Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0362-0381

sāścaryaṃ yudhi śauryamapratihataṃ tatkaṇḍitākhaṇḍalaṃ
pāñcottānakaraḥ kṛta sabhagavāndānena lakṣmīpatiḥ /
aiśvaryaṃ svakarāptasaptabhuvanaṃ labdhābdhipāraṃ yaśaḥ
sarvaṃ durjanasaṃgamena sahasā spaṣṭaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ baleḥ //

śamayati yaśaḥ kleśaṃ sūte diśatyaśivāṃ gatiṃ
janayati janodvegāyāsaṃ nayatyupahāsyatām /
bhramayati matiṃ mānaṃ hanti kṣiṇoti ca jīvitaṃ
kṣipati sakalaṃ kalyāṇānāṃ kulaṃ khalasaṃgamaḥ //

avinayabhuvāmajñānānāṃ śamāya bhavannapi
prakṛtikuṭilādvidyābhyāsaḥ khalatvavivṛddhaye /
phaṇibhayabhṛtāmastu cchedakṣamastamasāmasau
viṣadharaphaṇāratnāloko bhayaṃ tu bhṛśāyate //

karoti pūjyamānopi lokavyasanadīkṣitaḥ /
darśane darśane trāsaṃ gṛhāhiriva durjanaḥ //

satyadharmacyutātpuṃsaḥ kruddhādāśīviṣādiva /
nāstikopi hyudvijate janaḥ kiṃ punarāstikaḥ //

yeṣāṃ prāṇivadhaḥ krīḍā narma marmacchido giraḥ /
kāryaṃ paropatāpitvaṃ te mṛtyorapi mṛtyavaḥ //

aho bata mahatkaṣṭaṃ viparītamidaṃ jagat /
yenāpatrpate sādhurasādhustena tuṣyati //

na tathecchantyakalyāṇāḥ pareṣāṃ vedituṃ guṇān /
yathaiṣāṃ jñātumicchanti nairguṇyaṃ pāpacetasaḥ //

varjanīyo matimatāṃ durjanaḥ sakhyavairayoḥ /
śvā bhavatyupaghāyāya laḍannapi daśannapi //

ato hāsyataraṃ loke kiṃcidanyanna vidyate /
yatra durjana ityāha durjanaḥ sajjanaṃ janam //

apakāramasaṃprāpya tuṣyetsādhurasādhutaḥ /
naiṣa lābho bhujaṃgena veṣṭito yanna daśyate //

labdhaḥ stabdhonṛjurmūrkhaḥ prabhurekāntadāruṇaḥ /
bahūneṣa khalaḥ sādhūnmārayitvā mariṣyati //

kā khalena saha spardhā sajjanasyābhimāninaḥ /
bhāṣaṇaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ sādhudūṣaṇaṃ yasya bhūṣaṇam //

mukhenaikena vidhyanti pādamekasya kaṇṭakāḥ /
dūrānmukhasahasreṇa sarvaprāṇaharāḥ khalāḥ //

nirmāya khalajihvāgraṃ sarvaprāṇaharaṃ nṛṇām /
cakāra kiṃ vṛthā śastraviṣavahnīnprajāpatiḥ //

yathā paropakāreṣu nityaṃ jāgarti sajjanaḥ /
tathā parāpakāreṣu jāgarti satataṃ khalaḥ //

bibheti piśunānnīcaḥ prakāśanapaṭīyasaḥ /
na punarmūḍhahṛdayo nindanīyātsvakarmaṇaḥ //

vṛthājvalitakopāgneḥ paruṣākṣaravādinaḥ /
durjanasyauṣadhaṃ nāsti kiṃcidanyadanuttarāt //

khalānāṃ kaṇṭakānāṃ ca dvidhaivāsti pratikriyā /
upānanmukhabhaṅgo vā dūrato vāpi varjanam //

jīvannapi na tatkartuṃ śaknoti sujanastathā /
durjano yanmṛtaḥ kuryātparebhyohitamuttaram //