Subhāṣitāvali 1-1040 · Verses 0402-0421

prāyaḥ khalaprakṛtayo nāparibhūtā hitāya kalpante /
puṣpyatyadhikamaśoko gaṇikācaraṇaprahāreṇa //

paramarmaghaṭṭanādiṣu khalasya yatkauśalaṃ na tatkṛtye /
yatsāmarthyamupahatau viṣasya tannopakārāya //

atisatkṛtāapi śaṭhāḥ sahabhuvamujjhanti jātu na prakṛtim /
śirasā mahāśvareṇāpi nanu dhṛto vakra eva śaśī //

vāyuriva khalajanoyaṃ prāyaḥ pararūpameti saṃparkāt /
santastu ravikarā iva sadasadyogepyasaṃśliṣṭāḥ //

prerayati paramanāryaḥ śakridaridropi jagadabhidrohe /
tejayati khaṅgadhārāṃ svayamasamarthā śilā chettum //

dūrepi parasyāgasi paṭurjano nātmanaḥ samīpepi /
svaṃ vraṇamakṣi na paśyati śaśini kalaṅkaṃ nirūpayati //

sādhuṣvevātitarāmaruṃtudāḥ svāṃ vivṛṇvate vṛttim /
vyādhā nighnanti mṛgānmṛtamapi na tu siṃhamādadate //

avikāriṇamapi sajjanamaniśamanāryaḥ prabādhatetyartham /
kamalinyā kimiha kṛtaṃ himasya yattāṃ sadā dahati //

svaguṇāniva paradoṣānvaktuṃ na satopi śakruvanti budhāḥ /
svaguṇāniva paradoṣānasatopi khalāstu kathayanti //

kṛtvāpi yena lajjāmupaiti sādhuḥ paroditenāpi /
tadakṛtvaiva khalajanaḥ svayamudgiratīti dhiglaghutām //

āptvāpyātmavināśaṃ gaṇayati na khalaḥ paravyasanakaṣṭam /
prāyaḥ sahasranāśe samaramukhe nṛtyati kabandhaḥ //

prakṛtikhalatvādasatāṃ doṣa iva guṇopi bādhate lokān /
viṣakusumānāṃ gandhaḥ surabhirapi manāṃsi mohayati //

labdhocchrāyo nīcaḥ prathamataraṃ svāminaṃ parābhavati /
pathi dhūlirajo hyādāvutthāpakameva saṃvṛṇute //

mṛgamadakarpūrāgurucandanagandhādhivāsito laśunaḥ /
na tyajati gandhamaśubhaṃ prakṛtimiva sahotthitāṃ nīcaḥ //

upakṛtamanena suhṛdayamiti durjaneṣvasti na kvacidapekṣā /
hotrā saha svamāśrayamudvṛttognirdahatyeva //

upakṛtireva khalānāṃ doṣasya garīyaso bhavati hetuḥ /
anukūlācaraṇena hi kupyanti vyādhayotyartham //

na paraṃ phalati hi kiṃcitkhala evānarthamāvahati yāvat /
mārayati sapadi viṣatarurāśrayamāṇaṃ śramāpanude //

svārthanirapekṣa eva hi paropaghātosatāṃ vyasanameva /
aśanāyodanyā vā viramati phaṇino na dandaśataḥ //

ekībhāvaṃ gatayorjalapayasormittracetasośvaiva /
vyatirekakṛtau śaktirhaṃsānāṃ durjanānāṃ ca //

śalyamapi skhaladantaḥ soḍhuṃ śakyate hālahaladigdham /
dhīrairna punarakāraṇakupitakhalālīkadurvacanam //