PEACE-सन्धिः-SANDHIH-4 (Hitopadesa)

 SUBHASHITHANI:593

सन्धिम् इच्छेत् समेनापि सन्दिग्धो विजयो युधि ।
नहि संशयितं कुर्याद् इत्य् उवाच बृहस्पतिः ॥ २४ ॥

sandhim icchet samenāpi sandigdho vijayo yudhi |
nahi saṃśayitaṃ kuryād ity uvāca bṛhaspatiḥ || 4.24 ||

One should desire peace with equals; victory in war is not certain. Therefore one should not jeopardise one’s advantage, so says Brihaspati.

युद्धे विनाशो भवति कदाचिद् उभयोर् अपि ।
सुन्दोप-सुन्दाव् अन्योन्यं नष्टौ तुल्य-बलौ न किम् ॥ २५ ॥
yuddhe vināśo bhavati kadācid ubhayor api |
sundopa-sundāv anyonyaṃ naṣṭau tulya-balau na kim || 4.25 ||
In battle both sides face destruction; for were not Sunda and Upasunda, of equal valour, ruined each other.

ज्ञान-श्रेष्ठो द्विजः पूज्यः क्षत्रियो बलवान् अपि ।
धन-धान्याधिको वैश्यः शूद्रस् तु द्विज-सेवया ॥ २६ ॥

jñāna-śreṣṭho dvijaḥ pūjyaḥ kṣatriyo balavān api |
dhana-dhānyādhiko vaiśyaḥ śūdras tu dvija-sevayā || 4.26 ||

A brahmana is respected for his knowledge, kshatriya for his valour, a Vaishya for his wealth and grains, a shudra for his service to vedic pundits.

सत्यार्थौ धार्मिको ऽनार्यो भ्रातृ-सङ्हातवान् बली ।
अनेक-युद्ध-विजयी सन्धेयाः सप्त कीर्तिताः ॥ २७ ॥

satyārthau dhārmiko 'nāryo bhrātṛ-saṅhātavān balī |
aneka-yuddha-vijayī sandheyāḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ || 4.27 ||

A truthful person, virtuous, one who is mean minded, one with many brothers, a strong person, and one who has won many battles,- these seven kings are said to be fit for forging an alliance.

सत्यो ऽनुपालयन् सत्यं सन्धितो नैति विक्रियाम् ।
प्राण-बाधेऽपि सुव्यक्तम् आर्यो नायात्य् अनार्थताम् ॥ २८ ॥

satyo 'nupālayan satyaṃ sandhito naiti vikriyām |
prāṇa-bādhe'pi suvyaktam āryo nāyāty anārthatām || 4.28 ||

One who is truthful is always truthful, and will not swerve from truth after an alliance; the noble minded, will not resort to ignominious ways even when his life is threatened.

धार्मिकस्याभियुक्तस्य सर्व एव हि युध्यते ।
प्रजानुरागाद् धर्माच् च दुःखोच्छेद्यो हि धार्मिकः ॥ २९ ॥

dhārmikasyābhiyuktasya sarva eva hi yudhyate |
prajānurāgād dharmāc ca duḥkhocchedyo hi dhārmikaḥ || 4.29 ||

Everyone will fight for a righteous man when attacked. Both from his virtue and from the affection of his subjects, a virtuous person is difficult to be injured.

सन्धिः कार्यो ऽप्य् अनार्येण विनाशे समुपस्थिते ।
विना तस्याश्रयेणार्यो न कुर्यात् काल-यापनम् ॥ ३० ॥

sandhiḥ kāryo 'py anāryeṇa vināśe samupasthite |
vinā tasyāśrayeṇāryo na kuryāt kāla-yāpanam || 4.30 ||

When faced with destruction an alliance with mean minded can be forged; one cannot gain time without recourse to that.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH