THE WICKED MAN-KHALAH-खलः,दुर्जनः

SUBHASHITHANI:248

भाधितोपि बहु सूक्ति विस्तरै: किं खलो जगति सज्जनो भवेत् I

 स्नापितोपि बहुशो नदीजलैः गर्दभः किमु हयो भवेत् कचित II

Bhaditopi bahu sookti vistaraih kim khalo jagati sajjano bhavet I

Snaapitopi bahusho nadeejalaih gardabhah kimu hayo bhavet kachit II

Wicked men do not change to good men even after a lot of advice with the best of teachings. Washing a donkey many times in the river water, cannot change it to become a horse.

आरम्भरमणीयानि विमर्दे विरसानि च ।
प्रायो वैरावसानानि संगतानि खलैः सह ।।

Aarambha ramaneeyani vimarde virasaani cha I

Praayo vairaavasaanaani samgataani khalaih saha  II

Association with the wicked starts nicely, becomes disagreeable after passage of time, and then in a flash becomes enmity.

यथा  परोपकारेषु  नित्यं  जागर्ति  सज्जनः  I

तथा  पर  अपकारेषु  जागर्ति सततं  खलः  II

Yatha paropakaareshu nityam jaagarti sajjanah

Tatha para apakaareshu jaagarti satatam khalah

Just as the virtuous are vigilant about helping others, the wicked are keen on

 creating harm to others.

अहो सुसदृशी वृत्तिर्मर्दलस्य खलस्य च ।

यावन्मुखगतं पिण्डं तावन्मधुरभाषणम् ॥ 

Aho susadrushi vruttirmardalasya khalasya cha ।

Yavanmaukhagatam pindam tavanmadhurabhashanam ॥

Strange it is that the nature of Mrudangam is similar to that of a wicked man.

 As long as the mouth is covered with paste so long will sweet sound emerge.

आखुभ्यः किं खलैर्ज्ञातं खलेभ्यश्च किमाखुभिः ।

अन्यत्परगृहत्खातात्कर्म येषां न विद्यते ॥ 

Akhubhyah kim khalairjnatam khalebhyashcha kimakhubhih ।

Anyatparagrutkhatatkarma yesham na vidyate ॥

What can rats learn from thieves or thieves from rats when

the work of both is digging into others’ houses?

अपूर्वः  कोपि  कोपाग्निः  खलस्य  सज्जनस्य  च  I

एकस्य  शाम्यति  स्नेहात्  वर्धते  अन्यस्य  वारितः  II

Apoorvah kopi kopaagnih khalasya sajjanasya cha

Ekasya shamyati snehaat vardhate anyasya vaaritah

The ‘fire of anger’ of virtuous and wicked are very strange in deed. In the good it gets extinguished easily when pacified, while it aggravates more in the case of the wicked.

अपि विभव विहीनः प्रच्युतो वा स्वदेशान्

न  हि खलजन सेवां  प्रार्तयत् उन्नतात्मा I

तनु  तृणमुपभुङ्ग्ते  न  क्षुधार्तोपि  सिंहः

पिबति  रुधिरं  उष्णं  प्रायशः  कुञ्जराणां II

Api  vibhava viheenah prachyuto vaa svadeshaan

Na hi khala jana sevaam praatayat unnataatmaa

Tanu truna mupa bhungte na kshudhaartopi simhah

Pibati rudhiram ushnam prayashah kunnjarrraaaanaam

Great men never subordinate themselves to the wicked even when they have lost all their wealth or banished from their own country. The lion even if it is hungry, will not eat grass, and will like to have the blood of an elephant only.

धन्या बधिरा अन्धाः स एव जीवन्ति मानुषे लोके ।

न शृण्वन्ति पिशुनजनं खलानाम् ऋद्धिं न प्रेक्षन्ते ॥

dhanyā badhirā andhāḥ sa eva jīvanti mānuṣe loke ।
na śṛṇvanti piśunajanaṃ khalānām ṛddhiṃ na prekṣante ॥ - sap‍taśatī

Blessed are those people who live in this world as deaf and blind, for, they do not have to listen to malicious words of the slanderers or see the prosperity of the evil.

वयसः परिणामेपि यः खलः खल एव सः।

सुपक्वमपि माधुर्यं नोपयातीन्द्रवारुणम्।।५५।।
Vayasah parinaamepi yah khalah khala eva sah I
Supakkamapi maaduryam nopayaateendra vaarunam II
One, who is evil by nature, he on gaining maturity is still an  evil person only. Bitter pumpkin does not mellow into sweetness even after becoming fully ripe.
(इन्द्रवारुणम्- bitter pumpkin)

का खलेन सह स्पर्धा सज्जनस्याभिमानिनः । 

भाषणं भीषणं साधु दूषणं यस्य भूषणम् ॥

kā khalena saha spardhā sajjanasyābhimāninaḥ |
bhāṣaṇaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ sādhu dūṣaṇaṃ yasya bhūṣaṇam ||

Who can compete with the wicked ,arrogating to be respectable men ?

Their speech is terrifying, they abuse the wise men and all these they consider it to be a decoration.

अनल्पकं धरायां हि सर्वज्ञस्यापि दारुणाः ।
आरोपयन्ति मालिन्यं काकोला इव खलाः ॥

analpakam dharAyAm hi sarvajnasyaapi dAruNAH ।
Aropayanti mAlinyaM kAkola iva te khalAH ॥- vishvagunAdarsha

The wicked don’t spare even the wise men, and they smear them with deadly poisonous false allegations.

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH