Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0242-0261

nirguṇamapyanuraktaṃ prāyo na samāśritaṃ jahati santaḥ /
sahavṛddhikṣayabhājaṃ vahati śaśāṅkaḥ kalaṅkamapi //

antyāvasthopi budhaḥ svaguṇaṃ na jahāti jātiśuddhatayā /
na śvetabhāvamujjhati śaṅkhaḥ śikhibhuktamuktopi //

doṣamapi guṇavati jane dṛṣṭvā guṇarāgiṇo na khidyante /
prītyaiva śaśini patitaṃ paśyati lokaḥ kalaṅkamapi //

sāptapadīnaṃ sakhyaṃ bhavetprakṛtyā viśuddhacittānām /
kimutānyonyaguṇakathāvisrambhanibaddhabhāvānām //

spṛhaṇīyāḥ kasya na te sumateḥ saralāśayā mahātmānaḥ /
trayamapi yeṣāṃ sadṛśaṃ hṛdayaṃ vacanaṃ tathācāraḥ //

guṇinaḥ samīpavartī pūjyo lokasya guṇavihīnopi /
vimalekṣaṇaprasaṅkādañjanamāpnoti kāṇākṣi //

sahasiddhamidaṃ mahatāṃ dhaneṣvanāsthā guṇeṣu kṛpaṇatvam /
paraduḥkhe kātaratā mahacca dhairyaṃ svaduḥkheṣu //

atikupitā api sujanā yogena mṛdūbhavanti na tu nīcāḥ /
hemnaḥ kaṭhinasyāpi dravaṇopāyosti na tṛṇānām //

upakṛtisāhasikatayā kṣatimapi gaṇayanti no guṇinaḥ /
janayanti hi prakāśaṃ dīpaśikhāḥ svāṅgadāhena //

raktatvaṃ kamalānāṃ satpuruṣāṇāṃ paropakāritvam /
asatāṃ ca nirdayatvaṃ svabhāvasiddhaṃ triṣu tritayam //

upakartumaprakāśaṃ kṣantuṃ nyūneṣvayācitaṃ dātum /
abhisaṃdhātuṃ ca guṇaiḥ śateṣu kecidvijānanti //

guṇini guṇajño ramate nāguṇaśīlasya guṇini paritoṣaḥ /
alireti vanātkamalaṃ na dardurastānnivāsopi //

ādau tu mandamandāni madhye samarasāni ca /
ante snehāyamānāni saṃgatāni budhaiḥ saha //

iyamunnatasattvaśālināṃ
mahatāṃ kāpi kaṭhoracittatā /
upakṛtya bhavanti dūrataḥ
parataḥ pratyupakāraśaṅkayā //

upakāriṇi vītamatsare vā
sadayatvaṃ yadi tatra kotirekaḥ /
ahite sahasāparāddhalabdhe
saghṛṇaṃ yasya manaḥ satāṃ sa dhuryaḥ //

ādimadhyanidhaneṣu sauhṛdaṃ
sajjane bhavati netare jane /
chedatāḍananigharṣatāpanair-
nānyabhāvamupayāti kāñcanam //

dīpāḥ sthitaṃ vastu vibhāvayanti
kulapradīpāstu bhavanti kecit /
ciravyatītānapi pūrvajānye
prakāśayanti svaguṇaprakarṣāt //

tuṅgātmanāḥ tuṅgatarāḥ samarthā
manorujaṃ dhvaṃsayituṃ na nīcāḥ /
dhārādharā eva dharādharāṇāṃ
nidāghadāvaughaharā na nadyaḥ //

guṇā guṇajñeṣu guṇībhavanti
te nirguṇaṃ prāpya bhavanti doṣāḥ /
susvādutoyaprabhavā hi nadyaḥ
samudramāsādya bhavantyapeyāḥ //

tṛṇāni nonmūlayati prabhañjano
mṛdūni nīcaiḥ praṇatāni sarvaśaḥ /
samucchritāneva tarūnprabādhate
mahānmahatsveva karoti vikriyām //