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शतेषु जायते शूरः सहस्रेषु च पंडितः ।
वक्ता दशसहस्रेषु दाता भवति वा न वा ॥

A valiant man is born one among every hundred. A scholar one among thousand, A speaker among tenthousand, however a generous giver may or may not be b...

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अर्थानां अर्जने दुःखम् अर्जितानां च रक्षणे ।
आये दुःखं व्यये दुःखं धिक् अर्थाः कष्टसंश्रयाः ॥

It is difficult to earn money, and to protect the earnings. Income as well as expenditure give pain - Fie on Money ! - which is the cause of hardship.

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येषां बाहुबलं न अस्ति येषां न अस्ति मनोबलम् ।
तेषां चंद्रबलं देवः किं करोति अम्बरे स्थितम् ॥

Those who do not have armstrength (physical strength) and those who do not have mental strength, What good can moon's strength do to them being reside...

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पात्रे त्यागी, गुणे रागी, संविभागी च बंधुषु ।
शास्त्रे बोद्धा, रणे योद्धा, पुरुषः पंचलक्षणः ॥

Sacrificing (giving) at a deserving place, recognizing good qualities, equally dividing among brothers, knowledgable in the sciences, a warrior in war...

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क्षणे रुष्टाः, क्षणे तुष्टाः रुष्टाः तुष्टाः क्षणे क्षणे ।
अव्यवस्थितचित्तानां प्रसादः अपि भयंकरः ॥

Even favors are to be feared from people who are happy one minute and angry the next, those people who do not have a steady mind.

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शरदि न वर्षति, गर्जति, वर्षति वार्षासु निःस्वनः मेघः ।
नीचः वदति, न कुरुते, वदति न साधुः करोति एव ॥

In the autumn, the clouds thunder but yield no rain; during the season, they rain without the thunder. The inferior man talks but does not perform whe...

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व्रते विवादं, विमतिं विवेके, सत्ये अतिशंकां, विनये विकारम् ।
गुणे अवमानं, कुशले निषेधं, धर्मे विरोधं न करोति साधुः ॥

The saintly don't indulge in the following - arguments during penances, crooked thinking during times that call for discrimination, being skeptical to...

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अलसस्य कुतः विद्या अविद्यस्य कुतः धनम् ।
अधनस्य कुतः मित्रम् अमित्रस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥

How can a lazy one get educated, how can an uneducated man earn wealth, how can a penniless man have friends, and how can anyone be happy without frie...

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क्वचित् विद्वद्गोष्ठी क्वचित् अपि सुरामत्तकलहः
क्वचित् वीणावाद्यं क्वचित् अपि च हा हा इति रुदितम् ।
क्वचित् रामा रम्या क्वचित् अपि जराजर्जरतनुः
न जाने संसारः किं अमृतमयः किं विषमयः ॥

Some find themselves in the company of great scholars; some associate with squabbling ruffians. Some get to play the Vina, some spend their time weepi...

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केयुराः न विचूषयन्ति पुरुषं, हाराः न चंद्रोज्ज्वलाः
न स्नानं, न विलेपनं, न कुसुमं, न अलंकृता मूर्धजाः ।
वाणी एका समलंकरोति पुरुषं, या संस्कृता धार्यते
क्षीयंते खलु भूषणानि सततं वाग्भूषणं भूषणम् ॥

Peacock feathers are not the true adornment of man, not glistening-as-the-moon necklaces either, neither are bathing and decorating and flowers , nobl...

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