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- Read on →: na dharma-śāstraṁ paṭhatīti kāraṇaṁ
na dharma-śāstraṁ paṭhatīti kāraṇaṁ
na cāpi vedādhyayanaṁ durātmanaḥ |
svabhāva evātra tathātiricyate
yathā prakṛtyā madhuraṁ gavāṁ payaḥ ||
(Hitopadeśa: Mitra-lābha, 17)“Neither reciting dharma-śāstras nor studying the Veda are means for [reforming] a wicked person. The svabhāva [i.e., one’s conditioned nature] alone prevails herein, just as cows milk is naturally sweet.”
- Read on →: muhūrtam api jīveta naraḥ śuklena karmaṇā
muhūrtam api jīveta naraḥ śuklena karmaṇā |
na kalpam api kṛṣṇena loka-dvaya-virodhinā ||
(Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍārgāra)“Let a person live for even a moment engaged in virtuous conduct and not for even a kalpa (epoch) in wickedness which is detrimental to both worlds [i.e., one’s present life and one’s afterlife].”
- Read on →: vidyā vivādāya dhanaṁ madāya
vidyā vivādāya dhanaṁ madāya
śaktiḥ pareṣāṁ paripīḍanāya |
khalasya sādhor viparītam etaj
jñānāya dānāya ca rakṣaṇāya ||
(Subhāṣita-saṅgraha)“A wicked person’s knowledge is [only used] for disputation, wealth is [only used] for conceit, and power is [only used] for troubling others. It is the opposite with a virtuous person [sādhu], where these are [used only] for understanding, charity, and protection [of others].”
- Read on →: durjanena samaṁ sakhyaṁ vairaṁ cāpi na kārayet
durjanena samaṁ sakhyaṁ vairaṁ cāpi na kārayet |
uṣṇo dahati cāṅgāraḥ śīto kṛṣṇāyate karam ||
(Hitopadeśa: 3.81)“Make neither friendship nor enmity with a wicked person, who is comparable to a piece of coal, which when hot burns your hand and when cold turns it black.”
- Read on →: manasy anyad vacasy anyat karmaṇy anyad durātmanām
manasy anyad vacasy anyat karmaṇy anyad durātmanām |
manasy ekaṁ vacasy ekaṁ karmaṇy ekaṁ mahātmanām ||
(Hitopadeśa: 1.102)“The wicked think one thing, say something else, and do yet another thing. Great souls think, say, and do one [and the same] thing.”
- Read on →: apriyam uktāḥ purūṣāḥ prayatante dvi-guṇam apriyaṁ vaktum
apriyam uktāḥ purūṣāḥ prayatante dvi-guṇam apriyaṁ vaktum |
tasmād avācyam apriyam apriyam aśrotu-kāmena ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha: 2192)“People to whom something unpleasant is spoken [typically] try hard to speak something twice as unpleasant [in response]. Therefore, the unpleasant should not be spoken by one who does not wish to hear the unpleasant.”