Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0282-0301

kasyādeśātkṣapayati tamaḥ saptasaptiḥ prajānāṃ
chāyāhetoḥ pathi viṭapināmañjaliḥ kena baddhaḥ /
abhyarthyante jalalavamucaḥ kena vā vṛṣṭihetor-
jātyaivaite parahitavidhau sādhavo baddhakakṣyā //

svaphalanicayaḥ śākhābhaṅgaṃ karoti vanaspater-
gamanamalasaṃ barhāṭopi karoti śikhaṇḍinaḥ /
caturagamano yo jātyāśvaḥ sa gauriva vāhyate
guṇavati jane prāyeṇaite guṇāḥ khalu vairiṇaḥ //

khyātiṃ yatra guṇā na yānti guṇinastatrādaraḥ syātkutaḥ
kiṃ kuryādbahuśikṣitopi puruṣaḥ pāṣāṇabhūte jane /
premārūḍhavilāsinīmadavaśavyāvṛttakaṇṭhasvanaḥ
sītkāro hi manoharopi badhire kiṃ nāma kuryādguṇam //

kṣudrāḥ santi sahasraśaḥ svabharaṇavyāpāramātronmukhāḥ
svārtho yasya parārtha eva sa pumānekaḥ satāmagraṇīḥ /
duṣpūrodarapūraṇāya pibati srotaḥpatiṃ vāḍavo
jīmūtastu nidāghatāpitajagatsaṃtāpavicchittaye //

namratvenonnamantaḥ paraguṇanutibhiḥ svānguṇānkhyāpayantaḥ
puṣṇantaḥ svīyamarthaṃ satatakṛtamahārambhayatnāḥ parārthe /
kṣāntyaivākṣeparūkṣākṣaramukharamukhādurmukhānduḥkhayantaḥ
santaḥ sāścaryacaryā jagati bahumatāḥ kasya nābhyarthanīyāḥ //

sajjanā eva sādhūnāṃ prathayanti guṇotkaram /
puṣpāṇāṃ saurabhaṃ prāyastanvate dikṣu mārutāḥ //

sādhureva pravīṇaḥ syātsadguṇāmṛtacarvaṇe /
navacūtāṅkurāsvādakuśalaḥ kokilaḥ kila //

prāyaḥ santyupadeśārhā dhīmanto na jaḍāśayāḥ /
tilāḥ kusumasaugandhyagrāhiṇo na yavāḥ kvacit //

manasvihṛdayaṃ dhatte raukṣyeṇaiva prasannatām /
bhasmanā makuraḥ prāyaḥ prasādaṃ labhatetarām //

uttamaḥ kleśavikṣobhaṃ kṣamaḥ soḍhuṃ nahītaraḥ /
maṇireva mahāśāṇagharṣaṇaṃ na tu mṛtkaṇaḥ //

jaḍe prabhavati prāyo duḥkhaṃ bibhrati sādhavaḥ /
sitāṃśāvudite padmāḥ saṃkocātaṅkadhāriṇaḥ //

guṇānāmantaraṃ prāyastajjño jānāti netaraḥ /
mālatīmallikāmodaṃ ghrāṇaṃ vetti na locanam //

svabhāvaṃ naiva muñcanti santaḥ saṃsargatosatām /
na tyajanti rutaṃ mañju kākasaṃparkataḥ pikāḥ //

saṃpattau komalaṃ cittaṃ sādhorāpadi karkaśam /
sukumāraṃ madhau pattraṃ taroḥ syātkaṭhinaṃ śucau //

svabhāvaṃ na jahātyantaḥ sādhurāpadgatopi san /
karpūraḥ pāvakapluṣṭaḥ saurabhaṃ bhajatetarām //

apyāpatsamayaḥ sādhoḥ prayāti ślāghanīyatām /
vidhorvidhuṃtudāskandavipatkālopi sundaraḥ //

dṛṣṭadurjanadaurātmyaḥ sajjane rajyate janaḥ /
āruhya parvataṃ pānthaḥ nirvṛtimetyalam //

kṣaṇakṣayiṇi sāpāye bhoge rajyanti nottamāḥ /
saṃtyajyāmbhojakiṃjalkaṃ haṃsāḥ prāśnanti śaivalam //

adhamaṃ bādhate bhūyo duḥkhāvego na tūttamam /
pāṇipādaṃ rujatyāśu śītasparśo na cakṣuṣī //

guṇavānsucirasthāyī daivenāpi na sahyate /
tiṣṭhatyekāṃ niśāṃ candraḥ śrīmānsaṃpūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ //