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अदाता पुरुषस्त्यागी दाता त्यागी च नित्यशः।
इति ज्ञात्वा स्वयं बुद्धया धनं दद्यात् पुनः पुनः॥

A non-giver isn't a renunciate; only one who gives again and again is a true renunciate.

giving (75) renunciation (267) generosity (169) virtue (726)

अदाता पुरुषस् धनं संत्यज्य गच्छति।
दातारं कृपणं मन्ये मृतोऽप्यर्थं न मुञ्चति॥

One who hoards wealth and dies without sharing is pitiable, even in death.

miserliness (14) generosity (169) karma (500) death (241)

अदातारं दातृप्रवरमनयं विश्वविनयं
विरूपं रूपाढ्यं विगतजयिनं विश्वजयिनम्।
अकुल्यं कुल्यं त्वामहमवदमाशापरवशात्
मृषावादेत्युक्तिस्त्वयि खलु मृषावादिनि मयि॥

I mistook a non-giver as a great giver under the illusion of hope – a lie spoken about a liar.

deception (224) false hope (8) speech (345) irony (348)

अदाता वंशदोषेण कर्मदोषाद् दरिद्रता।
उत्मादो मातृदोषेण पितृदोषेण मूर्खता॥

A non-giver is so either due to family flaws or karmic errors; lineage and destiny shape one’s nature.

karma (500) destiny (289) giving (75) character (259) lineage (79)

अदातृमानसं क्वापि न स्पृशन्ति कवेर्गिरः।
दुःखायैवातिवृद्धस्य विलासास्तरुणीकृताः॥

The minds of non-givers are untouched by poetry; forced pleasures bring sorrow to the aged.

poetry (588) generosity (169) old age (29) sorrow (325) aesthetics (180)

अदानमीषद् दानं च किंचित् कोपाय दर्धियाम्।
संपूर्णदानं प्रकृतिर् विरामो वैरकारणम्॥

Partial giving provokes anger; complete giving fosters peace or ends enmity.

giving (75) generosity (169) peace (171) anger (185) balance (185)

अदान्तस्याविनीतस्य वृथापण्डितमानिनः।
न गुणाय भवन्ति स्म नटस्येवाजितात्मनः॥

The uncontrolled and arrogant, even if appearing learned, are not truly virtuous.

discipline (380) learning (126) pride (317) humility (596)

अदाहि यस्तेन दशार्धबाणः पुरा पुरारेर्नयनालयेन।
न निर्दहंस्तं भवदक्षिवासी न वैरशुद्धेरधुनाधर्मणः॥

Even Lord Shiva's eye-fire couldn't burn him – such is the power of unshaken devotion or destiny.

shiva (328) fire (219) devotion (933) fate (402) mythology (86)

अदीप्तेऽग्नौ हतो होमो हता भुक्तिरसाक्षिका।
उपजीव्या हता कन्या स्वार्थे पाकक्रिया हता॥

An unlit fire spoils the oblation; similarly, many actions fail due to lack of sincerity or witness.

ritual (164) fire (219) failure (101) sincerity (46) dharma (540)

अदीर्घं कालमापन्नः प्रश्रयं युवतेः स्मरः।
प्रगल्भ्यते मनस्येव मुघं वपुषि जायते॥

Love enters briefly, becomes bold, and creates illusions of beauty and emotion.

love (1567) illusion (355) youth (261) desire (898)