PANCHA TANTRA-MITRA BHEDAA-41

 SUBHASHITHANI:368

Sanjeevaka continues to speak to Damanaka about his views on how  death in a battle is hailed even by sages:

गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः ।
उत्पथं प्रतिपन्नस्य कार्यं भवति शासनम्॥॥१.३३०॥
Gurorapy avaliptasya kaaryaakaaryam ajaanatah
Utpathham pratipannasya kaaryam bhavati shaasanam II 330
One who is haughty, who does not know whether what he does is right or wrong and who has taken to the wrong path is to be disciplined even if he is guru, parent or an elder in age or learning. (Ramayana-2.11.13 )

महतां योऽपराध्येन दूरस्थोऽस्मीति नाश्वसेत् ।
दीर्घौ बुद्धिमतो बाहू ताभ्यां हिंसति हिंसकम् ॥१.३३१॥
Mahataam yo aparaadhyena doorastho asmeeti naasvaset I
Deergau buddhimato baahoo taabhyam himsati himsikam II332
He who has offended the great should not feel confident of safety at the thought that he is far away; for, the arms of an intelligent person stretch long with which he destroys the offender.

न तान् हि तीर्थैस्तपसा च लोकान्
स्वर्गैषिणो दानशतैः सुवृत्तैः ।
क्षणेन यान् यान्ति रणेषु धीराः
प्राणान् समुज्झन्ति हि ये सुशीलाः ॥१.३३२॥
Na taan hi teerthaih tapasaa cha lokaan
Svargaishino daanashataih suvruttaih I
Kshanena yaan yaanti raneshu dheeraah
Praanaan samujjanti hi y shusheelaah II1.332
Men desirous of heaven do not obtain those worlds by bathing at holy places, by practicing penance, or by giving hundreds of gifts, which noble warriors get in a moment by dying in battles.

 मृतैः सम्प्राप्यते स्वर्गो जीवद्भिः कीर्तिर् उत्तमा ।
तद् उभाव् अपि शूराणां गुणाव् एतौ सुदुर्लभौ ॥ ३३३ ॥
mṛtaiḥ samprāpyate svargo jīvadbhiḥ kīrtir uttamā |
tad ubhāv api śūrāṇāṃ guṇāv etau sudurlabhau || 333 ||
If they die, they attain liberation, if they live, they get immense fame. These two characteristics of courageous men are seldom found in others.

ललाटदेशे रुधिरं स्रवत्तु
शूरस्य यस्य प्रविशेच्च वक्त्रे ।
तत्सोमपानेन समं भवेच्च
सङ्ग्रामयज्ञे विधिवत्प्रदिष्टम् ॥१.३३४॥
Lalaatadese ridiram sravattu
shuraya yasya pavishechcha vaktre I
Tatsomapaanena samam bhavechcha
sangraama yagye vidhivat pradishtam II334
If blood oozes out from the forehead, while fighting, and enters the mouth that is on a par with a drink of soma juice, for a fight is a religious rite properly performed; so it has been represented by sages. ( This is a quotation from Parashara smriti-3.38 )

होमार्थैर्विधिवत्प्रदानविधिना सद्विप्रवृन्दार्चनैर्
यज्ञैर्भूरिसुदक्षिणैः सुविहितैः सम्प्राप्यते यत्फलम् ।
सत्तीर्थाश्रमवासहोमनियमैश्चान्द्रायणाद्यैः कृतैः
पुम्भिस्तत्फलमाहवे विनिहितैः सम्प्राप्यते तत्क्षणात् ॥१.३३५॥
Homaarthair vidhivat pradhana vidhinaa sadvipravrundaarchanair
Yagyir bhoori udhakshinaih suvihitaih samprapyat yat phalam I
Sattirtha aashrama vaasa homa niyamais chandraanaadyaih krutaih
Pumbhistat phalam aahav vinihitaih samprapyate tatkshanaat II335
That fruit is immediately obtained by those who are killed in a battle, which is obtained by men who perform sacrifices in which dakshinas are given ; and by such means as living in a hermitage in a holy place, offering oblations to the gods, 

बलवन्तं रिपुं दृष्ट्वा किलात्मानं प्रगोपयेत् ।
बलवद्भिश्च कर्तव्या शरच्चन्द्रप्रकाशता ॥१.३३६॥
balavantaṃ ripuṃ dṛṣṭvā kilātmānaṃ pragopayet |
balavadbhiś ca kartavyā śarac-candra-prakāśatā || 336 ||
On seeing that an enemy is powerful one should verily hide oneself, while the mighty should display their valour in the spirit of mercy; as the light of the autumnal moon is bright but not dazzling.

शत्रोर् विक्रमम् अज्ञात्वा वैरम् आरभते हि यः ।
स पराभवम् आप्नोति समुद्रष् टिट्टिभाद् यथा ॥ ३३७ ॥
śatror vikramam ajñātvā vairam ārabhate hi yaḥ |
sa parābhavam āpnoti samudraṣ ṭiṭṭibhād yathā || 337 ||
If one starts a fight, without knowing the strength of his enemy, he will surely be defeated. like the mighty ocean was insulted by a small Tittibha bird.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH