BHRUTHYAH- भृत्यः-SERVANT

 

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अवृत्तिकं प्रभुं भृत्या अपुष्पं  भ्रमरास्तरुम् ।

अंजली च सरो हंसा मुञ्चन्त्यपि चिरोषितम् ।।

avṛttikaṃ prabhuṃ bhṛtyā apuṣpaṃ  bhramarāstarum |
aṃjalī ca saro haṃsā muñcantyapi ciroṣitam ||
Servants leave a master who does not support them ; bees a tree without flowers ; swans a tank without water, in spite of long association.

दासी भृत्य: सुतो बन्धुर्वस्तु वाहनमेवच |

धनधान्यसमृद्धिश्चाप्यष्टभोगा: प्रकीर्तिता: ||
Daasi bhrutyah suto bandurvastu vahanameva cha I
Dhana dhaanya samruddischa api ashta bhogaah prakeertitah  II
A person is said to enjoy eight comforts :  Maid servants, servants, children,relatives, various things, vehicles, wealth  and food  grains .

प्रत्यक्षे गुरुवः स्तुत्यः पराेक्षे मित्र बन्धवः ।
कार्यान्ते दास भृत्यः स्वपुत्रः न कदचन ॥

pratyakShe guruvaH stutyaH prokShe mitra bandhavaH |
kAryAnte dAsa bhRutyaH svaputraH na kadachana ||

Guru should be praised on the face, friends and relatives behind their back; servants after they finish a job, and one’s own sons-—never!

दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः ।
ससर्पे च गृहे वासो मृत्युरेव न संशयः ॥
A spoilt wife, wicked friend, and impertinent servant, are all like a house infested by serpents. Without a doubt, death resides there.

पुत्रो भृत्यः सुहृन्मित्रं भार्या धर्मश्च सत्यता |
तस्यैतान्यपयास्यन्ति क्रोधशीलस्य निश्चितम् ||
All of these will leave a person who under the grasp of anger at all times - son, servant, well-wishers, friends, wife, dharma and truth. None of these can peacefully co-exist with anger.

भूमि-क्षये राज-विनाश एव

भृत्यस्य वा बुद्धिमतो विनाशे ।
नो युक्तम् उक्तं ह्य् अनयोः समत्वं

नष्टापि भूमिः सुलभा न भृत्याः ॥ ४५५ ॥

bhūmi-kṣaye rāja-vināśa eva

bhṛtyasya vā buddhimato vināśe |
no yuktam uktaṃ hy anayoḥ samatvaṃ

naṣṭāpi bhūmiḥ sulabhā na bhṛtyāḥ || 

A king is sure to be ruined on the loss of his territory as of his talented servant; but the equality between the two cannot be properly expressed; an able servant is more than just land.

माता निन्दति न अभिनन्दति पिता भ्राता न सम्भाषते
भृत्य: कुप्यति न अनुगच्छति सुत: कान्ता च न आलिङ्गते |
अर्थप्रार्थनशङ्कया न कुरुते स्वालापमात्रं सुहृत्
तस्मात् अर्थमुपाश्रय श्रुणु सर्वे हि अर्थेन सर्वे वशा: ||
Mother will scold. Father will not rejoice.  Brother will not speak. Friends will be angry. Son will not accompany. Wife will not embrace. Due to fear of being asked for a loan, the friend does not have a friendly conversation. So, all of you, listen!  Take resort in money. Everyone is controlled only by the money.

अपि मृद्व्या गिरा लभ्यः सदा जागर्त्यतन्द्रितः ।
नास्ति धर्मसमो भृत्यः किंचिदुक्तस्तु धावति ॥

api mṛdvyā girā labhyaḥ sadā jāgartyatandritaḥ |
nāsti dharmasamo bhṛtyaḥ kiṃciduktastu dhāvati || 

There is no servant equals to Dharma, who comes in through gently called, ever vigilant without sloth and runs the errand by a little speech.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH