PANCHA TANTRA- MITRA BHEDAA-55

 SUBHASHITHANI:389

राजा घृणी ब्राह्मणः सर्व-भक्षी
स्त्री चात्रपा दुष्टमतिः सहायः ।
प्रेष्यः प्रतीपो ऽधिकृतः प्रसादी
त्याज्या अमी यश् च कृतं न वेत्ति ॥ ४५८ ॥

rājā ghṛṇī brāhmaṇaḥ sarva-bhakṣī
strī cātrapā duṣṭamatiḥ sahāyaḥ |
preṣyaḥ pratīpo 'dhikṛtaḥ prasādī
tyājyā amī yaś ca kṛtaṃ na vetti || 458 ||
A king who is too merciful, a Brahmin eating prohibited food, an obstinate wife, a friend who betrays, a sulky servitor, a man of authority who is careless, and one who is ungrateful – such people should be rejected by the people.

सत्यानृता च परुषा प्रिय-वादिनी च
 हिंस्रा दयालुर् अपि चार्थ-परा वदान्या ।
भूरि-व्यथा प्रचुर-वित्त-समागमा च
वेश्याङ्गनेव नृप-नीतिर् अनेक-रूपा ॥ ४५९ ॥

satyānṛtā ca paruṣā priya-vādinī ca
hiṃsrā dayālur api cārtha-parā vadānyā |
bhūri-vyathā pracura-vitta-samāgamā ca
veśyāṅganeva nṛpa-nītir aneka-rūpā || 459 ||
Truthful as well as false, harsh as well as sweet, cruel and compassionate, miserly and charitable, always spending and always earning abundantly, the conduct of a king is full of contradictions like the conduct of courtesans. 

अकृतोपद्रवः कश्चिन् महान् अपि न पूज्यते ।
पूजयन्ति नरा नागान् न तार्क्ष्यं नाग-घातिनम् ॥ ४६० ॥
akṛtopadravaḥ kaścin mahān api na pūjyate |
pūjayanti narā nāgān na tārkṣyaṃ nāga-ghātinam || 460 ||

People fail to respect great men who are compassionate and honest; where as they worship those, who are cruel and threatening. The snake is worshipped and not the Garuda. ( Tarkshyam- Garuda )
And also, we have in the Bhagavad Gita Sri Krishna advising Arjuna in the following words:
अशोच्यान् अन्वशोचस् त्वं प्रज्ञा-वादांश् च भाषसे ।
गतासून् अगतासूंश् च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ॥ ४६१ ॥
aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṃ prajñā-vādāṃś ca bhāṣase |
gatāsūn agatāsūṃś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ || 461 ||
While you speak like a man of wisdom, you are mourning for that which is not worthy of grief. The wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead.

Pingalaka was impressed by the words of wisdom of Damanaka and stopped lamenting. He also, appointed Damanaka as his counsellor and continued to rule his kingdom.

With the divine grace of Sri Krishna, the first tantra"Mitra Bhedaa"of  Pancha tantra is concluded.

SRI  KRISHNAAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH