MITRALABHA-2-GAINING OF FRIENDS

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SOME MORE ASPECTS OF DHARMA

इज्याऽध्ययन-दानानि तपः सत्यं धृतिः क्षमा ।
अलोभ इति मार्गो ऽयं धर्मस्याष्ट-विधः स्मृतः ॥ ८ ॥
ijyā'dhyayana-dānāni tapaḥ satyaṃ dhṛtiḥ kṣamā |
alobha iti mārgo 'yaṃ dharmasyāṣṭa-vidhaḥ smṛtaḥ || 1.8 ||

Sacrifice, Scriptural study, generosity, austerity, truth, fortitude, patience and contentment -- this is said to be the eightfold path of righteousness.

तत्र पूर्वश् चतुर्वर्गो दम्भार्थम् अपि सेव्यते ।
उत्तरस् तु चतुर्वर्गो महात्मन्य् एव तिष्ठति ॥ ९ ॥
tatra pūrvaś caturvargo dambhārtham api sevyate |
uttaras tu caturvargo mahātmany eva tiṣṭhati || 1.9 ||

Out of this, the former four may be practised even for ostentation, but the latter four is found only in the magnanimous hearted.

गतानुगतिको लोकः कुट्टनीम् उपदेशिनीम् ।
प्रमाणयति नो धर्मे यथा गोघ्नम् अपि द्विजम् ॥ १० ॥

gatānugatiko lokaḥ kuṭṭanīm upadeśinīm |
pramāṇayati no dharme yathā goghnam api dvijam || 1.10 ||

People in general blindly follow what others do and do not regard a preaching bawd as an authority in religious matters, as they do a brahmin although he may be a cow killer.

मरु-स्थल्यां यथा वृष्टिः क्षुधार्ते भोजनं तथा ।
दरिद्रे दीयते दानं सफलं पाण्डु-नन्दन ॥ ११ ॥

maru-sthalyāṃ yathā vṛṣṭiḥ kṣudhārte bhojanaṃ tathā |
daridre dīyate dānaṃ saphalaṃ pāṇḍu-nandana || 1.11 ||

O Yudhishtira ! Rain in a parched land, food to a hungry man, and' charity to the needy, all these are highly fruitful actions.

प्राणा यथात्मनो ऽभीष्टा भूतानाम् अपि ते तथा ।
आत्मौपम्येन भूतानां दयां कुर्वन्ति साधवः ॥ १२ ॥

prāṇā yathātmano 'bhīṣṭā bhūtānām api te tathā |
ātmaupamyena bhūtānāṃ dayāṃ kurvanti sādhavaḥ || 1.12 ||

As life is important to oneself so it is to other beings. The good show sympathy to other creatures by treating them as one’s own self.

प्रत्याख्याने च दाने च सुख-दुःखे प्रियाप्रिये ।
आत्मौपम्येन पुरुषः प्रमाणम् अधिगच्छति ॥ १३ ॥

pratyākhyāne ca dāne ca sukha-duḥkhe priyāpriye |
ātmaupamyena puruṣaḥ pramāṇam adhigacchati || 1.13 ||

“By treating others on par with oneself — in speech, giving, happiness-sorrow, and likes-dislikes — a person attains the peace of mind.”

मातृवत् पर-दारेषु पर-द्रव्येषु लोष्ट्रवत् ।
आत्मवत् सर्व-भूतेषु यः पश्यति स पण्डितः ॥ १४ ॥
mātṛvat para-dāreṣu para-dravyeṣu loṣṭravat |
ātmavat sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ || 1.14 ||
Other's wives as one's own mother; other's wealth as a lump of clay; other beings like one's own self - he who sees it (this way) is a learned person.

दरिद्रान् भर कौन्तेय मा प्रयच्छेश्वरे धनम् ।
व्याधितस्यौषधं पथ्यं नीरुजस्य किम् औषधैः ॥ १५ ॥

daridrān bhara kaunteya mā prayaccheśvare dhanam |
vyādhitasyauṣadhaṃ pathyaṃ nīrujasya kim auṣadhaiḥ || 1.15 ||

oh! son of Kunti, nourish the poor and needy. Do not grant money to a prosperous one. Medicine is beneficial for the sick. What can the medicines do for the healthy?

 SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH