Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0382-0401

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ tattaddeyaṃ guṇavate kila /
ata eva khalo doṣānsādhubhyaḥ saṃprayacchati //

rogoṇḍajoṅkurognirviṣamaśvataro ghuṇāḥ krimayaḥ /
prakṛtikṛtaghnaśca naraḥ svāśrayamavināśya naidhante //

na vinā paravādena ramate durjano janaḥ /
śvā hi sarvarasānbhuktvā vināmedhyaṃ na tṛpyati //

varamatyantaviphalaḥ sukhasevyo hi sajjanaḥ /
na tu prāṇaharastīkṣṇaḥ śaravatsaphalaḥ khalaḥ //

svabhāvenaiva niśitaḥ kṛtapakṣagrahopi san /
śaravadguṇanirmuktaḥ khalaḥ kasya na bhedakaḥ //

durjanaḥ sujanīkartuṃ yatnenāpi na śakyate /
saṃskāreṇāpi laśunaṃ kaḥ sugandhīkariṣyati //

nīcaḥ samutthitovaśyamanavāpya parāśrayam /
chidreṇa ratimāpnoti dṛṣṭāntotra kaṭībhavaḥ //

paravāde daśavadanaḥ pararandhranirīkṣaṇe sahasrākṣaḥ /
sadvṛttavṛttiharaṇe bāhusahasrārjuno nīcaḥ //

durjanadūṣitamanasāṃ puṃsāṃ sujanepi nāsti viśvāsaḥ /
bālaḥ pāyasadagdhodadhyapi phūtkṛtya bhakṣayati //

ādau lajjayati kṛtaṃ madhye paribhavati riktamavasāne /
khalasaṃgatasya kathayata yadi susthitamasti kiṃcidapi //

paramarmadivyadarśiṣu jātyaivocitanigūḍhavaireṣu /
kaḥ khalu khaleṣu śaṅkāṃ ślathayiṣyati dambhānirateṣu //

ajñaḥ sukhamārādhyaḥ sukhataramārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ /
jñānalavadurvidagdhaṃ brahmāpi naraṃ na rañjayati //

asthānābhiniveśī prāyo jaḍe eva bhavati no vidvān /
bālādanyaḥ kombhasi jighṛkṣatīndoḥ sphurabimbam //

labdhodayopi hi khalaḥ prathamaṃ svajanaṃ nayati paritāpam /
udgacchandavadahano janmabhuvaṃ dāru nirdahati //

alpaśrutalava eva prāyaḥ prakaṭayati vāgvibhavamuccaiḥ /
sarvatra kunaṭa eva hi nāṭakamadhikaṃ viḍambayati //

prakhalā eva guṇāvatāmākramya dhuraṃ puraḥ prakarṣanti /
tṛṇakāṣṭhameva jaladherupariplavate na ratnāni //

mahatāṃ yadeva mūrdhasu tadeva nīcāstṛṇāya manyante /
liṅgaṃ praṇamanti budhāḥ kākaḥ punarāsanīkurate //

saha vasatāmapyasatāṃ jalaruhajalavadbhavatyasaṃśleṣaḥ /
dūrepi satāṃ vasatāṃ prītiḥ kumudenduvadbhavati //

pariśuddhāmapi vṛttiṃ samāśrito durjanaḥ parānvyathate /
pavanāśinopi bhujagāḥ paropatāpaṃ na muñcanti //

sādhayati yatprayojanamajñastattasya kākatālīyam /
daivātkathamapyakṣaramutkirati ghuṇopi kāṣṭheṣu //