DESTINY IS UNFAILING -17-PTML17

 SUBHASHITHANI:407

अर्थस्योपार्जनं कृत्वा नैवाभाग्यः समश्नुते ।
अरण्यं महदासाद्य मूढः सोमिलको यथा ॥ १२७ ॥
arthasyopārjanaṃ kṛtvā naivābhāgyaḥ samaśnute |
araṇyaṃ mahadāsādya mūḍhaḥ somilako yathā || 2.127 ||
No one can enjoy the wealth earned through hard work, if fate not willing so; like Somalika who was bewildered when he reached the forest.

उत्पतन्ति यद् आकाशे निपतन्ति महीतले ।
पक्षिणां तद् अपि प्राप्त्या नादत्तम् उपतिष्ठति ॥ १२८ ॥

utpatanti yad ākāśe nipatanti mahītale |
pakṣiṇāṃ tad api prāptyā nādattam upatiṣṭhati || 2.128 ||

Birds flying high in the sky or descending to the ground are governed by the ‘law of karma’; for nothing come to us that we are not destined to get. ( Idea is whether one goes up in life or falls depends on his previous actions.)

न हि भवति यन् न भाव्यं भवति च भाव्यं विनापि यत्नेन ।
कर-तल-गतम् अपि नश्यति यस्य तु भवितव्यता नास्ति ॥ १२९ ॥

na hi bhavati yan na bhāvyaṃ bhavati ca bhāvyaṃ vināpi yatnena |
kara-tala-gatam api naśyati yasya tu bhavitavyatā nāsti || 2.129 ||

Things not destined to happen, does not happen. That which is slated to happen happens with out any effort. What is placed on the palm of the hand disappears if fate is not favourable.

यथा धेनु-सहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरं ।
तथा पूर्व-कृतं कर्म कर्तारम् अनुगच्छति ॥ १३० ॥
yathā dhenu-sahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaraṃ |
tathā pūrva-kṛtaṃ karma kartāram anugacchati || 2.130 ||
Just as a calf can find its mother among a thousand cows,
The effects of one’s deeds will follow the perpetrator.

शेते सह शयानेन गच्छन्तम् अनुगच्छति ।
नराणां प्राक्तनं कर्म तिष्ठति तु सहात्मना ॥ १३१ ॥

śete saha śayānena gacchantam anugacchati |
narāṇāṃ prāktanaṃ karma tiṣṭhati tu sahātmanā || 2.131 ||

The fruits of one’s actions sticks to the soul and follows him throughout his existence.

यथा छाया-तपौ नित्यं सुसम्बद्धौ परस्परं ।
एवं कर्म च कर्ता च संश्लिष्टाव् इतरेतरम् ॥ १३२ ॥

yathā chāyā-tapau nityaṃ susambaddhau parasparaṃ |
evaṃ karma ca kartā ca saṃśliṣṭāv itaretaram || 2.132 ||

Just as sun and the shadow are inseparable, so are actions and their doer are inter linked to each other.

यथैकेन न हस्तेन तालिका संप्रपद्यते ।
तथोद्यम-परित्यक्तं न फलं कर्मणः स्मृतम् ॥ १३३ ॥

yathaikena na hastena tālikā saṃprapadyate |
tathodyama-parityaktaṃ na phalaṃ karmaṇaḥ smṛtam || 2.133 ||

Just as clapping is not possible with one hand, similarly without self-effort mere destiny will not provide the fruit of actions.

पश्य कर्म-वशात् प्राप्तं भोज्यकालेऽपि भोजनम् ।
हस्तोद्यमं विना वक्त्रे प्रविशेन् न कथञ्चन ॥ १३४ ॥

paśya karma-vaśāt prāptaṃ bhojyakāle'pi bhojanam |
hastodyamaṃ vinā vaktre praviśen na kathañcana || 2.134 ||

Look! What ever we have at the time of dining to eat cannot enter the mouth with out the efforts of the hands.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH 

ENTHUSIASM LEADS TO PROSPERITY -16-PTML16

 SUBHASHITHANI:406

अभ्रच्-छाया खल-प्रीतिः समुद्रान्ते च मेदिनी ।
अल्पेनैव विनश्यन्ति यौवनानि धनानि च ॥ ११८ ॥

abhrac-chāyā khala-prītiḥ samudrānte cha medinī |
alpenaiva vinaśyanti yauvanāni dhanāni cha || 2.118 ||

Shadow of clouds, friendship with a wicked person, ground near the ocean indeed disappear in a short time, as also youth and wealth.

सुसञ्चितैर् जीवनवत् सुरक्षितैर्  
निजेऽपि देहे न वियोजितैः क्वचित् ।
पुंसो यमान्तं व्रजतो ऽपि निष्ठुरैर्
एतैर् धनैः पञ्चपदी न दीयते ॥ ११९ ॥
susañcitair jīvanavat surakṣitair
 nije'pi dehe na viyojitaiḥ kvacit |
puṃso yamāntaṃ vrajato 'pi niṣṭhurair
 etair dhanaiḥ pañcapadī na dīyate || 2.119 ||
Wealth is acquired by men with great care, protects it like his own life, dislikes spending it even for his own comfort; but at the time of death this hard hearted wealth does not take even five steps out of sympathy to a man.

यथामिषं जले मत्स्यैर् भक्ष्यते श्वापदैर् भुवि ।
आकाशे पक्षिभिश् चैव तथा सर्वत्र वित्तवान् ॥ १२० ॥

yathāmiṣaṃ jale matsyair bhakṣyate śvāpadair bhuvi |
ākāśe pakṣibhiś caiva tathā sarvatra vittavān || 2.120 ||

A piece of meat is sought after and eaten by fish in the water, by dogs on land, and by birds in the sky. So is a wealthy man swallowed up in many ways, wherever he goes.

निर्दोषम् अपि वित्ताढ्य दोषैर् योजयते नृपः ।
निधनः प्राप्त-दोषो ऽपि सर्वत्र निरुपद्रवः ॥ १२१ ॥

nirdoṣam api vittāḍhya doṣair yojayate nṛpaḥ |
nidhanaḥ prāpta-doṣo 'pi sarvatra nirupadravaḥ || 2.121 ||

Even if one is guiltless a rich man is charged with crimes by a king; while a poor man though guilty of a crime is left without punishment everywhere.

अर्थानामर्जने दुःखमर्जितानां च रक्षणे ।
आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिगर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः ॥

Arthaanaam arjane dukham arjitaanaam cha rakshane I

Aaye dukham vyaye dukham dhigarthaah kashta samshrayaah II2.122

It is difficult to earn money, and to protect the earnings. Income as well as expenditure give pain – Fie on Money which is the cause of hardship.

अर्थार्थी यानि कष्टानि मूढो ऽयं सहते जनः ।
शतांशेनापि मोक्षार्थी तानि चेन् मोक्षम् आप्नुयात् ॥ १२३ ॥

arthārthī yāni kaṣṭāni mūḍho 'yaṃ sahate janaḥ |
śatāṃśenāpi mokṣārthī tāni cen mokṣam āpnuyāt || 2.123 ||

Those ignorant men who strain themselves to earn money, if only they exert one hundredth of it, even if they were to wish for ‘moksha’ they would get it.

को धीरस्य मनस्विनः स्व-विषयः को वा विदेशः स्मृतो

यं देशं श्रयते तम् एव कुरुते बाहु-प्रतापार्जितम् ।
यद् दंष्ट्रानखलाङ्गुल-प्रहरणैः सिंहो वनं गाहते

तस्मिन् एव हत-द्विपेन्द्र-रुधिरैस् तृष्णां छिनत्त्य् आत्मनः ॥ १२४ ॥

ko dhīrasya manasvinaḥ sva-viṣayaḥ ko vā videśaḥ smṛto

yaṃ deśaṃ śrayate tam eva kurute bāhu-pratāpārjitam |
yad daṃṣṭrānakhalāṅgula-praharaṇaiḥ siṃho vanaṃ gāhate

 tasmin eva hata-dvipendra-rudhirais tṛṣṇāṃ chinatty ātmanaḥ || 2.124 ||

For a steady minded and talented man which country is considered  his own and which country is foreign? Where ever he goes, he makes that place his own by the might of his arms; the lion quenches his thirst with the blood of the lord of the elephant he kills, just in that forest which he, armed with his jaws, claws and tail, enters.

को ऽतिभारः समर्थानां किं दूरं व्यवसायिनाम् ।
को विदेशः सुव्द्यानां कः परः प्रिय-वादिनाम् ॥ १२५ ॥

ko 'tibhāraḥ samarthānāṃ kiṃ dūraṃ vyavasāyinām |
ko videśaḥ suvdyānāṃ kaḥ paraḥ priya-vādinām || 2.125 ||

What is too heavy for the strong and what place is too distant for those who put forth effort? What country is foreign to a man of true learning? Who can be inimical to one who speaks pleasingly?

उत्साह-सम्पन्नम् अदीर्घ-सूत्रं

क्रिया-विधिज्ञं व्यसनेष्व् असक्तम् ।
शूरं कृतज्ञं दृढ-सौहृदं च-

लक्ष्मीः स्वयं वाञ्छति वास-हेतोः ॥ १२६ ॥

utsāha-sampannam adīrgha-sūtraṃ

 kriyā-vidhijñaṃ vyasaneṣv asaktam |
śūraṃ kṛtajñaṃ dṛḍha-sauhṛdaṃ ca-

 lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ vāñchati vāsa-hetoḥ || 2.126 ||

Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, seeks those who are passionate about their work, who do not procrastinate, who know how to get work done, who do not run behind worldly pleasures, who are courageous, grateful and who are surrounded by good friends.

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH

NATURE OF A TRUE FRIEND -15-PTML15

 SUBHASHITHANI:405

गवार्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे च स्त्री-वित्त-हरणे तथा ।
प्राणांस् त्यजति यो युद्धे तस्य लोकाः सनातनाः ॥ ११० ॥

gavārthe brāhmaṇārthe ca strī-vitta-haraṇe tathā |
prāṇāṃs tyajati yo yuddhe tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ || 2.110 ||

He who sacrifices his life for the sake of a cow, a vedic scholar, for saving his wife or wealth being taken away and in a battle field attains the world of eternal-bliss.

प्राप्तव्यम् अर्थं लभते मनुष्यो
देवो ऽपि तं लङ्घयितुं न शक्तः ।
तस्मान् न शोचामि न विस्मयो मे
यद् अस्मदीयं न हि तत् परेषाम् ॥ १११ ॥

prāptavyam arthaṃ labhate manuṣyo

 devo 'pi taṃ laṅghayituṃ na śaktaḥ |
tasmān na śocāmi na vismayo me

yad asmadīyaṃ na hi tat pareṣām || 2.111 ||

Whatever an individual is supposed to get (by his good fortune), even God cannot deny him. Hence, I am neither sad nor elated. What belongs to us can never be someone else’s.

गुरोः सुतां मित्र-भार्यां स्वामि-सेवक-गेहिनीम् ।
यो गच्छति पुमांल् लोके तम् आहुर् ब्रह्म-घातिनम् ॥ ११२ ॥

guroḥ sutāṃ mitra-bhāryāṃ svāmi-sevaka-gehinīm |
yo gacchati pumāṃl loke tam āhur brahma-ghātinam || 2.112 ||

One is said to have committed greatest sin if one indulges in illicit relationship with guru’s daughter, friend’s wife and  wife of the master or servant.

अयशः प्राप्यते येन येन चाधो-गतिर् भवेत् ।
स्वार्थाच् च भ्रश्यते येन तत् कर्म न समाचरेत् ॥ ११३ ॥

ayaśaḥ prāpyate yena yena cādho-gatir bhavet |
svārthāc ca bhraśyate yena tat karma na samācaret || 2.113 ||

One should not act in such a way that brings infamy, or will be condemned to hell, or pushed  down from heaven.

विकारं याति नो चित्तं वित्ते यस्य कदाचन ।
मित्रं स्यात् सर्व-काले च कारयेन् मित्रम् उत्तमम् ॥ ११४ ॥
vikāraṃ yāti no cittaṃ vitte yasya kadācana |
mitraṃ syāt sarva-kāle ca kārayen mitram uttamam || 2.114 ||
One should make such a friend, a most desirable,  who is not affected by the prosperity of his friend and who ever remains a true friend.

विद्वद्भिः सुहृदाम् अत्र चिह्नैर् एतैर् असंशयम् ।
परीक्षा-करणं प्रोक्तं होमाग्नेर् इव पण्डितैः ॥ ११५ ॥

vidvadbhiḥ suhṛdām atra cihnair etair asaṃśayam |
parīkṣā-karaṇaṃ proktaṃ homāgner iva paṇḍitaiḥ || 2.115 ||

To clear all doubts about the sincerity of a friend, the wise men declare that testing of friends should be made with these signs, as that of sacrificial fire is enjoined by wise sages.

आपत्-काले तु सम्प्राप्ते यन् मित्रं मित्रम् एव तत् ।
वृद्धि-काले तु सम्प्राप्ते दुर्जनो ऽपि सुहृद् भवेत् ॥ ११६ ॥

āpat-kāle tu samprāpte yan mitraṃ mitram eva tat |
vṛddhi-kāle tu samprāpte durjano 'pi suhṛd bhavet || 2.116 ||

He who stands by you in times of trouble, and does not change his behaviour towards you in troubled times, is a true friend. When you are prosperous, even the wicked will stand by you.

मित्रं को ऽपि न कस्यापि नितान्तं न च वैर-कृत् ।
दृश्यते मित्र-विध्वस्तात् कार्याद् वैरी परीक्षितः ॥ ११७ ॥

mitraṃ ko 'pi na kasyāpi nitāntaṃ na ca vaira-kṛt |
dṛśyate mitra-vidhvastāt kāryād vairī parīkṣitaḥ || 2.117 ||

No one is a friend and no one is an enemy forever. It is one’s behaviour and actions that are the true test of friendship or enmity.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH