MITRALABHA-6-GAINING OF FRIENDS

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यस्य मित्रेण सम्भाषो यस्य मित्रेण संस्थितिः ।
यस्य मित्रेण संलापस् ततो नास्तीह पुण्यवान् ॥ ३९ ॥

yasya mitreṇa sambhāṣo yasya mitreṇa saṃsthitiḥ |
yasya mitreṇa saṃlāpas tato nāstīha puṇyavān || 1.39 ||

If he has a meaningful dialogue and communion with the one who has a sweet relationship with his friend, then there is no one as virtuous as him.

यस्माच् च येन च यदा च यथा च यच् च
यावच् च यत्र च शुभाशुभम् आत्म-कर्म ।
तस्माच् च तेन च तदा च तथा च तच् च
तावच् च तत्र च कृतान्त-वशाद् उपैति ॥ १९ ॥
yasmāc ca yena ca yadā ca yathā ca yac ca
 yāvac ca yatra ca śubhāśubham ātma-karma |
tasmāc ca tena ca tadā ca tathā ca tac ca
 tāvac ca tatra ca kṛtānta-vaśād upaiti ||1.40 ||
Whence, what, by whom, how long, when, where,
And how deserved is good or ill,
Thence, that, by him, so long, then, there,
And so, it comes. Fate has its will. - A.W.Ryder
( Idea is that every thing that happens now is very much based on our past actions other wise called 'fate')

राग-शोक-परीताप-बन्धन-व्यसनानि च ।
आत्मापराध-वृक्षाणां फलान्य् एतानि देहिनाम् ॥ ४१ ॥

rāga-śoka-parītāpa-bandhana-vyasanāni ca |
ātmāparādha-vṛkṣāṇāṃ phalāny etāni dehinām || 1.41 ||

Desire, sorrow, agony, restraint and calamities – these are the fruits of the tree in the form of sins committed by men.

आपद्-अर्थे धनं रक्षेद् दारान् रक्षेद् धनैर् अपि ।
आत्मानं सततं रक्षेद् दारैर् अपि धनैर् अपि ॥ ४२ ॥

āpad-arthe dhanaṃ rakṣed dārān rakṣed dhanair api |
ātmānaṃ satataṃ rakṣed dārair api dhanair api || 1.42 ||

One should save his money against hard times, save his wife at the sacrifice of his riches, but invariably one should save his soul even at the sacrifice of his wife and riches. 

धर्मार्थ-काम-मोक्षाणां प्राणाः संस्थित-हेतवः ।
तान् निघ्नता किं न हतं रक्षता किं न रक्षितम् ॥ ४३ ॥

dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāṇāṃ prāṇāḥ saṃsthita-hetavaḥ |
tān nighnatā kiṃ na hataṃ rakṣatā kiṃ na rakṣitam || 1.43 ||

Life is the quintessential requirement for carrying out the four purusharthas- Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. One who deprives himself of his life deprives everything, or one who saves his life saves everything.

धनानि जीवितं चैव परार्थे प्राज्ञ उत्सृजेत् ।
सन्निमित्ते वरं त्यागो विनाशे नियते सति ॥ ४४ ॥

dhanāni jīvitaṃ caiva parārthe prājña utsṛjet |
sannimitte varaṃ tyāgo vināśe niyate sati ||1.44 ||

A wise and wealthy person should always give away his wealth for saving the lives of needy persons.  It is preferable to spend it for this noble cause, because ultimately all wealth is destined to be lost or destroyed.

जाति-द्रव्य-बलानां च साम्यम् एषां मया सह ।
मत्-प्रभुत्व-फलं ब्रूहि कदा किं तद् भविष्यति ॥ ४५ ॥

jāti-dravya-balānāṃ ca sāmyam eṣāṃ mayā saha |
mat-prabhutva-phalaṃ brūhi kadā kiṃ tad bhaviṣyati || 1.45 ||

They are like me as regards kind, substance and qualities ; say then, when and what will be the fruit of my being their leader? ( Chitragriva to the mouse )

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH