SUHRID BHEDA- SEPARATION OF FRIENDS- 5

 SUBHASHITHANI:542

 The Wedge-Pulling Monkey

अव्यापरेषु व्यापारं यो नरः कर्तुम् इच्छति ।
स एव निधनं याति कीलोत्पटीव वानरः ॥ ३० ॥

avyāpareṣu vyāpāraṃ yo naraḥ kartum icchati |
sa eva nidhanaṃ yāti kīlotpaṭīva vānaraḥ || 2.30 ||

Anyone who tries to poke into matters which are none of his business, 
meets his end, just like the monkey who tried to remove the wedge.

पराधिकार-चर्चा यः कुर्यात् स्वामि-हितेच्छया ।
स विषीदति चीत्काराद् गर्दभस् ताडितो यथा ॥ ३१ ॥

parādhikāra-carcā yaḥ kuryāt svāmi-hitecchayā |
sa viṣīdati cītkārād gardabhas tāḍito yathā || 2.31 ||

He who interferes with another’s business for the sake of his master’s good , comes to grief like the ass that was beaten for braying.

याचते कार्य-काले यः स किं-भृत्यः स किं-सुहृत् ।
भृत्यान् सम्भाषयेद् यस् तु कार्य-काले स किं-प्रभुः ॥ ३२ ॥

yācate kārya-kāle yaḥ sa kiṃ-bhṛtyaḥ sa kiṃ-suhṛt |
bhṛtyān sambhāṣayed yas tu kārya-kāle sa kiṃ-prabhuḥ || 2.32 ||

He is no good servant; he is no good friend who asks for rewards at the time of carrying out a job; He is no good master who only talks sweetly when the servant is in dire needs.

याचते कार्य-काले यः स किं-भृत्यः स किं-सुहृत् ।

भृत्यान् सम्भाषयेद् यस् तु कार्य-काले स किं-प्रभुः ॥ ३२ ॥

yācate kārya-kāle yaḥ sa kiṃ-bhṛtyaḥ sa kiṃ-suhṛt |
bhṛtyān sambhāṣayed yas tu kārya-kāle sa kiṃ-prabhuḥ || 2.32 ||

He is no good servant; he is no good friend who asks for rewards at the time of carrying out a job; He is no good master who only talks sweetly when the servant is in dire needs.

आश्रितानां भृतौ स्वामि-सेवायां धर्म-सेवने ।
पुत्रस्योत्पादने चैव न सन्ति प्रतिहस्तकाः ॥ ३३ ॥

āśritānāṃ bhṛtau svāmi-sevāyāṃ dharma-sevane |
putrasyotpādane caiva na santi pratihastakāḥ ||2. 33 ||

In helping the dependents, doing service to the master, performing religious duties and begetting a son, substitutes will not do.

पृष्ठतः सेवयेद् अर्कं जठरेण हुताशनम् ।
स्वामिनं सर्व-भावेन परलोकम् अमायया ॥ ३४ ॥

pṛṣṭhataḥ sevayed arkaṃ jaṭhareṇa hutāśanam |
svāminaṃ sarva-bhāvena paralokam amāyayā || 2.34 ||

The sun’s heat should be served  by taking it on one’s back, fire by the stomach, master by body and soul, the other world through purity of heart. (Donkey to a dog)

सुहृदाम् उपकार-कारणाद् द्विषताम् अप्य् अपकार-कारणात् ।
नृप-संश्रय इष्यते बुधैर् जठरं को न बिभर्ति केवलम् ॥ ३५ ॥

suhṛdām upakāra-kāraṇād dviṣatām apy apakāra-kāraṇāt |
nṛpa-saṃśraya iṣyate budhair jaṭharaṃ ko na bibharti kevalam || 2.35 ||

The wise men serve the kings so that they could help their friends and punish their enemies; merely filling up the belly is indulged by one and all.

यस्मिन् जीवति जीवन्ति बहवः स तु जीवतु ।
काको ऽपि किं न कुरुते चञ्च्वा स्वोदर-पूरणम् ॥ ३७ ॥

yasmin jīvati jīvanti bahavaḥ sa tu jīvatu |
kāko 'pi kiṃ na kurute cañcvā svodara-pūraṇam || 2.37 ||

He alone really lives, by whose living many others live; look! does not a crow fill his belly with his bill?

पञ्चभिर् याति दासत्वं पुराणैः को ऽपि मानवः ।
को ऽपि लक्षैः कृती को ऽपि लक्षैर् अपि न लभ्यते ॥ ३८ ॥

pañcabhir yāti dāsatvaṃ purāṇaiḥ ko 'pi mānavaḥ |
ko 'pi lakṣaiḥ kṛtī ko 'pi lakṣair api na labhyate ||2.38 ||

Some men take to serving others for five puraanas (a low value coin), some others for lacs, while there are people who will not accept servitude for anything.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH