NATURE OF A TRUE FRIEND -15-PTML15

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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