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अनाहूतः समायातः अनापृष्टस्तु भाषते।
परनिन्दात्मनः स्तुतिश् चत्वारि लघुलक्षणम्॥

Four signs of a petty person are: coming uninvited, speaking without being asked, criticizing others, and praising oneself.

pettiness (4) self-praise (10) criticism (79) uninvited (3) speech (345) character (259) humility (596) arrogance (135) social norms (31) behavior (249)

अनाहूतप्रविष्टस्य दृष्टस्य क्रुद्धचक्षुषा।
स्वयमेवोपविष्टस्य वरं मृत्युर्न भोजनम्॥

Better to die than to eat food from someone who glares at you with anger, after entering uninvited and sitting without permission. It highlights digni...

self-respect (18) hospitality (42) etiquette (38) anger (185) insult (44) food (101) death (241) honor (131) conduct (143) social grace (1)

अनहूताः स्वयं यान्ति रसास्वादविलोलुपाः।
निवारिता न गच्छन्ति मक्षिका इव भिक्षुकाः॥

Beggars with excessive craving for taste, like flies, enter uninvited and don't leave even when driven away. A simile showing shameless persistence.

craving (38) gluttony (8) shamelessness (8) begging (18) behavior (249) comparison (402) flies (1) rejection (86) persistence (21) greed (141)

अनाहूतो विशेद्यस्तु अपृष्टो बहु भाषते।
आत्मानं मन्यते प्रीतं भूपालस्य स दुर्मतिः॥

One who enters without being called and speaks unasked thinks he is dear to the king — such a person is foolish.

ego (153) delusion (175) court behavior (1) etiquette (38) foolishness (88) speech (345) arrogance (135) social intelligence (1) authority (35)

अनाह्वाने प्रवेशश्च अपृष्टे परिभाषणम्।
आत्मस्तुतिः परे निन्दा चत्वारि लघुलक्षणम्॥

Entering uncalled, speaking unasked, self-praise, and criticizing others — are four signs of a petty mind.

speech (345) character traits (2) pettiness (4) self-conceit (1) criticism (79) pride (317) conduct (143) social rules (2)

अनिच्छतोऽपि दुःखानि यथेहायान्ति देहिनः।
सुखान्यपि तथा मन्ये चिन्तादैन्येन को गुणः॥

Just as sorrows come uninvited, joys too must be taken as they come. What’s the point of worrying or grieving excessively?

acceptance (68) sorrow (325) joy (342) equanimity (38) worry (13) detachment (573) realism (46) mind (176) pain (225) philosophy (290)

अनिःसरन्तीमपि गेहगर्भात्
कीर्तिं परेषामसतीं वदन्ति।
स्वैरं भ्रमन्तीमपि च त्रिलोक्यां
त्वत्कीर्तिमाहुः कवयः सतीं तु॥

A woman who never leaves home is called unchaste, while one who roams the worlds for your fame is praised as chaste — a paradox poets resolve by conte...

chastity (21) fame (166) paradox (167) perception (181) poetry (588) societal view (1) virtue (726) devotion (933) context (30)

अनिच्छन्तोऽपि विनयं विद्याभ्यासेन बालकाः।
भेषजेनेव नैरुज्यं प्रापणीयाः प्रयत्नतः॥

Just as health is attained through medicine, even unwilling children must be trained in humility and knowledge through effort.

discipline (380) humility (596) education (44) effort (289) childhood (20) values (171) training (22) analogy (98) learning (126) virtue (726)

अनिच्छन्नपि चित्तेन विदेशस्थोऽपि मानवः।
स्वकर्मोत्पातवातेन नीयते यत्र तत्फलम्॥

Even if unwilling, a man is drawn to his karmic results like a leaf in storm-wind — destiny governs through karma.

destiny (289) karma (500) fate (402) will (4) compulsion (4) consequence (118) metaphysics (29) rebirth (102) cosmic law (15)

अनिज्यया विवाहैश्च वेदस्योत्सादनेन च।
कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति धर्मस्यातिक्रमेण च॥

Without proper sacrifice and Vedic guidance, marriages and acts lead families from nobility to disgrace by violating dharma.

dharma (540) marriage (104) vedic rituals (2) decline (52) lineage (79) degradation (19) tradition (283) sacrilege (1) family (165)

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