APARIKSHITA KARAKAM- PTAK-11

 SUBHASHITHANI:478

तृष्णे देवि नमस् तुभ्यं यया वित्तान्विता अपि ।
अकृत्येषु नियोज्यन्ते भ्रामन्ते दुर्गमेष्व् अपि ॥ ७७ ॥

tṛṣṇe devi namas tubhyaṃ yayā vittānvitā api |
akṛtyeṣu niyojyante bhrāmante durgameṣv api || 5.77 ||

Oh! Goddess of desire, I pray to you, by whom even the rich are made to do unworthy acts or look for inaccessible spots.

इच्छति शती सहस्रं सहस्री लक्षम् ईहते ।
लक्षाधिपस् तथा राज्यं राज्यस्थः स्वर्गम् ईहते ॥ ७८ ॥

icchati śatī sahasraṃ sahasrī lakṣam īhate |
lakṣādhipas tathā rājyaṃ rājyasthaḥ svargam īhate || 5.78 ||

One who has a hundred wants thousand, one having thousand a lakh; lord of lakhs wants to become a ruler, a ruler wants to be a swargatipati. 

जीर्यन्ते जीर्यतः केशाः दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः ।
जीर्यतश् चक्षुषी श्रोत्रे तृष्णैका तरुणायते ॥ ७९ ॥

jīryante jīryataḥ keśāḥ dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ |
jīryataś cakṣuṣī śrotre tṛṣṇaikā taruṇāyate || 5.79

As one becomes old, the hairs become old; the teeth become old; eyes and ears turn old. Only the desire remains young.

कृते प्रतिकृतं कुर्याद् धिंसिते प्रतिहिंसितम् ।
न तत्र दोषं पश्यामि यो दुष्टे दुष्टम् आचरेत् ॥ ८० ॥

kṛte pratikṛtaṃ kuryād dhiṃsite pratihiṃsitam |
na tatra doṣaṃ paśyāmi yo duṣṭe duṣṭam ācaret || 5.80 ||

If one suffers an offense, then he should give it back; I don’t see any fault in returning evil with evil. 

हतः शत्रुः कृतं मित्रं रत्न-माला न हारिता ।
नालेन पिबता तोयं भवता साधु वानर ॥ ८१ ॥

hataḥ śatruḥ kṛtaṃ mitraṃ ratna-mālā na hāritā |
nālena pibatā toyaṃ bhavatā sādhu vānara || 5.81 ||

Your enemy is killed, you have a good friend and your pearl necklace is intact; all this good happened to you because you suck water through a straw.

यस् त्यक्त्वा सापदं मित्रं याति निष्ठुरतां वहन् ।

कृतघ्नस् तेन पापेन नरके यात्य् असंशयम् ॥ ८२ ॥

yas tyaktvā sāpadaṃ mitraṃ yāti niṣṭhuratāṃ vahan |
kṛtaghnas tena pāpena narake yāty asaṃśayam || 5.82 ||

Who ever through hard-heartedness deserts his friend in distress for such ungratefulness he will certainly go to hell.

यादृशी वदन-च्छाया दृश्यते तव वानर ।
विकालेन गृहीतो ऽसि यः परैति स जीवति ॥ ८३ ॥

yādṛśī vadana-cchāyā dṛśyate tava vānara |
vikālena gṛhīto 'si yaḥ paraiti sa jīvati || 5.83 ||

Judging by the expression in your face, oh! Friend monkey, you have been seized by Vikala; he, therefore lives who runs away beyond his reach.

यादृशी वचन-च्छाया दृश्यते तव वानर ।
विकालेन गृहीतो ऽसि यः परैति स जीवति ॥ ८४ ॥

yādṛśī vacana-cchāyā dṛśyate tava vānara |
vikālena gṛhīto 'si yaḥ paraiti sa jīvati || 5.84 ||

Judging by your utterances oh! Friend monkey, you have been caught by Vikala ; he, therefore lives who runs away beyond his reach.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH