SUHRID BHEDA- SEPARATION OF FRIENDS-19

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स्वेदितो मर्दितश् चैव रञ्जुभिः परिवेष्टितः ।
मुक्तो द्वादशभिर् वर्षैः श्व-पुच्छः प्रकृतिं गतः ॥ १३८ ॥

svedito marditaś caiva rañjubhiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ |
mukto dvādaśabhir varṣaiḥ śva-pucchaḥ prakṛtiṃ gataḥ || 2.138 ||

A dog’s tail warmed, pressed, bound with bandages, when liberated after twelve years resumed its natural shape.

वर्धनं वा सम्मानं खलानां प्रीतये कुतः ।
फलन्त्य् अमृत-सेकेऽपि न पथ्यानि विष-द्रुमाः ॥ १३९ ॥
vardhanaṃ vā sammānaṃ khalānāṃ prītaye kutaḥ |
phalanty amṛta-seke'pi na pathyāni viṣa-drumāḥ || 2.139 ||
How can promotion or honouring please  the vile ? poisonous trees even if watered with nectar do not bring forth wholesome fruits.

अपृष्टस् तस्य न ब्रूयाद् यश् च नेच्छेत् पराभवम् ।
एष एव सतां धर्मो विपरीतो ऽसतां मतः ॥ १४० ॥

apṛṣṭas tasya na brūyād yaś ca necchet parābhavam |
eṣa eva satāṃ dharmo viparīto 'satāṃ mataḥ || 2.140 ||

Even when unasked one should offer his wholesome advice to one whose ruin he does not desire; this is the law of the wise; opposite is that of the wicked.

स्निग्धो ऽकुशलान् निवारयति यस् तत् कर्म यन् निर्मलं

 सा स्त्री यातु-विधायिनी स मतिमान् यः सद्भिर् अभ्यर्च्यते ।
सा श्रीर् या न मदं करोति स सुखी यस् तृष्णया मुच्यते

 तन् मित्रं यत् कृत्रिमं स पुरुषो यः खिद्यते नेन्द्रियैः ॥ १४१ ॥

snigdho 'kuśalān nivārayati yas tat karma yan nirmalaṃ

 sā strī yātu-vidhāyinī sa matimān yaḥ sadbhir abhyarcyate |
sā śrīr yā na madaṃ karoti sa sukhī yas tṛṣṇayā mucyate

 tan mitraṃ yat kṛtrimaṃ sa puruṣo yaḥ khidyate nendriyaiḥ || 2.141 ||

He is affectionate who dissuades us from evil, that is a real action which is pure; she is a wife who is obedient; he is talented who is honoured by the wise; it is wealth which is devoid of vanity; he is happy who is free from desire; he is friend who is sincere; and he is a man who is not tormented by passions.

नृपः कामासक्तो गणयति न कार्ये न च हितं

यथेष्टं स्वच्छन्दः प्रविचरति मत्तो गज इव ।
ततो मान-ध्मातः स पतति यदा शोक-गहने

तदा भृत्ये दोषान् क्षिपति न निजं वेत्त्य् अविनयम् ॥ १४२ ॥

nṛpaḥ kāmāsakto gaṇayati na kārye na ca hitaṃ

 yatheṣṭaṃ svacchandaḥ pravicarati matto gaja iva |
tato māna-dhmātaḥ sa patati yadā śoka-gahane

 tadā bhṛtye doṣān kṣipati na nijaṃ vetty avinayam || 2.142 ||

A king devoted to pleasure, values neither duty nor interest; he acts as he pleases, following his own inclinations, like a mad elephant. But when puffed up with pride , he falls in to an abyss of sorrow, and casts the blame on servants and not realise his own misconduct.

न परस्यापराधेन परेषां दण्डम् आचरेत् ।
आत्मनावगतं कृत्वा बध्नीयात् पूजयेच् च वा ॥ १४३ ॥

na parasyāparādhena pareṣāṃ daṇḍam ācaret |
ātmanāvagataṃ kṛtvā badhnīyāt pūjayec ca vā || 2.143 ||

One should not inflict punishment on others based on unverified accusations; but after having ascertained the truth oneself, he should punish or honour.

गुण-दोषाव् अनिश्चित्य विधिनं ग्रह-निग्रहे ।
स्व-नाशाय यथा न्यस्तो दर्पात् सर्प-मुखे करः ॥ १४४ ॥

guṇa-doṣāv aniścitya vidhinaṃ graha-nigrahe |
sva-nāśāya yathā nyasto darpāt sarpa-mukhe karaḥ || 2.144 ||

To award favour or punishment with out ascertaining the merits of the case should not be followed; in such a case it leads to one’s own destruction as when one thrusts his hand in conceit in to the mouth of a serpent.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH