DOVE KING AND THE MOUSE -PTML3

 SUBHASHITHANI:392

STORY OF DOVE KING  AND  THE  MOUSE

सुहृदः स्नेह-सम्पन्ना लोचनानन्द-दायिनः ।
गृहे गृहवतां नित्यं नागच्छन्ति महात्मनाम् ॥ १६ ॥

suhṛdaḥ sneha-sampannā locanānanda-dāyinaḥ |
gṛhe gṛhavatāṃ nityaṃ nāgacchanti mahātmanām || 2.16 ||

Friends, full of affection and who are a source of joy to the eyes, visit the houses of the magnanimous at all times.

 आदित्यस्योदयं तात ताम्बूलं भारती कथा ।
इष्टा भार्या सुमित्रं च अपूर्वाणि दिने दिने ॥ १७ ॥
ādityasyodayaṃ tāta tāmbūlaṃ bhāratī kathā |
iṣṭā bhāryā sumitraṃ ca apūrvāṇi dine dine || 2.17 ||
All these never become stale, ever give the same delight:
Sun rise, betal leaf, stories from the epics, loving wife and good friend . 

सुहृदो भवने यस्य समागच्छन्ति नित्यशः ।
चित्ते च तस्य सौख्यस्य न किञ्चित् प्रतिमं सुखम् ॥ १८ ॥

suhṛdo bhavane yasya samāgacchanti nityaśaḥ |
citte ca tasya saukhyasya na kiñcit pratimaṃ sukham || 2.18 ||

The happiness which is produced in the mind of him to whose house guests come every day is not found even in heaven.

यस्माच् च येन च यदा च यथा च यच् च

यावच् च यत्र च शुभाशुभम् आत्म-कर्म ।
तस्माच् च तेन च तदा च तथा च तच् च

तावच् च तत्र च कृतान्त-वशाद् उपैति ॥ १९ ॥

yasmāc ca yena ca yadā ca yathā ca yac ca

 yāvac ca yatra ca śubhāśubham ātma-karma |
tasmāc ca tena ca tadā ca tathā ca tac ca

 tāvac ca tatra ca kṛtānta-vaśād upaiti ||2.19 ||

Whence, what, by whom, how long, when, where,

And how deserved is good or ill,

Thence, that, by him, so long, then, there,

And so, it comes. Fate has its will. - A.W.Ryder

( Idea is that every thing that happens now is very much based on our past actions other wise called 'fate')

अर्धार्धाद् योजन-शताद् आमिषं वीक्षते खगः ।
सो ऽपि पार्श्व-स्थितं दैवाद् बन्धनं न च पश्यति ॥ २० ॥

ardhārdhād yojana-śatād āmiṣaṃ vīkṣate khagaḥ |
so 'pi pārśva-sthitaṃ daivād bandhanaṃ na ca paśyati || 2.20 ||

A bird observes the piece of meat on the ground from very high in the sky; but when fortunes are against it, it fails to see a net spread very close to itself.

रवि-निशाकरयोर् ग्रह-पीडनं 

गज-भुजङ्ग-विहङ्गम-बन्धनम् ।
मतिमतां च निरीक्ष्य दरिद्रता 

विधिर् अहो बलवान् इति मे मतिः ॥ २१ ॥

ravi-niśākarayor graha-pīḍanaṃ
 gaja-bhujaṅga-vihaṅgama-bandhanam |
matimatāṃ ca nirīkṣya daridratā 
vidhir aho balavān iti me matiḥ || 2.21 ||
After seeing that elephants, snakes and birds are kept captive, that planets torment the sun and the moon and that learned persons live in penury I believe that one’s destiny is very powerful.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH