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न विश्वसेद् अविश्वस्ते विश्वस्तेऽपि न विश्वसेत् ।
विश्वासाद् भयम् उत्पन्नं मूलान्य् अपि निकृन्तति ॥ १४ ॥
na viśvased aviśvaste viśvaste’pi na viśvaset |
viśvāsād bhayam utpannaṃ mūlāny api nikṛntati || 4.14 ||
Don’t trust a person untrustworthy, also don’t trust one who has won your confidence for faith has its own limits; The evil that trust brings Leaves you totally destroyed. (The monkey thinking to himself after the narrow escape)

सकृद् दुष्टं च यो मित्रं पुनः सन्धातुम् इच्छति ।
स मृत्युम् उपगृह्णाति गर्भम् अश्वतरी यथा ॥ १५ ॥
sakṛd duṣṭaṃ ca yo mitraṃ punaḥ sandhātum icchati |
sa mṛtyum upagṛhṇāti garbham aśvatarī yathā || 4.15 ||
Once made an enemy and then tries to make friendship, he surely invites death like a pregnant female mule.

बुभुक्षितः किं न करोति पापं
क्षीणा जना निष्करुणा भवन्ति ।
आख्याहि भद्रे प्रिय-दर्शनस्य
न गङ्गदत्तः पुनर् एति कूपम् ॥ १६ ॥

bubhukṣitaḥ kiṃ na karoti pāpaṃ
kṣīṇā janā niṣkaruṇā bhavanti |
ākhyāhi bhadre priya-darśanasya
na gaṅgadattaḥ punar eti kūpam || 4.16 ||

What sinful deed a hungry man will hesitate to do? Poor men are not averse to indulging in cruel acts; Tell Priyadharshana that Ganga datta will not come to the well.

The story of GangaDatta and PriyaDarshana

Ganga datta - King of frogs

Priya dharshana - Black snake

आपदि येनापकृतं येन च हसितं दशासु विषमासु ।
अपकृत्य तयोर् उभयोः पुनर् अपि जातं नरं मन्ये ॥ १७ ॥
āpadi yenāpakṛtaṃ yena ca hasitaṃ daśāsu viṣamāsu |
apakṛtya tayor ubhayoḥ punar api jātaṃ naraṃ manye || 4.17 ||
In times of difficulty one who wronged someone, and a person who has laughed at someone when in distress; by paying both as they deserve, a man is considered to be born again.

( Living a life of constant ridicule and insult is considered as death; any action to come out of it is considered as having a new life. )

शत्रुभिर् योजयेच् छत्रुं बलिना बलवत्तरम् ।
स्व-कार्याय यतो न स्यात् काचित् पीडात्र तत्-क्षये ॥ १८ ॥
śatrubhir yojayec chatruṃ balinā balavattaram |
sva-kāryāya yato na syāt kācit pīḍātra tat-kṣaye || 4.18 ||
One should set an enemy against an enemy; and against a powerful one even greater powerful one; thus, one can get rid off his enemy and avoid any further harassment.

शत्रुम् उन्मूलयेत् प्राज्ञस् तीक्ष्णं तीक्ष्णेन शत्रुणा ।
व्यथा-करं सुखार्थाय कण्टकेनैव कण्टकम् ॥ १९ ॥
śatrum unmūlayet prājñas tīkṣṇaṃ tīkṣṇena śatruṇā |
vyathā-karaṃ sukhārthāya kaṇṭakenaiva kaṇṭakam || 4.19 ||
A wise man should root out powerful enemy by pitting him against another powerful enemy, as one removes a thorn by another thorn.

यस्य न जायते शीलं न कुलं न च संश्रयः ।
न तेन सङ्गतिं कुर्याद् इत्य् उवाच बृहस्पतिः ॥ २० ॥

yasya na jāyate śīlaṃ na kulaṃ na ca saṃśrayaḥ |
na tena saṅgatiṃ kuryād ity uvāca bṛhaspatiḥ || 4.20 ||
One should not form friendship with those whose prowess, pedigree, performance of actions is unknown; Bruhaspati has said so.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH