PANCHA TANTRA-MITRA BHEDAA-28

 SUBHASHITHANI:349

निर्विषेणापि सर्पेण कर्तव्या महती फणा ।
विषं भवतु वा माभूत्फणाटोपो भयङ्करः ॥१.२२५॥

Nirvishenaapi Sarpaeana Kartavayaa Mahati Phanaa
Vishmastu Na Chaapyastu Khataatopo Bhayankarahh. 225

Although there is no venom in the bite of a non-venomous snake, still it possesses the great power of expanding its hood and creating a hissing sound, which is very frightening, and it is its duty to use it in self-defense.

गवामर्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे स्वाम्यर्थे स्वीकृतेऽथवा ।
स्थानार्थे यस्त्यजेत्प्राणांस्तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः ॥१.२२६॥

gavām arthe brāhmaṇārthe svāmy-arthe svīkṛte’thavā |
sthānārthe yas tyajet prāṇāṃs tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ || 226 ||

One who gives up his life for the sake of nature, or a learned man, or his master, or a woman, or his country, attains liberation.

चन्द्रे मण्डल-संस्थे विगृह्यते राहुणा दिनाधीशः ।
शरणागतेन सार्धं विपद् अपि तेजस्विना श्लाघ्या ॥ २२७ ॥

candre maṇḍala-saṃsthe vigṛhyate rāhuṇā dinādhīśaḥ |
śaraṇāgatena sārdhaṃ vipad api tejasvinā ślāghyā || 227 ||

When the moon takes the shelter of the sun (during new moon), the sun fights with Rahu to protect it. Likewise, fighting to protect those who take refuge in you is always praiseworthy.

The story of the crow and the black serpent (काकीकृष्णसर्पकथा )

उपायेन हि यच् छक्यं न तच् छक्यं पराक्रमैः ।
काकी कनक-सूत्रेण कृष्ण-सर्पम् अघातयत् ॥ २२८ ॥

upāyena hi yac chakyaṃ na tac chakyaṃ parākramaiḥ |
kākī kanaka-sūtreṇa kṛṣṇa-sarpam aghātayat || 228 ||

What is possible through stratagem, cannot be done by valour. It is through trickery that the crow used the golden chain to destroy the serpent.

यस्य क्षेत्रं नदी-तीरे भार्या च पर-सङ्गता ।
स-सर्पे च गृहे वासः कथं स्यात् तस्य निर्वृतिः ॥ २२९ ॥

yasya kṣetraṃ nadī-tīre bhāryā ca para-saṅgatā |
sa-sarpe ca gṛhe vāsaḥ kathaṃ syāt tasya nirvṛtiḥ || 229 ||

A man, whose fields lie on the banks of a river, whose wife desires another man, and whose house has a snake living in it…how can such a man ever be happy?

உடம்பாடு இலாதவர் வாழ்க்கை குடங்கருள்
பாம்போடு உடனுறைந் தற்று.-Thirukkural 890

Domestic life with those who don't agree,
Is dwelling in a shed with snake for company.

सर्प-युक्ते गृहे वासो मृत्युर् एव न संशयः ।
यद् ग्रामान्ते वसेत् सर्पस् तस्य स्यात् प्राण-संशयः ॥ २३० ॥

sarpa-yukte gṛhe vāso mṛtyur eva na saṃśayaḥ |
yad grāmānte vaset sarpas tasya syāt prāṇa-saṃśayaḥ || 230 ||

Living in a house with a serpent means sure death. Even if the serpent lives near a village, everyone’s lives are always in danger.

नूनं स लुब्धो नोपायम् अन्तरेण वध्यः स्यात् ।
उपायेन जयो यादृग् रिपोस् तादृङ् न हेतिभिः ।
उपाय-ज्ञो ऽल्प-कायो ऽपि न शूरैः परिभूयते ॥ २३१ ॥

nūnaṃ sa lubdho nopāyam antareṇa vadhyaḥ syāt |
upāyena jayo yādṛg ripos tādṛṅ na hetibhiḥ |
upāya-jño 'lpa-kāyo 'pi na śūraiḥ paribhūyate || 231 ||

Victory over an enemy by using stratagem is much easier to attain, than by using weapons and force, A weaker man, if he can execute a clever strategy, cannot be defeated by even the bravest warriors.

भक्षयित्वा बहून् मत्स्यान् उत्तमाधम-मध्यमान् ।
अतिलौल्याद् बकः कश्चिन् मृतः कर्कटक-ग्रहात् ॥ २३२ ॥

bhakṣayitvā bahūn matsyān uttamādhama-madhyamān |
atilaulyād bakaḥ kaścin mṛtaḥ karkaṭaka-grahāt || 232 ||

A crane perished through excess of greediness ,that ate fish of all sizes, by being seized  by  a crab.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBYAM NAMAH