Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 1-9979 · Verses 2983-3002

arthārthinī devapūjāspapnopaśrutitatparā /
sadā gaṇakagehaṃ sā praṣṭuṃ yāti grahasthitim //

arthārthī jīvaloko'yaṃ jvalantamupasarpati /
kṣīṇakṣīrāṃ nirājīvyāṃ vatsastyajati mātaram //

arthārthī jīvaloko'yaṃ śmaśānamapi sevate /
janitāramapi tyaktvā niḥsvaṃ gacchati dūrataḥ //

arthārthī yāni kaṣṭāni mūḍho'yaṃ sahate janaḥ /
śatāṃśenāpi mokṣārthī tāni cen mokṣamāpnuyāt //

arthārthī yāni kaṣṭāni sahate kṛpaṇo janaḥ /
tānyeva yadi dharmārthī na bhūyaḥ kleśabhājanam //

arthālābhe'pi mahati svādhyāyaṃ na samutsṛjet /
kulānyakulatāṃ yānti svādhyāyasya vivarjanāt //

arthāharaṇakauśalyaṃ kiṃ stumaḥ śāstravādinām /
avyayebhyo'pi ye cārthān niṣkarṣanti sahasraśaḥ //

arthā hasantyucitadānavihīnacittaṃ bhūmirnaraṃ ca mama bhūmiriti bruvāṇam /
jārā hasanti tanayānupalālayantaṃ mṛtyurhasatyavanipaṃ raṇaraṅgabhīrum //

arthiko vyādhito mūrkhaḥ pravāsī parasevakaḥ /
jīvanto'pi mṛtāḥ pañca pañcaite dukhabhāginaḥ //

arthitā vibhavastyāgaḥ svātantryamucitajñatā /
iti pañcaguṇopatem āśrayedāśrayaṃ naraḥ //

arthitve prakaṭīkṛte'pi na phalaprāptiḥ prabhoḥ pratyuta druhyan dāśarathirviruddhacarito yuktastayā kanyayā /
utkarṣaṃ ca parasya mānayaśasorvisraṃsanaṃ cātmanaḥ strīratnaṃ ca jagatpatirdaśamukho dṛptaḥ kathaṃ mṛṣyate //

arthinastvaritadānena tṛptirbhavati yādṛśī /
bahudānaṃ vilambena na tādṛk tṛptikārakam //

arthināṃ kṛpaṇā dṛṣṭis tvanmukhe patitā sakṛt /
tadavasthā punardeva nānyasya mukhamīkṣate //

arthināṃ mitravargasya vidviṣāṃ ca parāṅmukhaḥ /
yo na yāti pitā tena putrī mātā ca vīrasūḥ //

arthināmupapannānāṃ pūrvaṃ cāpyupakāriṇām /
āśāṃ saṃśrutya yo hanti sa loke puruṣādhamaḥ //

arthini kavayati kavayati paṭhati ca paṭhati stavonmukhe stauti /
paścādyāmītyukte maunī dṛṣṭiṃ nimīlayati //

arthine na tṛṇavaddhanamātraṃ kiṃ tu jīvanamapi pratipādyam /
evamāha kuśavajjaladāpī dravyadānavidhiruktividagdhaḥ //

arthino jaṭharajvālādagdhā vāk kaṃcidañcati /
tāṃ cāśamayato vittaṃ kinnimittaṃ na vidmahe //

arthipratyarthilakṣairapy aparāṅmukhacetasam /
tvāṃ parāṅmukhatāṃ ninyuḥ kevalaṃ parayoṣitaḥ //

arthibhuktāvaśiṣṭaṃ yat tadaśnīyān mahāśayaḥ /
śveto'rthirahitaṃ bhuktvā nijamāṃsāśano'bhavat //