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The story of Yudhishtira the potter

स्वार्थम् उत्सृज्य यो दम्भी सत्यं ब्रूते सुमन्द-धीः ।
स स्वार्थाद् भ्रश्यते नूनं युधिष्ठिर इवापरः ॥ ३८ ॥
svārtham utsṛjya yo dambhī satyaṃ brūte sumanda-dhīḥ |
sa svārthād bhraśyate nūnaṃ yudhiṣṭhira ivāparaḥ || 4.38 ||
A hypocrite, who gives up his own interest and speaks the truth, Is a fool, for he fails to get his objectives, much like the second Yudhishtira the potter.

The story of the lion cubs and the fox cub

शूरश्च  कृत-विघ्नश् च दर्शनीयो ऽसि पुत्रक ।

यस्मिन् कुले त्वम् उत्पन्नो गजस् तत्र न हन्यते ॥ ३९ ॥
śūraś ca kṛta-vighnaś ca darśanīyo 'si putraka |
yasmin kule tvam utpanno gajas tatra na hanyate || 4.39 ||
My son! You are brave, learned and handsome. But in the family you were born into, no elephants are slain. ( Lion cub to the fox cub )

स्त्री-विप्रलिङ्गि-बालेषु प्रहर्तव्यं न कर्हिचित् ।
प्राण-त्यागेऽपि सञ्जाते विश्वस्तेषु विशेषतः ॥ ४० ॥
strī-vipraliṅgi-bāleṣu prahartavyaṃ na karhicit |
prāṇa-tyāge'pi sañjāte viśvasteṣu viśeṣataḥ || 4.40 ||
Even when one’s life is in danger, one should not kill a woman, an ascetic, a brahmin, a child, and especially when they have placed their trust in one.

अकृत्यं नैव कर्तव्यं प्राण-त्यागेऽप्य् उपस्थिते ।
न च कृत्यं परित्याज्यम् एष धर्मः सनातनः ॥ ४१ ॥

akṛtyaṃ naiva kartavyaṃ prāṇa-tyāge’py upasthite |
na ca kṛtyaṃ parityājyam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ || 4.41 ||

One should not indulge in acts which are not fit to be done, even if one’s life is in imminent danger; nor should a duty be given up; such is the eternal holy law.

செய்தக்க அல்ல செயக்கெடும் செய்தக்க
செய்யாமை யானுங் கெடும்.-Thirukkural 466
There are things that ought not to be done and if you do them you will be ruined; and there are things that ought to be done and if you do them not you will be ruined then again.

एकेनापि सुधीरेण सोत्साहेन रणं प्रति ।
सोत्साहं जायते सैन्यं भग्ने भङ्गम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥ ४२ ॥

ekenāpi sudhīreṇa sotsāhena raṇaṃ prati |
sotsāhaṃ jāyate sainyaṃ bhagne bhaṅgam avāpnuyāt || 4.42 ||

By the bravery and enthusiasm shown by one individual, the whole army gets energised for war; but, in the same way the cowardice shown by one individual spoils the morale of the whole army.

अत एव वाञ्छन्ति भूपा योधान् महाबलान् ।
शूरान् वीरान् कृतोत्साहान् वर्जयन्ति च कातरान् ॥ ४३ ॥

ata eva vāñchanti bhūpā yodhān mahābalān |
śūrān vīrān kṛtotsāhān varjayanti ca kātarān || 4.43 ||

 Kings for this reason desire to have warriors who are strong, brave, and energetic and discard the cowardly.

The story of the Brahmin couple

यद्-अर्थे स्व-कुलं त्यक्तं जीवितार्धं च हारितम् ।
सा मां त्यजति निःस्नेहा कः स्त्रीणां विश्वसेन् नरः ॥ ४४ ॥

yad-arthe sva-kulaṃ tyaktaṃ jīvitārdhaṃ ca hāritam |
sā māṃ tyajati niḥsnehā kaḥ strīṇāṃ viśvasen naraḥ || 4.44 II

I left my family for her, and gave her half my life, she left me now without a second thought, what man can trust such a wife?

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH