PANCHA TANTRA- APARIKSHITA KARAKAM- PTAK-5

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पतति कदाचिन् नभसः खाते पातालतो ऽपि जलम् एति ।
दैवम् अचिन्त्यं बलवद् बलवान् ननु पुरुषकारो ऽपि ॥ २८ ॥

patati kadācin nabhasaḥ khāte pātālato 'pi jalam eti |
daivam acintyaṃ balavad balavān nanu puruṣakāro 'pi || 5.28 ||

Water through rain falls from the sky by nature, water is obtained by digging wells by human effort; Fate is strong but self-effort is also very necessary.

தெய்வத்தான் ஆகா தெனினும் முயற்சிதன்
மெய்வருத்தக் கூலி தரும்.- Thirukkural 619
Although it be said that, through fate, it cannot be attained, yet labour, with bodily exertion, will yield its reward.

अभिमत-सिद्धिर् अशेषा भवति हि पुरुषस्य पुरुषकारेण ।
दैवम् इति यदपि कथयसि पुरुष-गुणः सो ऽप्य् अदृष्टाख्यः ॥ २९ ॥

abhimata-siddhir aśeṣā bhavati hi puruṣasya puruṣakāreṇa |
daivam iti yadapi kathayasi puruṣa-guṇaḥ so 'py adṛṣṭākhyaḥ || 5.29 ||

It is by one’s own self-effort that one gets all his desires fulfilled; Even what we call as ‘fate’ or ‘destiny’ is in fact the result of various good or bad actions done earlier.

भयम् अतुलं गुरु-लोकात् तृणम् इव तुलयन्ति साधु साहसिकाः ।
प्राणान् अद्भुतम् एतच् चार्तिं चरितं ह्य् उदाराणाम् ॥ ३० ॥

bhayam atulaṃ guru-lokāt tṛṇam iva tulayanti sādhu sāhasikāḥ |
prāṇān adbhutam etac cārtiṃ caritaṃ hy udārāṇām || 5.30 ||

Adventurous people are not afraid of other powerful men and treat them like straw; it is wonderful that generous people take this line of action in their endeavours.

(The meaning of second line is not very clear to me. Any other interpretation, if provided will be appreciated.)

क्लेशस्याङ्गम् अदत्त्वा सुखम् एव सुखानि नेह लभ्यन्ते ।
मधुभिन् मथनायस् तैर् आश्लिष्यति बाहुभिर् लक्ष्मीम् ॥ ३१ ॥

kleśasyāṅgam adattvā sukham eva sukhāni neha labhyante |
madhubhin mathanāyas tair āśliṣyati bāhubhir lakṣmīm || 5.31 ||

One obtains happiness only by forsaking happiness and work hard with painful physical exertions; Even Sri maha Vishnu obtained the embrace of Sri Mahalakshmi only after exerting himself by churning the milky ocean.

तस्य कथं न चला स्यात् पत्नी विष्णोर्नृसिम्हकस्यापि I

मासान्श्चतुरो निद्रां यः सेवति जलगतः सततम् II 

Tasya katham na chalaa syaat patnee vishnor simhakasyaapi I

Maasaan chaturo nidraam yah sevati jalagatah satatam II5.31/2

Even MahaLakshmi will end up leaving Sri Vishnu if he does nothing but sleep for months on end. The best of wealth also leaves the best of men, if he does not put in proper effort in maintaining it.

दुरधिगमः पर-भागो यावत् पुरुषेण साहसं न कृतम् ।
जयति तुलाम् अधिरूढो भास्वान् इह जलद-पटलानि ॥ ३३ ॥

duradhigamaḥ para-bhāgo yāvat puruṣeṇa sāhasaṃ na kṛtam |
jayati tulām adhirūḍho bhāsvān iha jalada-paṭalāni || 5.33 ||

Excellence can never be achieved without  putting manly effort; Even the sun does not obtain brightness , by dispelling the clouds, until he displays his valour by entering the zodiac sign Libra.

महान्त एव महताम् अर्थं साधयितुं क्षमाः ।
ऋते समुद्राद् अन्यः को बिभर्ति बडवानलम् ॥ ३४ ॥

mahānta eva mahatām arthaṃ sādhayituṃ kṣamāḥ |
ṛte samudrād anyaḥ ko bibharti baḍavānalam || 5.34 ||

It is only the best of men who can achieve great things; for it is only the ocean that bears the fire’badavaagni’.

वरं बुद्धिर् न सा विद्या विद्याया बुद्धिर् उत्तमा ।
बुद्धि-हीनो विनश्यन्ति यथा ते सिंह-कारकाः ॥ ३५ ॥

varaṃ buddhir na sā vidyā vidyāyā buddhir uttamā |
buddhi-hīno vinaśyanti yathā te siṃha-kārakāḥ || 5.35 ||

Better to have robust common sense than learning as such, for Intelligence is superior to mere book knowledge. Those lacking in common sense perished as did the pundits who revived the lion.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH