VIGRAHAH- विग्रह:- WAR-2

 SUBHASHITHANI:566

सुचिरं हि चरन् नित्यं क्षेत्रे सत्यम् अबुद्धिमान् ।
द्वीपि-चर्म-परिच्छन्नो वाग्-दोषाद् गर्दभो हतः ॥ ९ ॥

suciraṃ hi caran nityaṃ kṣetre satyam abuddhimān |
dvīpi-carma-paricchanno vāg-doṣād gardabho hataḥ || 3.9 ||

Grazing on corn in a field for a long time, a foolish ass, covered in a tiger’s skin, was killed, through the blunder of exhibiting its voice.

सेवितव्यो महा-वृक्षः फल-च्छाया-समन्वितः ।
यदि दैवात् फलं नास्ति च्छाया केन निवार्यते ॥ १० ॥
sevitavyo mahā-vṛkṣaḥ phala-cchāyā-samanvitaḥ |
yadi daivāt phalaṃ nāsti cchāyā kena nivāryate || 3.10 ||
A big tree having fruit and shade is worthy to be resorted to. even by chance if there is no fruit, who can prevent (one for enjoying its) shades?

हीन-सेवा न कर्तव्या कर्तव्यो महद् आश्रयः ।
पयो ऽपि शौण्डिकी-हस्ते वारुणीत्य् अभिधीयते ॥ ११ ॥
hīna-sevā na kartavyā kartavyo mahad āśrayaḥ |
payo 'pi śauṇḍikī-haste vāruṇĪty abhidhīyate || 3.11 ||
Serving the vile should not be engaged in, resort to be made to the great. For even milk in the hands of a tavern-keeper is mistaken for spirit.

महान् अप्य् अल्पतां याति निर्गुणे गुण-विस्तरः ।
आधाराधेय-भावेन गजेन्द्र इव दर्पणे ॥ १२ ॥

mahān apy alpatāṃ yāti nirguṇe guṇa-vistaraḥ |
ādhārādheya-bhāvena gajendra iva darpaṇe || 3.12 ||

By coming in to contact with the worthless, the great with abundant merits shrinks in to smallness, by the relationship between the receptacle and the object received, like a large elephant in a mirror.

अजा सिंह-प्रसादेन वने चरति निर्भयम् ।
रामम् आसाद्य लङ्कायां लेभे राज्यं विभीषणः ॥ १३ ॥

ajā siṃha-prasādena vane carati nirbhayam |
rāmam āsādya laṅkāyāṃ lebhe rājyaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ || 3.13 ||

Protected by the lion the goat roams freely in the forest without any fear; having joined Rama’s camp Vibhishana became the king of Lanka.

व्यपदेशेऽपि सिद्धिः स्याद् अतिशक्ते नराधिपे ।
शशिनो व्यपदेशेन शशकाः सुखम् आसते ॥ १४ ॥

vyapadeśe'pi siddhiḥ syād atiśakte narādhipe |
śaśino vyapadeśena śaśakāḥ sukham āsate || 3.14 ||

Even a very powerful king can be overcome by a strategy; by use of fiction about the moon the hares lived happily.

स्पृशन्न् अपि गजो हन्ति जिघ्रन्न् अपि भुजङ्गमः ।
पालयन्न् अपि भूपालः प्रहसन्न् अपि दुर्जनः ॥ १५ ॥
spṛśann api gajo hanti jighrann api bhujaṅgamaḥ |
pālayann api bhūpālaḥ prahasann api durjanaḥ || 3.15 ||
An elephant can prove to be our killer by a mere touch, a venomous snake can award us death by just sniffing, the king can send us to the gallows through a mere smile, but the evil men can cause death to us even when smiling.

उद्यतेष्व् अपि शस्त्रेषु दूतो वदति नान्यथा ।
सदैवावध्य-भावेन यथार्थस्य हि वाचकः ॥ १६ ॥

udyateṣv api śastreṣu dūto vadati nānyathā |
sadaivāvadhya-bhāvena yathārthasya hi vācakaḥ || 3.16 ||

Even when weapons are uplifted an envoy does not speak falsely; he always speaks the truth on account of the immunity he enjoys from being killed.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH