FIVE OCCASIONS WHEN YOU CAN LIE !!

SUBHASHITHAM : 076

आयु: कर्मच वित्तंच विद्या निधनमेवच I

पञ्चैतान्यपि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिन: II

Aayu: karmacha vittamcha vidyaa nidhanamevacha I Panchaitaanyapi srujyante garbhastasyaiva dehina: II

The life span, type of action one has to perform, amount of wealth, the degree of knowledge to be obtained, and the time of death  -- these five are  determined while a man is yet in the womb.

शनैः पन्थाः शनैः कन्था शनैः पर्वतमस्तके ।

शनैर्विद्या शनैर्वित्तं पञ्चैतानि शनैः शनैः ॥

shanaih panthaah shanaih kanthaa shanaih parvatamastake | shanairvidyaa shanairvittam pancaitaani shanaih shanaih ||

These five have to happen slowly and gradually step by step: 1.Long journey by walk (paada yathraa), 2.Fading and wearing out of clothes,  3. Climbing a mountain peak  ,  4. Acquiring knowledge,  5.Earning of wealth.

मूर्खस्य पञ्च चिह्नानि गर्वो दुर्वचनं मुखे ।

हठी चैव विषादी च परोक्तं नैव मन्यते ॥   

Moorkhasya pancha chinhaani Garvo, durvachanam mukhe I hate chaiva vishaadicha paroktam naiva manyateII

A fool has five characteristic qualities; vanity, foul language, anger, stubbornness, lack of respect for others' opinions.

लोकयात्रा भयं लज्जा दाक्षिण्यं त्यागशीलता।

 पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न कुर्यात्तत्र संगतिम् ॥ CHANAKYA NITI

Loka yaatra bhayam lajjaa dakshinyam tyagashilataa I Pancha yatra na vidhynte na kuryaat tatra sangatim II

One should not reside in a place where there is lack of these five:1.Subsistance,2.dread of authority, 3. Sense of shame, 4. Politeness, 5. Charitableness.

धनिकः श्रोत्रियो राजा नदी वैद्यस्तु पंचमः ।

पंच यत्र न विद्यन्ते तत्र वासं न कारयेत् ॥

dhanikaḥ shrotriyo rājā nadī vaidyastu pañchamaḥ । pañcha yatra na vidyante tatra vāsaṃ na kārayet ॥

Rich man, wise man, ruler, river, and fifth, doctor. Where these five are not, don't make residence there.

न नर्मयुक्तं वचनं हिनस्ति   न स्त्रीषु राजन्न विवाहकाले ।

प्राणात्यये सर्वधनापहारे      पञ्चानृतान्याहुरपातकानि ॥

na narmayuktam vacanam hinasti    na striishu raajan na vivaahakaale |

praanaatyaye sarvadhanaapahaare    pancaanrtaanyaahurapaatakaani ||

One does not incur sin by telling lies in these five circumstances: 1.While making fun, 2. Talking to one’s own wife, 3. For saving a marriage, 4. When one’s life is at stake, 5. When one’s whole property is about to be confiscated.

பொய்மையும் வாய்மை யிடத்த புரைதீர்ந்த

நன்மை பயக்கும் எனின். KURAL : 292

Falsehood may take the place of truthful word,

If blessing, free from fault, it can afford.

Even falsehood has the nature of truth, if it confer a benefit that is free from fault.

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