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उत्पन्नं सुधियां कुले यदखिलैस्त्यक्तं बुधैर्न
क्षणं यन् नो विस्मृतमेकदापि सुजनैर्यद्यन्न युक्तं खलैः।
दौर्गत्यस्य तथाविधस्य महतस्तस्यापि केनापि नो यद्
दानाम्बुसरित्प्रवाहपतितस्याकारि हस्तार्पणम्॥

Though born into wisdom, if rejected by the learned and forgotten by the noble—who will rescue one fallen in poverty’s stream?

rejection (86) birth (57) fate (402) wisdom (1611) poverty (128) sorrow (325) donation (26) helplessness (100) remembrance (24) isolation (15)

उत्पन्नपुत्रमात्रस्य पुंसः स्वर्गो भवेद् ध्रृवम्।
टिट्टिभोत्पादनादेव मन्दपालो दिवं ययौ॥

A man earns heaven just by having a son—like the foolish bird Mandapala who reached heaven merely by procreation.

procreation (1) afterlife (35) irony (348) heaven (59) minimal effort (1) bird metaphor (6) rebirth (102) faith (68) tradition (283) dharma (540)

तयोरेकतरे मार्गे यद्येनमभिसंनयेत्।
न सुखं प्राप्य संहृष्येत् न
दुःखं प्राप्य संज्वरेत्॥

Whether one chooses pleasure or pain, the wise neither rejoice excessively nor grieve deeply—they remain steady.

balance (185) equanimity (38) stoicism (18) joy (342) sorrow (325) middle path (1) detachment (573) wisdom (1611) neutrality (13) discipline (380)

उत्पन्नाः सरितां ह्रदेषु सुचिरं तत्रैव पुष्टास्ततः
प्राप्ताः प्रावृषि सागरं जलचरास्तासां मुखादेव ये।
द्वित्रैरेव दिनैस्तिमिंगिलकुलस्यासाद्य कूटस्थतां मृष्यन्त्यद्य
न ते रहस्यपि कृतां नादेयतासंकथाम्॥

Rivers nurture aquatic creatures, but once they flow to the sea, they are devoured. Gratitude is fleeting; no one recalls old nurturing.

ingratitude (16) nurture (10) loss (191) river (88) creatures (1) sea (12) destiny (289) impermanence (242) betrayal (168) realism (46)

उत्पन्ना बहवस्तलेषु सरसामम्भोरुहाणां
चया ये यामिन्यधिपानुकारिरमणीवक्त्रोपमानं गताः।
नाभौ भौमरिपोरजायत महापद्मः स कोऽप्येकको
यस्त्रैलोक्यसमुद्भवप्रभवितुर्जन्मावनित्वं गतः॥

Many lotuses grow in lakes, but only one, born from Vishnu’s navel, became the world-creator. True greatness is rare.

rarity (48) creation (117) lotus (346) vishnu (122) origin (25) uniqueness (49) divinity (206) symbolism (947) grandeur (57) destiny (289)

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