LABDA PRANASAM:LOSS OF GAINS- PTLP-11

 SUBHASHITHANI:466

यः पृष्ट्वा कुरुते कार्यं प्रष्टव्यान् स्व-हितान् गुरून् ।
न तस्य जायते विघ्नः कस्मिंश्चिद् अपि कर्मणि ॥ ७३ ॥

yaḥ pṛṣṭvā kurute kāryaṃ praṣṭavyān sva-hitān gurūn |
na tasya jāyate vighnaḥ kasmiṃścid api karmaṇi || 4.73 ||

One who acts after consulting those who are his well-wishers and whose advice is fit to be sought, will never face obstacles in any of his endeavors.

सतां वचनम् आदिष्टं मदेन न करोति यः ।
स विनाशम् अवाप्नोति घण्टोष्ट्र इव सत्वरम् ॥ ७४ ॥

satāṃ vacanam ādiṣṭaṃ madena na karoti yaḥ |
sa vināśam avāpnoti ghaṇṭoṣṭra iva satvaram || 4.74 ||

One who ignores the advice of the wise due to arrogance soon faces destruction like the camel with the bell tied around its neck.

उपदेश-प्रदातॄणां नराणां हितम् इच्छताम् ।
परस्मिन्न् इह लोके च व्यसनं नोपपद्यते ॥ ७५ ॥

upadeśa-pradātṝṇāṃ narāṇāṃ hitam icchatām |
parasminn iha loke ca vyasanaṃ nopapadyate || 4.75 ||

Those who provide good advice and wish for their welfare never face difficulties in this or the world after.

उपकारिषु यः साधुः साधुत्वे तस्य को गुणः ।
अपकारिषु यः साधुः स साधुः सद्भिर् उच्यते ॥ ७६ ॥

upakāriṣu yaḥ sādhuḥ sādhutve tasya ko guṇaḥ |
apakāriṣu yaḥ sādhuḥ sa sādhuḥ sadbhir ucyate || 4.76 ||

What greatness is there in those who return good for good? The wise say that only that person who does good to even those who have harmed him.

இன்னாசெய் தார்க்கும் இனியவே செய்யாக்கால்
என்ன பயத்ததோ சால்பு.-Thirukkural 987
Where is the superiority of the worthy man if he does not do good to even those that do harm to him?

हतस् त्वं प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जीवन् गृहम् अथो यशः ।
युध्यमानस्य ते भावि गुण-द्वयम् अनुत्तमम् ॥ ७७ ॥

hatas tvaṃ prāpsyasi svargaṃ jīvan gṛham atho yaśaḥ |
yudhyamānasya te bhāvi guṇa-dvayam anuttamam || 4.77 ||

If you get killed in the fight, you will attain liberation. If you live, you will achieve fame, and also get back your house. He who fights his battles gains, irrespective of the results. (The monkey to the crocodile)

उत्तमं प्रणिपातेन शूरं भेदेन योजयेत् ।
नीचम् अल्प-प्रदानेन सम-शक्तिं पराक्रमैः ॥ ७८ ॥
uttamaṃ praṇipātena śūraṃ bhedena yojayet |
nīcam alpa-pradānena sama-śaktiṃ parākramaiḥ || 4.78 ||
The noble are to be placated With Submission, The Valorous by alienating him from his allies. The Ignoble may be won Over by trivial gifts, But equals Can be won over by valour.

अन्त्यावस्थो ऽपि महान् स्वामि-गुणान् न जहाति शुद्धतया ।
न श्वेत-भावम् उज्झति शङ्खः शिखि-भुक्त-मुक्तो ऽपि ॥ ७९ ॥

antyāvastho 'pi mahān svāmi-guṇān na jahāti śuddhatayā |
na śveta-bhāvam ujjhati śaṅkhaḥ śikhi-bhukta-mukto 'pi || 4.79 ||

Even while facing extreme calamities noble persons do not shed their inherent good nature; just like the conch doesn’t lose its white colour even when burn to ashes.

न यत्र शक्यते कर्तुं साम दानम् अथापि वा ।
भेदस् तत्र प्रयोक्तव्यो यतः स वश-कारकः ॥ ८० ॥

na yatra śakyate kartuṃ sāma dānam athāpi vā |
bhedas tatra prayoktavyo yataḥ sa vaśa-kārakaḥ || 4.80 ||

Where negotiation or gifts do not work, one should practice deceit, as that only helps in taming the enemy. 

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH

LABDA PRANASAM:LOSS OF GAINS- PTLP-10

 SUBHASHITHANI: 465

ताडिता अपि दण्डेन शस्त्रैर् अपि विखण्डिताः ।
न वशं योषितो यान्ति न दानैर् न च संस्तवैः ॥ ६६ ॥

tāḍitā api daṇḍena śastrair api vikhaṇḍitāḥ |
na vaśaṃ yoṣito yānti na dānair na ca saṃstavaiḥ || 4.66 ||

A woman does not yield either when beaten with sticks or cut in to pieces with weapons; She would also not be satisfied by gifts, praises or flatteries.

आस्तां तावत् किम् अन्येन दौरात्म्येनेह योषिताम् ।
विधृतं स्वोदरेणापि घ्नन्ति पुत्रम् अपि स्वकम् ॥ ६७ ॥

āstāṃ tāvat kim anyena daurātmyeneha yoṣitām |
vidhṛtaṃ svodareṇāpi ghnanti putram api svakam || 4.67 ||

Let this be aside; Why mention any other wickedness on the part of women? When they are angry they even go to extent of killing their own child.

रूक्षायां स्नेह-सद्-भावं कठोरायां सुमार्दवम् ।
नीरसायां रसं बालो बालिकायां विकल्पयेत् ॥ ६८ ॥

rūkṣāyāṃ sneha-sad-bhāvaṃ kaṭhorāyāṃ sumārdavam |
nīrasāyāṃ rasaṃ bālo bālikāyāṃ vikalpayet || 4.68 ||

It is only a fool who Attributes falsely friendly attitude to One who speaks rudely; hard-hearted young woman is thought of as kind; sentiment to one who is devoid of it.

The story of the farmer’s naked wife - नग्निकाहालिकवधूकथा

The crocodile, like the old man of the sea, is going on and on with further stories to the monkey:

यादृशं मम पाण्डित्यं तादृशं द्विगुणं तव ।
नाभूज् जारो न भर्ता च किं निरीक्षसि नग्निके ॥ ६९ ॥

yādṛśaṃ mama pāṇḍityaṃ tādṛśaṃ dviguṇaṃ tava |
nābhūj jāro na bhartā ca kiṃ nirīkṣasi nagnike || 4.69 ||

You have double the intelligence that I have. Your lover is gone. You lost your husband as well. Oh naked lady, what are you waiting for?

गृध्रेणापहृतं मांसं मत्स्यो ऽपि सलिलं गतः ।
मत्स्य-मांस-परिभ्रष्टे किं निरीक्ष्यसि जम्बुके ॥ ७० ॥

gṛdhreṇāpahṛtaṃ māṃsaṃ matsyo 'pi salilaṃ gataḥ |
matsya-māṃsa-paribhraṣṭe kiṃ nirīkṣyasi jambuke || 4.70 ||

The meat was stolen by the vulture, the fish went into the water, you lost the meat, and the fish, so what are you waiting for, o fox?

मित्रं ह्य् अमित्रतां यातम् अपरं मे प्रिया मित्रा ।
गृहम् अन्येन च व्याप्तं किम् अद्यापि भविष्यति ॥ ७१ ॥

mitraṃ hy amitratāṃ yātam aparaṃ me priyā mitrā |
gṛham anyena ca vyāptaṃ kim adyāpi bhaviṣyati || 4.71 ||

I have lost a good friend, my wife is no more, my house has been occupied by some one else. What more calamities remain to happen? ( The crocodile thinking to himself )

क्षते प्रहारा निपतन्त्य् अभीक्ष्णम्

अन्न-क्षये वर्धति जाठराग्निः ।
आपत्सु वैराणि समुद्भवन्ति

वामे विधौ सर्वम् इदं नराणाम् ॥ ७२ ॥

kṣate prahārā nipatanty abhīkṣṇam

 anna-kṣaye vardhati jāṭharāgniḥ |
āpatsu vairāṇi samudbhavanti

vāme vidhau sarvam idaṃ narāṇām || 4.72 ||

Once you are wounded, it is likely to happen again at the same spot; hunger increases when there is scarcity of food; when you are in danger the enemies are delighted; all this happen when fate is adverse.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH

LABDA PRANASAM:LOSS OF GAINS- PTLP-9

 SUBHASHITHANI:464

न गृहं गृहम् इत्य् आहुर् गृहिणी गृहम् उच्यते ।
गृहं तु गृहिणी-हीनं कान्तारान् नातिरिच्यते ॥ ५८ ॥

na gṛhaṃ gṛham ity āhur gṛhiṇī gṛham ucyate |
gṛhaṃ tu gṛhiṇī-hīnaṃ kāntārān nātiricyate || 4.58 ||

The wise claim that a house is not a house in the absence of a wife; without her it is worse than even a forest.

இல்லதென் இல்லவள் மாண்பானால் உள்ளதென்
இல்லவள் மாணாக் கடை?Thirukkural 53
Where is indigence if the wife is worthy? And where Is wealth if worth is not in her?

वृक्ष-मूलेऽपि दयिता यत्र तिष्ठति तद् गृहम् ।
प्रासादो ऽपि तया हीनो ऽरण्य-सदृशः स्मृतः ॥ ५९ ॥

vṛkṣa-mūle'pi dayitā yatra tiṣṭhati tad gṛham |
prāsādo 'pi tayā hīno 'raṇya-sadṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ || 4.59 ||

Even under a tree where there is a beloved that is home; without her even in a palace that is like staying in wilderness.

माता यस्य गृहे नास्ति भार्या च प्रिय-वादिनी ।
अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथारण्यं तथा गृहम् ॥ ६० ॥

mātā yasya gṛhe nāsti bhāryā ca priya-vādinī |
araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathāraṇyaṃ tathā gṛham || 4.60 ||

A person whose mother is not in his house and his wife always offends him by her speech, he should go to the forest because for him both the house and the forest are the same.

या भार्या दुष्ट-चरित्रा सततं कलह-प्रिया ।
भार्या-रूपेण सा ज्ञेया विदग्धैर् दारुणा जरा ॥ ६१ ॥

yā bhāryā duṣṭa-caritrā satataṃ kalaha-priyā |
bhāryā-rūpeṇa sā jñeyā vidagdhair dāruṇā jarā || 4.61 ||

A wife whose actions are wicked and who is always fond of quarrelling, wise men should know it as cruel old age in wife’s form.

तस्मात् सर्व-प्रयत्नेन नामापि परिवर्जयेत् ।
स्त्रीणाम् इह हि सर्वासां य इच्छेत् सुखम् आत्मनः ॥ ६२ ॥

tasmāt sarva-prayatnena nāmāpi parivarjayet |
strīṇām iha hi sarvāsāṃ ya icchet sukham ātmanaḥ || 4.62 ||

Therefore, that man who wants to be happy should, with every effort, avoid  even mentioning her name.

यद्-अन्तस् तन् न जिह्वायां यज् जिह्वायां न तद्-बहिः ।
यद्-बहिस् तन् न कुर्वन्ति विचित्र-चरिताः स्त्रियः ॥ ६३ ॥

yad-antas tan na jihvāyāṃ yaj jihvāyāṃ na tad-bahiḥ |
yad-bahis tan na kurvanti vicitra-caritāḥ striyaḥ || 4.63 ||

That which is in their heart is not what is in their tongue; what is in their tongue they do not mean in reality; what they say they never execute; strange is the behaviour of women.

के नाम न विनश्यन्ति मिथ्या-ज्ञानान् नितम्बिनीम् ।
रम्यां ते उपसर्पन्ति दीपाभां शलभा यथा ॥ ६४ ॥

ke nāma na vinaśyanti mithyā-jñānān nitambinīm |
ramyāṃ te upasarpanti dīpābhāṃ śalabhā yathā || 4.64 ||

Who can escape destruction, who by misapprehension approach a beautiful woman thinking her to be attractive, like moths flying towards the flame of a lamp.

अन्तर्-विष-मया ह्य् एता बहिश् चैव मनोरमाः ।
गुञ्जा-फल-समाकारा योषितः केन निर्मिताः ॥ ६५ ॥

antar-viṣa-mayā hy etā bahiś caiva manoramāḥ |
guñjā-phala-samākārā yoṣitaḥ kena nirmitāḥ || 4.65 ||

For, these women are, by their nature full of poison inside and outwardly appear to be attractive, thus resembling ‘gunja’ fruit.

( All the above slokas are narrated by the crocodile to the monkey )

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH