Read on →: mṛgā mṛgaiḥ saṅgam anuvrajanti
mṛgā mṛgaiḥ saṅgam anuvrajanti
gāvaś ca gobhis turagās turagaiḥ |
mūrkhāś ca mūrkhaiḥ sudhiyaḥ sudhībhiḥ
samāna-śīla-vyasaneṣu sakhyam ||
(Pañcatantra: 1.305)“Deers roam with deers, cows with cows, horses with horses, fools with fools, and the intelligent with the intelligent. Friendship is between individuals of similar disposition and ambition.”
- Read on →: ikṣor agrāt kramaśaḥ parvaṇi parvaṇi yathā rasa-viśeṣaḥ
ikṣor agrāt kramaśaḥ parvaṇi parvaṇi yathā rasa-viśeṣaḥ |
tadvat sajjana-maitrī viparītānāṁ tu viparītā ||
(Pañcatantra: 2.38)“As special taste is gradually produced in segment after segment of sugarcane from the tip onwards, so too it is in friendship with the virtuous [i.e., the sweetness gradually increases as the relationship develops]. It is the opposite [i.e., bitterness gradually arises], however, with the opposite [i.e., the unvirtuous].”